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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 98, ISSUE 9
Building
opening
delayed
By AL DIXON
Staff Writer
Final inspection for the opening
of the University's new $32 million
Life Sciences Building, originally
slated for Oct. 1, has been post
poned indefinitely because of con
struction delays.
The external construction,
started in 1987, is complete. How
ever, the building wont be ready
for inspection until the remaining
interior renovations are made.
The building must pass final in
spection before it can De opened.
“I would not hazard a guess as to
the exact date the building will be
ready for its final inspection,'’ said
John Butler, deputy director of the
Georgia State Financing and In
vestment Commission.
“However I can say that con
struction is nearing completion,"
he said.
Before a new date can be set for
the building’s final inspection, the
contractor must complete all re
quired work and request the in
spection of the architect. Then the
architect must request the GSFIC
to do the final inspection, Butler
said.
Campus Planning Director
David Lunde couldn’t attribute the
delays to any particular problem.
“Trie majority of the construc
tion has been completed," he said.
“But the final touches on the inte
rior of the building are running a
little behind schedule.”
The new building will house the
genetics and biochemistry depart
ments, Lunde said.
“We hope to have those depart
ments moved into their laboratory
facilities by winter quarter," he
said. “However, there are still
some last-minute things to be done
before we can begin the move."
The inside painting isn’t yet
complete, he said. In addition,
fume hoods and other necessary
lab equipment must be installed
and tested.
Biochemistry Department Di
rector Harry Peck is eagerly antic
ipating the move into the new
building.
‘The biochemistry department is
currently spread out over 12 build
ings,” he said. “But the plans are to
move the whole department into
this building, which will bring the
staff and students together to give
them a chance to interact.”
Please See BUILDING, Page 5
Ware-ing out the opposition
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UGA access
draws
By DARA McLEOD
Associate News Editor
A University graduate student
claims the University has failed to
comply with federal laws gov
erning accessibility for disabled
people and will file a complaint
today with the Department of Edu
cation’s Office of Civil Rights.
Michelle Stevens, a graduate
student in rehabilitation coun
seling, said the complaint is the
only way to ensure compliance
with the law.
“(University President Charles)
Knapp said two years ago he didn’t
want to do just what is legally re
quired — he wanted to do what is
right,” she said.
“Well if it comes down to it, we
will take whatever legal action is
necessary,” she said.
Art Leed, Student Affairs legal
adviser, said the University will re
spond to the complaint once it is re
ceived. He said he is confident the
University will comply with the
law because Knapp appointed a
task force in 1988 to deal with ac
cessibility problems.
But Stevens said the task force
was formed to avoid taking action
after 13 students demonstrated to
protest campus accessibility.
Stevens said she and at least
Beer, gas
may face
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
and LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writers
Some say economists’ predic
tions are worthless, but one
prophesy that may come true is in
creased prices on two things of
great importance to many college
students: tuition and beer.
In reports released by the Col
lege Board and the American
Council on Education, tuition at
private and public state colleges
and universities is up across the
nation while new luxury taxes on
items such as cigarettes and ex
pensive cars are being debated be
fore Congress.
H. Dean Propst, chancellor of
the University System of Georgia,
said the statewide tuition increase
averaged about 4 percent last year.
‘The increase was moderate,
since fee prices differ from college
barbs
Knapp said two years
ago he didn’t want to
do just what is legally
required for the
disabled — he wanted
to do what is right.
four other students are considering
taking legal action to force the Uni
versity into compliance with the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and its
amendments of 1978.
The law requires an institution
that receives federal funding to
meet accessibility requirements in
its buildings and programs.
Some of the problems cited by
Stevens include a lack of hand
icapped parking spaces, the need
for braille room numbers on doors,
inaccessible student activities and
a lack of transportation off campus
and after 6 p.m. on campus.
Her complaint also cites the Uni
versity's failure to recruit disabled
students and faculty and to inform
the University community of the
rights of people with disabilities.
Stevens said many campus
buildings that are labeled acces
sible don’t meet legal standards.
, tuition
tax hike
to college,” he said.
Propst said the increase affects
tuition prices only; the remaining
costs include housing, books, sup
plies and personal expenses.
Matriculation fees at the Uni
versity increased earlier this year,
as the average quarter tuition rose
from $639 to $667.
Propst said the increases will
occur again due to the formula
under which the university system
is funded.
‘Twenty-five percent of the di
rect cost of an institution comes
from the tuition payment of stu
dents,” he said.
Propst said the increases cover
instruction costs to keep faculty
salaries competitive.
Private institutions suffered
greater tuition increases than
state-supported schools last year
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IFC creates hotline
to combat hazing
By STACEY MclNTOSH
Staff Writer
You lie flat on the floor staring
up at the ceiling at 5 a.m. with the
keg nozzle hovering over your
mouth. About 20 of your fraternity
peers are huddled around you yel
ling, “Drink! Drink!”
What do you do?
You call the hazing hotline.
The Interfraternity Council has
established a hazing hotline and
launched a safety campaign as part
of its emerging active stance on
Greek system discipline.
These projects stem partly from
past criticism of the body’s lack
luster leadership, IFC President
Cale Conlev said.
