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2 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, May 23. 1990
BRIEFLY
■ UNIVERSITY
Ga. Supreme Court hears arguments in coaching suit.
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case
involving The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and University Athletic
Director Vince Dooley and two other coaches. The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution requested in 1987 the release of documents detailing the
source and amount of outside athletic-related income earned by
Dooley, then head football coach, and by basketball coaches Hugh
Durham and Andy Landers The coaches filed suit against the
newspapers to stop the release of the documents, claiming they are
f mvate and not subject to disclosure under the Georgia Open Records
aw The newspapers filed a counter-suit against the coaches in
January 1988 Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ralph Hicks
ordered the release of eight of the 13 documents submitted to him in
the case, but an appeal prevented their release and brought the case
to the state Supreme Court.
39 measles cases reported as suspensions continue.
The University reported its 39th case of measles since April 21 as 406
students and 37 employees were suspended Tuesday from campus for
failing to report for vaccination. A physician’s assistant with the
Gilbert Health Center had treated measles patients at the health
center and was diagnosed with the virus Monday . The 39-year-old
employee isn’t considered part of the target age group, and Health
Services officials say it’s unusual but not immpossible for people born
before 1957 to be susceptible. Health center workers said
approximately 100 of the suspended students and employees reported
to the immunization clinic Tuesday. Suspended students will be
excluded from classes, registration and receiving grades. Suspended
employees will be placed on leave without pay. The health center’s
immunization clinic will be open from 9 to 11:45 a m. and from 1 to
4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Vote '90 registration drive extended one more day.
Students may register to vote today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Tate
Student Center plaza. Today's registration drive is an extension of
the Vote *90 campaign, which was sponsored by Secretary of State
Max Cleland’s office and held last week on campus Phil Smith,
president of Young Democrats and a coordinator of the drive, said the
drive is being extended by one more day in an attempt to register 56
more students and push the number of students registered to 1,000.
Funeral services for University student Saturday.
Funeral services for Laura Carpenter, a sophomore history major
who died apparently of natural causes Saturday in her River Mill
apartment, will be held in Troy, N Y. A wake will be held Wednesday
from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Morris, Stebbins, Miner, and Sanvidge Funeral
Home in Troy. Funeral services will be at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at the
funeral home and a funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. at Our Lady
of Victory Catholic Church in Troy.
■ STATE
SAVANNAH (AP): Thief cuts off finger to get ring. A
criminal was so determined to steal Mary McGowan’s simple gold
wedding band that he cut the elderly woman’s finger ofT to get it. A
robber armed with a gun entered the 68-year-old woman’s downtown
Savannah home Monday night through a back door that probably was
unlocked, said city police officer J T. Robinson. McGowan told police
the intruder took several credit cards and about $5 in cash from her
purse, then grabbed her hand and tried to remove the gold band from
her left hand. When the ring would not come off, he got a knife from
the kitchen, held it to Mrs. McGowan’s throat, then used it to cut off
her finger, Robinson said. The man took the ring and fled on foot.
McGowan was listed in fair condition Tuesday at Candler General
Hospital.
VIENNA (AP): Annual town hunt targets stray dogs.
When hoards of stray dogs roam the streets, dig up flower gardens
and turn over garbage cans, one town’s solution is loading up the
pistols and firing away. In the south-central Georgia city of Vienna
has held a “dog elimination” day for more than 15 years. May 30 is the
deadly day this year. On that day, any unidentified dogs police find on
the streets between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. will be captured and shot.
“All we’re out to do is eliminate dogs people don’t want,” said police
Chief Bobby Reed. If a dog is properly tagged, Reed said, “we don’t
bother it." Dog elimination day is “something the citizens asked us to
do,” Reed said, adding that residents flood City Hall almost daily with
complaints that stray dogs are ruining gardens or strewing garbage.
The city cannot afford an animal control facility, Reed said.
■ NATION
WASHINGTON (AP): Bill for disabled passes House.
The House voted 403-20 today for legislation prohibiting
discrimination against disabled Americans. The Americans with
Disabilities Act goes to House and Senate negotiators after the
Memorial Day recess to work out the one major difference in the two
versions. The difference is a House amendment, passed 199-187 last
week, to let employers re-assign AIDS-infected workers to keep them
from handling food. Opponents say the amendment would allow
discrimination against one group of people despite overwhelming
medical evidence that AIDS is not transmitted through such casual
contact. President Bush has urged speedy passage of the bill, aimed
at doing for disabled Americans what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 set
out to do for blacks and other minorities.
■ WORLD
KAATSHEUVEL, Netherlands (AP): Wallabies still free.
Police on Tuesday called off a two-month search for two wallabies
that have been running wild on the outskirts of this Dutch town for
two months. The wallabies are relatives of the kangaroo and are also
native to Australia. They were the pets of a local resident until they
hopped over his fence. Police were concerned the sight of two 20-inch-
high wallabies hopping down the highway might cause a traffic
accident. The wallabies have eludeded searchers and attempts to
tranquilize the animals with dart guns have failed because the
animals draw crowds of local children wherever they appear.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The International Assocation
of Business Communicators will
meet tonight at 7 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 139. All
majors are invited.
