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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 64
INSIDE
Check out Arlo Guthrie at
the Georgia Theater; all
sorts of other neat stuff in
After Hours.
Weather: Today. 70 percent
chance rain, high 70. Saturday,
low 60s and sunny, but wear your
rubbers anyway as National
Condom Week comes to a close.
Semester system proposal advances a step
By GAYL BARRETT
Staff Writer
After five months of research, the Se
mester Feasibility Task Force has com-
B leted its report and will offer it to the
University Council Educational Affairs
Committee Feb. 27.
If approved, the report will be open to
the faculty and student body.
'This is the time for student voices to
be heard,* said task force member and
Associate Pharmacy Dean George Fran
cisco.
The Demosthenian Literary Society
proposes to do just that. Monday and
Tuesday students will be allowed to voice
their opinions in an unofficial vote for ei
ther a quarter or a semester system.
Though the votes aren't part of the offi
cial study, Francisco believes that it may
very well influence the Educational Af
fairs Committee’s decision.
"Anytime you have students voting,
provided they are informed, I think it can
make a great impact," he said.
In the past week, the 51-member so
ciety attempted to educate students
through fliers, posters and open forums,
said Todd Ross, Demosthenian treasurer
and chairman of the polling committee.
Demosthenian presentations stressed the
differences in time, money and course for
mats.
"I think we were level about it all —
showing the good and bad of both sys
tems.
"Now all we need is for people to show
an interest and come out to vote," he said.
Voting booths will be at Snelling Hall,
Russell Hall and between the North and
South Psychology-Journalism audito
riums Monday from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Tuesday booths will be at Oglethorpe
Hall, the graduate studies building and
the main library during the same hours.
A booth will be open at the Tate Student
Center plaza both days from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
The tabulation will be processed by
computer to aid in efficiency and accu
racy. By tagging each vote with a student
ID number, the Demosthenians will be
able to weed out those who try to vote
more than once.
"We want this to be a credible rep
resentation of the student body," Ross
said.
Scott Weinberg, Semester Feasibility
Task Force chairman, said students have
played an important part as both task
force members and as suggestion-makers.
“We talked with SA senators and even
had them work with us on subcommit
tees." said Weinberg, who is also an asso
ciate professor of environmental design.
“I think student opinion figured in our re
port quite considerably."
The 30-member task force was set up
last fall to collect facts on the positive and
negative effects of a semester changeover.
Their 50-page report will be presented to
the Educational Affairs Committee in a
few weeks for approval.
The results of the student polls will be
finalized in time for the committee’s con
sideration.
States McCarter, Educational Affairs
Committee chairman, said it’s difficult to
determine how much impact the stu
dents’ vote will have.
"We’ve had student input all along," he
said. "I just think that these issues are
too complicated for this kind of approach
When you’re talking about a 50-page re
port being condensed into an opinion
vote, you’re talking about a lot of issues
not being addressed.
‘Tor example, a semester system will
place students out on the job force much
earlier," McCarter said. “It will also offer
a better learning environment."
Students have functioned
as both task force members
and suggestion-makers.
Task force member Francisco said thi
students’ opinion should be taken with n
grain of salt.
"Usually if you’ve been taught under a
certain system, you favor that system,” he
said.
The University Council and, later,
President Charles Knapp will have to ap
prove a change to a semester system be
fore it can take place. Weinberg said a
switch could take place as early as fall
1993.
Weinburg said the University Council
Executive Committee probably won’t get
to review the study until at least May
Scholars to discuss
rebuilding of Globe
By DAVID WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
The University will host more
than 140 leading Shakespearean
scholars and theater historians for
the UGA Shakespeare Conference.
The conference is titled “New Is
sues in the Reconstruction of
Shakespeare’s Theatre” and will be
the first opportunity for scholars to
discuss recent discoveries about
the Globe’s design.
Actor and director Sam Wana-
maker will deliver the keynote ad
dress to the conference.
Wannmaker, who is best known
for his work on the New York and
London stage and film appear
ances in “Death on the Nile" and
Sfiafcgspeare
Conference
‘The Shell Seekers," among others,
is the founder of the Shakespeare
Globe Trust and the leader of the
most recent attempt to rebuild the
Globe Theatre.
The Globe will be part of the In
ternational Shakespeare Globe
Centre, a $32.5 million facility
which will be built in London on
the South Bank of the Thames
about 250 yards northwest of the
original Globe site.
The Globe Centre will include, in
addition to the reconstructed
Globe, an Inigo Jones theater,
which is an early 17th century the
ater designed by a contemporary of
Shakespeare, a museum of Eliza
bethan theater, a teaching facility,
shops, a cafe, a pub and a condomi
nium complex.
The reconstructed Globe will be
as close to authentic as possible,
but it will make some concessions
to technology such as indoor
plumbing. Also, the roof will not be
made of thatch, which was the
material which caused the ori-
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Scholar under the bridge
Hanging out under the Sanford Drive bridge and studying is a pro
ductive way for this student to while away Thursday afternoon.
