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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 98, ISSUE 15
s axed as budget cuts
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By STAC
Staff Write.
Classes tenta* uled for
winter quarter are get. ax as state
budget cuts continue to . ve into the
University’s proverbial turkey.
Signs were posted in the Henry W.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass
Communication warning students that
many classes listed in the winter quarter
OPSTAR had been canceled and wouldn’t
be offered at registration.
“We are warning students that they
should go ahead and take the classes that
are offered, because we don’t know what
the situation will be like next spring,”
said George Abney, director of undergrad
uate student services of the department.
“We’re making every effort to get stu
dents graduated so they don’t have to go
an extra quarter.”
Journalism School Dean Thomas Rus
sell said classes that students have al
ready registered for won’t be cut.
“We are just alerting students of a po
tential problem,” he said.
Abney said many sections of journa
lism 260, 559 and 301 have been cut due
to the department’s 2.8 percent budget re
duction ordered by the state.
The cut came when Gov. Joe Frank
Harris asked the University to shave $8.4
million from its $278 million budget for
the 1991 fiscal year.
Other departments are facing similar
cancellations and cutbacks.
Seventy-five classes have been
canceled for winter quarter in the
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences,
Assistant Dean Charles James said.
“We are trying to find funding for
them, but we don’t have the provisions for
them now,” he said.
James said core curriculum classes like
freshman English, French, Spanish, bi
ology and chemistry were among those
cut from the winter quarter roster.
History Head Lester Stephens said his
department, may see similar cutbacks
within the next few days but no class
cancellations have been made yet.
“We may have to cut some classes, be
cause we don’t have the staff to cover
them,” he said.
However, the J.M. Tull School of Ac
counting won’t cancel any classes for
winter or spring quarters even though it
is still struggling under current budget
constraints, Department Head Russell
persist
Barefield said.
‘We are doing fine now, but we ore
more worried about next year," he said.
Barefield said one faculty member in
the department volunteered to teach an
extra class so it wouldn’t have to be
canceled.
Political Science Head Thomas Lauth
said no classes will be cut from his de
partment since all teaching commitments
were made in the spring and summer.
“Classes would be canceled only if
budget cuts became so severe that we
have to break contracts with our tea
chers,” he said.
Workers cite
further odors,
puzzle grows
This is the second article in a
three-part series on the quality of
air in campus buildings.
By MICHAEL W. McLEOD
Staff Writer
Wednesday brought the third air
auality complaint in five days to
tne Biological Sciences Complex.
We had bad odors,” Genetics
Department Head Sidney Kushner
said from his office Wednesday.
“(Environmental Safety Services)
said they were going to tap into a
couple of pipes to see if it is seeping
in from under the carpet."
It’s business as usual for ESS
and Physical Plant as they deal
with the quality of indoor air on
campus taking the job room by
room, complaint by complaint.
Beyond the bio-Bciences complex
and tne Institute of Ecology, wnich
have both been recently examined
for their air-auality problems,
many other buildings may have the
potential to cause health problems
for their inhabitants.
Duct work that is lined with a fi
berglass insulation is and has been
installed in buildings all over
campus.
Its rough, hard-coated surface is
very hard to clean and a good
breeding ground for mold, Zoology
Professor Karen Porter said. Over
time, fiberglass breaks down into
small particles that end up in the
air.
“(Fiberglass) is the industry
standard, for several reasons," said
Warren Safler, assistant director
of Public Safety. “It’s less expen
sive, it’s good insulation against
noise, but 30 years down the rood it
causes problems. And it’s still
being installed but it shouldn’t be
installed.”
Physical Plant Director James
TenBrook said, “I don’t know what
the answer is. I’m certain it starts
breaking down the moment air
starts coming into it.”
But TenBrook said he didn’t
know if the duct work created a
health hazard or not.
“It’s construction standard to in
sulate on the inside,” he said. “It’s
certified. It’s used all over the
North American continent. We’re
going to use it until someone shows
me it’s a health hazard.”
