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2 ♦ The Red and Black • Thursday, November 8, 1990
BRIEFLY
Knapp: Date rape won’t be tolerated
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Worley asks for recount. Jonesboro
attorney David Worley called for a recount Wednesday after final
returns showed him losing to Republican incumbent Newt Gingrich
by less than a percentage point in Georgia’s 6th District congressional
race. The complete but unofficial tally gave Gingrich, the House
minority whip and the only Republican in the state’s delegation, the
victory by a scant 983 votes. The controversial incumbent had 78,463
votes, or 50.3 percent, to Worle/s 77,480, or 49.7 percent. Gingrich
said he hadn’t expected such a tight race. “I’m going to be honest, a
recount request is automatic when the difference is less than 1
percent, he said. The votes probably won’t be certified until later this
week, and the 6th District recount will have to be done by local
officials in each of the district’s 12 counties. Sheila Ward, a Gingrich
aide, said the recount is not expected to change the outcome of the
race.
DALLAS (AP): Two fired; claim because of campaign.
Two employees of the Paulding County sheriffs department claim
they were fired Tuesday because they campaigned for a Republican
County Commission candidate. Helen Holton and Glenda Bates,
control operators at the jail, said they were told by Sheriff Perry
Grogan that Commission Chairman Johnny Helms, a Democrat, had
ordered the county civil service commission to fire them. The sheriff
confirmed Helms wanted the two fired. Helms wasn’t available for
comment Tuesday. The county’s civil service policy states “employees
shall not publicly support, endorse or work for the election of any
person running for a Paulding County elected position.”
■ NATION
LOS ANGELES (AP): DMV office hit during driving test.
A man taking a driving test crashed into a Department of Motor
Vehicles office Tuesday. Dozens of people scattered for safety as the
car plowed 30 feet inside. Only six minor injuries were reported but
damage to the office was extensive, authorities said. “A 70-year-old
man really flunked the driving test. He ran right into the building,”
said police officer Dennis Smith. Two people were treated at the scene
for minor injuries and four were examined at a hospital. The driver
wasn’t injured in the crash that caused an estimated $40,000 damage
to the office in suburban Canoga Park. The office was to remain closed
several days for repairs.
NEW YORK (API: Gas prices fall slightly. U.s. gasoline
pump prices fell slightly during the past week, according to a survey
released Tuesday. The American Automobile Association survey
found the retail price for a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded had
dropped by 0.3 cent, to $1,377. The last time the average price had
fallen was the week of Sept. 18, when it dipped 0.2 cent a gallon, AAA
said. Despite this week’s decline, the average price is still 30.2 cents
higher than Aug. 1, the day before Iraq invaded Kuwait. Prices were
slightly higher in New England and the Great Lakes region, but down
in all other regions.
NEW YORK (API: Kennedy passes bar exam. John F.
Kennedy Jr. told his bosses in the district attorney’s office Wednesday
he passed the state bar exam on the third try. Kennedy’s passing
grade on the July exam means he gets to keep his job as an assistant
district attorney. Kennedy joined the office in 1989 after graduating
from New York University Law School. It was announced Friday that
Kennedy had passed the Connecticut bar exam, but that wouldn’t
have saved his job, which carries a proviso of three strikes and you’re
out. His sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, passed the bar exam
on her first try, and was recently admitted to New York practice.
MACAOMB III. (AP): Students charged with death.
Twelve members of a university lacrosse team were charged with
misdemeanors in the death of a teammate who overdosed on alcohol
during an alleged initiation, school officials said. The 12 were
arrested Monday and charged by the McDonough County state’s
attorney’s office with hazing and unlawful delivery of alcohol to a
minor. Nicholas Haben, 18, of Oswego, was found dead Oct. 19 in a
Western Illinois University dormitory room. Officials said he was
forced to drink a large quantity of alcohol, but refused to say how
much alcohol was involved. Brian Donchez, who is among those
charged, said the students did nothing wrong.“We didn’t haze and
that’s all there is to it,” said Donchez, 21, of Chicago.
■ WORLD
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): Women argue driving ban.
About 50 Saudi women, saying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers
would leave them helpless in the event of war, took to the streets for
an unprecedented protest Tuesday — behind the wheel. The women,
many of them completely veiled except for their eyes, piled into 15
cars and took a drive through the capital. For them, it was a daring
act of protest.'This has nothing whatsoever to do with politics," one
woman explained. “If a crisis erupts, we must drive for the sake of our
families. We cannot stay immobile like sitting ducks.” All the women
taking part in the protest were experienced drivers, having learned
the skill outside of Saudi Arabia. The ban has been a topic of heated
debate, with conservative citizens arguing that the Islamic
prohibition against men and women mingling in public included
women drivers.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The Christian Science
Organization will meet today at
7 p.m. in Room 142 of the Tate
Student Center.
• The Minority Business
Students Organization will meet
today at 6:30 p.m. in Room 141 of
the Tate Center. Hiawatha
Morrow will speak on Clark
Howell Hall services. A reminder
to all members that the C&S
Bank tour is at 3 p.m.; meet at
the arches at 2:45 p.m. or on the
third floor of the C&S Building at
3 p.m.
• The Culture of the South
Association will have an informal
meeting today at 8 p.m. in Room
139 of the Tate Center, featuring
old-time banjo, fiddle and guitar
music. All interested are
welcome.
• Circle K International, the
world’s largest collegiate service
organization, will meet today at
7 p.m. in Room 138 of the Tate
Center. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
• The UGA Economics Club will
meet today at 6 p.m. in Room 142
of the Tate Center. All economics
students and faculty are invited
to attend.