Support for Mandela
African Student Union
holding march today
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
The African Student Union will
sponsor a march today to show
support for anti-apartheid activist
Nelson Mandela, who was released
this week after 27 years of impris
onment by the South African gov
ernment.
The march will begin at noon at
the Tate Student Center plaza.
Mbulelo Mzamane, associate
professor of comparative literature
at the University and a friend of
the Mandela family, will speak at
the end of the march in downtown
Athens.
"I certainly want to address the
significance attached to Mandela’s
release,” said Mzamane (pro
nounced ZA-MAHN-EE).
However, he said he will em
phasize the struggle that lies
ahead in the fight against apart
heid in South Africa.
Now living in exile from the
South African government, Mza
mane escaped from the country as
a teen-ager. He later worked with
South African refugees and wrote
the book, “Children of Soweto."
He said he hopes a large crowd
will turn out for the march and
campus organizations such as the
Student Association will lend their
support.
"It’s a very, very important
event, but ft’s not in itself an end,”
Mzamane said of Mandela’s re
lease.
‘The time for action is now. We
must not relent the pressures we
have exerted internationally as
well as internally," he said.
He said that message should be
especially important to the Amer
ican people, whom he termed mar
velously supportive of anti-
apartheid measures such as gov
ernmental sanctions.
“We must not therefore succumb
to persuasion from the White
House to lift sanctions without
being assured that apartheid is no
more. And right now it is very-
much alive," he said.
Salikoko Mufwene, faculty ad
viser to the African Student Union,
said the march is a positive way to
show support for the struggle for
freedom in South Africa.
He said since Mandela’s release,
there’s probably now more room for
dialogue between blacks and
whites in South Africa than before.
Bush, Latin American leaders agree to attack drug traffic
The Associated Press
CARTAGENA, Colombia — President
Bush and three Latin American leaders,
holding a drug-fighting summit under
unusually heavy air, sea and land secu
rity cover, reached agreement Thursday
on a coordinated attack against cocaine
producers and murderous traffickers.
Bush and Colombian President Virgilio
Barco agreed that the talks were "a sig
nificant step towards improved anti-drug
coordination."
Responding to Colombian complaints
that U.S. trade policy has harmed its
mi\jor legal exports such as coffee, cut
flowers and sugar, Bush promised to
work to helD open more U.S. markets.
Bush and Barco, who met separately
before they joined Boliviian President
Jaime Paz and Peru’s Alan Garcia, also
said in a joint statement that drug traf
ficking must be "confronted squarely and
eliminated."
U.S. officials also reached agreement
with Bolivia to help stem the movement
of U.S. firearms into South American na
tions and signed tax accords with both
Bolivia and Peru aimed at establishing a
system to trace drug profits and money
laundering schemes.
'It’s significant to note that this is the
first time that the major producing and
consuming nations have joined together
in a coordinated strategy," Secretary of
State James A. Baker III told reporters.
He called the agreements with Peru
and Bolivia, “the first concrete step which
these countries are taking."
Barco, greeting Bush and Presidents
Alan Garcia of Peru and Jaime Paz of Bo
livia at the outset ofthe meeting, vowed
that “we will persevere in this struggle so
that thousands of Colombians will not
have died in vain.”
Bush said it was important that he and
the others “exchange views candidly"
about how to attack the surging drug
problem. He said earlier that peasant
farmers should substitute other crops for
their coca crops.
Said Barco: “We have come to make up
for lost time. We are on the front lines.
For us this is not a war of words."
Typifying the ultra-tight security ac
companying the talks was the presence of
gunboats, warships, some 5,000 armed
guards, Navy frogmen and bomb-sniffing
dogs.
In sweltering humidity, Bush met at a
heavily fortified Navy base with the three
Andean lenders to sign an agreement
pledging increased U.S. military and eco
nomic aid in return for a strengthened
commitment by South American nations
to the war on drugs.
Asked by reporters at the start of his
six-hour visit whether he was afraid,
Bush, standing beside Barco, asked:
"Afraid of what?"
There was no sign of danger amidst all
the apparently airtight security.
Gunboats patrolled Cartagena Bay.
The sparkling blue waterway was closed
to harbor traffic Frogmen checked the
bay. Helicopters buzzed overhead. Some
5,000 security guards roamed the nearly
empty streets. A 9auadron of fighter
bombers and a fleet of warships stood by.
No threats were in sight.
Habitat for Humanity seeks additional income
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
Habitat for Humanity builds low-cost homes
for people in need. But the group, after building
four new homes in Athens, has been forced to
put the hammers on hold for a while because of
a lack of funds.
“Finances is the main problem," said George
Glisson, a member of the student chapter.
'There’s no money in the bank.”
But Habitat is working to change that. The
group now sells Habitat for Humanity T-shirts
and has set up several fund-raisers over the
next few weeks.
The band Liquid Pleasure will play a benefit
March 1 at Spank/s Restaurant and Sports
Bor. The show will cost $35 a couple.
