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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 124
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Time for a cool change,
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ght, cloudy, mid 60s.
Friday, partly cloudy, upper 80s.
$3.85 million for UGA improvements
By J.D. SQUILLANTE
Staff Writer
The University has more than $3 million to
spend on improvements around campus for the
coming fiscal yeai — an amount equal to only
about six percent of its original request.
The Board of Regents approved approxi
mately $3.85 million in appropriations for
Physical Plant projects for tne 1990-91 fiscal
year at its June meeting in Atlanta. The ap
proved amount falls nearly $49 million short of
the Physical Plant’s wish list, a fact that doesn’t
surprise its director.
‘That’s about what we expected,” said Phys
ical Plant Director James TenBrook. “But we
are disappointed that there couldn’t be more.”
In May the University submitted a list of 151
repairs and improvements needed on campus.
The money needed for these projects totals
$51.13 million. The funds received from the re
gents will cover only the first 19 items on the
wish list.
First on the University’s list —the most
costly item —is the second phase of a three-part
facelift for campus art facilities. About $794,-
000 will be spent to construct a sculpting fa
cility on Thomas Street, TenBrook said.
Last year $100,000 was spent on mechanical
upgrades, including a new air conditioning
system for the visual arts building, he said.
Portions of the funding this year will be used
to install extra lighting on some areas of
campus, including several student housing
sites, and at least $100,000 will be go toward
bettering handicap accessibility around
campus.
TenBrook said he will use money from the
Physical Plant’s general operation budget to
pay for necessary projects that didn’t get cov
ered by this year’s state allowance.
Some projects, such as roof repairs, could
worsen and eventually carry even higher price
tags in the future if they are ignored now, Ten
Brook said.
The current formula used by the regents to
allocate Major Repair and Rehabilitation
(MR/R) funding doesn’t consider the age of
buildings on a campus, he said. But the older a
building is, the more maintenance dollars it re
quires.
The formula — the regents’ calculation
method for requesting overall funding for the
state’s collegiate institutions — is based on an
institution’s square footage.
Not allowing for the age of a building hurts
the University more than other schools in the
University System since Athens is home to 23
of the 26 buildings in the System that are at
least 99 years old.
TenBrook said he thinks a new allocation
system is critical to the University for im
proving the condition of buildings all over
campus.
The regents are developing a new formula
that would incorporate the ages of buildings
into the University System’s budget planning.
Formula provisions will be discussed at the
board’s August meeting.
The University Physical Plant will have to
wait until next year to see if more money will
come through with a revised budget formula,
but in the meantime this year’s funding will be
used to improve current conditions.
“We simply don’t get enough to keep pace
with heavy and major maintenance on this
campus,” TenBrook said.
South Thomas St. art facility: UGA's most costly renova
tion at $794,000
Diamond Dogs take Washington
spwui/ine Hed and Black
President Bush met with the National Champion University baseball team in the Rose Garden of the
White House on Tuesday. Also on hand were U.S Senator Wyche Fowler (D-Atlanta) and 10th district
U.S Representative Doug Barnard (D-Augusta).
Students environmentally
illiterate according to study
By J. LEIGH BURRELL
Staff Writer
University juniors and seniors are environmentally
illiterate, according to the results of a survey/test
done by an ecology graduate student.
Tim Savisky found that the average score of the 261
juniors and seniors tested was 53.7 percent correct an
swers. The average person graduating from a univer
sity should score around 75 percent, he said.
The survey, conducted to satisfy Savisky’s personal
curiosity, consisted of 34 multiple-choice questions,
three of which he didn’t expect anyone to answer well.
Those three questions were excluded from the score
tallying.
When the questions were grouped into categories,
there was a wide range of correct answers.
The students exhibited the least amount of knowl
edge on the food supply, with only 37 percent respon
ding correctly. However, they knew most about the
Athens and Georgia environment, with 69 percent re
sponding correctly. With a 67 percent correct response
rate, the atmospheric pollution category ran a close
second.
Savisky first mailed 367 of the questionnaires to all
seniors living in residence halls in February 1990.
Only 44 were returned, so he then circulated the ques
tionnaires to students in selected upper level courses.
