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The Red & Black
Annndependent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia Community
JULY 3, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 97, ISSUE 125
INSIDE
Staff Writer Jeff
Rutherford reviews
Robert McCammon’s
latest novel, “Mine,” a
blend of horror and action.
Weather: Happy B-day U.S.A.
Today, mostly sunny, high low
90s, tonight, fair, upper 60s.
Wednesday, sunny, high mid 90s.
Professors are unhappy with new policy
By BETH VAUNOTI
Staff Writer
There are complaint* among many his
tory professors because of a new policy to
have only senior faculty teach survey
courses fall quarter.
Linda Piper, an associate professor of
history, said the attempt to improve in
struction has many history professors
worried about growing clasB sizes and de
clining student participation.
The Franklin College of Arts and Sci
ences begun the effort to have nearly all
introductory courses taught by the ‘‘very
best senior faculty” fall quarter. The
change was initiated by Dean John Kozak
in January 1989
Kozak said his goal is to have this ini
tiative nearly complete by fall 1992.
Most departments began to make the
transition with little commotion, but his
tory is a humanity which is best learned
through student involvement, Piper said.
She added that although Kozak’s rea
soning is sound in wanting the best edu
cation possible, it will lead to an increase
in the number of lecture classes with
more than 100 students and will con
tribute to student apathy.
‘The word ‘history’ comes from the
Greek word meaning ‘to interpret,"* she
said. ‘There needs to be discussion and
this can’t be accomplished in a large lec
ture class."
Kozak doesn’t want any teaching assis
tants, instructors or assistant professors
teaching the freshman survey courses,
which leaves only the senior faculty to
teach the large classes, Piper said.
The trend toward larger history survey
courses is a matter of economics, not
choice, Kozak said.
‘There are just so many dollars I have
to work with," he said.
History professor James Alexander
said he understood the budget limita
tions, but felt “in this case it neglects the
students."
The College of Arts and Sciences treats
the humanities as though they are pure
sciences that don’t need discussion, Alex
ander said.
If the policy continues to move ahead
as planned, he said, professors will be
confronted with “vast zoos” instead of stu
dents they know by name.
Kozak said he has already “provided”
new faculty members to several depart
ments, including history, to aid in the
necessary adjustments.
The anticipated improvement in the
college’s academics was one of the pri
mary reasons given for the changes,
according to a 1989 memo from Kozak.
Kozak’s memo also gave the following
reasons for full professors teaching
freshman surveys:
• Undergraduates at Harvard,
Princeton and Yale universities “expect to
be introduced to the disciplines by world-
class scholars” and University students
should expect no less of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
• Assistant professors are often subject
to the “publish or perish” dilemma and
are less likely to devote the needed time
to the instruction of comprehensive intro
ductory courses.
• Senior professors might be “much
more immune to the pressures of grade
inflation than are junior faculty...given
the politics of advancement to tenure."
William Prokasy, vice president for
Academic Affairs, said he was unaware of
any faculty complaints within the college.
Like the history department, the En
glish department depends on student
participation. But, when asked about the
changes being requested of his faculty,
Cobum Freer, head of the English de
partment, said “basically nothing" was in
transition because senior English profes
sors have always taught some freshman
survey courses.
Freer said TAs are still teaching many
English 101 and 102 sections because
there are more than 100 offered in each of
the three quarters of the regular aca
demic year.
A composite document detailing the
way the departments were able to meet
the initiative over the past three quarters
will be released this week, Kozak said.
Dr. An Quoc Nguyen: University lab technician will be al
lowed legal counsel in upcoming grievance procedures.
Court grants reprieve
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
A Vietnamese lab coordinator
won a court battle Friday giving
him the right to have an attor
ney’s help to defend his job at a
University Grievance Committee
hearing later this month.
Dr. An Quoc Nguyen’s job in
the laboratory of the Department
of Anatomy and Radiology was
supposed to have ended Friday
because he couldn’t speak En
glish well enough.
However, Friday’s ruling in
Clarke County Superior Court
will allow An to continue working
until the University-wide com
mittee hears the case presented
by his attorney.
University policy had prohib
ited An, 53, from having an at
torney speak for him. However,
Superior Court Judge Joseph
Gaines ruled that this would de
prive An of his rights since he has
problems speaking English.
Gaines’ ruling stated, “This
plaintiff’s right to be heard can
only be accomplished through the
direct and active participation of
his attorney during the hearing
before the Grievance Panel.”
