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The Red and Black • Wednesday, September 19, 1990 • 5
1990 Census figures inaccurate;
county will appeal for corrections
By STACEY MclNTOSH
Campus Correspondent
Residents of eight University
fraternity houses were not counted
in the 1990 U.S. Census, but they
warrant only part of the Athens-
Clarke County appeal, Planning
Commission Research Planner
David Lynn said Tuesday.
In addition, nearly 1,000 resi
dents of an apartment complex ad
jacent to Riverbend Parkway were
counted as members of Clarke
County’s population, but are actu
ally city residents since the com
plex was annexed recently, Lynn
said.
Other than those two omissions,
the city’s and county’s Census fig
ures almost match those found in
the county’s own routine survey, he
said.
“We are pretty close to their fig
ures,” he said. “The whole appeal
sounds kind of hostile, but the
Census Bureau encourages local
governments to verify these fig
ures.”
Athens Mayor Dwain Chambers
said Tuesday the city is relatively
pleased with the overall count and
is only seeking to correct the two
minor omissions.
^ “We really will not challenge the
Census. We are not at the point of
contesting. We’re just saying that
things need to be corrected,” he
said.
The eight University fraternity
houses excluded are River Road
dwellings Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau
Omega, Kappa Sigma and Alpha
Epsilon Pi and Lumpkin Street
houses Chi Psi, Kappa Alpha, Pi
Kappa Alpha and Sigma Chi, Lynn
said.
Although these eight houses ac
count for only 500 residents, Uni
versity students add some 28,000
to the Athens-Clarke County pop
ulation, he said.
Along with the University en
rollment increases, Clarke County
recorded a 15 percent population
increase from 1980, he said.
Preliminary Census figures esti
mate that 85,656 live in Clarke
County compared to the 74,498
who lived here in 1980, he said. Of
the 1990 number, 42,767 live in
side the Athens city limits.
About 1,000 or 2,000 people
living in the newly-annexed apart
ment complex will be subtracted
from the county totals and added to
city figures, Lynn said.
He said the county can only chal
lenge figures on housing units, be
cause numbers for blocks have not
been released.
The past two decades show a de
crease in the number of residents
in Athens housing units. The
Census recorded 44,342 living in
the city in 1970; 42,549 in 1980 and
42,767 in the preliminary August
30 figures for 1990, he said.
However, the county's growth
over the past ten years was
spurred by nearly 10,000 new resi
dents who live in the unincorpo
rated areas, Lynn said.
The Athens-Clarke County ap
peal joins that of 113 Georgia cities
and 21 counties.
Stadium improvements planned
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
This Christmas, Santa Claus is
giving Sanford Stadium a big pre
sent.
Greg McGarity, assistant for fa
cility and management for the
Georgia Athletic Association, said
plans will get underway in De
cember to enclose the lower level of
the west-end bridge at the sta
dium. This enclosure will provide
4200 more seats and 56 hand
icapped seats for spectators.
“We are trying to maintain the
ability to look into the stadium,”
McGarity said.
With the installation of
an access ramp, the
stadium will definitely
be a ‘first-class
facility.’
By doing this, the bridge walk
that gives people the view of the
stadium from Sanford Drive will
not be hampered by the stadium
construction, McGarity said.
The enclosure will also be the
same depth and same height as the
rest of the stadium, he said.
McGarity said the construction
has been in the planning stages for
a long time, but came to a head in a
May 17 meeting between the Office
of Campus Planning and the Ath
letic Association.
The architectural firm of Heery
International in Atlanta will do the
construction, as they did before in
1980. During that renovation, the
east end of the stadium was en
closed to provide 20,000 seats in
three levels.
McGarity said the addition will
provide more concession stands
Proposed Expansion
Sanford Bridge
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and restrooms to alleviate crowd
traffic on game days.
The graves of the legendary
“Uga” bulldogs, adjacent to the sta
dium’s west end, will not be af
fected bv the construction.
