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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1990 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 98, ISSUE 7
half
J face harsh cutback
ty Services
w»». amount of
funding ing this year
due to the - e budget cut
that sliced the U.^versity's Major
Repairs and Renovations budget in
half.
Last spring, Disability Services
was allocated $100,000 for disabi
lity access renovations, only half
the amount they received the pre
vious year.
But this year’s funding has been
further reduced to $50,000 with ac
cess to $150,000 more if necessary,
said David Fletcher, assistant to
the vice president of Student Af
fairs.
“If the projects need to be done
— we will do them up to the orig-
Graduate
awarded
top honor
By MARK SAUER
Contributing Writer
The University has beaten the
likes of Harvard University and
the Wharton School in at least one
business research area — new en
terprise development.
John Hall, a graduate of the
University’s College of Business
Administration, recently received
the 1990 Heizer Award for his doc
toral dissertation, making it the
third time a University student
has won best in the nation in the
area.
No other school has won the
award three times.
‘The Heizer Award is widely re
garded as the most prestigious
Ph.D. award that can be won in the
field of entrepreneurship,” said
Charles Hofer, a professor of strat
egic management and supervisor
for Hall’s dissertation.
A 1989 graduate of the Univer
sity, Hall won the award for “Ven
ture Capitalists’ Decision Making
and the Entrepreneur: An Explora
tory Study.”
Hall said he was just concerned
with completing the dissertation,
and winning was “icing on the
cake.”
Hall is now an assistant pro
fessor of management at the Uni
versity of Florida.
Hofer said the Heizer Award, es
tablished in 1976, is awarded an
nually for outstanding research
and is sponsored by Edwin F.
Heizer, one of the founding leaders
of the U.S. venture capital in
dustry.
The award is given only if a re
view committee, made up of top
scholars in the field, considers the
dissertation worthy, Hofer said.
Over the 15-year period during
which the award has been offered,
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inal $200,000,” Dwight Douglas,
vice president of Student Affairs
said.
“I have the president’s assur
ance that they (Disability Services)
can have the full amount if
needed,” Douglas said.
However, neither Douglas nor
Fletcher knows where the addi
tional $150,000 will come from.
Repair needs for campus, in
cluding renovations to provide ac
cess for the disabled, are
prioritized on a repairs and reno
vations budget list, Douglas said.
‘There are 300 to 400 items on
the list so you can only touch the
top of the list with the allocated
funds,” he said.
Many of the projects that were
excluded from the priority list after
the cut will have to be funded by
other sources, Douglas said.
The handicapped access renova
tions aren’t considered less impor
tant, but other items on the list
were deemed more critical — such
as the final funding for an incine
rator project and the art complex
upgrade, he said.
‘The budget cuts were serious,”
Douglas said. “We are having to
scrape up money for many critical
things campus-wide.”
But, he said, support for Disabi
lity Services didn’t diminish with
the budget cuts.
Fletcher said Disability Services
may have to put some projects on
hold, although two pending pro
jects will be completed.
One of those projects, the large
walkway system linking North
Campus to the rest of campus, was
funded by both last year’3 funds
and this year’s funds, Fletcher
Myths abound
about student
voting rights
said. The other pending project, a
ramp in front of the chapel, will
cost an estimated $14,000, he
added.
A walkway around Clark Howell
Hall and the installation of auto
matic doors in some classrooms are
among the projects that might
have to be postponed.
“Most of the things we will be
able to get to. Some we won’t be
able to,” Douglas said.
Chip off the old block
Joe Fernandez (I) and John Jackson(r) unveiling
the new monument for the University’s out
standing student-athletes and scholar student-
athlete of the year. The monument, designed by
tr»cy St«nb«ig/The Red and Black
Fernandez, is part of a recognition program spon
sored by the Elbert County Bulldog Club and
Alumni Society.
By DANA WHITE
Staff Writer
Confusion and rumors continue
to surround voter registration for
University students as registration
drives gear up.
The controversy over student
voter registration spans a 23-year
period at the University. In pre
vious years, students have alleged
that Clarke County has tried to bar
the student vote.
Thomas Stubbs, a senior polit
ical science major and a candidate
for District 4 representative under
the unified government, said stu
dents have been misled in the past
into believing that registering to
vote in Clarke County would cause
tax and insurance problems for
them and their parents.