The classes represented four majors — biology, busi
ness management, journalism and reading education.
He said he chose biology majors because he ex
pected them to have the highest scores, since there is
a “strong biological component in the field of environ
mental studies.”
The other three majors were chosen, he said, be-
The sample was not representative
of all University students, since only
juniors and seniors were tested.
cause those students will be going into “professions
that have a big impact on the environment.” People in
business make decisions that affect the environment,
journalists supply information on the environment,
and teachers educate and “have a great impact on the
whole society.”
The sample was not representative of all University
students, however, he said, since only juniors and se
niors were tested.
“I don’t think if I sampled the whole University the
scores would go up,” he said. “If anything, they would
be worse.”
Ecology and environmental studies should be intro
duced to children as early as elementary school, he
said. He feels it should be “one of the basics in educa
tion," like math or English.
C. Stephen White, an associate professor of elemen
tary education, said he agrees with Savisky that the
subject should be studied early.
However, there is no room in education majors’ cur
riculum right now for a course designed in learning
how to teach environmental education, White said.
‘We are restrained by the courses we can offer," he
said.
Other people may not value the subject as much as
the established basics, he added.
McWhorter security will be beefed up for fall
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
Changes will be made in McWhorter Hall se
curity for fall quarter because of a spring
quarter party that turned violent.
Athletic Director Vince Dooley said McW
horter Hall will have a 24-hour receptionist
making hourly rounds to check for trouble.
There also will be a stricter visitation policy,
preventing any unauthorized persons from
being in the student-athlete dorm between mid
night and 6 a m., Dooley said.
The lounges will be locked by 11 p.m., with
regular checks to see that they remain locked
until the next morning, he said.
The changes stem from a June 5 incident in
the dorm’s third floor lounge, which resulted in
the hospitalization of two students and the dis
persal of about 100 people by University police
at 3 a m..
No clear-cut explanation has been given for
the start of the incident.
“I think someone walking around the dormi
tory should prevent this from ever happening
again,” Dooley said. "I think we’ve taken pre
cautions to prevent this from happening again.”
This new policy is still more relaxed than the
policies of the other dorms in the Myers Com
munity, which administrates McWhorter.
Dann Early, former desk security supervisor,
said that at most of the Myers buildings all visi
tors must have escorts after 7 p.m., and there’s
a “rover" making rounds every half hour.
At the party it was reported by police that
sticks, pipes and guns were present and the
sticks were used in the fights. But witnesses of
the fight had varying accounts, and what type
of weapons were there remains unclear.
Said Dooley,“We don’t believe, in our investi
gation, that there were guns. We believe there
may have been sticks. We suspect there may
been some types of canes or paddles relating to
the fraternities present, but we don’t know
whether or not they were used as weapons."
Winston Campbell, a Kappa Alpha Psi
member who needed medical treatment after
suffering head injuries caused by a stick or pipe
at the party, disagreed.
‘That’s just crazy, there were no canes
there,” Campbell said. “We (Kappa Alpha Psi)
don’t even carry canes.”
Dooley said two University football players
were spoken to about their involvement with
the party. Damon Evans was “reprimanded” for
gaining access to the lounge from a janitor, and
Sean Hummings was “talked to” about the ac
tions of his brother, who started the fight
according to some accounts.
Dooley said both players have excellent con
duct records, so the reprimands were all the
punishment needed.
Bill Bracewell, director of Judicial Programs,
said “several students" and possibly some stu
dent organizations were still likely to be
brought up for charges, but he wouldn’t release
names at this time.
■ HEADLINER
Starling running as a progressive
By DOUGLAS S. WOOD
Staff Writer
Student political involvement
today is not what it used to be on
college campuses, according to
some. But Scott Starling defies this
conception.
Not only is the 26-year-old
former University student regis
tered to vote, he is running for the
U.S. Congress this year.
Starling left the University to
challenge incumbent Doug Bar
nard for the Democratic slot in the
10th district race. He’s presenting
himself os the progressive alterna
tive to Bamara, who’s a conserva
tive Democrat.