He said Wednesday at the coun
cil’s first meeting of the year that
hazing will not be tolerated in the
University’s Greek system under
the direction of the current IFC ex
ecutive body.
“I can assure you that our (exec
utive committee) will be a oro-ac-
tion body this year. We will nave a
greater role in decision-making...
We’ll be more powerful than ever,"
Conley told about 100 IFC mem
bers assembled in the Theta Chi
fraternity house.
The hazing hotline and safety
campaign are IFC’s first aggressive
acts of the year, opening commu
nication channels for victims of fra
ternity rituals or other acts
considered hazing.
“We are just waiting for a call.
We hope that all the chapters have
clearea up any violations on their
own, but in any large chapter there
will be people who think they can
get away with hazing,” Conley
said.
Ron Binder, adviser to fraterni
ties, warned that hazers could not
escape punishment.
“If they think they can get away
with it, go ahead and try. Even
though we can’t see everything
that goes on, other people are al
ways watching you, 4 Binder said.
“IFC is serious about this and will
not tolerate it."
Conley said he and Binder will
answer calls coming in on the hot
line number, 542-4610. Callers
may remain anonymous and can
disguise their voices to further pro
tect their identities, Binder said.
He said that even though the
Universit/s hazing policy is more
specific in its definitions than other
college campuses’, many infrac
tions are not always clear viola
tions.
For example, the University has
expanded its hazing policy to in
clude an explanation of “adequate
sleep,” Binder said. It states that
“permitting less than six contin
uous, uninterrupted hours of sleep
per night” is hazing.
Several University chapters
have been suspended for hazing in
the past.
The University’s chapter of
Alpha Tau Omega was suspended
from campus for at least a year fol
lowing two incidents at its River
Road nouse.
In one incident about five years
ago, an ATO member was “treed"
and drenched with yellow, lead-
based paint, a skin irritant, which
had to be removed at St. Mary’s
Hospital.
Cni Phi was also suspended from
campus for a quarter following al
leged hazing and drug abuse in the
chapter in 1982.
In the spring of 1985, Omega Psi
Phi suspended its University
chapter for two years for “pledge
abuse.”
Ron Binder: Hazers won’t
escape punishment.
Other Greek organizations have
been investigated, including Delta
Sigma Theta sorority, which was
found innocent of hazing, disor
derly conduct and shared responsi-
bility in May, after an
administrative hearing.
Shared responsibility means all
members must bear the conse
quences of individual members’ ac
tions.
In its safety campaign, the IFC
will post signs in front of fraternity
houses warning students not to
drink and drive and not to walk
home alone from parties.
The campaign is partly in re
sponse to media coverage of two
events in which a woman was
raped after leaving a fraternity
party and another woman was at
tacked in an unrelated incident,
Conley said.
"Those incidents were not nec
essarily fraternity-related but be
cause of the press, we get blamed
for them,” he said. "The main pur
pose is to make people more aware
of the dangers of leaving a party
drunk and driving or walking
alone.”
Baldwin peddler pushes weapon
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
“You’re walking down a dark
street, somebody jumps out from
behind a parked car and grabs you,
but you’re able to put 75,000 volts
of electricity through him. You’ve
taken surprise from his side to
your side.”
This is part of the sales pitch
made by Mick Rothery of Madison
County, who is peddling “Super
Thunder,” a small electronic stun
gun, to University students.
Rothery estimated he will take
orders for about 1,000 of the $55
non-lethal defense weapons from
his table on Baldwin Street and
through presentations to campus
of violence on college campuses in
response to the University of
Florida murders should help busi
ness, he said.
“What happened a couple of
weeks ago hasn’t hurt my busi
ness,” Rothery said, referring to
the Gainesville, Fla., murders.
He’s sold the electric weapons
primarily through the mail before
coming to Athens this week on his
first sales trip.
Besides homicidal maniacs,
Rothery*a information says that
the small, black plastic device is
also useful against “belligerent
drunks, aggressive hoodlums,
muggers, rapists and violent bul
lies.
The Btun device works by dis
rupting the nervous system and
taking away muscle control, but
leaves mental consciousness, said
Maj. Andy Garrison of the North
east Police Academy.
The weapon can render an at
tacker helpless for up to 15 min
utes, Rothery said.
“It causes pain, mental confu
sion, total shock, mentally as well
as electrical," he said.
Garrison said, “It gives the user
time to start hollering, screaming
and running for help.”
Rothery said he’s targeting
women os customers for most of his
sales.
“Men are too macho,” he said.
“Men say, ‘I don’t need one,’ but
they do.
“Everyone needs one because we
live in a civilized world," Rothery
said, laughing at his own irony.
Garrison warns that civil
charges against stun gun users
could result from improper stun-
“Using it for fun or out of mean
ness could get you into trouble,” he
said.
The weapons are police-ap
proved for personal safety. Gar
rison said he recommends them
over firearms because they require
less training and expertise.
The academy, located in Athens,
offers classes on their proper use
and maintenance.
Garrison said the key to using
the stun gun effectively is always
having fully-charged, special 9-volt
batteries in it.
Mick Rothery: Says Gainsville, Fla., murders have boosted
sales of the ’Super Thudder.’