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AGLA holds
rally series
By CHRISTY THORNE
Campus Correspondent
The Athens Gay and Lesbian As
sociation kicked ofT GLAD — a
weeklong series of events pro
moting gay awareness — with a
roundtable discussion of outing on
Monday.
Outing is revealing that
someone is gay without his or her
permission.
"There was a time when people
in the gay community respected
the individual’s right to be in or
out,” said James Newton, an anti
outing panelist speaking in Room
144 of the Tate Student Center.
"Now we are abandoning the ini
tial position,” he said. “The indi
vidual is no longer sacrosanct to
decide whether to be in or out.
Outing will be a tool by which to
whip forces into place.”
Gary Kaufman, editor of At
lanta’s gay newspaper "Southern
Voice,” took the pro-outing view
point.
“Outing has resulted in good for
the gay community,” Kaufman
said. “It has increased AIDS
funding and exposed some of the
enemies of the gay and lesbian
community.”
Garreth Findley of Atlanta, an
other panelist, said, "We also need
to think about the opposite of
outing — keeping people in the
closet when they may not want to
be."
Newton disagreed. "People
should respect the individual’s
right to privacy. We need to take
into consideration the way other
cultural groups handle outing,” he
said. “We may not always know the
whole situation."
Kaufman said keeping homosex
uality a secret keeps it shameful. It
reinforces the misconception that
being gay is wrong.
Lawson Sullivan, co-president of
AGLA, Baid newspapers report
when University President
Charles Knapp and his wife go out
in public, and asked wny it
shouldn't be the same for homo
sexual couples.
Kaufman said The Dartmouth
Review, for instance, published the
names and addresses of the gay
and lesbian student association
members and sent copies to each of
the student’s parents.
Findley said outing happens to
people in everyday life. Outing can
sometimes happen when gay men
or lesbians seek out partners.
Today’s events include a dis
cussion on lesbians, gay men and
religion.
Wednesday will feature a panel
discussion about AIDS and the
pluses and minuses of being gay,
with representatives from Act Up,
an AIDS activist group, and Nancy
McNair from the University
Health Services speaking.
Also on Wednesday, Bob Briggs
and John Hall from the Names pro
ject will bring a display of actual
panels from the national AIDS
quilt. The Names prqject raises
money for AIDS research through
nationwide tours and displays of
the quilt, made by friends and
family of people who have died
from AIDS and AIDS-related vi
ruses.
INSIDE
Susan Sarandon stars
with James Spader in the
uncertain drama “White
Palace.”
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Weather: Today, sunny, low 70s,
wind out of the southwest,
tonight, fair, low 40s, Wed.,
mostly sunny, mid 70s. Only three
weeks till Thanksgiving break.
Russel Daniel Irrigation took first place Saturday with an old family
recipe at the best chill cook off at the Golden Glnko Jamboree In
downtown Athens, Leon Lively, of Roswell Ga., entered his chill as
"Probably The Best Chill" and took second place. Third place went to
a team called The City of Athens. The winner of a second competition
for most chill sales was the Navy Supply Corps School. All proceeds
from the two events organized by Athens Rotary West will go to va
rious charities.
Maria Clay/Tha Rad and
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1990 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 98, ISSUE 25
Students will grill
candidates tonight
By QWINN BRUNS
Staff Writer
Candidate! for the 4th and 7th
Districts in the new Athena-
Clarke unified government will
answer students' questions at a
forum tonight at 7 p.m. in
Georgia Hall at the Tate Student
Center.
The forum, sponsored by the
Student Government Associa
tion, is being held to prompt stu
dent interaction with the future
leaders of Athens, SGA Executive
Director Allen Ginder said.
‘They're going to be making
the rules and regulations we
have to live by," Ginder said.
Young Democrats, College Re-
ublicans, Oxymoron Society,
tudente Over the Traditional
Age, Interfraternity Council,
Panhellenic Council, Black Af
faire Council and other student
organisations worked with SGA
to organise the forum.
‘There’ll basically be seven
questions which will come from
all of these groups,” Ginder said.
Then there'll be about 30 min
utes alloted for students to ask
any question of any of the candi
dates."
SGA Vice President Ben Cal
houn said the possibility of con
structing bicycle paths definitely
will be one of the questions asked
by the moderator.
“It’s our understanding that
right now downtown you get a
ticket for riding a bicycle on the
sidewalk,” Calhoun said.
He said that with so many
bike-riders in Athens the candi
dates can’t ignore this issue.
Another important question
will be historic preservation,
Ginder said.
Although the candidates were
informed of the questions ahead
of time, they will not know what
the students are going to ask.
This is where the majority of
student input will be generated,
Ginder said.
Each candidate will be asked
one question and will be given
two minutes to respond. The
other candidates will then have
30 seconds to elaborate on the po
sition.
There’ll be a chief elected of
ficer candidate’s forum Thursday
from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Recep
tion Hall of the Tate Student
Center.
Little progress made
on gay rights plan, PE
By CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
Staff Writer
The University Council Exec
utive Committee Monday tripped
through parliamentary procedure
on two issues — the abolishment of
the physical education require
ment and the amendment to the
non-discrimination policy.
The committee first discussed
the proposal to amend the Univer
sity's non-discrimination policy to
include sexual orientation, a pro
posal that was sent back to the Ex
ecutive Committee after ths Oct.
