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E 6, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 119
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ils $150 million University fundraising drive
5BERT TODD
Writer
iversity President Charles Knapp unveiled the $150
»n Third Century Capital Campaign to University fac-
it his quarterly faculty reception Tuesday,
app said the greatest issue racing the University “con-
* to be resources.”
» University community, he said, must look for guber-
al candidates who are committed to “a first-class uni-
y system, and link that to the state’s development.”
itinuing his discussion of the University’s financial
atives, KnapD told about 150 faculty members in at-
nce that the level of excellence the University seeks
es funding far beyond what the Georgia Legislature
•en willing to provide. Knapp said the purpose of the
Century Campaign is to meet these needs.
Third Century Campaign goal is set tentatively at
million by June 1994, Knapp said. These funds will be
d with $70 million allocated to funding ongoing Uni
versity efforts and $80 million to special projects and Uni
versity enhancement.
Ongoing University efforts are scholarships, faculty re
cruitment and salary supplements and student recruit
ment programs currently funded by private funds. The
special projects include:
• $30 million targeted for faculty enrichment to establish
more endowed-faculty chairs in each of the University’s 13
colleges and schools.
• $25 million targeted to establish endowments to sup
port the Alumni Scholarship Program and provide more
fellowships.
• $20 million targeted for capital construction including
a new fine arts building and a facility to house the Dean
Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law.
• $5 million for the improvement of the University’s li
braries.
In May 1987, Knapp projected the Third Century Cam
paign would raise $200 million over five years, but since
then his projections changed several times dropping to as
low as $100 million in January.
At that time, Nik Edes, vice president for Development
and University Relations, said the campaign goals were
based on recommendations from several consultats and the
$200 million figure was an early starting point and not a
concrete figure.
“As the University enters its third century," Knapp said,
“it’s important we have a plan."
That plan, he said, includes making the University a »re-
mier research institution, emphasizing quality instruction
and the quality of its faculty and student body while
serving the state as a land-grant institution.
The campaign is in the lead-gift phase, Knapp said. Prior
to this year, donors pledged $4 million to the campaign.
During fiscal 1990 the University raised another $29.5 mil
lion in gifts for a $33.5 million campaign base.
The University will continue to solicit lead gifts, dona
tions of $100,000 or more, until spring or fall of 1991,
Knapp said. Then the campaign moves into the public do
nation phase.
Midair collision
University freshmen Mark Mazzaw and Kevin
Christopher (l-r) engage in a friendly volleyball
match outside of Oglethorpe House on Tuesday.
The guys decided to take a study break as they pre
pare for finals.
University students are all hard at work preparing
for next weeks finals, according to special corre
spondent Joe Izusu. Local convienience stores re
port a run on No-Doze, and Mac labs all over
campus are overcrowded, he says.
Students will rally
against state flag
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
An issue fraught with emotion
for many Georgians, the Confed
erate Battle Flag and its incorpora
tion into the Georgia State Flag,
will be the target of a rally orga
nized by Students Opposed to Con
federate Symbols at the Tate
Student Center plaza today.
Matthew Penn, a member of
SOCS, said the organization isn’t
opposed to individuals displaying
the Confederate Battle Flag. How
ever, they’re opposed to its appear
ance on the state flog.
“It’s associated with Nazis and
the Ku Klux Klan and it’s no longer
appropriate as an official state
symbol,” Teri Taylor, SOCS chair
person, said.
“It shows the general defiant
stance of Southern states toward
desegregation in general," she
said.
The current state flag, which
displays the Confederate Battle
Flag, was adopted in 1956, a year
after the Supreme Court handed
down a decision ordering desegre
gation of public schools.
Francis Boney, a University his
tory professor, said it was no coin
cidence that the Georgia
Legislature voted to change the
flag just after the Supreme Court’s
decision.
“It was a direct reaction to de
segregation," he said.
Boney said the Confederate Flag
appeals to many people — but
many of them probably aren’t
aware that changing the flag was a
reaction to desegregation.
“I guess (the flag) offends some
blacks and some others, but it’s
been our flag since 1956. So some
people, in a conservative wav, don’t
want to see it change. It’s the only
flag they’ve ever known,” he said.
“But it is a little out of step with
modem Georgia,” he said.
Although Boney said he sees the
point of those who oppose Georgia’s
flag, he thinks the legislature
should be addressing issues more
important than the state flag.
According to a publication on
Georgia flags issued by the Secre
tary of State’s office in 1958, the
flag was changed to commemorate
the Confederacy and to give
Georgia a distinct and historically
significant flag.
James Kibler, a University En
glish professor and faculty adviser
to the Culture of the South Asso
ciation, said the decision to change
the flag had nothing to do with the
Civil Rights Movement.
“Most Georgians take pride in
the flag and take pride in Confed
erate symbols," he said.
