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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1990 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 95
Vaccination effort stepped up
INSIDE
Gene Williams reviews
Fleetwood Mac’s
disappointing new album,
“Behind the Mask.”
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Weather: Today, mostly sunny,
high mid 80s, tonight, fair, low
upper 50s, Thursday, mostly
sunny, high mid 80s. Too hot to
trot.
Possible third case of measles reported
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
Fearing that a third student has con
tracted measles, health center officials
are stepping up vaccination efforts to pre
vent a possible outbreak of the disease.
Two Lipscomb Hall residents had been
diagnosed with measles by Monday af
ternoon and the third student, who lives
off campus, developed symptoms
Tuesday.
The third case hasn’t been confirmed
officially as measles, said Health Services
Director Jacquelyn Kinder. However, Gil
bert personnel are assuming the student
does have measles and are treating it
accordingly.
Kinder said in light of the third occur
rence, Health Services and the Northeast
Georgia Health District have decided to
set up a vaccination center at the Tate
Center Wednesday through Friday to
give shots to students and faculty who
might be at risk.
“We’re hoping that the availability of
the vaccinations will encourage people to
go ahead and get the shot to safeguard
against any spread around campus,” she
said.
Students and faculty born after 1956 or
those who haven’t had at least two mea
sles vaccinations, with the second being a
booster since 1980, are considered to be at
risk and should take advantage of the
free vaccinations, Kinder said.
Anyone bom before 1956 or those
who’ve had the measles before are not at
risk for contracting the virus, she said.
Kinder said the identity of the strain of
measles afflicting the students hasn’t
been established.
“It more than likely is rubeola, which
isn’t as serious as rubella,” said Harry
McKnight, public health adviser for the
Center for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Rubella is commonly known as German
measles.
It is the rubella virus that threatens
unborn fetuses when contracted by a pre
gnant woman, she said. Rubeola is the
more common form.
“A student getting measles should
probably stay out of class for about a
week,” Kinder said.
Treatment includes remedies asso
ciated with any respiratory infection. Pa
tients are given Tylenol and analgesics to
quell the fever, coughing and congestion.
Health services has already inoculated
about 500 Btudents, mostly residents of
Lipscomb Hall and nearby halls, Kinder
said.
Clemson University in South Carolina
had two cases of measles in February,
according to Faye McLean, a nurse at
health services there.
She said mass vaccinations prevented
the disease from spreading further.
An outbreak occurred last year at Au
burn University in Alabama during the
end of April.
Those born before 1956 or
who haven't had at least
two measles vaccinations
are considered at risk
“It started with a fraternity member
who picked up the virus over spring
break," said Keith Ayers, Auburn Univer
sity news bureau editor.
After the student developed measles,
health officials there immediately vacci
nated his close friends and fraternity
brothers who lived with the student in his
fraternity house.
However, more cases erupted and by
the time the outbreak had ceased, about a
month later, 12 students had contracted
the measles.
■ MEASLES
Symptoms of the measles virus are
coughing, runny nose and a temperature
of 101 degrees or higher. Within two to
three days a rash develops around the
ears and neck and spreads to the trunk
area.
The virus incubates for one to two
weeks before symptoms develop A
person is contagious for four to five days
before symptoms show up and for about
five days after becoming ill.
Gilbert Health Services will give vac
cinations from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. this
Wednesday through Friday. Free vacci
nations will be given at the Tate Student
Center, Wednesday 1 to 5 p.m. and
Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
■HM
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Above, Jeff Tanner, a senior risk management major, belts out
"Love She Found In Me" while telecommunication arts major Kurt
Ramaglia (foreground) checks the sound.
Right, (left to right) Shannon O'Kelley, Hillary Gentry, Sonya
McGee and Michelle Dolphus perform as the "Image Dancers."
The University got a taste of Hollywood Tuesday when the tele
vision variety show "Star Search" came to Studio 2 at the College
of Journalism. More than 35 students strutted their stuff In the fol
lowing five categories: vocals, stand-up comedy, acting,
spokesmodeling and dancing.
The auditions were videotaped and will be shown to tinseltown
talent scouts for a new segment of the show called "College
Search.” The new segment will showcase talent from students all
over the United State ..
