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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 70
iNSiDE
An interview with
Hollyfaith, the Atlanta
band playing the Rockfish
Palace tonight.
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Weather: Today, partly cloudy,
high In mlcHjOs. Tonight, mostly
cloudy, 20 percent chance rain,
low 40. Thursday, cloudy, 30
percent chance rain, low 50s.
Proposal may aid Univ. System construction
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
The lack of funding for Univer
sity construction projects in Gov.
Joe Prank Harris’ 1991 budget pro
posal has University President
Charles Knapp and the University
System Board of Regents worried.
But Lt. Gov. Zell Miller has pro
vided a small ray of hope.
On Sunday, Miller requested
that the Senate re-allocate $35 mil
lion originally designated for high
ways to the University System.
Bill Stevens, special assistant to
Miller, said $2.6 million of the new
funding would go toward aug
menting the regents’ formula, the
system by which general monies
arc allotted to the University Sys
tem's 34 institutions. The re
maining $32.4 million would go
toward University System con
struction projects.
The regents originally requested
$235.6 million for system construc
tion projects.
Harris recommended $23.5 mil
lion for construction: $17 million
for a Georgia Southern College
continuing education center and
$6.5 million for an addition to a
student center at Southern College
of Technology.
Barbara Morgan, the governor’s
news secretary, acknowledged the
disappointment of both Harris and
the regents on the lack of money.
Morgan said, "No one was satis
fied with the recommendations he
was able to make. Their (the re
gents’) job is to champion in
creases. His job is to make final
decisions.
"It’s a tight budget year and we
recommended the most we could,”
she said.
Knapp, in a memo sent to faculty
Monday, expressed concern as to
whether the proposed Fine Arts
Complex, the University’s top con
struction priority, will be allocated
money in the near future.
Knapp wrote, "If capital funding
is continued in subseauent yeurs at
the level recommended for fiscal
year 1991, it would be six years be
fore construction on the Fine Arts
Complex can begin.”
The Fine Arte Complex is cur
rently number 17 on the regents’
list of construction priorities The
University’s second prioritv, the
Comprehensive Agricultural Live-
Btock/Poultry Facility, is the 20th
priority construction project out of
21 on the regents’ list.
However, the House and a
Senate subcommittee have agreed
to allocate $2.5 million for the Uni
versit/s third construction prioritv
— a new facility for the Rusk
Center for International Law and
Comparative Law.
Tom Jackson, University public
information director, said the
House decided to fund the center
even though it isn’t on the regents’
priority list because a substantial
amount of money has already been
pledged by a private source. Law
School Dean Ron Ellington said the
rivate source has pledged
500,000 He declined to give the
name of the benefactor.
In his memo, Knapp expressed
concern about the trend since 1979
of less and less money going to
ward highei education.
‘The regents’ share of the total
state budget has dropped from 16
percent in 1979 to 12 percent this
year
"During that time faculty sala
ries have fallen from first in the
Southeast to fifth, and Georgia col
leges and universities are falling
behind in capital needs.”
Miller’s assitant Stevens said,
UGA IV makes last yard
Funeral services were held for Bulldog mascot UGA IV
on Tuesday. The pallbearers (above) were, In the front
with no Jacket on, Charles Seller, son of UGA IV's owner
Sonny Seller. At the rear of the red and black plywood
coffin Is Ken Hanslng, a friend of the Sellers. Athletic Di
rector Vince Dooley also attended the services. He Is
being Interviewed by a radio reporter at the left side of
the photo on the right. Others at the funeral to see UGA
on his way were seven photographers, 2 television
news crews, one radio announcer, Sonny Seller and his
two daughters, University President Charles Knapp and
former tennis coach Dan Maglll. A successor for UGA IV
hasn't been chosen yet.
Law School Dean
Ronald Ellington
declined to name
private funding source
for Rusk Center
construction.
"We had to make a choice between
transportation and education. We
chose education.”
