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2 • The Red and Black • Friday, October 26, 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Marijuana rally scheduled today. A marijuana legalization
rally, sponsored by the National Organization for Reform of
Marijuana Laws, will be held at the Tate Student Center today from
11:30 a m. to 4:30 p.m. UGA NORML Organizor Leon Singleton said
NORML is trying to provide reliable information about marijuana.
"We want to inform tne public of the industrial and medical benefits
of marijuana,” he said. Ed Tant, a writer for the Athens Observer, will
speak. And musical acts like Sunspots will provide entertainment at
the rally. This is the second rally on campus sponsored by NORML. A
rally was held last spring. More than 1,000 students attended. The
rain location will be Georgia Hall.
Fraternities sponsor band showcase. Ten University
fraternities have gotten together to sponsor a showcase of Athens
bands. The event, called Greek Unification 1990, will be held at
Legion Field today at 6 p.m. and will feature local bands Follow For
Now, AllGood Music Company and Dreams So Real. Group
spokesman Jamie Sorrells, a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said the
10 fraternities decided to get together and sponsor an event. “It’s the
first time in several years we’ve actually come together to do
something like this,” Sorrells said. He said the Interfraternity
Council is supporting the group’s event. Sponsors include Coca-Cola
and Athens restaurant Sons of Italy. Proceeds from the event will go
to the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. Sorrells said 3,800 tickets were
distributed through fraternity members of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma
Epsilon Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Epsilon,
Sigma Nu, and Kappa Sigma.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Miller says he’s changed since '64.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zell Miller said Thursday he’s
“come a long way" since a newspaper quoted him 26 years ago as
saying then-President Lyndon Johnson "sold his birthright" in
pushing the Civil Rights Act through Congress. “While I don’t
remember making those statements, if they’re there (in print), they’re
there,” Miller said in an interview. “I’ve said many times I apologize
for those remarks and I’ve said many times I regret not supporting
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” The comment came after The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution showed the candidate a copy Wednesday of a
1964 story quoting him as saying Johnson, a Texan, was “a
Southerner who sold his birthright for a mess of dark pottage.’’After
reading the stoiy, Miller told the newspaper Wednesday, “It’s
abhorrent, and I’m sorry if I said that. I aon’t think I said that.”He
told The Associated Press Thursday, “I have come a long way in the
last 26 years and there’s hardly a Georgian alive who hasn’t changed
since then. And now what I want to do is focus on the future.”
SAVANNAH (AP): “Dead” stockbroker arrested. A
Pensacola, Fla., stockbroker who authorities say faked his death a
year ago in New Orleans has been arrested in Savannah on federal
charges that he stole $1.1 million from clients. Harper was engaged tc
marry a Pensacola woman, Janie Cyrus, who reported him missing
when he failed to return from a business trip to New Orleans Oct. 16,
1989. In his motel room, investigators found a photograph of Harper
slouched in a chair with what looked like a knife stuck in chest, said
FBI Agent Terry Ware of Pensacola. “It appears he bogied up the
picture,” Ware said. “He wanted people to believe him dead."An
indictment returned in April by a federal grand jury in Pensacola
charges Harper with 32 counts of converting more than $1.1 million
from clients while working in the Florida city.
■ NATION
WASHINGTON (AP): Budget near a resolution Budget
negotiators all but reached final agreement Wednesday on a long-
sought plan to slash the federal deficit by boosting taxes on the
wealthy, raising levies on gasoline and increasing costs for Medicare
recipients. The White House said Wednesday night final details
remained to be worked out, but “sufficient progress has been made” to
allow Bush to sign another stopgap resolution to keep the government
from running out of money for three days, the fifth such resolution
this month. In other budget news, the House approved a
defense bill Wednesday night that slashes President Bush’s budget
request for Star Wars and barely keeps alive the B-2 stealth bomber
program. By a vote of 271-156, the House adopted the bill despite
Republican doubts that it meets the Pentagon s needs for the post-
Cold War era and Democrats’ concerns about building costly weapons
to counter a lessening Soviet threat. The legislation sets spending
ceilings for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 totaling $288 billion.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP): Artist claims petroglyphs.
The U.S. Forest Service has halted work on a center for explaining
ancient native American stone carvings because an artist says they’re
not so old — he carved them 15 years ago. The petroglyphs were
discovered in the Siskiyou National Forest in 1987 on three boulders
along the South Fork of the Coquille River. One represented a fish,
but the others weren’t clear. A variety of archaeologists inside and
outside the agency examined the carvings and decided they were
genuine, Forest Service spokeswoman Patty Burel said Tuesday. But
when artist Jeff Kerker saw a recent magazine story about the
petroglyphs, he fired off a message to the Forest Service saying the
carvings were fakes. His fakes.“I wasn’t trying to fool anyone,” said
Kerker, of Bandon. Kerker said he had photos to prove he made them.
The Forest Service was waiting to see Kerker’s evidence before
deciding whether his story was true. But enough of a question was
raised that work was suspended on the interpretive center, Burel
said.
