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Weather: The suns coming out.
so get out and vote. Today,
sunny, high In the 70s. tonight,
fair, low In the low 40s, Tues.,
mostly sunny, high around 70.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1990 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 98, ISSUE 29
Teaching needs spotlight
larles Knapp said
cy needs to be em-
r iarch in his State of
the o.. Monday.
Knapp Du his speech that he
cannot dictate to •. ructors a commitment
to teaching, but he can “elevate the issue.”
“We have all become a part of a system
that does not reward undergraduate tea
ching,” he said. “Change will be an evolu
tionary process — there’s no real beginning
or end to it.”
In his speech, given at the University
chapel, Knapp said the “theory of the re
search university has been that the out
standing research undertaken by the
faculty comes alive in the classroom.
“I assert that — in practice —we, as an
academy, have generally failed to live up to
this promise.”
He said the University has created an en
vironment where research and teaching
often compete.
“In the pell-mell drive to tenure and pro
motion, it has been the quality of instruc
tion that has too often suffered.”
But he said he wasn’t de-emphasizing re
search. Instead, the University should be
“true to the ideal of scholarship and take
full advantage of the complementary nature
of teaching and research.
“Scholarship must be defined to include
both instruction and research,” he said.
Knapp said the University would have to
re-evaluate several issues if it’s to improve
teaching —the determination of class size,
the use of technology in the classroom, the
use of junior and senior faculty and the pro
motion and tenure system.
The teaching world has accepted several
“givens” in determining class size, he said,
and these need another look.
“No offense to any particular depart
ment, but, is it really true that freshman
English classes should be small and
freshman chemistry classes should be
large,” he said. “We owe it to our students to
ask more questions and we won’t reach the
objective of instructional excellence unless
we do.”
As technology — particularly computer
work stations in the classroom — becomes
more prevalent, the process of teaching and
learning will change dramatically, he said.
"Scheduling of classes at a specific time
and place may be a thing of the past ns we
depend less on textbooks as a primary
source of information.
“Faculty members would then operate in
a more flexible environment and standards
for awarding grades would also bo im
pacted.”
But after his speech, Knapp said the bal
ance between computer-oriented instruc
tion and traditional instruction must be
struck carefully.
“Sometimes, one-on-one teaching is going
to have to be what happens,” he said. "A
concern about institutional technology is
that the professor puts too much time into
the technology.”
Computers also can’t be a replacement
for reading, he said.
“People don’t read now, and I can’t
imagine a substitute for that. I see in the
classes that I teach that the students are
often very verbal, but when we move to
writing, that’s where the failure is.”
Knapp said he intends to ask the Univer
sity Council to review the issue of im
proving teaching.
Hugh Ruppersburg, chairman of the Uni
versity Council’s Faculty Conference, said
Knapp’s speech wasn’t just talk.
"We’ve heard all this before, but this time
there’s weight behind the words."
He pointed to the move in his depart
ment, English, to have more senior faculty
teach literature classes as evidence.
Jennifer Si
Charles Knapp
Best voting times outlined
It’s Tuesday, it’s Nov. 6 and it’s time to make his
tory in Clarke County. The long-awaited election day
when voters elect council members to the Athens-
Clarke unified government and a new governor.
But with busy student schedules, when is the best
time to brave those voting sites? Dot Barrett, Clarke
County Board of Elections chair, said there are better
times than others to cast a ballot.
From past experiences, she said that there are
usually three rushes to the polls throughout election
day. Morning rush begins when the polls open at 7
a.m. because of people voting before they go to work.
The lunch rush takes place around noon, she said.
People try to vote on their lunch hours to avoid the
morning and afternoon rushes.
The afternoon rush begins around 4 p.m. when
voters begin to leave work for the day, she said.
Barrett said the best hours to vote are between the
hours of 9 a.m. and noon, then again following lunch
hour until 4 p.m.
ynlike other general elections, this election marks**
the beginning of a new government in Clarke County.
Barrett said, “I think were going to have a great
turnout at the polls.”
