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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 97, ISSUE 61
19-year-old resident
arrested in shooting
A 19-year-old Athena resident
charged in the Wednesday
shooting of a University student
is being held on $10,000 bond,
Clarke County Jail officials said.
The student, who received inju
ries to his right hand, returned to
class on Monday.
Felix Edwin Watson, of 28
Broad Acres, was arrested and
charged with aggravated assault
Thursday following an investiga
tion of the shooting of Jeffery
Davis, a junior anthropology
miyor, according to Athens police
reports.
Davis was shot through the
open window of his car
Wednesday night on Waddell
Street. He was shot in the hand,
but also received minor wounds
to his neck and shoulders.
Davis returned to classes
Monday, but said he is unsure if
he'll be able to complete the
quarter. His hand injuries, as
well ns the classes he has missed,
might force him to drop his
classes, but he will try to stay in,
he said.
“I really don’t know at this
point, I'll find out in the next two
weeks what will happen," he
said.
Davis said he is right-handed
and if he isn’t able to take his
tests orally, he will probably have
to withdraw.
— Mike Mcleod
Sale of Dodd work approved
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
The University of Georgia Foun
dation Friday approved the sale of
the 1937 Lamar Dodd painting
"Bargain Basement” to Atlanta art
denier David Ramus for $100,000,
although it is unclear when the
painting will change hands.
In a statement given to Public
Information Director Tom Jackson,
the foundation said it will use the
proceeds from the sale to complete
funding for an endowed chair in
Dodd’s name.
The sale of the painting ruffled
feathers of some officials in the
Georgia Museum in December and
January. Several museum sources
said art should be sold only if the
proceeds are used to buy more art.
Nik Edes, vice president for De
velopment and University Rela
tions, said the goal of the Dodd
chair is $500,000. About $400,000,
not including the expected revenue
from the "Bargain Basement" sale,
already has been raised for the
chair, Edes said.
The endowment will be used to
attract art professors and fund re
search and travel expenses.
Edes wouldn’t comment as to
whether money changed hands
over the weekend. Ramus couldn’t
be reached for comment Monday.
Paul Sternberg, the Marietta art
appraiser who assessed the value
of the work in early January, said
the painting is valuable for several
reasons.
"I don’t say this about many
people, but Lamar is a genius. And
‘Bargain Basement’ reflects his
genius, no question about it.”
Sternberg said the painting also
typifies the style of the period.
“It documents the thought of the
day,” he said.
However, Sternberg didn’t say
how much he felt the painting was
worth in dollars. The painting was
valued at about $20,000 about five
years ago, he said.
Bill Eiland, museum director of
publications, said the museum
plans to include the oil-on-canvas
painting in an exhibit running
from March 6 to 25, although he
isn’t sure if it will still be available
then. The painting’s inclusion in
next month’s exhibit is coin
cidental, he said.
Dodd wouldn’t comment on
whether his painting has been
sold.
Lamar Dodd: Called a
'genius' by art appraiser
Mzamane reacts to Mandela news
Wallow in the mud
The Georgia Ruggers out rugby-ed the all-alumni Blind Pigs Saturday, sweeping their elders in a double-
header 15-3 and 11-6. Some Ruggers switched and played with the Pigs for the second game, to no avail.
Contest between KA, SAE
broken up by fights, arrest
The Department of Student Ac
tivities is investigating a Saturday
football game between Kappa
Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternities which resulted in the
arrest of an Emory student and ci
tations to the fraternity presidents.
"If there were rules or policies
violated, there stands a possibility
that it will go to the Student Judi
ciary," Ron Binder, adviser to fra
ternities, said.
Officers who responded to a com
plaint at Dudley Park observed
several fights breaking out at the
fraternities’ traditional football
ame as well as numerous disor-
erly and intoxicated persons, an
Athens police report read.
According to the report, KA
President Scott Davis and SAE
President Richard Swift were is
sued citations for violating a city
ordinance against intoxication,
noise and disturbing the peace.
