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ATHENS. GA
PERMIT 239
An independent student newspaper serving the University o\ Georgia Community
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1990 • ATHENS, GEOR
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County says Wynn in clear,
friends confirm player’s alibi
By PATRICK FLANIGAN
Staff Writer
The Clarke County district at
torney’s office announced Tuesday
that all charges against starting
Bulldog comerback George Wynn
have been dropped.
“Police and alibi witnesses es
tablished beyond a doubt that
George Calvin Wynn is not a
person who fired a weapon in
Brood Acres at the time in ques
tion,” the official statement read.
Wynn was charged with aggra
vated assault and carrying a pistol
without a license after a June 1
shooting in an Athens housing pro-
Knapp:
Cuts to
come
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
Although University President
Charles Knapp said he thinks the
University can “ride out” current
state budget cuts, he called the
possibility of further cuts “a real
fear that I have.”
In a press conference held
Tuesday morning, Knapp said he
will take an active approach to im
press upon the state “the impor
tance of the University to the
state’s growth.”
This means spending more time
working with state leaders to lobby
against further University budget
cuts, he said.
“It will require more time lob
bying at the General Assembly,” he
said. “I think they’ll see me on
more frequent occasions than in
the past.”
The University already has
begun “laying the groundwork
with governor and lieutenant gov
ernor candidates — a lot is going to
depend on the new governor and
his approach,” Knapp said.
But, for the moment, Knapp said
the University can manage its way
through the present 3 percent
budget cuts.
‘This has caused some pain, but
I think we can still achieve our
mission,” he said. “Right now, my
message would be to not draw any
dire conclusions and wait and see
what happens in January,” he said.
The impact of the cuts has been
compounded this year as a record
number of students enrolled for fall
quarter. Enrollment this year was
more than 28,000, causing prob
lems particularly in freshman
math and English classes, he said.
But money was shifted to the
College f Arts and Sciences to ac
commodate and create spaces for
these students, he said.
“As budget cuts developed and
enrollment rose, we saw problems
in freshmnn math and English. In
response, we put some funds back
into Arts and Sciences to meet
those commitments,” he said.
“Some things take precedence over
ject.
Wynn said after football practice
Tuesday the whole incident was
purely a case of mistaken identity.
“I thought it was all a joke at
first,” he said in his first statement
about the incident since he was ar
rested Aug. 26, “But I did get wor
ried that the judge might not
believe my fraternity brothers.”
Five members of Omega Psi Phi
fraternity confirmed that Wynn
was with them pledging mem
bership to the fraternity the night
of the shooting.
Head football coach Ray Goff
said he was confident all along that
Wynn would be found innocent.
“I’m just glad to know the right
thing came out,” he said.
Wynn, who started in the first
two games of the season, said this
hasn’t affected his game any.
“At first I let it bother me,” he
said. “But Coach Goff took me off to
the side and told me I’d be no good
to him if I let this get to me.”
Wynn said he has no hard feel
ings for the police department, but
he did have a sour taste for the
press at first.
“It’s the first impression that
bothers me,” he said. “People read
it and say ‘he’s guilty’ and they
think I’m a hoodlum.
“Now they’ll read Tie’s innocent,'
Cowins out on bond
Wynn: Says innocent ver
dict isn't cover-up
and say ‘It’s a cover-up’ and they’ll
still think I’m a hoodlum.”
By Dan Pool
Staff Writer
Norman Cowins was released
Tuesday on $6,500 bond with sev
eral stipulations including going to
class at the University and making
passing grades.
“You will continue your
schooling and make a passing
grade,” Clarke County Superior
Court Judge Joseph Gaines told
Co wins, who was brought to court
wearing handcuffs and a blue
canvas prison uniform.
Under Gaines’ ruling, Cowins
also must pass periodic drug tests
and remain at home except when
he is in class or at a part-time job
that his attorney said he would be
seeking.
Cowins will be checked by pre
trial release officers to see if he is
fulfilling these requirements —and
any misbehavior could result in
Cowins going back to jail, Gaines
said.
