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An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 71
INSIDE
Editorial cartoonist Mike
Moreu takes a look at
recent U.S. Supreme
Court decision-making.
Weather: Cloudy today, 20
percent chance rain, high in mld-
50s. Tonight, 30 percent chance
rain, low 40. Friday, cloudy, 30
percent chance rain, high 60.
Automobile break-in rate on rise in Athens
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5 Months
(August 1,1989 - December 31,1989)
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(July 1. 1988-June 31. 1989)
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By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Many students are getting a break these
days, but not the kind they want.
Sixty-seven auto break-ins were reported
from Aug. 1, 1989 to Dec. 31, 1989 — nearly
double the amount of auto break-ins during the
whole 1989 fiscal year, from July 1, 1988 to
June 31, 1989, according to University police
statistics.
Statistics from Athens police also show a
rising number of auto break-ins. Auto-entering
incidents rose from 791 in 1988 to 1,029 in
1989, an increase of 238 incidents.
Auto break-ins occur every day in Athens,
with 71 being reported in January and 51
during February.
Hilda Spratlin, Athens police public informa
tion officer, said, ‘The crime statistics on every
thing are going up, and the main reason is drug
use."
Athens police have seen an increase in the
number of burglaries of small items, such as
TVs and stereos, that can quickly be converted
into cash either in pawn shops or on the street,
she said. Thieves might use the money to sup
port a drug habit.
University Police Sgt. Richard Goodson said
valuables in a car, such as purse items or a
radar detector, are convenient for criminals to
steal because they can be converted into instant
cash. He said auto break-ins are the second big
gest criminal threat to University students
after property theft.
Spratlin said, “You are subject to being
broken into at any time. With the high concen
tration of vehicles we have here in Athens, it’s
easy to hit and run.”
She described how a burglar might easily
break the window of a car, wait to see if he had
aroused any suspicion, then quickly grab an
item out of a car and run.
Tonya Phillips, a sophomore early childhood
education m^jor, had her car broken into last
summer at the Alps Shopping Center parking
lot.
Tt’s a real pain in the you-know-what,” Phil
lips said. “I had to cancel all my credit cards. I
had no ID and had lost my Avail card, so I had
trouble getting money from my bank. My
window was broken out and it rained that
week.
“But the biggest thing was that they stole my
pictures of my father and brother, and I can’t
replace those," she said.
University Police Chief Chuck Horton said
students should park on the beaten path and
avoid those areas dimly lit or out of the way. He
also urged students to leave their valuables out
of sight, maybe in the trunk, when leaving the
car.
Many auto break-ins often occur in cycles, he
said, indicating that a single person or group
might be responsible. Fewer auto break-ins
occur during cold weather
SUPER H00PSTER
SA senator quits,
chastises leaders
Kessler sets
on court and
By ROB KREMER
Sports Writer
“/ am; / am;
1 am Superman,
And 1 can do anything
Most Georgia students recognize
that these are lyrics sung by local-
turned-national rock band R.E.M.
But, at a second glance, they al-
fast pace
in classroom
it to lab at 8:55.”
About being a fine son: “He has
been very considerate as a son,” his
father Jay Kessler said. “He is very
willing to listen to advice and take
counsel. So from that regard, he
has been exceptional.”
About being a terrific teammate:
“1 don’t look at him as only a bas
ketball player,” guard Litterial
Vols down Dogs, 93-83
The Georgia men's basketball team came up short against Ten
nessee 93-83 in Knoxville Wednesday night.
Forward Alec Kessler fouled out with 2:59 to play and posted just
10 points. Litterial Green led Dog scorers with 21 points.
The Dogs have one last chance to win the conference outright when
they meet Auburn on the road Saturday. A wrap-up of the Tennessee
game and a preview of the Auburn contest coming in Friday’s paper.
most seem better suited to be said
by Georgia’s All-American candi
date Alec Kessler.
To find evidence that the senior
forward is indeed a superman, all
one needs to do is talk to people
from different areas of his life.
About his chances on making the
NBA: “He’s a big-time prospect,”
NBA director of scouting Marty
Blake said. “He’ll go in the first
round. He’s strong and can run the
court. He’s got great potential.”
