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0 • The Red and Black • Friday, Novomber 16, 1990
SPORTS
The winner of Saturday's nationally-televised (CBS) game be
tween Ole Miss (8-1, 4-1) and Tennessee (5-2-2, 2-1-1) In Mem
phis will have the Inside track to a Sugar Bowl date with Virginia.
Ole Miss leads bowl-eligible SEC teams.
Butler races toward NCAA Cross Country Championships
By DOUG ROBERSON
Contributing Writer
Nineteen-ninety has been a very
good year athletically for Georgia
cross country track star Kali
Butler.
She has chalked up first place
wins at the Georgia Invitational,
Vanderbilt Invitational and a moat
recent victory at the NCAA Region
III qualification meet last Sat
urday in Greenville, S.C.
'That was probably the greatest
thrill running that I’ve ever had,"
said Butler, who with the Georgia
team qualified for Monday's NCAA
Cross Country Championships in
Knoxville, Tenn.
“Keli is one of the factors in
races now," Georgia cross-country
coach John Mitchell said. "You’ve
got to run this girl and handle her.
The victory at the Region III meet
last week proved that right now
she’s one of the best from Loui
siana to Maryland.”
But life on the track for Butler
has not always reaped the same
success in the past that this year
has brought.
“In high school, I only ran three
months a year and when I got to
Georgia I was having to run all
year long,” Butler said. “I wasn’t
running well and my old cross
country coach was putting a lot of
pressure on me. It just wasn’t any
fun. I thought about quitting."
During Butler’s sophomore
season, things got better when
Georgia hired Mitchell to be the
new cross country and track coach.
“Coach Mitchell made a lot of
difference,” Butler said. “He
doubled our mileage immediately
and we were freaking out, but he’s
got a way of dealing with us. He
made running a lot of fun. It wasn’t
like that my freshman year.”
In 1989, when Georgia runner
Jolly Earle collected All-American
honors, Butler started to develop a
new mindset.
“I really started to expect more
of myself,” Butler said. “I would
freak out when I would hear the
big names at meets. But then Jolly
Earle broke through and was com
peting on the national level. I was
working out with her and was
keeping up. It just occured to me
that I could do it in the races too.
Then my name would be up with
the big names."
Butler’s improvement under her
new coach and mindset is evident
in her improvement from 37th to
first place at the NCAA Region III
qualifications. Her best time also
dropped from 18:13 in 1989 to
16:50 in 1990.
“I think my success this year is a
combination of having a full year
under Coach Mitchell and a lot of
running over the summer," she
said. “He went out and recruited
some studs. We push each other
real hard. We’ve all improved our
times about a minute. We also
went from sixth to second place in
the SEC this year.
“I also did a lot of running this
summer. I ran about 1,100 miles
over 14 weeks. It seemed like that’s
all I was doing but I think it paid
off this year.”
Volleyball team: Building momentum for SEC tournament
By LYA WODRASKA
Sports Writer
After squashing Georgia Tech
Wednesday, the Georgia volleyball
team (23-11, 4-4 in the SEC) will
face Auburn tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
the Women’s P.E. Building before
heading to the SEC tournament in
Mobile, Ala. Nov. 22-24.
Georgia coach Jim lams sees to
night’s match with Auburn (24-11,
4-4 SEC) as a chance to build mo
mentum for the SEC tournament.
“Everything we do from now on
is going to be geared to doing well
in the tournament," lams said."Au
burn will be a good test since it is
another SEC team.”
The Bulldogs are in a four-way
tie with Auburn, Florida, and Ten
nessee for third in the conference.
Georgia was awarded the third
seed in the tournament because
the tie was broken according to
overall records.
The Dogs will face sixth-seeded
Tennessee (10-13, 4-4 in the SEC)
in their first match on Nov. 22. The
Vols defeated Georgia last
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weekend by scores of 4-16, 9-15,15-
10, 15-6, 11-15.
“We didn’t play phenomenal, but
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been struggling all year but they
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The tournament is important for
the Dogs because they must win it
to be one of the 32 teams that com
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“We feel good about it (the SEC
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Tt’s just a matter of whether we do
it or not.”
