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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 98, ISSUE 23
INSIDE
Tennis player Kristin
Hackley says she doesn’t
talk about it on the court.
She just does it.
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Weather: Break out those
blankets or freeze something off.
Today, partly cloudy, cool, low
60s, tonight, fair and cold, 30s,
Frl„ mostly sunny, low 80s.
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By JOANNA
Campus Cc
In the t
viet Debn
sity Debe
agreed o
changes
between
"I thii.
changes with soviet . jf-
ferent professions and
backgrounds," University team
member Lynne Tracy said Tuesday
at the Tate Student Center debate.
This would allow people to put
their experiences into words first
hand without the use of journalists
or governments."
The spirit of international ex
change was less evident in the
teams’ debate about trust between
the East and West.
The Soviets took the affirmative
stance, saying that the United
States should be willing to trust its
government — especially in light of
recent democratic reforms insti
tuted by Gorbachev.
Soviet debater and college stu
dent Kirill Simkin said, “When the
crisis in the Persian Gulf arose, the
superpowers stood shoulder-to-
shoulder against the common
enemy. It is time for all of us to
participate in a policy of trust. In
my mind, mutual trust and under
standing is the only way to sur
vive.”
University debater Kelly Happe
said the U.S. government should
be careful about placing so much
trust in one individual — Soviet
debate seeks unity
Georgians tour Classic City
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Manana Shavugulidze look* like any woman on
any street in downtown Athene. Wearing a white
cotton blouae and Lee jeana, the dark-haired
woman lighte up a cigarette to emoke.
But when Manana speakz, the accent givee her
•way.
Manana and her husband, Grisha Geprindaah-
vili, are from Soviet Georgia end they vieited
Athene for a day to eee what make* the city eo
classic.
Manana, an art teacher at the Georgian State
Academy of Art in the Soviet Union, said she likes
to emoke, but cigarettes are very hard to get in her
country.
“We like American cigarettes,’ Manana said as
she smoked her Pall Mall.
Grisha, a medical doctor, speaks limited English
and only smiles at his wife as she puts the pack in
her purse.
Manana and Grisha are being hoe ted by Jeff and
Liea Abney of Haralson County, south of Atlanta,
as part the Friendship Force exchange program.
The program allows cultural exchanges between
Soviet Georgians and American Georgians. In the
first exchange in April, Abney, an art teacher at
Haralson County High School, was one of 300 to
visit Soviet Georgia for two weeks.
Abney said most people were matched by occu
pation, which explains tne correlation between him *
and Manana being art teachers.
Manana got the chance of a lifetime when she
visited the Georgia Museum of Art and met the fa
mous Georgian artist Lamar Dodd.
When asked about American culture, both Ma
nana and Grisha liked what they saw in Athene
and complained about very little.
“I liked everything," Grisha said.
Both agreed that differences exist in the cultures
of the “Georgias.”
“Our culture is very traditional and has rules,*
said Manana, with no elaboration.
But she did explain that Soviet Georgia has a
different language and alphabet than the rest of
the Soviet Union.
“Our speech is different from others,” the said.
She showed her ruby red phone book to illustrate
the point. The writing resembled calligraphy.
Grisha and Manana departed with big smiles
and waving hands, Grisha wearing a specially-
made pin with the flags of Soviet Georgia and the
state of Georgia connected.
Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
"Before we change foreign
policy, we must see if the Soviet
government is to remain intact,"
Happe said.
Speaking favorably of the demo
cratic reforms initated by Gorba
chev, Soviet debater and
linguistics professor Tamara Naza
rova said exchanges and negotia
tion between people from both
countries should take place on dif
ferent levels.
“At long last, the government’s
policy and the people’s policy met,”
Nazarova said “Unless these two
coincide, it is difficult to have trust
with guarantees.”
Tracy said that, even with the
sweeping changes that have oc
curred, many of the internal poli
cies of the Soviet Union persist
Tracy relied on her experience in
the American Embassy in Moscow
in describing the problems which
the Soviet citizens deal with daily.
She questioned having a policy of
trust between the two nations.