About being a good student:
“Good enough to make a 3.91
GPA," said, Ivan Roth, a professor
of microbiology and Kessler’s ad
visor. “He is an exceptional student
without even looking at his basket
ball talents. I had a class with him,
and he used to come to class ev
eryday in his sweats. It was later
that 1 found out why — he was
practicing basketball from 6 to 8 in
the morning, and then would make
Green said, “but as a friend."
And to think, for all that
Kessler, has accomplished at
Georgia — academically and ath
letically — it almost didn’t happen.
He originally signed with the Col
lege of Charleston, an NAIA school.
“It was my best opportunity at
the time," Kessler said. “Georgia
didn’t offer me a scholarship early.
So, at the early signing date, I went
ahead and signed with the best
small school I could.”
Georgia coach Hugh Durham’s
role in Kessler’s reneging on his
commitment to play for Charleston
was minimal.
‘1 didn’t play any specific role in
it,” Durham said. “He signed early
because he didn’t have a lot of con
fidence in himself. I didn’t want to
recruit him just because Chad
(Kessler, his elder brother, who at
tended Georgia from 1984-87) was
here. Then he had a real good se-
Alec Kessler: Senior forward is a scholar, athlete and
Bulldog basketball All-American candidate
nior year.” “I didn’t think 1 was ready to
Upon coming to Athens in the play, and 1 didn’t want to sit the
fall of 1985, Kessler told Durham bench the whole year,” Kessler
that he wanted to be redshirted. Please See SUPERMAN. Page 6
Taiwan: No help for Chinese students
By STEVEN M. SEARS
Staff Writer
Blacklisted Chinese students
who demonstrated for democracy
last spring in China and abroad
won’t find political asylum in
Taiwan, a top Taiwanese official
said Wednesday.
C.Y. Chu, director general of the
Coordination Council for North
American Affairs, said during a
lunch with the Athens mayor and
local press that Taiwan was too
small an island with too dense a
population to give asylum to black
listed Chinese students.
Chinese students have said that
those who partiripted in demon
strations in support of the Beijing
democracy movement last spring,
were blacklisted by the Chinese
government and may be punished
when they return to their home
land.
Chu said the Taiwanese govern
ment would review all of the stu
dents’ cases.
“If the mainland Chinese have
relatives in Taiwan they will be al
lowed in Taiwan for a one month
stay,” he said.
Chinese can extend their visas
at the end of their first month in
Taiwan for an additional month.
But Chu said they can’t stay for
longer than two months.
Chu said the death of commu
nism is near.
“No one likes communism,” he
said. “Their dream doesn’t come
true.”
Chambers, who made Chu an
honorary citizen of Athens and pre
sented him with a key to the city,
said he thinks Taiwan and China
will be unified.
1 believe it’s just a matter of
years,” he said, “before China is re
united under a democratic regime.”
Chu also said the reunification
of Taiwan and China was possible.
“Our condition," Chu said, “is
that the reunification must be done
under a free and democratic condi
tion."
The Taiwanese government has
converted its economy from an ag
ricultural to an industrial base.
Chu said his country’s economic
base is currently 95 percent in
dustry and 5 percent agriculture.
The change in Taiwan’s eco
nomic base has improved the Tai
wanese’s wages.
Chu said the Taiwanese people’s
current per capita income is
around *8,000, compared to
China’s per capita income of $400.
At the turn of the century, Chu ex
pects Taiwan's per capita income to
triple to $25,000.
While Taiwan’s economic base
continues to mature, foreign com-
Frv/Th. Red end Beck
Key to the city: From Athens Mayor Dwain Chambers (I) to
C.Y. Chu, director general of Coordination Council
parries who have produced prod
ucts in Taiwan have sought cheap
labor elsewhere because it's diffi
cult to find labor in Taiwan’s tech
nologically intensive industry.
Foreign companies seeking labor
have moved to South East Asia,
Chu said.
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Student Association senior Sen
Molly Mednikow resigned
Wednesday with a written
statement criticizing SA for a
“complete absence” of leadership.
“Be it a lack of skill, or a lack of
commitment, the current adminis
tration has severely retarded the
growth of the SA,” the statement
read.
