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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 63
SA still at work on spring stadium concert
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Student Association and Univer
sity Union are once again having diffi
culty finding a band to play a spring
concert at Sanford Stadium.
“I think it can be done, but I don’t know
if it can be done this year,” Shawn
Wheeler, Student Activities adviser, said.
“We’re running out of time.”
Rob Nelson, University Union presi
dent, said he will call off the concert if a
contract hasn’t been signed by mid-
March.
But he said, “I still feel like (the con
cert) is a very real possibility. I haven’t
closed the door on it yet."
Neither organization would release in
formation on the bands being considered.
If the committee can book a band,
Wheeler said the concert will be held any
weekend between April 21 and the end of
the quarter.
Echoes of last year
Nelson said they won’t disclose anv in
formation until an agreement has been
signed because of problems with “misin
formation” last year.
Student expectations were raised last
year when former SA President Howie
Manis told The Red and Black that
R.E.M. might play at the concert, but
those plans fell through because the price
of the tickets couldn’t be negotiated to
cover the cost of the concert.
There were also reports that Jimmy
Buffet would perform, but those plans fell
through as well.
However, Nelson said the project is
much more organized this year. A com
mittee made up of SA senators and Uni
versity Union members is meeting
weekly.
The committee is working with several
concert promoters and booking agencies.
Wheeler said the biggest problem
they’re facing is finding a group that’s
willing to do an outdoor stadium show.
He said they have to find a band that’s big
enough to fill the stadium and who will be
touring when the stadium is available.
Nelson said, *The concert industry in
Georgia has changed a lot in the last 10
years. Lakewood, the Omni, the Fox and
Chastain cater to concerts.”
Wheeler said bands stand a better
chance of making money in Atlanta
where overhead costs are lower. Pro
moters are also more willing to put their
money into shows in Atlanta where
they’re guaranteed higher ticket sales.
*The stadium show is going to cost an
enormous amount of money just to put it
on — not counting the band fee,” he said.
Overhead costs include renting the
stage, construction, electricity, produc
tion expenses, and the usual mainte
nance, security and medical personnel.
Wheeler estimated the costs to be close
to $75,000, but added that this is a rough
estimate based on the cost of football
games.
Several years ago, a promotional group
for Bruce Springsteen wanted to hold a
concert at the stadium, but Wheeler said
the Georgia Athletic Association wouldn’t
discuss it.
During the 1988-89 school year, former
SA President Howie Manis got the GAA
to give SA permission to hold a concert for
30,000 people sometime during spring
quarter of that year.
The GAA has granted permission for a
concert to be held this spring at SA Presi
dent Mark Schieler’s request. Wheeler
said the Union wants to take advantage
of this opportunity.
Coliseum show possible
Wheeler said the stadium show doesn’t
eliminate the possibility of a Coliseum
concert, but he said it’s difficult to book a
show there.
The last concert held at the Coliseum
was during Homecoming Week in 1988,
Please See CONCERT, Page 3
Valentine’s
shoppers
get flowers;
students get
a big hug
Above, Amy Rogers, a sopho
more political science major,
buys flowers for her boyfriend
at Holland Rower Boutique,
which prepared more than 1,-
400 red roses for Valentine's
Day. People never seem to get
tired of flowers, especially on
the big day. Card and candy
shops in town were busy too.
Right, students participate
in a mass hug at 12:30 p.m.
at the Tate Student Center
Plaza in honor of the first Hug
Day. In sponsoring the event,
the University Residence Hall
association was cooperating
with the students of Jackson
ville University, who are trying
to make Hug Day a nationwide
event. The event's purpose is
to promote drug and alcohol
awareness. The slogan Is
"Hugs not Drugs," and hugs
were spread all throughout the
day.
Dogs pull in strong recruits
Get the facts on the recruits, page 6.
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Editor
Lincoln County tailback Gar
rison Hearst tops the list of 25 high
school football stars who signed
letters of intent Wednesday to at
tend the University.
Although it is very difficult for
freshmen to walk into college
ranks and start, Hearst is expected
to be a major force in the backfield
picture next year.
How good is Hearst? In his se
nior season alone, he scored 36
touchdowns, gained 2,098 yards
rushing, fumbled once, returned
punts for 13.1-yard average, kicked
one field goal and 13 extra points,
intercepted five passes for 114
yards, returned kickofTs for a 26.3
yard average, and accounted for
236 total points.
