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2 * The Red and Black • Wednesday Apr 4 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Local bars, cab company launch D.D. program, a
designated dnver program started Monday involving 19 Athens bars
which will serve free soft dnnks, coffee or tea to students over 21 who
volunteer to drive for the night. Your Cab Co., in cooperation with the
program, will offer reduced rates to students who need a safe ride
nome on special occasions. SA Sophomore Sen. Susie Griffin said
moat of the bars will use rubber stamps designed by SA and
BACCHUS to denote the volunteer drivers who will receive free non
alcoholic beverages The participating bars are Allen's, Boar’s Head,
City Bar, 1st and 10, F.ying Buffalo. 40 Watt. GA Bar, Gus Garcia’s,
The Globe, Lowery’s Tavern, O'Malley's, Odyssey. Papa Joe’s.
Rockfish Palace, Sky’s Place, Spanky’s, Thomason’s, T.K. Harry's,
and Wax Alley The bars reserve the right to use their own discretion
in implementing the program
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Woman alleges racial slurs from boss.
A black woman who contends she was f.red from her Internal
Revenue Service job because her black supervisor resented her
lighter skin says in legal briefs that the boss “had it in* for her The
briefs, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in support cf a
discrimination suit, say that Tracy Morrow was subjected to
derogatory statements from her former supervisor about the shade of
her skin. Slorrow testified during the tr.al of her lawsuit two months
ago that Ruby Lewis called her in to lecture her for no legitimate
reason, saving, “You need some sun."’ and “'You think you’re bad."
'These comments show that Lewis wanted to put Morrow down and r
keep her down,* the briefs said.
DECATUR (AP): Former NBA player arrested for drugs.
Chris Washburn, who was bounced from the NBA because of drug
problems, was in a suburban Atlanta jail Tuesday after his arrest for
cocaine and marijuana possession. Washburn was arrested along
with his girlfriend at her apartment Monday when Georgia Bureau of
Investigation agents went there to interview the former NBA player
on oehalf of authorities in North Carolina. After learning that
Washburn’s girlfriend, Kimberly Greene, was wanted in Gwinnett
County on a probation violation, the agents decided to arrest her,
according to GBI spokesman John Bankhead “Washburn was there,"
he added. “When agents entered, marijuana was in plain view. They
asked for and were granted consent to search, and the search turned
up powdered cocaine, a small amount of it ”
CLARKESVILLE (AP): Intra-family lawsuit settled.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin and two of his sons
have agreed to a secret out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit that Irvin
said has tom his family apart. The suit, filed by Irvin in March 1989,
had been scheduled to go to trial this week, but the settlement was
hammered out over the weekend. The agreement was filed Monday in
Habersham County Superior Court, and both sides agreed to keep it
confidential. “I’m just happy it’s over,” Irvin said from his Atlanta
/Tee. “And certainly I hope this is going to bring the family back
together." Irvin sued his sons Johnny and David over several family
businesses, alleging that the sons improperly excluded their father*
from the businesses, which include fast-food restaurants, nursing
homes and the Rabun County Bank.
■ NATION
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP): ’Scab’ bus fired upon. At
least five shots struck a Southeastern Trailways bus today as it
traveled along a Greyhound route from Nashville to Louisville, state
police said. Neither the driver nor the only passenger aboard was
injured. The incident happened just two days after another
Southeastern Trailways bus on a route usually traveled by strike-
plagued Greyhound was hit and the driver seriously wounded.
Kentucky State Police Trooper Eddie Lair said today’s shooting was
reported about 10:15 a.m. EDT and occurred somewhere on
Interstate 65 near Sonora, about 55 miles south of Louisville. All five
shots hit the bus on the driver’s side, but none of them penetrated, he
said. The driver, who was not identified, could not say from which
direction the shots were fired, Lair said. Officials believe a .22-caliber
rifle was used.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): Bush honors AIDS victim.
President Bush today planted an elm tree in a downtown park and
dedicated it to Ryan White for “the strength and bravery" the youth
has shown in his struggle against AIDS. “Let it be Ryan’s tree,” Bush
said at the ceremony in near-freezing temperatures under leaden
skies. The 18-year-old White was reported in critical condition today
on a life support system at Riley Hospital for Children in
Indianapolis. “He’s created a special legacy of his own and he is in our
prayers today,” Bush said. “Ryan has helped us to understand the
truth about AIDS and he’s shown all of us the strength and bravery of
the human heart." White, a hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from
contaminated blood products, became an international spokesman for
victims of the disease during his five-year battle with it.
■ WORLD
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel flexes its hi-tech muscles.
