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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA ♦ VOLUME 97, ISSUE 68
Univ. to spend $500,000 on computer labs
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
To reduce the amount of time Btudents
spend waiting in line, the University
plans to add $500,000 worth of new
equipment to its computer labs.
So far, University Computing and Net
working Services has bought 40 new
Apple Macintosh computers. These will
be used to beef up existing labs in the
graduate studies building and Payne
Hall, said Public Information Director
Tom Jackson.
The new terminals should be online by
Sept. 1.
Also, the University plans to add more
computers to the lab in the journalism
building. Only students enrolled in the
College of Journalism and Mass Commu
nication may use that lab, but Jackson
said it often fills up, forcing students to
join lines elsewhere.
In addition to the Macintosh systems,
IBM computers will be added to labs in
Aderhold, Payne and Creswell halls, the
Biological Sciences Complex and the fine
arts building.
Jackson said he didn’t know how many
IBM PCs the University purchased.
Although the budget for fiscal 1991
hasn’t been approved yet, Jackson said
the University also plans to spend $285,-
400 next year on additional computer
equipment, including IBM and Macintosh
terminals for public-access labs in Cres-
well, Payne, Myers and Russell halls, Og
lethorpe House, the visual arts building
and the main library.
William Prokasy, vice president for
Academic Affairs, said computing serv
ices and the office of Academic Affairs de
cided earlier in the year to set aside funds
for more computers. If everything works
out as planned, he said the University
might eventually have one terminal for
every 60 or 65 students.
Jackson said the University now has
about 74 public-access terminals located
in several locations on campus. Some of
those labs have a permanent staff and
others are staffed only during certain
hours of the day.
In purchasing the new systems,
Jackson said the University won’t be cre
ating any new labs, just improving
existing facilities.
At the main library, for instance,
waiting lists for computers sometimes
form as early as 8:30 a.m.
Jackson said University President
Charles Knapp decided to look into the
problem afler editorials in The Red and
Black brought it to his attention. Knapp
will visit the lab in the main library at 11
a.m today to get a first-hand look at the
situation.
Hoopster rules court
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Staff Writer
Intelligence. Intestinal forti
tude.
Those are the only “IV
Georgia basketball team captain
Sharon Baldwin knows. She’s a
markedly unselfish player and
has relied on those two powers
throughout her career.
Baldwin began her life on the
court at the tender age of four
when her seven-year-old brother
Bryan would score a basket on
her and shout, “Face!"
While Bryan’s career stopped
at the high school level, Sharon,
starting point guard and catalyst
for the Lady Dogs, will play in
her last home game Saturday at
4 p.m. for a team primed for a na
tional championship run.
In your face, big brother.
“Bryan was always yelling
‘Face,’Baldwin said. *That made
me mad enough," she added, her
head snapping forward in sub
conscious agreement that being a
young girl playing a “guy’s” game
ignited her life-long drive to dom
inate the hardwood.
“From the time I started drib
bling a basketball, I was always
playing with the guys," she said.
Playing against older, stronger
boys, Baldwin was naturally
forced to learn to out-think them.
She became a brilliant court
strategist.
But there’s more to Baldwin
than just brains — like guts and
determination.
“Sharon isn’t the most physi
cally overwhelming athlete but
she s got great hands, good bas
ketball skills and tremendous
heart,” said Ron Walker, head
basketball coach of the Ken-
nesaw College Owls, where
Baldwin played two seasons be
fore transferring to Georgia. “Her
heart overwhelms the other two
things.”
Those character traits have
long been apparent.
“When I first saw her play
back in her seventh or eighth
grade year, I knew she was going
to make my job easier," said Mac
Morgan, who coached her Wills
High School team in Marietta.
“She’s a coach’s dream. Her per
sonality, her drive — you couldn’t
ask for anything more in a
player.”
Baldwin has had to draw from
her well of determination be
cause like many athletes, her ca
reer has been plagued by injury.
In a game during her sopho
more year at Kennesaw, she suf
fered her career’s most severe
injury, one which nearly ended it.
The Owls were up by 25 points
and Baldwin was driving down
court, one-on-two. She made a
move and faked out everybody
and everything in the gym — in
eluding her left knee.
She had shredded ligaments
and cartilage and needed sur
gery. The team doctor asked if
she ever wanted to play basket
ball again.
‘When I heard that, it was one
Please See BALDWIN. Page 3
Sharon Baldwin: Senior team captain will lead Lady
Dogs against LSU Saturday at 4 p.m. in Coliseum.
Wayna Jackaon/The Rod and Black
Dogs face Tigers
for SEC supremacy
By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
It’s time for a first-place show
down.
The Georgia men’s basketball
team plays host to the 12th-ranked
LSU Tigers Sunday in the Col
iseum.
The Dogs are tied for first place
with the Tigers in the SEC with an
11-4 conference record. Georgia is
18-6 and LSU is 21-5 overall.