“I think it should be put to a vote
state wide. I know how it would
turn out,” Kibler said.
CSA member William Cawthon
said changing the flag would be of
fensive to Southern heritage.
“Many, many Southerners take
this assault on the Confederate
flag very, very personally,” he said.
SOCS was formed early spring
quarter and has about 20 mem
bers. The organization’s ultimate
goal is to have the Confederate
Battle Flag removed from the state
flag, Penn said.
The point of the rally, however,
is to educate people on why the
Confederate flag was incorporated
into the state flag and what it
stands for, he said.
SOCS will recruit members at
the rally and circulate a petition in
opposition to the^Georgia flag. The
petition will be sent to the state
legislature.
The last time the Confederate
flag issue came up on campus was
at a May 16 Young Democrats
meeting.
Young Democrats Co-president
Phil Smith said the issue turned
their weekly meeting into a
standing-room-only debate compa
rable to a Gera!do show.
Events tentatively scheduled for
today’s rally include:
• Musical entertainment: The
Woggles will play at 11 a.m. and
Beast Penis at will perform at 2
p.m.
• Speakers: Hosea Williams will
speak at 1 p.m. SOCS members
also will speax on the history of the
Georgia flag.
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Funding for renovations won’t change
By PEGGY McGOFF
Staff Writer
Funds available for handicap-ac
cessible repairs on campus will re
main at $200,000 for the 1990-
1991 fiscal year, despite miscom-
munications that led members of
Handicapped Student Services and
the Handicapped Advisory Com
mittee to believe the funds had
been cut in half, said Dwight
Douglas, vice president for Student
Affairs.
At the May 22 meeting of the
HAC, committee chair David
Fletcher told the group that the
Maj or Repairs and Rehabilitations
budget for handicapped renova
tions had been cut to $100,000, half
the amount allocated each of the
past two years.
The University will, however,
make an additional $100,000 avail
able on a project-by-project basis
from an unspecified fund, Douglas
said.
“With further discussion with
Dwight Douglas, I discovered there
is an additonal $100,000 available
for handicapped architectural-ac
cessibility projects,” said HSS
Coordinator Karen Kalivoda.
The University, Douglas said,
isn’t relaxing its commitment to
furthering accessibility on campus.
‘The support is not being less
ened," he said.
The University System Board of
Regents allocates between $2 and
$3 million each year to the Major
Repairs and Rehabilitations fund,
which is divided among all Univer
sity departments that request ren
ovation funding.
Physical Plant Director James
TenBrook makes recommenda
tions for funding to the State Allo
cation Committee based on
priorities of projects on campus. He
recommended $200,000 for accessi
bility repairs each of the last two
years.
A recommendation of only $100,-
000 was made this year because
government regulations have re
quired that other renovation pro
jects be placed at the top of the
priority list.
Douglas said the decision to
supplement the $100,000 from the
MRR fund was made by University
President Charles Knapp to pre
vent a slowdown in the progress of
accessibility projects on campus.
“We're concerned with the com
pletion of the Drojects in a timely
manner," Douglas said.
Members of the HAC and HSS
weren’t notified immediately that
an additional $100,000 would be
available because it is still uncer
tain where the money will come
from, Douglas said.
Dooley looking into McWhorter disturbance
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Athletic Director Vince Dooley said Tuesday a dis
turbance at McWhorter Hall early Saturday morning
began when a student athlete made arrangements to
have a get-together in a third-floor lounge that is
usually kept locked after hours.
University police arrived at about 3 a.m. to find a
crowd of more than 100 gathered outside McWhorter
after several fights broke out in the lounge. Two stu
dents were treated at St. Mary’s Hospital, one of
whom lost a tooth.
“I’ve gotten a preliminary report; we are going to
look into this in more detail...it appears the back doors
of a lounge area normally secured were left open,”
Dooley said.
A student athlete arranged for a janitor to leave the
doors unlocked so the student and others could con
tinue partying at McWhorter after a fraternity party,
he said.
“He was in error,” Dooley said. “We re going to find
out who was involved...they had no authority and will
be held responsible.
‘The report says that football players were not in
volved in the altercation, but the fact that it happened
in the dorm really concerns us," Dooley said.
Witnesses at the party and University police re
ports stated that football players weren’t fighting, but
that they tried to break up the scuffle that started in
the lounge.
Sean Hummings, a senior marketing major and
football player, said, “Football players were trying to
stop the fight and keep people out...overall we^ suc
ceeded, but for a moment it aid get out of hand."
John Davis, the residence life coordinator of Myers
Community, said although McWhorter Hall techni
cally and adminstratively falls under Myers Commu
nity jurisdiction, the athletic department controls the
hall.
“We wouldn’t have a party like that unless it was a
planned event,” he said.
Dooley said, “Normally you wouldn’t be able to do
that in our place either., but anything can happen if
you’re crafty enough.”