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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 110
Suit over coaches’ income to be settled
Andy Landers: Filed suit
with others in 1987
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
The Georgia Supreme Court is
expected today to settle a dispute
that began in 1987 between The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution and
three University coaches over
whether the coaches must disclose
their athletic-related outside in
come under the Georgia Open Re
cords Law.
Athletic Director and former
head football coach Vince Dooley,
men’s basketball coach Hugh
Durham and women’s basketball
coach Andy Landers filed suit
against The Atlanta Journal-Con
stitution Dec. 21, 1987.
The suit was intended to stop
the release of documents requested
by the newspapers detailing the
sources and amount of the conches’
outside income.
The Atlanta Journal-Consititu-
tion requested on Dec. 10 that Uni
versity President Charles Knapp,
chairman of the Georgia Athletic
Association, release records of the
coaches’ income earned from shoe
contracts, speeches, endorsements
and television and radio shows.
The NCAA requires coaches to
orally report all outside income to
the president of their university.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitu
tion filed a separate suit against
the coaches on Jan. 26, 1988.
Attorneys for the coaches re
vealed that Dooley made $130,000,
Durham made $150,000 and
Landers made $7,500 in outside
athletic-related income, but would
not release the documents to sup
port these figures.
In 1988, Superior Court Judge
Ralph Hicks ordered the release of
eight of the 13 documents sub
mitted to him in the case, but an
appeal to the Georgia Supreme
Court prevented the release of the
documents.
Dooley said Monday that outside
income is a private matter.
"I’m required to report outside
income to the president to deter
mine potential differences,” he
said. “Well just wait and see what
happens.”
In briefs submitted for the ap
peal, the coaches argued the docu
ments are private and therefore
aren’t subject to release under the
Georgia Open Records Law.
The open records law requires
the release of all documents “pre
pared and maintained in the
course of the operation of a public
office or agency.”
Newspaper attorneys argue that
the documents are public record
because the coaches’ outside in
come is dependent on their
coaching positions.
Glenn McCutchen, then ma
naging editor of The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, said in Jan.
1988, in response to the suit
against the newspapers, that the
ublic has a legitimate interest in
nowing the outside income of the
coaches to determine if that income
has an improper influence on the
coaches’ performance.
Landers said he was advised by
his attorneys not to talk about the
case until it’s over. Durham was
unavailable for comment.
Associated Press reports were
used in this story.
Vince Dooley: Says outside
income a private matter
Competitors hurdle In the steeplechase at the SEC championship men's and women’s titles in the weekend meet. See story on page
track meet at the Spec Towns track in Athens. LSU won both the 8.
Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat
UGA sophomore
discovered dead
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
A University student died Sat
urday at River Mill Apartments
apparently from natural causes. '
Laura Fulton Carpenter, a soph
omore history major, was found
dead in her bed in apartment 100-
30 at about 6:15 p.m., according to
Athens police.
They have ruled out suicide or
foul play in connection with her
death.
Lt. L.H. McCrary said, “We don't
know exactly what she died of. It is
our belief at this time that she died
of natural causes. There is no indi
cation what-so-ever of foul play.
We’re awaiting lab results and that
will take two or three weeks to get
back.”
Clarke County Coroner Tom
Lord said after an autopsy Monday
morning that the exact cause of
Carpenter’s death is unknown. She
died of natural causes and not of
any infectuous disease, he said, but
results of lab tests won’t be avail
able for several weeks.
Benjamin Bates, a junior inter
national business major who had
been dating Carpenter since July,
said he and Carpenter were
working on research for his polit
ical science term paper at the main
libray when she said she was going
home to take a nap at about 4:30
p.m.
“I said, ‘OK, I’ll be over later,’ ”
Bates said.
“I called her up and I got a busy
signal; she has call waiting so I de
cided to go over there. I walked
More than 600 fail to meet Friday’s vaccination deadline
By PEGGY McGOFF
Staff Writer
University officials expect to begin suspension today of
about 600 students and 60 to 80 employees as the number
of measles cases on campus climbed to 38 this weekend.
The vaccination deadline for an estimated 22,000 Uni
versity students, faculty and staff was 6 p.m. Friday. About
98 percent of the target group reported to one of the inoc
ulation booths, said Public Information Director Tom
Jackson.
Officials at the Department of Human Resources, how
ever, have demanded 100 percent cooperation with the
state’s vaccination regulations.
Compliance of all individuals is necessary to ensure the
immunity of the University and Athens communities, said
Mike Cheney, immunization program manager with the
DHR.
Measles cases will continue to be seen on campus for at
least two weeks, said Florence Winship, assistant adminis
trative director of Health Services.
A list generated Monday night will include all people
born on or after Jan. 1, 1957, who haven’t previously been
immunized at the University, proven prior immunization
or provided reason for exemption from the vaccine. The list
will be distributed to all instructors and department heads.
Suspended students will not be allowed to attend class,
receive grades or register. Suspended employees will be
placed on leave without pay.
Individuals will be suspended until they receive on inoc
ulation or show proof of immunization. Evidence of immu
nity received outside the University campus should be
taken to Health Services for verification.
The 205 people who received medical or religious exemp
tions from the vaccination ns of Monday will not be penal
ized for time away from campus. Full-time, permanent
faculty will receive pay for time missed and students will be
given faculty assistance for work missed.
Vaccinations will be given at the Gilbert Health Center
in the immunization clinic from 9 to 11:45 a m. and from 1
to 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Foundation kicks off
fund-raising campaign
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
The University of Georgia
Foundation Board of Trustees of
ficially kicked off the University’s
Third Century Campaign and
elected its new members for next
year at its annual meeting in Cal
laway Gardens last weekend.