Hearst, who was the most highly
sought-after player in the state,
had indicated that he wanted the
opportunity to start as a freshman
and when Hampton left, Hearst
Regents extend Knapp’
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
The University System Board of
Regents renewed University Presi
dent Charles Knapp’s contract at
its monthly meeting Wednesday.
In addition, the regents
amended the Biocontainment Re
search Laboratory’s architectural
contract and authorized a 19-acre
gift to the State Botanical Garden.
Regents Spokesman Michael
Baxter said Knapp’s contract,
along with the contracts of all
other University System presi
dents, was renewed for the period
of July 1990 to June 1991.
Tom Jackson, director of Public
Information, said every University
employee is on a one-year contract,
renewable in February.
In other business, Baxter said
the regents authorized an amend
ment to the Biocontainment Re
search Laboratory’s architectural
contract with Rosser FABRAP In
ternational, Inc. The amendment
allows spending on the lab to in
crease from $8.62 million to $14
million because inflation has
driven up construction costs.
The decision was made with the
understanding that all funds
needed for architectural fees are
available under a grant from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The regents also accepted a gift
of 19 acres of land in Oconee
County for its State Botanical
Garden, which is one mile south of
the Athens bypass on S. Milledge
Ave. J. Swanton Ivy, of Athens, is
the land donor.
A. Jeff Lewis, director of the Bo
tanical Garden, said the land is di
rectly across from the garden and
offers a wetland habitat. The
garden plans to use the land for its
environmental education program
as soon as it can get the financial
support for a bridge to the site.
In other business, Baxter said
four University sites have new
names at Knapp’s request:
• The east end of Old College is
now Hubert Bond Owens Memorial
Plaza, named after a former Uni
versity graduate and professor in
landscape architecture.
•The Georgia Center for Contin
uing Education auditorium is now
Masters Hall.
• A plaza under construction at
the State Botanical Garden will be
called Mathis Plaza.
Knapp’s request for the approval
of six nominees to the prestigious
Peabody Awards Board was also
granted by the regents.
The new board will meet in At
lanta March 10 to 13 to select the
winners for the 1990 George Foster
Peabody Broadcasting Awards.
The new members include Ambas
sador Sheldon Krys, assistant sec
retary of state for diplomatic
security; Francis Preston, presi-
saw his chance to jump to the Bull
dogs.
“Hampton’s leaving may have
influenced me a little,” Hearst
said. “But I like Georgia and it is
the place I want to go.”
Highly prized wide receiver
Andre Hastings had not decided
who he will play for as of
Wednesday. Hastings, the nation’s
1 lth-rated prospect, is expected
to make a decision today or Friday.
He is deciding between Notre
Dame, Florida State, and Georgia.
Please See RECRUITS. Page 6
s contract
Charles Knapp: Contract ap-
proved for another year
dent and CEO of Broadcast Music
Inc.; and Clark Pollock, former
president and CEO of Nationwide
Communications Inc.
Also named to the Awards Board
were Louisa Nelson, executive di
rector of Broadcast Education As
sociation; Thomas Dowden,
president of Dowden Communica
tion Investors.; and Horace New
comb, a Radio-TV-Film professor
at the University of Texas.
Indictment charges 7
in bomb conspiracy
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A federal indictment charges seven people with plotting
to bomb key power, military and energy installations and to trade infor
mation about the bombings for the release of a convicted drug kingpin.”
The seven, all residents of Tennessee or Kentucky, are in custody,
U.S. Attorney Ray Rukstele said Wednesday in announcing the indict
ment. He said the investigation by agents of the federal Bureau of Al
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms spanned four years.
A grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday, but it was scaled for a
day.
It says the seven planned to bomb a nuclear power plant, an East
Coast airport, power transmission towers, a dam and a Navy ship and
plotted to trade information about the bombings for the release of Jerry
Allen LeQuire, a convicted drug importer from Maryville, Tenn.
The specific targets of the alleged plot were not mentioned in the in
dictment, and Rukstele declined to identify them.
LeQuire, 46, was convicted last year in federal court in Montgomery,
Ala., of importing about 33 tons of cocaine from South America to the
southeastern United States. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison,
starting after a 36-year term he was already serving.