During the hearing, several dis
crepancies in original police re
ports and information reported by
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
surfaced including whether crack
or regular cocaine was found by po
lice, leading to drug charges
against Cowins.
It was reported earlier by the
Athens Police Department that six
rocks of crack were found, but at
the hearing Assistant District At
torney Steve Jones said he thought
it was powder cocaine. However, he
stressed that he didn’t want to dis
pute the earlier police reports.
“I was told about the case last
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Center closes doors
women lose services
“They’re taking them out of my hands as fast
as I can put them out,” he said.
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By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
University women who want a
cervical cap or the name of
someone who gives safe, legal abor
tions can no longer find these
things on College Avenue and will
be hard-pressed to get them from
University Health Services.
The Sept. 1 closing of the Athens
Feminist Women’s Health Center,
which provided an array of birth
control and information services,
means Athens’ pro-choice commu
nity no longer has an outlet for its
expertise.
The eight-year-old clinic had
been scaling back its services for a
year before closing due to expenses
associated with fighting the pro
life efforts of Operation Rescue,
which for two years targeted the
Atlanta clinic with demonstrations
and “rescues,” in which women are
encouraged to abandon “alterna
tive” facilities like the Atlanta
clinic.
Operation Rescue’s efforts have
cost the Atlanta clinic hundreds of
thousands of dollars in lost busi
ness and legal fees spent obtaining
injunctions, said Lynne Randall,
executive director of the Athens
and Atlanta clinics.
Randall believes the fines and
jail terms imposed on demon
strating members contributed to
Operation Rescue’s demise.
‘They’re not able to rally people
to the cause,” she said. “Some
people find it exciting — but the
majority doesn’t, only the extreme
kooks.”
Rebecca Trammell, a pro-life
graduate business major, said she
marched at a demonstration but
didn’t want to be arrested.
“I’ve participated, but not to the
extent of getting arrested,” she
said. “It’s not exactly on top of my
list of things to do.”
Among the services the Athens
clinic offered were testing and
counseling for pregnancy and sex
ually transmitted diseases, infor
mation and adoption services,
cervical caps, and public education
programs in local schools.
‘There’s going to be a big void for
informative, supportive and non-
judgmental services, as well as
other services like abortion refer-
Please See CENTER. Page 3
budget cuts.”
Knapp said he wants to toughen
standards for freshmen and
transfer students to keep enroll
ment between 27,000 and 28,000.
“We don’t have resources, fac
ulty or physical resources — even
putting budget cuts aside — to ex
pand (enrollment) much more,” he
said.
Knapp also discussed efforts to
replace Nik Edes, vice president
for development and university re
lations, who announced his resig
nation during the summer.
Knapp said he doesn’t have
anyone in mind for the position. A
12-member search committee is
being assembled to find a replace
ment.
The make-up of the committee
should be announced today, he
said.
Although Edes is slated to leave
office Oct. 31, Knapp said he’s not
going to set a deadline to have the
replacement chosen.
Olympics will reap benefits for Athens
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By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Unification gives new
muscle to UGA voters
By DANA WHITE
Staff Writer
University students will soon
have the opportunity to elect their
own representative to^the new uni
fied government of Athens and
Clarke County.
The August unification of the
city and county governments is the
first to take place in the state of
Georgia since 1972.
The new government’s charter
calls for 11 seats to be filled with
District 4 encompassing the Uni
versity community.
Larry Blount, associate pro
fessor of law and transition team
chairman, said District 4 will be an
encouragement for more student
participation in local government.
‘The opportunity is present for a
student to be elected to the new
government,” he said.
He said there wasn’t a great
amount of anti-student sentiment
during the creation of the charter.
“When we were writing the
charter, nobody said you should
not give students the opportunity
to elect a candidate or have a stu
dent base,” he said.
He emphasized the need for stu
dent support by noting that there
is enough student population to or
ganize and help defeat anyone who
runs.
Blount said students should
auestion the candidates of their
district and make sure they are
getting someone sensitive to their
needs, especially about matters
such ns social conduct and local or
dinances.
