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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1992 • ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 99, ISSUE 120
Changes in dishonesty policy questioned
has problems with proposal; Council to vote April 30
Student Judiciary
By AMY LYN MAULDIN
Staff Writer
Some of the recent proposed changes
concerning the handling of academic dis
honesty cases were questioned by Student
Judiciary members Tuesday night at a
forum to discuss academic honesty with
student members of the University Council.
The primary focus is to give student
members of the University Council as
much information as possible so they’re
educated about how the whole proposal
started and where it stands today,” said
Richard Barid, chief justice of the Student
Judiciary.
The University Council is scheduled to
vote on the proposal April 30. If it is
approved, it will be sent to President
Charles Knapp.
Knapp is expected to approve the pro
posed changes, said Holly Thomas, presi
dent of the Student Government
Association, which co-sponsored the Tate
Student Center forum.
“We have several problems with the
changes," Barid said, “such as the removal
of students from the appeals process and
the removal of the required one-quarter
suspension for students found guilty of
academic dishonesty."
The new proposal states that, after the
original hearing, appeals will go to a com
mittee composed of two Judicial members,
two faculty members and a Judicial
Programs staff member.
This removes an all-student body from
the appellate level," said Barid, adding that
Student Judiciary members want one level
of appeals where students have the option
of being heard by students only.
The Student Judiciary also wants to
retain the mandatory one-quarter suspen
sion for students found guilty of academic
dishonesty.
“We earn degrees here," said Greg
Hamlin, director of the Defender-Advocate
Society. “We’d like people to know that if a
degree comes from the University of
Georgia, it’s a solid degree - nobody cheat
ed to get it."
Barid said the elimination of the sus
pension was included in the proposal
because of complaints from faculty that it
was harsh for first^time offenders.
“But there just isn’t anything else that’s
an efficient deterrent," he said.
Another problem the Student Judiciary
had with the proposal is the fact that it
calls for the inclusion of more than 200
facilitators in the preparation of academic
dishonesty hearings. The proposal specifi
cally calls for each academic unit at the
University to appoint a facilitator who will
provide assistance in preparing cases
involving academic misconduct for presen
tation to the Office of Judicial Programs.
“Who’s going to train all these people
and tell them about the Judicial Programs
process?" said Hamlin.
University Council student member
Erin Ostrow supports the proposal.
“I support what the chief justice of the
Student Judiciary is in favor of," she said.
“I believe the current system is working
well. They’re doing a very responsible job."
However, Ostrow said she disagrees
with the mandatory one-quarter suspen
sion because some cases wouldn’t warrant
such harsh punishment.
Council student member Will Cochran
said he likes some elements of the propos
al better than the current provisions, but
agrees with the one-quarter suspension
punishment.
“If students get less than one quarter
suspension," he said, “they’ll think cheating
is no big deal."
Sandy Creek Nature Park
hosts Athens’ Earth Day fete
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Mirth for the Earth: Nancy Smith, director of Arts and
Environmental Education for Athens-Clarke County,
reclines at the entrance to Sandy Creek Nature Center.
Profs predict Roe
won’t be overturned
Defense to
blame botany
department
for illegal pay
By KEITH STIREWALT
Staff Writer
Edward Tolley, attorney for
Katie Bishop, the University
employee arrested for theft by
deception last week, plans to
prove in court that the botany
department repeatedly tried to
illegally compensate Bishop for
her overtime work.
“I expect to find documenta
tion within the internal audit
report that shows the depart
ment attempted to compensate
Bishop for her extra work on a
conference and overtime,"
Tolley said.
Bishop, who was arrested
Friday for allegedly misusing
botany department funds, will
enter a plea of not guilty, said
Tolley.
He said he isn’t sure when
the case will come to court.
“We haven’t even had a pre
liminary trial yet, so it could be
several weeks before we know
when the real trial date will
be,” he said.
Tolley refused to divulge
any other aspect of the defense,
including whether Bishop
plans to implicate others with
in the department and
University.
But Elizabeth Williams,
botany department head, said
she was quite certain Bishop
will implicate others and can
not believe Bishop didn’t know
she was doing anything wrong.
“I think anyone who has
worked in a department for 19
years knows the rules,"
Williams said.
Tolley refused to comment
on the whereabouts of Bishop
since her release on $5,000 bail
Friday afternoon. He also
would not reveal who posted
her bail, but he did make it
clear that it was not paid by
anyone associated with the
University.
Bishop, the botany depart
ment office manager, had
worked in the department for
19 years before she was sus
pended with pay late last
month for issuing a question
able $5,559 payment to her
nephew for consulting work.
