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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 97, ISSUE 74
INSIDE
An interview with
Chicken Scratch, a
‘surprise’ pop band
playing in Athens.
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Weather: Today, partly cloudy,
high In ml(K>0s. Tonight, more
clouds rolling in, low In mld-40s
Thursday, clouds again and
cooler, high around 60.
Fund raising key to UVA presidential race
Charles Knapp: One of
three top contenders
By WALTER COLT and
ROBERT TODD
Staff Writers
University President Charles
Knapp is one of three top con
tenders for the University of Vir
ginia presidency.
Knapp had no comment Tuesday
and has said he will decline media
requests for interviews until the
situation is resolved.
According to a Tuesday article in
The Daily Progress of Charlottes
ville, the other two candidates are
John Casteen, University of Con
necticut president, and Richard
Merrill, a former UVA Law School
dean, who now holds the Daniel
Caplin law chair.
Sources at UVA told The Red
and Black that fund-raising ability
is a major factor in the presidential
search. UVA is preparing to start a
$500 million capital campaign and
insiders at UVA said they believe
the new president must be a ca
pable fund-raiser.
According to Alexander Gilliam,
UVA acting vice president for De
velopment, UVA is waiting for the
new president to be hired before
starting the capital campaign.
Potential expansion of UVA’s fa
cilities and increasing demands on
state budgets have forced UVA to
seek greater levels of private
funding, and sources say UVA is
seeking to revitalize its stagnant
fund-raising program.
UVA President Robert O’Neil’s
announcement of retirement in Oc
tober put a hold on UVA’s search
for a new VP for Development, Gil
liam said. The new president will
have the final say about who is ap
pointed to the post.
Knapp was hired as president of
the University, in part, because he
was an excellent fund-raiser at Tu-
lane University. He began his pre
sidency at the University under
conditions similar to those cur
rently at UVA — before a major
capital campaign and with an
opening for the vice president for
Development.
However, Knapp hasn’t found
fund-raising at the University
easy. In January, The Red and
Black reported that the Univer
sity’s fund-raising efforts through
the last five years increased at a
rate less than half the national av
erage.
The report also stated that the
$20.6 million donations the Uni
versity received in fiscal 1989
amounted to $138 per living
alumnus, while the national av
erage for public institutions was
$251 per living alumnus.
But last week, in a letter to the
University faculty, Knapp said the
fiscal 1990 fund-raising campaign
had already surpassed 1989 levels,
and he praised University fund
raising personnel.
Casteen is a graduate of UVA
and was its dean of Admissions
from 1975 to 1982. He was Vir
ginia’s Secretary of Education from
1983 to 1985 and has been UConn
president since August 1985.
The UVA Board of Visitors
search committee will hold an ex
ecutive session Thursday at 9 a m
Louise Dudley, news secretary for
UVA, said at that time the com
mittee will announce its agenda
However, Dudley said the full
board must vote on the hiring. The
board isn’t scheduled to meet until
March 28, she said.
Sources in Virginia say the se
lection committee plans to meet
with Knapp at the end of the week.
Edward Elson, head of the
search committee and rector pro
tern of the Board of Visitors, said in
a phone interview Tuesday he
wouldn’t comment on any facet of
the presidential search.
Gilliam said both Merrill and
Casteen were popular and effective
in their positions at UVA.
Shifts in Virginia’s political cli
mate have added confusion to
UVA’s presidential search. Newly
elected Gov. Doug Wilder dis
rupted the selection process when
he didn’t re-appoint three mem
bers of the search committee after
he took office. Wilder also replaced
four other members of the 16-
member Board of Visitors.
UVA sources said there was a
definite push to complete the presi
dential search before Wilder took
office in order to avoid problems
with the governor’s appointments
to the board.
Students travel to Capitol,
lobby for better financial aid
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
WASHINGTON DC.- Rep
resentatives from the Student As
sociation and Young Democrats
joined about a thousand other stu
dents Monday at the Capitol to
lobby ngainst President Bush’s
proposed student financial aid
budget for fiscal year 1991.
Junior Sen. Ian Henyon, Sopho
more Sen. Suzie Hendricks and
Young Democrats officers Phil
Smith and Shanon Mayfield told
U.S. Senators and Representatives
from Georgia that everyone should
have the right to higher education.
They also criticized President
Bush’s proposed budget for student
financial aid, which would deny
many low and middle-income stu
dents access to higher education.
The proposed budget, submitted
to Congress Jan. 29, would elimi
nate federal funding for the Per
kins Loan, a low-interest loan
considered to have the most man
ageable repayment schedule. The
budget also would eliminate fed
eral funding for State Student In
centive Grants.
In addition, the proposed budget
would freeze funding for College
Work Study and Student Educa
tional Opportunity Grants, both of
which have declined in value afler
adjustment for inflation.
Bush also has proposed changes
to the Guaranteed Student Loan
program, including a 30-day delay
in loan disbursement for first-time
borrowers and a credit check for
borrowers 21 or older.
Henyon said the proposed
budget seems to signal an
emerging trend which could even
tually make higher education an
elitist privilege.
