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2 • The Red and Black • Wednesday. March 7. 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Laser to be given away to boost alcohol awareness.
The University organization BACCHUS, Boosting Alcohol
Conciousness Concerning the Health of University Students, will give
out information on drug and alcohol as part of National Collegiate
Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week through Friday at the Tate
Student Center Sean Romer, a senior English major and BACCHUS
president, said students can register to win a 1991 Plymouth Laser
RS Turbo by taking the “Cruise Control" pledge which states that
during spr.ng break a student will use seat belts, prevent their
fnends from driving drunk or using drugs and refrain from driving
while impaired. The winner of the car will be selected from a drawing
of names collected from BACCHUS organizations at universities
nationwide The Golden Key National Honor Society and Sigma Tau
Gamma fraternity are helping with Alcohol and Drug Awareness
Week activities.
Skin Fold Measuring’ test kicks off Nutrition Month.
The University Foods andNutrition Association and Hotel and
Restaurant Association will sponsor Skin Fold Measuring," a body-
fat analysis, today from 10 a m to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the
lobby of Dawson Hall as a part of Nutriton Week. Kerry Maher, a
senior dietetics major, said free nutritional information on fast food
restaurants and the four basic food groups will be available this week
along with cookbooks of faculty recipes for $6 Maher said these
activities are in coordination with the Amercan Dietetic Association
National Nutrition Month in March.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Two more charged in MARTA slaying.
Atlanta police arrested two more teen-agers Tuesday in the slaying >f
a mar. wno was shot to death last week while waiting for his wife at a
rapid rail station Homicide Capt Calvin Wardlaw said the two, ages
15 ar.d 16. were charged with murder in the Thursday slaying of
Marion Peter Roberts They were not identified. Roberts, a 39-year-
old church leader. DeKa’.b County employee and father of two, was
shot when several youths approached his car at the Inman Park-
Reynold stow n station of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit
Authority. Police arrested four juveniles in the case Sunday, charging
three w-ith murder and one with auto theft. Police said the theft of
Roberts’ 1962 Oldsrr.obile apparently was the motive for the slaying.
With Tuesday’s arrests, “this should be all the principal players we re
looking for at this time.” Wardlaw said.
ATLANTA (AP): State mandates meningitis vaccine. In
an effort to eliminate meningitis in young children, the state has
added the vaccine for haemophilus influenza type B to the list of
immunizations that children in day care must receive That type of
influenza is one cause of meningitis, a sometimes-fatal infection of
the covering of the brain. Haemophilus B also can cause pneumonia
and infections of other body systems such as blood, joints, bone, soft
tissue, throat and the covenng of the heart. “One child in every 20
who gets meningitis caused by haemophilus B dies of it, and about
one out of four has permanent brain damage,” said Gloria Smith, a
nurse with the state’s epidemiology immunization program in
Forsyth. The state has notified day care centers that children ages 18
months to 5 years who attend day care centers must have the vaccine.
ATLANTA (AP): Carter to begin Middle East tour.
Former President Jimmy Carter will travel to the Middle East for a
two-week trip beginning March 11 Carter will be accompanied by-
Kenneth Stein, director of the Middle Eastern Studies program at the
Carter Center of Emory University. “This trip will provide us with a
first-hand view of the economic and social issues that now dominate
the politcal agendas of Middle Eastern states, and will enrich our
understanding of the sensitive issues associated with the Israeli-
Palestinian negotiations,” Stein said Tuesday. The trip will include
visits to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Israel.
■ NATION
CRESTED BUTTE. Colo. (AP): Bank explosion kills 3.
An explosion leveled a two-story bank today in this western Colorado
ski resort, killing three people and injuring 12 others, officials said.
Firefighters and volunteers dug through the rubble of the Crested
Butte National Bank and pulled out survivors. ‘They're doing it by
hand. We have some heavy equipment there, but most of the rescuers
are using their hands,” said Bob Gillen, spokesman for the Crested
Butte Mountain Resort, which was handling rescue operations. Butte
Mayor Wes Light said three people died in the blast. All 15 people
that authorities believe were in the bank are accounted for, he said.
Six of the injured were taken to Gunnison County Hospital, 30 miles
south, and the other six were treated at local clinics, the mayor said.
■ WORLD
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP): Coup attempt fails. The
defense minister of Afghanistan tried to overthrow the Soviet-backed
government in Kabul on Tuesday, but the coup attempt was crushed,
Radio Kabul reported. Western diplomats and guerrilla sources in
Pakistan said there was widespread fighting in the streets of Kabul,
as well as aerial bombardment by the Afghan air force.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The UGA Criminal Justice
Society will meet tonight at 6 at
the Tate Student Center in Room
139. Anyone interested in
criminal justice is invited.