The University accounting
office discovered the payment
endorsed and deposited into
Bishop’s account during a rou
tine audit.
Celebration
includes arts,
planetarium
By GARY PEEPLES
Campus Correspondent
Earth Day is upon us, and Sandy
Creek Nature Park will be the set
ting for Athens-Clarke County’s cel
ebration.
The park will be offering several
activities in order to raise environ
mental awareness.
Mike Hyett, of the Arts and
Environmental Education division
of Athens-Clarke County, said sun
flower seeds will be planted in the
park. Other events include Earth
painting, which uses paints made
from natural substances, and star
gazing in an inflatable planetarium
called Skylab.
No University-sponsored Earth
Day activities are scheduled for
today.
Skylab will be one of the high
lights of the park’s activities. It
holds 10 to 12 people at a time and
Hyett said the planetarium will
“basically be running shows from
the opening ceremonies on through
the afternoon.”
Hyett said most of the activities
are aimed at the 400 to 500 local
school children he expects to attend.
Nancy Smith, director of Arts
and Environmental Education for
Athens-Clarke County, said there
will be several demonstrations for
kids on how they can help save the
environment.
Educational activities include
tips on recycling, creating a compost
pile and planting gardens, and a
workshop discussing 50 things chil
dren can do to save the Earth, Hyett
said.
A keynote address by County
Commissioner Tal Duvall will be
the highlight of the noon opening
ceremonies, which will be followed
by a tree spade demonstration.
The tree spade is a machine used
to move entire trees and roots in
order to save them.
The park, on Holman Road, is
usually closed on Wednesdays but
will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
and the usual admission charges
will be waived for the day.
“We would like to invite everyone
to come out and ei\joy the park,”
Hyett said.
By JOHNATHAN BURNS
Staff Writer
As the battle over abortion
nears the boiling point with con
frontations in Buffalo, N.Y.,
University law professors predict
that the US. Supreme Court will
not overturn Roe vs. Wade, but
will allow individual states to pass
more restrictive statutes.
“The Bush administration has
asked the Supreme Court to over
rule Roe vs. Wade," said Dan
Coenen, law professor. “But most
experts think the Court isn’t like
ly to do that."
Coenen said the Supreme
Court may uphold a restrictive
Pennsylvania statute, which
comes before the Court today, and
may thereby undermine the 1973
Roe ruling that legalized abortion.
The Pennsylvania statute,
which is predicted by both sides to
be upheld, requires a woman seek
ing an abortion to wait 24 hours
for the medical procedure and to
receive state-sponsored informa
tion about alternatives to abor
tion. A pending Louisiana law
would outlaw abortion outright.
“What has happened is the
states have passed more and more
restrictive legislation," Coenen
said, “and at some point it
becomes so restrictive that it will
be impossible not to overrule Roe
vs. Wade.”
Members of the anti-abortion
group Operation Rescue and pro-
choice supporters are clashing in
Buffalo this week as pro-lifers
attempt to shut down clinics in the
city. Operation Rescue officials
said the protests would be similar
to those held last summer in
Wichita, Kan., which led to more
than 2,600 arrests.
Most University students sur
veyed said they overwhelmingly
support the rights set forth in Roe
vs. Wade decision.
An informal survey of 101
University students showed that
23 men and 55 women favored full
abortion rights, while four men
and four women supported over
turning Roe vs. Wade. Fifteen stu
dents had no opinion.
Coenen said it is uncertain
what will happen in the future,
but the Court’s conservative
makeup would be a factor in the
Pennsylvania decision.
This is the first abortion case
Clarence Thomas will hear,"
Coenen said. “I would bet that he
would not be a strong supporter of
the Roe decision."
Some University faculty
expressed fear over the direction
states were taking in regard to
abortion rights.
“I’m very concerned about tak
ing a step backwards in the time
of reproductive rights,” said
Heather Kleiner, assistant direc-
tor of Women’s Studies. “I don’t
think it will be overturned, but
they can continue to have rulings
that will render it ineffective.— -
Lief Carter, political science
professor and constitutional law
expert, said, “The majority has
been supportive of the Roe deci
sion, and if the Court overturns it,
it will cause some trouble for the
Bush administration. It will be
embarrassing for the Bush admin
istration to carry out the policies of
prohibiting abortion."
Clinical help
By DAVID TWIDDY
Staff Writer
Sometimes the constant stress of college life, coupled with
other problems, leads to feelings of hopelessness. When
these feelings lead to thoughts of suicide, counseling services
in Athens are ready to take the call.
There is a clinician on call 24 hours a day, seven days a
week for people who are distressed and feel they need to talk
to someone for information," said Ruth Orman, a communi
cation specialist for Gilbert Health Center.