The lobbyists said the decrease
in federal grant funds is causing
more students to rely on loans. He
nyon said many students must
alter their career goals because the
career they prefer doesn’t pay
enough to enable them to pay back
their student loans.
“I think the trend toward
greater loans and the reduction of
grants is creating a nation of in
dentured students," Mayfield said.
The lobbyists also oppose the 30-
day delay in loan disbursement for
first-time borrowers and the credit
check for those 21 or older.
“It’s not like they’re trying to
buy a car - they’re trying to better
their lives and to be a productive
part of society - give them a
chance,” Henyon said.
Legislators respond
Rep. Doug Barnard, D-Augusta,
told the representatives from SA
and Young Democrats that he
agrees that the portion of the
budget allocated to higher educa
tion isn’t enough. Barnard said he
has always been for Pell Grants
and Guaranteed Student Loans,
and has never voted against bills
supporting higher education.
However, Rep. Newt Gingrich,
R-Carrollton said, “Education is by
definition a privilege.”
Gingrich said he thinks the
whole Pell Grant system should be
rethought because it has "cheap-
■ BUSH S PROPOSAL
President Bush’s proposed fiscal year 1991 budget for student financial aid:
• Perkins Loans are low-interest loans with what's considered a manageable repay
ment schedule. Funding would be completely eliminated.
• State Student looenttve Grants are awarded to low income students. Funds from
the federal government are matched by the states. Funding would be eliminated.
• Pen Grants serve students with family incomes below $15,000 a year. Funding
would Increase before inflation adjustment by $472.5 million. The maximum Pell Grant
award would be frozen at $2,300 for the third year.
• Guaranteed Student loana include Stafford Loans and Supplemental Loans for low-
income students. Funds would decrease by $478 million before inflation adjustment.
• Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants are for families with incomes below
$18,000 a year. Funding would remain at $458.7 million before inflation adjustment.
• College Work Study helps pay the wages of students with low family Incomes who
work in school. Funding would remain at $601.8 million before inflation adjustment
• Income Contingent Loana funding would Increase before inflation adjustment by
$9.1 million.
• The total for ail student financial aid would decrease by $486.7 million before infla
tion adjustment
Student lobbyists: (from left) Suzie Hendricks, SA sophomore senator; Ian Henyon, SA
junior senator; Phil Smith of Young Democrats; Shanon Mayfield of Young Democrats
ened the process ” But, he said he
believes in scholarships to award
academic excellence, scholarships
for careers of national interest and
a universal long-term loan system
for all students.
“You don’t study enough — you
don’t learn enough — but you insist
that the government give you
money for four more years of
school," he told the University’s
representatives.
Gingrich said he would support
a limited Pell Grant system for stu
dents from disadvantaged back
grounds, but would require them to
meet stricter academic regulations.
Jenny Jones, a spokeswoman for
Sen. Sam Nunn, told the students
Nunn is a strong supporter of
higher education.
Community service
She said the National Service
Act, which Nunn co-authored,
would allow students to do commu
nity service work to earn educa
tional vouchers, but it wouldn’t
replace the existing federal finan
cial aid program. Jones said she
thinks Nunn would oppose the
elimination of funding for the Per
kins Loan and for State Student
Incentive Grants.
Mark Joseph, a spokesman for
Sen. Wyche Fowler, told the lobby
ists Fowler also is opposed to the
cuts in federal student aid.
“Fowler wants to do as much as
he can to fund higher education,
but the fact is we’re in a deficit,” he
said.
Joseph said Fowler thinks the
money to increase funding for edu
cation should come from defense
cuts. He said Fowler recognizes the
default problem, but doesn’t want
the solution to those problems to
hurt the students or schools with
good repayment records.
The representatives from SA
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Racy magazine Shout!-ed down by IFC
By LYNN BARFIELD
Contributing writer
The racy Shout! magazine depicting women
in tightly wrapped bikinis has returned to
campus and has been distributed in fraternity
houses, despite opposition from the Interfrater
nity Council.
Some women around campus find the cur
rent issue of Shout!, which doesn’t include pic
tures from Athens, to be degrading to women.
The issue advises students about the hot spots
for spring break and shows an abundance of
scantily clad beach-goers throughout the issue.
Ginger Bryan, education m«yor for the
hearing impaired and a Delta Zeta member,
said the majority of her sorority sisters don’t
appreciate women being shown in such risque
outfits and positions.
“I think it’s degrading to women because all
it shows is women in bathing suits,” she said.
The magazine, produced by Premiere Publi
cations in Gainesville, Fla., began a local
Athens edition in 1988, which featured party-
going students whooping it up around town.
But in the eyes of the University Greek system
what started as a good thing turned bad.
The magazine started featuring photographs
of fraternity and sorority members at local so
cial functions and as a feature, the magazine
printed a cartoon with a character called Bob
FYat. The cartoon seemed to always show the
character talking about womanizing and
drinking beer, IFC President Tom Greene said.
“It was very degrading to the Greek system,”
Greene said.
The IFC said the magazine negatively por
trayed Greek life on campus and passed a reso
lution not to support the publication because of
its attitude toward Greek life. And according to
Greene, the publication used photos from most
socials without prior approval.
