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Preview of the 11th Annual Twilight Classic — 8
The Red & Black
INSIDE
UGA President Charles
Knapp reviews “The Hunt
for Red October” in
today’s After Hours.
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Knapp finds ‘gender bias’ in salaries
Dean Alphonse Buccino:
Taking corrective steps
By WALTER COLT
Staff Writer
University President Charles
Knapp has taken the first step to
ward correcting differences in sala
ries between male and female
faculty.
Knapp confirmed in an inter
view Thursday that he has set
aside $100,000 of the $1 million
shifted from operating funds to
augment faculty salaries to make
up for “gender bias”
However, he said the money
won’t be enough to solve the
problem and he and the University
System Board of Regents will have
to push harder for funding next
year.
This is the last year he will be
able to re-allocate money from op
erating funds to faculty and staff
salaries, he said.
Operating funds are allocated
toward the day-to-day operations
of the University and will total 500
million for fiscal 1991.
Knapp said about the salary dis
crimination, “I am convinced that
there is a problem and I’m con
vinced that well need to deal with
it. I don’t think there’s a crisis, but
it’s something we need to address
because salaries need to be based
on merit and not something extra
neous like sex,” he said.
Knapp said he made the decision
to set aside money two weeks ago
after reviewing a report from Lynn
Billard, a University statistician.
He said, “I don’t consider the
analysis to be complete yet, but the
preliminary analysis indicates to
me that we have some gender bias
in our salary structure, and it’s
Study: Greeks need reform
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
Greek leaders have mixed reactions to recent rec
ommendations for reforms directed at Greek life.
Citing continued problems associated with Greek
organizations and a need for an activist approach, the
Subcommittee on Student Activities and Student Ju
diciary of the University Self Study recommended
several reforms for Greek life. Included in the report
is a recommendation to base recognition of Greek or
ganizations on their performance.
“(Recognition) should be granted for specified time
periods with a requirement for re-recognition that the
organization has performed satisfactorily,” the report
reads.
“A set of standards should be developed ... and
failure to meet those standards should result in termi
nation of their status as recognized student organiza
tions....”
Student Services Committee Chair and Horticul
ture Department Head Gary Couvillon, who oversees
the subcommittee, said the report was a partial com
mittee report and subject to revision as more subcom
mittee reports are added.
Interfratemity Council President Cale Conley said
he favored the idea, but his full support would depend
on the criteria used to establish the review.
“Something like that wouldn’t be bad,” he said.
“But it would depend on how it was set up. You’d have
to be careful with the standards.
“I don’t think our fraternities would have any
trouble with it,” Conley said. “It would probably be
good for them in the long run.”
The IFC has its own evaluation review board, he
said. The board meets with chapter presidents and
treasurers and evaluates the chapter’s performance
based on IFC standards. But Conley said there are no
penalties for not meeting the standards.
“We (the IFC) don’t really have power to take ac
tion,” he said. ‘The most IFC can do is not recognize a
chapter. Most national fraternities won’t recognize a
local chapter without IFC recognition.”
Ron Binder, adviser to fraternities, said the recom
mendation had merit and closely followed recent rec
ommendations on Greek reform published by the
American Council on Education.
“I think that’s something the University might get
into in the future,” Binder said. “It’s a question of
standards.”
Delta Zeta President Becky Marsden said such a re
view might push sororities into action.
“It might encourage them to want to do more and
expand,” she said.
However, like Binder and Conley, Marsden said the
review procedure and standards would have to be set
up very carefully.
James Brittle, Beta Theta Pi president, and Ron
McCarthy, ACACIA president, said they don’t think
the recommendation is necessary or fair.
“I think it would be a waste of the University’s time,
because the IFC does a good job of policing itself,” Mc
Carthy said. “If an organization is breaking down, its
national chapter would do something even before the
University would.”
Every 10 years the University must be reviewed for
re-accreditation from the Southern Association of
Schools and Colleges. To prepare for this review, the
University conducts an in-house study of its own.
Faculty, stafT, alumni and students comprise the
committees and subcommittees which examine every
aspect of the University.
Salaries need to be
based on merit’
Charles Knapp
going to be more than the $100,000
we allocated this year.
“But since we are in a tight
salary year and we have to go
ahead with the budget at this
point, I decided to allocate $100,-
000 this year and well have to
make additional allocations in sub
sequent years to solve the
problem,” he said.
Knapp decided to look into the
gender bias problem after having
an informal meeting with senior
women faculty in spring 1989.
Knapp met again with faculty
members last week to discuss his
decision and the findings of the
preliminary report.
