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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1990 « ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 97, ISSUE 108
University Council semester poll confusing, professor says
Response To Semester Survey Sent To Education Faculty
Semester proposal with a maximum Semester proposal with a maximum
leaching load of three courses teaching load of two courses
Davis O Kcelle /the keU & Ulack
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
Faculty are split on the issue of
whether the University should
make the switch from the quarter
system to a semester plan...or are
they?
Results of a poll conducted bv
the University Council, which
were submitted to the University
Council Executive Committee
Tuesday, report faculty are in
favor of semesters by a miniscule
margin — 37.39 percent to 36.22
percent against.
The remaining 25.94 percent of
the ballots weren’t returned, ex
cept for 10 ballots, which came
back with notes that said the bal
lot’s wording was unclear or they
were undecided on the issue.
Ed Davis, a mathematics edu
cation professor, said he thinks
more than just 10 people were
probably confused by the poll.
The poll might have been con
fusing to faculty who didn't know
what semester system they were
voting on, he said.
The 1,974 ballots sent to fac
ulty by the University Council
read: “Should University Council
request President Knapp to ask
for the Board of Regents’ ap
proval for the University of
Georgia to begin implementation
of a semester system?”
Respondents were asked to an
swer ^yes" or “no.”
Davis said the question was
ambiguous because it didn’t
clarify conditions of the semester
system to which the poll was ref
erring.
The proposed semester system
described in a Semester Feasi
bility Study completed last
winter would mean faculty would
teach the same number of classes
per year as they do now, Davis
said.
“Many faculty now teach two
classes a auarter — six per year
—but if tney had to teach the
same number of classes on a se
mester system, they would have
to teach three per semester," he
said.
Teachers may lose valuable re
search and class preparation
time, he said.
At schools already on the se
mester system, faculty teach a
maximum of four classes a year,
two per semester, he said
Davis said faculty didn’t know
to which of these two systems the
University Council poll was ref
erring.
“It’s a dangerous poll because
people-can interpret it any way
they want to,” Davis said.
A separate poll conducted at
the College of Education could be
more indicative of actual faculty
sentiment, he said.
In a survey of College of Edu
cation faculty, each of the sys
tems was voted on separately.
Faculty members voted three
to one against a semester system
that would set the maximum
number of classes taught per
year at six. But they voted in
favor, three to one, for a semester
system that would put the max
imum number of classes per year
at four.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if an
other poll had to be done by the
University Council to clear up
the confusion,” Davis said.
But provisions of the original
semester conversion plan were
approved by the Executive Com
mittee Tuesday for University
Council consideration. The
council will meet Monday to dis
cuss the conversion issue.
“I think the provisions will
clear up any confusion that there
may be about the semester con
version," said Executive Com
mittee Chair Peter Shedd.
A portion of the provision calls
for a 9tudy to be conducted that
would compare work loads under
the proposed system with loads
at comparable institutions.
Knapp imposes sanctions
By PEGGY McGOFF
Staff Writer
University President Charles Knapp an
nounced plans Wednesday to suspend all stu
dents, faculty and staff who have not complied
with mandatory measles vaccination regula
tions by the Friday deadline.
Effective Tuesday, May 22, anyone born on
or after Jan. 1,1957 who hasn’t reported to one
of the campus inoculation sites will be sus
pended from campus, Knapp said. Anyone in
the age group must report to receive a vaccina
tion, provide evidence of prior immunization or
give reason for exemption from the vaccination
by Friday at 6 p.m.
Employees will be suspended without pay
and students will not be admitted to classes,
Public Information Director Tom Jackson said.
Suspensions will be in effect until proof of
immunization is shown or until two weeks after
the last measles case has been reported, as re
quired by the State Division of Public Health.
Wednesday morning Health Services re
ported the 34th measles case since April 21.
The new case pushes the two-week time clock
back to May 30.
The opportunity to make up classwork
missed during suspension will be determined
by individual instructors.
The decision to suspend all employees and
students who haven’t complied with the man
datory vaccination rule come after confirmation
Wednesday by the Division of Public Health
that only 100 percent immunity would be ac
cepted.
Mike Cheney, immunization program man
ager with the Division of Public Health, said
100 percent compliance is necessary to elimi
nate the risk of infection to the University and
Athens communities.
As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 18,-
700 of the 25,000 persons in the age group had
received a vaccination, proved immunity or
claimed medical or religious exemption,
according to the office of public information.
Approximately 6,300 must report in the next
two days.
“Our concern is that everyone will wait until
Friday,” said Dr. Florence Winship, assistant
administrative director of Health Services.
“Our staffing has been prepared for a steady
flow all along.”
A list generated Wednesday night will in
clude those people in the age group who haven’t
reported to the inoculation booths and will be
circulated to all deans and class instructors.
After Friday’s deadline, anyone in violation
of the health department’s regulations will be
refused admittance to work or class, Jackson
said.
“If persons have been eligible to receive a
vaccination since April 21 and have failed to do
so, Health Services does not feel obligated on
Monday to provide special vaccinations for
them,” he said.
Lounge smoking ban set to start this summer
SA senate seats are filled; two resign
By MARLA EDWARDS
Staff Writer
Sometime during summer
quarter, smoking will be banned in
Hie main library study lounge,
former junior Sen. Todd King told
the Student Association Tuesday.
King told the SA the smoking
ban will become effective during
summer quarter to avoid the confu
sion of initiating it mid-quarter.
The SA held a student vote on
the ban March 15 in the library
lounge. King said complaints
against smoking in the lounge
were often lodged by students.
