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2 • The Red and Black • Friday, February 28. 1992
BRIEFLY
■ UNIVERSITY
Monday is deadline for absentee ballot voting for primary
For students who want to vota in Georgia’s March 3 primary using an ab
sentee ballot, the last day to vote is Monday, March 2 in Room 260 of the
Clarke County Courthouse on Washington Street. Saturday is the last
day to mail the ballots out, said Dot Barrett, county elections chair. If
students are mailing in the ballot, it must be postmarked by Tuesday,
March 3. - Lori Wiechman
Celebrities show to benefit Athens Child Abuse Council
Atlanta and Athens area celebrities are joining together Saturday night
for a dinner theater show to benefit the Athens Child Abuse Council. The
fund raiser, entitled “A Starry Starry Night" will feature the Atlanta’s
proup Banks and Shane, model and country singer Marianne Rogers and
University head football coach Ray Goff Edith Hollander, associate pro
gram director of the Georgia Council on Child Abuse said the communi
ty response has been overwhelming and there is little, if any room left for
the $50 per person dinner show. “It is the first time we have everheld
a benefit here in Athens, and to get such a response is wonderful," she
said. If anyone would like to attend, Hollander urges them to call right
away. “A Starry Starry Night" will be held at Spanky’s on Saturday, Feb.
29 at 7 p.m. -Melissa Collins
President of German senate to speak at the Chapel
Dr. Alfred Gomolka, president of the German senate and second in com
mand to the German president will visit the University on Friday.
Gomolka is the highest ranking German official to visit the Southeast
and constitutes his first official visit to the United States. He will deliv
er a one hour speech entitled “Germany: After the Reunification," and will
highlight the obstacles Germany encountered during reunification. The
speech will be delivered at the University chapel beginning at 10:30 a.m.
- Melissa Collins
Habitat for Humanity collecting clothes for new house
Habitat For Humanity is collecting clothes for a yard sale to help fund
their ninth house. “We'll take almost anything people don’t want," said
Paul Dorsey, site chairman for Habitat, “And we sell them in a big yard
sale in our thrift store." Clothes can be dropped off at Habitat Thrift
Store, 744 Barber St., anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Profits from
the yard sales and thrift store are the primary source of funds for
Habitat. “We’ve gotten about $15,000 from the sales and store," Dorsey
said. Habitat will gather clothes for about two more weeks for the next
house, which they begin building next week. - Melanie Thomas
m STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Atlanta a top draw for baby boomers
Atlanta continued to shine in the eyes of baby boomers during the 1980s,
making it one of the few big cities that still drew them in resounding
numbers, a study suggests. It said metro Atlanta ranked third overall
during the 1980s with a 33 percent growth in baby boomers - the more
than 80 million Americans bom between 1946 and 1964. “Atlanta is still
booming, it’s still livable and it has all those kinds of amenities baby
boomers want,” said the study's author, William H. Frey of the University
of Michigan. The city ranked behind only Orlando and Fort Worth*
Arlington, Texas, according to Frey’s analysis of the 1990 census to be
published next month in American Demographics magazine. In addition,
Atlanta was the only city to attract strong combined growth among
younger, older and black members of the baby boom. It also was the only
major metropolitan area to sustain growth of yuppies - dominated by the
older boomers - from the 1970s into the 1980s. “A lot of the other places
that attracted yuppies in the 1970s have sunk a little because jobs were
less prevalent or the costs of living zoomed way out of the stratosphere,”
Frey said.
ATLANTA (AP): Many women not using contraception
A study of women at high risk for AIDS in four US. locations has found
as many as half never using contraceptives, and as many as two-thirds
wanting to have children, federal health researchers reported Thursday.
Researchers from local health departments and the national Centers for
Disease Control studied 736 sexually active women at risk of AIDS be
cause they or their sex partners have used intravenous drugs. The study
looked at drug clinics in New York City, Philadelphia and the Newark,
N.J., area, and at drug centers and prisons in Miami. Most of the wom
en - from 54 to 60 percent at the various sites - said they did not want
to become pregnant within the next three years. But only 26 to 38 per
cent reported regular contraceptive use, and 37 to 49 percent said they
never used contraceptives, the CDC said. “We have a motivated popula
tion which is having problems implementing their desires,” said Dr.
Christine Galavotti, a psychologist with the CDC’s division of sexually-
transmitted-disease protection.
UGA TODAY
Announcements
• Automating Your Small
Business:
Provides a wide range of training
for both beginners and advanced
computer users at the Georgia
Center. For more information call
542-1110.
• Brown Bag Lunch Talks:
Invitational meeting presented by
facilitator, Dr. Patricia Del Rey in
Room 140 of the Tate Student
Center from 12:10 to 1 p.m.
