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2 • The Red and Black • Fnday, March 13, 1992
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The African-American Studies Institute and the Department of Minority
Services will sponsor a book and memorabilia fair Saturday behind the
Baptist Student Union on Lumpkin Street beginning at noon. The fair
will include displays of African-American arts and culture, performances
by the Black Theatrical Ensemble and Athens area churches, and book
and memorabilia collections from Athens and Atlanta bookstores. Free
community workshops, regarding STD’s, taxes, legal issues and health
concerns will also be given. Storyteller Akbar Imhotep will perform pup
petry shows throughout the day, and University filmmaker Florente
Galvez will showcase two films, “The Escape" and “Dance With the
Devil." The fair will last until 6 p.m., and food will be sold by local ven
dors. - Johnathan Burns
Edith House lecture to cover topic of reproductive rights
The Johnson Controls case, decided last year by the Supreme Court, stat
ed that employers’ policies of barring women capable of childbearing from
certain jobs was discriminatory. Patricia Williams of the University of
Wisconsin law school will discuss this topic, and the general topic of re
productive rights, when she delivers the 1992 Edith House Lecture to
day. The lecture, titled “Banished Bodies,” begins at 10:30 a.m. in the
law school auditorium. It is sponsored by the Women Law Students’
Association and is free to the public. Williams teaches commercial law,
contracts and jurisprudence, and is a member of the board of advisors for
the Center for Constitutional Rights. -Amy Lynn Mauldin
Canvas fanfare to pay tribute to Elaine de Kooning
The Georgia Museum of Art will pay tribute to University great Elaine
de Kooning through a fanfare of canvas. The works of de Kooning, the
first Lamar Dood professor at the University, will be displayed March 21
through May 3 at the museum before it begins a tour around the coun
try. “It’s going to be a very large show,” said Meredith Esposito, museum
receptionist. “I really like her work. It has a lot of great forms, animal
figures, portraits.” De Kooning’s art is primarily abstract expressionism
and features portraits. Jane Bledsoe, project director at the museum, cu
rated the de Kooning exhibit, which includes about 60 of the artist’s
pieces and a catalog about de Kooning. A panel will be held to discuss
and explore de Kooning’s works during its duration at the museum,
Esposito said. - Melanie Thomas
Two-part first aid course offered at St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital will offer a two-part course in first aid Monday and
Tuesday. The class will last two hours beginning at 5:30 p.m. A separate
class in cardiopulmonary resuscitation will also be available. The course
is $20, and pre-payment and pre-registration are required. For more in
formation call 354-3145, toll free 1-800-233-STMH, ext. 3165, or write the
Wellness Works Department; St. Mary’s Hospital; 1230 Baxter St.;
Athens, Ga. 30606-3791. - Shelly Oxman
STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Woman dies after mistakenly given insulin
An 82-year-old woman died after a nurse gave her insulin instead of peni
cillin, hospital officials said. Bernie Brown, president of the Kennestone
Regional Health Care System, called Wednesday’s death a “tragic mis
take.” The hospital notified the Cobb County medical examiner’s office of
the death of Rose Krantz of Philadelphia at about 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Mrs. Krantz, who was visiting relatives in Cobb County, was admitted to
Kennestone Hospital Feb. 10 for endocarditis, a life-threatening infection
of the heart lining. Treatment for this condition includes administering
antibiotics. A registered nurse with 15 years’ critical-care nursing expe
rience and a spotless record administered the insulin to Mrs. Krantz
shortly before she died, the hospital said.
ATLANTA (AP): Graduation requirements to be upgraded
Georgia’s standards for receiving a general high school diploma are to be
upgraded this fall to require more math and science. The state Board of
Education officially approved the plan Thursday, voting to require all stu
dents to take at least three years of math and three years of science to
qualify for high school graduation. One of the math classes must be be
ginning algebra, or its equivalent. The board, which first endorsed the
plan Wednesday, must vote again in 60 days, after the public has time to
comment. The new requirements would go into effect this fall. “Our in
tent is to send a very clear message. ... We’re raising our level of expec
tations and we fully expect students will rise to the occasion,” said board
member Albert Abrams of Macon, who chaired the committee on gradu
ation requirements. Board member Barbara King of DeKalb County said
the changes would give high school graduates a diploma that has value,
“so they are prepared for life after high school."
