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7, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 120
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Boynton, University public safety
director.
University Chief of Police
Chuck Horton makes the infor
mation available to the public on
request and presents it to stu
dents and parents at orientation.
The University makes every
attempt to inform people who re
quest the statistics, Horton said.
The biggest change the Uni
versity will see as a result of the
bill probably will be in the atten
tion it receives, Boynton said.
“I expect as a result of this be
coming federal law that we will
get more requests,” he said.
The biggest deterrent to
campus crime is an awareness by
students of the crime that exists,
said Jim Getzinger, founder of
Safe Campuses Now.
Safe Campuses Now lobbies
for the passage of state and fed
eral laws like the Campus Secu
rity Act that will make people
more aware of campus crime.
“Student unawareness is the
same thing as student de
fenselessness” Getzinger said.
He started the organization
after his daughter Dana, a Uni
versity senior communications
major, was stabbed in her Athens
apartment on Jan. 17, 1988.
Since then, Getzinger and his
wife Liza have been active lobby
ists around the Southeast for the
bill, often referred to as the Clery
Bill after Jeannie Clery, who was
murdered in her dorm room at
Leliigh University in 1986.
Currently, six states have bills
requiring public colleges and uni
versities to release crime statis
tics. Introduction of this bill is in
progress in 23 other states, Get
zinger said.
The federal bill, if passed by
the Senate and the president,
“will supersede and replace all
state laws,” he said.
Dana Getzinger also has been
active in promoting the bill’s pas
sage. She spoke at a March 13
U.S. Congressional subcommitee
meeting on education and at
tended the May 16 presidential
briefing of the bill. She will be a
guest speaker on the subject of
campus crime Friday at the Na
tional Prosecutors’ Convention in
Greenville, S.C.
Her lobbying efforts won’t end
if the Campus Security Act be
comes law. She would like to see
the passage of a related bill to
rate the safety of off-campus
housing.
The act also includes provi
sions that will require the release
of graduation rates.
. SQUILLANTE
Writer
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7 aboratory coordinator was notified in early April by
ollege of Veterinary Medicine that he will be fired
his job because of a lack of English fluency. Now, Dr.
uoc Nguyen is challenging in court a University policy
i prevents him from having legal counsel during griev-
proceedings to appeal his termination.
, a naturalized American citizen originally from
lam, has held the job for six years.
i’s situation became more complex when he initiated
-ance procedures to appeal the termination of his job,
tive June 30. According to a University System Board
egents’ policy, a lawyer or adviser can be present
ng grievance proceedings, but only the individual can
ctly address the panel.
avid Sweat, An’s lawyer, said the policy is unfair be-
*e it leaves an employee to fend for nimself in cross-ex
nations of his superiors during termination hearings.
No one is able to speak on behalf of the employee,” he
said.“It’s generally unfair to prohibit someone from legal
aid when they’re facing job termination."
Public Information Director Tom Jackson said the policy
is set in such a way because the grievance policy is meant to
be an informal, internal University process.
An said finding another job would be difficult because job
openings in the highly specialized area of gross anatomy
lab services are scarce.
An’s main duty is the preparation of specimens for gross
anatomy labs for vet school students. He embalms animal
specimens, arranges them on dissection tables for students
and moves the specimens to and from storage freezers. An’s
annual salary is about $18,000.
He spends the majority of his time alone in Building 10, a
4,000 square foot facility behind the vet school on South
Campus.
An, 52, graduated from a veterinary school in Thailand
in 1973. After the Communists regime came to power in
Vietnam in 1975, he spent more than two years in a “re-ed
ucation camp.”
After he was released, it was impossible for him to find
work. He spent the next year planning an escape from
Vietnam. He coordinated some 43 “boat people” to make the
journey to the United States. The vessel broke up in high
sea, but the passengers were rescued by a Thai freighter.
An Finally came to the United States in April 1981, after
spending three months in Indonesia and another three in
Thailand making arrangements for his passage.
In 1983, An began studies at Cornell University in
Ithica, N.Y., where he earned a master’s degree in veteri
nary anatomy in 1985.
After completing his education there, An came to Athens
with the recommendation of one of his professors at Cor
nell.
An said his professor there knew a University vet school
faculty member and recommended An for a laboratory coor
dinator position here.
In a letter to An dated May 1984, Dr. John Munnell, then
head of the vet school’s anatomy and radiology department,
stated, “You bring special background to the position.”
An said no verbal interview was required before he was
offered the job.
Munnell testified against An’s job retention appeal at a
grievance hearing held earlier this quarter, saying there
were “two Ans” — one that worked hard and one that
couldn’t speak effectively when ordering supplies, An said.
In a report budgeting An’s time spent on the various du
ties of his job, less than 5 percent is dedicated to ordering
supplies.
