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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1991 ♦ ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 98, ISSUE 41
Forecast: Cole hot
Rod Cole shoots for two in Saturday’s roundball game over Michael
Curry of Tennessee as Georgia's Neville Austin gets In position for the
offensive rebound. The Dogs won in a lopsided victory 107-86. The
team's losses this year have been close games while the victories
have been blowouts, causing some to question the Dogs’ ability in the
crunch. For complete sports coverage, please see page 7.
University funds cut again
By JOAN STROER
Campus Correspondent
Hard times have forced the Uni
versity to absorb another budget
cut — this time a one percent, $2.4
million cut which closely follows
last quarter’s three percent reduc
tion.
William Prokasy, vice president
for Academic Affairs, compared the
budget reduction to a high-stakes
monopoly game.
“We still collect $200 as we pass
GO, but we go around less," Wo-
kasy said.
With the recessed U.S. economy,
Prokasy explained, there is a sub
sequent decrease in dollars spent,
which translates into decreases in
tax revenue. Decreased tax rev
enue leads to a decrease in Univer
sity funds.
The University learned of the
$2.4 million cut in a Dec. 11 mem
orandum from Governor-Elect Zell
Miller.
And according to a Dec. 20 mem
orandum from University System
Chancellor H. Dean Propst, this
cut may not be the last.
But despite the additional
squeeze on the University’s funds,
individual schools, colleges and all
instructional areas will be spared
any budget cuts, said University
Budget Director Bob Bugbee.
Contingency funds from cen
trally-funded projects were set
aside in anticipation of a new re
duction, and will be used to shield
academic departments from cuts.
Also spared were the Medical
College of Georgia hospitals and
clinics, which Miller called “life-
safety institutions.”
Bugbee also said no one area will
bear the brunt of the reduction.
The University System, he said,
will receive less maintenance, less
instructional and other types of
equipment and no programs will be
initiated.
Additionally, some old programs
have been terminated.
Edward Chin, director of Marine
Sciences, said he has received
many letters of complaint since his
department ended its Brunswick
environmental education program
as a result of the new cut. The pro
gram taught thousands of students
about the environment and taught
teachers about instruction.
Chin explained that, although
the Marine Sciences budget has
been cut a total of 4 percent, reduc
tion-immune areas like salaries
serve to increase cuts taken in
other parts of the budget such as
William Prokasy: Vice Presi
dent for Academic Affairs
own turf
Please See BUDGET, Page 2
Dogs no contest for Tigers on their
The Georgia men’s basketball team lost to
the LSU Tigers 83-76 in Baton Rouge, La.,
Monday night to fall to 1-3 in the SEC (8-5
overall).
LSU center All-American Shaquille O’Neal
led all scorers with 34 points for the Tigers.
Georgia’s Litterial Green led the Dogs with 26
points.
Marshall Wilson scored 10 points in
Georgia’s losing effort, but failed to score in the
first half.
Despite causing 23 turnovers in the game,
the Bulldogs failed to capitalize on Tiger mis-
cues, shooting just 31 percent from the floor for
the game.
The Tigers shot 57 percent in the first 20
minutes to take a 37-29 lead at halftime.
Shooting just 33 percent in the first half,
Georgia hung tough after falling behind 10-2 at
the onset of the game.
Reserve forwards Antonio Harvey, Reggie
Tinch and Lem Howard came in to help pull the
Dogs even at 22-all. Senior guard Jody Patton
put the Dogs up by two, 24-22. It was the last
and only lead the Dogs had ns LSU pulled away
in the closing minutes of the first period to take
nn eight-point lead at the midway mark.
Struggling with poor shooting, Georgia got to
within five points in the second half 58-53 with
a little more than eight minutes to play. But
then the Dogs hit a scoring drought that lasted
almost four minutes and never recovered.
— David Pace
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Seal of approval: The new Athens-Clarke County Unified Commission will vote to replace
the present Clarke County seal (left) with one of the proposed new seals.
By DAVID M. JOHNSTON
Staff Writer
As the outgoing city and county governments pre
pare for their final meetings tonight, the new Athens-
Clarke County Unified Commission is hard at work
preparing for its installation next week.
The new government, comprised of a Chief Elected
Officer and 10 commissioners, will take office
Monday.
