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Chapel holds new look and old history
■ UNIVERSITY
Student Government applications due. Univermty
freshmen interested in running for Student Government Association
•till have a chance to turn in their applications. SGA President Pro
Tem William Perry said the application deadline has been extended
to Wednesday because of the low number of applications returned.
Candidates must be freshmen and collect 300 signatures. Perry said
the 300 signatures required do not have to be freshmen’s signatures.
They can get anybody who ie a student at the University," he said.
Applications are available at the Tate Student Center Information
desk. The election has been postponed until Oct. 24. There are six
seata available for freshmen.
Awareness day established. As part of a national movement,
the Athens Gay and Lesbian Association will celebrate today as
“Coming Out Day." Rick Helton, an AGLA member, said the group
will have a table out at the Tate Student Center plaza and encourages
anyone who is gay or lesbian to tell friends and parents about it as
part of the awareness day. Helton said parts of Athens are very
accepting of gays and lesbians, but other parts of the area “still have
the good old boy attitude." He said, There are little pockets of
acceptance and there are little pockets of burning crosses."
University rates well nationally. The University just missed
being one of the top 25 national universities in a recent survey. U.S.
News and World Report’s annual national survey of colleges and
universities, published in its Oct. 15 issue, ranked the University as
one of 26 colleges and universities in a “quartile” just under the top
national and regional schools. Emory University and the Georgia
Institute of Technology in Atlanta also ranked in the first quartile.
Criteria included faculty/student ratios, student satisfaction,
acceptance rates, average SAT scores and the number of entering
freshmen who finished in the top 10 percent of their high school
classes. Other rankings include Harvard University in Cambridge,
Mass., as the best national university and Wake Forest University in
Wake Forest, N.C., as the best regional university.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Savannah unit mobilized. Gov. Joe Frank
Harris announced Tuesday that another Georgia Army National
Guard unit has been called to active duty as a result of the Persian
Gulf mobilization. The 165th Heavy Maintenance Supply Company,
based in Savannah, will be activated on Thursday for a 90-day period
which, by law, can be extended to 180 days, Harris said. The unit will
move to its mobilization station at Fort Stewart, where further
assignments will be made, Harris said. Harris said the 166th
Maintenance Company of Hinesville and Glennville has been
removed from the alert list.
■ NATION
NEW YORK (AP): Libyans linked to bombing. Libyan
intelligence agents may have had a hand in the 1988 terrorist
bombing of a Pan Am flight over Scotland, a published report said.
Fragments of the detonator from the bomb that destroyed Flight 103
match bomb timers that were seized from two Libyan intelligence
agents in Senegal eight months before the Pan Am plane was downed,
The New York Times reported Wednesday. The Boeing 747 blew up
over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259
people aboard and 11 on the ground.
BALTIMORE (AP): Help wanted: embalmer. A staff freeze
that has prevented the hiring of a new state embalmer has forced the
state to cremate about a dozen human bodies donated for research.
Ronald Wade, administrator of the Maryland Anatomy Board, said
the bodies were too deteriorated to be used in studies. A hiring freeze
Gov. William Donald Schaefer imposed to deal with a budget crisis
has kept Wade from hiring a replacement for the board’s previous
embalmer, who suffered a heart attack last month. Wade has run the
operation alone while the state considers an exemption to the hiring
freeze.
■ WORLD
OSLO, Norway (AP): Angry electrician gets even, a
hotel bar cut off service to a tipsy, off-duty electrician, and he
returned the favor — stumbling outside and cutting off the bar’s
power. Barkeepers at the Skogstad Hotel in Hemsedal refused to
serve a local power company employee because he was already drunk,
the Oslo newspaper Verdens Gang reported Tuesday. The electrician,
not named in the report, went to the nearest power company switch
box, traced the hotel's circuit and plunged the building into darkness
Saturday evening. The blackout was described only as "lengthy."
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The UGA Whitewater Club will
meet today from 9-11 p.m. at
Stegeman pool. All level paddlers
welcome, no equipment
necessary to begin. Call 542-1869
for more information.
• The Gamma Beta Phi Society
will meet today at 8 p.m. in Room
142 of the Tate Center.