RegentB Spokesman Michael
Baxter said it’s too early to tell how
much of the additional funding will
go to the University.
Stevens said the extra $32.4 mil
lion will allow the system to con
struct a library at DeKalb College
and design a dormitory at the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Chi Psi suspended
By JOEL GROOVER
Staff Writer
For weekly Judicial Report tee
page 2.
The Student Judiciary sub
pended Chi Psi fraternity for two
quarters last week, saying mem
bers broke University regulations
by setting off fireworks at a bonfire
party and refusing to help police of
ficers investigate a fight.
According to a statement re
leased Tuesday by the judiciary,
Chi Psi broke disorderly conduct
and fire safety rules while on pro
bation for an earlier disorderly con
duct offense.
The court ruled that Chi Psi
broke n fire safety violation by set
ting off fireworks, but that the bon
fire was safe.
University regulations require
that organizations cooperate with
thepolice.
Tne Organization Court of the
Student Judiciary heard the case
Feb. 15 and handed down its ruling
last week. The court suspended
Chi Psi from taking partin Univer
sity-sponsored events until after
summer quarter.
But Tommy Lacy, president of
the fraternity, said Chi Psi plans to
fight the suspension. The fratei
nity filed an appeal Tuesday
The case will now go to the Judi
cial Council, a seven-member stu
dent court that handles appeuls.
According to the court’s
statement, "On October 30, 1989,
Chi Psi members had a bonfire in
front of their house, and some
members were shooting ofT fire
works from the front porch of the
house toward Lumpkin StTeet.
“Also, on November 5, 1989, Chi
Psi hosted a band party at their
house. During the party a Chi Psi
member injured a guest in a fight.
“Fraternity members refused to
reveal the identity of the member
in the fight to the police and
warned witnesses not to tell police
what they had seen ”
At the party, a Chi Psi member
hit sophomore Adam Compton,
who does not belong to Chi Psi, in
the head with a bedpost, according
to University police reports.
The pre-law major was taken to
St. Mary’s Hospital where five sta
ples were put in the top of his head.
Compton couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Another police report confirmed
that members set off fireworks.
Though Chi Psi pleaded guilty to
the fire safety violation, Lacy said
the fraternity didn’t try to thwart
thepolice investigation.
Tne fight was one-on-one, he
said. However, Lacy noted that
University policy is to hold organi
zations responsible for the actions
of their members, even if an inci
dent involves only one person.
He also said it’s likely that Chi
Psi was suspended simply because
it was on "probated suspension”
when the violations U*>k place
Organizations put on probated
suspension tire automatically sus
pended for any lat* i mf'action
Lacy said Chi Psi was placed on
probation last winter after being
found guilty of disorderly conduct.
In that case, he said, “One guy
f ot kind of drunk and got naked on
urnpkin Street.”
A replacement for the pill
Birth control breakthrough
By i.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
The Gilbert Health Center prob
ably will carry the new birth con
trol device Norplant after the FDA
finishes last-minute testa on man
ufacturing equipment later this
year, University health educator
Nancy MacNair said.
Dr. Robert Hatcher, director of
the Emory University Family
Planning Program at Grady Hos
pital in Atlanta, said the invention
ib at least ns effective as the birth
control pill but doesn't have the
side effects or the hassle of having
to take a daily dosage.
“It is the Bnfest and most effec
tive method to ever become avail
able, even compared to the pill,” he
said.
The Population Council, a non
profit international research
group, developed the revolutionary
birth control method, which re
ceived unanimous approval from a
Food and Drug Administration ad
visory board last May.
Sandra Waldman, public infor
mation mannger of the Population
Council in New York, said all med
ical testing has been completed,
but final investigations are being
conducted on the equipment to be
used in the manufacturing of the
device.
Thin arm Implants
Norplant consists of six slender
1.5-inch silicone capsules, im
planted in the inside of a woman’s
upper arm in a fan-shaped ar
rangement. The capsules are 2.4
millimeters thick, a little thicker
than a paper clip, and disperse the
hormone progesterone into the
system for a period of up to five
years to prevent conception.
