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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 78
INSIDE
The Simpletons are
headlining a benefit
Thursday in support of
various Athens charities.
Weather: Today, partly sunny, low
80s. Tonight, mid-50s. Thursday,
mostly cloudy, high around 80.
Official quarter countdown: T
minus 3 days.
Committee
holds off
on research
proposal
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
The University Council’s Exec
utive Committee held off
Tuesday on a policy requiring all
instances of academic research
misconduct to be reported to the
National Institute of Heulth.
Student Affairs Legal Adviser
Art Leed said the proposal would
have required all instances of re
search misconduct, by both fac
ulty and students, to be reported
to the NIH, whether they were
scientifically related or not.
Current NIH policies pertain
only to federally funded scientific
research. The NIH wouldn’t have
the desire or the room to house
every instance of misconduct at
the University, he said.
In a letter to the Executive
Committee, Student Affairs Vice
President Dwight Douglas and
Legal Affairs Vice President Bry-
ndis Jenkins stated that the
scope of misconduct was ex
panded while the policy was
being considered by the Faculty
Affairs Committee.
According to the letter, the
policy was drafted to comply
“with federal statutory require
ments concerning scientific mis
conduct in Public Health Service
sponsored biomedical or behav
ioral research.”
However, during the commit
tee’s work, the scope of miscon
duct was expanded to "all
academic research conducted at
the University of Georgia.”
This expansion is so broad that
research done by a student for
any course would fall under the
requirements tailored to Public
Health Service programs.
The letter stated that any stu
dent found guilty of plagiarism in
writing a research paper on any
subject could then claim Judicial
Programs had no authority to
deal with the case.
Douglas and Jenkins con
cluded that all of the problems
would be solved “by simply
amending the policy’s jurisdic
tion to 'all federally funded scien
tific research.’ ”
The committee decided to defer
a motion on the proposed proce
dure until April 5 when each
member will have a chance to
read it.
In other committee business, i
resolution was forwarded to the
council by the Faculty Affairs
Committee stating the sale or
purchase of textbooks sent by
publishers to faculty for exami
nation “constitutes an unethical
act injurious to publishers, au
thors, and students."
The resolution would urge the
administration to discourage
a le from buying surplus text-
s from faculty.
According to a letter to the
council from Parker Ladd of the
Association of American Pub
lishers, the sale of these books
creates a loss in royalties to au
thors of $10 million a year, an es
timated $80 million loss of
revenue for publishers, and an
increase in textbook prices.
Other business included the
nomination of Jim Ponsoldt, a
University law school professor,
to a task force that will develop
the University’s proposal to the
Ford Foundation. The proposal is
for funding consideration under
the foundation's initiative to as
sist in improving race and cul
tural diversity at U.S
institutions.
SEA report: UGA practices good, bad
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Members of Students for Environmental
Awareness presented a campus environ
mental audit to the University Tuesday
that cited problems with water-use records
and medical wastes at the College of Veteri
nary Medicine.
SEA members and other individuals pre
sented the 59-page audit to David Coker,
executive assistant to University President
Charles Knapp, afler about two months of
research in 12 areas of University activity
that affect the environment.
Audit Chairwoman Alison Jones, SEA’s
secretary of education, said, “Overall, I
think the University looks pretty good.
There were some really good practices and
some areas that need work.”
Coker said he and Knapp would read the
report carefully.
The audit report recommended the Uni
versity keep better records on water bills
and institute a water conservation plan.
Water bills are sent to three areas of the
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ices and University Housing. Housing
keeps complete records, but the other sec
tions only keep track of bill amounts, Jones
said, not the amount of water consumed.
Audit workers found that chemotherapy
waste generated by the vet school is auto
claved, a process of heating for sterilization,
instead of incinerated, Jones said. Auto
claving instead of incinerating is in direct
violation of state law, the audit report read.
The report said state law requires chemo
therapy waste be incinerated; however, the
present vet school incinerator can’t bum
hot enough to break it down. Jones said the
incinerator is scheduled for replacement.
Keith Prasse, professor of pathology in
the vet school, said there is no such thing as
"chemotherapy waste, per se."
He said the vet school is building a ne
cropsy lab, an autopsy lab for animals,
which will include an incinerator.
Researchers also discovered needles and
syringes mixed in with manure left in com
post piles from the vet school which were
available to the public for use as fertilizer.
The University’s Department of Public
Safety was notified, the report read, and the
public no longer has access to the manure.
Warren Safter, assistant director of
Public Safety, said he believed the public
hasn’t been using the manure for a year
since people don’t need it until 9pring. He
said signs probably would be posted to warn
people from taking it in the future.
Dwight Coulter, associate vet school dean
of academic affairs, said syringes and nee
dles could’ve been there for years since com
post piles stand over long periods of time.
,f We’re making a lot of efforts to properly
dispose of those kinds of things,” he said.
Besides medical wastes and energy use,
the audit covered solid, hazardous and ra
dioactive wastes as well as energy and
water use. Also researched were procure
ment policies, pesticide use, air auality,
transportation and waste water ana storm
runoff.
Jones said the categories of hazardous
and radioactive wastes and workplace envi
ronment as well as the University's
methods for landscaping were exemplary.
According to the report, the University
Public Safety Department has received sev
eral awards from the National Safety De
partment for its waste disposal practices.
In conclusion, the audit listed waste re
duction as crucial to University policies,
and suggested several ways to help the
solve the problem. It said the University
should increase its use of recyclable prod
ucts and provide incentives for traffic reduc
tions.
