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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
Y 25, 1990 '• ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 113
INSIDE
The Chickasaw Mudd
Puppies are back in town
for a stompin’ good
concert at the Georgia
Theatre. See After Hours.
Weather: Today, foggy, mid 80s,
tonight, cloudy, mid 60s.
Saturday, cloudy, upper 80s.
Some Memorial Day weekend.
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By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
When graduating seniors at
tended the annual Senior Picnic at
University President Charles
Knapp’s home this week, the Uni
versity of Georgia Foundation was
picking up the tab.
Because state funds can’t be
used for entertainment, the foun
dation must support the Univer
sity’s entertainment-related
expenses. These expenses range
from wining and dining prospec
tive faculty, students and donors to
awards ceremonies and seminars.
The foundation financial records
provide insight into how the foun
dation spent almost $600,000 in
entertainment expenses in fiscal
1989.
The foundation is a private orga
nization which administers most of
the University’s non-state funds.
These include cash gifts, endow
ments, trusts and grants. In fiscal
1989, the $592,295 of entertain
ment expenditures were the second
largest foundation outlay behind
$1,534 million in scholarship ex
penditures.
John Bailey, chairman of the
foundation’s Board of Trustees,
said the foundation’s charter calls
for general institutional support.
Providing scholarships and fac
ulty support are eaually important
Bailey said. Scholarships recruit
quality students and institutional
support helps the University by re
cruiting faculty and improving
equipment and facilities.
“It doesn’t do any good to have
the best students in the state at the
University if there’s no quality fac
ulty to teach them,” he said.
The entertainment expenses are
necessary to cover the costs of re
cruiting faculty and students and
fundraising where state funds
can’t be used, Bailey said.
Please See TAB, Page 3
A readers guide to the UGA Foundation
By ROBERT TODD
Staff Writer
The University of Georgia Foundation Board of
Trustees administers about 1,700 restricted and un
restricted accounts. Additionally, the foundation
budgets the University’s unrestricted gifts and is ul
timately responsible for their accountability.
Unrestricted accounts are funded by general dona
tions to the University and restricted funds are do
nations earmarked for a specific use by the donor.
John Bailey, Board of Trustees Executive Com
mittee chair, said the board’s Budget Committee pre
pares a budget which must be approved by the full
board in its general session.
“(The trustees) feel very confident in our budget
and that it’s being administered properly at the Uni
versity," he said.
About 70 accounts are unrestricted. They are di
vided between three categories: general development
funds, vice presidents’ and deans’ discretionary
funds and academic support funds.
Each of the 1,633 restricted accounts is controlled
by an executor who is involved with the account and
is responsible for the funds.
Richard Huseman heads the management depart
ment in the College of Business Administration and
is in charge of the restricted Management Excellence
Fund. He said he uses the fund to supplement state
funds and to cover expenses state funds can’t be used
to pay.
‘Tor example, the state covers salaries for fac
ulty,” he said, “but not the costs of interviewing pro
spective faculty or relocating them.”
Huseman said as long as he doesn’t spend more
than is in the account, he is free to use the money as
he sees fit.
“You have to realize we’re the people who raise
this money, not the University,” he said. “We have
priorities for when we use it for entertainment or
anything else. We use it to benefit the management
program or if there’s a likelihood of something
coming back to the fund.”
Relaxing in the shade
Lesley Bates, the University's new minority serv
ices director, enjoys a cold drink at Thursday's
Kappa Alpha Psi Yard Party at the Tate Center
Hillary Bmalw/The Red and Black
Plaza. Looking on, from left to right, are Kenneth
Atwaters, Anthony Fleetwood and Jasper Brooks.
Black retention lags slightly
Meeting of the minds
Former secretaries of state to visit UGA
Eight former secretaries of state
will gather Oct. 12 at the Univer
sity for a little straight talk on U.S.
policy and foreign affairs.
Dean Rusk, secretary of state
under former President John F.
Kennedy and now a University
f irofessor emeritus of international
aw, said the former secretaries of
state are friends and bring with
them a minimum of partisanship.
But that doesn’t mean they wear
kid gloves. Rusk said the dis
cussion is known to get a little
heated.
‘The audience usually enjoys
that,” Rusk said.
Rusk will join William Rogers,
Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, Ed
mund Muskie, Alexander Haig and
George Shultz in discussion of a
wide range of policy issues. They
will share their own experiences in
a two-and-a-half-hour meeting at
the fine arts auditorium.
“It began in Atlanta at the
Southern Center for International
Studies,” Rusk said.
The conference is by invitation
only, but closed-circuit television
sites on campus will broadcast the
conference live. Rusk said the pro
gram will be adapted for a Public
Broadcasting Service television
special.
— Anne-Marie Fanguy
By AL DIXON
Contributing Writer
The University of Georgia com
pares well to other universities na
tionally in student retention and
graduation rates, but black grad
uation rates are still slightly lower
than that of University students as
a whole, according to a recent
study by the University’s Office of
Institutional Research.
Conducted annually since 1984,
the study measures the percentage
of students who return to campus
each fall and the percentage of
each class that graduates. It’s
broken down by race to give statis
tics on the differences between
black and white students. The
white category includes Hispanic
and Asian students.
The study states that black-
freshman-retention rates compare
favorably to the rest of the
freshman class.
In the five years the study
covers, the first-year retention of
black freshmen averaged 82.7 per
cent, compared to 82,5 percent for
white students. However, the six-
year graduation rate of black stu
dents was 52.1 percent, compared
to the overall University average of
59.6 percent.
