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INSIDE
The Replacements may be
a little schizophrenic, but
their new album “All
Shook Down” offers at
least little stability for the
listener.
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Weather: Cabbage patch sky.
Today, patchy morning clouds,
80s, tonight, partly cloudy, 60s,
Thurs., 30 percent chance rain.
Spirit of new Germany
prompts UGA debate
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Move over glasnost. At 6 p.m.
Tuesday, or midnight Berlin
time, the reunification of East
and West Germany became a
reality. In Berlin the reunion
arty began and people cele-
rated in the streets.
Elizabeth Mautz, a German
language and political science
major who spent her senior yr of
high school in West Germany,
mailed a letter to Germany
Tuesday morning. On the enve
lope she had to cross out “West
Germany” and replace it with
“Germany."
‘Things like that you really
don’t think about, but it’s dif
ferent now,” Mautz said.
“I never imagined it would
come,” said Lothar Tresp, head of
the Honors Program and a native
of Germany. He compared the
reunification to other great
events in history such as the
French Revolution and the En
glish Reformation.
But it’s not all wine and beer in
Germany. After the party is over,
the cleanup must begin.
What was once West Germany
must sweep the streets east of
Berlin free of the debris Commu
nism has left behind, and that
has many people anxious.
“I think you can divide the
main opinion into two parts,”
said Uwe Neuhaus, a graduate
student studying German and
English who recently arrived
from Hamburg. “Many people, in
particular those in Berlin and in
cities bordering East Germany,
are scared. They can’t buy any
thing; the stores are empty.
“Unemployment may increase.
(East Germans) say under their
former president they had jobs,”
Neuhaus said.
Volkeer Gentejohall, another
teaching assistant newly arrived
from Germany, said, “(The East
German) market is down, it’s
really on the ground; we will
have to rebuild it.”
Neuhaus said, “West Germany
is an industrial country, the
second or third most industri
alized country in the world. East
Germany is 40 or 50 years behind
us; the streets are rotten, the
houses are rotten.”
Under Communism East Ger
mans had no desire to repair or
restore their houses, Gentejohall
said. The state owned them. If
the houses were improved too
much, they might nave been
given to someone else of higher
rank.
Tresp said, “They had a dif
ferent work ethic. They got paid
their monthly wages regardless if
they worked or not. If you have
no incentive you have no reason
to work hard; there’s no way you
can improve yourself.”
The reconstruction of that
economy creates conflict.
“I was bom in 1966,” said Gen
tejohall. “(East Germany) is
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Lothar Tresp: Can't believe
actually happening.
really a foreign state. 1 don’t
think of it as Germany. I feel no
links between me and East Ger
many; it’s like Switzerland or
whatever.
“East Germany is sitting there
with the state caring for them,
now we must care for them. They
say we always had the Americans
on our side...their attitude is you
must care for us now. I think it
will cost too much.”
Neuhaus disagreed.
“Costs too much,” he scoffed.
“Germany is rich.”
But Gentejohall asked how
West Germany could pay for reu-
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Gays may not make
university bias plan
Federal laws cited
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
Although the University Council will vote this
month on whether to include homosexuals in the Uni
versity’s non-discrimination policy, administrators
seem to have their minds made up not to amend the
current policy.
At the same time, schools across the state either
have implemented or are considering similar propo
sals.
University President Charles Knapp has written
several letters to supporters of the amendment saying
the University can’t protect homosexuals because
they aren’t protected at the state or federal level.
Terrance Heath and Lawson Sullivan, members of
the Athens Gay and Lesbian Association, presented
the proposed amendment at last week’s meeting of the
Executive Committee of the University Council.
The council will vote on the amendment Oct. 11.
The amendment would add “sexual orientation” to
the policy, which includes race, color, religion, na
tional origin, sex, age, physical or mental handicap,
disability and veteran’s status.
But neither Knapp nor Len Davis, director of the
University’s Office of Equal Employment Opportu
nity, support the amendment.
“Modifications to the code are based on changes in
the federal and state policy,” Davis said. ’To create a
protected class of individuals without that framework
is to create a right without a remedy."
Because neither federal nor state protection exists,
Davis said, homosexuals who feel they have l*»en dis
criminated against would have nowhere to take their
cases.
“If someone has a complaint, where do they go to
appeal it?” Davis said.
But the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory
University have amended their non-discrimination
codes to include sexual orientation, and Georgia
Southern University has placed a similar proposal on
its agenda.
Don Bratcher, director of human relations at
Georgia Tech, said Tech amended its policy about two
years ago And, Bratcher said, the argument that
there is no federal protection for homosexuals “doesn’t
hold water.”
‘If he (Knapp) is saying across-the-board*that
there s no protection for gays and lesbians at the fed
eral level, he’s absolutely wrong,” Bratcher said.
