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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 86
Sigma Chi appeals suspension to Knapp
Second fraternity case in three years before president
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
Sigma Chi fraternity has taken an
other shot at reducing its five-year sus
pension by appealing its case to
University President Charles Knapp.
This marks the second time in three years
a fraternity has taken its case to the pres
ident.
Bryndis Jenkins, vice president for
Legal Affairs, received the appeal from
Knapp’s office Friday.
Jenkins will systematically review
Sigma Chi’s appeal to make sure it’s
“structurally sound,” said David Coker,
executive assistant to Knapp. Then she
will send the appeal back to Knapp.
Knapp’s decision is final at the Univer
sity level. From there appeals must be di
rected to the University System Board of
Regents.
Citing “an obvious trend toward mis
conduct,” the Student Judiciary sus
pended Sigma Chi for five years last
quarter, effectively purging the fraternity
of its current membership.
Sigma Chi appealed the Judiciary’s
ruling to Dwight Douglas, vice president
for Student Affairs, who added to the sus
pension the possibility that the fraternity
might be “paroled” after three years.
Douglas said National Sigma Chi could
make a case for the fraternity’s return to
campus in the spring of the suspension’s
third year. That way, when the fraternity
returned to campus, its present mem
bership wouldn’t be completely elimi
nated.
Suspension of Sigma Chi means mem
bers could be forced to move out of the fra
ternity’s house because it sits on
University property. University-spon
sored events and services also would be
off-limits to the fraternity. But Sigma Chi
could meet anywhere off-campus.
Sigma Chi members were unavailable
for comment.
Chi Phi was the last fraternity to take
its case to Knapp, in fall 1987.
Originally suspended for 15 years by
the Student Judiciary, the fraternity ap
pealed to Douglas and received a four-
year suspension, through spring quarter
1991.
Chi Phi then appealed to Knapp, but
quickly withdrew the appeal and com
plied with the four-year suspension. In
the meantime, the University used the
Chi Phi house for storage.
One year later, Knapp modified
Douglas’ ruling and allowea the frater
nity to return to campus and regain regis
tered status at the end of fall quarter
1988.
Judicial Programs Director Bill Brace-
well said in considering individual stu
dent appeals, which are rare, Knapp
Bryndis Jenkins, vice
president for Legal Affairs,
received the appeal from
Knapp’s office Friday
must convene a three-member advisory
committee, selected from a list of 13 fac
ulty — one from each school and college.
The committee submits its recommenda
tions to Knapp, who makes the final deci
sion.
Bracewell said the committee isn’t re
quired to review organizations’ appeals.
Knapp was unavailable for comment.
Bulldog javelin thrower spears competition
UGA's Hans Schmidt throws the javelin 213 feet and 10 inches to win Saturday's meet with the University of Minnesota
Golden Gophers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. See track story on page 8.
University Council
extends deadline
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
Students who want to break the
apathetic trend surrounding Uni
versity Council representative
elections hove until Wednesday to
qualify.
With the April 17 student elec
tions a week away, the deadline to
turn in petitions to qualify for Uni
versity Council elections has been
extended to Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Tom Cochran, assistant to the
vice president of Student Affairs,
said the deadline had to be ex
tended because no one turned in
petitions from the College of Agri
culture, the College of Home Eco
nomics, the Graduate School, the
College of Journalism and Mass
Communication or the School of
Forest Resources.
Cochran said if no one from
these schools turns in a petition,
Student Affairs will fill the posi
tions in the fall.
Cochran said only three stu
dents from the College of Arts and
Sciences turned in petitions to fill
four positions, four from the Col
lege of Business Administration to
fill two positions, two from the Col
lege of Education to fill both posi
tions and one from the School of
Environmental Design to fill one
position.
The other eight schools each
have one representative making a
total of 19 student representatives.
The School of Law, the School of
Pharmacy, the School of Social
Work and the College of Veterinary
Medicine handle their elections in
ternally, not through Student Af-
‘I think a lot of
students don’t know
about it’
Tom Gump
Council Member
fairs.
The University Council is the
main policy-making body at the
University and is the only campus
wide governing body in which stu
dents have voting power.
Tom Gump, a senior association
management major and student
member of the council’s Executive
Committee, said part of the reason
for the lack of student applicants
could be apathy.
“Also, I think a lot students don’t
know about it,” he said, referring to
the council.
“As a student, the council is one
of the best organizations on
campus; one where I feel my vote
means something,” he said.
Gump said although students
may be in the minority, their vote
can make a difference.
“Last year I was on the Curric
ulum Committee. There was a tie
on whether to allow an agribusi
ness degree in the agriculture
school. My vote broke the tie in
favor of the degree,” he said.
Rob Nelson, a senior 20th cen
tury culture major and council
member, said the council doesn’t
receive enough press and most stu
dents don’t equate it as having
anything to do with their daily
lives.