Israel sent its second experimental satellite into orbit Tuesday and
showed off its advanced rocket technology at a time of rising Middle
East tensions. Israel denied the Ofek-2 satellite was part of a
program to spy on its Arab neighbors, but Israeli leaders boasted that
the launch showed the country’s scientific and military superiority
over Arab countries. Witnesses said the rocket that hefted the 352-
pound satellite into space lifted off at 3:02 p.m. (8:02 a.m. EDT). The
Ofek-2 — “Ofek" is Hebrew for “horizon” — was launched from an
undisclosed site in the center of the country and entered orbit 90
minutes later. It was fired westward over the Mediterranean to avoid
giving Arab countries a look at the rocket. The purpose of the
program is to build a scientific satellite “to see stars, galaxies ... and
olack holes, with detectors for X-rays, ultraviolet rays,” said Akiva
Bar-Nun, the space agency’s coordinator.
UGA TODAY
Lectures
• Wolfgang Iser, professor of
literary theory from the
University of Konstanz, West
Germany, will speak today at 4
p.m. at Park Hall in Room 265.
His topic is “Fictionalizing: The
Anthropological Dimension of
Literary Fiction.” The public is
invited.
• Alex Williams will speak
tonight at 7 at the Presbyterian
Center, 1250 S. Lumpkin Street. ;
His topic is “A Fool at Worship." i
The public is invited.
Earth Day 1990
• Lindsay Boring, from the
School of Forest Resources, will
speak for the Students for
Environmental Awareness
tonight at 7:30 at the Institute of
Ecology auditorium. Her topic is
“From Moscow to Coweeta
Creek, North Carolina: Global
Cooperation on Environmental
Issues." The public is invited.
• The Environmental Law
Association will hold its second
annual Red Clay Conference
April 6 and 7. The public is
invited. Admission is $1 for
students, $10 for individuals,
and $40 for attorneys.
Transportation and lodging are
available. For more information,
contact Victor Johnson at 795-
5281. For registration
information, contact the Law
School at 542-7985.
• The Athens Peace Coalition
and the UGA SANE/FREEZE
Campaign for Global Security
will present the video “Free
Zone: Democracy Meets the
Nuclear Threat” April 10 at 7
p.m. at the Athens Regional
Library. The public is invited.
Announcements
• The Mathematics Education
Student Association is seeking
cover art for a soon to be
published journal for
mathematics educators. Entries
are due Friday, April 6 at 5 p.m.
For specifications, contact
Shannon Primm at 542-4194.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least two
days before the date to be printed.
Include specific meeting location,
speaker’s title and topic, and a
contact person’s day and evening
phone number. Items are printed
on a space available basis.
Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened
Profits main concern
of newspaper chains
Fraternity accepts
suspension ruling
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON— A majority of
the editors of locally and group-
owned newspapers say firms that
own multiple newspapers are more
interested in profits than in the
communities they serve.
A committee of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors took a
fresh look at a frequently debated
question among newspeople:
whether newspapers are likely to
get better or worse when locally or
group owned.
Some argue that group own
ership brings greater resources to
the local paper; some see homoge
nization resulting from absentee
ownership.
The committee’s report was pre
pared for the annual ASNE
meeting which opens Wednesday.
Editors of 234 newspapers, half
group-owned and half indepen
dent, all with circulations over 10,-
000, returned questionnaires.
The committee reported sharp
distinctions based on ownership.
Group-owned papers, it said,
were lixely to offer “better career
opportunities, more sharing of
ideas, less pressure from adver
tisers and special interest groups,
greater overall financial resources
and access to outside experts to
help solve problems and train
staff.”
Independent papers, on the
other hand, were likely to offer
“larger newsroom budgets, better
understanding of (the) local
market, more flexibility in making
decisions, greater involvement in
the community, less turnover of
key personnel, few levels of bu
reaucracy and a tendency to be pe
culiar.”
In the survey, 62 percent of edi
tors of group papers and 91 percent
of editors of independents agreed
that the owners of group papers
“are more concerned about profits
than what happens to individual
newspapers or the communities
they serve."
Chi Psi won’t appeal the two-
quarter suspension originally
handed down last quarter by the
Student Judiciary’s Organization
Court.
The fraternity was on probated
suspension for a disorderly con
duct violation when it went be
fore the judiciary for breaking
fire safety and disorderly conduct
rules.
The fraternity filed one appeal,
but the court’s decision was
upheld by the Judicial Council in
March. The suspension, effective
immediately, is scheduled to end
in time for fall quarter.
Bryant Brooks, the defender
advocate assigned to Chi Psi’s
case, said members haven’t given
him any reasons why they’re not
appealing the suspension.
They did not go into specific
reasons with me,” he said. They
knew they had an avenue of ap-
The fraternity has lost
all rights and
privileges afforded a
campus organization
until fall quarter.
peal."
Chi Psi members weren’t
available for comment.
The fraternity has lost all
rights and privileges afforded a
campus organization until fall
quarter.
However, William Brace well,
director of Judicial Programs,
said a suspended organization
can meet anywhere off campus.
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