Mark MacKel, the talent scout who organized the search at the
University, told the assembled performers they all did an excellent
job.
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Secret society’s
annual panty raid
disrupts initiation
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Members of a secret male orga
nization that has called itself the
best on campus came away with
fists full of women’s underwear
when they raided a sorority house
Saturday, Adviser to Sororities
Claudia Shamp said.
A representative of Delta Delta
Delta sorority notified her Monday
of the Gridiron Society’s 5 a.m. raid
on the house, Shamp said.
Jill Goldman, house president oi
Tri Delt, said she awoke about 5
a.m. to constant ringing of the
house doorbell. Realizing the visi
tors, who were clad in tuxedos,
were Gridiron members, she re
peatedly asked them not to enter
the house. However, they pushed
past her and went inside.
The late-night visitors admitted
being members of the society, she
said.
Some of the members she knew
complied with her request not to
enter the house, Goldman said.
Lynn Gould, chapter president
of Tri Delt, said she was upset be
cause her sorority was involved in
initiation weekend at the time of
the raid. Only initiates and so
rority members are allowed in the
house during that time.
“I at least would like an apology.
I don’t think there i9 any need for a
secret society on this campus,”
Gould said.
In the past, sorority houses have
been damaged during the society’s
traditional raids, Shamp said.
Constance Perry, a junior
member of Kappa Alpha Theta,
said that in 1986, members of Grid
iron ran around the sorority house,
sprayed fire extinguishers and
placed metal objects in microwaves
and turned them on during a raid.
Shamp said she asked the presi
dent of the House Director’s Asso
ciation Friday to help her warn
sororities of possible raids last
weekend. The secret society tradi
tionally has its late night romp
down Milledge Avenue and installs
new members during the weekend
of the G-day game
Aside from sorority raids, the ac
tivities and purposes of Gridiron
are shrouded in secrecy.
Honorary members of the Grid
iron Society are said to include
University President Charles
Knapp and Nik Edes, vice presi
dent for development. Ede9 con
firmed Knapp’s membership but
said he isn’t a member of the so
ciety.
The 1958 Pandora listed mem
bership in Gridiron, founded in
1905, as one of the highest honors
that a male student can achieve on
campus. Qualifications for mem
bership, activities and the purpose
of the society are known only to
members, the yearbook reads. The
organization is not officially recog
nized by the University.
In the 1987 Pandora, the organi
zation described itself as the best
on campus.
Disabled gaining
access to campus
Lack of support hurts LD program
By PEGGY MCGOFF
and MELISSA CRAIG
Staff Writers
Two years ago today, as part of a
demonstration to increase aware
ness of the needs of disabled stu
dents at the University, David
Bliss climbed from his wheelchair
and using only his arms, began to
pull himself up the steps of the
Academic Building.
Bliss, then a freshman, at
tempted to deliver a list of de
mands to the Handicapped
Student Services Office, then lo
cated on the second floor of the
building, which has no elevators.
The list included requests from
Bliss and other disabled students
to relocate and enlarge the office
staff, extend the handicapped van's
service hours and make classrooms
more accessible.
“We tried all the paper traiU,
but we kept getting stonewalled. It
was a last effort to get ourselves
heard,” Bliss said.
Since April 25,1988, the HSS of
fice has relocated to the third floor
— the entry level which houses the
theater — of the Tate Student
Center and the University has im
proved its reputation for enacting
changes to benefit the disabled.
'There is more readiness to work
with us,” Bliss said. “They are
more willing to listen now."
The HSS office and the Physical
Plant work with the University’s
400 disabled students in designing
accessible structures and individu
ally as problems occur, said Karen
S. Kalivoda, HSS coordinator.
'The students have to come to us
and let us know there is a
problem,” she said.
In the last two years, the HSS
increased its staff from one to nine
and added $20,000 worth of new
equipment including a Visual Tek
print enlarger, a Braille Printer
and a Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf, Kalivoda said.
The handicapped van, which for
merly ran from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., ex
tended its weekday hours from 7
a.m. to 10 p.m. Handicapped
Transportation Services has two
more vans, but they, like Univer
sity buses, don’t run on weekends.
“I don’t have a safe way of get
ting to the dining hall on week
ends,” Bliss said.