Susette Talarico, a political sci
ence professor, said Knapp indi
cated to them that there were
significant salary differences be
tween male and female faculty.
She said the $100,000 was a
small sum but, “something is
better than nothing.”
She also said she knew female
faculty who were unfairly making
less than their comparable male
counterparts.
Karen Calhoun, a psychology
professor, said she too knows of
cases of gender bias at the Univer
sity and the action taken by Knapp
is sufficient proof of the problem on
campus.
William Prokasy, vice president
for Academic Affairs, has already
told the deans of the 13 schools and
colleges to submit their proposals
for the use of the funds.
Alphonse Buccino, College of Ed
ucation dean, said, “We are addres
sing the problem with our best
efforts with the funds available."
Buccino said he has already sub
mitted his budget proposal and
extra money will be set aside to
further correct any gender bias of
faculty in his college.
Knapp re allocated $1 million
from operational funds to augment
salaries with half going to staff and
half going to faculty The $100,000
comes out of the $500,000 set aside
for faculty. The other $400,000 will
go toward faculty promotions, ad
justments for faculty research pro
fessors and Meigs awards for
excellence in teaching among other
faculty matters.
Picture Perfect
Sophomore Art major DeLancey Carmer concentrates on her work Thursday in James Herbert's fgure
painting class.
Liability prompts changes in Greek life
By MICHAEL W. MCLEOD
Staff Writer
Things aren’t the way they used
to be within the University’s Greek
system. Closed parties, no kegs, in
creased security — many changes
reflect the desire to ease fraternity
and sorority liability.
Greek organizations are the
sixth-toughest group to insure in
the nation, according to Ron
Binder, adviser to fraternites. It’s
easier to insure a hazardous waste
dump than it is a fraternity, he
said.
“It’s a very hot issue right now; it
has been for the past couple of
years,” Binder said. “Last year
there were over 200 lawsuits
against fraternities; that’s a lot.
We’re only on 600 campuses.”
Campuses that have greek orga
nizations which were recently in
volved in lawsuits include the
University of Florida, Florida State
University and Auburn, Binder
said. The University hasn’t been
involved in any.
‘We’ve been lucky — knock on
wood — we haven’t had anyone get
hurt in the last four years, and
we’re one of the few that haven’t,”
he said.
John Perkins, the director of risk
management and housing for the
national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra
ternity, said in 1986 SAE adopted
policies designed to reduce lia
bility.
The fraternity restricted open
parties, made rush alcohol-free,
prohibited the purchase of alcohol
with chapter funds and created
policies against hazing and sexual
abuse for its affiliate chapters.
Director of Programs Timothy
Welles, of the Pi Kappa Alpha na
tional fraternity, said similar poli
cies have been implemented by at
least 28 other national fraternities
and four or five sororities. They are
members of the Fraternity Insur
ance Purchasing Group, formed by
a number of Greek organizations in
1987 to obtain lower insurance
rates.
Binder said the average cost to
insure a fraternity is $65 a
member.
Nationals who ioin the group
must adhere to policies similar to
SAE’8 to reduce fraternity or so
rority liability, Welles said.
Violating those policies can lead
to a loss of insurance, Binder said.
Both Binder and Perkins said
that the policies are primarily
aimed at protecting students, and
then reducing the number of law
suits.
‘That’s the real issue, to avoid
someone getting hurt. I’ve seen it
happen too often," Binder said.
University Greek officers said
they’ve seen an increased aware
ness of liability issues recently.
Richard Swift, SAE president,
said the chapter developed an of
fice during winter quarter to ex
amine risk management issues in
the fraternity.
Rick Sirmans, Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity president, said, “Every
day I’m thinking about what could
go wrong.”
Sororities traditionally haven’t
been involved in many lawsuits,
said Claudia Shamp, adviser to so
rorities at the University, but soro
rities still are concerned.
Ellen Rossi ter, president of
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, said,
“We just had a chapter liability
meeting, to inform every member.”
Binder said the increased
amount of lawsuits stemmed from
a number of precedent cases in the
mid-1980s in which fraternities
were successfully sued.
Access for handicapped continues to improve
By PEGGY McGOFF
Staff Writer
The University Physical Plant
has spent the last two years reno
vating 26 buildings on campus in
an attempt to better serve the in
terests of disabled students.
The concentrated effort to make
the University more accessible to
the physically disabled began in
the spring of 1988 after a demon
stration held by a group of disabled
students at the Academic Building.