Indicted with LeQuire Tuesday were Bonnie Sue Anders, 41, of
Corbin, Ky.; Michael Carl Jehkins, 40, of Greenback, Tenn.; Charles
Allen LeQuire, 26, William Michael LeQuire, 28, and James Thomas Le
Quire, 39, all of Maryville, Tenn.; and Gene Edward LeQuire, 42, of
Louisville, Tenn.
The seven are charged with conspiracy to violate federal explosives
laws, two counts of detonating explosives to destroy property used in in
terstate commerce and illegally transporting explosives across state
lines.
They face possible 35-year jail sentences and fines of up to $1 million
if convicted.
Jenkins is specifically accused of actually bombing two transmission
towers in the Atlanta area.
According to the 10-page indictment, the plot was supposed to work
this way:
The group would rent a house in Orlando, Fla., where some of the ex
plosives would be stored. The house would be furnished to make it appear
a Colombian terrorist was operating from it during the bombings.
Students try their hands at filmmaking
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
Although the University isn’t
renowned as a mecca for budding
filmmakers, there are some inter
esting options here for serious
film students and people who just
like making flicks.
And despite the lack of a film
school, there’s a wide spectrum of
filmmaking genres to study here
—from the narrative, scripted
films of the drama department to
the more personal and abstract
films of the art department.
Carey Parker, media technical
director in the drama depart
ment, teaches Directing for
Cinema, in which each of his six
students must make a film from
scratch. This includes scripting,
casting, shooting and editing the
films, all in one quarter.
Paul Currant, a graduate stu
dent in screenwriting, debuted
his steamy “Rusty Lustgusset
and Her Naughty, Naughty
Friends Explain it All,” last
month.
“I came up with the idea in
September, and then it took two
or three weeks to write the script.
It was filmed in about a
weekend,” Currant said.
All the students have to deal
with time constraints, due in
some part to fitting the filmings
in with the tight schedules of
drama department actors, said
Charles Eidsvik, one of the
drama department’s three film
teachers.
“In this department, most of
the students are here from
morning until night — some
working on four plays at once. So
you have to make the films over a
weekend,” he said.
But the chance to deal with ac
tors is an advantage for drama
department filmmakers.
"The opportunity to be with ac
tors is really important, and 1
think some schools lack that,”
Parker said. “It’s important to
have a knowledge of technology,
but experience with actors is im
portant, too.”
Time isn’t the only rare re
source for filmmakers in the
drama department. Works in the
department are all shot on video
instead of film, which is preferred
but more expensive.
Parker, a University graduate
who has worked with the British
Broadcasting Corp. and directed
the feature film “Girl in the Pic
ture,” said the department has
gotten some new film equipment,
although it’s still “pretty
modest.”
Eidsvik said the department
needs equipment and more fac
ulty to begin to have a superior
filmprogram.
“The drama department wants
to move into purely fictional,
scripted and edited films,”
Eidsvik said. “And we’re
throwing our resources in this di
rection now.”
The films made in the art de
partment are something different
altogether, however.
Rather than making fictional,
scripted films, art professor Jim
Herbert teaches what he calls
“personal filmmaking” in his
Filmmaking 301 class.
"The work comes from some
sort of inner vision as opposed to
preconceived ideas and stories,”
Herbert said. “The idea is that
people have films within them.
'There is an attempt to con
vince people in the beginning of
the course to make a film about
something that’s concerning
them,” he said. “And that just
may be the shoes on the floor of
their rooms. A very ordinary and
humble thing can possess within
it a very wonderful film.”
Herbert, who has won Guggen
heim fellowships for filmmaking
and painting, actually de-em-
phasizes the technical aspect of
filmmaking to his 18 students,
many of whom haven’t picked up
cameras before.
“They’re let go with no tech
nical information,” Herbert said.
“But it doesn’t take a lot of Holly
wood lights to make something
very rich and beautiful.”
Each of his students iB encour
aged to make seven films, which
tend to be three to seven minutes
long. Most of the films are shot
with eight millimeter cameras —
basically old home movie cam-
Catherine Clayton: Edits
video for film class
eras — which the students pro
vide for the course, although it’s
not as expensive as it sounds.
The class probably costs about
$150, Herbert said. Used super
eight cameras cost anywhere
from *30 - *300.
Herbert also emphasizes that
the students not edit their films.
“The making of the film is the
film,” he said.
When the films are shown in
class, Herbert tries to open up
the floor for discussion about
them.
“The criticism in the class is
pretty open,” he said.