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HIESDAY, MAY 1, 1990 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 98
INSIDE
Rachel Curry “raps” with
WUOG DJ and local rap
artist Benji K about the
message in his music.
Weather: Raindrops keep failin'
on my head....Today, mostly
cloudy, high upper 80s, tonight,
fair, low mid 60s, Wednesday,
partly cloudy, upper 80s.
Htor Fwy/Th*
Breaking away - Athens style
The 11th Annual Pepsi Twilight Criterlum brought cyclists from all
over the world to the Classic City this past weekend, but only three
pedaled away winners. Karen Bliss of Quakertown, Penn., won the
women's 30K race, run on a IK loop around Clayton and Washington
Streets downtown. Bliss also won the women's division of the Day
light Criterlum to become the women's overall winner. Steve
Speakes of Team Crest captured the men's 60K race run on the
same course. Speakes and teammate Scott Moinger lapped the en
tire field en route to a 1-2 finish for Team Crest. Moinger of Boulder,
Colo., also won the Top O’Georgia climb up Brasstown Bald to be
come the men's overall winner.
Open container record
89 citations
in two days
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Athens police on patrol down
town at the 11th annual Twilight
Classic Weekend issued 89 tickets
for open container violations and 3
warnings, the most ever issued in a
two-day period.
Several students who were tick
eted said they believed the ordi
nance was selectively enforced
against younger offenders, how
ever statistics don’t seem to sup
port their claim.
Offenders older than 25 years of
age received 47 of the citations
while those under 25 received 45
citations. Fifty of the tickets were
issued to people with out-of-town
addresses and 42 to offenders who
gave local addresses.
Public information officer Hilda
Spratlin said it’s difficult to tell
from addresses whether the viola
tors were students because most
students don’t have local addresses
on their driver’s licenses.
Eric Baker, a senior journalism
student who was cited for violating
the ordinance, said officers tick
eted younger people while ignoring
older offenders.
"I saw them look past older
people who had the same type of
cup," he said.
Police Chief Mark Wallace said
officers specifically targetted un
derage drinkers but that statistics
show a fair enforcement.
Police issued only three citations
for underage drinking this
weekend, according to police re
ports.
Steven Lloyd, a freshman chem
istry major who was cited for both
underage drinking and violating
the open container law, said, “ft
seemed to me they were looking for
it. They were out in good numbers
and just out to get people."
Wallace said, “If we see flagrant
open-container violators, we will
ticket them. We will enforce it at
any and every event."
Issuing 89 open container
tickets is a change from last year
when Athens police were critired
for not enforcing the ordinance
during the Criterium bike race. No
citations were issued during last
year’s Twilight Classic.
Wallace said this year the spon
sors of the bike race paid the city
for 15 officers to control traffic
during the race. Last year the
money for traffic control officers
came out of the city's budget, and
no extra officers were assigned to
patrol downtown.
Four officers patrolled down
town this weekend.
Spratlin said police had only one
officer patrolling during Earth Day
last Sunday, and only one will be
on the streets for the Human
Rights Festival next weekend.
Only one open-container citation
was issued during Earth Day and
seven were issued for underage
drinking, according to police re
ports.
The fine for an open container
violation is $35. All but five of the
violators have a Municipal Court
date of May 15 or 29.
Student’s
body found
in S.C. lake
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
After a 16-day search, the body
of David Lee Singleton, a Univer
sity graduate student, was found
Sunday floating about 160 yards
off the bank of Lake Strom Thur
mond in South Carolina.
The body was found about 4:30
p.m. in the area where Sin
gleton’s fishing boat was discov
ered April 13. The boat had been
abandoned and was running in
circles.
The victim’s wife, Jean Sin
gleton, said final autopsy reports
aren’t in yet, but she believes her
husband accidentally drowned.
She said her husband wore
heavy boots and layers of
clothing while fishing, and his
boat was probably too far out for
him to swim to shore. The lake is
as deep as 120 feet in areas.
Teams of six to eight divers
had searched the lake while wild
life officers canvassed the area on
foot.