“Politically, it’s a hot potato. But you have to take a
stand,” he said. "Our president came forth and said
we value these people, that if you took away the gay
and lesbian people, you lose monumental talent.”
Emory added sexual orientation to its policy in
July, and Georgia Southern may make a policy
change within a month.
Ruth Ann Rogers, director of institutional compli
ance at Georgia Southern, said the American Associa
tion of State Colleges and Universities is encouraging
state schools to include sexual orientation in their
non-discrimination policies.
Heath, who is AGLA’s secretary, said it would be
"•.voi th it to create the protection, even if it’s not avail
able outside the University.”
Because Knapp has the final say in whether the
amendment passes, University Council support is im
portant, Heath said.
“The University Council is simply an advisory body
— Knapp says yea or nay,” he said. “But if we can get
council support, maybe we can show Knapp there is
support for this.”
If the amendment isn’t passed by the council and
Knapp, “the next logical step is the (University
System) Board of Regents,” Heath said.
Students voice criticisms of access
By DARA McLEOD
Associate News Editor
Coral Kotliar waited for the elevator in
the University main library.
The first elevator came and went, but she
kept waiting. The second one came and
went. But still she waited.
Then, finally, she heard the familiar bell
ring and knew this was the right elevator,
even though she couldn’t see it.
Kotliar is one of several disabled Univer
sity students becoming increasingly frus
trated with the University’s efforts to
comply with federal regulations on disabled
accessibility.
“You don’t think about blindness,” she
said. “You just think, ‘what have I got to do
today?’ ”
She’s been a University graduate student
for three weeks — and she’s alrendy en
countered many problems, including the
long wait for the one accessible elevator in
the library.
Another disabled student, Michelle Ste
vens, filed a complaint dated Oct. 1 with the
Office of Civil Rights, a division of the U.S.
Department of Education.
Jesse High, director of the Office of Civil
Rights, said he spoke with Stevens Monday
but hadn’t received her complaint Tuesday
afternoon.
He said once the complaint is filed, his of
fice will investigate to see if it is legitimate,
and if necessary, work with the University
to correct the problem.
If the University is found in violation of
federal law and isn’t willing to correct the
problem, High said, all federal funding will
be terminated.
But he said most institutions are willing
to do whatever is necessary to moke the
needed changes.
The Office of Civil Rights is charged with
enforcing the disabled accessibility
guidelines outlined in Section 504 of the Re
habilitation Act of 1973.
The guidelines, finalized in 1988, require
that institutions receiving any federal
funding have accessible buildings and aca
demic programs.
Stevens, a graduate student in rehabili
tation counseling, first voiced her com
plaints over accessibility late last week to
Student Affairs Legal Adviser Art Leed.
Leed hadn’t responded to the complaint and
couldn’t be reached for comment Tuesday.
Tom Jackson, director of public informa
tion, said Stevens’ complaints are being in
vestigated.
Jackson said the University has spent
$1.2 million in disability renovations since
1980, and $600,000 in the past three years.
“I don’t think that shows a lack of com
mitment. You can’t do everything at once,”
he said.
Last year, the University spent about
$200,000 on disability renovations, Jackson
said.
The most recent projects the University
undertook are the walkway making North
Campus accessible and the entrnnce ramp
for disabled
at the chapel. Other recent projects include
ramps to the main library, the president’s
house, the Biological Sciences Complex and
the chemistry building.
Jackson said a third Disability Services
van also has been purchased and should
begin running sometime this month.
The University also has constructed a
wheelchair lift in the visual nils building,
modified about 20 restrooms and 52 pay
phones, and installed 70 curl) cuts for
wheelchair nccessiblity.
Stevens said many buildings, including
Baldwin and Aderhold halls, are labeled ac
cessible but do not meet the legal standards
for accessibility.
Problems cited in the written complaint
include:
• A lack of handicap parking spaces nnd
poor enforcement of laws prohibiting non
disabled people from parking in or blocking
access to those spaces.
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Michelle Stevens: Says ac
cess more than ramp.
Fifteen make cut
to chase local seat
By DANA WHITE
Staff Writer
Fifteen candidates have qual
ified to run for six offices in the
unified Athens-Clarke County gov
ernment.
Qualified candidates in the
Chief Elected Officer race as of 5
p.m. Tuesday are Jim Holland,
chairman of the Clarke County
Board of Commissioners; Nathan
Williams, an independent insur
ance agent; Jim McGown, a com
puter aid at Barrow Elementary
School; nnd Gwen O’Looney, 5th
Ward City Council member.
Linny Bailey, 3rd Ward City
Council member, qualified to run
in the 3rd District which contains
fraternity and sorority houses on
Milledge Avenue north of Baxter
Street.