UGA TODAY
Announcements
• Atlanta Music Awards:
This year’s awards include perfor
mances by Drivm ’N’ Cryin, Keith !
Sweat, Little Richard, Big Sky and
a variety of other artists on March
19.
• Bible Forum:
Get Bible answers to Bible ques
tions in an open forum at the
Athens Church of Christ at 7:30
p.m. For more information call
548-9900.
• Court competition:
The 1992 Georgia Intrastate Moot
Court Competition will held
March 20-21 in Macon, at The
Walker F. George School of Law of
Mercer University. Preliminary
rounds begin on the 20th at 10
a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., and on the
21st at 9 p.m. The semi-final
rounds will be on the 21st at 11
a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Graduate and Professional
Scholars:
Holding an open house in Room
211 of Tucker Hall, the GAPS of
fice, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For
more information call 542-5437.
• Israeli Folk Dancing:
Sunday in Room 260 of the
Women’s PE Building; beginner’s
class at 7 p.m.; intermediate at 8
p.m. For more information call
357-0077.
• Rollerblading:
Sunday at 2 p.m., location vanes.
For more information call 548-
7225, 369-9805, or 369-8719.
• Sandy Creek Park:
“The Art of Fly Fishing” conducted
Colloquia
Art censorship discussed at symposium
By KEITH ST1REWALT
and DEE SHURLINQ
Staff Wnters
In a recent instance many re
gard as censorship, a Penn State
University professor removed sev
eral renowned paintings from her
classroom after deeming the art
sexually harassing.
Surprisingly, Penn State ad
ministrators voiced support for the
decision, and added that the group
of paintings, which included
Francisco de Goya’s famous
“Naked Maja”, were stifling to in
tellectual pursuits and diverted
the attention of students.
The Penn State incident was
the main focus of a symposium on
censorship in art held Wednesday
at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Four panelists, including three
University professors and an
Athens Observer news reporter, of
fered their views on removal of the
paintings, and gave broader com
ments on censorship in America.
Janice Simon, assistant profes
sor of art at the University, said
the Pennsylvania State professor
acted improperly as a censor, and
denied students the opportunity to
learn from the display. She sug
gested a good alternative to re
moval would have been to add oth
er images of nude women and even
nude men done by female artists
and to discuss them.
“De Goya fought censorship his
entire life," explained Simon. “In
fact, the Maja was painted as a
commentary on the censorship
that was happening at the time.
“Interestingly this is not the
first time the Maja has been sub
jected to censorship, because the
Spanish Inquisition confiscated
the painting.”
Betty Jean Craige, University
professor of comparative litera
ture, agreed with Simon that the
professor could have used the posi
tioning of the paintings to stimu
late her class to think critically
about stereotypes. She said cen
sors and their proponents try to
protect themselves from social
change by stifling certain ideas.
Athens Observer reporter Carol
Mosely defended the professor’s
right to remove the material be
cause of the context of the case,
the collection of paintings as a
whole, and the fact that the wom
an had to stand in front of the
works to teach.
Mosely said the paintings
weren’t actually censored because
they weren’t destroyed, merely
moved to another location on cam
pus.
Art professor and filmmaker
James Herbert stressed the idea
that art is separate from reality
and has no impact other than vi-
Naughty, naughty: Francisco de Goya’s 'Naked Maja.’
sual, so it shouldn’t be censored
because it can’t cause any harm.
He defended the right of the artist
to do whatever necessary to create
a pleasing image, noting that
“anything goes in art - you can be
as crazy as you want to be, just
like in religion. "
The discussion that followed
raised serious questions as to the
definition of censorship and the
definition of art.
“I agree that the professor
should be able to move it if the
painting offended her,” said
Virginia McArthur.
“The discussion was good be
cause it brought awareness to a
subject that needs to be dis
cussed," continued the senior from
Chesapeake, Va.
Rebecca Klinksiek and
Anthony Goicolea, both interns at
the museum, have been organiz
ing the symposium all quarter and
worked in before Spring Break,
because March is Women’s
History Month.