Paul Hardy, an attorney at the
University’s Carl Vinson Institute
of Government and draftsman for
the charter, said the ordinances
will stay the same for the first
year, giving the new government
time for research to work out any
conflicts.
Please See UNIFIED. Page 10
Atlanta is getting the Olympics,
and Athens will reap the gold.
Athens will benefit greatly from
Atlanta hosting the 1996 Summer
Games, said Jeffery Humphreys,
director of the University’s eco
nomic forecasting project, who con
ducted a study on revenue for the
Atlanta Organizing Committee
earlier this year.
Humphreys’ study shows the
games will generate $3.5 billion in
out-of-state spending by tourists.
The tourists are expected to
spend money on hotels, transporta
tion and retail services not only in
Atlanta but in key places around
the state, including Athens.
Humphreys said a percentage of
dollars should circulate into
Athens as tourists nre forced to
stay here due to the hotel crunch
that will inevitably occur in At
lanta.
Athens is an ideal location for
tourists that need to travel to
events in Atlanta, he said.
Humphreys said the long-term
recognition the state will receive is
immeasurable due to the interna
tional appeal of the Olympics.
“Throughout industrialized
countries, Georgia will be known.
When foreign investors look for a
place to invest money, they will
look to Georgia,” he said.
Tom Glaser, president of the
Athens Area Chamber of Com
merce, said Athens will have no
problem upholding the interna
tional image of the games.
Athens has international flair in
business and entertainment that
gives the city great appeal, he said.
Glaser said the Chamber of
Commerce and its Convention and
Business Bureau is considering an
Olympic task force to promote the
spinoff of tourism that will take
place here.
Patrick Escobar, director of com
munications for the Los Angeles
Olympic Committee of 1984, said
even though the possibility of great
revenue is eminent, the host state
should be concerned with tourist
influx.
When Los Angeles hosted the
Games in 1984, the citizens of the
city were nsked to change driving
patterns to help ease the traffic to
and from events, Escabar said.
Residents were asked to leave
for events early and to commute to
places by carpool, he said.
Escabar said the traffic in a
town like Athens should be ad-
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Atlanta
1996
Request for Sunday alcohol sales withdrawn
By DANA WHITE
Staff Writer
The request for a referendum for Sunday al
cohol sales was withdrawn by the Athens Area
Restaurant Association Tuesday night.
Walt Light, restaurant association president,
withdrew the request before the city’s Finance
Committee.
However, the association requested a one-
hour extension of alcohol sales, and in a 3-1
vote the committee decided to recommend the
request to Athens City Council.
Athens restaurants and bars currently are
required to stop serving alcohol at 1 a.m., al
though Clarke County businesses can serve al
cohol until 2 a.m.
Light said it’s unfair to businesses located in
the city that the county has an hour longer for
alcohol sales.
Malcolm Cummings, executive director of the
Georgia Association of Christian Schools, told
the committee the request should have been
denied and the hours shortened rather than ex
tended.
Cummings suggested a counter-proposal for
the hours to be backed up to midnight instead
of extended until 2 a.m.
“We do not need another hour of alcohol
sales,” Cummings said. “This would only odd to
the cost of police patrols around the restaurant
and bar areas as well as the cost of accidents.”
Cummings suggested the matter be put on
hold until the unified government takes over in
January. He said he recently witnessed an al
cohol-related uccident near his home in which a
car hit a tree. “Speaking of a tree ordinance," he
concluded, “alcohol is pretty hard on trees, too.”
Light said the restaurant association with
drew its request on Sunday alcohol sales be
cause the County Commission denied putting it
to a vote because of legalities pertaining to the
new voting districts created by unification.
Light said he expected the request would
also be denied in the city.
A referendum would nave allowed the voter
to speak directly on the issue, Light said. If the
referendum is requested again in January
there will have to be a special election called be
cause the next regular election is two years
away.
“Now would have been a perfect time for this
to appear on the ballot,” he said. “Voter turnout
should be second to none in this election."