UGA TODAY
Announcements
• The UGA Pre-Vet Club will be
holding its Fall Dog Wash on
Saturday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the Little Arena,
adjacent to the Coliseum. The
International Society for
Endangered Cats will hold a dog
and cat dip at the same time and
location. Prices range from $4 for
the dip and $5-$7 for the wash.
There will be a dog and cat talent
show afterwards, 3:30 p.m. for
dogs and 4:30 p.m. for cats. Entry
fees are $3.
• Hillel will hold Shabbat
services today at 6:30 p.m. in
Room 140 of the Tate Center. A
covered dish dinner will follow.
For more information, call 543-
6393.
Colloquium
• The Women’s Studies Program
Brown Bag Lunch Talks is
sponsoring a seminar by Ouida
Williams Meier, from the
department of zoology, on
“Cycles and Processes: Women
Studying Biology,” today at 12:10
p.m. in Room 140 of the Tate
Student Center.
Upcoming
* The Graduate Student
Association will hold a council
meeting on Monday, Oct. 29 in
Room 411 of Memorial Hall. Any
graduate or professional student
is invited to attend.
• Elisabeth Adler, peace
associate from Germany, will
speak on the emerging situation
in Europe, from the perspective
of an Eastern European, on
Monday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Presbyterian Center, 1250 S.
Lumpkin St.
Exhibits
• The Georgia Museum of Art is
showing “Altered States: Ten
Georgia Photographers,”
through Nov. 18.
• The Tate Center gallery is
displaying an exhibit by Benny
Andrews, leading figurative
artist in America, through Oct.
30.
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Felines find friends at Humane Society
By ELIZABETH CROFTON
Contributing Writer
Twenty percent of the Athens
Area Humane Society’s cats are
adopted — the other 80 percent are
euthanized.
“Euthanasia is a painless death,
but we don’t want to do it unless we
have to,” said Humane Society
staff member Lara Littlejohn. “If
we have to euthanize, it’s more hu
mane to the animal, we think.
“Our purpose is to prevent suf
fering, not to save lives,” Littlejohn
said, quoting the society’s motto.
The society tries to find caring,
responsible homes for its animals,
Littlejohn said. The problem is
that there aren’t enough people to
go around.
‘There are seven cats for every
human in Clarke County,” Little
john said.
Staff member P.Z. Hamilton
said many people neglect to neuter
their pets, resulting in large num
bers of litters. These litters often
end up at the society’s shelter.
Students who move and leave
their pets behind contribute to the
number of homeless animals,
Hamilton said.
At the same time, Littlejohn
said, there is only one shelter for
the cats.
“We’re the only cat shelter in
Northeast Georgia,” she said. ‘The
county shelter takes dogs, and we
take cats and exotic animals.”
Hamilton said the society coun
teracts the high cat population —
and the need for euthanasia — by
requiring its clients adopting pets
to sign a pledge saying they will
have their pets neutered.
The staff follows up on pledges
by checking with local veterinar
ians’ offices, he said. The society
has the right to reclaim animals
that haven’t been neutered or that
have been abused.
More often than not, the society
must dispose of these cats, Ham
ilton said. The shelter can keep an
animal about two weeks, de
pending on cage space and the ani
mal’s health.
Only healthv animals are put up
for adoption, he said. Kittens, for
instance, receive their first dis
temper shots and dewormers be
fore they are adopted.
Littlejohn said the society, lo
cated at 399 Beaverdam Road,
functions through contributions
and volunteer work. The society’s
funds — and its effectiveness — de
pend on public involvement.
The initial adoption fee for cats
and kittens is $40. The society re
funds $25 when the animal has
been neutered.
For more information, call 353-
CATS.
Meow: Cats behind bars at the Humane Society.
‘Black Coffee’ serves strong artistic message
By ANGELA HORNSBY
Staff Writer
“Black Coffee” was served with vigor at Me
morial Hall as students recited poems and per
formed skits centered on the black experience.
The Wednesday night program, sponsored by
African-American Power, featured works by
such poets as Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou
and Hiki Madhubuti.
Sharron Jackson, a senior journalism major
and member of African-American Power, said
the program’s title was inspired by singer
Saran Vaughn’s blues song of the same name
and a speech by Malcolm X.
“In Malcolm’s speech, he talked about how
the March on Washington had started out like
black coffee, but then they kept adding cream,
milk and sugar,” Jackson said.
She said the march had originally been con
trolled by blacks, but that over time more
whites had infiltrated the movement.
The purpose of the program was to increase
students’ awareness about black poets, Jackson
said.
“We wanted to show that entertainment can
be educational and informative as well as
create a forum for issues,” she said.
About 40 people came out to watch the skits,
which ranged from monologues to a full en
semble cast. Topics included class conflicts,
relationships, politics and homelessness.
Fred Middleton, a senior marketing major,
said a certain poem encouraged him to partici
pate in the program.
“Black women are looked down upon, not
only by whites, but black men as well," he said.
“I liked ‘Rainforest’ because it showed black
women in a postive light.”
Audience member Latricia Thorne, a sopho
more accounting major, said the program was
educational.
“It was very cultural,” she said. “We need
something like this on campus.”
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