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2 • The Red and Black • Thursday. November 29. 1990
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■ UNIVERSITY
Rally for homeless to be held. Students for Awareness of
Homelessness will hold a rally Friday at 7 p.m. at City Hall to raise
awareness of homelessness nationally and locally, said Joseph Reid,
the group’s visitor volunteer coordinator. Speakers scheduled for the
Third Annual Candlelight Rally include Gwen O'Looney, newly-
elected chief elected officer of the Athens-Clarke unified government,
and Larry Pagnoni, executive director of the Upper Room, a ministry
to homeless people with AIDS in New York City. Local bands,
including the Labrea Stompers and Vigilantes of Love, will appear.
The rally will follow a candlelight march from the new homeless
shelter at 620 Barber St. to City Hall.
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Emory objects to high crime ranking.
Emory University officials say a forthcoming USA Today survey that
gives the private school the fourth highest campus crime rate in the
nation is based on such crimes as the theft of two slices of pizza and a
roast beef sandwich. “It’s totally absurd, incomprehensible,” Emory
President James Laney said of the report, which also listed the public
Georgia Institute of Technology across town as having the third
highest national rate. The survey results were first made public
Monday, when a WXIA-TV news report said Emory was first on the
list of the newspaper’s survey. The Atlanta television station and
USA Today, which plans to publish the rankings next Monday, are
both owned by the Gannett Co. Emory News Director Jan Gleason
telephoned USA Today on Tuesday about the broadcast and found the
newspaper had used an inaccurate number for the school’s student
population. “We were in the process of double-checking our numbers
when she called,” said Julia Wallace, USA Today's managing editor
for special projects.
ATLANTA (AP): More Georgia soldiers called to duty.
Gov. Joe Frank Harris said another Georgia Army National Guard
unit has been called to federal active duty and a second has been
placed on alert. Activated Tuesday was the 166th Maintenance
Company, split between Hinesville and Glennville. The unit has an
authorized strength of 261 persons and its mission is to provide
intermediate direct maintenance support for self-propelled, towed,
wheeled and tracked equipment. The call to active duty is for 180
days, which can be extended to 360 days by the president, Harris
said. Placed on alert was the nine-member 202nd Explosive Ordnance
Disposal detachment based at Fort Gillem in Atlanta. The unit’s
mission is to provide explosive ordnance disposal service where
needed. Thus far, more than 5,000 Georgia Army Guardsmen have
been either mobilized or placed on alert — a figure representing more
than 45 percent of the authorized strength in Georgia.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP): Oil spill mostly clean. About 85
percent of the rocky shores oiled in the Exxon Valdez disaster have
been sufficiently cleaned, Alaska’s oil-spill coordinator said as the
state released next year’s cleanup plan. “The last 15 percent might
come hard, but there’s just not all that much left to do,” Ernie Piper
said Monday. The plan repeats the state’s contention that Exxon
Corp. should complete the cleanup next year. It is intended to clarify
which areas the state believes still need treatment. The tanker Exxon
Valdez spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William
Sound after it struck a reef on March 24, 1989. A total of 1,285 miles
of shore extending into the Gulf of Alaska were coated with oil, and
countless birds and sea mammals were killed. The plan includes a
summary of conditions at 757 “shoreline segments, based on a fall
survey. The state has determined 404 of those segments need no more
treatment. Oil remains at many of the 404 sites, mostly under the
surface. But the plan says “the state considers it neither technically
possible nor environmentally practical to remove all remaining
contamination.”
BOSTON (AP): AIDS one In 500 for college students.
About one in 500 U.S. college students is infected with the AIDS
virus, and further spread of the deadly disease is likely on campuses
unless students change their sex habits, a study concludes. Based on
the new findings, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that
between 25,000 and 35,000 college students are infected with HIV,
the AIDS virus. “Risky behaviors are occurring, and now we know we
have the infection. It is cause for concern and appropriate attention,”
said Dr. Helene D. Gayle, who directed the study. The CDC study is
the first nationwide attempt to judge the presence of HIV on college
campuses, said co-author Dr. Richard P. Keeling of the American
College Health Association. It shows that the virus is probably about
as common there as in the public at large. However, the researchers
cautioned that AIDS could still spread dramatically among college
students, just as some other sexually transmitted diseases have done.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• An organizational meeting for
Tench for America wil meet
today at 4 p.m. in Room 138 of
the Tate Student Center.
• The UGA Economics Club will
meet today at 6 p.m. in Room 138
of the Tate Center. The meeting
is open to all economics majors
and faculty. Dr. Rudolph White,
a former faculty member, will be
speaking on “Career
Opportunities."
• The Gamma Beta Phi society
will meet today at 8 p.m. in Room
143 of the Tate Center.
Auditions
• The Black Theatrical
Ensemble will hold auditions for
its winter quarter production,
“Extremities," today from 4:30-6
p.m. in Room 1221 of Joe Brown
Hall. Participants are asked to
present a one-minute piece.
There are parts available for men
and women. For more
information, call the Minority
Services and Programs
Department at 542-5773.
Announcements
• A program for Russian
Language summer study in the
Soviet Union at the Leningrad
Polytechnic Institute is being
arranged. The program lasts for
4-6 weeks, and elective credit is
available. For more information,
call M. Thompson at 542-2458 or
Richard Reitt at 542-1557.