Mednikow is the Bixth of 34 sen
ators to resign during this term
and the third resigning senator to
complain about SA upper-level ad
ministration.
Shortly after the current admin
istration took over last spring
quarter, Senior Sen. Lane Haley
resigned. He said he left, in part,
because of problems with Vice
President Mary Beth Hartlage
This fall, Cale Conley, a junior ad
vertising major, resigned, in part
because of problems with the ad.
ministration, which he wouldn’t
explain.
Mednikow wrote that she en
countered opposition from the SA
administration when she at
tempted to make the organization
stronger and more efficient.
She resigned Wednesday after a
debate over a budget crisis during
SA’s Tuesday night meeting. Med
nikow also leaves the job of com
munity affairs committee chair.
SA President Mark Schisler said
Wednesday that her resignation
came as a surprise to him.
‘1 think what a lot of this stems
from is financial problems. SA, like
any other organization, has a lim
ited budget,” Schisler said.
“Molly spent more than her
share of the budget and she re
quested more money and we
simply, as an (executive com
mittee), had to turn her down, and
I think that upset her," Schisler
said.
Schisler said Mednikow spent
more than $350 on one project
without the required approval of
the SA executive committee, which
includes himself, Vice President
Mary Beth Hartlage and all com
mittee chairs.
Hartlage said Wednesday, “1
think the reason she resigned was
because she was indignant about
confrontations about the money
she spent.”
Mednikow said in the past she
has spent large sums of ner own
money on SA projects.
Her statement accused SA Presi
dent Mark Schisler of failing to fill-
fill his role as an administrator,
despite his good intentions.
“Mark’s original concept of sen
ators’ individual projects, while
good in principle, set the stage for a
frustrating lack of unity," Medni-
kow’s statement read. “His atti
tude was replicated in the
leadership of many committee
chairmen, who never held regular
committee meetings until being
forced to.”
Mednikow said SA’s problems
don’t stem from apathy among its
senators, as students on campus
may believe. She said they come in
stead from the organization’s
leaders.
Also in the written statement,
Mednikow said the executive com
mittee is made up of “some of the
most critical, unenthusiastic
people on SA." A number of sen
ators share her views in private,
she wrote.
Graduate Sen. Neil Thom, a
member of Mednikow’s committee,
said the SA does have a problem
with lack of focus overall.
“She has done a fantastic job,
but I think she sometimes went too
far with what she thought her com
mittee and the SA as a whole could
do,” he said
Mednikow said she would con
tinue to work with her committee
to smooth out the transition in
leadership
SA budget
in trouble
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Student Association President
Mark Schisler said Tuesday the or
ganization is virtually out of
money in several budget catego
ries.
What’s left of the budget n.ust
last through elections and the end
of spring quarter, which mostly
falls during the beginning of the
next administration’s term.
SA Treasurer Tammy Dudley
couldn’t be reached Wednesday for
comment, and Schisler didn’t have
the exact budget figures.
Senators must have approval to
spend money on any projects,
Schisler said.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Senior
Sen. Molly Mednikow took the floor
to apologize for spending money on
fliers printed for a project without
getting executive approval. Other
senators expressed disapproval
over her unapproved expenditure.
Mark Schisler: SA almost
out of money
Senior Sen. Djuana Austin said,
“You can help everybody else out if
you are being considerate when
you're making 500-600 copies.”
Mednikow said the SA should
find solutions for the present
budget crunch.
“We can’t operate with no
money. I think we all know there
are important projects that need to
be done,” she said.
Mednikow announced her resig
nation from SA Wednesday.
In other business, SA endorsed a
proposal for a “modified dead-day
period” which would prevent pro
fessors from scheduling assign
ment deadlines or tests during the
last three class days before final
exams each quarter.
Freshman Sen. Samantha An
derson said she and Junior Sen.
Pete Allen should have the pro-
poeal ready for presentation to the
Educational Affairs Committee of
the University Council at its
meeting Wednesday.
Sophomore Sen. Susie Griffin
made a proposal for a designated
driver program. She said she con
tacted 20 bars, 18 of which agreed
to serve free soft drinks to student
designated drivers.