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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 73
INSIDE
A review of “The Pied
Pipers of Rock ’n’ Roll,”
book about early disc
jockeys by Wes Smith.
Weather: Today, mostly sunny,
high around 70. Tonight, fair, low
near 40. Wednesday, partly
cloudy, high near 70. The grass is
always greener In Virginia.
Virginia comes a’courtin’; Knapp stays mum
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
University President Charles Knapp re
mained silent Monday while speculation
continued about his status as a candidate
for the presidency of the University of Vir
ginia.
Knapp has shied away from media atten
tion concerning the possible school switch,
other than a prepared statement released
Friday, and has canceled a press conference
previously scheduled for Wednesday.
Board of Regents Chancellor H. Dean
Propst said Knapp is under no pressure to
make a decision.
“Nobody's putting him under any dead
line,” he said.
Knapp wouldn’t comment on reports that
he visited the University of Virginia last
weekend.
Nor would he comment on any facet of
the possible candidacy, except to confirm
the information released in a prepared
statement Friday.
The statement reads “I have been con
tacted by the University of Virginia, and
have spoken with them. The lines of com
munication are still open.
“I have not been offered the job, nor have
I promised the University of Virginia I
would accept it if it were to be offered.”
In the statement, he also said his “prin
ciple concern” at the present time is being
University of Georgia president.
UVA is considered one of the top public
institutions in the country. Freshman ap
plicants to UVA averaged more than 1200
on the Scholastic Aptitude Test last year, as
compared to an average score of 1033 for
the University.
Top University officials say Knapp would
be crazy to pass on the opportunity.
Barbara Morgan, spokesperson for Gov.
Joe Frank Harris, said, “We consider it a
high compliment considering the reputation
of the University of Virginia."
“If he accepts, it would mean that the
Board of Regents hired a good president.
Obviously you run the risk of losing good
people from the day you hire them,” Morgan
said.
Despite the prestige UVA offers, Knapp
would only be making $5,750 more a year ,
according to current salary figures. Knapp
now makes a combined salary of $137,250,
including $4,500 allocated for housing. UVA
President Robert O’ Neil makes a combined
salary of $143,000, according to the UVA
public information office.
Board of Regents Spokesman Michael
Baxter said Knapp’s salary is set and the re-
However, prestige and salary may not be
the issue. Knapp publicly criticized, as lute
as last Thursday, the low faculty salary in
creases and capital project allocations being
considered by the Georgia Legislature.
The Legislature is considering giving fac
ulty a 4 percent salary increase. The Board
of Regents requested a 9 percent increase
Despite the possible addition of $32 4 mil
lion dollars to the University system budget
suggested by Lt. Gov. Zell Miller and ap
proved by the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, total capital project allocations for
the system will be $179 million less than
what the regents originally requested
Rep. Louie Clark of the 13th District,
which includes part of Clarke County, is a
member of the House Appropriations Com
mittee. He said the possible resignation of
one institution president, regardless of the
size, wouldn’t make him want to allocate
more or less money to higher education.
He said, "We don’t take in the status of
specific universities, we look at the total
system.”
Sen. Terrell Starr, D-Forest Park, Senate
Appropriations chairman, hopes Knapp
won’t leave because of low allocations.
Starr said it’s going to be difficult to allo
cate any more money than has been desig
nated for higher education.
Charles Knapp: Keeps quiet
on possible move
Reactions mixed
to Atlanta Forum
Bulldogs take SEC
Pot rally
big draw
in Atlanta
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
Nearly 4,000 marijuana legali
zation supporters gathered in Pied
mont Park in Atlanta Saturday for
the kick-off rally of Hemp Tour ’90,
backed by the National Organiza
tion for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws.
The scene resembled a 1960s
peace carnival, complete with tie-
dye-clad marijuana Bmokers sit
ting on blankets and smoking the
forbidden herb while listening to
live music and pro-legalization
speakers.
Keynote speaker Gatewood
Galbraith, a candidate in Ken
tucky’s gubernatorial race, called
for an end to the anti-marijuana
propaganda which has bombarded
the public for decades.
“Marijuana has been lumped to-
ether with serious, damaging
rugs like cocaine and crack and
heroin,” he said.
Galbraith said marijuana use
doesn’t naturally lead to consump
tion of harder drugs as is believed
by many Americans. And mari
juana is not addictive, he said.
In his gubernatorial platform,
Galbraith calls for the legalization
of marijuana with a $1,000 per
pound tax, which would be used to
alleviate social problems.
“With the $35.7 billion that
would be collected, a lot of social
problems could be helped,” he said.
“Not to mention there would be
less cost to the taxpayer because
fewer people would be in jail for
possession,” he said.
Galbraith equated NORML’s
cause with that of pro-choice sup
porters.