The commission has held regular Wednesday meet
ings since Dec. 15, and ad-hoc committees are already
at work on the enormous number of city and county
ordinances, procedures and services that must be rec
onciled under the new government.
“We think we’re ahead of the schedule set forth by
the transition team,” 4th District Commissioner-elect
John Barrow said Monday.
As CEO, O’Loonev will have the power to nominate
the government's administrator and attorney, preside
over meetings and set the commission’s agenda.
The CEO is the only legislative and administrative
official elected countywide. But unlike the present
Athens City Council, the new commission will have
the power to amend the budget.
Presently, the mayor submits a budget which the
council must accept or reject without amendment.
The CEO is allowed a vote on the commission only
in order to break n tie, while the mayor has a vote on
the council.
At a retreat last weekend at Amicalola State Park
commission members discussed a proposal, supported
by O’Looney, to change the CEO’s title to mayor, a
more recognizable and less complicated title.
But the major controversy surrounding the new
government came from the defeat of 9th district black
candidate Harry Sims, who was expected to be one of
three black commissioners, along with Linny Bailey
and Miriam Moore.
Sims’ defeat has caused concern that blacks will be
underrepresented in the new government.
Data compiled by the transition team show that
only 15 percent of Clarke County employees ore black
while 45 percent of city employees are black.
State Representative Mike Thurmond has sought
assurance from O’Looney that blacks will be an inte
gral part of the new government.
Inadequate inclusion of blacks could result in a law
suit, Thurmond said. A unification plan approved by
voters in Augusta in 1988 was rejected by the U.S. De-
f iartment of Justice ns discriminatory after black
eaders there filed a lawsuit.
O’Looney said she agrees with Thurmond’s goals
and she hns met several times with black leaders to
work out the potential problems.
“There have been verbal assurances but no deci
sions have been made,” said Thurmond.
The Athens City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the
council chambers at city hall and the Clarke County
Board of Commissioners at 7:30 p.m. in the board
room of the county courthouse annex.
Student to serve time
as DUI case closes
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
The fight for justice finally has
ended for the family of a DUI ac
cident victim while their fight to
regain a normal life is just begin
ning.
Patrick Schlottman, a Univer
sity management information
systems major, was sentenced to
three and a half years in prison
on Jan. 4 in Clarke County Supe
rior Court on two counts of se
rious injury by vehicle.
Schlottman struck and se
verely ir\jured Dawn Roberts, a
sophomore at Stephens College
in Columbia, Mo., on River Road
May 27.
Steve Jones, prosecutor for the
Clarke Countv district attorney’s
office, said Schlottman will si
multaneously serve for one count
of vehicle injury against Nicholas
Sucan, a junior accounting mqjor
at Georgia State University, who
also was injured.
“Roughly six years were asked
by the prosecution, but we were
not upset by the three-and-a-half
year sentence,” Jones said.
Because it was Schlottman’s
first offense, the defense asked
for a 90-day sentence at a boot
camp in lieu of prison time, Jones
said.
Schlottman’s attorney, Brian
Carney of Athens, said his argu
ment was to present alternatives
to the judge on Schlottman’s be
half.
“I tried to emphasize his record
and what he’d been through,” he
said.
Since the accident, Schlot
tman, a member of Kappa Sigma
fraternity, has been visiting dif
ferent chapters of the fraternity,
talking about the incident.
Carney said the case was emo
tional for everyone involved.
“It’s unfortunate for him that
it’s an isolated incident,” he said.
Any parole for Schlottman will
be considered and determined by
the state parole department, he
said.
Len Roberts, Dawn’s father,
said Dawn is getting on with her
life as best as possible.
“She’s doing as well as can be
expected in her condition,” he
said.
Roberts said his daughter, who
received critical injuries to her
head and legs and was in a coma
for several weeks, is improving
greatly.
Dawn will undergo additional
head and leg surgery, as well as
cosmetic surgery for facial scar
ring, he said.
“She’s hoping to come back to
college in another year,” Roberts
said.
Roberts hopes the tragedy
raises alcohol awareness in the
the University community, he
said.
‘The University has a problem
that it needs to address now be
fore it becomes a bigger problem,"
he said.