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From the Baha’i' Association of the University of Georgia
Today many people express the wish for world peace and yet, seem to regard
peace as an elusive dream.
We, the membe s of the Baha'i' Association of the University of Georgia, would
like to share .ath you the "fervor of our hope and depth of our confidence" that
peace is inevitable and is more than just a dream We invite you to read the en
closed summary of "The Promise of World Peace," a statement issued by the
Universal House of Justice, the governing body the Baha’i' Faith to the peoples
of the world.
Among the points this statement emphasizes are that (1) humuankind is not in
trinsically violent, (2) racism and prejudices of all kinds are barriers to world
peace and must be eliminated, and (3) the emancipation of women and univer
sal education are prerequisites tor world peace and must be upheld We would
like to invite every one of you to a discussion of this subject, on November 27th,
at 7:30 p.m in room 141 o> Tate Center. Please come and join the discussion.
The following is a summary of a statement of the Peoples ol The
World by the Universal House ol Justice, the supreme consultative body
of the Baha'i Faith, presented to the United Nations, and all ot Ihe lead
ers ol the world.
For the first time in history the dream of peace on earth is within the
reach of Ihe nations. Indeed, peace is fhe next stage in the evolution at
this planet. Humanity has the choice at reaching peace after unimagin
able catastrophes or achieving it by an act ot will.
Many signs point to increasing cooperation among nations, while sci
entific and technological advances provide the means tor the solution
ot humanity's practical problems. Yet doubts, misconceptions, prejudic
es, suspicions, and narrow self-interest persist.
The prevailing international order is Hawed, and sovereign stales are
unable to exercise the specter ot war, prevent the threatened collapse
ot the world's economy, stop the spread of anarchy and terrorism, and
alleviate the intense suffering of millions.
The entrenchment of the view that aggression and conflict are intrin
sic to human nature and, theretore, ineradicable has paralyzed efforts
to erect a system giving free play to individual creativity but based on
cooperation It must be reassessed. Dispassionate examination re
veals that aggression and conflict, far from expressing man's true sell,
are a distortion of the human spirit,
Baha'is believe that the human race as a distinct, organic unit has
passed through evolutionary stages analogous to in- fancy and child
hood in the lives ol individuals and is now passing through its turbulent
adolescence Prejudice, war. and exploitation have been expressions
ot immature stages ot this vast historical process. However dark the im
mediate circumstances, Baha'is believe that humanity can confront its
trials with confidence
The human spirit, whose essential manifestation is Ihe mind, has
crealed civilization and material progress Thai same spirit also seeks
transcendence, reaching toward the ultimate reality, the unknowable
essence called God Indeed, religions have been the links between
humanity and this ultimate reality. No serious attempt to achieve world
peace can ignore religion, tor. as Baha'u'llah, the Founder ot the
Baha'i Faith, said "Religion is the greatest ot all means for the estab
lishment ot order in the world and Ihe peaceful contentment ol all that
dwell therein.'
Humanity's negligence and imposition of erroneous interpretations on
the teachings of the Founders ot religions are responsible for much
contusion - confusion compounded by artificial barriers erected be
tween taith and reason, science and religion.
Spiritual confusion and religious fanaticism have convinced increas
ingly large numbers ot people that religion is irrelevant to the modern
world. In its place stand man-made ideologies designed to save socie
ty tram the evils under which it groans Yet many of these ideologies
The Promise of World Peace
have only served to defy the state, to subordinate the rest of mankind to
one nation, race, or class, to suppress Ideas, or callously to abandon
starving millions to the operations ot a market system that is aggravat
ing the plight ot a ma|ority ot mankind, while enabling small sections to
live in affluence undreamt ol by our torebears. The time has come for
an accounting.
The roots that nourish the falsehood that human beings are incorrigi
bly selfish and aggressive lie in Ihe glorification of materialistic pur
suits. These have tailed to satisfy the needs ol mankind. A remedial ef
fort Is urgently required. It is primarily a matter of attitude. Will the
leaders ot humanity step lorth and consult together In a united search
tor appropriate solutions’ Those who care tor the future ot the human
race may well ponder the advice that legal standards, political and ec
onomic theories are solely de' ,gned lo safeguard the interests of hu
manity as a whole Humanity should not be crucified lor the preserva
tion of the integrity ot any particular law or doctrine.