• Multicultural UGA will meet
tonight at 7 at the Tate Student
Center in the Reception Hall.
The public is invited.
• The Georgia Humanities
Council will meet tonight at 7 at
the Athens Regional Library, 120
Dougherty Street. The public is
invited.
• The Athens Gay & Lesbian
Association will meet tonight t
7:30 at the Tate Student Center
in Room 140. The public is
invited.
• Students for Environmental
Awareness will meet tonight at
7:30 at the ecology auditorium.
The public is invited.
• The Young Democrats will
meet tonight at 7:30 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 141. The
public is invited.
• The College Republicans will
meet tonight at 8 at the Tate
Student Center in Room 139. The
public is invited.
Lectures/Seminars
i • Celeste Condit will speak today
at 12 p.m. at Park Hall in Room
261. The topic is “Rhetoric
Against Deconstruction.” The
public is invited.
• Lester Langley will speak
today at 12:10 p.m. at the Tate
Student Center in Room 142. The
topic is ‘The Two Americas." The
public is invited.
• A seminar titled “Motivation
for Academic Success” will be
held today at 5:30 p.m. at Clark
Howell Hall in Room 119. The
public is invited.
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Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
Student businesses
Center helps young people go into business
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Writer
Young entrepreneurs can find
out how to start and manage their
own businesses at the Athens
Small Business Development
Center.
SBDC Assistant Director Jerry
Harris said the center offers assis
tance in planning a business
through counseling and seminars.
Harris said that a business
needs a business and financial
plan formulated in advance, other
wise a bank won’t consider a
person for a loan.
“A business plan will force you to
sit down and look at your ideas,’ he
said.
Harris said the amount of money
needed to start up a business va
ries depending on what type of
business it is and may be cost less
than $1,500.
“You need to have seed money,”
he said.
David Blackwell, assistant pro
fessor in the University’s Depart
ment of Banking and Finance, said
students should make sure before
hand that there’s a demand for
their product or service and know
what bills will bedue and when
capita] will be coming in.
“A substantial portion of busi
nesses fail because of poor working
capital,” Blackwell said.
Tom Glasner, the executive di
rector of the Athens-Clarke County
Chamber of Commerce, said people
who go into business need to be
lieve in their product or service.
Harris said people also need to
have some experience and knowl
edge about the business they are
about to start.
"You can’t open a business and
depend on someone else to run it
the way you would,’ he said.
The SBDC offers seminars every
first and third Tuesday for people
interested in starting a business.
The fee for the seminar is $15,
which covers printing costs and
pays the counselors.
Mai
pol
En
any University students are
taking early stepe into the busi-
nese world.
Walter Geer, a senior statistics
mqjor, and Jim Rowland, a senior
ilitical science mtyor, own The
ntertainment Agency, located at
120 W. Broad St.
The Entertainment Agency,
which opened in spring 1989, helps
clients plan birthday parties, for-
mals, trips, wedding receptions
and date nights, Rowland said.
The Tea Room, which was
opened by the agency in January,
is a nearby building which serves
as the banquet or reception area
for clients.
When a client rents The Tea
Room, Geer and Rowland can help
the client contact caterers and
bands, Geer said.
They also offer clients an oppor
tunity to have outside parties on a
piece of land located about eight
miles outside of Athens at Welliver
Farms.
Geer said they can set up hot-air
balloon rides, hayrides and coo-
kouts.
"There’s not a place anywhere
that’ll do what we ao for you,” Row
land said.
He said it feels good to look at
how far they’ve come.
“It’s great for your self-esteem,”
he said.
Ashish Merchant, a sophmore fi
nance mqjor, and Mitch Phillips, a
junior accounting major, own
Bulldog Enterprises.
They produce a coupon discount
card, similar to the Georgia Card,
which provides cardholders with
discounts at participating busi
nesses.
Merchant is also the president of
the University’s chapter of the As
sociation of Collegiate Entrepre
neurs, the first chapter to exist in
Georgia.
“Its primary focus is to give
people an outlet to express ideas
and talk with people who have sim
ilar ideas and experiences,” he
said.
University students aren’t the
only early birds entering the busi
ness world.
Kevin King, a senior marketing
major at Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical University, is a
partner in the of College Promo
tional Marketing Inc.
CPM produces direct mail
coupon books, computer training
seminars and a direct mail catalog,
SBDC Assistant
Director Jerry Harris
said the amount of
money needed to start
a business varies with
the type of business
and may be less than
$1,500.
King said.
Trie catalog, the first issue of
which was mailed to campuses in
April, is a catalog of different prod-
‘ ~ “ i’T-shirt
ucts like "The Simpsons'
he said
lirts,
Although owning a business
doesn’t leave much time for
studying, King said what he does
applies to his classroom experi
ences.
While some people are im
pressed with these entrepreneurs,
others are skeptical.
King said people don’t seem to
take him and his partner seriously
enough.
“Because of our age, people just
think we’re playing around,” he
said.
Merchant said, “I think a lot of
students are ready to take the
plunge.”
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For those with the addiction.
For their family. Their friends.
But help is available.
Real help.
The Commencement Center is a
free-standing alcohol and drug treatment center
located on the campus of
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Our success rate for substance abuse
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