• The Gamma Beta Phi Society
will meet today at 8 p.m. in Room
143 of the Tate Center. Please
bring a canned good for the
Thanksgiving food drive.
• The Classic City Toastmasters
meet today at 5:30 p.m. at the
Council On Aging, 230 Hull St. A
program on “How to be an
Effective Leader” is being
started.
Colloquium
• The sixth in a 10-part video
series on the Theology of
Christian Nonvioloence, titled
“Jesus and the Gospels,” will be
shown today at 7:30 p.m. at the
Presbyterian Center, 1250 S.
Lumpkin St. For more details,
call 549-4552.
Exhibits
• The Georgia Museum of Art is
showing “Altered States: Ten
Georgia Photographers” through
Nov. 18.
• An exhibition of paintings by
local artist Nancy Revnes will be
on display through Nov. 30 in the
Ecology Gallery, at the Institute
of Ecology .
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By MARGO MOORE
Campus Correspondent
The purpose of University President Charles
Knapp’s Oct. 29 letter sent to all University
students was to alert them that acquaintance
rape occurs on campus and won’t be tolerated, a
University health educator said.
“(The letter) was one more thing that Presi
dent Knapp and the University could do to take
a clear stand against acquaintance rape,” said
Nancv MacNair, University health educator.
In his letter, Knapp stated that incidents of
sexual and racial harassment, sexual assault
and date and aauaintance rape “violate (the
University’s) fundamental purpose.”
“Such incidents are contrary to our funda
mental belief in the dignity of each individu
al...and will not be tolerated,” Knapp wrote.
Gloria Varley, Acquaintance Rape Network
chairman, said Knapp had been working on the
letter since March. The letter had nothing to do
with the Student Right-To-Know and Campus
Security Act, Varley said, although Knapp sent
the letter to students just two weeks after Con
gress passed the act.
The act, if signed by President Bush, will re
quire federally-funded colleges and universities
to publish crime and graduation rates or lose
federal funds.
In the past, University crime statistics, in
cluding rape data, didn’t have to be reported to
students and employees. Varley doubts the act
will hurt the University’s reputation, she said.
Women fail to report rapes, and the data won’t
accurately reflect how many rapes actually
occur.
In his letter, Knapp encouraged students to
use educational programs on campus. He also
asked victims and witnesses of rape to seek
help. According to Health Services statistics,
however, many University students failed to
heed such advice in the past.
“Over 50 acquaintance rapes have been
third-party reported in the last two years,”
Varley said. “And that’s just the tip of the ice
berg.”
Third-party reports are anonymous reports
of rape received at the Gilbert Health Center.
Most of the 50 cases involved freshman
women and occurred during fall quarter, Varley
said. Most rapes occurred off campus in the
male’s territory, and 75 percent involved
drinking. Rape victims rarely report rape*-to
the University or Athens police.
“Women feel that it won’t make a (jifference
or they know the guy," Varley said. ‘Tear of re
prisal from him or his friends stops her from
calling the police.”
University Police Department records reflect
the trend of unreported on-campus rapes. Four
rapes were reported in 1988, none in 1989, and
two so far this year, Sgt. Richard Goodson said.
‘Tor every one rape that’s reported, there are
four to 10 which occur.”
Hillary Ruston, a Rape Crisis Line volunteer,
said University women call the Athens Rape
Crisis Line for advice and comfort but usually
decide not to report the rape to the police.
“I get about three calls a night,” Ruston said.
‘Two out of three are students — if not three
out of three.”
Varley said education and the reporting of
rapes are key to uncovering hidden acquaint
ance rapes involving University students.
“The goal is divergent information —Knapp’s
letter, bus cards, pledges receiving information,
the Georgia-Florida game brochure,” Varley
said.
Professor reasons for Christianity and science
Henry Schaefer
By LIZETTE KODAMA
Campus Correspondent
Christianity and science — to
gether?
Yes, according to Henry
Schaefer, who conducted a seminar
Tuesday titled “Is It Beyond
Reason?”
Schaefer, recognized as one of
the 20 most outstanding chemists
worldwide, became a Christian in
1973 during his fourth year as a
professor at the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley.
“It was the best decision I ever
made,” Schaefer said.
His first lecture on the combina
tion of Christianity and science
caused more of a stir at the Univer
sity in 1987 than it did at Berkeley,
he said.
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Berkeley,” he said. “Professors at
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Although Schaefer maintains
science and Christianity are com
patible, he said if God applied to
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Counsel, He would have been re
jected on five counts:
• He is too ambitious.
• He has no track record.
• He’s published one book and
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• He has no collaboration with
others.
• His proposal is all up in the
air.
Schaefer supported his thesis by
presenting a number of world-rek-
nowned scientists, like Erwin Sch-
rodinger, who do believe in God.
Schrodinger once wrote, “Sci
ence is a bunch of facts, but it tends
to disregard the things that matter
to the heart. Christianity deals
with those things.”
Schaefer said there are many
other scientists who agree with
Schrodinger.
“I stand in the strong tradition
of scientists who have opened the
way of Christianity,” he said.
Johannes Kepler, a mathemati
cian, physicist and astronomer
once said, “Motivation to do science
is to obtain a sample of the delight
of the divine creator in His work.”
University science students who
attended the seminar agreed.
Sam Clark, a junior horticulture
major, said, “He was quite in
formed. I was surprised so many
scientists believed in God.”
Scott Shepherd, a senior horti
culture major, said, “It’s refreshing
that the science community ex
presses their personal beliefs in an
objective manner.”
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