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BRIEFLY
UNIVERSITY
Benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity tonight.
Lowery’s Tavern is holding the “Ides of March" benefit concert for the
UGA affiiate of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity tonight at 9. Body
Electric, Magister Ludi, and The Foils will perform. Tickets are $4
and may be purchased at Wuxtry’s and Downtown Records. All
proceeds will go to the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity in order to
build quality homes for lower income families.
Athletic Alliance accepting liaison applications. The
Bulldog Student Athletic Alliance, u division of the Student
Association, is accepting applications for the position of student
liaison to the Georgia Athletic Association. The BSAA will nominate
three student* for the position and the GAA Board of Directors will
select one student to serve as liaison. Applications are available at the
Tate Student Center information desk and are due Friday at 5 p.m.
All students are eligible to apply.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Governor won’t allow ship gambling.
Gov. Joe Frank Harris vowed Wednesday to veto newly passed
legislation allowing gaming ships to dock at Georgia ports. The
gaming ship provision was quietly added in the Senate to a House bill
making illegal the manufacture or possession of bombs. Under the
gaming provision of the bill, ships would be allowed to dock in Georgia
in preparation for gambling excursions in international waters, as
long as their gambling machines were hidden away while in port.
Currently, gambling ships are not permitted to dock at Georgia ports.
ATLANTA (AP): Emory workers discover lost artwork.
Painted on the bottom of an ancient Egyptian coffin at Emory
University is a voluptuous goddess from the land of the Nile, a
painting more than 2,300 years old that lay undiscovered in a
museum case for six decades. Workers at Emory’s Museum of Art and
Archaeology accidentally discovered the well-preserved portrait,
which probably dates from 525-332 B.C., while they were carrying it
to an exhibition. The most exciting thing about it was the freshness
of the colors," conservator Alexandra Klingelhofer said Wednesday.
The underneath, since it had been in darkness lying on its back, was
very fresh-looking, brighter.” The goddess is depicted wearing u black
wig and a long, tight, red dress held up by green straps. She is
adorned with a collar, armlets, bracelet* and ankle bands.
ATLANTA (AP): BellSouth refuses ‘objectional' ad.
Word-of-mouth and lots of media attention helped Bricker build a
million-dollar business by harvesting the droppings of crickets for
fertilizer. He wants to list his product in the Yellow Pages, but
BellSouth Advertising and Publishing, which puts out the directory
in Georgia, says the name “Kricket Krap” is offensive. BellSouth
spokesman Hal Hayes said the advertising standards committee
apparently found enough doubt in the name to reject Bricker’s ad.
Bricker could list his fertilizer in the Yellow Pages under another
name, but he says that’s not an option because he can’t come up with
a new catchy slogan.
NATION
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP): Turtles In danger of nets.
Federal records show only a fraction of shrimpers cited for violating
requirements to use turtle excluder devices on their trawl nets have
been fined. The National Marine Fisheries Service said of the 251
violations uncovered on the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast up to the
Carolinas, only 2b fines were imposed. The violations cover
shrimpers’ failure to use — or their improper use of — the trap door
mechanisms that let turtles escape the trawl nets and get to the
water’s surface to breathe. Government scientists estimate 11,000
sea turtles drown in shrimp nets every year. Shrimpers have opposed
the trapdoor mechanisms, arguing that too many shrimp escape with
the turtles.
LOS ANGELES (AP): Nielsons: ‘Funniest Videos’ No. 1.
“America’s Funniest Home Videos" had its highest-ever rating and
captured first place in last week’s Nielsen ratings, according to
figures released Tuesday. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which
uses video clips sent in by viewers, had a 24.1 rating for its time slot,
according to the A.C. Nielsen Co.
WORLD
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP): Shiites clash in pitch battles.
Iran’s Shiite Moslem militia allies battled with rival fighters in the
slums of sou* i Beirut on Wednesday, close to where the Western
hostages are i^elieved held. Police said three people were killed before
Syrian soldiers broke up the battle. The fighting lasted five hours
between the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, or Party of God, and the
mainstream Shiite Amal militia in the slums of Shiyah, Ouzai and
Bir Hasan. The three densely populated districts are a few blocks
west of Hezbollah’s H^jjaj and Hay Madi barracks, where most of the
18 Western hostages are believed held by Hezbollah-affiliated
kidnappers.
LONDON (AP): Problems for ‘King’ musical continue.