LSU, with its multi-talented
roster, was expected to be battling
for first place at this point in the
season. But few, if any, predicted
the Dogs to place higher than fifth
place afler last year’s disap
pointing ninth place finish.
The Dogs beat the Tigers 94-92
in their first meeting this year at
Baton Rouge. Befor that game,
Georgia was 3-3 in the conference
and searching for its first road vic
tory.
Defeating LSU was a tremen
dous turning point for Georgia.
Since that game, they’ve reeled off
eight wins and one loss to claim a
share of the SEC lead with the Ti
gers. The one loss was to Kentucky,
88-77, on the road.
‘The LSU game was definitely
the turning point in the season,”
forward Alec Kessler said. “It gave
us a lot of confidence.”
Kessler scored 20 points against
Ole Miss Wednesday night to move
into fourth place on Georgia’s all
time scoring list with 1,672 points.
Going into Sunday’s matchup,
Kessler needs eight points to pass
Walter Daniels with 1,679 points
in third place and 17 points to pass
Atlanta Hawks star Dominique
Wilkins’ mark of 1,688 in second
Kessler and the rest of the Dogs
will have their hands full when
they square off against the Tigers
Sunday. Point guard Chris
Jackson is leading the league in
scoring with 28.9 points per game.
The Tiger front-court features 7-
foot-l-inch Shaquille O’Neal at
center and 7-footer Stanley Rob
erts at forward. The twin towers
combine for 28.8 points and 22.4
rebounds per game.
*They like to block shots and
they rebound well,” Dogs forward
Marshall Wilson said. “They shoot
well too. When they get in close,
they’re going to put the ball in."
The Dogs realize that they will
not be able to focus on one player
like they did against Mississippi’s
Gerald Glass Wednesday night. In
the first game with LSU this year,
Jackson scored 45 points against
the Dogs. In Wednesday night’s 75-
69 victory over Alabama, Jackson
netted just 16 points. But it didn’t
matter as O’Neal stepped in to
power the Tigers with 18 points
and 14 rebounds.
“Slowing down Jackson is a big
key," Kessler said. “But you can’t
afford to double-team any one
player."
Mardi Gras beckons
die-hard party animals
By ANNE-MARIE FANGUY
Staff Writer
This weekend will mark the an
nual pilgrimage of many of the
Mardi Gras faithful to that mecca
of debauchery — New Orleans.
Students from the University,
and colleges across the Southeast,
will be dancing on Bourbon Street,
where the only open container law
is no cans or bottles.
“Paper cups and plastic cups are
fine," New Orleans police officials
said.
Jim Fitzmorris, a junior drama
mqjor and New Orleans native, re
calls Mardi Gras two years ago
when he. took some friends for the
first time.
“Being from Athens, they
couldn’t understand why the police
were so slack when it come to un
derage drinking. When they asked
a cop he said, ‘because I’ve got
more important things to do.’ ”
The parades, which run through
the city and down Canal Street,
start Friday night with Hermes.
‘"They generally take a theme
from a children’s classic like Peter
Pan or The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow,” Fitzmorris said. “There
are a whole bunch of afternoon pa
rades. Just ask around.”
Saturday's is Endymion and the
largest of the parades, Bacchus, is
Sunday.
On all three nights, flambeau
carriers, dressed in white from
head to toe, and carrying torches,
dance in the streets of the French
Quarter.
Brian Bain, a senior journalism
major and New Orleans native,
said Mardi Gras day starts with
Zulu, an all-black carnival group.
“It has a lot of culture in it,”
Bain said. He said they tradition
ally hand out glittered coconuts to
the crowd.
‘"They used to throw them, but
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said.
The French Quarter is filled
with enough music, food and drink
to keep you happy, but there are
other sections of New Orleans in
which to get a taste of the Mardi
Gras spirit.
“If you really want to hear great
music in a New Orleans atmo
sphere, Benny’s Bar, the savior of
uptown reggae, is the place to go,”
Bain said.
Also uptown, Domilici’s serves
some of the best Poor Boy sand
wiches in the city. If you’re in the
quarter, go to Missina’s, Bain said.
Inevitably, you will want to go to
Pat O’Brien’s in the quarter, the
bar most tourists associate with
the city. Try to drag yourself away
from your Hurricane and wander
next door to Preservation Hall, a
haven for dixieland jazz.
Be warned — it’s not a bar, it’s a
music hall. Pay your two bucks,
fight for a place on the floor and sit
back.
Special Olympics: a lesson in life
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
It seems appropriate that this
weekend a college town like Athens
will be the stage for some impor
tant lessons in life. They aren’t lec
tures on business management or
foreign language or math, but les
sons on fighting adversity and
achieving and closing gaps be
tween misunderstood people.