‘These groups need to come to
gether,” he said. “Because we will
be powerless against the Nazi Re
publicans of this country as long as
we remain as splinter groups.”
James Bell, director of the At
lanta chapter of NORML, called
the rally successful.
‘There were no arrests or inci
dences of violence," he said. “Ev
eryone seemed happy and had a
good time.”
Many who attended the rally
smoked marijuana openly, but no
arrests were made as no Atlanta
police were present.
“It’s surprising no police did
show up,” he said, “but it’s very en
couraging that we were left alone
— that police had other things
higher on their priority list than
worrying about people just
smoking.”
As of Monday evening, Atlanta
police were unavailable for com
ment.
Bell said one Piedmont Park of
ficer waa at the rally for crowd pro
tection.
About 300 people officially
joined NORML on Saturday,
bringing the Atlanta chapter’s
mailing list to about 900 members.
NORML intends to provide the
public with the positive aspects of
the hemp plant. The plant has
proven medicinal qualities and can
also be used in the production of
plastics and clothing material.
Bell said estimates of American
pot users range from 10 to 30 mil
lion.
Hemp Tour "90 will come to
Athens Tuesday, March 13. A rally
similar to this weekend’s will take
place in the Tate Student Center
plaza. Entertainment will be pro
vided by the Allgood Muaic Co.,
White Buffalo and the Skinpops.
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
University officials have mixed
emotions about the inaugural At
lanta Forum conducted last week
as an effort to increase the Univer
sity’s visibility within the Atlanta
business community.
“For a first effort it was good,”
Public Information Director Tom
Jackson said, “but we are a little
disappointed with the attendance.”
Mark Sanders, of the University
of Georgia Foundation Atlanta of
fice, coordinated the program. He
said between 65 and 75 guests and
several members of the Univer
sity’s Development office attended
the program conducted at the
Georgia Pacific Auditorium. The
foundation sent out invitations to a
list of 500 people.
The foundation is still working
on the logistics of the forums.
Sanders said the program’s
starting time of 4 p.m. on a
weekday contributed to the low at
tendance. The foundation plans to
conduct three more forums before
the 1990b end, he said. The sched
uling of future forums needs to be
worked out to improve attendance.
“The purpose of the forum is to
increase the University’s exposure
in Atlanta,” Sanders said.
“All too often the only time the
Atlanta community sees the Uni
versity is when we ask them for
money. ThiB is a chance for them to
see wnat that money is doing,” he
said.
University President Charles
Knapp said, “It is important that
the University of Georgia look at
the face of tomorrow and share this
information so that we can collecti
vely meet the needs of the people.
“It is a part of our public service
obligation to help the people of the
state meet the challenges of our fu
ture," he said.
At last week’s forum, Charles
Bullock, the Richard B. Russell
professor of political science, said
the changes in the state’s popula
tion makeup will permanently
shift Georgia's political landscape.
The 1990 U S. Census will re
quire the creation of new state leg
islative seats in areas of growing
Republican strength, Bullock sai<T
Northern transplants who have
Republican affiliations will chal
lenge the Democratic Party’s tradi
tional control of the state.
Douglas Bachtel, a rural socio
logist with the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, also participated in
the program. Bachtel said the po
litical face of Georgia isn’t the only
one changing and cited the educa
tional and economic shifts in the
state.
Bachtel challenged the state's
educators to improve the the fu
ture's outlook.
“Universities in the 1990s have
to become to this state what rail
roads were in the 19th century —
vehicles for change. We are in an
age of information, and universi
ties are our conduit for the creation
and distribution of information."
By DAVID PACE
Sports Writer
AUBURN, Ala. - Atop the moun-
tai nAlone.
After 57 Georgia teams had tried
and failed, the 1989-90 men’s bas
ketball team is king of the SEC
after thrashing Auburn Saturday
on the road 94 79.
One result is Dug representation
on end-of-the-season all-star ros
ters.
Monday, Coach Hugh Durham
was named the SEC coach of the
year 1n the Associated Press. Se
nior forward Alec Kessler was
picked first-team SEC and guard
Litterial Green was named to the
second team all-SEC. Point guard
Rod Cole was voted to the third
team by the AP poll.
Also Monday, the SEC Coaches
Poll named Hugh Durham and
Tommy Joe Eagles of Auburn co
coaches of the year. The coaches
poll picks the ten top players in the
league and Alec Kessler and Litte
rial Green were among the ten
For Georgia, the win over Au
burn not only represents its first-
ever SEC title, but a complete
about-face from the disappointing
season a year ago.
Exactly one year ago, the
Georgia men’s basketball team was
in ninth place heading into the
SEC tournament. The team had
lost its starting center and seven of
Student is
By M. W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
After winning first runner-up in
the nationally televised Miss USA
competition Friday night, Univer
sity sophomore Gina Tolleson is
ready to take on the world, liter
ally.