The British director of a new musical about Martin Luther King Jr.
has resigned from the troubled show, publicists for “King” announced
Wednesday. Press officer Peter Thompson said no reason was given
for Graham Vick’s decision, which was made Tuesday night. Vick’s
departure is the latest in a series of problems that have beset the
show. Last week, the King family in Atlanta announced its opposition
to the show, saying in a statement that the musical “trivializes Dr.
King’s legacy." In an apparently independent decision, lyricist Maya
Angelou withdrew her support, claiming the show reduced its subject
to “some not-so-smart slickster."
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The Athens Pro-Choice League
will meet tonight at 7 at the
Unitarian Church on Prince
Avenue. The public is inivited.
• Alpha Zeta will meet tonight at
7 at Steverino’s. Conclave plans
will be finalized.
• The Student League for Envi
ronmental and Animal Protec
tion has canceled their Thursday
meeting.
• The 1990 Budget Trip to
Europe will meet tonight at 7:30
at the Tate Student Center in
Room 138.
• Greeks Advocating the Mature
Mananagement of Alcohol will
meet tonight at 8 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 140. The
public is invited.
Performances
• The UGA Wind Ensemble will
perform today at 4:30 p.m at the
Balcony Theater. The concert is
free and the public is invited.
• The UGA Flute Choir will
perform tonight at 8 at the
Balcony Auditorium. The concert
is free and the public is invited.
Lectures
• Patricia Cain, from the
University of Texas, will speak
today at 4 p.m. at the Law School
Auditorium. Her topic is
“Postmodern Critique of Equal
Protection Doctrine." The public
is invited.
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the Georgia Writer’s Series will
be held today at 4 p.m. at Park
Hall in Room 265. The public is
invited.
• Georgia Representative Jim
Martin will speak for the Athens
Gay & Lesbian Association
tonight at 7 at Outrigger’s
Restaurant, 3585 Atlanta
Highway. His topic is "Privacy in
the Home: A Right or a Wrong.”
The public is invited. Tickets for
the dinner before the lecture are
$15 and may be purchased by
calling Ric Helton at 548-0580.
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Health Services Allergy Clinic offering
relief for students with pollen allergies
By ALUSON MADDOX
Contributing Writer
For some, springtime means
warm weather, playing tennis and
sitting by the pool.
Unfortunately, for others, the
spring season also brings the
misery of itchy eyes and a runny
nosetnat accompany hay fever.
Students afflicted with irritating
allergies can take a trip to the
Health Services Allergy Clinic. Lo
cated on the second floor of the Gil
bert Health Center, the clinic
offers allergy shot* for $3.75 to stu
dents who bring their own medi
cine from doctors who have already
given them allergy tests.
This is good news to students
like Kristi Thaggard, sophomore a
f ire-journalism major, wno said al-
ergies are, “Horrible.”
“As long as I can remember, ev
erything has made me sneeze. I’m
allergic to a lot of things.”
Registered Nurse Geraldine
Glasenapp is coordinator for the
Allergy Clinic as well as the Travel
and Immunization clinics, which
are also located on the second floor.
Since Glasenapp began running
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the clinics in 1981, the Allergy
Clinic has become the largest of the
three, giving allergy shots to about
250 student* last year.
The clinic remains the busiest
during the fall and spring due to
the arrival of new students and in
creased amounts of pollen.
Thaggard says, “Sometimes it’s
really crowded and I have to wait
in line for my shots for about 20
minutes, but other times it’s not
that bad.”
Although most people only expe
rience minor reactions to hoy fever,
stronger reactions to allergies,
such as asthma and sinus infec
tions, can be very unpleasant.
“I used to have to come in twice „
week, but now I only have to come
once,” Thaggard said. “It’s been
alot better since I’ve been getting
shots.”
To deal with hay fever, Glass-
napp suggests keeping the win-
dows of your car and home closed,
and avoiding early morning out
ings when pollen is at it’s worst.
Glasenapp said the Travel Clinic
hnd about 250 patients this year
due to increased advertising last
fall. This clinic offers shots and ad
vice to students traveling to Third
World countries or anywhere that
you might not want to drink the
water.
Hill Community Benefit Bash
The Iroquois Cowboys Drum and Wire
Moods Amuck The Simpletons
Chanties AIDS/Athens. Project Sate Athens Area Homeless Shelter
tickets $3 with UGA I D March 15 7 PM-11PM Legion Field
Homeaid 1990
The Benefit Concert
aL Everyone Needs a Home
- BANDS INCLUDE -
VL'HUS - Eliott's Picture
Herrold - iNFOMfiNlfl
TATTOOED DOGS
WET FLOWERS - THE W0GGLES
OTHER SURPRISES
Saturday, March 17
2 p.m. till we can rock no more!
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