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2 • The Red and Black • Fnday, Apnl 27, 1L.
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■ UNIVERSITY
Challengers emerge against city council incumbents
Cal Sticher, a retired marketing manager for Sherwin-Williams, will
run against incumbent Cardee Kilpatrick for the Ward 2 position on
Athens City Council, according to the Board of Elections office
Sticher has lived in Athens for 40 years. He couldn’t be reached for
comment Ed Blisset, president of B&F Associates, qualified
Wednesday for the Ward 4 council position currently held by Carolyn
Reynolds. Blisset said his concerns include a more cost-efficient city
government and more intensive support of law enforcement. “I think
more can be done to keep down the escalating budget of Athens,” he
said. Reynolds said she also would like a strengthened police force.
Other incumbents seeking re-election are Miriam Moore for Ward 1,
Calvin Bridges for Ward 5 and Linny Bailey for Ward 3. All
incumbents qualified on Monday.
Greek tug-of-war benefit begins today. Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity will sponsor a sorority/fraternity tug-of-war today and
Saturday to benefit the United Way of Northeast Georgia. Local
celebrities "Sky” and "Herbie” will officiate the event which is
expected to raise $1,500. Event coordinator Raign Streiter said the
tug-of-war should be the largest single philanthropy of the year.
Preliminary rounds are this afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the
finals are Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The winning
fraternity and sorority will receive 25 percent of the proceeds for the
philanthropy of their choice, Streiter said.
Graduate's music featured on “Designing Women.”
The work of composer and University alumnus Steve Dancz will be
featured in Monday’s episode of CBS-TV’s ‘Designing Women.” Roger
Dancz, Steve’s father, said “Steve composed all but the theme song
itself,” for the episode, which airs at 9:30 p.m. EDT. Steve, who now
lives in Los Angeles, is a 1980 University honors graduate with a
degree in music. He is the son of Roger and Phyllis Dancz of Athens.
Steve has composed music for numerous commercials as well as
several feature films. “Steve always wanted to make the most out of
what he had,” Mr. Dancz said.
Christian songwriter to perform Monday. Jerome Olds, a
number one songwriter on contemporary Christian charts, will
perform Monday night at 7 at Georgia Hall of the Tate Student
Center. Olds has opened concerts for such performers as Tina Turner
md Bill Cosby. Admission is free. The concert will kick off Christian
Week festivities to be held in Athens. The celebration is sponsored by
Classic City Bible Study.
Student wins $1,000 pilot scholarship. Patricia Dunn, a
University Air Force ROTC cadet and junior speech communication
major, was awarded the $1,000 Order of Daedalians scholarship by
the National Fraternity of Military Pilots Thursday aflemoon. Dunn
is one of twelve cadets to receive the scholarship nationally. This is
the first year the scholarship was offered. Mjr. Keith Graham of the
University Air Force ROTC said cadets who compete for this award
must plan to be a pilot. “She’s an outstanding student academically
and she was rated as a superior performer at summer camp,” Graham
said. Dunn said she plans to attend undergraduate pilot school after
graduation. "I don’t exactly know what I want to fly yet,” she said.
Car crash victim still critical. Sarah Harvey, the University
junior hospitalized afler an auto accident that killed University
student Jan Hester April 16, was still listed in critical but stable
condition Thursday aflemoon at the Macon Medical Center,
according to hospital ofificals. There has been no change in her
condition since Monday, when her condition went from unstable to
stable. “It’s good, but it’s just slow,” said her roommate, Leslie Gould,
a junior journalism major.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Plant Vogtle back in action, a Plant
Vogtle nuclear reactor was back on line Thursday, one day after it
was shut down because of a valve problem possibly caused by an
erroneously thrown lever. The Unit 1 reactor was producing power at
about 15 percent of its capacity Thursday morning and was expected
to reach full power later in the day, said Georgia Power Co.
spokesman Tal Wright. The reactor was manually turned off about 1
p.m. Wednesday when officials found a valve leading to its steam
generator closed, apparently afler someone hit a lever controlling it,
Wright said.
■ NATION
OMAHA, Neb. (AP): Mall management kicks kids out.
Shoppers are welcome to browse at the downtown ParkFair Mall, but
teen-age buyers beware — because of rowdy behavior, the mall has
banned unescorted youths on weekday afternoons. The mall has been
the site of recent after-school brawls. Teen-agers assaulted two police
officers trying to break up two fights March 30. More than 100 youths
were dispersed and four teen-agers were arrested.
■ WORLD
LONDON (AP): Students liberated from dress code.
Eton College, the breeding ground of the British establishment, has
bowed to modern times by allowing the youths to go into town
wearing jeans and open-necked shirts. But if they look scruffy the
concession may be withdrawn, headmaster Eric Anderson ruled.
Until now, the exclusive 550-year-old prep school west of London
required boys crossing the single bridge into the neighboring town of
Windsor to wear dress trousers, jackets and ties.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• Smokers Anonymous will meet
today and every Friday at noon
in Room 145 of the Tate Student
Center.
• The Particia Del Ray, director
of the Women’s Studies Program
will speak today from 12:10 to
1 p.m. in Room 140 of the Tate
Student Center.