Nan Leathers, manager of the District 4B Memo
rial Park voting site, said county-wide voter turnout is
expected to be 70 percent.
“The main problem we will encounter is people
voting in the wrong district,” she said.
Leathers added that each voting site will have a
master list of all registered voters in Clarke County
and a map of poll locations in case someone does go to
the wrong site.
She said the poll workers will be able to send voters
to their correct sites.
— Dana White
Atlanta attorney says civil rights
must be protected at voting booth
By GWINN BRUNS
Staff Writer
The history of the Civil Rights
Act of 1965 should remind the
American people of the remaining
struggles for black rights, Donald
Hollowell, an Atlanta attorney,
said Monday at the Tate Student
Center.
Hollowell told about 100 stu
dents and faculty at the annual
Holmes-Hunter Lecture that the
push for civil rights began with the
Civil Rights Acts of 1865 and 1875.
‘These and other pieces of legis
lation were intended to eliminate
segregation,” he said. “Yet after
1890, Afro-Americans were sys
tematically excluded from fran
chise.”
The Holmes-Hunter Lecture se
ries honors Charlayne Hunter-
Gault and Hamilton Holmes, the
first black students enrolled at the
University. Hollowell represented
the students in their struggle to
enter the University in 1960.
Hollowell said that the fight for
Afro-American voting rights in
volved violence.
Black activism during the New
Deal — the 1948 Democratic party
platform which included black
rights — and President Truman’s
decision to integrate the military
during the Korean War were pre
cursors to the 1965 decision, he
said.
'The American black middle
Donald Hollowell
class felt they ought to have their
fair share of America and the
American dream,” Hollowell said.
"Nevertheless, the efforts that had
to be put forth by the NAACP nnd
by other organizations like them
were such that they had to bring
about all the members they could
find.”
Resistance came from groups
like the Ku Klux Klan and the
White Citizens Council, he said.
Between Jan. 1, 1955 and Jan. 1,
1959 there were 225 separate acts
of racial violence.
Hollowell said that despite ef
forts of black leaders in the mid-
1900s, states like Alabama hnd
less than one-fifth of eligible blacks
registered to vote.
He mentioned Martin Luther
King Jr.’s march into Selma, Ala.,
which led to Bloody Sunday, as one
of the major steps leading to the
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The effects of the act were nu
merous, he said.
“It was the first time black
women could really become enfran
chised,” he said. “Even though the
law had said they could vote it
hadn’t become reality to them.”
Not only did the Civil Rights Act
of 1965 increase the number of
black voters but also the number of
white voters, he said.
“Many of those who marched
with Martin Luther King Jr. in the
’50s and ’60s are now prominent
national leaders,” he said. “Democ
racy took on a new meaning for
most blacks.”
Although there’s been an in
crease of more than 6,000 black
elected officials in the last several
years, Hollowell said the black
community is still under-rep
resented.
He ended by urging everyone to
vote in today’s election.
“Vail vote tommorrow ya hear,"
he said with a strong Southern ac
cent.
Letters from home brighten desert
‘Operation Cookie’ chips in
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
What bviinn aa a regular as
signment for two English classes
has turned into a project that has
American wilder* in Saudia
Arabia receiving some good news
from home.
English instructor Sharon
Sealy usually has students com
pile a journo] during the quarter
for a grade. But Saaly saw a
"Dear Abby” column that gave
the address of the Desert Shield
soliders stationed in Saudia
Arabia and thought students
would like to write letter* in
stead.
“They do like it bettor than
doing regular journals," she said.
The 50 student* have been
sending letter* every week for six
weeks, she said. But mail de
livery takes 10-30 days roundtrip
and makes correspondence slow.
Students are now receiving re
sponses to letters they wrote
early this quarter. Some said
they are excited about thair con-
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Soldiers stationed in Saudi
Arubia are getting a “sweet”
break from the heat nnd tension
of the Middle East thanks to
Kappa Delta sorority.