A third pedestrian, TeiTy Ken
nedy, suffered only a bruised hip
from the side mirror on Schlot
tman’s car.
Kennedy, a junior finance
mnjor at Georgia State Univer
sity, brought no charges against
Schlottman.
University police reported
Schlottman’s blood alcohol level
was .19 percent at the time of the
accident. A person is legally
drunk in Georgia when the level
is .10 percent.
Concern curbed about minority scholarships
By ANGELA HORNSBY
Staff Writer
A U.S. education official’s announcement
that race-specific scholarships are illegal con
cerned members of the University community,
but a University official said no minority stu
dent scholarships are in danger of revocation.
In late December, Assistant Secretary of Ed
ucation Michael Williams said scholarships
based on race are illegal.
Speculation about the ruling ended when
President George Bush said Williams’ opinion
was not that of the cabinet.
Ray Tripp, director of financial aid, said the
decision probably would have decreased the
number of black students enrolled at the Uni
versity.
“We created minority scholarship programs
in an effort to recruit and retain minority stu
dents,” he said. “This was accepted and encour
aged by the federal government."
Dwight Douglas, vice president for Student
Affairs, said the ruling would’ve dealt a serious
blow to the education of bluck students.
Douglas said a scholarship that would pay ei
ther half or all of a student’s tuition for the
school year might have been in jeopardy had
the ruling prevailed.
The decision seemed inconsistent with civil
rights legislation which encouraged schools to
provide scholarships for minorities, Douglas
said.
Tripp said within the next four yenrs, the De
partment of Education will clearly have to state
a policy on the issue.
Larry Blount, a professor in the School of
Law and president of Clarke County’s NAACP
chapter, said the decision sent a wrong signal to
Americans.
The University’s minority population would
have been “traumatically” affected, he said.
Blount said he doesn’t credit Bush for the re
versal of Williams’ remark.
“Over 10 years now, there has been a process
going on to turn back the clock. We’re seeing
this in the courts (and the) executive branch of
the U.S. government. I don’t think Bush has
been one to stop it.”
Leslie Bates, director of Minority Services
nnd Programs, said the Bush administration
floated a trial balloon, using a low-ranking
black official as the fall guy.
Thomas Glanton, Black Affairs Council pres
ident, said he felt the assistant secretary wasn’t
fully aware of the consequences of his decision.
Faculty try hand at peace through open letter
By LANCE HELMS
Staff Writer
With a careful shrug and an oc
casional squint as he brings out the
solid core of reason behind his ar
guments, Bernard Dauenhauer
looks the part of the 1990s campus
activist: Not nn attention-grabber
but a thoughtful man who wants to
get something important done.
Dauenhauer, a professor of phi
losophy, composed an open letter to
President George Bush and three
Georgia congressmen advising
against a U.S. first strike on Iraq if
Saddam Hussein doesn’t withdraw
from Kuwait.
He wants University faculty and
staff to sign the letter, which he
will fax to Bush, U.S. Rep. Doug
Barnard (D-Augusta), and U.S.
Sens. Wyche Fowler (D-Atlanta)
and Sam Nunn (D-Perry) Jan. 15
— the date on which Bush
threatens destruction of Iraq if
Saddam crosses Washington’s
imaginary line in the sand.
“It’s just an attempt among
people I know who are concerned
about reasonable, responsible for
eign policy,” Dauenhauer said, “to
express our judgment about what
we take to be a very serious, se
rious problem.”
Potential signers should stop by
his office in Peabody Hall room 2 to
sign the letter.
‘There’s some reason to think
that politicians do pay attention to
their mail,” Dauenhauer said.
But he doesn’t want student sig
natures on the letter. Instead, he
wants better-informed students.
“Students are quite capable of
deciding on their own how to ex
press their views,” Dauenhauer
said.
'The first thing they can do is
take the trouble to become well-in
formed about the issues,” he said.
“I know from teaching classes and
trying to talk about issues in the
news that you can’t be well-in
formed just from the seven o’clock
news.”
Dauenhauer recommends that
students supplement their daily
media exposure with publications
Please See PEACE, Page 3
Phyllis Durham: Reads a poem for the boys overseas while
her husband looks on at a Monday night courthouse vigil.
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