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2 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, October 3, 1990
BRIEFLY
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Powder injures postal workers. Local
police and federal agencies are investigating the source of a letter
containing a yellow powder that sent 20 Atlanta postal workers to the
hospital Monday. When a postal employee in the dead letter office
opened the oversized envelope, the tear gas-like powder blew into her
face, police said. In all, 20 postal workers were taken to the hospital.
No one was seriously injured. The letter was addressed to Thomas
Bryson of Best Manufacturing in Menlo, and did not have a zip code
or a return address. Bryson, a seven-year employee of the rubber
glove manufacturer who works in the maintenance department, was
unavailable for comment Monday. The Georgia Bureau of
Investigation, the FBI and the United States Postal Service are
investigating.
■ NATION
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP): Satellite launched. An
unmanned Delta rocket blasted into space Monday with a $65 million
navigation satellite designed to guide U.S. war planes, ships and
other military craft with extreme accuracy. It was the Air Force’s
third attempt in four days to launch the rocket. Bad weather caused
the delays. The rocket roared from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
at 5:56 p.m. The 3,675-pound satellite is the ninth in a series of
advanced Global Positioning System spacecraft capable of
pinpointing the location of U.S. military units witnin 50 feet in any
weather anywhere in the world.
EAST ST. LOUIS, III. (AP) City Hall owner faces taxes.
Property taxes in the thousands could turn City Hall into a white
elephant for the man who won the building in a court settlement.
Governments pay no taxes on their buildings. But Walter DeBow, as
a private owner of City Hall, could face a tax bill in 1992 of anywhere
from $70,000 to $400,000, depending on the value of the three-story
brick building, said St. Clair County Assessor Sam Flood. DeBow will
not be taxed for the building this year, Flood said. A court awarded
City Hall to DeBow last week as payment on more than $1 million the
financially strapped city owed him from a $4 million damage award.
The earlier award was set in 1985 for injuries he suffered in the city
jail. DeBow’s attorney, Clyde Kuehn, said his client wants to seal the
property, long before the property taxes are due.
WASHINGTON (AP) Potato may feed billions. Scientists
say the potato may offer the world a second chance to support a
population that is outracing its capacity to feed itself.The first chance
was the “Green Revolution," which started in the 1960s and kept
millions alive by developing high-yield strains of rice, corn and wheat,
but never fully lived up to its promise. At a conference here Monday
and Tuesday on “Feeding the Global Village,” the potato was held up
as a potential lifesaver for the half of the world that is hungry. It was
called a “power food,” packed with protein and vitamin C, potassium,
iron and magnesium.
■ WORLD
HONG KONG (AP): Jet crashes; hijacking suspected. A
Chinese passenger jet traveling between two southern provinces
crashed Tuesday near Canton, apparently afler the Boeing 737 was
hijacked, officials said. Airport officials at the Gunngzhou
international airport said the flight apparently originated from the
Fujian city of Xiamen, which is north of Guangdong province, and
crashed near Canton. An airport official and a reporter for the
Guangdong People’s Broadcasting Station said they believed the
plane, owned by China’s state airline CAAC, was first hijacked before
it crashed. No further details were immediately available.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The American Society of
Interior Designers will meet
today at 6 p.m. in the Visual Arts
Building auditorium. The guest
speaker is Sandra McGowen.
• The Association of Collegiate
Entrepreneurs will meet today at
9 p.m. in Room 141 of the Tate
Center. All interested students
are invited to attend.
• The UGA Zoology Club will
hold an organizational meeting
today at 7 p.m. in Room 707-A of
the Biological Sciences Building.
• Amigas Users Group of Athens
will meet today at 7 p.m. in the
Georgia Hall of the Tate Center.
Anyone interested is invited.
• The Young Democrats of
UGA/Clarke County will meet
today at 9 p.m. in Room 138 of
the Tate Center. Larry Blount,
professor at the School of Law
and member of Citizens for a
Unified Government, will speak
about the new unified
government. Also speaking will
be Cardee Kilpatrick, candidate
for the Seventh District
commission seat. The public is
invited.
The International Association of
Business Communicators will
meet today at 7:30 p.m. in Room
141 of the Tate Center. Speaker
John Pensee will discuss agency
public relations. All majors are
welcome.
• Omicron Delta Kappa will
meet today at 7 p.m. in Room 411
of Memorial Hall. All members
are encouraged to attend.
Colloquium
• Students for Environmental
Awareness will host a speaker
from the Georgia Dolphin
Project, today at 7:30 p.m. in the
Ecology Auditorium. The public
is welcome.
• Drew Corbett, Leadership
Team member at the
Presbyterian Center at 1250 S.
Lumpkin St., will speak on
“Fourth and Goal,” today at 7
p.m.
• Profeesor Sanford Pinsker of
Franklin and Marshall College
will speak on “Mark Twain’s
Comic Legacy," today at 4 p.m. in
Room 265 of Park Hall.
Announcements
• A Pre-Law orientation will be
held today at 3:30 p.m. for
freshmen and sophomores, and
4:30 p.m. for juniors and seniors
in Room C of the Law School. All
students interested in attending
law school are invited. Students
must attend an orientation
before they make an individual
appointment with Ms. Judith
Lewis, the Pre-Law advisor.
• Angel Flight, an honorary
service organization that
supports Air Force ROTC, will
hold a rush informational today
at 7 p.m. in the Forestry
Auditorium. Everyone is invited.
• The Rape Crisis Line is holding
Volunteer training throughout
October beginning today at 7
p.m. No experience is necessary.
Call 542-9475 or 353-1912 for
more information.
