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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 69
INSIDE
An look at Dirty Reign,
one of several popular
cover bands playing on
the Athens circuit.
Weather: Today, sunny and
warmer, high in the low 60s.
Tonight, fair, low of 40.
Wednesday, partly cloudy, high in
the low 60s. Thanks Neville!
Knapp ‘painfully aware’ of low salary increases
Charles Knapp: Wants fac
ulty salary increases
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
University President Charles
Knapp, in a memorandum to fac
ulty members Monday, stated
that he is “painfully aware of the
critical need for salary increases
for University personnel” and is
examining all possible funding
sources.
Knapp sent the memorandum
to update faculty on the 1991
state budget recommendations.
He called Gov. Joe Frank
Harris’ budget recommendation
“a major disappointment for the
University of Georgia and for
higher education in our state.
‘The Governor’s budget rep
resents a significant retreat from
the aggressive budget proposal
endorsed by the Board of Regents
last fall,” he wrote in the memo.
The regents asked for a 9 per
cent increase in faculty salaries
and recommended funding for
construction projects totaling
$235.6 million.
In his budget recommendation,
Harris allowed for a 4 percent in
crease in salaries and $23.5 mil
lion for total University System
construction allocations.
Knapp wrote in the memo,
"Past experience indicates the
Georgia General Assembly will
not increase the salary funding
requested by the Governor. If ap
proved, this would be the fourth
year of 4 percent increases for the
University System and will re
sult in an even larger salary gap
between the University and peer
institutions.”
Joseph Bouton, agronomy pro
fessor and chairman of the Uni
versity Council’s Faculty Affairs
Committee, said the need for
salary increases is pressing and
competition for faculty is rising.
However, the lack of larger
salary increases isn’t demora
lizing faculty, he said.
“Most of the faculty are profes
sional enough for it not to affect
their teaching," Bouton said.
Gale Gaines, research asso
ciate at the Southern Regional
Education Board, said the alloca
tions for faculty salary increases
in the recommended budgets of
other states don’t differ much
from Georgia’s.
Gaines said the following in
creases were recommended by
the states’ respective governors:
Mississippi, 5 percent; Ten
nessee, 4 percent; Florida, 3 per
cent; West Virginia, no increase.
According to SREB figures, the
University’s average salary has
been below the regional average
since 1987.
In his memo, Knapp suggested
using a portion of the funds allo
cated to the Special Funding Ini
tiative as an alternative for
upgrading salaries.
Even if SFI funding rose, using
the money for faculty salaries
would hinder important instruc
tion, research and service, Knapp
stated in the memo.
Litterial Green: Sophomore guard goes up for one of his
17 points in the 86-85 win
Sweet victory: Ecstatic Bulldog faithful hold impromptu celebration on the court
Neville Austin: Center
sinks game winner
Ticket booth turmoil
Lady Dogs tame Tigers
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Writer
The 7th-ranked Georgia
women’s basketball team (24-3)
pounded the 19th-ranked LSU
Lady Tigers 72-56 in the Coliseum
Saturday.
The win capped off a tough 10-
day, four-game winning streak to
earn the Lady Dogs the fourth seed
in this weekend’s SEC tourney.
It also puts the Ladv Dogs in the
opposite position of this time last
season, when they nose-dived and
dropped their last two regular
season games (four of the last five)
and promptly made a quick exit
from the NCAA tourney.
The victory marked the fourth
time coach Andy Landers’ team
finished the home schedule unde
feated.
Landers said after the game that
he feels good about his team’s
chances in the post-season because
the hoopsters are shooting well and
running the fast break effectively.
“I’m the most excited I’ve been in
a couple of years,” he said. “I like
our chances going in. Somebody is
going to have to play hard to beat
us. I know we’ll play hard. We just
have to play well.”
The Lady Dogs played the first
eight minutes of Saturda/s game
sloppily. But after washing the
butter off their fingers, point guard
Sharon Baldwin scored three con
secutive unanswered baskets (two
set-shots and a layup) to put
Georgia ahead 14-12 and give the
Please See LADY DOGS, Page 6
By GENE WILLIAMS
Sports Editor
Tickets anyone?
Unusually high demand for tickets to the LSU-Georgia basketball
game caused a crunch at the Coliseum ticket window Sunday morning
that has left some wondering if the sale could have been better organized.
The 2,700 remaining student tickets were to go on sale at 10 a.m.
About 30 students decided that to ensure that they got a seat to the piv
otal SEC game, they would spend Saturday night camping out in the
bitter cold around the Coliseum.
“We got there about 2 a.m. and when we woke up Sunday morning
about 8 a.m, some folks came up and rushed in front of us in line,” said
Russ Thomas, a senior chemistry major.
The ticket line began to back up at about 8 a.m. and eventually
stretched from the ticket windows, down the hill, and along the sidewalk
around the Coliseum.
But the real problem came at 10 a.m., ticket seekers said. As the win
dows opened to sell, the throng pushed forward at each window and sur
rounded the window. No fights broke out, but the crowd was so strong
that it was difficult for those who had purchased their tickets to leave.
“After you bought your tickets, people were picking folks up and
passing them overhead from the front to the back, and there was no at
tempt to control the crowd. There were no policemen, no nothing,” An
drew Chamberlain, a pre-law student, said.
University ticket manager Freddy Jones disagreed.
