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■ UNIVERSITY
Fire in Russell “definitely arson,” Edwards says.
University Fire Marshall Frank Edwards said a fire Sunday in the
seventh floor kitchen of Russell Hall was “definitely arson." He said
Monday that the fire started when a stack of newspapers was placed
on a heated stove eye. Although unsure of the extent, Edwards said
stoves were damaged in addition to smoke damage in the kitchen.
The matter is under investigation by University police.
3 University law students named to “Who’s Who”.
Three third-year University law students have been named to the
1990 edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.” Anne E. Burnett, Lisa S. Godbey and
Laura Woollcott were recognized for outstanding merit and
accomplishment during the 1989-90 school year. They will graduate
in May. Ronald Ellington, School of Law dean, said the students were
selected because of their outstanding scholastic records, participation
in extracurricular activities, leadership experience and potential for
future achievement. “They are a credit to the School of Law and we
are proud to have them here as students for their legal training," he
said.
Schisler plans to re-introduce addition of 19 senators.
The Student Association will complete its review of proposed changes
to the SA Constitution at tonight’s meeting at 7:30 in Phi Kappa Hall.
SA President Mark Schisler said he will re-introduce a proposal that
was voted down at last week’s meeting which he was unable to
attend. The proposal, which calls for the addition of 19 senators
representing the University’s schools and colleges, might eventually
give SA the power to appoint its senators to University Council. Peter
Shedd, University Council Executive Committee chairman, will
attend tonight’s meeting to discuss the proposal, Schisler said.
■ STATE
AUGUSTA (AP): Dying killer may be released from jail.
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles is considering releasing Steve
Suggs, who was convicted of fatally stabbing 18-year-old Maxine
Smith of Egypt, Ga., 22 years ago. Miss Smith was stabbed more than
70 times and then buried in a shallow grave. Suggs, whose death
sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1973, is dying of cancer in
the Augusta Correctional and Medical Institute and has one to two
months to live.
COVINGTON (AP): 3 rescued from rain-swollen river.
Three men thrown into the rain-swollen Yellow River were rescued by
about 100 emergency workers, officials said. The three men, who were
not identified, were railing over shoals when their rail capsized hear
the Porterdale community about 6 p.m. Sunday, a Newton County
sheriff's dispatcher said. Two men clung to rocks and were rescued
after about two hours, while the third, who grabbed some trees after
being carried about 300 yards downstream, was retrieved about 10
p.m..
WASHINGTON (AP): Poindexter trial delayed 2 weeks.
Disagreement over the use of about 150 classified documents and
other matters delayed the start of John Poindexter’s Iran-Contra trial
by two weeks Monday, but did nothing to hold up former President
Reagan’s videotaped testimony scheduled to be taken Friday. U.S.
District Court Judge Harold Greene said the disagreements would
require delaying Poindexter’s trial from Feb. 20 to March 5. The judge
also rejected a proposal by Reagan’s lawyers to have the deposition
taken at the former president’s Los Angeles offices, saying those
offices would not provide enough space.
■ WORLD
MOSCOW (AP): Soviets call for a stronger presidency.
Soviet leaders called Monday for a special session of Congress to
strengthen the office of president, a move that would solidify Mikhail
Gorbachev’s hold on power and make it more of a Western-style office.
The development, coming on the heels of a landmark Communist
Party meeting at which the party agreed to give up its constitutional
monopoly on power, would strengthen the government and further
erode the party apparatus that has ruled the country for 72 years.
The statement did not say whether the president should be directly
elected by voters, but one of Gorbachev’s key allies on the Communist
Party Politburo said last week that a nationwide popular election
might be possible.
UGA TODAY
• ‘Sexual Etiquette 101’ will be
presented tonight at 7:30 in the
Tate Theater by Dr. Robert
Hatcher. The presentation
focuses on sex, communication
and choicesin today’s world.
• Allen Teel will perform a
percussion recital tonight at 8 in
the South PJ. The public is
invited to the free performance.
Tours
• A tour of the Law School
Library will be held today from
3:30 to 4:30. All students
interested in attending law
school are invited.
Seminars
• A seminar on reducing study
time while increasing recall and
comprehension will be held
tonight from 5:30 to 7 in Room
119 of Clark Howell Hall. No
preregistration is necessary.
Announcements
• Sign-ups for the all-campus
intramural basketball
tournament will be held today
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
Memorial Hall. There is a $5
entry fee for all eligible teams.
Valentine’s
• Various clubs will be selling
flowers, balloons and gifl
packages today and tomorrow at
the Tate Center Plaza.
• Communiversity and CANS
will hold a Valentine’s Day dance
tonight from 6 to 8 at the School
of Nursing. All Big Brother/Big
Sister sponsors are invited.
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• The School of Forest Resources
Winter Convocation will be held
today at 3:30 in the Forestry
Auditorium. Dr. Ian Player is
scheduled to speak on worlwide
conservation. The public is
invited.