He also said students were told
they wouldn’t be excused from jury
duty in the event of a conflict with
final exams.
Jurors are selected from Clarke
County registered voters.
Mildred Gilmer, deputy jury-
clerk of the Clarke County Supe
rior Court, said a juror who did not
show up for duty could be held in
contempt. Students who have a
scheduling conflict should call the
court, she said.
“We will work with students as
much as we can,” she said.
Dot Barrett, Clarke County
Board of Elections chair, said that
student voters are not discouraged
from registering.
Proof of residency such as a
checkbook or utility bill with a
local address and a driver’s license
are required to vote, she said.
Barrett said a memo came
through her office before the July
primary stating that students who
register to vote in Clarke County
become legal residents of Clarke
County.
The memo said there is a possi
bility that students’ parents
couldn’t claim them as dependents
if they are considered legal resi
dents of Clarke County.
Barrett said she has been unable
to locate the memo.
Jeff Lamer, direc tor of the Secre
tary of State’s elections division,
said he doesn’t recall a memo being
sent from the Secretary of State’s
office, but that there could have
been one sent through an intern in
their press office.
He added that there were many
Q uestions concerning this issue
uring the time of college registra
tion drives in May and June.
However, Lanier said students
who establish legal residency in
Clarke County are no longer de
pendents.
Some students, he added, have
chosen to register in Clarke
County rather than return to their
home county to vote.
But, he said, registrars on
campus can register students to
vote in their home counties so they
can return home to vote or cast an
absentee ballot.
Barrett said the possibility of in
surance problems for students
would probably depend on the indi
vidual insurance company’s poli
cies.
“Some students requested that
their names be taken ofT the voter
list because of insurance pur
poses,” she said.
Cecil Knowles, an investigator
with the Georgia Insurance De
partment, said health and auto in
surance shouldn’t be affected by a
student registering to vote in a sep
arate county from their parents be
cause most companies cover
students up to a certain age with
their parents.
He said registering to vote
shouldn’t even affect out-of-state
students.
Holly Thomas, director of Vote
’90 and a deputy registrar, said, “I
know people who have been regis-
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The Red and Black awarded top national honor
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
The Red and Black has been awarded the
top honor for a college non-daily newspaper
for 1990 by the Society of Professional Jour
nalists, the oldest and largest professional
newspaper society.
The 1990 Mark of Excellence Award for
Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper has
been awarded to the paper for general excel
lence in design, content, writing style, in
vestigative prowess, editorial page and
overall opinion of the judges, said Tom
Powell, director of programs for the society.
The Red and Black became a finalist for
the award after beating out 130 other en
tries in its region, which includes Georgia,
Florida South Carolina, Alabama and
eastern Tennessee.
After winning the regional award for best
overall non-daily newspaper plus two other
regional awards for copy editing and edito
rial cartoon, the paper was chosen over 11
other finalists from different regions of the
country to win the award, Powell said.
Judges for the award consisted of a group
of professional working journalists from dif
ferent parts of the country.
‘This award means The Red and Black is
the number one non-daily newspaper in the
country according to the Society of Profes
sional Journalists,” Powell said.
Harry Montevideo, general manager of
The Red and Black, said, “It’s a great honor
for The Red and Black to win this presti
gious award. I think it speaks highly for the
caliber of students who work at the paper as
well as the quality of the University’s Col
lege of Journalism and Mass Communica
tion.”
Journalism school Dean J. Thomas Rus
sell said, ‘The Society of Professional Jour
nalists simply reaffirms what all of us have
known for a long time — that The Red and
Black is an excellent newspaper.”
Elliot Brack, chairman of the board of
The Red and Black Publishing Company,
also said he was not surprised by The Red
and Black’s national recognition as a
“quality and forceful newspaper.
‘The quality of newspapers that the stu
dent editors have maintained in the 10
years since they’ve gone independent has
been excellent,” he said.
Wallace Eberhard, University adviser for
the society, said he felt this award not onl>
proved The Red and Black a good news
paper but also proved the journalism school
is a great college.
The Red and Black was established in
1893 by University student W.T. Bacon and
seven other students. They had a small one-
room office in the Academic Building.