Emory student Gerry Holden
Carson of Atlanta was arrested
and charged with simple battery of
a police officer, obstruction and dis
orderly conduct.
Hilda Spratlin, Athens Police
Department public information of
ficer, said officers were attempting
to disperse the crowd when Carson
tackled another person. She said
he hit an officer in the face with his
hand, causing minor cuts.
He ran from the scene and was
apprehended, the report read.
Spratlin said officers asked
people to empty containers of alco
holic beverages but they didn’t
comply with the request.
— Marla Edwards
Ron Binder: Adviser to fra
ternities
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
Mbulelo Mzamane got a phone
call Sunday from his father in
South Africa.
For once, it was good news.
Nelson Mandela, an old friend of
the family, had been let out of
prison after 27 years.
“He confirmed pretty much what
I thought — that it is a very, very
significant step,” Mzamane said.
“But one step doesn’t make a
journey."
Mzamane, now a literature pro
fessor at the University, escaped
from South Africa as a teen-ager.
He later worked with South Af
rican refugees and wrote the best
selling book, “Children of Soweto,"
about his experiences.
The South African government
banned the book and charged Mza-
mnne with terrorism. He now lives
in exile.
A symbol of the anti-apartheid
movement and a leader of the Af
rican Notional Congress, Mandela
was freed Monday by South Af
rican President F.W. de Klerk, who
has said he wonts to end apart
heid.
But Mzamane (pronounced ZA-
MAHN-EE) said he’s heard such
talk in the past, and he’s cautious
in his assessment of the situation.
“We have become so cynical,” he
said. “When somebody tells me
apartheid is dead, my response is
simply to say, ‘Show me the
corpse.’ ”
Over the summer, Mzamane
worked with the ANC to draft a set
of demands that must be met by
the government before that group
Mbulelo Mzamane: A close
friend to the Mandela family
will come to the negotiating table
for peace talks.
The ANC asked the government
to lift the state of emergency, with
draw police from black neighbor
hoods, legalize organizations that
were outlawed in 1960 and release
all political prisoners.
Though the government legal
ized the activities of the ANC and
other organizations, the other de
mands haven’t been met.
Mzamane said those demands —
and whether apartheid laws are
changed — will reveal the true in
tentions of the government
He said de Klerk made the re
forms because the ANC has waged
a successful “two-pronged" attack
on apartheid.
“We have sought to mobilize
mass international support on an
anti-apartheid ticket,” he said.
‘That’s precisely what brought the
government to its knees, especially
in the form of sanctions.
"However, much as the anti-
sanctions lobby would like to un
derplay their importance," he said,
“the effect of the matter is that
(sanctions) have had a very impor
tant part to play.”
He said the other prong of the at
tack has been the ANC’s will
ingness to oppose apartheid
through violence.
Robert Clute, a political science
professor who has traveled extensi
vely in Africa, warned against
reading too much into Mandela’s
release, adding that South Africa
needs to act fast to avoid blood
shed.
“If you watched the crowds that
turned out for Mandela, these are
not people who are going to exer
cise a great deal of patience,” he
said
But he said de Klerk might not
be willing — or able — to change
the system fast enough.
Mandela is extremely popular
with South African blacks, but
both Clute and Mzamane warned
against expecting too much from
the 71-year-old, who must try to
please many different factions.
“No people anywhere in the
world have ever spoken with one
single voice,” said Mzamane.
‘‘Mandela does not carry a magic
wand.”
Mzamane grew up in Soweto,
South Africa and is close to the
Mandela family. His family still
lives there.
Foundation releases receipts
The University of Georgia Foundation Board of
Trustees voted last week to open its meetings and to
release entertainment-related receipts and vouchers
to The Red and Black.
The vote to release the fiscal 1989 entertainment
expenses and internally generated revenue vouchers
and receipts was taken at the board’s quarterly
meeting Thursday and Friday. It came in response to
The Red and Black’s request for the receipts under
the Georgia Open Records Law.