“Luck was in the stars that
night,” she said, “It was a rush.”
Altogether, Tolleson scud she
won $8,000 to $10,000 in cash and
prizes. Even though it’s a far cry
from the winner’s near $220,000 in
cash, prizes and contracts,
Tolleson said there are compensa
tions.
As first runner-up it’s her re
sponsibility to represent the
United States at the Miss World
competition in London, in No
vember.
The pageant has also opened up
a world of opportunity for this
broadcast journalism m^jor.
Tolleson will soon travel to New
York City to discuss a movie con
tract, she said, and then go to Los
Angeles to attend tryouts to be
come a Star Search spokesmodel.
its last eight games *o finish 6-12
in the SEC. It was the first time
since 1980 that the Dogs weren’t
selected to either the NCAA or NIT
tournaments.
“We weren’t as bad as our record
indicated last year,” Durham said.
"But at this time last year we were
struggling to have a winning
season going into the SEC tourna
ment and hoping to get an invita
tion to the NIT,”
This season held no promises.
Four starters returned and center
Neville Austin had to step in for in
jured Arlando Bennett. Unlike last
year, when the Dogs were picked to
finish first, this lineup didn’t ex
actly set the league abuzz with
championship talk.
With basically the same people,
the Dogs have turned the league on
its ear Georgia won 10 of its last
12 games and enters the SEC tour
nament this weekend seeded first.
The team attributes the success to
maturity.
“I think the difference is in us
We art a much more focused team
this year,” Kessler said.
Kessler was selected last weeK
to UPI’s SEC first team. With 20
points against Auburn, Kessler
pulls to within 45 points of Vern
Fleming's all-time Georgia scoring
mark of 1,777 career points.
At the start of this season, Cole
took over the point-guard duties,
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runner-up in
Gina Tolleson: May not re
turn to UGA as resident
She also said Leeza Gibbons, co
host of Entertainment Tonight and
the Miss USA pageant, was sup
portive and offered to introduce the
girls to members of the entertain
by storm
Alec Kessler: Goes up for
two Saturday. He is 45
points short of Vern Flem
ing s UGA scoring record of
1,777 points
Miss USA
ment field.
As first runner-up Tolleson may
get the chance to take over the
crown from winner, Carole Gist, if
she is unable to fulfill her obliga
tions as Miss USA, or if Gist wins
the Miss Universe title April 15.
If this happened, the cash and
prizes orginally awarded Miss USA
would be duplicated for Tolleson.
Members of lollesoab sorority,
Kappa Alpha Theta got together
at their sorority house to watch the
pageant t riday night
Amy McCrory, a senior indus
trial psychology major and pledge
trainer for the sorority, said, “Ev
eryone stopped what they were
doing to check and see how Gina
was doing.
"Of course we all wanted her to
win, but we want her to come back
to Georgia, too," she said
They may not get their wish as
rolieson said she is unsure
whether she will be able to return
as a resident student, even though
she will continue to take indepen
dent study courses from the Uni
versity.
“I’m still a Dawg," she said.
Debate team heads for nationals
By ANNE-MARIE FANBUY
Staff Writer
For the first time since 1977, the University debate
team is on the way to the national finals, where it will
compete with the likes of Harvard, Dartmouth and
Georgetown.
A two-member team from the University squad won
the regional tournament Sunday in Pensacola, Fla.,
by debating how the United States should reduce
fossil fuel consumption.
The 14-member squad, divided into six teams, is di
rected by Edward Panetta, associate professor of
speech communications.
Allison Ashe, a freshman in arte and sciences, and
Kelly Happe, a junior political science major, rep
resented the University Sunday and will go to the na
tionals March 29 to April 1 at West Georgia College in
Carrollton.
“We knew we were qualified to do it, it was just a
matter of getting the work done,” Happe said.
The Southeastern tournament included schools
from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Kentucky.
Panetta said the team worked about 23 hours a
week since September and 65 hours a week in the
three weeks before the tournament to compile 5,000
pages of arguments.
The Carrollton competition will include 64 tenms
from 40 schools including Harvard University, Dart
mouth College and Georgetown University, he said.
"It’s a major accomplishment to be recognized with
these other schools,” he said.
Happe said, "The learning just from research is
phenomenal."
She said she’s learned more researching her debate
topics than she has in some of her classes.
“It sharpens your critical thinking skills. You’ve got
to make choices,” she said.
From 1965 to 1975, the University team was one of
the top 10 in the country and placed as high as third
nationally before falling into disrepair, Panetta said.
He said that the support of the College of Arts and
Sciences and Student Affairs, which fund the team’s
travels, makes the squad’s success possible.