Since that time the paper has grown and
now has a readership of at least 34,000
through a distribution of 16,000 copies,
according to recent figures.
In 1980, the newspaper broke its ties
with the University ana became an inde
pendent non-profit student-operated paper.
From jugglers to knights to campers
Student activities fair
Tracy SUnb«f|/The Red and Black
Theresa Singer, a graduate entomology student and ento
mology club member, with her hissing cockroach
Player hospitalized
From staff reports
A University football player
was rushed to St. Mary’s Hos-
pital emergency room
Wednesday night.
Offensive lineman Richard
Dombroski age 20, was found in
a McWhorter Hall bathroom in
need of prompt medical atten
tion.
University Police, who had re
sponded to a medical emergency
call around 8 p.m., contacted St.
Mary’s ambulance service after
arriving on the scene.
Hospital officials declined to
comment pending notification of
Dombroski’s parents.
Although Dombroski’s official
condition was not released,
Sports Information Director
Claude Felton said Dombroski
was “doing fine.”
Dombroski, a junior English
major from Plantation, Fla., is a
walk-on athlete who transferred
from Rice University last^ear.
Head coach Ray Goff declined
to release a statement at
presstime.
Landfill may get foes
By AL DIXON
Staff Writer
Throngs of inquisitive students
crowded the Tate Student Center
plaza Wednesday afternoon for the
Student Activities and Organiza
tions Fair.
The fair, sponsored by the De-
C rtment of Student Activities,
jted from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
and featured representatives from
106 campus organizations.
The scene at the Tate plaza was
one of confusion as hundreds of
students stopped by to check out
the wide variety of organizations
represented.
Knights in shining armor gath
ered around the information table
of the Society for Creative
Anachronisms, the Gravity Defi
ance Club demonstrated juggling
feats throughout the afternoon and
the University’s radio station,
WUOG/90.5 FM, handed out free
albums.
University President Charles
Knapp even stopped by to observe
the fair.
Wes Price, a sophomore art
m^jor, was on hand to see what all
the commotion was about.
“I’d heard about the fair before,
and I was passing by and saw all
the people, so I decided to check it
out,” Price said.
The fair was a convenient oppor
tunity for him to find out about
campus organizations he might not
have otherwise looked into, he
said.
“I got some information about
GORP (Georgia Outdoor Recre
ation Program) and signed the pe
tition to free Kuwait,” Price said.
Price said he was very im
pressed at the large turnout.
‘There were a lot of babes there,”
he said.
Viktoria Young, a sophomore en
vironmental health sciences m^jor,
was manning the information table
for University Union.
“I’ve been out here most of the
day,” Young said, “and I’ve been
encouraged by the number of stu
dents who’ve shown interest in
University Union and all the other
organizations out here.
“I encourage every student to get
involved in at least one activity,”
she said. “It’s great that Student
Activities sponsors this chance for
students to see what kinds of activ
ities and clubs are out there.”
University Union sponsors
many educational and entertain
ment opportunities for students.
On Oct. 28, the union will be
bringing Bob Dylan to the Col
iseum.
Shannon Jarrell, secretary for
campus organizations and one of
the organizers of the fair, said Stu
dent Activities has been preparing
for the fair since June.
“We mailed out letters to all 359
campus organizations inviting
them to reserve a space at the fair,”
she said. “All they had to do to re
serve a spot was reply by the Aug.
10 deadline.”
Jarrell said the goal of Student
Activities was to have 100 organiz-
tions represented at the fair. The
total of 106 represented organiza
tions surpassed their goal.
A proposal for a private 115-acre
landfill on Atlanta Highway is
likely to meet stiff opposition if
considered by the Athens Indus
trial Review Committee
Wednesday.
Clarke County Commissioner
Jewel John said the commission
granted permission for a dry land
fill several months ago, but the
process of approving a sanitary
landfill is much more complicated.
‘They would have to get permits
from agencies like the EPA which
are very expensive,” she said.
John said she thinks the chances
of approval are slim because the
area where the landfill would be lo
cated, near Bogart, is still devel
oping.
Keith Mixon, owner of Mixon
Building Supply Co., whose busi
ness would border the landfill, said
a petition to prevent approval has
already begun circulating among
local businesses.
“A lot of valuable property would
go down if this goes through,” he
said.
— Patrick Flanigan