• Work Abroad will meet tonight
at 7 at Memorial Hall in Room
221. Call Carolyn Lantz at 353-
3854 for more information.
• The UGA Water Ski Team and
Club will meet tonight at 7:30 at
Memorial Hall in Room 220.
• Students for Environmental
Awareness will meet tonight at
7:30 at the Institute for Ecology
Auditorium.
• The Young Democrats of
UGA/Clarke County will meet
tonight at 7:30 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 141. The
public is invited.
• The UGA College Republicans
will meet tonight at 8 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 140. The
public is invited.
• The UGA chapter of the
National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws will
meet tonight at 9 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 139. The
public is invited.
Lectures
• Byllye Avery will speak today
at 12:10 p.m. at the Memorial
Ballroom. Her topic is *The
History and Promise of the
National Black”
• Alex Williams, Presbyterian
campus minister at UGA, will
tonight at 7 at the
Presbyterian Center, 1250 S.
I Lumpkin Street. His topic is
I “Praying Mantis Christians.”
Discussions/Seminars
• A seminar for anyone
' interested in obtaining summer
camp jobs will be held today at 9
a m. at the Tate Student Center
in Room 137. Interviews for
summer camp jobs will be held
today from 10 a m. to 4 p.m. at
the Tate Student Center Georiga
Room.
• A seminar entitled “Views
through the Looking Glass” will
be held today from 12:10 to 1
p.m. at the Tate Student Center
in Room 143. No preregi strati on
is necessary.
• A discussion on music
copyright laws and state patents
will be held today from 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. at the Law School in
Room G. The public is invited.
• A seminar for LSAT
preparation will be held today
from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Law
School in Room C. Anyone
interested in attending the law
school is invited.
• The Society of Professional
Joumalista will host a panel
discussion on “News vs. Ads" to
discuss the conflicts arising
between editing and advertising
departments. The public is
invited.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least two
days before the date to be printed.
Include specific meeting location,
speakers title and topic, and a
contact persons day and evening
phone number. Items are printed
on a space available basis.
Students help Atlanta’s Olympics bid
By ERIK SCHMIDT
Staff Writer
The question of whether or not the 1996
Olympics will be held in Atlanta is still un
answered. But a support group at the Univer
sity is doing what it can to help the cause
Tonight at the Rockfish Palace, the group is
holding a fund-raiser from 9 p.m. to 1 a m. to
aid the campaign. Bands playing include
Greenhouse, Doubts Even Here and the Vio
lets.
All proceeds from the door will go directly to
the group’s treasury.
“W’e’re signing a petition to send in to the
Olympic committee, said group leader Elisa
beth Ayres
The group is made up of about 35 students
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varying ir. age And major she said, but it isn’t
closed to faculty members
To gain membership support, the group
posted fliers advertising the group and sold T-
shirts around campus.
“I worked with a support group at Georgia
Tech over the summer, Ayres said.“When I
came back to Athens, I registered one with the
University."
Rockfish Palace owner J.R. Green aaid
Wednesday’s are usually good nights at the
club, but when Ayres contacted him a few
months ago, nothing else was booked.
This is the first fund-raiser the group has at
tempted.
Ayres said she selected the Rockfish Palace
because Green said he would allow the concert
to be held at no cost to the support group.
Ayres said that there is no particular mone
tary goal set for the benefit.
“We’re just trying to raise money to further
the cause," she said.
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and Young Democrats also lobbied
for changes to the Higher Educa
tion Act of 1965, which established
the current system of federal stu
dent aid. The bill is up for re-au-
thorization in September 1991.
Changes the representatives
lobbied for included:
• Eliminating the dot. of
grants and scholarships.
• Eliminaring application fee*,
origination fees, and insurance
fees for loans.
• Redefining “independent stu
dent” so that students under 24
who don’t receive parental support
could qualify as independent.
They also asked Georgia legis
lators to support the Voter Regis
tration Act, to allow mail-in
registration and registration when
applying for driver’s licenses. The
students also lobbied for the Act for
Better Child Care which autho
rs xes funds for financial assistance
for child care
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was ex
pected to speak at the National
Student Lobby Day rally Monday,
but he didn’t attend. Other
speakers included Rep. Louis
Stokes. D-Ohio, Rep. Donald
Payne, D-New Jersey and Rep
James Schauer, D-New York.
The United States Student Asso
ciation, a national student lob
bying group, organized the rally.
The University’s representatives
said they support the USSA’s ef
forts to increase federal funding for
higher education; however, they
said they don’t agree with all of
USSA’s political ideology. The Uni
versity’s SA is not affiliated with
the USSA
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