• Brown for President:
Anyone interested in helping with
the campaign or finding out more
information, call 543-3612 or 548-
7267 (locally), or 1-800-426-1112
(nationally).
• Colonial Cup Tournament:
UGA Polo Team will have a match
today at 3 p.m., as well as match
es all day Saturday and Sunday.
For more information call 354-
2578.
• Israeli Folk Dancing:
Sunday in Room 260 of the
Women’s P.E. Building. Beginners
class starts at 7 p.m.; intermediate
at 8 p.m. For more information call
357-0077.
• Japanese Friendship
Society:
Will have a potluck party in Room
137 of the Tate Student Center at
6 p.m. For more information call
357-0127 or 542-9447.
• “Managing Malpractice
Risks":
At the Georgia Center. For more
information call 542-6638.
• National Student Exchange:
Deadline during the 1992-93
school year is Wednesday. For
more information go to the Office
of Student Affairs, Room 201 of the
Academic Building, or call 542-
3564.
• Rollerblading:
Sunday at 2 p.m - location varies.
For more information call 548-
7225, 369-9805, or 369-8719.
• “Small Animal Surgery
Problem Solving":
j At the Georgia Center. For more
I information call 542-6638.
I • Student Shabbat Services:
! Today at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday
morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillel
j House. For more information call
543-6393.
• Women’s Coalition:
Organizing car pools to
Washington D.C. for the April 5
Pro-choice March. Anyone inter
ested call 613-8387 or 354-4105.
Coltoquia
• “Advanced Principles of
Occlusion" Seminar:
Dr. Pete Dawson will present a
seminar for dentists at the Georgia
Center. For more information call
542-2241.
• Art is Yes:
Presents a panel discussion enti
tled “Social Responsibility and the
Artist: A Demand or a Diversion"
in Room 117 of the Visual Arts
Building at 7 p.m.
• Special Masters for Lawyer
Disciplinary Hearing Seminar:
Required training for newly elect
ed municipal court judges at the
Georgia Center. For more informa
tion call 542-2241.
Meetings
• Cricket Club:
Meeting at the intramural fields at
11 a.m. on Saturday. For more in
formation call 353-7849.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least two
days before the date to be pub
lished.
Where oh where to get a slice?
Athens has a plethora of pizza places
By CHRISTOPHER PAGE
Contnbuting Writer
When standing on the comer of
Jackson Street and Broad in down
town Athens, those in search of
pizza can choose one of the four
restaurants serving pizza within a
300 foot radius.
Though the existence of four
restaurants serving similar cuisine
may seem impractical during a re
cession, owners say catering to dif
ferent crowds is their strategy for
success.
Of the veteran establishments,
there is Rocky’s Pizzeria, which
has been open since 1984, and
Depalma’s, which has been open
for three and a half years.
Rocky’s, located on Clayton
Street, has a strong following from
the art and music communities,
along with a strong patronage
from local residents, said owner
George Matta. He said he has seen
a slight drop in sales which he
credits more towards the economy
than to the incipient establish
ments.
“Since October of last year,
we’ve felt the effects of the reces
sion. We’re off about ten percent
from last year, and as a result,
people don’t have as much money
to go out on and have dinner,” he
said.
One street over, Depalma’s,
which is more of the bistro,
with its hardwood floors and
Americana decor eqjoys the sup-
‘Since October of last
year, we’ve felt the ef
fects of the recession.’
- George Matta
Rocky's co-owner
port of professors, businessmen,
and student regulars for lunch,
and is packed during dinner with
couples and groups.
John Dutur, of Depalma’s, said
he does not see a marked change
in their business because of the re
cession, or from the newly estab
lished pizza places nearby. He said
each pizza place offers a different
setting and consequently attracts
different people.
“The Mellow Mushroom is more
of a bar, and Peppino’s caters to a
totally different crowd," Dutur
said. “They’re more of a pizzeria
and we’re more of a restaurant."
Peppino’s, which has been open
for three months, and the Mellow
Mushroom, which is in its seventh
week, are quickly becoming accli
mated to hungry downtowners and
both restaurants report to be doing
very well. Joe Cortese attributes
this to reasonable prices and a
family atmosphere.
“They like to come here because
the place is so big, and I have so
many tables. I don’t mind them
coming in and staying as long as
they like -- to play pool or just sit
around and talk,” he said.
Peppino’s has $1 neapolitan
slices and an array of handmade
pizza’s, calzones, and a stromboli
of Cortese’s own recipe from Italy,
Cortese said.