Three candidates have qualified
for the 4th District, which contains
most of the University community.
They are local attorney John
Barrow, local restaurant owner
Scott Davis and Michael Di-
ogunrdi, assistant manager of the
Red and Black package stores and
a junior economics major.
Cardee Kilpatrick, 2nd Ward
City Council member, Danny
Daniel, owner of Cateraid Food
Services, and Howard Guest, co
owner of Guest Printing Company
have qualified for the 7th District.
Dylan: This time it will be Athens
By AL DIXON
Staff Writer
Atlanta may have gotten the Olympics, but we get
Bob Dylan.
"Dylnn won’t be playing Atlanta or too many other
large cities this time around,” said Davis Frank, Con
temporary Concerts coordinator for the University
Union. “His plans for this tour consist mainly of stops
in college towns.”
The Union is responsible for bringing Dylan, who is
targeting the college audience on his latest tour, to the
agent called us over the summer to ex
press an interest in playing at the University, and we
jumped at the opportunity,” Frank, a junior computer
science major, said.
The show is scheduled for Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the
Coliseum.
Other stops in the Southeast will include the uni
versities of Alabama and Mississippi.
Those students who have never seen Dylnn live
should be prepared for an eclectic show. On his most
recent tours, Dylan has presented a show consisting of
one acoustic set and one electric set. With this type of
format and the wide variety of material he has
University
“Dylan r s
written over the years, Dylan’s shows nre anything
but monotonous.
Dylan will surprise even the most knowledgeable
fan with interpretations of hi3 classics that bear little
resemblance to the original. For example, he has been
known to belt out “Like a Rolling Stone” double time,
in a much more rock-oriented fashion.
He also may include some material from his re
cently released album “Under a Red Sky."
Dylan will be joined by his old back-up band of G.E
Smith on guitar, Tony Gamier on bass and Christo
pher Parker on drums.
Tickets for the show will go on sale at 9 a m. on Oct.
9 at the cashier’s window in the Tate Student Center.
They will be $12 for students. Non-student tickets
also will be available at all Ticket Master outlets for
$16. All tickets are for reserved seating.
In addition to the Dylan concert, Union Secretary
Mary Alice Foughner said the Union has plans to pre
sent other concerts throughout the year.
The Windham Hill Winter Solstice concert will be
presented in Georgia Hall of the Tate Center Oct. 21,
Foughner said.
The concert will feature three Windham Hill acts
from the “Winter Solstice” album: pianists Liz Story
and Phillip Aaberg, and the quartet Nightnoise.
Michael Dioguardi: Qual
ified for the 4th district.
It contains fraternity and sorority
houses on Milledge Avenue south
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Vote ’90 draw tops other schools
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Writer
After too days of Vote ’90, the
student voter registration drive,
323 students have registered to
vote, Student Government Presi
dent Heath Garrett said
Tuesday.
“So we’re doing really well,” he
said.
Bill Crane, press secretary for
the Secretary of State’s office, no
tified Garrett that the Univer
sity’s totals for voter registration
nre higher than the sum of all
other voter registration drives
combined in the University
System.
However, Gnrrett said percent
ages show many of the Univer
sity’s 28 students aren’t
registered to vote.
‘There will definitely be one
(voter registration drive) in the
spring," he said.
University President Charles
Knapp told students at the Tate
Student Center plaza Tuesday
that it’s important for students to
vote.
“It’s an important part of your
duty as a citizen," he said.
Crane also told the students
that at one time, it was “very dif
ficult for students to register to
vote.”
Students had to either drive
back to their home counties or
think 60 days ahead to figure out
where they would be when elec
tion time rolled around.
Now students can use the 15
minutes they have between
classes to take advantage of the
opportunity Vote ’90 offers them,
Crane said.
“All you’ve got to do is take
about 50 steps and get in line to
register to vote," he said “All I
can ask is that you take advan-
Fluid Druid: One of the many bands that performed in
support of the campus voter registration drive.
tage of it.”
Stephen Loftin, a junior En
glish major, said he passes
through the Tate Center every
day, nnd Vote '90 made it easier
to register.
The candidates can’t ignore
students any longer because
their combined voting power can
affect elections, he said.
The Student Voter Registra
tion Council, which sponsors
Vote ’90, is a permanent organi
zation that will have at least two
voter registration drives per
year.
Today is the last day of Vote
’90.
The deadline for registering to
vote is Oct. 9
TODAY AT VOTE 90
•10 a.m. — Jim Lemmon, solo
artist will perform
• 11 a m. to noon — Gwen
O’Looney, Cardee Kilpatrick,
John Barrow
• 12:30 p.m. — Thomas Stubbs
• 1 p.m. — Greenhouse will
perform
• 2 p.m. — Five-8 will perform