He decided to run when no other
Democrat qualified to challenge
Barnard in the primary. He said
because his values are opposite
from Barnard's, he couldn’t be
happy with him. He claims Bar
nard is out of touch with the 10th
district on issues such as abortion.
Starling says reaction to his can
didacy has been surprising. “It’s
been positive. People are turned off
by the status quo," he said.
Certain groups have been very
supportive of him, including
women and young people, but
people of all ages have expressed
interest in his candidacy, the first
time political candidate said.
Starling holds that there is a
progessive element to the 10th dis
trict which will help him get
elected. The district, generally con
sidered conservative, consists of 15
counties, including Richmond,
Clarke and part of Gwinnett.
Starling has taken a straight-on
approach to many divisive issues.
He has declared opposition to urine
testing and capital punishment,
while supporting choice on abor
tion and the abolition of political
action committees (PACs).
He said his up-front approach
has helped him. ‘*My positions are
out there," he said.
His pro-choice stand on abortion
has gotten him some support, since
he’s the only pro-choice candidate
running. He feels that the abortion
issue is “critical” because the Su
preme Court will continue to
whittle away at abortion rights.
“Roe vs. Wade must be pre
served," he said.
On the issue of education, Star
ling said he would promote finan
cial incentives for colleges who
lower student/teacher ratios and
encourage programs to increase
graduation and retention rates of
colleges. The former Georgia stu
dent also said the University needs
to work on its graduation rate.
Scott Starling: Says oppo
nent out of touch
Starling has pledged to keep stu
dent interests at heart in Con
gress. “Undergrade do not have a
voice in the policy-making
process," he said.
Please See STAPLING. Page 2
Graduate association
opposes drug-test bill
In an open letter to University
President Charles Knapp and the
Board of Regents, the Graduute
Student Association has ex
pressed its opposition to a state
bill requiring any applicant for
state employment take a drug
test.
In the letter sent earlier this
week, G. Edwin Ashurst III, GSA
administrative facilitator, called
the law, which will go into effect
July 1, “unconstitutional, illegal
and unethical.”
The act violates the Fourth
Amendment by testing without
probable cause and the Fifth
Amendment by compelling one
“to be a witness against oneself,”
Ashurst said.
He said it violates the Four
teenth Amendment as well by not
providing the due process of law
and denying Georgia citizens
equal protection under the law.”
Ashurst called the law a “polit
ical ploy” to make the state legis
lature look “tough on drug9.”
The GSA also says the act will
be “detrimental” to faculty and
graduate student recruiting at
the University.
Leif Carter, a political science
professor, said he agrees that the
act will hinder attracting poten
tial faculty members who feel the
law is demeaning.
The public is invited to discuss
the issue at the GSA’s annual
meeting today at 5 p.m. in Room
143 of the Tate Student Center.
— J. Leigh Burrell
No. 12: Kessler a Rocket
From staff and wire reports
The Houston Rockets selected
Georgia forward Alec Kessler with
the 12th pick of the NBA draft
Wednesday night in New York.
The 6-foot-ll Kessler, whom
many NBA experts predicted
would be selected 14th to 16th in
the first round, has been likened to
Phoenix Suns star Tom Chambers
because of his good outside
shooting ability for a man of his
size. Houston has been seeking a
scorer to take pressure off all-star
center Akeem 01i\juwon for some
time.
Kessler set numerous school re
cords while attending Georgia, in
cluding being the Bulldogs’ all-
time leading scorer with 1,788
points over his four-year career. He
also holds the marks for most free
throws made and attempted, and
stands third all time in rebounding
and games played at Georgia.
During his stay at Georgia,
Kessler rose from redshirt to star.
When he arrived, he weighed only
185 pounds and sat out his
freshman year. He hit the weight
room, and bulked up to 235 pounds
for his first year with the team,
where he quickly developed into a
solid part of the Bulldog attack. He
gradually improved, and, last
season, was called upon to provide
leadership as well as offense and
defense.
He garnered All-America honors
last season, and was named
Scholar Athlete of the Year for the
past two years. For the past three
seasons, Kessler was an Academic
All-America, and carried a 3.91
grade point average while ma-
Please See KESSLER. Page 6