Cloverhurst residents meet
with UGA official on parking
Larry Weatherford: meets with Cloverhurst residents angry
over a UGA parking overflow into their neighborhood
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
Prom the 1920s until the 1950s,
her mother was a professor and
then Dean of Women. Her step
father headed the classics depart
ment, her husband was a professor
and all four of her children grad
uated from the University. But
now, Sara Lacher’s life-long
relationship with the University is
in jeopardy.
Lacher and other Cloverhurst
Avenue residents have met with
University officials twice to try to
find a solution to the parking
problem at the University of
Georgia Foundation Building on
Milledge Avenue.
The building houses 44 em
ployees of the Office of Devel
opment and University Relations,
but its parking lot can accommo
date only 32 cars. The lack of
spaces forces employees and visi
tors to park their cars along Clo
verhurst in front of residents’
homes.
Cloverhurst residents said they
don’t want their neighborhood
turned into a parking lot and will
take whatever action they can to
rectify the situation.
“Several of us are going to stop
contributing to the University
foundation until this problem is
solved, Lacher said.
"I don’t go down to the Univer
sity and park in Charlie Knapp's
spot,” she said, referring to Univer
sity President Charles Knapp, “so
why can these University people
come and park in our neighbor
hood?”
Ida Cobb lives next door to the
foundation building. Every day she
looks out her kitchen window at
the cars in front of her house.
'It’s ruining the atmosphere,”
Cobb said. “I feel like I'm looking
out at a parking lot.
"The other day there were 19
cars out there, today there are 12,”
she said. “Even 12 is a dang nui
sance. It’s not a few care every once
in a while, it’s every day.”
Friday the residents met with
Larry Weatherford, associate vice
president for Development and
University Relations, for the
second time in two weeks.
Weatherford showed the resi
dents two proposals to increase the
building’s parking capacity by
seven or eight spaces.
“It’s legal to park on the street,”
he said, “but our business is to
work with the neighbors. I have an
obligation to be sure and not incon
venience them.”
The foundation Board of
Trustees must approve any con
struction to create more parking.
Weatherford said the foundation
won't make a decision until formal
proposals and cost estimates are
complete.
Cobb said Weatherford, who
seemed very sincere and willing to
help, was caught in the middle of
the problem.
“I realize those people need a
place to park,” she said. “But they
Dought the building knowing they
didn’t have enough space for
them.”
Beverly Montgomery said the
overflow doesn’t reach her house,
but she's concerned that more em
ployees may be moved into the
building and the parking overflow
may increase.
Lots of sure winners in SA race;
No graduate applications recieved
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Because of recent disqualifications, only one
person will lose in the Student Association election
April 17.
President Pro Tern Andrea Naterman said 10 stu
dents applied to run for six sophomore senate seats,
but one qualified as a junior candidate and two
others failed to qualify.
Only four students applied to run for the eight se
nior senate seats available. No one applied for the six
available graduate seats.
Eight junior candidates will run unopposed for
eight available positions.
Empty seats can be filled once the next SA is in
session through an internal election process, but
that could take most of the quarter, Naterman said.
The individual elected as the next president pro
tern will be responsible for getting out applications
for the vacant posts, she said. The president pro tern
will be selected by the SA at the second meeting of its
term.
About two weeks probably will be allowed for stu
dents to turn in applications, she said. The Elections
Subcommittee of SA’s Internal Affairs Committee
will then interview candidates and make recommen
dations to the SA.
After hearing recommendations, the SA will vote
on the candidates.
To run for SA senator, a student must be enrolled
full-time with a minimum of 12 quarter hours and
have a 2.25 grade point average.
SA Adviser Tom Cochran blamed general apathy
on campus for the low turnout of candidates.
— Marla Edwards
Gym Dogs to go to nationals
Ponstein propels L
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Sports Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Sopho-
more Julie Ponstein said before
boarding the bus from the hotel to
the regional championship at the
Stephen C. O’Connell Center that
she felt unusally nervous.
Three hours later, she blocked
out a thunderous Florida crowd
and posted a 9.65 on beam.
Ponstein next led off the floor and
nailed a career-high 9.825 and pro
pelled Georgia to a record-high
193.35.
The score was good enough to
beat Florida (190.425), Toweon
State (188.775) and four other
teams and place the Gym Doga in
the third seed behind Utah and Al
abama at nationals in Corvallis,
Ore., on April 20.
3A to Fla. win
So much for nerves.
“I like to be nervous as long as
I'm calm,” Ponstein said after the
meet. “But I knew that everything
we had done before regionals
hadn’t even counted 50 percent of
our national qualifying score.
“Every single routine performed
here would count for everything
else. Every little bobble would
mean twice as much.”
Ponstein was nervous not only
because the Lady Dogs’ entire
season was on the line but because
she had been moved up from the
first to fifth slot on the oeam.
Georgia coach Suzanne Yoculan
said Ponstein, a 5-foot native of
Wyoming, Mich., who came to
Georgia after training under gym
nastics guru Bela Karolyi in
Houston, Texas, played a big role
in the victory.
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Julie Ponstein: Gym Dog
set a personal record
“When Julie hit beam, it was
definitely a big plus for us,” she
said. *She gave the team that extra
boost we needed to go hit six floor
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