• The Athens Chapter of
Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders will meet
tonight from 5:15 to 6:30 at the
Family Counseling Service of
Athens. The meeting is open to
individuals suffering from
anorexia, bulimia, and
compulsive eating.
• Christian Campus Fellowship
will meet for bible study tonight
at 7 at 1080 S. Milledge Ave. A
free meal will be served at 6:15.
The public is invited.
• Beyond War will meet tonight
at 7:30 in the Russell Hall
Conference Room. Involvement
in Earth Day 1990 and the
upcoming Sister Miriam lecture
will be discussed.
• The Public Relations Student
Society will meet tonight at 7:30
in R<x>m 412 of the Journalism
school. Faith Peppers, manager
of internal public relations for
tbe Atlanta Joumal-
Gonstitution, is scheduled to
speak. The public is invited.
• The Earth Day 1990
organizational meeting will meet
tonight at 7:30 in Room 302 of
Caldwell Hall. The public is
invited.
• The Order of Omega will meet
tonight at 8 in the Sigma Delta
Tfiu House. The Greek
Leadership Conference will be
discussed. All members should
attend.
Presentations/Concerts
• A multi-media production
entitled ‘Drama for Our Time:
The Epic Theatre of Bertolt
Brecht’ will be presented today
at 4 in Room 72 of Park Hall. Trie
public is invited to attend.
Staff reduction hasn’t decreased fund-raising
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
The recent departure of key per
sonnel from the Office of Devel
opment and University Relations
hasn’t hurt fund-raising efforts,
according to department officials.
“Everyone here is working very
hard and the program is in good
shape," Development Office Di
rector Penelope Scarpucci said.
“We have the ability to dedicate
ourselves and concentrate on prio
rities."
Since November, the annual
fund director and a development
coordinator who worked with sev
eral schools and colleges have left
the Development office. Another
coordinator has resigned and will
leave after Feb. 28.
Reggie Hicks, former director of
the annual fund — the University’s
yearly campaign to solicit dona
tions from alumni through mail
and phone drives — left the Uni
versity in November.
He said he left to become the
general manager of WCLK, a
public radio station associated
with Clark/Atlanta University.
A Univerisity alumnus, Hicks
had been with the Development of
fice since March, 1989.
“It was a difficult decision to
make," Hicks said. “I really liked
working in Development and the
people are very professional.
‘The job was an unsolicited offer
and I had to make a decision on
whether to stay in fund-raising or
go back to communication,” he
said. “It was a career opportunity I
couldn’t pass up.”
Hicks said ne keeps in touch
with Scarpucci and helps as much
as he can.
“I feel like (the annual fund) is
still my baby,” he said.
Mary Denner, a Development
coordinator who worked with the
College of Arts and Sciences, the
College of Social Work and the
Graduate School, left the Devel
opment office in January.
She returned to the College of
Business Administration banking
and finance department as an edu
cational program specialist, a posi
tion she held before coming to
Development last year.
Elaine Bolynn said she’s leaving
Feb. 28 to become the Director of
Development at Sandhills College
in North Carolina.
Scarpucci said fund-raising ef
forts are going well because of the
quality of the remaining staff.
“We hove a superb staff that is
deeply committed to the institu
tion," she said. “You can see that in
the giving figures.”
Mid year figures for giving i n
fiscal 1990 show the foundation
has raised $12.2 million since July
1. The foundation raised $8.7 mil
lion in fiscal 1989.
Nik Edes, vice president for De
velopment and University Rela
tions, said there’s nothing unusual
about the turnover. He is in the
process of filling the positions and
has received several applications.
“My standards are pretty high,
and we want to ensure we get
quality staff,” he said. “The process
just takes some time.”
Businessman committed suicide before fire
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A medical examiner says a
businessman who police say probably com
mitted suicide was already dead when his sail
boat on Lake Lanier was set on fire.
‘The working diagnosis at this point,” said
Hall County Medical Examiner Randy Hanz-
lick, “is that James Richard Brown killed him
self by ingesting a large quantity of alcohol and
an unidentified drug.”
“We’ve gone about as far as we can to show
he was dead when the fire was started,” Dr.
Hanzlick said, adding no evidence existed of
smoke or soot in Brown’s lungs.
Hall County officials said Brown, a real-es
tate executive, apparently rewrote his will
knowing he was going to commit suicide.
Less than a week after Brown’s burned body
was found, deputies arrested Ronald Schwartz.
Sgt. Ken Grogan of the Hall County Sheriffs
Department said Schwartz, 43, confessed to
charges of arson and concealing Brown’s death.
Sheriff Richard Mecum of Hall County has
said Drown, fearing indictment on sexual as
sault charges, agreed to pay Schwartz to bum
Brown apparently rewrote his
will knowing he was going to
commit suicide.
the boat after Brown had committed suicide.
Brown was to have been married Jan. 27, one
day after his body was set afire. Documents
supplied by his attorney Friday indicated
Brown wrote a note on the bock of his will to his
son, Chris.
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