Orman said people can either call the health center or
come in during business hours for an evaluation.
If people need a clinician after hours or during the week
end, Orman said they need to call the University police. The
police would then contact the clinician on duty and get them
in touch with the caller.
The bottom line, she said, is that help is available.
“If there is a need to get that person help," Orman said,
“the clinician will make arrangements to transfer the person
to Athens Regional or Charter Winds Hospital."
The Social Work Services of St. Maly’s Hospital also
makes referrals for people.
“We assess the person’s suicide risk and determine what
community resources would be most appropriate to use,"
available for those with suicide in mind
said Wilson Lattimore, director
of Social Work Services for St.
Mary’s Hospital.
Lattimore said patients are
usually referred to the Family
Counseling Center, Charter
Winds or the Mental Health
Center of Northeast Georgia.
Students are normally directed
to Gilbert.
Although St. Mary’s does not
have a direct phone line to
workers, Lattimore suggested
that people call the hospital’s
emergency center which is
always open.
Athens Regional Medical
Center officials said they also
usually refer people to the Mental Health Center, but they
are prepared to take people who are in critical need of help
after hours.
They are given a mental health case worker who will
assure their care," said Mickey Montevideo, public relations
director for Athens Regional.
Charter Winds Hospital, besides handling the many
Who to CsM for Help:
Charter Winds Hospital Needs Assessment Center
24 hour hotline: 1-800-542-4464
local: 546-7277
Athens Regional Medical Center
354-3223
St. Mary's Hospital (emergency dept.)
354-3100
Suicide prevention helpline
1-800-333-4444
Gilbert Health Center
during service hours: 542-2273
alter hours: 542-2200 (campus police)
referrals from other places,
operates both a toll-free and a
local line of its own.
“We have both inpatient and
outpatient services,” said
Marketing Director Judy
Graham.
Graham said their assess
ments act as a screening process
to figure out how serious the
person’s needs are.
“If the case is not serious,
well make recommendation to a
counselor," she said.
Graham said many of their
calls are from people who are
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son who is in trouble that hasn’t
called - or won’t call - for help.
“We basically give them information on what help their
friend needs," she said. “But we also talk to them to ask them
how they’re dealing with the situation."
Graham said they try to give the person tips on showing
their friend how serious their problem is.
Desks cluttered with roses
By JENNIFER PETERSON
Staff Writer
Calling all bosses - it’s National
Secretary's Week, a time set aside to honor
those hard-working people who keep
employer's files, messages and life in order.
University President Charles Knapp
treated the secretaries in his office early, as
he's out of town this week.
“All of the ladies in our office got a rose,"
said Chris Christopher, senior administra
tive secretary. “It’s a red rose, naturally,
because our colors are red and black."
Rosa Brock, who works for Athletic
Director Vince Dooley, loves her job and
thinks her boss is one of the best.
“I got a beautiful card today," she said.
“He gave me some flowers that I think were
a combination of Easter and Secretary’s
Week"
Dooley is also taking her to the Athens
Country Club for lunch and a fashion show
benefiting the Samaritan Counseling
Center.
“He’s good to work for,” said Brock, who
has worked for Dooley for four years. “He’s
very even-tempered, not up one day and
down the next.
Joining Brock and Dooley at the country
club will be secretaries from two floors down
in Butts-Mehre.
Head football Coach Ray Goff bought
tickets to the benefit for the hard workers in
his office.
“We’re really looking forward to that,”
said Jane Jones, a secretary in Goffs office.
“He’s a good guy."
Everyone in the office of Dwight Douglas,
vice president for Academic Affairs, went to
lunch at the State Botanical Gardens, said
Jean Wheat, a secretary in his office.
, gifts during National Secretary’s Week
Sharon Nickols, dean of the College of
Family and Consumer Sciences, gave flow
ers to her secretary, Wilma Casper, to mark
the occasion.
“They’re beautiful and she's a super
lady," Casper said.
But some secretaries haven’t received
any special goodies and are still in suspense.
“Tomorrow (Wednesday) is National
Secretary’s Day, so we’ll see what tomorrow
brings," said Maureen Howard, a secretary
for Bryndis Roberts, vice president for Legal
Affairs.
Popular gifts for Secretary’s Day are
f lants and cut flower arrangements, said
leather Hogg, a salesperson at Blooms of
Holland in Athens.
“We’ve had a lot of last-minute people in
the last twenty minutes," she said Tuesday.
“1 guess they looked at their calendars and
realized what day it was."
Chris Christopher received roses from University President Knapp.