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2 • The Red and Black • Tuesday, September 25, 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Bomb scare forces building evacuation, a bomb scare
forced a 30-minute evacuation of Baldwin Hall early Monday
morning. Linda Adams, a secretary for the anthropology department,
said an unidentified female student entered the office at 10 a.m. with
a note, given to her by another unidentifed student. The note said a
bomb was to go off on the third floor of the building at 10:30 a.m.
University police evacuated the building and searched for the bomb.
Police Chief Chuck Horton said the department would not confirm or
give any information because they do not want a copycat situation to
occur. “Students remained very calm throughout the entire
si u tat ion,” said Adams.
Vendor decision postponed. The Athens City Council won’t
consider a vendor ban on Baldwin Street until its Nov. 13 meeting,
Athens City Clerk Jean Spratlin said. The Public Safety Committee
tabled the matter awaiting legal advice at its Sept. 19 meeting, after
considering recommendations to ban all vendors but food vendors.
The committee also considered restricting food vendors’ size and
location. Spratlin said Athens City Attorney Denny Galis should
report to the committee at its Oct. 16 meeting, and the committee
should then decide on a recommendation to make to the city council
Nov. 13.
Asbestos Information presented In seminar. An asbestos
awareness seminar, sponsored by the University’s Environmental
Safety Services Department, will inform the public of the nature and
dangers of asbestos, Mary Mellein, manager of environmental
services, said. The seminar will be held Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:30
in the Reception Hall of the Tate Student Center. Jack Dempsey of
the state Environmental Protection Division’s Asbestos Program will
address the legislation regulating the use of asbestos. Also, Jeremy
Armstrong of the Environmental Management Institute in Atlanta
will speak on the health hazards of asbestos and what people can do
to protect themselves from these hazards. A question and answer
session will be held following the speeches. The panel fielding the
questions will consist of Dempsey, Armstrong, Mellein and a
representative from Physical Plant.
■ STATE
Olympics celebrated with parade. ATLANTA (AP) — At
least 300,000 Olympic-crazv Georgians waged a friendly confetti war
in downtown Atlanta Monday as the city staged its first ticker tape
parade to celebrate landing the 1996 Summer Games. The parade-
goers showered 34 tons of shredded paper on the heads of those who
brought the Games home from last week’s International Olympic
Committee meeting in Tokyo. Police estimated at least 300,000
people showed up for the event, which also prompted a media frenzy.
The three local TV network affiliates carried the parade live, and The
Atlanta Journal slapped a huge banner headline on its front page
that read, “WELL DONE.” Local historians said Monday’s ticker tape
parade was the first in the city’s history. The streets of the parade
were buried under several inches of ticker tape and confetti.
Bush speaks out against Iraqi terrorism. WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Bush said Friday tnat Iraqi support for terrorism
against Americans would bring “serious consequences’* and he
declined to rule out a first strike against Iraq by U.S.-led military
forces.“We hold Saddam Hussein responsible if there is any terrorist
act against us,” he declared.The president stressed his concern about
terrorism by Iraq in a morning session with congressional leaders and
again in a brief news conference on the White House lawn as he
prepared to leave for a weekend at Camp David, Md.Resorting to
unusually strong terms, Bush also voiced a “deep and growing
concern over what Iraq is doing to Kuwait.” He said that if the United
Nations decides to widen its embargo against Iraq to include
intercepting air traffic, “obviously the United States would do its
part.”
Nuns enter t-shirt business. Niagara falls, n.y. (AP) -
It’s a heavenly marketing idea. Two nuns from Miami Shores, Fla.,
seeing what pictures on T-shirts, posters and the like have done to
raise the profile of Bart Simpson, decided to do the same with the
Virgin Mary, St. Francis of Assisi and other heavenly heroes.Sister
Kathy Hollywood said she and Sister Lorraine Hale of the Sisters of
the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary got the idea while
working on doctorates on Catholic schools.“During visits to Catholic
schools, we asked the kids who the teachers told them to be like,” she
recalled. ‘They said Jesus and the saints. But the kids wanted to be
like Madonna.”The nuns responded with shirts containing colorful
decals of popular saints as a way to “revitalize Catholic tradition in a
contemporary way,” said Sister Kathy. She sold some of the shirts at
the Catholic Education Conference here Friday .The nuns also are
working on saints’ greeting cards and have developed games, quizzes
and puzzles for kids.They wouldn’t be unhappy if their merchandise
gives animated anti-hero Bart Simpson a run for his money.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• UGA Sane/Freeze Campaign
for Global Security and the
Athens Peace Coalition will meet
this evening at 6:30 p.m. at the
Lutheran Chapel at 1010 S.
Lumpkin St. There will be a
potluck dinner and a letter
writing session. Call 549-6857
for more information.
• UGAzine, the student
magazine, will hold its first
meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 414 of
Memorial Hall. Staff positions
are being filled and aplications
are requested. All majors are
welcome.
• The Equestrian Team will
meet at 7 p.m. in Room 319 of the
Livestock and Poultry Building.
• Christian Campus Fellowship
will meet at 6:15 p.m. for a
complimentary dinner, open
house and worship at 1080 S.
Milledge Ave. For more
information, call 546-1021 or
548-9625.