Singleton had been teaching at
Gainesville College. He had fin
ished his coursework at the Uni
versity for his doctorate in math
education but hadn’t settled on a
dissertation topic yet, said Ed
ward Davis, a professor in math
education and Singleton’s ad
viser until Singleton became a
doctoral candidate.
Singleton transferred in 1980
to the University from Young
Harris College with a 4.0 grade
r iint average. He maintained a
97 GPA while working on a
bachelor’s degree and kept a 4.0
GPA during his graduate studies,
his wife said.
His religious nature made him
a good teacher, she said, and was
reflected in the way he dealt with
people.
“He cared about his kids. Tea
ching and the outdoors were his
life," she said.
Survivors include his wife: a
five-year-old son, Merritt Lee; his
parents, James A. and Dorothy
Singleton of Harlem, Ga.; a twin
sister, Cathy Pate; two sisters,
Karen Singleton and Mary Phil
lips; and two brothers, Jim Sin
gleton and John Singleton.
A memorial service was held
Saturday at the United Meth
odist Church of Harlem. Jean
Singleton said the church was
filled to its 300-seat capacity.
A private burial service will be
held Wednesday.
Student reportedly
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
A female University student was
admitted to an Atlanta-area hos
pital Monday after apparently con
tracting viral meningitis.
Dr. Florence Winship, assistant
director of Physical Health Serv
ices at Gilbert Health Center, said
the student sought help at the
health center Wednesday.
The student received medical at
tention at Athens Regional Med
ical Center for what was believed
to be a bladder infection, Winship
said. She was admitted Saturday.
The student decided to receive
further treatment at an Atlanta
hospital and left Athens Monday,
saia Tiffany Brott, a junior public
relations major and a friend of the
student.
Brott said she received word
Motorists will be fined for
failure to display new tags
By DELBERT ELLERTON
Contributing Writer
What’s green and white, sticks
out like a sore thumb and, as of
today, will cost Athens motorists a
$30 fine and traffic citation each
time they are spotted dragging it
around?
If you said a 1989 Georgia li
cense plate, you're correct.
A peach and white 1990 Georgia
license plate will replace the green
and white plate which has been
used since 1983 and motorists who
haven’t bought their tags will have
a difficult time evading watchful
police.
“In a place as a small as Athens,
it is very easy to spot the old tags,”
Mary L. Hanby, clerk of Athens
Municipal Court said.
However, according to Univer
sity Police Chief Chuck Horton,
students can expect to receive the
benefit of the doubt if they haven't
bought their tags vet.
“We have students here from
many different places and we re
alize that it may be hard for them
to get their togs. In most cases, stu
dents won’t be ticketed on campus
unless they commit a traffic viola
tion or they have ignored repeated
warnings,” Horton said.
However, Horton warns the tag
less to beware that Athens police
and the state patrol will be on the
lookout for procrastinators and will
be a little less sympathetic.
"Students may be stopped in the
city or on the way home. They need
to get their tags as soon as pos
sible," he said.
Mitch Schrader, Clarke County
tax office supervisor, said students
will receive citations just like
anyone else driving in the county.
“All counties in the state have a
May 1 deadline, and every motorist
is expected to meet it,” Schrader
said.
Students who aren’t from Clarke
County may use their campus or
apartment addresses to purchase
tags in Clarke County, Schrader
said.
contracts viral meningitis
This case is apparently
unrelated to Stacy
Ware’s case
from her friend that she was en
tering an Atlanta hospital. The
student didn’t want her name
used.
University freshman Stacy
Ware died April 16 apparently of
bacterial meningitis, the more se
rious of the two types of the dis
ease. Bacterial meningitis attacks
the meninges, the membrane that
envelopes the brain and spinal
cord, and may cause death within
24 to 48 hours if a victim doesn’t re
ceive immediate medical attention
Viral meningitis generally isn’t
too serious and recovery is usually
complete, said Steve Wenger, med
ical epidemiologist at the Center
for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Symptoms for both types include
a sudden fever, a stiff neck, severe
headaches and nausea.
A person experiencing any of
these symptoms should consult a
physician as soon as possible.
Winship said this case is unre
lated to Ware’s case of two weeks
ago.
