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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1992 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 99, ISSUE 126
Bradberry-Hirata ticket wins SGA election
Kevin Waters votes in Tuesday's election while Chris White (on bike) waits for his turn.
Some students pass on casting ballots
By RUSS BYNUM
Campus Correspondent
Sitting on the steps in front of the main library, with
a polling location only yards away, Jennifer Cabral said
she would not be voting in Monday’s Student
Government Association election.
It’s not worth putting forth a vote in ignorance," said
Cabral, a sophomore from Augusta. “I don’t know any
thing about any of these candidates except for what’s on
the fliers. I don’t know what the policies for SGA are, so
I don’t know where these people should stand on them."
Lichin Tan, a junior from Kuala Lumper, Malaysia,
said she agreed that students often do not know enough
about the candidates - or even SGA itself - to make an
informed voting decision. However, she said low voter
turnout is not necessarily indicative of student apathy.
“It’s just that you don’t feel like voting for someone
you don’t know anything about,” Tan said. “It’s better
not to vote because you might be voting for the wrong
person.”
Brandon Mulkey, a sophomore from Marietta, said
student apathy does play a role in low voter turnout.
“I would describe myself as apathetic,” he said. “To
me, it’s almost like SGA couldn’t ao a whole lot, so I don’t
consider it an important issue.”
Richard Martin, a junior senatorial candidate, said
candidates often face financial problems when trying to
publicize their platforms.
“Each person running is using their own money to
put up fliers, so you’re almost forced to go on name
recognition,” he said. “I would encourage the media,
such as The Red & Black, to attempt in the future to
offer more coverage to the senators as well as the pres
idential candidates."
Cabral said she might have voted if she felt the SGA
By JOHNATHAN BURNS
and CATHLEEN EGAN
Staff Writers
John Bradberry and Shawna
Hirata were elected as president
and vice president of the Student
Government Association Tuesday
as they defeated opponents Wendy
Griffin and Rob Gordon by a mar
gin of 28 percent.
Of the 1,499 votes cast,
Bradberry and Hirata collected 957
votes while Griffin and Gordon
received 542.
Bradberry and Hirata, who said
they awaited the results with wet,
nervous hands, stated their upcom
ing term would be dedicated to ful
filling their platform promises.
“We can now breathe a sigh of
relief,” Hirata said, “but we must
follow through with every one of our
issues for it to have been a good
campaign.”
Only 6.4 percent of the student
body cast ballots, approximately
200 votes below last year’s turnout.
“There hasn’t been enough focus
on the presidential election,” said
William Perry, a senior senator.
“The low turnout reflects the inabil
ity of former SGA presidents to
command the respect of the student
body.”
Griffin and Gordon congratulat
ed their opponents but had little to
say about their loss.
“Wendy and I tried to run a good,
clean, ethical race,” Gordon said.
“We will continue to support SGA.”
Tom Cochran, SGA adviser and
assistant vice president for Student
Affairs, said, “I have full faith and
competence in them, and now they
must move on to accomplish their
agenda - I’ll work with them, that’s
my job.”
Voters who supported the
Bradberry-Hirata ticket claimed
their vote was based on the candi
dates’ strong platform and endorse
ments.
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ARTS ANO SCIENCES
Ansley Paulsen
Jeff Grant
Jason Williams
William Perry
JUNIOR SENATE
Catherine E. Scruggs
Shern Chambers
Russ Willard
Ashley Disque
BUSINESS
Jay Gemes
Beth Herman
Holly Harrelson
Yolanda Walker
Richard J. Martin III
AGRICULTURE
George Alexander Panos
Christina Webb
Stephanis Ware
EDUCATION
Blake White
Daphne Kennebrew
SENIOR SENATE
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Nancy DeMetz
Sharon Fleming
C. Oavid Douglas
Stephanie Lawhome
Doug Perry
GRADUATE STUDENT
William Perry
ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE
Leigh Christi Smith
COORDINATORS
Andrew Vanlandingham
Chris Grant
“I voted for them because they
both support SEA (Students for
Environmental Awareness) and
they want to restructure (SGA) and
get the Greeks out,” said Kedron
Parker, a junior from Norfolk, Va.
J.J. Puryear, a freshman from
Augusta, said he also cast his vote
for Bradberry.
“He seemed pretty serious,”
Puryear said. “He had the right
qualifications and definite plans
with specific ideas. For instance, I
liked his T-shirt idea - that all the
senators wear T-shirts so students
can identify them. I’m tired of hear
ing about generalizations without
ideas.”
Johanna Barfield, a junior from
Killen, Ala., said she was pleased
with Bradberry’s concern for stu
dent issues.
“Both sides came to talk to us,
but they had more to say,” said
Barfield, a member of Pi Beta Phi
sorority. Wendy (Griffin) was more
like We’re the Greek vote.’ I liked
John’s idea of the two-way bus
route on Milledge and also comput
erizing registration.”
Some voters gave other rensons
for voting for Bradberry and
Hirata.
“It (stinks) because the Greeks
are the vocal minority,” said
Parker. “Here it’s a status thing
with the Greeks.”
As Bradbenys campaign man
ager, Perry said the winners will
not let the student body down.
“When John first came to the
senate, I said to everyone, ‘In my
four years here, I’ve never seen a
freshman class so active, and John
Bradberry’s taken the lend by initi
ating things like the parking deck,”
he said. “I think hell continue to do
that as president.’ ”
Commission approves qualifying process
By PAUL COX
Staff Writer
The Athens-Clarke County
Commission Tuesday night cleared up
some confusion concerning commission
elections by proceeding with the qualifying
process for candidates based on existing
district lines.