The protest sparked the forma
tion of the Handicapped Advisory
Task Force, which aims to identify
and meet the needs of disabled stu
dents. The task force targeted 26 of
the most widely used buildings as
sites for access renovation and es
tablished the Handicapped Advi
sory Committee.
Since then, each of the 26 tar-
f ;eted buildings has been made at
east partially accessible to wheel
chairs, and only 13 of the Univer
sity’s 84 most widely used
buildings aren’t at least partially
accessible, according to Hand
icapped Student Services.
Estimates on how much the Uni
versity has spent on accessibility
renovations in the last two years
can’t be determined. As other gen
eral renovations are completed,
wheelchair accommodations are
also made and are included as part
of the overall project, said Physical
Plant Director James TenBrook.
Students, however, claim that
facilities in buildings classified as
accessible often aren’t adequate.
“Partially accessible” usually
means that only one floor of a
building is accessible, and hand
icapped students say only one ac
cessible entrance exists, often in an
inconvenient area of the building.
The main library’s only wheel
chair-accessible restroom is in the
basement.
Even accessible restrooms often
have doors that are too heavy,
stalls that are too short and paper
towel holders too high for a person
using a wheelchair, said Michelle
Stevens, a graduate student in re
habilitative counseling.
Physical Plant can’t make every
building on campus fully accessible
immediately because of limited
funds, TenBrook said.
A Survey of the 84 Most-Used
Buildings on Campus
The cost of making the entire
campus accessible is difficult to
calculate because of the varying
conditions of buildings, according
to the HSS office.
Two projects for next year’s
priority recommendations list are
an elevator at Memorial Hall and a
wheelchair sidewalk from Baldwin
Street to Brooks Hall.
Earth Day no fad
in environmentally
conscious Oregon
By CHRIS LANCETTE
Staff Writer
(Ed. Note: Chris Lancette spent
seven days traveling through Or
egon on assignment to learn if citi
zens' attitudes about Earth Day
and the future of the environment
are different from those at home.
The answer is a resounding yes.
We present this piece as an alterna
tive perspective on life after Earth
Day.)
SEA LION CAVES, Ore. -
While Athens and the South work
to prove that environmental
awareness is not just a fad, people
in Oregon say their creed has been
and will continue to be Earth Day
every day.
“I think the trends in Oregon to
do things for the earth will con
tinue indefinitely,” said Julie
Stanton, an environmental retailer
with the Portland-based company
If Not Now When. “I think Ore
gonians are way ahead of our time.
We’re very conscious of this state
and what a gift it is. It’s time to put
something back.”
While Stanton was raised in Or
egon and said she developed her
understanding of Southern envi
ronmental perspectives from news
reports, some Oregonians said they
know first-hand that the Southern
attitudes and convictions aren’t as
strong.
“What attitude?” asked Mark
Hope, vice president of Waste Re
covery Inc., a company with plants
in Atlanta, Houston and Portland
that collects used tires and con
verts them into fuel.
‘The problem in Atlanta is that
they’re not as environmentally fo
cused as we are in the Northwest.
All you have to do is look at the
garbage on the roadsides.”
Tourists aren’t likely to find any
litter, tires or paper, along the in
terstate highways or anywhere
else in The Beaver State. Poli
ticians and residents take fierce
pride in the state’s cleanliness.
“Our attitude is a lot different
from the rest of the country —
We’re militantly clean,” said Gayle
Karol, special assignments editor
of the Portland newspaper, The Or
egonian. “If someone drops some
thing on the ground, we don’t just
pick it up but say something to
them.
“Everybody out here is doing
something to preserve the environ
ment. Our five-member environ
ment team can’t write enough
about it.
“Apathy is dead in Oregon,” she
said.
And it has been for a long time.
The state was a pioneer in the recy
cling and wildlife preservation
movements.
Litter patrols are organized
throughout the state — consisting
of elementary school children who
clean up the parks and highways.
“We want to give them a love
and fondness for the state,” Karol
said.
It’s evident that every day will
continue to be Earth Day in Or
egon ns a cycle of actions is clearly
ingrained in the state’s character.
Business leaders say they’re re
sponding to increasing consumer
demands for recycled products re
sulting from individuals’ recycling
efforts.
And the government, through
the industrial waste management
divisions of the environmental
services, is getting more public
support in cracking down on cor
porate polluters.
Polluters, in turn, are becom-
ming more willing to comply with
regulations out of fear of public re
lations fallout caused by govern
ment fines.
‘The media hype in Oregon has
helped make environmental
awareness more than just an Earth
Day fad thing," said Gary Barnes
of Portland’s industrial waste man
agement division. ‘Thank God."