University policy doesn’t allow
attorneys to directly participate
in hearings, but it does allow
them to give advice during them.
An’s attorney said his client
has a strong case because he has
been a good employee.
“Dr. An was doing an effective
job and got along well with his
students,” David Sweat said.
Students were satisfied with
An’s performance, Sweat said. He
said ne blames the problems on
lack of communication between
An and his superiors. Students
presented An with a Special Rec
ognition Award in 1986.
An said some students might
have trouble understanding him
at first, but they can pick up his
accent quickly. An works in a lab
and doesn’t conduct lectures.
“I have been studying English
and practicing for years,” An
said. “When I speak slow and
clear I think I have no problems.
“No students complained, ex
cept my boss,” An said.
University officials refused to
comment.
Athens residents make Mandela pilgrimage
By CASEY CURRAN
Contributing Writer
A carnival atmosphere prevailed last
Wednesday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium in
Atlanta, where more than 54,000 people, in
cluding 70 from Athens, attended festivities
honoring Nelson Mandeln.
During the three-hour delay before Mandela
appeared at the Georgia Institute of Tech
nology stadium, African music entertained the
crowd and an endless parade of speakers
helped pass the time.
The crowd knew the magic moment had fi
nally come when Andrew Young stopped in
mid-sentence to exclaim, “Ladies and gen
tlemen, Nelson Mandela has arrived.”
In unison, the crowd jumped to its feet and
clapped furiously, yelling loudly until Coretta
Scott King took the microphone to introduce
Mandeln.
Mandeln spoke of the need for the United
States to continue sanctions against South Af
rica as long the current government embraces
apartheid.
Although the speech echoed others he had
given across the country, listeners were capti
vated by the man — his appeal, his message,
his presence.
The 70 people from the University and
Athens community journeyed to hear Mandela
on a trip arranged by the University Catholic
Center and the Minority Services department
at the University. The group traveled on two
University buses
Richard Stenger, a recent graduate of the
University, said, ‘The speech was pretty pre
dictable, but I wasn’t disappointed. By coming
to Atlanta, Mandela illustrated that he is not a
Communist; he is not an extremist.”
Tom Ganschow, a professor of Chinese his
tory who helped organize the trip, said he saw
similarities between China and South Africa.
'The protesters in China last year paved the
way for other democratic movements in the
world,” Ganschow said. “ Eastern Europe fol
lowed China’s example last winter, and now
we’re seeing very hopeful prospects in South Af
rica."
Earlier in the day, a smaller but equally en
thusiastic crowd gathered outside the Big
Bethel Church on Auburn Avenue. The group,
many of whom had arrived before noon, swel
tered in the baking sun until 4:30 p.m. for Man
dela’s arrival.
Arthur Travias, 76, a member of Big Bethel
for 72 years, said he didn’t mind the wait.
“When you consider the fact that Mandela
had to wait over 27 years to get out of prison, a
couple of extra hours out here no ’onger seems
like that big of a deal, ’ Travias said.
When Mandela did arrive, the crowd broke
into emotional applause. Many shouted,
“Amandla!" the Zulu word for power.
To Travias, Mandela is in the same mold as
Martin Luther King Jr. “Mandela is a hu
manist who believes in the freedom of all hu
mans,” he said. “King ate dinner in my house
many years ago. I'd do the same for Mandela.”
■ HEADLINER
Barnard running on qualifications and record
■y GWINN BRUNS
Staff Writer
Running for hie eighth term as
U.S. representative from the tenth
congressional district, Doug Bar
nard stands Arm with lists of qual
ifications and political experience.
“I feel that I've brought to the
Congress a good combination of
qualifications,” Barnard said, ref
erring to his denlings in the busi
ness world, Deportment of State
and Congress.
While in Congress, Barnard has
not only worked with government
operations, but has ployed a big
role in the bonking, finance and
urban affaire committees. His
knowledge of banking and finance
is neited in his work with the
Georgia Railroad Bank and the
I'ederol Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
He remained with Georgia Rail
road until the 1976 congressional
elections, when he won the 10th
district congressional seat.
But Barnard had been on the po
litical scene since 1963. He was ex
ecutive secretary to Governor Carl
Sanders from 1963-67 and was a
member of the Georgia Board of
Transportation from 1906-70
In an interview at the Marigold
Festival in Wlnterville, the 68-
ear-old Barnard reflected on what
e described as “an interesting ca
reer.” After completing his under
graduate work at Macon’s Mercer
University, Barnard spent 26
months overseas — in Northern
Europe with the U.S. Army. He
then returned to Georgia and
earned a law degree at Mercer Law
School.