II
Banning particular weapons will not remove the root causes of war.
Neither can the massive dislocation in the affairs ot humanity be re
solved through the settlement of specific conflicts. A genuine universal
framework must be adopted.
The tentative steps toward world order, especially since World War II.
and Ihe increasing tendency ot nations to cooperate in matters ot mutu
al interest suggest that the paralysis ot will based on the conviction that
mankind is quarrelsome by nature can be overcome. Measures con
cerned with eliminating discrimination based on race, sex, or religious
belief, if enforced and expanded, will advance the day when the spec
ter ol war will cease to dominate international relations
Though there is no need to stress the significance of such issues,
some ot them deserve additional comment because ot their immediate
relevance to the establishment ot world peace:
Racism, a banetul evil, is a maior barrier lo peace.
The inordinate disparity between rich and poor keeps the world in a
state ol instability, virtually on the brink ot war
Unbridled nationalism must give way to a wider loyalty, to the love of
humanity as a whole.
Religious strife, the cause of innumerable wars and conflicts, is in
creasingly abhorrent to people ot all faiths and no taith
The achievement ot lull equality between the sexes is one ot the
most important prerequisites ot peace
Universal education deserves the utmost support that governments
can lend it, tor ignorance is the principal reason lor the decline and tall
of peoples
A fundamental lack ol communication between peoples seriously
undermines efforts toward world peace
Two points bear emphasizing. One is that the abolition ot war is not
simply a matter ot signing treaties and protocols but a complex task
that requires a new level of commitment. The other point is that the
context ot the issues ot peace must be raised to the level of principle.
For peace stems from an inner state supported by a spiritual and moral
attitude in which the possibility ot enduring solutions can be found.
World order can be founded only on the consciousness ot the one
ness ol mankind But the achievement ot such an order requires sever
al stages, ultimately leading to the establishment ol a world common
wealth.
Baha'u'llah wrote more than a century ago that a vast assemblage
must be held. 'The rulers and kings ol the earth must consider such
ways and means as will lay the foundations of the world's Great Peace
The convocation ot such a gathering is long overdue.
We appeal to the leaders of all nations to convoke this world meet
ing. We urge the lull support ot the United Nations and call upon men
and women, youth and children to give their willing assent. All the tom
es ot history impel the human race toward this act. which will mark for
all time the dawn ol its long-awaited maturity
The source ot our optimism is a vision transcending the cessation ot
war and the creation ot agencies ol international cooperation. Beyond
the political peace, beyond pragmatic arrangements tor collective se
curity and coexistence lies Ihe crowning goal: the unification ot all peo
ples ot the world in one universal family
The urge to peace and unity struggles to express itself through
countless international endeavors and movements.
The experience of the Baha'i community may also be seen as an
other example of this enlarging unity. It is a community of some three to
tour million people drawn tram many nations, cultures, classes, and
creeds It is a single social organism representative of the diversity ot
the human family. Its existence is yet another proof of the practicality of
its Founder's vision. We are happy to otter the Baha'i experience as a
model tor study
At this writing the voices ot Baha’is can be heard despite the perse
cution in the land in which their Faith was born They bear witness to
the belief that the imminent realization ot the age-old dream ot peace is
now invested with divine authority. Thus we not only convey a vision in
words but summon the power ot deeds of taith and sacrifice We |oin
with all who are the victims of aggression, all who yearn tor an end to
conflict and contention, all whose devotion to principles ol peace and
world order promotes the ennobling purpose lor which humanity was
called into being by an all-loving Creator
In the earnestness of our confidence we cite the emphatic promise ot
Baha'u'llah 'These fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass
away, and the Most Great Peace' shall come '
FOR A FREE COPY OF THE FULL TEXT OF " THE PROMISE OF WORLD PEACE" CONTACT: BAHATASSSOCIA-
TION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA P.O. BOX 5304, ATHENS, GA 30604 OR CALL 548-6495/549-8870