Athens will host the Georgia
Special Olympics Winter Games
Friday and Saturday. Close to 1,-
000 mentally handicapped ath
letes, from ages eight to 21, will
converge on Athens to compete in
basketball, billiards, bowling, floor
hockey and roller skating.
The events put an emphasis not
on a participant’s athletic prowess,
but on the experience of testing
personal limits and boosting es
teem.
Senior Jeanne Schneider, presi
dent of the Student Council for Ex
ceptional Children, said the
confidence that participants gain is
■ EVENTS
• Basketball team competition at
Stegeman Hall, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Bowling competition morning
session at Showtime Bowl on
Macon Highway, 9 a.m. to noon.
• Bowling competition afternoon
session at Showtime Bowl, 1:30
to 4:30 p.m.
• Team floor hockey at Clarke
County High school, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
• Skating competition at Athena
Skate Inn, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
invalunble to their progress out
side their athletic arenas.
"When they achieve, be it by
winning or even finishing a compe
tition, it gives them the boost they
need to test their skills toward
leading productive, independent
lives,” she said.
Kimberly Sharp, University vol
unteer coordinator, said about S00
student volunteers will help run
the events, including 14 members
of the University football team.
There are enough volunteers to run
the games, but she urged all stu
dents to attend the weekend's
events to cheer for the athletes.
Kathy Smith, events coordi
nator, said spectator turnout in the
past has been poor.
“It would be great to get more
people out to support the kids, it
would mean a lot to them and it
really is fun to see," she said.
There’s no charge for admission
to attend the events.
Stacy Godowns, a senior special
education mtyor and a member of
the Student Council for Excep
tional Children, has volunteered at
the Special Olympics twice as a
greeter and said it was a touching
experience.
Greeters support the athletes by
giving high fives and hugs to them
Please See SPECIAL. Page 2
Shelter me
Mike Williams, senior psy
chology major, uses his books.
SA collects letters
meant for Capitol
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Student Association is
working with the U. S. Student As
sociation on a nationwide cam
paign for educational access. The
campaign focuses on rising tuition
costs and the decrease in federal
funds available for student grants
and loans.
SA collected about 100 letters on
these and other educational mat
ters from students Wednesday and
Thursday at the Tate Student
Center plaza. A group of SA sen
ators will hand-deliver the letters
to the U.S. Capitol on National
Student Lobby Day, March 5.
Gary Lewis, associate director of
financial aid, said the amount of
money available for grants hasn’t
kept up with inflation. Therefore,
he said, the loan program has be
come the primary source of finan
cial aid for students.
According to Janet Lieberman,
legislative director of USSA, the
money available for Pell Grants,
which are targeted at low-income
students, decreased 17 percent
over the last 10 years after adjust
ment for inflation.
Likewise, Student Educational
Opportunity Grant funds have de
creased 21 percent and college
work-study funds have decreased
31 percent, she said. Funds avail
able for Student Incentive Grants
have decreased even before the fig
ures are adjusted for inflation.
Several forms of student loans
have come in to fill the gap, Lie
berman said. Funds available for
student loans have almost doubled
over the last 10 years.
However, funds for the Perkins
Loan — the loan best suited for
students because of its low interest
rate and easy repayment schedule
— have decreased even before ad
justment for inflation, she said.
“Our top priority is keeping
higher education accessible to ev
eryone," Lieberman said.
The campaign also focuses on
educational issues such as campus
safety, a lack of curriculum diver
sity, requirements that students
sign anti-drug agreements before
receiving Pell Grants and require
ments that students certify they’re
registered with Selective Service.
Senior Sen. Molly Mednikow
said SA isn’t affiliated with USSA
and doesn’t advocate USSA’s polit
ical platform. However, they do
support its efforts to increase com
munication between students and
legislators.
“We’re not telling (students)
what they should write. We’re just
trying to open channels of commu
nication on educational issues,”
she said.
National Student Lobby Day is
part of the USSA’s 21st Legislative
Conference. Lieberman said the
event hasn’t been held on such a
large scale in about five years.
USSA expects thousands of stu
dents to attend, she said. However,
those who can’t attend will be rep
resented through their letters.
“We're hoping to get partici
pation from every state in the
union,” she said.
The letter-writing campaign SA
held at the Tate Center was so suc
cessful that SA has decided to con
tinue it Monday, Mednikow said.
“We’ve had people lined up
waiting to write letters,” she said.
Young Democrats, College Re
publicans and the Black Affairs
Council, co-sponsors of the cam
paign, also are soliciting letters.
SA senators will continue to so
licit letters through March 5. She
said she expects to get about 500
more letters from students.
Mednikow said she hopes stu
dents will be interested in at
tending National Student Lobby
Day in Washington, D.C. The
group will meet with representa
tives and senators and participate
in a rally where Jesse Jackson will
speak.
The trip will cost $85, including
transportation and lodging. A
second rally may be held in Atlanta
on the same day for those who are
unable to attend the Washington
rally.