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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 97, ISSUE 56
Kappa Alpha, Chi Psi
get involved in fracas
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
One or two gunshote were fired
in the air during a fight between
the Chi Psi and Kappa Alpha fra
ternities early Wednesday
morning, according to Athens po
lice reports.
Witnesses said the shots were
fired around 2 a.m. in the side
street between the fraternity
houses. No one was reported in
jured.
According to Athens Police re
ports, Kappa Alpha fraternity
members Paul Jorgensen and
John Davis said an argument
started between Kappa Alpha
and Chi Psi fraternity members.
As Kappa Alpha member Chip
Champion drove out of the KA
parking lot at 294 S. Lumpkin
St., someone threw a rock at his
car, breaking his windshield, the
report reads.
Another suspect wielded a
gun, shot it into the air and then
pointed it at Jorgensen and
Shots were fired
around 2 a.m. in the
street between the
fraternity houses.
Davis, the report reads.
According to the report, the
suspect who fired the gun then
entered the Chi Psi house at 320
S. Lumpkin St. He is described as
a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall,
165 pounds with blond hair.
Officers couldn’t locate the sus
pect, reports read.
Jorgensen and Davis refused
to comment on the case other
than to confirm the police report.
Chi Psi President Thomas
Lacey said, “This is a rebel inci
dent and no one was hurt —that’s
the important thing. We’re going
to cooperate with the University
to work this all out. We can’t af
ford to stonewall this thing."
Anti-abortion group folds, but
Clinic may still feel the heat
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
Though Operation Rescue is
shutting down its New York head
quarters and its founder has left,
Atlanta, some workers at Athens’
Feminist Women’s Health Center
say they’ll still feel heat from the
anti-abortion group.
“I don’t think they’re going to let
up,” said Anita Blaschak, a lay
health worker at the center.
‘They’re pretty committed to what
they’re doing.
Randall Terry, founder of Opera
tion Rescue, was released from a
Fulton County jail Tuesday and
announced Wednesday in Wash
ington, D.C., that he would close
the national Operation Rescue be
cause of excessive debt.
“I’m glad he gave in and he’s fi
nally going to get out of here,”
Blaschak said. “I still don’t trust
them, though."
Local affiliates of Operation
Rescue will continue to protest.
A handfull of protestors still con
gregates on weekends outside At
lanta’s FWHC and other Atlanta
centers offering abortions, Lynne
Randall, executive director of the
Atlanta center, said.
The Atlanta center was partic
ularly hard hit by the protests,
Athens FWHC clinic manager
Cindy Short said. And because the
Atlanta facility funds the Athens
FWHC, this impact has trickled
down into the center here.
The center has had to trim its
staff, now having one full-time
health worker, one part-time
worker and one trainee at the
center, Blaschak said. The staff
has had as many as five health
workers at one time in the two
years she has worked at the center.
Started in 1982, the Athens
FWHC originally focused on dis
tributing self-help health informa
tion to women. Now, it operates a
pregnancy screening service,
health counseling, an abortion re
ferral service and an education
service to women on birth control
options.
“People are having to do two peo
ple’s jobs now,” Short said.
Blaschak said the staff cutbacks
caused a "difficult transition" at
the center.
"Anyone who is working here
isn’t working for the money,” she
said. “So when we found out there
were going to be cutbacks — well,
personally it was a drag.
“But the real fear was that we
would have to cut down on the
quality of service at the center,
which fortunately we haven’t."
The center also has had to limit
the times it can accept walk-ins for
pregnancy testing.
“We used to accept walk-ins for
just about anything,” Short said.
“Women can only come in at cer
tain times now for pregnancy
screenings.”
But Randall said she hopes the
cutbacks are temporary.
“We certainly plan to expand our
staff in Athens,” she said. “Hope
fully it’s been only a temporary
measure.”
The facilities have relied more
Cindy Short: Feminist
Women's Health Center
on fund raisers in the last year.
“As a non-profit organization,
we’ve relied on fund raisers for 15
years. But we have done a lot more
in the last year, and we’ve had a lot
more success with the fund-raisers
in the last year," Randall said.
Associated Press information was
used in this story.
Univ. fraternities to recycle
to benefit Athens homeless
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
Each of the University’s frater
nities is about to begin a glass recy
cling program that will benefit the
homeless in Athens.