“For 73 years the Soviet govern
ment has made promises it cannot
Case in point: University debater Kelly Happe.
keep — even to its own citizens,"
Tracy said. This is n government
that doesn’t trust its own citizens
to travel without regulation.”
The St)viet Debate Team has vis
ited the United States every other
year since 1972. Thomas Kane, the
debate coach at the University of
Pittsburgh, is accompanying the
Soviets on this year’s tour. He
noted differences in the tone of the
debates in the last 10 years.
“In contrast to the debate in
1980, the Soviets are not afraid to
speak openly," Kane said. “They
are very critical of their own gov
ernment. Tonight, they were dis
agreeing somewhat with one
nnother. That would never have
happened 10 years ago.”
Seeking support: Johnny Isakson at University rally.
Isakson touts education stand at Tate
By AL DIXON
Staff Writer
Athens was again the focus of last-minute
gubernatorial campaigning as Republican can
didate Johnny Isakson stopped here
Wednesday evening to hold a rally in the Tate
Student Center.
Isakson’s supporters crowded the Georgia
Room of the Tate Center and handed out
stickers, T-shirts, candy bars and fliers bearing
their candidates name.
Student Government Association President
Heath Garrett introduced Isakson and gave
him his personal endorsement. “Despite what
is politically popular at this time, l endorse
Isakson not because of his party but because he
is the best man for the job," Garrett said.
Isakson, who graduated from the University
in 1966, preached change to the students and
faculty gathered to hear him speak.
“After 16 years of Zell Miller (holding the of
fice of Lt. Gov.), I think Georgia is'ready for n
change,” he said.
Isakson told University voters he is their
candidate because he will make education a
priority. He said he will work for the proposed
research alliance between the University, the
Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory Uni
versity, Georgia State University, Clarke-At-
lanta University and the Medical College of
Georgia.
This alliance would make Georgia the new
research center of the Southeast, Isakson said.
He also said he was the candidate for the fu
ture because he would like to utilize the Uni
versity System to attract businesses to the
state, bringing in money and jobs.
“If I were a student today,” Isakson said in
an interview after the rally, “I would want
someone in charge of this state who is looking
to improve education and bring economic
growth.”
He addressed the issue of taxes, saying the
government’s spending problems are mostly
due to poor management of funds.
This state needs a reformed budget,”
Isakson said. “We need to review every area of
spending and set new budgetary priorities,
such as education.
“We need somebody who knows how to run a
business to run Georgia," be said.
In a press conference Wednesday afternoon,
Isakson told reporters he expects this year’s gu
bernatorial race to be a close one.
He hopes his plnn to allocate money raised
from the proposed state lottery to local school
boards, instead of the special state fund Miller
supports, will help win nim the support needed
to close the gap.
Isakson expressed a concern for Georgia’s
rapidly declining economy and explained his
strategy for dealing with decreasing revenues.
Isakson said if elected he would cut non-es
sential funds to leave more money for the most
critical areas of the budget.
He said the most critical areas of the state
budget are education, criminal justice, the envi
ronment, health care and economic devel
opment.
The state’s first responsibilty is to see that
our youth are educated, both on the primary
and secondary levels, and on the university
level,” Isakson said.
The across-the-board cuts the University
System experienced are an example of the old-
time politics I think this state is tired of,” he
said.
Six take SGA freshman senator seats
233 make it to ballot box
By SANDRA STEPHENS
Staff Wnter
University students elected six
freshman senators for the Student
Government Association
Wednesday.
The new SGA freshman rep
resentatives are John Akin, Ashley
Disque, Amy Engleman, Jill
Lappe, Ed Ferry and Melinda Hen
derson.
SGA President Pro Tern William
Perry said 223 ballots were cast in
the election.
“It is a good turnout for only
having one poll,” he said.
Ed Perry, a banking and finance
major, said he hopes SGA can get
the public out to vote in the future.
“I wish we’d had a bigger
turnout,” he said.
The original date for the election
was Oct. 17. The election was post
poned and the application deadline
was extended because few applica
tions were returned by the original
deadline.