Studies indicate that over a five-
year period the method is more
than 99 percent effective for
women weighing less than 110
pounds and 90 percent for women
up to 163 pounds, Hatcher said.
Waldman said effectiveness fig
ures are averaged over a five-year
time period and for the first two
years all women, regardless of
weight, are equally protected from
pregnancy.
“Women 153 pounds and up are
more at risk when they enter the
third year of using a device,” she
said. “But that just means women
in those weight brackets may want
to replace the device more fre
quently than every five years."
Extensive testing
The apparatus, as modern as it
may seem, has been in devel
opment since 1966 and has been
tested on 50,000 women in 44 coun
tries.
The device is on the market in 14
countries including Sweden and
Venetuela.
“No other birth control device
has undergone such extensive clin
ical testing before submission to
the FDA as this one has,” MacNair
said.
Side effects identified in the
study include weight gain, mood
swings and spotting. But MacNair
said these side effects would prob
ably be less severe for women using
Norplant than those on the pill, be
cause Norplant doesn't contain es
trogen, a common cause of such
side effects.
Insertion of the flexible silicone
capsules is done with local anes
thesia in a 16-minute procedure in
a doctor’s office. A 2-millimeter in
cision is made in the upper arm to
place the capsules.
Norplant, called the "butterfly”
by some foreign users for its fan
shaped arrangement, is fully effec
tive within 24 hours after inser
tion, Waldman said.
It can be readily removed if a
woman decides she would like to
become pregnant. All contraceptive
effects of Norplant cease within 24
hours of removal, she said
Price not yet set
Prices haven't been set on the
method. Prices will be computable
to the cost of two years of oral con
traception, Waldman said It costs
$72 a year to fill birth control pars-
criptions at Gilbert Health Center,
but can be $180 or higher in a reg
ular drug store.
Junior Kellie Burley, a public re
lations major. said the Not plant is
more appealing thun uthei birth
control methods.
“It seems like u gieut idea be
cause, in addition to the effective
ness, the level of hormones in the
body remains constant instead of
any inconsistencies that happen
when a girl forgets to take pills or
takes them at different times every
day,” she said. "But 1 might worry
that it would be noticeable
Waldman said the capsules are
visible only in thin-skinned women
or if the skin is pressed in a bright
light. They are slightly detectable
to the touch, she said.
The Norplant Is safe and effec
tive for women who want to pre
vent their first conception or who
want to limit the sire of families
they already have,” she said. “It
really is quite a development in
contraceptive technology,”
Waldman said.
Myers deals with measles scare
About 100 Myers Hall residents
were inoculated for measles
Thursday and Fridny after it was
learned that someone with the
disease had visited the residence
hall, said Gerry Glasenapp, a
registeied nurse at The Gilbert
Health Center.
So far, no one has shown signs
of the disease, she said.
The health center adminis
tered the shots nfter it learned
that a visitor to Myers Hall on
Feb. 17 had measles. The visitor
spent about 24 hours in Athens
Measles starts out with vague
symptoms such as a runny nose,
a cough, fever, headaches and
watery eyes, Glasenapp said
Students may realize tney have
measles when the rash appears
The incubation period for meu
sles is seven to 14 days, she said
Glasenapp said measles and
chicken pox are the most infec
tious of all diseases.
"They can spread very
quickly, she said
John Davis, n residence life
coordinator at Myers Hall, said
he has asked his staff to keep him
informed
“No one has reported any
symptoms to us," Davis said.
Glasenapp said there haven’t
been any cases of measles on
campus this year or last
— by Sandra Stephens
Craig Carmean, a Junior pre-Journallsm student, picks up a stotm at the Tate Student Center plaza
Tuesday. He was hired by the Student Association to attract attention to their campaign tor lower tuition.
A guitar in the sun