Also, The Foils, Magister Ludi and Body
Electric will play a benefit March 15 at the
Rockfish Palace.
And at the Botanical Garden on April 1, Hab
itat will auction off birdhouses designed and
built by local artists.
Made up mostly of local residents, the
Athens affiliate of Habitat for Humanity
formed officially in 1988. It now has about 500
active members.
The University chapter formed a year later
and now has around 50 members who hang
sheetrock, pound nails and pour concrete along
side members of the Athens group.
‘The goal of Habitat is to eliminate substan
dard housing,” said Glisson, a senior social
work major. 'That’s definitely a need in this
world.”
Glisson and other students worked with the
Athens affiliate on its fourth house, which was
finished Jan. 21.
An Athens housing problem
Based on what he sees as a night manager at
the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, Glisson
said he thinks Athens has a distinct housing
problem.
Though affordable homes are available, he
said they’re often in bad shape. Higher quality
homes cost more than many families can afford.
And rent, even for families living in substan
dard housing, sometimes takes up an “extraor
dinary" proportion of income, he said, making it
difficult to cover the cost of food, clothing and
raising kids.
By building less expensive homes, Glisson
said Habitat helps people use their money on
something other than mere survival.
But Nick Holshouser, president of the
Athens affiliate, said people sometimes misun
derstand the group’s purpose.
He said Habitat uses donated land, money
and materials to build affordable housing — not
free homes.
People living in Habitat homes pay $200
each month. That goes toward buying the house
and into a fund for building more homes.
Habitat buyers spend at least 500 hours
working on other projects with the group, Hols
houser said. Many people also help build the
homes they eventually buy.
To become eligible to buy one of the houses,
people send applications to a selection com
mittee that chooses buyers based on income,
need and character.
So far, Holshouser said, all the homeowners
have been reliable. The group hasn’t had prob
lems with people missing payments.
Once someone donates a plot of land, it costs
around $5,000 to pour a foundation, Holshouser
said. The four houses the group built in Athens
each cost around $30,000.
Local architects designed the houses, most of
which have three or four bedrooms. It takes
about four months to finish a house once con
struction starts.
Currently, Habitat has a new plot of land
and is working on raising enough money to
build a fifth house. Holshouser said the group
relies on individuals and corporations for dona
tions.
Headquarters in Georgia
Habitat for Humanity International started
in 1976 and has its headquarters in Americus,
Ga.
It now has 439 affiliates in the United States,
six Canadian affiliates and 81 ongoing projects
overseas.
Former President Jimmy Carter supports
the group and once served on its board of direc
tors. Every summer Carter rolls up his sleeves
and spends a week building houses with the or
ganization.
Despite its humanitarian purpose, Habitat
for Humanity has run into opposition in some
places. In Gwinnett County, residents burned
down a Habitat house a year ago, and people
living in another Habitat house in Gwinnett
were evicted recently because of a zoning
change. The change was endorsed by residents
worried about declining property values.
But Amanda Ellis, a member of the student
chapter, said people in Athens have shown
nothing but support for the group.
"We’ve got a real good feeling from the
Athens community," she said.
4 more footballers
sign with
The Georgia Bulldogs football
team signed four more athletes
boosting its total for the year to
26, but they are still holding one
spot for Andre Hastings.
The highly-coveted wide re
ceiver has put off making his col
lege plans until Tuesday. His
mother said that her son is "to
tally confused” as to where he
should attend school. Hastings
has narrowed his selection to
Notre Dame, Florida State, and
Georgia.
NCAA rules state that college
teams may only sign 25 players
during the recruiting season.
However, two of Georgia’s sig-
nees (Eric Coney and DeWayne
Simmons) are transfers from
Northeast Oklahoma junior col
lege and their scholarships
counted toward last year's total
since they originally inked in
1989.
This drops Georgia’s total to
24, leaving Georgia with one
available scholarship.
Most recruiting experts
around the country have said
Georgia’s 1990 recruiting class is
among the best in the nation
along with Notre Dame and
Bulldogs
Florida State. Also, the 1990 list
of recruits has been compared to
Georgia’s 1980 recruiting class as
the best class ever to enter the
University.
1. Andre Booker: WR, 6-3, 180,
Sarasota, FL; A speedster who
will add to an already deep posi
tion for the Bulldogs. An all-state
performer.
2. Maurice Harrell: DB, 6-3,
210, Eastman, GA; Excellent size
in the mold of Georgia Tech’s Ken
Swilling. Adds needed size to the
Georgia secondary. One of the
nation’s top 50 prospects.
3. Andre Washington: LB, 6-1,
210, Jacksonville, FL; A little
light on pounds but a fierce
hitter. Very aggressive.
4. Stove Roberts: OL, 6-3, 260,
Dalton, GA; The state’s best
lineman and the 24th best prep
player in the country. Along witn
Garrison Hearst and Tashe Wil
liams, has the best chance to
start in the fall.
—Gene Williams
WPT DDTMT