Nine candidates ran for the six
available seats while 17 candidates
ran in the fall 1989 election.
William Perry said there were
no problems with the election.
“Our ballots and our ledgers
checked out evenly,” he said.
In the spring general election,
some poll workers campaigned for
candidates at the booths and read
completed ballots.
Engleman, a communications
major, said she doesn’t think the
election was publicized enough.
“I didn’t tnink a lot of people
knew to bring an ID and fees paid
card," Engleman said.
Henderson, a marketing miyor,
said she thinks many students
thought only freshman could vote
in the election.
She said she’s really interested
in the “I’m Drivin" program and
that she expected alcohol abuse
would be a problem on campus.
“It’s more of a problem than I ex
pected," she said.
Akin, a business major, said he
wants to address the issues of the
physical education requirements
and student participation.
No one ran for the six available
graduate senator seats.
These seats remain unfilled
from spring quarter’s SGA general
election.
William Perry said the graduate
seats will be open to students who
are interested in filling them.
He encouraged the three candi
dates who weren’t elected to be
come general committee members.
Student heats up desert with photos, letters
By DAN POOL
Staff Writer
So you’re sitting in the middle of the
scorching Saudin Arabian desert and the only
thing you can see around you for miles is a
couple of spitting camels.
Not only is there very little to look at, the so
cial customs of the country are so strict thot you
ofTend the natives by holding hands with a fe
male in public.
To make matters even worse, elementary
school kids keep writing vou these goofy letters
to which you have to reply.
What’s a poor Operation Desert Shield war
rior to do?
A University senior animal science major is
doing her best to relieve the loneliness and bo
redom of as many members of the American
fighting force ns possible.
Melynda Ware, a compassionate and patri
otic Savannah woman, is already engaging in
pen pal relationships with three Marines sta
tioned in Saudia Arabia and hopes to encourage
more female University students to write and
send pictures of themselves.
Ware’s international philosophy is that
there’s a plethora of attractive young women at
the University. And in Saudia Arabia there are
a lot of young men who are working hard to de
fend them — so the least the female students
can do is send them a picture and a few kind
words.
There are 425 Marines in the group that
Ware writes.
They’ve had enough letters from kinder
garten and elementary kids,” she said. There
are about 15,000 women on this campus; 425
should be willing to write.”
Ware said she has developed a soft spot for
military men through her family, which in
cludes several Marines and Marine veterans.
Her ex-boyfriend is also a Marine.
She has never met any of the three serv
icemen she writes on a regular basis.
“It doesn’t matter whether I meet them or
not," she said. “I’ve already met them in a way.”
She said that in addition to getting to know
other people she has learned about Saudia
Arabia through her letters, especially the cus
toms involving women.
From the letters she has read, Ware de
scribed the culture as very strict. "It’s a nuyor
culture shock for the Marines — not calling
home and no weekend passes,” she said.
Because of the social environment, Ware
said, it’s important for girls to send clean and
wholesome photographs The usual pin-ups and
centerfolds featuring nude or scantily clad
vixens isn’t tolerated in Saudia Arabia.
The American military is trying not to ofTend
its hosts, she said.
A document welcoming American military
rsonnel to Saudi Arabia, which was mailed to
are, included the following restrictions on
photographs of women:
“Materials which we view as relatively inno
cent in the United States, such as the Sports Il
lustrated swimsuit edition, lingerie catalogs
and some women’s fashion magazines are con
sidered pornographic in Saudia Arabia."
Students interested in helping relieve the bo
redom of the servicemen should send cheerful
letters and portrait photographs that are 5
inches by 5 inches or smaller, Ware said.
The writer should explain his/her interests
and say that he/she is looking for servicemen
with similar interests, she said.
The address for the group Ware is writing is:
Any Marine; 1st FSSG1 st LSB; FPO San Fran
cisco, Ca. 96608.
Sic ’em Spot
Susie Rodriguez tries to scare up some support with a Halloween
lumping spider at the Young Democrats table at the Tate Student
Center.
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