An admitted that in the past when he placed supply or
ders over the phone, people on the other end of the line had
trouble understanding him.
However, since getting help at the College of Education’s
Speech and Hearing Clinic, he said his English has im
proved.
“(Order takers) don’t pass the phone anymore when I
call," he said in strongly accented yet understandable
Engish. ‘They understand me now.”
Please See POLICY, Page 2
Hosea Williams calls for new state flag at rally
By DARA McLEOD
Staff Writer
Civil rights activist Hosea Wil
liams told about 150 students at
the Tate Student Center plaza
Wednesday that the rebel Flag was
born out of hate and the young
people of the state must convince
the Georgia Legislature to adopt a
flag that represents the hope and
aspirations of the University and
the state.
At a rally organized by Students
Opposed to Confederate Symbols,
Williams said Georgia’s politicians
are resistant to changing the
Georgia flag, which displays the
Confederate battle flag, because
they are reluctant to admit they’ve
been wrong for so long.
Williams said the state should
be represented by “a symbol that
grew out of love and respect — not
hate."
SOCS advocates removing the
Confederate battle flag from the
state flag because it’s associated
with racism, Matthew Penn, a
SOCS member, said at the rally.
The state flag was changed in
1956 to include the Confederate
battle flag.
‘The change lies suspiciously
close to the Supreme Court’s deci
sion of 1954 making segregation
unconstitutional,” Penn said.
‘The flag should be flown at
Confederate memorials and ceme
teries. But, we believe it should be
taken off the state flag. We’re not
condemning the Confederacy and
we’re not condemning the South,”
he said.
The Culture of the South Asso
ciation, which supports the state
flag as a representation of
Georgia’s heritage, planned to set
up a booth at the rally. However,
the University wasn’t able to
supply a booth to CSA.
Penn said it was unfortunate
that CSA was unable to set up a
booth at the rally and present their
argument supporting the flag.
Williams said SOCS should hold
more rallies and force the guberna
torial candidates to address the
issue. The Georgia Legislature will
definitely address this issue during
the next session, he said.
Tracy Stanbarg/The Rod and Black
Charles Ayuk, a senior agronomy major, stands near the Georgia flag
and a cross burned in Monroe, Ga., by the Ku Klux Klan on Jan. 27.
Ayuk was listening to civil rights activist Hosea Williams speak
Wednesday in support of removing the Confederate battie flag from
the Georgia flag at a rally organized by Students Opposed to Confed
erate Symbols. SOCS believes the the state flag should be changed
because it has become associated with white supremacist groups
such as the KKK and it reflects the South’s defiant stance toward de
segregation.
The idea behind the organiza
tion and the rally originated from a
class project for English 489, Pro-
pogonda: Languages of Powerles
sness and Oppression. Assistant
Professor Frederic Dolezal said the
goal of the project was to apply the
principles that were learned in the
course.
‘They’ve done much more than
fulfill the requirements for the
course,” he said. “I think the Uni
versity should be proud of these
students.”
SOCS member Mark Heath said
the idea grew out of critical dia
logue among a group of English
students. But they aren’t going to
abandon the organization or the
cause when the class is over, he
said.
More than 150 students signed
the petition opposing the state flag.
Willaims suggested students
march from the University to the
state Capitol to deliver the peti
tion.
Although the speakers drew
much applause and little opposi
tion from the crowd, one anony
mous opponent of the SOCS cause
delivered his message in writing to
Penn as he spoke to the crowd.
“You should be offended by the
Condederate flag if you’re into
joining trendy leftist causes...the
word this week is that Lee’s battle
standard is out,” the statement
read.
‘That’s three good reasons to re
ject my beloved battle flag —
shallow thinking, cowardice and
trendiness.”
Penn said groups like the Ku
Klux Klan and the neo-Nazis use
the Confederate flag to convey
their message of hate because of
the symbolism the flag carries with
it.
The racial hatred represented by
the flag was demonstrated in a re
cent incident in which a Confed
erate flag with racial slurs written
on it was placed outside the resi
dence hall window of a University
Tracy Red and Black
student from Singapore, Penn said.
Williams said the increase in ra
cial incidents at this and other uni
versities is a reflection of the
resurgence of racial intolerance.
“It’s really getting bad again.
You wouldn’t believe the calls I get
from other universities,” he said.
“And it’s not just a black and white
thing anymore.”
Proposal will restructure Judiciary
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
In a continuation of its May 23
meeting, the University Task
Force on Academic Honesty dis
cussed a set of recommendations
which, if approved by the Univer
sity Council, would mean a restruc
turing of the Office of Judicial
Programs.