“We aren’t saying that censor
ship like this exists at the
University,” said Klinksiek. “We
just wanted to get the issues flow
ing around.
“A lot of times people don’t
think about things until they hap
pen, and then its too late.”
Despite budget, anthropology adds classes
By CATHLEEN EGAN
Staff Writer
While some University depart
ments have reduced their staff to
compensate for a sluggish campus
budget, faculty in anthropology
have taken it upon themselves to
make the best of such trying
times.
Robert Rhoades, head of the an
thropology department, said he
and his colleagues are offering
more classes - a move which is
virtually unprecedented in
University history.
“There, of course, has been a lot
of dissension, a lot of people grum
bling, but in the case of the an
thropology department, instead of
going to fewer courses and releas
ing people, we derided that we are
going to add more classes," he
said.
The anthropology faculty cur
rently conducts a four-course load,
but in the fall of 1992, they will in
crease their teaching load to five
classes.
“The regents requirement is six
courses, but in reality most de
partments teach four courses, and
in some departments they teach
three courses. In a few cases they
teach even fewer courses,"
Rhoades said.
• Special Masters Disciplinary
Hearing:
Mandatory disciplinary hearing
which acts as a training session for
practicing lawyers. More more in
formation call 542-2241
• Edith House Lecture:
Given by Professor Patricia J.
Williams in the Law School audi
torium at 10:30 a.m.
• Lanier Watercolors Exhibit:
Can be viewed March 15 to April
26 in the Botanical Gardens
Conservatory; Monday to Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and
Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. For more information call
542-6154.
• Residential Valuation, Writing
and Valuation Analysis:
Sponsored by the College of
Business at the Georgia Center.
For more information call 542-
2335.
Meetings
• Amnesty International:
Meeting on Monday in Room 138 of
the Tate Student Center at 7 p.m.
For more information call 357-
3039.
• Athens Area Habitat for
Humanity:
Meeting Thursday at Friendship
Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m.
The Small Projects Group will
meet at 8:30 p.m. For more infor
mation call 543-6239.
• Society for Creative
Anachronism:
Meeting on Monday in Room 142 of
by Lee Tebo and Bob Re.nhart on ‘ h « Ta * fl*"'
March 21 at 10 a.m and 2 p m. For A Presentation on A History of
more information call 613-3631
• Shabbat Services:
Sponsored by Hillel at 6:30 p.m.
and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the
Hillel House. For more informa
tion call 543-6393.
A presentation on “A History
Medieval Gardening” will be given.
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“What we’ve decided to do in
the department of anthropology is
to go from four courses for faculty
up to five courses for all faculty,
regardless of whether they’re full
professors or assistant professors,
because we have to do our best to
service the students,” he said.
Rhoades said instead of releas
ing people and complaining about
lack of funds, his department’s
strategy is to try and put their
best foot forward and to help the
University through difficult times
by making a second effort.
“But you’ve got to remember
that (we) have always been lean
and mean in the sense that we’ve
never had a lot of resources unlike
other departments,” he said.
‘They’ve always had a lot more
resources, and so when it comes
time to do something, they simply
release people.”
“But what we’re doing is we’re
going to add more so that we can
give our students the courses they
need. Instead of thinking negative
ly, we’re being positive.”
With an increased workload
and no additional salary to show
for it, the anthropology faculty
took it upon themselves to help ad
dress the needs of the students.
“We’ve got a choice - we can ei
ther start cutting back and effect
ing the students with less classes,
or we can try to take it upon our
selves to deliver more to the un
dergraduate student,” Rhoades
said.
Despite the fact that anthropol
ogy classes have the highest stu
dent-faculty ratio in the entire
University, the department is de
veloping a new graduate program
which will also require additional
efforts.
Associate professor of anthro
pology, Carolyn Ehardt said she is
proud of the path their depart
ment has chosen.
“We began to realize that in ad
dition to building the graduate
program, and also maintaining the
increasing undergraduate enroll
ment, that we have, we simply
have got to just make the commit
ment to increase our efforts - be
cause we are proud of the progress
we’ve made in the department,"
she said. “This is a way to make
our commitments in the way of
teaching."
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