• Phi Alpha Delta, the pre law
club, will hold rush night this
evening from 7-8:30 p.m. at the
Law School patio. Current
members and anyone interested
in joining may attend.
Professional attire requested.
Colloquium
• The second in a series on
Christian peacemaking, the
Theology of Christian Non
violence, will be shown tonight at
the Presbyterian Center, 1250 S.
Lumpkin St. This evening’s tape
is on the teachings of Jesus, and
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
• The Classic City Toastmasters
is holding a Succesa^Leadership
program on "How to Hold
Effective Meetings" today at 5:30
m. at the Council on Aging, 230
ull St. Visitors and prospective
members are welcome.
Announcements
• The Athens Rope Crisis Line is
holding volunteer training
throughout October. For
information, call 353-1912 or
542-9745.
• The Hamilton McWhorter
Prize, awarded to a sophomore
for accomplishments during the
freshman year at UGA, has a
deadline for applications of Nov.
9. For information and
applications, contact the Office of
Student Financial Aid or the
Tate Center Information Desk.
• Entry forms for the Third
Annual Classic City Fall Tennis
Championships are due by Oct.
22 at 6 p.m. Entry forms are
available at Bishop Park and
Bulldog Sporting Goods.
• The P.E. Basic Challenge
Program written examination is
today at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the
North Psychology/Journal ism
Auditorium.
• The Counseling and Testing
Center, Room 119 Clark Howell
Hall, presents "Strategies for
Effective Test Taking" today
from 3:30-5 p.m. No pre
registration is necessary.
Exhibits
• The Georgia Museum of Art
presents “Altered States: Ten
Georgia Photographers" through
Nov. 18.
• The Tate Center Gallery
presents Benny Andrews,
leading figurative artist in
America, in an exhibit which
runs through Oct. 30. A reception
will be held Thursday, Oct. 11,
from 6-8 p.m.
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Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
By JOANNA HORTON
Campus Correspondent
In comparison to the high-rise
buildings of other parts of the Uni
versity, the classic structures of
North Campus seem to be relics of
another time — particularly the
Greek Revival chapel.
The chapel has seen a great deal
of history, and much wear and
tear. It recently has been restored,
allowing more students the oppor
tunity to appreciate its aesthetic
qualities.
The newly renovated chapel now
boasts of air conditioning, res
trooms and updated lighting,
campus architect David Matheny
said. Workers also installed a new
sprinkler and new fire alarm sys
tems.
The project cost an estimated
$360,000 for the first phase of the
construction. Construction plans
for the second phase include a new
heating system and repairs to the
balcony for additional seating.
"Because of the funding cuts to
the University, we don’t know
when (the second phase of) the
chapel will be completely finished,"
Matheny said.
The chapel, one of the oldest
buildings on campus, preserves a
rich heritage paralleling that of the
University.
Many generations of students
have passed through the doors of
this building, built in 1832, which
once echoed of compulsory chapel
and commencement services.
F.N. Boney, a history professor,
said, “In the old days, before 1900,
the University never had more
than 300 students. Then, chapel
was held once or twice a week."
According to historic records,
during the Civil War — when
Union troops occupied campus —
soldiers reportedly jabbed the
chapel walls with bayonets and
used the columns for rifle practice.
When the University was re
opened a few years later, Daniel
Pratt presented the University a
painting depicting the interior of
Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
The painting, by artist George
Cook, is 17 feet by 23 feet and
weighs more than a ton. It is
mounted on the back wall of the
chapel and is the world’s largest
framed oil painting.
The chapel bell also became part
of a campus tradition, Boney said.
After University teams win ath
letic events, students ring the
chapel bell until past midnight.
The bell, once housed in a cupola
on the roof, was moved in 1913 to a
wooden tower behind the building.
The chapel now is used pri
marily by the music department
for individual concerts and ensem
bles.
Greek Revival chapel: Located on North Campus, the
newly renovated building was built in 1832.
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STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Mondays, 3:30-5:00 p.m., begins October 8 for 4 weeks
EXPERIENCING UGA:
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Wednesdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m., begins October 17 for 4 weeks
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