The organization is sending 16
dozen cookies to the country
under “Operation Cookie,
according to Julie DuPuy, a ju
nior broadcast nows major and
member of Kappa Dolta.
She said the operation Is being
sponsored byU.S Postal Service
and United Parcel Service.
About 20 members from this
year’s pledge class baked the coo-
kios, which ranged from choco
late chip to peanut butter, she
said.
DuPuy, whose hometown is
near Ft. Campbell, Ky., said the
Middle East crisis hit close to
home.
“We wanted to make their time
in the desert more easy."
Tasha Foushee, a junior pre-
med major and soronty member,
said having a brother serving in
Saudi Arabia made her realize
what the men are going through.
'They have no running water,
no shower, they see no one other
than each other," ehe said
She said University life can
sometimes shield students from
the realities of the world
They don't think about the
poor men in the middle of the de
sert," she said "! want to show
them that thore are people here
who cere*
The sorority is also sending a
group picture of the pledges, hnrd
candy and stationery, she said.
DuPuy said she estimates it
will take two weeks for the coo
kies to reach the troops.
"Hopefully, they will get them
in time for Thanksgiving," she
said.
— Angela Hornsby
Al Parker: Ripping a backhand return serve Sunday during his Volvo victory
Parker nets Volvo tennis title
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Editor
The return of serve wns the main reason why
Georgia’s Al Parker will likely return to the No. 1
ranking in the Volvo Tennis Collegiate Rankings in
December.
The Georgia senior neutralized the potent serving
attack of Stanford’s Jonathan Stark Sunday to defeat
the top seed 6-1, 6-4 in the finals of the Volvo Tennis
Collegiate Chnmpionships at Henry Feild Stadium.
Parker defeated Stark in the finals last year 6-3, 7-
6 (7-3) to secure the No. 1 ranking for two months
during the 1990 season.
‘The key to the match wns that Al returned so
well,” Georgia conch Manuel Diaz said. “When you
play someone that serves ns well as Jonathan does,
it’s n threat even when he’s n little bit oft.”
Stark’s service, regarded by Parker ns “the best I’ve
played against,” wns off as the Stanford sophomore
connected on only 40 percent of his first serves
Sunday.
But, according to Parker, this wasn’t as much a key
to victory as his service returns.
"There’s not much of a difference between Jona
than’s first and second serves,” Parker said. “His
second serve is as good as most people’s first serve.”
Parker’s blistering service returns allowed Stark to
hold his service only twice during the match. The
Claxton native’s returning prowess was exemplified
as Stark won only 50 percent of the points when he got
his first serves in (12 for 24), and only 30 percent of
points when he put a second serve into play (11 for
361.
Perhaps the one service return that Parker will re
member most from the match occurred at 4 1, 30-30 in
the second set, which set up his final service break.
Stark blasted a first serve wide, which Parker ag
gressively chipped down-the lino. The shot proved too
much for the net-rushing Stark to handle, as he at
tempted to lunge and stab at the hall, only to result in
it falling into the net
‘That was the best chip I've hit in a long time,”
Parker said ‘That was a huge point in the match.”
Parker capitalized on the break point opportunity
with a backhand return, which forced a weak volley
from Stark. Parker moved in oft the volley and forced
an error, allowing him to serve out the match the fol
lowing game.
“Al has a great return,” Stark said. “He really
makes you work hard on your serve.”
Parker also made Stark work hard for points at the
net, allowing the 1989 junior U.S. Open champion a
mere seven points on 24 net approaches in the first
set, and 15 points on 33 approaches in the second set.
"Jonathan hit his vollies short. He placed them and
didn’t put them away,” said Parker, who hit 13
passing shots. ‘They didn’t have a lot of stick to them.
That killed him on a few big points.” .
Like in the 1989 Volvo final, Parker made a high
percentage of first serves nnd committed a low
amount of unforced errors. Parker threw in 68 percent
of his first serves in this year’s final, against 72 per
cent last year, while he committed three unforced er
rors oft the ground in 1990 against six in 1989.
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