The Mellow Mushroom, boasts
a different clientele composed
mainly of college students who
come in to enjoy their special-
house pizza or one of their fifteen
specialty sandwiches. Though hav
ing been in business only a short
while, they have a steady stream
of customers during the day and a
convivial crowd at night, taking
advantage of their late hours and
Depalma’s Italian Cafe
relieving their thirsts from its
twenty-six draff beer selections.
Mark Bushey, a co-owner of the
Mellow Mushroom, said, “We’re
leaning more towards the sports
pub atmosphere, and we’re also go
ing to sponsor some intramurals.”
Debaters wrangle on a host
of questions concerning rape
By STEVEN BARRETT
Campus Correspondent
The news media’s revealing names of alleged
rape victims or rapists damages the reputations of
those named. That’s one of the few things speakers
at a discussion Wednesday night in the Tate
Student Center agreed on.
Victoria Davion, assistant professor of philoso
phy, Conrad Fink, professor of journalism, and
Nanci Newton, co-director of the Rape Crisis Center
of Northeast Georgia, agreed on little else.
Davion said society blames rape victims, com
pounding the pain of the crime itself, and that re
vealing their names is pointless.
“This idea that as long as something is true it
must be good for us is false," she said. “And if it
doesn’t do anyone any good to reveal the names, I
see no reason to do it."
Davion said, however, that she was unsure
whether reporting the names should be illegal.
“Legally, it’s a very complex and controversial is
sue," she said. “I would certainly say it is harmful
to the people involved, but I’m not comfortable tak
ing a stand on whether or not it should be illegal."
Newton, who said she has counseled more than
2,000 rape victims since 1971, said naming victims
or alleged victims should be illegal. She said rape
carried a greater stigma than other crimes, and
that alleged victims should decide who knows about
the crime.
“A rape victim today is treated no better by soci
ety than she was 20 years ago," she said. “Until we
fix that, we should make a legal exception to how
we treat victims."
Fink disagreed, saying that printing victims’ or
alleged victims’ names is harmful, but that prevent
ing the media from revealing names is unconstitu
tional.
“Journalists do have a code of ethics, but to force
journalists to go beyond just ‘Do the right thing*
when reporting on rape is a way of licensing them,”
he said. "They would have to fulfill certain require
ments to be journalists, and that would be contrary
to the Constitution."
Fink also said a double standard is used toward
those accused of rape.
“Someone could accuse a man of rape tonight.
He would be arrested and booked, and his name
would be in the paper tomorrow, while the accuser’s
Journalism professor Conrad Fink
name would be concealed,” he said. “Where I come
from, it’s as damaging to your reputation to be an
accused rapist as to be a victim.”
Newton said she did not mind concealing names
of people accused of rape or other crimes.
“I would be comfortable with not publishing the
names of those accused of any crime without their,
being convicted," she said.
Fink said he agreed with common newspaper
practice of not publishing the names of alleged rape
victims, but that allowing too much anonymity in
the media could create a secret society.
“I don’t trust the system," he said. “Every time
you turn your back on the system, it screws up."
But Newton said it is not a choice between com
plete secrecy and national coverage.
“Having open courtrooms is important," she said.
“But they don’t have to be open to the entire world."
Newton also said victims’ deciding who knows
about the crime is often essential to the healing pro
cess.
“Rape is such an incredibly choiceless situation
that for healing to take place, decision-making pow
er must be restored to the victim immediately," she
said.
UGA operators
hear the weird
and the wacky
By DAVID TWIDDY
Contributing Writer
University operators hear ev
erything from students seeking
cooking tips to Spanish scholars
unable to speak English.
“We talk to all sorts,” said
University operator Barbara
Vickery. “They think we have ev
erything - all we have are num
bers."
The directory is only supposed
to supply student, faculty and de
partment numbers. But callers of
ten ask for anything from the ad
dresses of departments to direc
tions to Pizza Hut. Vickery, for in
stance, answered the line one
night and heard a recording of
Mickey Mouse over the phone.
She said male students used to
call the operators asking them
how to cook. “This guy called
wanting to know how to bake a
chicken," Vickery said.
Operators also occasionally had
to deal with bouts of homesick
ness. Vickery said she once had a
student call who told her she
sounded like his mother.
The service also has to answer
calls from overseas asking for de
partment numbers. Sometimes the
caller cannot speak English or is
difficult to understand.
“You mix their foreign accent
with my Southern accent," Vickery
said, laughing, “and we have a lit
tle trouble here."
The service, which keeps its lo
cale secret, currently employs four
full-time and five part-time opera
tors. Bene Schoolsky, a junior from
Dunwoody, just started work as an
operator a week ago, but she has
already gotten her first strange
call.
“Someone called and wanted me
to give a message to her son who
doesn't have a phone," she said.
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