Jay Matte, promotions coordinator for
Shout!, said it stopped publication in Athens
around March of 1989. The University had
been a main local spot along with Duke, Loui
siana State University and the University of
Alabama. But it had problems in Athens.
Matte said the magazine became hard to pro
duce in Athens because of distribution prob
lems.
Shout! still continues to circulate monthly at
the University of Florida and Florida State
University, but only special issues are distrib
uted to otner schools.
Members of the Greek system remember the
cartoons and the photos from the past issues.
“It made it look like fraternities were only for
partying and drinking," said Todd Williams, ju
nior business major and a member of Lamda
Chi Alpha.
Greene encourages all Greek organizations
to be careful of what pictures they allow to be
published in the publication because what may
De seen could be against a fraternity or soror
ity’s national policy.
‘Save Earth’ book sells like hotcakes
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
With Earth Day six weeks away,
local sales of a 96-page how-to-
save-the-Earth book released in
November have begun to pick up.
“50 Simple Things You Cm Do
To Save the Earth,” by the Earth
Works Group, is a compilation of
household measures designed to
conserve resources and is on the
national reading list for Earth Day.
The book sells for $4.95.
R.E.M. bought 3,200 copies for
distribution to its fan club, said
Derek Goldberg, assistant to the
principal author, John Javna.
Mark Schemanske, an employee
of the Old Black Dog Book Store at
1700 S. Lumpkin St., said Tuesday
there were only a couple of re
served copies of “50 Simple Things”
left out of 60. He said the store or
dered more, but the publisher,
Earthworks Press, is out of stock.
The book is in its seventh press
run after selling 550,000 copies.
It’s number two in the Feb. 23 edi
tion of Publisher’s Weekly list of
trade paperback bestsellers.
The book is expected to reach the
million mark within two months.
The book lists simple behavioral
changes that nevertheless have a
major impact on the health of the
environment, Goldberg said.
Three suggestions include:
• Stop junk mail. Americans re
ceive an estimated 2 million tons of
junk mail a year, which works out
to one and a half trees per person.
The amount of junk mail delivered
on a given day could be used to
heat 250,000 homes.
• Cut up plastic six-pack holders
before discarding them. They wash
into waterways and gst wrapped
around the necks of birds, young
sea lions and seals, choking them
to death as they grow.
• Recycle motor oil, which is an
estimated 40 percent of the pol
lution in our waterways. One auart
is enough to poison 250,000 gallons
of drinking water. Find out if jrcur
mechanic recycles oil. Save oil in a
f ilastic container at home and take
t to a collection center.
The sad thing is that these are
things that we already know, but
people don't do them,” said Megan
Brown, an employee of The Book
Center at 282 E. Clayton St.
Brown said she feels the book is
right for Athenians because the
tipe don't require much money, but
rather involve a change of habits.
Other books, like the 210-page
“Save Our Planet — 750 Ways You
Can Help Clean Up the Earth,”
haven't sold well because they pre
scribe drastic changes, she said.
“It says things like ‘change the
insulation in your houss’ or ‘get a
new ftimace, she said.
UGA ethics pioneer
moving to Texas job
By DOUGLAS S. WOOD
Contributing Writer
Eugene Hargrove, a pioneer in the environmental ethics field and
publisher of the University’s acclaimed Environmental Ethics Journal,
plans to leave for the University of North Texas after spring quarter
and take the journal with him.
Hargrove gave the field of environmental ethics a forum and a name
when he began to publish the journal, according to Frederick Ferre, the
philosophy professor who brought Hargrove to the University.
"In many ways, he was the pioneer,” Ferre said
Hargrove said the new emphasis on undergraduate education is one
reason he is leaving. As a result of the new emphasis placed by Univer
sity President Charles Knapp, Hargrove would have to teach more
entry-level classes,taking time away from his first love — the journal.
Ferre said this will be a disappointing move because “environmental
ethics is the cutting frontier of ethical theory ."
Hargrove began the journal in 1978 while at the University of New
Mexico and the journal began publication here in 1981.
He started the journal to give the field a forum for differing view
points on the subject. At the time, the environmental movement needed
logical justification instead of justification based on emotion, Hargrove
said.
The field still hA« a long way to go, he said.
The entire history of philosophy is anti-environment,” he said.
“The field is based on the theory that the environment has rights
and an intrinsic value outside of human use," he said. The environ
mental ethics field is considered too practical by philosophers and too
theoretical by environmentalists.”
Ferre said humans are usually the focus of ethical issues, but in en
vironmental ethics, species and ecosystems are the focus.
“We need environmental ethics in order to thread our way through
this time in which humans are ill-advised in matters of environment,”
Ferre said.
However, “environmental ethics can’t produce a neat little packet of
principles to follow," Hargrove said.
Ferre said Hargrove’s departure from the University is a “blow but
not a fatal blow” to the environmental ethics program.
Victoria Davion will continue to teach tne environmental ethics
class and the department may soon offer an undergraduate certificate
in environmental ethics.
Ferre said that he is “expecting the program to grow quite a bit."