• A support group designed to
discuss, share and problem solve
academic difficulties will be
starting winter quarter for those
students with psychological
disabilities. For more
information, call Pam Hunt at
542-8719.
• There will be a pottery sale in
the visual arts building front
foyer today and tomorrow from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Volunteer Connection is
seeking volunteers who would
like to offer their time and help
to various holiday spirit
organizations. Please call
Community Connection at 353-
1313 for more information.
• The Office of Disability
Services is seeking students who
would like to be part-time
assistants. If interested, call
Pom Hunt at 542-8719.
Colloquium
• Classic City Toastmasters is
starting a program on “How to be
an Effective Leader.” All are
welcome to the meeting, which is
at 5:30 p.m. at the Council on
Aging, 230 S. Hull St.
Exhibits
• 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 .
• The Crealde Arts School
Student Sculpture Exhibition
will be on display in the Main
Gallery of the Visual Arts
Building through Nov. 30.
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Students continue dipping, chewing
By JUDY LYNCH
Contnbuting Writer
If you’ve noticed an increase in
the number of guys on campus la
tely with a “pinch" between their
cheek and gum, you’re observing a
trend that’s growing all over the
country.
The American Cancer Society re-'
ports that 8 to 36 percent of all
male high school and college stu
dents either dip snuff or chew to
bacco.
Despite the fact that the use of
smokeless tobacco is just as offen
sive to many as smoking, the use of
Community
By LAURA ROE
Campus Correspondent
Every Tuesday evening Gloria
Grandberry volunteers her time to
help people make it through crisis
situations in their lives.
Grandberry, an education assis
tant for St. Mary's Hospital, also
works for The Ark, a Christian
Ministry organization. She inter
views people who come to The Ark
in desperation over paying bills.
The Ark refers people “who are
barely making it” to agencies in
Athens, such as the Salvation
Army, who can help them.
Grandberry said she found her
volunteer job through Community
Connection, a non-profit referral
service. The service connects
people with various agencies in the
area that may need help.
these products is increasing,
according to the society.
Thomas McDonald, a local den
tist, said he noticed an increase in
the use of smokeless tobaccos
among young people about a year
ago.
“I don’t think a lot of people see
it as safer than smoking,” he said,
“I just think they see it as more
stylish right now.”
Many young males begin using
chewing tobacco or snuff as early
as the ages of 11 or 12.
One University junior, who
didn’t want to be identified, said he
began dipping snuff when he was
There are a variety of fields that
Community Connection has volun
teer information about, including
child and elderly abuse, day care,
counseling needs and support and
self-help groups, said Mamie Fike,
office manager of Community Con
nection.
Many agencies in Athens and
the surrounding counties are in
need of volunteers, said Ben Rob
inson, volunteer coordinator at
Community Connection.
Although, he said, many jobs are
perfect for students, “I get people
from all walks of life.”
Currently, Robinson is seeking a
volunteer to drive a 4-year-old pre
schooler to and from school.
The Connection also can help
people who would like to organize a
new group, Robinson said. John
Pieper, a University pre-med stu-
in 7th or 8th grade.
“I’ve tried to quit several times,"
he said, “mostly for the health rea
sons ”
“I can quit for a while, but then
I’ll reward myself with a dip and
end up starting back."
McDonald said that he is seeing
a tremendous amount of tooth
decay and advanced gum defects at
a younger age due to the increase
in the use of smokeless tobaccos.
“The tooth decay is unbelie
vable," he said. ‘There are kids
that come in with 10 or 12 cavities
in one visit, and I think the snuff is
worse than chewing tobacco.”
dent, came to Robinson for assis
tance in starting a group on
campus for pre-med and pre-health
majors.
Pieper said the group would be
“a way to give them (pre-med and
pre-health students) some volun
teer work and to help out the com
munity too.”
Pieper plans on getting the orga
nization started next quarter. Al
though things are still in the works
for the new group, he hopes it will
have three to four projects a
quarter, such as a fundraiser for
muscular dystrophy and volunteer
jobs at Athens Regional Medical
Center.
Fike said not only can Commu
nity Connection refer volunteers to
agencies, it is also an important
source for people with a variety of
Smokeless tobaccos often cause
decay below the level of the tooth,
which is almost incurable, he said.
Besides increasing tooth decay,
tobacco users face a much greater
chance of developing oral cancer,
according to the society.
“Cancer in the lower jaw bone is
E robably the worst place,” Mc-
•onald said, “since there is
nothing holding it back from the
large blood vessels in the neck."
Despite the risks involved, the
addictive qualities of nicotine pre
vent those who start dipping or
chewing from quitting easily.
needs. People who are in need of
help, but don’t know where to turn,
can call Community Connection
and a staff member will refer them
to an agency that can help them,
she said.
She said the services that the
Connection can provide range from
drug and alcohol abuse, domestic
violence, financial assistance,
housing, legal matters and pre
natal and postnatal care.
The Connection has a separate
“Aging Connection," and “Disabili
ties Connection” as well. The latter
is connected with Communiversity,
a University-affiliated program.
Sponsored by the United Way,
the group began seven years ago
and is directed by Gwen O’Looney,
Athens’ new chief elected officer.
To volunteer, or be referred to a
local agency, call 353-1313.
Connection helps those in need
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