SEA fights
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
Students for Environmental
Awareness and the Office of Stu
dent Affairs are at odds over the
fate of the organization’s tempo
rary Earth Day office in the Tate
Student Center.
SEA wants to remain in its
temporary office until the end of
the year, but Student Affairs Di
rector William Porter said SEA
previously agreed to move out of
the office by the end of last week.
Porter will meet with SEA rep
resentatives today to discuss the
organization's need for an office
"Til listen to what they have to
say, but my feeling right now is
that we already have an
agreement with them,” he said.
SEA was given temporary use
of the campus organization mail-
room for planning Earth Week
activities. The mailboxes nor
mally located there were moved
to the lounge outside the mail-
room.
SEA Treasurer Steve Craw-
to keep campus office
We had an
understanding and we
followed through’
William Porter
Dir., Student Affairs
ford said SEA originally agreed
to move out of the office last week
because it was the only choice
they were given.
He said the space otherwise
wouldn’t be utilized.
Porter said the space wasn’t
designed to be used as an office.
“It has been used temporarily
in the past as an office, but its
purpose is a mailroom,” he said.
“We had an understanding and
we followed through on our port
of the arrangement," Porter said.
Campus organizations may
apply each spring for office space
in the Tate Center for the fol
lowing year. Office assignments
William Porter: Says SEA
should move out of office
are made annually. However,
temporary assignments are
sometimes made during the year
for special events, such as Earth
Day, Porter said.
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Miss Black UGA Pageant held tonight in Tate Ctr;
proceeds will benefit sorority’s scholarship fund
By STEPHANIE-LEA SMITH
Staff Writer
Tradition continues tonight at
the 17th annual Miss Black UGA
Pageant.
Kim Nelson, a junior advertising
major and the reigning Miss Black
UGA, will relinquish her crown to
one of 10 student contestants in
Georgia Hall at the Tate Student
Center at 7 p.m.
Delta Sigma Theta sorority has
sponsored the pageant since it orig
inated.
“Black women on campus in
1972 needed a pageant to snow ofT
their beauty and talent,” said
Michele Haywood, a Delta Sigma
Theta member. “Now the emphasis
is on our philanthrophy."
Delta Sigma Theta conducts the
event as part of their May Week.
'The purpose of the pageant,”
Nelson said, “is to represent the
black student population on
campus and to raise money for the
scholarship program.”
The sorority awards a $1,500
scholarship to an Athens area
black female high school senior for
the pursuit of higher education.
‘The money is raised through
ticket sales and the contest entry
fee," Haywood said.
The scholarship winner must
complete an application, write an
essay, interview and demonstrate
need.
‘The winner will be announced
at the pageant," said Chanda
Gordon, a junior pre-dentistry
major and pageant co-organizer.
'The contestants are sponsored
by a wide variety of area organiza
tions including Greeks, Cruisers
Restaurant and the Leadership
Advancement Program," she said.
‘The tickets are selling slowly
but surely. And we expect a big
turnout," Gordon said.
The contestants will compete in
talent, evening gown and an inter
view competition.
Haywood said, “Winners receive
a $500 U.S. savings bond, a trophy,
Mary Kay cosmetics and will go on
to compete in the Miss Black At
lanta Pageant."
The Miss Black Atlanta Pageant
is the next step to the Miss Black
Georgia and Miss Black America
Pageants.
Mary Beth Ewing, the reigning
Mi sb UGA, said having two
campus pageants is "wonderful."
The Miss Black UGA Pageant is a
tradition and it supports a worthy
philanthropy, she said.
Cerille Nassau, a senior political
science major and member of Af
rican American Power, said, “We
need two pageants on our campus.
Black and white standards of
beauty are different. There is an
‘Afrocentric’ and ‘Eurocentric’ view
of women. There is nothing racist
about the pageant; it does not chal
lenge the Miss UGA pageant."
Gerry Williams, a sophomore
management information systems
and pre-law major, said, ’Tnere is
not a whole lot of opportunity for
black students to excel." He said
the winner is viewed as an overall
campus leader.
“Black students need to get more
involved on campus," he said.