Politics of pot come to campus
Kathy Fowlif/i
Brett Thorton: Senior business major waves pot flag
NORML rally at Tate plaza
attracts 1,000 students
By i.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
The Tate Student Center plaza
served up a feast for the eyes and
ears Tuesday as more than 1,000
students, many in tie-dye and pro
pot garb, crowded around to hear
what the National Organization
for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
had to say about the current war
on drugs.
Tony Foss, UGA NORML ad
viser, stood beneath a revised
American flag with a pot leaf
transposed over a peace sign in
place of the 50 stars. With 4-year-
old daughter, Aimee, clinging to
his side, Foss told the crowd he
thinks the NORML movement is
leading the way to reclaiming civil
liberties in America.
“This movement is the start of
something big,” he said. “And I
hope it keeps going because I want
my daughter to have all the free
doms that she and the rest of us all
deserve."
The rally, the second stop of
Hemp Tour ’90, was sponsored by
the newly formed University
chapter of the nationwide organi
zation dedicated to educating the
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hemp plant.
Brian Murphy of national
NORML said the group is con
cerned with the recreational, in
dustrial and medicinal qualities of
the herb that have been down
played in the Bush administra
tion’s war on drugs.
ing
public about the benefits of the
“Clothing can be made of hemp
fibers and can be used to make
paper and related products,” he
said.
Dan Everett, a computer science
professor, spoke to the crowd and
equated the current drug hysteria
with the McCarthyism of the ’50s.
“With the McCarthy witch
hunts people were scared to death
to stand up and say the whole idea
of punishing any left-leaning
person was ridiculous because so
ciety would assume them to be
communist," he said.“That same
hysteria is happening now, but this
time people are too afraid for their
jobs to speak up for their rights.”
UGA NORML had about 50
members before the rally, but
hemp hoopla prevailed at the rally
with more than 125 members
joining the group.
Junior Hugh Crumley, one of
UGA NORML’s organizers, said, “I
think with the membership we got
today, we could be one of the — if
not the largest — student organiza
tions on campus."
The Student Activities Office
said no rosters of active club mem
berships are available.
James Bell, state NORML di
rector, said the number of new
members made the rally a success.
Georgia NORML will continue to
push for the acceptance of mari
juana in society with public forums
and voter registration drives.
“Registered voters serve on ju
ries and if we can get open-minded
people on juries maybe well see
Kevin Filen: Senior English/philosophy major shows his feelings about marijuana
pot u
said. “And those voters can also get
out and vote for politicians that un
derstand our concern with the civil
liberties."
Junior Bess Andrews, a journa
lism major at the rally, said she
agrees with the legalization senti
ments fostered by NORML.
“It's great to see people stand up
for what they believe in and really
get into a cause like that,” she
said.’Tt would be great if people
were willing to do it more often.
Junior Kellie Burley, a public re
lations major, said she isn’t a legal
ization supporter.
“Look at all the people that have
alcohol problems," she said. “I’d be
concerned the pot legalization
would lead to the same type of
problems and at this point, society
can’t handle that.”
Allgood Music Co., White Buf
falo and the Skinpops provided en
tertainment ana a free Bpirit
atmosphere to rally attendants.
University Police Chief Chuck
Horton said officers reported no
misconduct during the activities.
6 left in housing director search
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Writer
The search for a new director of the University’s
artment of Housing has been narrowed to six can-
tes.
Jacquelyn Kinder, director of the Gilbert Health
Center and search committee chairwoman, said the
committee received 39 applications for the vacant po
sition.
“We were fortunate to have a number of qualified
applicants,” Kinder said.
“All six candidates have been directors of housing
at universities or colleges,” she said.
The candidates must go through a two-day on-
campus interview with a screening committee, which
includes representatives from the student body, the
faculty and the professional staff of the Department of
Housing and Student Affairs, she said.
The committee is considering the candidates’ man
agement abilities, communication skills and will
ingness to respond to the needs of students, Kinder
said.
On-campus interviews started Feb. 19 and 20, she
said. The last interview ended Tuesday.
Daniel Hallenbeck, associate vice president of Stu
dent Affairs and former University housing director,
said the director of housing works with a large and di
verse staff.
As the director of housing, a person needs to have
leadership abilities, be able to communicate effecti
vely and assume responsibility for a large budget,
Hallenbeck said.
“I feel that we’ll be able to hire someone that will be
> qualified and can do an outstanding job for us,"
llenbeck said.
Dwight Douglas, vice president of Student Affairs,
will choose the new housing director from the six can
didates after considering evaluations by the screening
committee.
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Athens Regional approved
to give open heart surgery
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — The State Health Planning agency Wednesday ap
proved plans for hospitals in Athens and Macon to offer open heart sur-
gery.
The 295-bed Athens Regional Medical Center and the 119-bed Middle
Georgia Hospital were able to prove a need for the surgery in their area,
said Dotty Roach, executive director of the agency.
“We believe the decision will improve geographic access to open heart
surgery,” she said.
The agency rejected bids by Gwinnett Medical Center and Kennes-
tone Hospital in Marietta because open heart surgery is available at six
Atlanta-area locations. Bids from three other hospitals also were rejected.
To win approval, the hospitals had to prove a need for the surgery and
show that their programs would not threaten existing programs.
In return for state approval, the for-profit Middle Georgia Hospital
r agreed to provide 4 percent of its surgery to indigent patients.
rOrmer Despite the charity, the hospital still stands to make big profits. Open
heart surgery typically costs patients between $20,000 and $30,000.