• Europhona, a newly created
European student association,
will meet today at 4 p.m. at
1980-B S. Lumpkin St.
• The UGA Racquetball Club
will have a mandatory meeting of
all “A” players Monday night at 6
in Court 4 of Stegeman Hall.
• Students for e.a.r.t.h. will meet
Monday night at 7:30 at the
Downstairs Cafe.
Announcements
• The Georgia Israel Network of
University Students will sponsor
a 5 K fun run/walk at Sandy
Creek Park on Sunday.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. The
cost is $7.
• Students who have never
attended or cease to attend basic
physical education classes will
receive a “WF” unless they
withdraw. Students must
withdraw by May 4.
• The Gerontology Center will
sponsor a Georgia Consortium on
the Psychology of Aging seminar
today in the Callaway Building
at the botanical garden.
Registration is at 9 a.m. and
presentations are at 10. There is
no registration fee and all are
welcome.
• The National Association of
Black Journalists, formerly the
Journalism Association for
Minorities, will hold its induction
ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. in
the Drewry Room of the
journalism building. Everyone is
welcome.
Concerts
• The Franklin College Chamber
Music Series will present the
Arista Trio Saturday night at 8
in the University chapel. The
concert is free and open to the
public.
• Douglas Keith will play the
organ in his senior recital
Monday night at 8 at the First
Baptist Church. The recital is
free and open to the public.
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Study: SAT
By ANGELA HORNSBY
Contributing Writer
At least 67 items out of 100 on
the reading comprehension section
of the Scholastic Aptitude Test are
flawed, according to a University
professor.
Psychology professor Stuart
Katz, in his latest study, found
that test takers stand to do “much
better than chance” on more than
half the questions by answering
I them without reading the pas-
I sages.
Katz criticized the Educational
Testing Service in Princeton, N.J.,
| which constructs the SAT, for re
lying on statistical techniques such
as a question’s range of difficulty in
determining a student’s profi
ciency. The use of these tech
niques, he says, leads to flaws in
! the test because ETS never asks
i students how they answer the
questions.
“How well you do depends on
j testing skills,” Katz said. This in-
| eludes familiarity with tests sim
ilar to the SAT and teaching the
test or coaching.
Katz said the test should either
be dropped or modified because
1 “test items are vulnerable to
| testing skills." Katz added that the
| SAT "doesn’t play that big of a role
in the admissions process.”
Sarah Stockwell, university
tests coordinator at the National
‘flawed’
‘How well you do
depends on testing
skills,’ Katz said. This
includes familiarity
with tests similar to
the SAT and teaching
the test or coaching.
Center for Fair and Open Testing
in Cambridge, Mass., said 104 col
leges have made the SAT optional
while schools including Middle-
bury College in Vermont and Bates
College in Maine have dropped it
completely.
Nancy Burton, head of Admis
sions and Testing at ETS disagrees
with Katz’s interpretation of his
study’s results. There isn’t a “strict
definition of reading by passages,”
she said. Reading the questions
themselves is an indication of
reading skills.
Burton also contends more col
leges now use the SAT than before.
However, both Katz and Burton
said changes in the structure of the
SAT will be forthcoming, although
slow.
When asked what his colleagues
thought of his research, Katz said,
“Many have been very supportive.”
Month of fasting ends
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
About 150 people, from Egypt,
India, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and
Sudan gathered outside the Al-
Huda Islamic Center Thursday
to join in celebrating Eid-Al-Futr,
or the fulfillment of a 30-day pe
riod of religious fasting called Ra
madan.
Yasin Mohammad, president
of the Islamic center, delivered a
traditional sermon to the
worshippers.
“Most of us are far from home
and far from relatives," he said.
“We can still make this a beau
tiful occasion for our children and
for the Muslim community."
Thursday’s celebration
ushered in the three days of Eid-
Al-Futr.
Many smiling children re
ceived gifts, old and young alike
wore their finest clothes and
members of the local Moslem
community, about 90 percent of
whom are University students,
shared desserts and tea afler the
service.
During Ramadan, which began
March 27 this year and ends with
Eid-Al-Futr, Moslems around the
world take no food or drink from
dawn until nightfall.
Eid-Al-Futr, however, is not
strictly a celebration of breaking
the fast.
"It isn’t a celebration of getting
rid of a burden; actually it’s more
like a prize," said Emad Hassan,
president of the Muslim Student
Association.
Ramadan is based on the
Moslem lunar calendar, so its
dates vary each year.
Although many members of
the local Moslem community at
tend classes, work and have fami
lies, fasting isn’t a hardship for
them.
“It’s something we grew up
with. You don’t feel tired or frail,”
said Mahmoud Mousa, a grad
uate student in microbiology.
Hassan said Ramadan em
phasizes forgiveness of others
and charity during the three days
of Eid-Al-Futr.
Mousa said, “Everyone asks
for acceptance from God, for him
and his brother.”
Men, women, children and
even newborn babies are obli
gated to give money to the poor
before the holiday begins.
Parents must give donations in
their children’s names.
In many predominantly
Moslem countries, the three days
are public holidays.
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