Fran Rauschenberg, coordinator
of advising and retention at the
University, helped put together
this year’s study.
“We are doing extremely well
compared to the national average
in first-year retention of
freshmen,” she said. “The Univer
sity of Georgia has had between 80
and 85 percent first-year retention
over the last five academic years,
whereas it is not uncommon for
some schools to see less than 50
percent of their freshmen return
the next fall.
"Another interesting aspect of
the study is that it dispells the per
sistent rumor that there is a signif
icant difference between retention
of black and white students," she
said. “First year retention of black
students is actually slightly higher
than that of their white coun
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terparts, although the graduation
rate of white students is a little
higher than black students ”
In the five years the University
has been conducting the study,
first-year retention of freshmen
has ranged from 81.4 percent to
84.5 percent, compared with a na
tional rate of 70.6 percent.
‘The University also has accom
plished much in the percentage of
its students who graduate. We
compare quite well nationally in
this area,” Rauschenberg said.
Since the Office of Institutional
Research began keeping statistics
in 1978, the University has grad
uated an average of 59.6 percent of
its students within six years of en
rolling as freshmen. This compares
to a 42.7 percent six-year gradua
tion rate nationally.
‘These statistics seem even
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more remarkable when you take
into consideration the fact that the
national graduation rates include
students who graduate from a col
lege other than the one they origi-
nally enrolled, while the
University of Georgia rate includes
only those students who spend
their entire college careers at the
University,” Rauschenberg said.
Larry Jones, retention study di
rector for the University, stressed
that the study does more than just
gather statistics.
‘The purpose of the study is to
determine not only the numbers of
people who leave the University of
Georgia, but why these people are
leaving," he said. ‘That is the
reason the study includes the re
sults of a study we sent to all the
people who dropped out of the Uni
versity for one reason or another."
Georgia Theatre concert turns violent Thursday morning
University Army ROTC cadets clash with former Bar-B-Q Killers singer
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
An AIDS benefit at the Georgia
Theatre featuring local bands
jhackler and Twinkie turned vio
lent about 12:30 am. Thursday
morning, when two University stu
dents enrolled in Army ROT'
clashed with audience members.
Laura Carter, former lead-
singer of the bands Bar-B-Q Killers
and Feltch, reported the incident to
the Clarke County Magistrate
Court. All parties involved in the
incident are scheduled to meet
with a judge to discuss the incident
on June 13.
The judge will then determine if
there is enough evidence in the
case for an arrest warrant to be is
sued against Skinner and Long for
simplebattery.
The incident ended with Skinner
and Long being forced out of the
Georgia Theatre by a crowd of 15 to
30 people who followed the two
down Clayton Street, according to
witnesses. The skirmish ended in
front of Lowery’s Tavern when
Athens police arrived.
Skinner and Long are both se
niors who are due to graduate and
receive commissions as second
lieutenants in the Army this June.
Carter said Skinner and Long
were “homophobic” and verbally
harassed customers repeatedly.
About half the Georgia Theatre
audience was homosexual, she
said.
John Driscoll, lead singer of the
band Twinkie, said, “These Marine
types just came in and wanted to
kick some fag ass.”
Skinner said he and Long ha
rassed no one and that they hadn’t
come to the Georgia Theatre
looking for trouble. He said they
had heard about the band Jhackler
and just wanted to have a beer.
Long said, “I didn’t see anyone
that I could say was gay, so that
didn't matter."
Skinner said, “We had no idea
they weren’t the type of band we
wanted to see; the band sees us and
starts yelling about the military. I
took them seriously and just yelled
‘shut up.’ Then this undesirable
person starts yelling at me."
Carter said she yelled profani
ties at Skinner, but only after he
had shouted "faggot" and other
slurs at members of the audience
who were dancing.
Skinner said he pushed Carter
after warning her several rimes to
get out of his face.
After Carter was pushed, others
joined in the scuffle and ended up
being pushed or hit, witnesses
said.
Long said Driscoll kept coming
at him, “so I hit him in the mouth.
Both Skinner and Long said
they acted in self defense.
According to police reports
Cheryl Washburn, an Athens resi
dent, told police she also was hit by
Skinner in the Georgia Theatre.
Skinner said he didn’t hit her.
Washbum couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Carter said a crowd of about 10
of her friends surrounded Skinner
and Long, forcing them out of the
Georgia Theatre onto Lumpkin
Street.
Tim Brown, co-owner of Low
er/s Tavern, said Skinner and
Long and about 15 to 30 others
ended up arguing in front of his bar
until police arrived.
Carter said, ”1 will press charges
and take it as far as 1 can. They're
the people that are supposed to be
protecting our country; they're sup
posed to be protecting everybody.
“Why do they go out to the club
Carter said she yelled
profanities at Skinner,
but only after he had
shouted "faggot" and
other slurs at members
of the audience who
were dancing.
and try to kick people’s ass that are
different?"
Maj. Jess McCorvey, a military
instructor at the University, said,
“If your hair is cut different you’re
marked. We’re not the bad guys in
this...we don’t beat up people, but
we don’t like to take abuse.”
If a warrant is issued, the Sher-
Laura Carter: intends to
prosecute to the fullest
iffi Department arrests and books
those named on the warrant as
soon as they can be located,
according to officials at the Sher
iffs Department.