11 council meeting.
After lengthy discussion as to
what ths issues were, ths proposal
was sent to ths Educational Affairs
Committee for fbrther study, with
the provision that ths Legal Affairs
office would assist in ths study.
Peter Shedd, professor in the
College of Business Administra
tion, aald the proposed amendment
needs to be studied both for its
legal implications for ROTC and as
an educational issue.
But Paul Kurti, a law professor,
said he didn’t think there were any
real legal issues involved.
‘The Board of Regents may not
want us to have that policy, but to
suggest that if we passed this we
would be violating a law, that’s not
accurate," he said.
The status of the proposal to
abolish the PE requirement, which
was tabled at tne last council
meeting, didn’t change much.
Kurts said ths proposal was at a
“gridlock" since the Executive
Committee had no authority to
take it off the table.
The proposal to abolish the re-
quirement came from ths Exec
utive Committee’s Curriculum
Committee, which several mem
bers said didn't present its case
well at the last council meeting.
Executive Committee Chairman
Peter Dress decidsd to speak with
Wen Williams, chairman of ths
Curriculum Committee, to discuss
options for ths proposal. If ths pro
posal is untabled at the next
council meeting, the Curriculum
Committee can either drop or
pursue it.
Student dead following fall from cliff
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
University junior Melanie Frentheway died
Saturday when she fell from a ledge while on a
camping trip with friends near Amicalola Falls
State Park in Dawson County.
The 20-year-old elementary education miyor
was taking pictures with her friends when she
stepped on a ledge to take a photograph.
She apparently lost her balance and fell 300
feet to her death, according to reports released
by the Dawson County Sheriffs 6ffice.
Investigator Maynard Waters said Monday
the accident occurred about 12:15 p.m. at
Cochran Falls, a secluded waterfall northeast
of Dawson villa.
Henry George, Dawson County's chief
deputy, said paramedics were called to the
scene, but Frentheway was dead when they ar
rived.
Official# at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dnhlo-
nega released the body to the state crime lab for
an autopsy. Officials wouldn’t relase the spe
cific cause of death due to the request from
Frentheway*s family.
Frentheway’s companions were identified by
the sheriffs office as University students David
Moore and Hillary Herris and Bradley Walter
of Dunwoody, who isn't a student.
Herris, a sophomore pre-law mqjor, said
Frentheway wasn’t taking the pictures for a
class, but for her own pleasure.
David Fletcher, assistant to the vice presi
dent for Student Affairs, said the funeral will
be held today at 1 p.m. at the Rehoboth Baptist
Church in Frentheway’s hometown of Tucker,
Ga. The church is located at 2997 Lawrence-
ville Highway.
The area where Frentheway’s death occured
is very remote, said Kathy Stover, secretary for
the Dawson County’s Sherriffs Office.
She said that to reach the area where Fren
theway and her party were located, one would
have to use a four-wheel-drive vehicle and hike.
Stover Baid Cochran Falls may be a dan
gerous area, but it isn’t known for accidents.
"More accidents like this would happen if
this area was more accessible,” she saia.
She said wet leaves near the ledge may have
caused the fall.
George said he couldn’t recall any accidents
at the Cochran Falls area, but a young boy died
two years ago when he fell off a waterfall near
Amicalola Falls.
Emily Rote Guillebeau,2, a party princess
Hannah Brown, 3, as an eight-legged friend
Halloween bash thrown for Housing children
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
Cowboy Bill shot Spiderman while the
Teenage Ninja Turtles climbed the walla
Monday.
It wasn’t a cartoon script gone haywire but
a Halloween party sponsored by members of
the Gamma Pm Beta eorority for the children
of Family Housing residents.
Family Housing Coordinator Nancy
Thompson said she wae contacted earlier
thie month by the eorority when it decided to
do a community service project.
But thie prqject was a little different be
cause the women who> volunteered all had
one thing in common — they all love to work
with children.
“I want to do something with kide,” Junior
Dawn Lassiter said.
Although she said she hasn’t decided on
her mqjor, Lassiter mentioned the possibility
of studying child psychology as she smiled at
the costumed children.
Amy Comeli, the sorority’s coordinator of
service projects and a sophomore therapy
major, said ths group decided Halloween was
as good a time as any to celebrate with chil
dren.
"Halloween is a festive occassion, and they
look so adorable,” she said. ,
But who appreciated the afternoon more
than the kids? The parents, of course.
Sorority members got a chance to babysit
ths group of about 60 children and help them
with group activities such as coloring their
own trick-or-treat bags and playing games.
“It’s nice of them to take time to have a
party for these kids," Kyle Bramblett said.
Bramblett is a senior political science
major and mother of 3-year-old Taylor who
was proud to be dressed as the only race car
driver at the party.
Thompson said Family Housing has been
trying to develop a series of service projects
for the housing community and the Gamma
Phi Beta program fit right into the plan.
She said a flyer was sent out to residents
of the community to promote the party and to
explain to many foreign residents the
meaning of Hnlloween.
“It’s good for those children because a
great number of them are from diffrent coun
tries and don’t know how we celebrate Hal
loween,” Thompson said.
She said about 200 children live in Family
Housing. Similar programs will continue
throughout the year in order to bring resi
dents together.