Of the 395 students who voted
March 15, 275 wanted smoking to
be banned in the lounge. The SA
approved a proposal April 3 recom
mending the ban to the library ad
ministration.
The proposal also suggested that
administrators find ways to accom
modate smokers and non-smokers.
Bonnie Clemens, libraries assis
tant director for public services,
said a date hasn't been set for the
ban to begin. Factors in the deci
sion were complaints received from
students and health problems
caused by second-hand smoke.
Providing space for smokers was
considered, but Clemens said there
isn’t enough space to designate an
area for smokers in the library.
Also at the meeting, SA selected
Providing space for
smokers was
considered, but there
isn’t enough room.
four senior senators to fill seats left
vacant in the April 17 election.
Candidates chosen were Allen
Ginder, Kim Marsh, Mike Mc
Manus and Ian Henyon.
Henyon, a presidential candi-
last term, decided Wednesday not
to accept the senate seat.
“It was purely a personal deci
sion. It doesn’t reflect, really, on
the organization," he said.
The SA voted on four of six can
didates, who were given time to
speak during the meeting.
On the ballots, four candidates
were recommended by an ad-hoc
elections subcomittee which inter
viewed all the candidates.
Junior Sen. Bonnie Gillespie re
signed on Wednesday for nealth
reasons.
SA President Heath Garrett,
Vice President Ben Calhoun and
President Pro Tern William Perry
met Wednesday night to decide
how they will fill the vacant seats
left by Henyon and Gillespie.
Honors Day Ceremony
The trumpets played, the choir sang and words df praise were on every
one's tongue Wednesday at the Honors Day ceremony on North
Campus. The six first honor graduates and the University's out
standing teachers were recognized by President Charles Knapp.
Dooley and
Young urge
students to
register
Gubernatorial candidate An
drew Young and University Ath
letic Director Vince Dooley
encouraged students to perform
one of the most basic civic duties
Wednesday — register and vote.
Young also stressed the value
of educated citizens. He told
about 300 people gathered at the
Tate Center plaza that an invest
ment in education brings a re
turn 10 to 20 tin.es the size of the
original outlay.
“Educated people are the best
asset any state can develop. It’s
not just morally right — that’s
good business sense," he Baid.
Dooley said the state has come
a long way in voting since the
days when only white male tirop-
erty-owners could cast ballots,
but further progress can’t be
made unless citizens take advan
tage of the right to vote.
He encouraged students to
vote because office-holders at the
local, state and national levels
often don’t provide the kind of
leadership that is needed.
‘Tve had a long-time interest
in politics and public service. I
believe in my heart that there is a
great need for more and better
leadership,” he said.
Vote 1>0 campaign workers
have registered 643 students so
far this week. The drive will con
tinue from 10 e.m. to 4 p.m. today
"I’ve had a long-time
Interest In politics and
public service.”
—Vince Dooley
Athletic Director
and Friday with more speakers
and musical entertainment.
— Lance Helms end
Marls Edwards
Not too much time off
Writing a ‘love-hate’ relationship for professor
By STEPHANIE-LEA SMITH
Staff Writer
Writing is a love-hate
relationship for Warren Leamon,
an associate professor of English
whose novel “Unheard Melodies”
has just been published.
Leamon will sign copies of his
book tonight at the Old Black Dog
Bookstore on South Lumpkin
Street between 7 and 9:30 p.m.
“If you are a CPA you can always
get work and it does not impede
your writing,” Leamon said, who
admits it’s difficult for him to write
and teach at the same time.
He teaches graduate and under
graduate literature courses, in
cluding freshman classes, 20th-
century literature and seminars on
James Joyce and his favorite poet,
William Butler Yates.
“I thought by being a teacher I
would have plenty of time off. I’ve
had two summers off since 1961,"
he said.
Leamon graduated from the
University in 1962. He earned a
master’s degree from Vanderbilt
University and a doctorate from
the University College of Dublin in
Ireland.
There were about 6,000 students
on campus when Leamon attended
the University.
“We won the SEC for football in
1959 and Fran Tarkenton was
quarterback. A lot of things are dif
ferent in Athens now,” Leamon
reminisced, saying he likes the
idea of living in the largest city in
Georgia without an interstate.
’There was one campus po
Warren Leahman: Will autograph copies of his new novel, "Unheard Melodies, " tonight at
the Black Dog Bookstore
liceman and the chapel bell still
rang to end classes," he said.
Changing times and the passage
of innocence to experience is the
theme of “Unheard Melodies." The
novel transpires in Atlanta’s Buck-
head during the 1940s and 1950s.
“It is the story of a boy and the
city of Atlanta simultaneously
coming of age," he said. "Atlanta is
an alien outpost in Southern terri-
toty*
Leamon was born and raised in
Buckhead and graduated from
North Fulton High School. He said
the book isn’t autobiographical,
even though the central character
is remarkably like himself.
He said the character could have
100 details that are similar to a
real person or event but it’s not
representational.
“You write from memory and
imagination. Imagination finally
takes over. A writer only has hie
own experience," Leamon said.
His book mentions manv fa
miliar Atlanta names and places,
including Christ the King and
Second Ponce de Leon Baptist
churches, the Slaton Estate and a
playing field at Peachtree and
Lenox roads.
Leamon said he never knows
where hell end up when he starts
writing.
“Poetry, you start with rhythm
in your head. With fiction you start
with the end and then expand. I
don't use outlines,” he said.
Leamon said that after more
than 25 years of teaching, he would
never require his students to read
something he'e written.