Porter, who has suffered health
roblems due to the air quality in
io-sciences, pointed out that
health officials didn’t know the
dangers of using asbestos 25 years
ago.
‘The standards change as we
discover more,” Porter said.
TenBrook said this type of duct
work is in more than 60 buildings
on campus. Black soot emanating
from the duct work has been iden
tified in the pharmacy building,
the Academic Building and plant
sciences building.
The duct work is impossible to
clean and would have to be re
placed in order to eliminate the
soot, TenBrook said. The cost to re
place the duct work in bio-sciences
alone would be $1.4 million dollars.
Benny Gibbs, owner of a Brite-
tech indoor environmental consul
ting firm in Kemersville, N.C.,
offered his firm’s services when he
heard of the problems in the bio-
sciences complex, but Safter said
the University felt confident hand
ling its air-quailty problems inter
nally.
“I think a lot has been done."
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Fiberglass: Insulation may be cause of air pollution
Safter said. “(Bringing in outside
consultants) wasn’t recommended
by the Department of Human Re
sources. Having someone come in
and run random tests, shooting in
the dark like that isn’t the an
swer.”
Gibbs said a typical figure for
work in his field is $1,000 a day
plus expenses.
Safler said ESS has consulted
with different experts around the
nation and they advised him to do
exactly what the department has
been doing.
Both Gibbs and Thad Gordish,
the director of indoor air auality re
search at Ball State University
who was contacted by the Univer
sity, agreed the University was
taking the correct measures on its
own.
Porter said everyone involved
means well, but that they should
Please See PLANT, Page 5
Theft prevention
hits funding wall
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
Lenders of the University’s col
leges, which have been targets of
computer thefls totaling near
$50,000 since spring quarter,
said Wednesday that budget cuts
have made installing desired se
curity systems difficult on a
campus where building security
has been called inefficient.
Citing lost keys and unlocked
doors as factors that make the
University prone to computer
thefls, Public Safety Director Asa
Boynton said, “Security on
campus in terms of buildings is
weak.”
Boynton and administrators
have considered going to an ac
cess system in which a keycard
would be necessary to get into
certain parts of buildings.
The system also could be used
to seal doors for time periods
when buildings are closed.
The problem colleges have en
countered with the system, how
ever, is its price, which Boynton
said could range from $5,000 to
$10,000 for each building de
pending on the number of doors
in the Duilding and the level of
the system’s sophistication.
Costs would include hardware
on the doors and wiring
throughout the building, but the
University already owns a com
puter system which could link
the building directly to the Uni
versity police station.
Boynton said when the advan
tages of the system are taken into
account, it could be the best fi
nancial decision in the long run.
He said he was disappointed
that only a few buildings were
using the computer system even
after seminars have been con
ducted to inform administrators
about the benefits.
University college administra-
nie
Asa Boyton: Keycard
system expensive.
tors were saying that it just cost
too much, he said.
"It’s under-utilized and I am
disappointed to the extent that
it’s not if we’re going to have a
theft —- but when we’re going to
hove a theft,” Boynton said.
Alison Brister, a computer su
pervisor in the College of Fnmily
and Consumer Sciences, said the
college was planning to switch to
a keycard system in response to a
computer theft worth more than
$20,000 last spring, but budget
cuts forced delays in the plan.
"It’s a quite expensive project,"
she said.
The college is still imple
menting some cheaper methods
of security including tie-downs,
chains which anchor the com
puters, that would be installed
before Christmas, she said.
But even that, she said, “is
closing the door after the horse
had bolted.”
Boynton said tie-downs are ef
fective for preventing someone
from walking off with a computer
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Regents impose mandatory shots
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Wnter
The University System Board of Regents approved
Wednesday a set of recommendations that would,
among other things, establish a system-wide manda
tory immunization policy.
The policy, to take effect no later than summer
1991, will require all new students enrolling in regu
larly scheduled classes or for resident credit to pro
vide proof of immunization against measles, mumps
and rubella before they can attend classes.