Please See TICKETS, Page 2
Jackson, netting just eight points
in the second half, finished the
game with 31.
In the second half, the Tigers
constructed a 19 point lead with
17:30 left to play. From there, the
Dogs went to work.
Georgia went on a 21-4 run
which cut the deficit to two points.
In the last ten minutes, the game
was tied seven different times.
In the crunch, it was Kessler
who led the way. In his final home
game for the University, Kessler
gave the crowd, most of whom
waved ALEC placards throughout
Please See VICTORY Page 2
By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
Sunday’s heart-stopping victory
over the LSU Tigers 86-85 in the
Coliseum gave Georgia a one-game
lead in the SEC and earned senior
forward Alec Kessler the SEC
Player of the Week award Monday.
The Dogs, facing their final two
SEC games on the road, are poised
to capture their first-ever confer
ence crown.
After scoring 20 points and grab
bing 10 rebounds in the Ole Miss
win Wednesday, Kessler led the
Dogs to an incredible come-from-
behind victory over LSU. The 6-
foot-ll-inch Roswell native pow
ered the Dogs with 30 points and
13 rebounds.
The Dogs improved their record
to 12-4 in the conference and 19-6
overall. LSU falls one game back at
11-5 in the SEC and 21-6 overall.
Both the Dogs and Tigers have
two games left to play. Georgia hits
the road for games tomorrow night
at Tennessee and Saturday at Au
burn. LSU tangles with Florida on
the road tomorrow and returns
home Saturday to meet Ole Miss.
The frenzied party that stormed
onto the Coliseum floor after the
LSU win was stymied by one ines
capable fact. The Dogs must win
one of their final two games in
order to clinch at least a share of
the conference title.
Monday, coach Hugh Durham
reflected on the Bulldog victory
“It was electric,” Durham said.
“It left our fans and our players
feeling pretty good. Unfortunately
in the SEC you can’t afford to bask
in the spotlight. We’ve got a tough
game against Tennessee
Wednesday night.”
In the first half of Sunday’s win
over LSU, the Dogs looked tight.
They turned the ball over eight
times. LSU’s Chris Jackson,
scoring 23 first half points, put his
team up by 11 at the intermission.
How Sweep It Is!
Dogs knocking on door of SEC title
Athens earns honors
for cultural diversity
Athens became an official in-
tercultural city Monday as Mayor
Dwain Chambers accepted a cer
tificate of designation issued
from Gov. Joe Frank Harris’ of
fice.
Mayor Chambers said he was
honored to receive the certificate.
“It is a privilege to receive this
certificate," he said. “We will ful
fill our obligation as a designated
city."
Joy Berry of the governor’s of
fice said cities are chosen based
on recognition in and out of the
state as intercultural cities.
Athens is competitive in the
world marketplace, she said.
Chambers said the designation
signifies an increased under
standing of the cultural diversity
that’s part of the history of
Athens.
Richard Reiff, director of stu
dent affairs in International
Services and Programs, said he
was pleased Athens was chosen.
Trie University and office of
international services is very
grateful for this designation,” he
said.
Tom Glaser, head of the
Chamber of Commerce, said his
office was delighted.
‘We at the Chamber of Com
merce just feel very proud of this
designation,” he saia.
Athens joined Gainesville, At
lanta, Augusta, Macon, Co
lumbus and Savannah as cities
recognized by the governor for
their intercultural presence.
— Steven M. Sears
Mascot UGA IV dies of kidney failure
By GENE WILUAMS
Sports Editor
University of Georgia mascot UGA IV died
from kidney failure Monday at 3 p.m. at his
home in Savannah.
The nine-year-old white English bulldog had
served as the official mascot of University of
Georgia athletics since 1981. He was inaugu
rated during pre-game ceremonies of the 1981
football season opener in Athens against the
University of Tennessee, succeeding his father,
UGA III.
UGA Athletic Director Vince Dooley said
UGA I Vs passing was a great loss for the Uni
versity.
‘The University is sorry to see him pass,”
Dooley said. “UGA symbolizes so many things
to so many people and many folks think of UGA
in different ways.”
A private burial will take place Tuesday in
Sanford Stadium, where the previous mascots
are buried.
During his eight-year career, UGA TV fol
lowed the University of Georgia basketball
team to the 1983 NCAA Basketball Final Four
and appeared at the Heisman Trophy awards
banquet in 1982 with Herschel Walker. He
served as “chair-dog” for the American Cancer
Society’s Great American Smoke-Out in 1984.
Savannah attorney Frank Seilar, owner of
the mascot, said UGA IV was alert and able to
watch the Georgia-LSU basketball game on
television Sunday, when the Bulldogs scored a
last-second 86-85 victory.
“He was watching the game, pulling for his
Bulldogs, and was able to view one of our
greatest achievements in basketball. I just wish
he could have held on for another week to see
our basketball team finish the season,” Seiler
said.
A successor to UGA IV will be selected from
three potential bulldogs later this spring, Seiler
said.
We have not yet chosen the new mascot,”
Cecelia Seiler, Frank’s wife, said. “Probably we
will choose the youngest dog, but no decision
has been made yet.”
UGA IV didn’t attend Georgia’s Peach Bowl
loss to Syracuse last December. Instead, UGA
IV’s son MaGillicuty filled in for his ailing pop.
UGA IV: Served as mascot beginning
in 1981 football season