The Interfratemity Council will
purchase 26 plastic containers for
the deposit of glass bottles. The 55-
gallon containers were purchased
from Return Engagement, a non
profit organization that helps
homeless people find jobs.
James McGown, Return En
gagement supervisor, said “It’s my
hope that this community will or
ganize its recycling effort so we can
create semi-skilled and unskilled
jobs for people.”
McGown said his organization
will pick up the bottles as often as
necessary. In return, the IFC has
agreed to let them sell the recycled
glass for 2 cents a pound.
IFC President Tom Greene said
he hopes to have the plastic barrels
in place within two weeks. Greene
said the fraternities that generate
the most glass will be given the op
tion of purchasing another barrel.
Greene said IFC may begin recy
cling aluminum if everything goes
well.
Some fraternities, including
Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta, al
ready recycle glass and aluminum.
McGown said his organization’s
10 Athens collection points for
glass and aluminum bring in about
$208 each month. He said he hopes
the fraternities will generate about
a ton of glass, increasing the orga
nization’s proceeds by about $160
each month.
McGown said his organization
pays homeless people $5 an hour to
nelp with the recycling program,
which is closely supervised. He
said unemployment is one of the
major obstacles for the homeless.
The long-term goal of the organi
zation is to build a work-residency
community on a 10-acre piece of
land donated for the use of the or
ganization. The community would
include housing and a workplace
for homeless people.
“We envision people staying
around six months. This would
allow them to work at a decent
wage and save enough to get their
own apartment and a job,”
McGown said.
The Athens Homeless Shelter
and the Salvation Army offer only
short-term housing for the home
less, usually one to two weeks, he
said.
The program cleans up the envi
ronment, reduces the amount of
garbage going to landfills and ben
efits the homeless at the same
time, McGown said.
Greene said the main reason the
IFC is adopting a recycling pro
gram is for environmental con
cerns, but he was glad to hear that
the proceeds will benefit the home
less.
“It’s just a matter of a little extra
effort. And it gives people a job and
cleans up the environment,” he
said.
Just rootin’ around
Karin Helfln (left), a horticulture staff member, helps Lance Roland, a senior horticulture major, collect
cuttings outside the science library for a horticulture project on rooting compound.
UGA Hillel hosting
World Jewry Month
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
The Hillel Foundation will
host World Jewry Month in Feb
ruary, expanding previous pro
grams in response to recent
political changes in Eastern Eu
rope and other parts of the world.
Last year, a shorter program
was called Oppressed Jewry
Week. In 1988, it was Soviet
Jewry Week.
Hillel President Linda Mann
said, “With all of the changes
that have taken place all over the
world, we decided to make it
World Jewry.”
The month will begin with a
performance by comedian Jerry
Farber Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at Wax
Alley.
Mann, a senior political sci
ence major, said Farber is well-
informed on the issues of Jewry
and gives many philanthropical
performances for free or reduced
rates.
At Tikkun Olam, “Heal the
World” day, Hillel will recruit
volunteers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Tate Student Center plaza
to work at the Athens Homeless
Shelter. Representatives from
campus and local environmental
groups will distribute informa
tion.
Hillel will continue to recruit
volunteers for the homeless
shelter throughout the month.
Soviet Jewry Day will be Feb.
8, focusing on a different aspect
than previous years. A speaker
will lecture on resettlement of
the large number of Soviet Jews
emigrating to other countries.
Hillel Vice President Andrea
Frolich said, “The situation for
Jews inside the Soviet Union is
still not good. Because of
changes, people think things are
getting better, but anti-Semitism
is on the rise.”
Mann and Frolich will rep
resent the University at the an
nual Soviet Jewry lobby in
Washington D C., Feb. 7 and 8.
Students from across the country
will urge their individual legis
lators to support efforts to assist
Soviet Jews.
Twenty students from the
Georgia Israel Network of Uni
versity Students, a part of Hillel,
will go to Duke University for a
convention of the American Is
rael Public Affairs Committee.
GINUS includes non Jewish as
well as Jewish students.
Carlos Rizowy, the son of Holo
caust survivors, will speak on
anti-Semitism in Japan Feb. 15
in Room 140 of the Tate Center.