• The Oxymoron Society is
presenting a discussion about
the Persian Gulf crisis today at
3:30 p.m. in Roomdwin Hall. Dr.
William Chittick, Dr. Robert
Grafstein, Dr. Brian Mirsky, and
Dr. Martin Hillenbrand, all of
the Political Science department,
will be present.
• The International Association
of Business Communicators
concludes its membership drive
today from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in
Caldwell Hall.
• Athens area Opportunity
Industrialization Center is
holding registration for its
English as a Second Language
classes through Oct. 5. OIC is
located at 496 Reese St. Call 543-
3311 for more information.
• Signup for the P.E. Basic
Challenge Program will be
Thursday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to
12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
and also on Friday, Oct. 5 from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m.
Exhibits
• The Georgia Museum of Art
presents “Altered States: Ten
Georgia Photographers” from
Sept. 29 through Nov. 18.
• Jane Eberhart’s “Dogs, Dolls
and Children” is on exhibit at the
Lyndon House Art Center, 293
Hoyt St., through Oct. 8.
Items for UGA Today must be
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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
■ JUDICIAL REPORT
The Main Court of the Student Judiciary handed
down the following sentences last week:
• One student was found guilty of academic dishon
esty and will be suspended winter quarter and put on
probated expulsion.
• A student was found guilty of a drug possession
charge and sentenced to 15 hours of community service
and mandatory drug evaluation.
• An administrative officer found one student
guilty of contempt and sentenced the student to 24
hours community service. Mandatory drug evaluation
was also included in the sentence due to the nature of
the original case.
Eight student IDs were confiscated Saturday at the
East Carolina game from non-students attempting to
use a student’s ID with a student ticket to gain admit
tance to Sanford Stadium.
Two complaints were received during the week.
They involved a fraternity charged with disorderly con
duct and damage to property.
Federal privacy laws governing information re
leased by the Unversity allow only three sets of facts to
be disclosed about an individual involved in discipli
nary proceedings: charges filed, the verdict and sen
tence. The University can’t release any circumstances
which would identify the person(s) involved.
Five pieces of information regarding organization
cases can be released by the University: the organiza
tion’s name, charges filed, the verdict, sentence and a
brief synopsis of the case.
— Patrick Flanigan
■ CORRECTION
Monday's edition of The Red and Black contained incorrect infor
mation.
Comedian and film star Whoopi Goldberg will not appear at
the Coliseum Friday night.
It is the policy of The Red and Black to correct errors of fact
that appear on its news pages. Corrections usually appear on
page 2.
ACCESS
From page 1
• A need for braille elevator but
tons, room numbers and signs on
classroom and restroom doors.
• A lack of signs clearly desig
nating accessible entrances.
• Poor access to library refer
ence materials and the online cat
alog for people with visual
impairments.
• Failure to inform students,
faculty and staff of the legal rights
of disabled people.
• A lack of transportation in
Clarke County and the levying of
additional charges to students to
ride the Athens Transit handicap
van.
• Poor accessibility to student
activities, including sorority and
fraternity activities.
• Failure to recruit students,
faculty and staff with disabilities.
Stevens and Kotliar said the
University should have addressed
many of these accessibility prob
lems long ago.
“It’s a matter of where you see
priority," Stevens said.
“We’re not asking for kindness.
We’re not asking for charity. We’re
asking for our legal rights.”
Disability Services Director
Karen Kalivoda said her office pro
vides facilities to meet the needs of
disabled students on a case-by-case
basis.
Disabled students report prob
lems they encounter to counselors
in her office, who attempt to solve
the problem.
“We deal with 90 percent of the
problems effectively,” she said.
Both Stevens and Kotliar said
Disability Services makes good use
of the limited resources available.
Kalivoda said complaints that
counselors are unable to address
are forwarded to a task force,
which was assembled in 1988 to
deal with problems of disabled stu
dents.
The task force was formed fol
lowing a campus demonstration by
the UGA 13, a group that protested
a lack of campus accessibility.
Stevens described the task force
as a “time-honored tactic for
avoiding action.”
“We’re tired of this piecemeal
approach,” she said. “We will not
settle for another committee.”
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Stevens said acce&itahtyTneans
more than an entrancfe* ramp — it
means the buildjng is accessible to
all disabled people.
“It means the bathrooms and the
water fountains are accessible. It
means the building is equipped
with a safe fire system for the
hearing-impaired.”
Stevens said she and at least
four other students, some of whom
chose not to attend the University
because of accessibility problems,
are considering filing a class-action
lawsuit to force the University to
comply with the requirements.
Stevens said some disabled
people aren’t able to use the acces
sible restrooms in Aderhold Hall.
She said she has to roll her
wheelchair over a half-inch step to
get in the restrooms. Because the
door opens to the inside, she must
hold it open so she has room to turn
her wheelchair around. The door
also is heavier than requirements
for accessible restrooms allow, she
said.
I shouldn’t have to plan
my life around the
availability of a
bathroom.
Michelle Stevens
“I shouldn’t have to plan my life
around the availability of a bath
room,” she said.
Jackson said the University’s
biggest obstacle in catching up
with federal accessibility stan
dards is money.
Disability Services’ annual
$200,000 budget was cut to $150,-
000 this year as part of the Univer-
sity-wide budget cuts. Only
$50,000 of those funds will come
from state funds. The rest will
have to come from other University
sources, Jackson said.
Stevens said most of the changes
she advocates wouldn’t be ex
tremely expensive.
‘They can find the money some
where. They found the money for
every other program that Charles
Knapp wanted," she said. “It’s a
matter of how willing he is to look.”
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