According to the policy, students who don’t comply
with the requirements, except for religious or medical
reasons, may be barred from admission to a Univer
sity System institution.
The policy also provides a 30-day deferment period,
to begin on the first day of classes, applicable in "ex
ceptional and unusual circumstances. After the 30
days, no one will be admitted without first having an
immunization record on file.
The board amended the deadline to allow schools to
implement the requirements earlier than summer
1991.
University Health Services Director Jacquelyn
Kinder said she hasn’t seen the new requirements and
couldn’t say whether the University already hns a
similar policy in place.
‘The University doesn’t require immunization prior
to enrollment,” she said, adding that she hasn’t
spoken to Student Affairs Vice President Dwight
Douglas about the policy yet.
Tom Cochran, assistant Student Affairs vice presi
dent, said he hasn’t seen the new requirements either.
Douglas was out of town and unavailable for comment
Wednesday.
The board approved all recommendations from
Tuesday’s committee meetings, including the appoint
ment of Journalism Professor Conrad Fink as director
of the the College of Journalism and Mass Commu
nication’s James M. Cox, Jr. Institute for Newspaper
Management.
It also approved a $150,000 appropriation of Mi\jor
Repair ana Rehabilitation funds for library asbestos
removal.
The board also approved 12 service agreements be
tween the University and various government agen
cies for research and extension programs. In one
program, a $1.6 million agreement with the state De
partment of Agriculture, the University will “provide
diagnostic services relative to the eradication of live
stock disease.”
Rusk: Attacking Iraq wouldn’t be prudent move for Bush
By PATRICK FLANIGAN
Staff Writer
Former Secretary of State Dean Ruak
warned Wedneeday that if President
Bueh attacks Iraq ‘public support would
diminish and American troope would
have a difficult battle against the million-
man Iraqi army.'
In an interview Wednesday, Rusk
talked about the issue moet likely to lead
the discussion Friday at the Eighth An-
nual Conference of Former Secretaries of
State to be held in the University's Fine
Arts Auditorium.
Rusk and other former Secretaries of
State William Rogers, Cyrus Vance, Ed
mund Muskie, Alexander Haig and
George Schultz will discuss U.S. foreign
policy.
Rusk said public support of Bush's poli
cies concerning the Gulf Crisis are based
on, to a considerable extent, the fact that
the United States is in a defensive mode.
“We’re there to keep Iraq from at
tacking Saudi Arabia,” he said.
Rusk said Bush is in the easy phase of
the Gulf crisis right now.
‘It’s easy to get into these situations,”
he said. “Getting out is a little more com
plicated.”
Martin Hilienbrand, a professor of in
ternational politics and former diplomat,
described the situation as “fluid and un
certain.”
How long Bush con afford to maintain
his present position, he said, depends on
the United Nations Security Council, the
effectiveness of the embargo imposed by
member countries of the anti-Iraq coali
tion and Saddam Hussein.
Rusk said, “We’re dealing with a fellow
in Baghdad who is completely irrespons
ible."
When at least 19 Palestinians were
killed Monday in Jerusalem by Israeli
soldiers, another complication was added
to the situation in the Gulf, Rusk said.
“It gives the Arab world a chance to
vent their spleen against Israel,” he said.
“And Israel is about the only thing they
agree upon.”
Hilienbrand said the recent devel
opment will test the Arab countries'
anility to maintain an alliance against
Iraq.
“This shouldn't be ‘Arab versus Isreal'
as Hussein wants it."
The Jerusalem situation creates ten
sion for all the countries involved, he
said.
In light of the Gulf crisis, the United
States supported a U.N. resolution con
demning Israel for excessive use of force,
he said, but Arab nations feel the wording
of the resolution is too weak.
Rusk said even if Hussein were to with
draw from Kuwait there is still the
problem of a million-man army in Iraq.
He said if this were the case there
could still be a need for an international
force in Kuwait to contain the Iraqi army
for some time.
“A concept which probably won’t draw
much support (from the public)," he said.