The new capital campaign,
dubbed “A pledge of excellence
for Georgia’s future," already has
raised $33.2 million of its $150
million goal, said Public Informa
tion Director Tom Jackson. But
he also said the $150 million pro
jection was “a very fluid figure."
Though the board voted to
begin the public phase of the
campaign in fall 1991, the desig
nated starting date was set as
July 1, 1989. Jackson said the
campaign is now in its lead-gift
phase.
During this phase, campaign
workers will focus on soliciting
gifts of $100,000 or more, he said.
After this phase, the campaign
shifts focus to donations from the
public. The campaign is sched
uled to end in June 1994, and its
costs are projected to be 2 percent
of the total revenue it generates.
Dody Airrendale, executive
secretary of the board, said the
board elected six members to its
“Class of ’95." The name refers to
the year the members’ terms will
expin.
Newly elected members are:
John Alston, Patrick Tittard and
Robert Woodson of Atlanta and
Jane Willson of Albany. Airren
dale said two members, Alex
ander Patterson and Cleveland
Willcoxon Jr. of Atlanta, pre
viously served as trustees. After
sitting out a year they were re
elected as active trustees.
New trustees are elected to
five-year terms by the existing
Please See FUND, Page 3
Concern over faculty workload
dominates special council meeting
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
Concern over faculty workload dominated a special
University Council meeting Monday, which gave
members opportunity to voice opinion about the pro
posed semester system conversion to be voted on by
the council next week.
In a Semester Feasibility Study released last
winter, the original, proposed semester system would
limit the number of classes a professor could teach a
year at six. The maximum number of classes faculty
teach at most semester-system schools is four — two
per semester.
Tom Cooney, a math education professor, said the
faculty’s professional life will suffer if the University
makes the switch to semesters.
Teachers will have to compete with faculty at other
schools that provide more preparation and research
time, he said.
“If we’re going to have a semester system,” he said,
‘let’s have the right semester system.”
Scott Weinberg, an environmental design professor
and head of the semester feasibility task force, said
semesters would actually reduce workload
He explained that teachers now spend 10 hours in
the classroom teaching two five-hour classes, but
could teach only nine hours under the semester
system.
States McCarter, a plant pathology professor and
member of the semester feasibility task force, said se
mesters could increase opportunity for students.
He said students would be more marketable for
new jobs since a semester year is over in late May as
opposed to mid-June on the quarter plan.
A provision calling for a study comparing work
loadB under the the proposed system with loads at
comparable institutions was introduced to the Univer
sity Council at the meeting.
Betty Jean Craige, a comparative literature pro
fessor, asked that the study be nixed in favor of a revi
sion placing a limit on the classes taught by a
professor each semester at two, if a semester system is
implemented. The motion failed 67-35.
William Prokasy, vice president for Academic Af
fairs, said he thinks it’s “unfortunate" that faculty
workload has evolved into such a big issue in the con
version debate.
'That can be dealt with under either the semester
or quarter system," he said.
Prokasy said he isn’t strongly in favor or against
the conversion.
Ed Davis, a math education professor, said faculty
will lose time to pursue outside academic activity if
they have to teach an additional class each term.
Please See COUNCIL. Page 3
over there and...the door was un
locked...and she was dead," he
said.
Carpenter suffered a seizure
during fall quarter, but initial tests
didn’t turn up anything abnormal,
Bates said.
‘There wasn’t anything to say
that she needed further testing, it
was up to her whether or not she
wanted it and of course she didn’t,”
he said.
Carpenter is survived by her fa
ther and mother, George and
Sandra Carpenter; three younger
sisters, one older sister and one
older brother, Bates said.
A wake will be held Wednesday
night for Carpenter in Troy, NY.,
Bates said. Funeral services have
not yet been arranged, according to
Morris, Stebbins, Miner, and San-
vidge Funeral Home of Troy, N.Y.
who will handle the services.
Carpenter had a varied back
ground, having lived in many dif
ferent places. Her father is a
colonel in the Army and works at
the U.S. Embassy in Argentina,
Bates said. Carpenter herself
wanted to work in a foriegn em
bassy one day.
“She lived the past three or four
years in South America. I think
she went to high school in South
America,” he said.
“She was just a real people
person. Her mother met her father
in South America and was in the
Peace Corps,” he said.
Carpenter worked in the refer
ence section of the main library for
more than a year, he said.
Victim drops
racial case
Twkcht* Chew, the 23-yw»r
old student from Singapore who
was §it target of a racial incident I
in Myers Hell enrlicr this month,
spoke with University police and
dropped the ease Friday. Poliee
will ad)! look for inspect*, i
"I closed the rase because this
quarter is almost mer and 1 don’t
want the issue to be blown up so.
said Chew, who is known as Pat
rick to his friende. _ |
Sgl Richard Goodaon emd,
"Regardless of what Chew de
cides to do, we are going to inves
tigate until we can find out what
happened the best we can."
Chew had :«ported to pot
that someone threw eggs into hie |
first floor window andtore down
hia blinds May T. .Mao, a Confed
erate flag with a threatening re
vial slur alluding to the Vietnam
War wea placed on a stick outaide
Chew's window, A1 Zealy, a resi
dent assistant in Myers Hall,
said.
A media release issued by Uni
versity police May 9, stated that
Chew had reported an incident «t
criminal trespass Good eon w ’ ‘
University Housing was in
formed of the incident
"If there is something that ob
viously looks like it’s racially mo
tivated, we’ll notify housing and
let them know we may have a po
tential problem.” he said.
"Generally if it’s a racially mo
tivated incident there’s a crime
and we can charge them With a
crime ..but if it’s more subtle end
there’s no crime, there’s not a lot
we can do,” Good son said.
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