• Pi Sigma Alpha, the new
political science club, will hold its
first meeting at 7 p.m. in Room
202 Baldwin Hall. All interested
are welcome.
• The collegiate Delta Epsilon
Chi organization will meet a 7
p.m. in Room 601 Aderhold Hall.
• University Union’s Ideas and
Issues division will meet at 6
p.m. in Room 143 of the Tate
Center. Applications for
membership are available at the
Tate Center Information Desk.
Business interests
• Delta Sigma Pi, professional
business fraternity, will hold its
first fall rush meeting at 6 p.m.,
Room 137 of the Tate Center. All
business majors are welcome.
Professional attire requested.
• Phi Chi Theta, the professional
business fraternity, will have fall
rush at 6:45 p.m. in Room 141 of
the Tate Center. There will be a
speaker on career placement.
Professional dress is requested.
For more information, call 548-
3834.
• Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
business fraternity, is holding
fall rush today and Wednesday,
at 545 S. Milledge Ave. Tonight’s
meeting is from 7-9 p.m. and is
informal. All business majors are
welcome. Call 549-6950 for more
information.
Announcements
• UGA Tutorial Services is now
open. Free peer tutoring in math,
languages, statistics and other
subjects is available. Evening
hours are available. Call 542-
7575 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
to make an appointment.
• The Variety division of the
University Union is now seeking
new members. Applications are
available at the Tate Centem
Desk. Deadline is September 28.
• Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least two
days before the date to be printed.
Include specific meeting location,
speaker’s title and topic, and a
contact person’s day and evening
phone number. Items are printed
on a space-available basis.
Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
Isakson Zell-ous
on televised forum
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Republican gubernatorial candi
date Johnny Isakson, who was in
Athens Saturday to appear on
WNGM-TV’s Rapid Fire, said
Democrat Zell Miller’s 16 percent
lead in pre-election polls could
change.
Panelists for the show were at
torney and University law pro
fessor Larry Blount, Charles
Bullock, a University political sci
ence professor and David
Johnston, Opinions Editor for The
Red and Black.
Isakson was quick to dispel the
theory that Miller has the election
in hand: “I think it’s going to be a
two- or three-point victory either
way,” Isakson said.
Isakson presented the main is
sues of his platform: education and
crime.
Isakson campaign ads attack
Miller for his stance on education.
Isakson noted that during Miller’s
16 years in office, the high school
dropout rate has doubled.
Isakson said money needs to be
found to provide a better early edu
cation program for the state. Chil
dren need to be well-educated
early, he said.
Isakson said teachers are also
included in his focus on education.
He strongly opposes “capping” tea
chers’ salaries.
Capping a salary means an av
erage wage is earned with no
raises — regardless of years on the
job.
Isakson’s said his plan to stop
the increase of Georgia’s crime rate
is to stop the influx of drugs into
the state.
He said drug abusers and dis
tributors need trials before they
are released on any type of bond,
which he said has happened re-
peatly during Miller’s term.
Isakson said boot camps and cor
rectional institutions are things he
has continually supported. The
camps and prisons are main planks
of Miller’s campaign.
“Miller acts like this is some
thing new; detention centers are
all over our state,” Isakson said.
Panelist Blount said Isakson is
clearly geared up to run a good race
against Miller. But Blount said
local communities need to take
charge of education in their area.
“He needs to allocate the re
sources for educational funding,”
Blount said.
Isakson also touched on the lot
tery issue, saying the decision
whether to have a lottery should be
put to the citizens in a referendum.
Sunday sex program
goes after freshmen
By KYLE J. ELLIS
Staff Writer
Condoms rained down on those
attending SEX 101 in the Tate
Student Center Sunday as peer
sexuality educators tested the
audience’s knowledge of sexual
issues.
Gilbert Health Center’s peer
sexuality educators gave away
the condoms as part of an over
view on sexuality and sexual ste
reotypes on college campuses.
The program is directed at in
coming freshmen because they
are the least-knowledgeable con
cerning sexual issues.
Peer sexuality educator Trey
Scott said, “Since 80 percent of
the freshmen live in residence
halls, we distributed over 200
posters to resident assistants. We
sent posters to the president of
every sorority and fraternity on
campus, as well as the coach of
every athletic team.”
University Health Educator
Gloria Varley said, “Sexual
health issues are the top three
health issues college students
deal with."
The program offered students
a chance to ask questions and to
discuss a wide variety of topics,
including sexual stereotypes,
what makes a good relationship,
sexually transmitted diseases,
birth control, date and acquaint
ance rape and sexual assault.
Peer sexuality educator Le-
Laine Johnson said, “If you’re
comfortable enough to have sex
with somebody, you should be
comfortable enough to talk about
it.”
Scott said, “We want to get
their wheels turning. College is
the place to start talking about
this type of stuff.”
Those who attended the pro
gram found it useful.
Katrina Ledbetter, a
freshman, said, “I think it was
very beneficial. I’m more aware of
what the rape statistics are and
where I could go on campus to get
help if I needed it.”
David Peterson, a freshman
landscape architecture mqjor,
said, “It’s definitely made me
more aware of the situations that
people face. Date rape happens
more often than I thought.”
Scott said peer sexuality edu
cators are available to present
programs.
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