Freddy Jones, ticket manager
for the Athletic Association, said
no one knows how much money
will be made the first year with the
additional 4,200 seats.
But he said he hopes more ath
letic backers will be pulled into the
University and ticket sales will in
crease.
‘We hope the increase in rev
enue will bring more supporters for
the Bulldog Club. This will give us
a chance to open better seats for
their viewing; in turn, we get more
team supporters,” Jones said.
But, Jones says the positive as
pect that everyone at the associa
tion is concentrating on is
providing a service for the hand
icapped.
With the installation of an ac
cess ramp, Jones said the stadium
will definitely be a Tirst-class fa
cility.’
Longtime friend of University dies at 77
Jasper Dorsey, a member of
the University Foundation Board
of Trustees, died Friday, August
31, at the age of 77.
“He’d been associated with the
University for over half a cen
tury,” Alumni Development Spe
cialist Gwen Parker said.
Dorsey was a retired Southern
Bell executive of 40 years, and
worked closely with the Univer
sity since graduating in 1936
from the College of Journalism
and Mass Communication.
He acted as president of the
Alumni Society from 1967-1969
and worked on the advisory
board of the Journalism school.
In 1983, the School of Business
Administration established the
Jasper Dorsey Chair of Public
Utility Economics.
“He helped organize the advi
sory board of the College of Jour
nalism, and served as its first
president,”d.
Dorsey, a long-time friend of
the University, will be missed by
faculty, students and alumni.
He worked closely with the
Russell Library, which houses
the paper? of Richard B. Russell,
a former Georgia senator and
close friend of Dorsey.
“He was very interested in the
library,” Sheryl Vogt, head of the
Russell Library, said, “And he’d
visit whenever he was on
campus.”
His visits to campus were fre
quent, she said, and his death is a
great loss for the University.
—Gwinn Bruns
Jasper Dorsey: Alumnus, friend will be sorely missed
COWINS
From page 1
night and nobody said anything
about crack,” Jones said.
Questions were also brought up
by Jones and Gaines about
whether Cowins’ firearm charges
involved a handgun or a 12-gauge
shotgun.
Neither Cowins nor his counsel
made any comment about specifics
of the case.
Gaines set Cowins’ bond at $6,-
500 after first considering $10,000,
but said this wasn’t an indication
of any feeling on Cowins’ guilt or
innocence.
‘*The court has no opinion on his
guilt or innocence,” Gaines said.
Cowins has been in police cus
tody since Sunday night on charges
of possession of a controlled sub
stance with intent to distribute,
possession of a firearm during the
commission or attempt to commit a
crime and carrying a concealed
weapon, according to police re
ports.
Cowins could face up to 20 years
in prison if convicted on all
charges. The charge stemming
from the cocaine could carry a 15-
year sentence and the firearm
charges could add five years to any
other sentence.
Cowins’ has retained Edward
Tolley as his main attorney, but
Tolley didn’t appear at the hearing
and was unavailable for comment
at presstime.
University President Charles
Knapp said Tuesday he didn’t see
any trend between Cowins’ arrest
and other personnel problems pla
guing the Bulldog football team
which includes the academic dis
missal of four players.
“I don’t intend for any investiga
tion at this point,” he said.
Knapp said he fully supports the
Cowins suspension from the team
by head football coach Ray Goff.
Goff also said he didn’t see any
trend of misbehavior developing on
the team.
Goff said he would let the courts
run their course, but he and Knapp
both stressed that the charges
against Cowins haven’t been sub
stantiated.
Felony assault charges and
three misdemeanors against
George Wynn, another football
player, were dropped Tuesday.
Goff said Cowins’ case could turn
out like Wynn’s.
“Everything may not be as it
seems, as was the case with George
Wynn,” he said.
A hearing for Cowins is sched
uled for Oct. 9 in Clarke County
Magistrate Court.
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