United Jewish Appeal will co
sponsor the lecture. Frolich said
it comes in response to anti-Se-
mitlc books published in Japan.
Interfaith Day will be Feb. 16.
All campus ministries have been
invited to participate from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tate Center
plaza to distribute information
on their religious groups.
A Shabbat dinner with serv
ices will be held from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. at Congregation Children of
Israel. Campus ministry leaders
and members have been invited.
The Black Affairs Council will
co-sponsor a program with Hillel
called “Misconceptions: A Candid
Discussion about Stereotypes
within the Black and Jewish
Communities” Feb. 18 at 7:30
p.m. in the reception hall of the
Tate Center.
Videos will be shown at the
Tate Center plaza on Ethiopian
Jewry Day Feb. 20. Information
also will be available from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hillel leaders: Vice President Andrea Frolich (left) and
President Linda Mann support World Jewry Month.
Sunday, Feb. 4
• Atlanta comedian Jerry Farber performs at Wax Alley at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available at the Hillel House.
Monday, Feb. 5 .
• Hillel members with the theme “Tikkun Olam,” translated as Heal
the World," will sign up volunteers for the Athens Homeless Shelter at
the Tate Student Center plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 8
• Soviet Jewry Day will focus on the resettlement of emigrating Jews.
Events to be announced.
Thursday, Feb. 16
• Carlos Rizowy will speak on anti-Semitism in Japan in Room 140 of
the Tate Center at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 16
• Interfaith Day for campus ministries will be held at the Tate Center
g laza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
unday, Feb. 18
• The Black Affairs Council and Hillel Foundation will hold a dis
cussion between black and Jewish students 7:30 p.m. in the Tate Center
reception hall.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
• Ethiopian Jewry Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tate
Center plaza. A video presentation will be made.
Thursday, March 8
• Elliot Cohen, national board member of the Joint Distribution Com
mittee, will speak. The committee is a private relief agency that works
for Ethiopian and Soviet Jewry.
■ UPCOMING EVENTS
Schaefer to deliver
controversial lecture
By ANNE-MARIE FANGUY
Staff Writer
University quantum chemistry
professor Henry Schaefer, who
stirred up campus two years ago
with his lecture on creationism,
may do it again when he speaks on
the question “Is Gandhi in
Heaven?,” Monday at 3 p.m. in the
Tate Student Center’s Georgia
Hall.
Shaefer said he’s already getting
feedback about giving the lecture,
which focuses on former Indian na
tionalist leader Mohandas Ghandi.
One comment was, “The signifi
cant question is not ‘Is Gandhi in
Heaven?’ but rather, ‘Is Schaefer
insane?’ ” he said
Schaefer’s extracurricular cre
ationism lectures in 1987 sparked
controversy among faculty and ad
ministrators who questioned the
constitutionality of mixing church
and state.
Legal advisers to University
President Charles Knapp re
searched the question and decided
the University policy that allowed
Schaefer to give the lectures is con
stitutional under the First Amend
ment clause guaranteeing the free
exercise of religion.
Schaefer, who directs the Uni
versity’s Center for Computational
Quantum Chemistry, currently is
being considered for a Nobel Prize.
Campus Life, a Christian orga
nization, approached him to give
the Gandhi lecture afler they
heard he had delivered it to a small
discussion group.
Campus Life member Brad
Rountree said, “Dr. Schaefer is a
well-respected chemistry professor
on campus and a Nobel Prize nom
inee, yet he’s a creationist. Its
something you don’t hear about
often.
“We want to make Christianity
an issue on campus,” Rountree
said.
Henry Schaefer: Chemist
and creationist
Schaefer said he is somewhat
hesitant to give the lecture and has
changed it after doing further re
search on Gandhi's life.
“You don’t have to be as careful
with a group of 20 close friends," he
said, referring to the discussion
group.
He said the topic sparked his in
terest when he saw the movie
“Gandhi” and heard people com
paring the leader to Jesus Christ.
Despite the controversy the lecture
is likely to bring, Schaefer said the
University is the right place to dis
cuss ultimate questions.
Last fall, Schaefer decided to re
main at the University instead of
accepting a position at Vanderbilt
University.
Tm sort of starting to reach
equilibrium, but who knows, this
lecture may throw it off," he said.-