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The Red and Black • Thursday, October 18, 1990 • 3
University, Greeks negotiate rent
By STACEY MclNTOSH
Staff Writer
The University and 12 of its
Greek organizations are haggling
over a rental agreement which
would finally put in writing who is
liable for maintenance or accidents
in fraternity and sorority houses
on University property, Bryndis
Jenkins, vice president of legal af
fairs, said Thursday.
‘This is to spell out clearly the
details and rignts of each party,”
she said.
For nearly 30 years, the Univer
sity and its Greek organizations
have abided by a verbal agreement
relinquishing the University of all
responsibility for on-campus Greek
houses, Bill Frankum, University
housing inspector, said.
However, he said a written
agreement has been long in the
works.
“It was sort of understood that
the University would not put
money into repair or renovation of
the fraternity or sorority houses,”
Frankum said.
Although Jenkins said she was
optimistic that this agreement
would be signed by both parties,
she denied knowledge of any leases
previously proposed.
Mac Coile, adviser to Pi Kappa
Alpha and a member of its house
corporation, said Wednesday he
hadn’t seen the proposed rental
agreement and couldn’t speculate
if it would be signed or not.
He said the University proposed
a lease two years ago out it was
never signed by the house corpora
tion.
‘There were some gray areas
that needed to be cleared up,” Coile
said. “All these years an under
standing has held up between (the
University and the fraternities),
but we fully understand the Uni
versity’s desire for a written lease.”
The issue of liability came up
again when University fraterni
ties, including those on University
property which is inspected by
state fire marshals, spent nearly
$1 million over a four-year period
to correct fire-code violations.
“It’s a sticky situation,” he said.
“If a house burnt down, I’m sure
everybody would be sued from here
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The University owns the prop
erty on River Road and Lumpkin
Street but it doesn’t own the frater
nity and sorority houses on those
roads.
Houses on those roads include
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon
Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Chi Phi,
Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Pi
Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, Sigma
Delta Tau, Tau Epsilon Phi and
Delta Phi Epsilon, Jenkins said.
The fraternity and sorority
houses and property on Milledge
Avenue are privately owned, she
said.
House corporations, made up of
individual chapters’ alumni, own
and maintain the houses on
Lumpkin Street and River Road
with the help of pledge and
member dues, Jenkins said.
Dan Hallenbeck, associate vice
president of Student Affairs, said
the house corporations pay rent to
the University housing depart
ment for lease of the land.
‘The house corporations are re
sponsible for the care and upkeep
of those facilities,” he said.
The rental agreement, which
hasn’t been signed by either the
University or any of the house cor
porations, indemnifies the Univer
sity of any legal action resulting
from injury or death on the prop
erty, damage not covered by the
chapters’ fire insurance or any lap-
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Feminists discuss abortion laws
By CHRISTY THORNE
Contributing Writer
Georgia may soon enact laws
requiring women under 17 to no
tify one parent before they can
get an abortion, according to two
feminist leaders speaking at the
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship Tuesday night.
Lynne Randall, executive di
rector of the Feminist Women’s
Health Center, and Atlanta at
torney Margie Pitts Hames spoke
to a crowd of about 40 concerning
current abortion issues. About
one-third of the audience mem
bers were pro-life movement sup
porters.
‘The state saying you have to
notify a parent is ridiculous,”
Randall said. ‘The state won’t be
there to handle the consequences
for the teen or her family.”
The only other option available
to teens would be to go through
juvenile court and get a judicial
bypass — a judge would deter
mine whether the woman is ma
ture enough to make the decision
for herself.
Randall said this would be pro
hibitive, especially in smaller
towns such as Athens where the
woman’s privacy might be vio
lated due to the number of people
she might see in the courthouse.
Susanne Maybin, a junior pre
nursing major, said this pro-
choice message is deceptive.
“It’s not relating to the
problem of choice before preg
nancy, choosing to have sex or
not,” Maybin said.
Joe Jordan, a senior speech
communications major, said, “It
sounded like most of the focus
was on the social problem of not
being able to relate to sexuality
until it becomes a problem.
Public knowledge before the
problem needs to increase, not af
terward.”
Hames discussed the historical
context of abortion and said
Georgia’s legislature has tried to
pass restrictions on access to
abortions since the Roe vs. Wade
decision.
The laws requiring parental
notification have been challenged
in the 11th Circuit Court of Ap
peals by the Feminist Women’s
Health Center.
“Based on recent Supreme
Court decisions we think the
laws will be held constitutional,"
Hames said.
But the laws won’t go into ef
fect until the appellate court
makes a decision.
Senior political science major
Lana Korten said she was glad
that the speakers separated the
religious issue of abortion from
the legality of abortion.
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Associate Professor Roberto
Friedman, director of the interna
tional business major, said there
are terrific opportunities in
Eastern Europe, but young grad
uates shouldn’t look for immediate
financial returns.
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