After 6 p.m., students must call
to be picked up by the van, which
can sometimes take up to 45 min
utes, he said.
Architectural renovations in the
last two years have made the
campus more accessible. Perma
nent ramps were built at the main
library, New College, Biological
Sciences Complex and chemistry
building. In addition, 70 curbcuts
were constructed, 20 restrooms
modified and accessible pay phones
installed in 52 buildings.
Hie
David Bliss: Protested lack
of access for disabled
Tom Packard, a senior political
science major who uses a wheel
chair, said the University does a
good job responding to disabled
students’ neeas.
However, some buildings on
campus still are not accessible and
many are only partially accessible.
“When a building is not acces
sible to me, ifs as offensive as a
‘whites only 1 sign to a black
person,” said Michelle Stevens, a
graduate student in rehabilitative
counseling.
Please See ACCESS. Page 3
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
Though the Learning Disabili
ties Adult Clinic ranks as one of
the best programs in the nation,
some LD students say lack of sup-
ort from the University is
arming the program.
‘The people there are incred
ible,” said Cnris, a senior who has
dyslexia and has received coun
seling at the clinic for four years.
'They devote so much time to
helping students, but the clinic has
grown so much they can’t keep up
with the load.”
LD CLinic Director Noel Gregg
said between 85 and 100 students
use the clinic’s services each
quarter However, before students
can use the clinic’s services they
first undergo a batteiy of tests.
The problem for LD students is
the long waiting list of applicants
and the cost of the evaluation.
‘They feel for students who have
to get on the waiting list, and you
can see it hurts them to turn stu
dents away,” Chris said. “But
they’re not turning them away be
cause they want to. It’s because the
University doesn’t support them.
They’re doing all they can.”
Gregg said a student applying
now wouldn’t be tested until fall
quarter. The tests take two days
and the staff can test two students
a week.
The cost of the evaluation is
$600 for in state students and $800
for out-of-state. But Gregg said fi
nancial aid is available and no one
is turned away for lack of funds.
The clinic tests all applicants
whether or not they have been di
agnosed as having a specific
learning disability. Some students
said they consider this discrimina
tory toward students with learning
disabilities.
Beth is a senior who has dysgra-
phia, which affects written lan
guage skills. She said it was wrong
in principle not to accept current
diagnoses and to charge students
for the testing.
“I don’t think it’s fair that we
have to pay," Beth said. “It’s a bad
situation, but it’s not the people at
the clinic. It’s the people who
govern the clinic.”
Carol Winthrop, assistant to the
vice president for Academic Af
fairs, said “From the top of the ad
ministration down, the University
is committed to serving these stu
dents.
“Within the confines of the
budget, we do the best we can,”
Winthrop said. “But the financial
constraints affecting the clinic are
affecting the whole University.”
Michelle has dyslexia. She said
it was wrong for students with di
agnosed learning disabilities to
have to prove they have the disabi
lity before they qualify for the serv
ices.
'Tor the University not to accept
an LD diagnosis is the same as
them telling a person using a
wheelchair to be re-examined be
fore they can use the handicapped
van,” she said.
They’re so backed up," she said,
“but they won’t accept documenta
tion from licensed psychologists.”
Gregg said the tests are nec
essary to make precise evaluations
of the students and aid the coun
selors The testing also provides
thorough and standardized docu
mentation which is often missing
from outside testing.
“It's rare that someone comes in
with current documentation,” she
said. “Most students were tested os
children and those tests aren’t
valid anymore.’’
The clinic’s retesting finds errors
in about 25 percent of the diag
noses students bring in from other
sources, Gregg said.
The clinic’s staff includes Gregg,
two counselors, an LD specialist, a
clinic coordinator and five doctoral-
level graduate assistants. Gregg
said the clinic generates half its
budget from testing and special
service fees.
The clinic offers counseling, text
books on tape and course assis
tance services free of charge. One-
on-one assistance from an LD spe
cialist costs $200 per quarter.
All the students interviewed
praised the clinic staff and its ef
forts.
They helped me to realize and
accept the problem,” Chris said.
They were invaluable to me. They
didn’t just help me academically,
but mentally as well.
‘Tm a little angTy that the Uni
versity doesn’t support them
more,” he said.
Gregg said the University is as
supportive as possible under its
budget constraints.