The foundation trustees also voted to open future
board of trustees meetings to members of the media.
Previous meetings were closed because the founda
tion is considered a private organization.
Members of the local media, including The Red
and Black, requested access to the trustees’ meet
ings.
Athens Observer Editor Merrill Morris said Ob
server staff members had asked for access to last
week’s meeting as well as several others in the past.
“We always want access to meetings that concern
public interest," Morris said “I’m glad that (the
foundation meetings) are open now. We have too
many closed meetings.”
Members of the Board of Trustees Executive Com
mittee were unavailable for comment Monday.
-—Robert Todd
issues at UGA
National Condom Week covers sex-related
Sexual Etiquette 101
looks at sex in 1990s
Sexual Etiquette 101, to be held at 7:30 this evening in the Tate
Theater, will focus on men, women, sex and communication in the
1990s.
Dr. Robert Hatcher, director of the Emory University Family Plan
ning Program at Grady Hospital, will discuss birth control options, sex
ually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancies and relationship
problems encountered by college students, said Nancy MacNair, Health
Services health educator.
A student panel will react to the presentation and add its obser
vations on campus behavior related to the sexual issues addressed by
Hatcher. Panel members include a University football player, an Interf
raternity Council member and two peer sexuality educators.
“The board members are so excited to be taking part in this ac
tivity," MacNair said.
“I’m sure the conversation will be lively to say the least,” she said.
Tonight’s program, which Hatcher has presented at the Georgia In
stitute of Technology and Clemson University, is co-sponsored by
Health Services and the Georgia Athletic Association.
Hatcher is the author of several books on sexual topics, including
one he is currently writing, titled “Doctor, Am I A Virgin Again?"
— J.D. Squillante
By SHANNON SAVAGE
Contributing writer
People wandered over slowly,
not quite sure they wanted to ap-
f iroach the man who’s handing out
ree condoms outside the Tate Stu
dent Center.
But curiosity won out, and a
small crowd gathered around the
booth that has been set up in the
plaza to promote the use of con
doms during National Condom
Week.
In recognition of this week, Uni
versity Health Services has set up
an information booth providing
facts on everything from condoms,
to Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome and other sexually
transmitted diseases.
In addition, the Carter-Wallace
Co., the manufacturer of Trojan
condoms, has set up a booth in
order to complete a marketing
survey about the use of condoms by
college students. The company is
giving away condoms and copies of
the book ‘The Great Cover Up: A
Condom Compendium," by Susan
Zimet and Victor Goodman. Both
booths will be open through today.
Nancy MacNair, Health Services
health educator and co-coordinator
of the National Condom Week ac
tivities, said the University has
been celebrating National Condom
Week for the past two years.
Health Services sponsors activ-
ites during this week to reach stu
dents in an upbeat way about
serious topics, MacNair said.
“It’s not an attempt to scare
people silly,” she said. “Rather, it’s
an attempt to be positive and to
present the topic in a light way.
“Let’s hope at least some stu
dents take it seriously. Some may
think it’s a joke, but that’s one way
to reach some people.”
For many students, discussing
condoms can be embarrassing,
MacNair said.
Carolyn Phillips, a junior psy
chology miyor who stopped by the
booths, said many students may
laugh at the idea of a National
Condom Week or a condom infor
mation booth.
“I think it’s healthy that stu
dents can look at the condom booth
and smile. People used to think
‘Oh, condoms. Yuck.’ But they can’t
afford to not take it seriously,”
Phillips said.
MacNair said that educating the
students about “safer sex" during
this week is particulary important
since STD’s and other sex-related
health problems have been in
creasing on campus.
She said the University has sec.
a 33 percent increase this year over
last year in STD’s. With approxi
mately 85 percent of the students
on campus being sexually active,
there’s a need to provide students
with information.
National Condom Week: Wendell Bough (r) answers ques
tions from students Charles Lewis and Angelina Wall.