Included in the issues the nine-
member task force tackled are:
• Whether academic dishonesty
cases should be tried in Academic
Affairs rather than Judicial Pro
grams, which is in Student Affairs.
“My problem is, are we creating
something here that can’t be
done?" said task force Chairman
States McCarter.
Betty Whitten, a professor of
management science and informa
tion technology, said final au
thority in academic matters should
rest with Academic Affairs Vice
President William Prokasy instead
of Student Affairs Vice President
Dwight Douglas.
• Whether faculty should sit on
the court that would try cheating
cases in Academic Aflairs. Cur
rently, students facing charges
have the option of a hearing con
ducted by an administrative officer
or by students.
“Symbolically, you’d get a lot
more faculty interest if you’d move
it from Student Affairs to Aca
demic Affairs,” said English De
partment Head Coburn Freer. “It
would signal to the faculty that a
change in values is underway."
Dawn Bennett-Alexander, an as
sociate professor of insurance,
legal stuaies and real estate, said,
“We’re trying to get faculty to buy
into some legitimacy. You go
through all that hassle and
nothing happens.”
Student Judiciary Chief Justice
Rebecca Bell said, “It takes away
that choice between a faculty and a
student hearing body. Would fac
ulty have time to devote to a
training system?"
• Whether students charged
with academic dishonesty should
be able to plead ignorance of Uni-
versity policies prohibiting
cheating and plagiarism.
Defender Advocate Society
member Pete Allen said, “You have
to accept the fact that somebody
comes from a high school where
they weren’t taught that way."
Ben Hood, also a Defender Advo
cate Society member, said, “I think
if we cover enough bases, the fact
finders and hearing officers are
going to be a little more wary of
those excuses."
• Whether athletes should con
tinue to have their own set of tu
tors, hired separately, or have to
draw from a pool of tutors like
other students.
The task force also has wrestled
with the idea of having lawyers
present at judicial proceedings —
whether faculty should be allowed
lawyers, whether the University
should provide them and whether
a lawyer should be allowed to pre
sent a case or merely act in an ad
visory capacity without the right to
speak to the hearing body.
The task force was created in
January by Peter Shedd, chair of
the University Council Executive
Committee, in response to com
plaints made by Jan Kemp, a de
velopmental studies assistant
rofessor, who said athletes were
aving their privacy invaded by tu
tors who gave unfair assistance.
Bracewell declined comment on
the task force’s recommendations
except to say, “I have complete con
fidence in students.”
Task force to study academic assistance
By ANNE-MARIE FANGUY
Staff Writer
In an attempt to reach more
students who need that extra
academic help, a task force
formed bv University President
Charles Knapp has proposed a
broadened program of academic
assistance which will include the
Developmental Studies Program
Knapp appointed the task
force in fall 1988 to look at the
role of Developmental Studies
and determine how its benefits
could be maximized to reach all
students, not only those in the
program.
The proposed plan would
create a new Division of Aca
demic Assistance which would
allow any student to take a reme
dial class.
Presently, students not in De
velopmental Studies aren’t tested
for remediation needs in reading,
math or English. Under the new
program, more students would be
tested and identified as candi
dates.
Developmental Studies, now a
four-auarter program with a re
quired exit exam, would be a two-
quarter program with the option
of re-entering for another two
quarters. Grades in individual
courses would determine ad
vancement.
Wayne Antenen, director of
Developmental Studies, said his
department began to plan the re
organization of the program in
January 1989 in response to the
task force.
The revised program would in
clude course work, a learning
center and a tutorial service open
to all students, Antenen said.
The learning center would pro
vide programs to build vocabu
lary and improve reading rates.
“We simply do not have that on
this campus now,” Antenen said.
Lynn Barfield, a freshman
telecommunications major and a
former developmental studies
student, said the program often
makes students feel separate
from the rest of the campus.
“Even people who’ve gotten out
still have trouble getting over the
stigma,” she said.
Barfield said she was placed in
the program after she scored too
low on a math entrance exam.
“It just makes you feel acade
mically and intellectually infe
rior," she said.
Antenen said,‘The new pro
gram would eliminate that la
beling. I think that’s very good."
Students are placed in Devel
opmental Studies because they
scored low on the Scholastic Apti
tude Test or fail to meet other
University admission require
ments.
‘There are many other stu
dents that might need some
help," he said.
In fall 1989, 434 new students
were enrolled in Developmental
Studies. Antenen said this is the
highest number since the pro
gram began in 1976.
“Right now we can’t mix reg
ular and developmental students
in classes,” he said.
Under the University System
Board of Regents’ policy, the Uni
versity can’t place Btudents in re
medial classes unless theyYe
enrolled in Developmental
Studies.
The program would affect all
undergraduate students and Hot
just freshmen.