"When I ran for Congress in
1976, it was my purpose and ambi
tion in making this country a
stronger America,” he said. ’The
challenges of today are quite dif
ferent.”
Nuclear war may have been the
major concern in the past, but Bar
nard feels that “the new decade of
the 90’s is going to be a decade of
competition. Our present financial
system isn’t competitive with fi
nancial systems abroad." he said.
One area needing improvement
is education, he said.
To improve our nation’s caliber,
we must “provide universities like
Georgia more funding to do re
search and development,” he said.
In the past Barnard supported
many projects for the University.
He worked to get funds for the
Butts-Mehre building, the Carl
Vinson Institute of Government,
and the Complex Carbohydrate Re
search Center.
His opponents have attacked
him in several different areas,
ranging from his stand on abortion
to his involvement with savings
and loan organizations.
Democratic candidate Scott
Starling entered the congressional
race because he objected to Bar
nard’s conservative stance on abor
tion.
Barnard contends that he is for
"protecting the life of the mother.”
He went on to classify himself as a
"progressive moderate.”
Sam Jones and Mark Myers, two
candidates seeking the Republican
nomination, have questioned Bar
nard's involvement with SAL’s.
Barnard is continually criticized
by them for donations he accepted
from Charles Keating, a major
figure in the SAL crisis.
”In 1986, at a time when
Keating was being held up as the
favorite SAL figure, he gave me a
political contribution,” Barnard
said. This is four years later.”
There are two techniques for
running a campaign, he said. He
runs on qualifications and plat
forms.
But another way is to “run a
smear technique, what I would like
to call 'the big lie technique,’ ” he
U.S. Rep. Doug Barnard
said. That’s the choice of Mr.
Jones.”
Barnard ended the interview by
saying, The United States still
has very definite problems, such as
drug use, health care and housing.
The challenges are numerous,
and it will be my purpose to ad
dress these problems.”
Phyllis Barrow, 10th congres
sional district chair for the state
Democratic Party said, "Overall I
think Barnard’s done a fine job,
and 1 haven’t known any other con
gressman with better constituent
service than Doug Barnard.”
University begins testing
new employees for drugs
By PATRICK F NIGAN
Staff Writer
All prospective state employees
will be required to take a pre-em
ployment drug screening test
which may cost the University
$500,000 to $600,000 this year.
‘This is a state law, and the Uni
versity is required to comply,” said
Bryndis Jenkins, vice president for
Legal Affairs at the University.
No state agency, including the
University, will be allowed to pass
the cost — estimated at $50 a test
— on to the potential employee.
The new law, which went into ef
fect Sunday, includes both part-
time and full-time employees.
Carlton James, University per
sonnel director, said it hasn’t been
determined which University
budget will fund test costs.
The personnel department mul
tiplied the 12,000 W-2 forms that
were issued to additional em
ployees hired in 1989 by the esti
mated cost of each test to come up
with the estimated total cost to the
University.
Pre-employment drug screening
won’t apply to persons already em
ployed by the state. However, jobs
deemed to be of a hazardous na
ture, such as public safety jobs, will
be subject to random drug-tests,
Jenkins said.
James said it’s too early to deter
mine if the law will have any effect
on the University’s position on
hiring part-time student help, or if
it will become more difficult to re
cruit professors from out of state.
Jenkins said the test is a uri
nalysis which will test for five drug
groups: marijuana, amphetamines,
cocaine, opiates, and PCP.
Persons applying for University
jobs will be informed of the law and
will then have 48 hours to submit a
urine sample at one of the 100 col
lection sites designated by the
State Merit System, Jenkins said.
There are three sites in the Athens
area at private clinics.
The test must be conducted at a
site, Jenkins said. Measures such
as testing the temperature or
checking for foreign chemicals will
be used instead of observation to
ensure the sample is legitimate,
she said.
Refusal to take the test within
48 hours or negative test results
disqualifies the applicant from
state employment for two years,
Jenkins said. Failure to take the
test within 48 hours will be viewed
as a refusal, she said.
State Rep. Lawton James (D-
Athens), who is on the committee
for the University System of
Georgia, voted in favor of the law.
He said he doesn’t think it will
have an adverse affect on the Uni
versity.
'The goal was to promote a drug-
free environment,” he said. “You
can’t make an omelet without
breaking some eggs.”
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