In a called meeting, the commission
approved a motion by 7th District
Commissioner Cardee Kilpatrick to follow
the recommendation of the Athens-Clarke
County Board of Elections and allow com
missioners up for re-election to begin the
process of qualifying.
The measure passed by a vote of 7-1.
Third District Commissioner Linny Bailey
cast the dissenting vote.
“I feel we’ve got to have an election,”
Kilpatrick said.
The confusion over the commission’s
right to delay the qualification period for
those running for even-numbered seats
came after they voted last Friday to post
pone the qualification process pending a
decision concerning possible redistricting
from the Justice Department.
State election guidelines mandate
redistricting once every 10 years.
Since the commission’s decision, offi
cials have questioned the governing body’s
ability to postpone the qualification proce
dures, which include a $400 fee and a drug
test.
Sixth District Commissioner Marilyn
Farmer, who is up for re-election, said it
wasn’t the commission’s responsibility to
determine election procedure. She said
that job should be delegated to the Board
of Elections.
“I think we all realize now that it is your
decision to make,” Farmer said. This is
qualifying week and it’s a state law.”
Fourth District Commissioner John
Barrow, also up for reelection, said despite
not having the Justice Department’s
approval of the reapportionment propos
als, the old district charter mandates an
election which should be followed.
“The charter says we’ve got to have elec
tions every other year,” he said. “We’ve got
to go with the old charter.”
Barrow said in a telephone interview
earlier this week that his point of con
tention with the commission came when
they overstepped their bounds of authority
in changing tne period.
“They haven’t got the power to change
the qualifying period,” he said. “That is a
matter of state law.”
A major reason for continuing with the
qualification process centered on Article
Five of the redistricting proposal submit
ted to the Justice Department.
The “Poison Pill” article said that if the
proposal was not approved by the Justice
Department before the qualification period
began, then the proposal would be void.
It was in light or this new information
that the decision to continue with the elec
tion process was made, said Kilpatrick.
Additional information concerning the
reapportionment bill is due to the Justice
Department within 28 days. The Justice
Department will then have 60 days to
decide whether to approve the redistricting
plans.
Candidates must pass drug
test to qualify for primary
By KEITH STIREWALT
Staff Writer
Candidates running for state elected offices must pass a
mandatory drug test before qualifying for the July 21 prima
ry.
“I think it is a great law,” said state Rep. Louie Clark (D-
13th District). “We require others, like the police, to have
drug tests. I think it is only fair that we should do it also.”
Candidates have until noon Friday to qualify for the July
primary.
The urine analysis tests for traces of five different drugs -
opiate metabolites, cocaine metabolites, marijuana,
amphetamines and phencyclidine.
McBee qualified for the primary earlier this week and said
the capitol office sent all candidates a list of places where
they could go to have their tests performed. She said there
were three designated testing offices in Athens, all located on
Prince Avenue.
Candidates could not go to their private physicians
because the tests had to be sent to a special lab for analysis.
Each candidate personally paid for the tests to be per
formed. Prices of the tests ranged from $20 to $50 in the
Athens area, depending on the location.
McBee and Clark both said it took several days for the
results to come back.
Clark said it was worth the slight inconvenience to set an
example for other people.
“This will prove to other people that public officials are
drug-free,” he said.
Neither McBee or Clark said they believed the mandate
violated their right to privacy.
Profs awarded for excellence
By AMY LYN MAULDIN
Staff Writer
Five professors received the
University’s highest award for
teaching Tuesday.
This year’s redpienta of the
Josiah Meigs Awards for
Excellence in Teaching are:
Charles DeLorme, economics;
Egbert Ennulat, music; Conrad
Fink, journalism; Robert Lowrey,
animal science; and Carmen
Chaves Tesser, romance lan
guages.
Candidates for the award are
selected by their school or college,
after which five faculty members
are chosen as finalists by the
Meigs Awards Selection
Committee. The nominees are
judged on three criteria - the abil
ity to engage and stimulate stu
dents, dedication to teaching and
contributions to the overall quali
ty of education.
Award winners receive a
$5,000 permanent annual salary
increase and a $1,000 flind for
departmental use.
“I think that when you receive
a teaching award, the prestige is
what’s important, 1 ’ DeLorme said.
“It’squite aselectionprocess, from
what I understand. Tne College of
Business had a number of people
submit for the award."
This is Ennulat’s third teach
ing award.
“It’s a great recognition for
teaching,” Ennulat said. "And this
is the first time it’s been given to
someone from the School of
Music." He said he’s glad to have
received the money, but empha
sized that the recognition also
meant a lot to him.
“It’s a very prestigious award,"
Fink said. “I’m flattered and hon
ored to have received it. The most
important thing is tliat it is the
University's recognition of my
efforts to be a good teacher. I’m
delighted that it recognizes the
function of teaching as opposed to
the other things we do here."
Lowrey is the first professor
from the department of animal
sciences to win the Meigs Award.
“I’m surprised, but honored,"
he said. "There are a lot. of good
teachers at the University - I’m
surprised I was selected. Of
course, I have to give a lot of cred
it to the students I’ve had and to
my fellow faculty members.”
Tesser said this award is the
biggest honor she’s ever received.
“I think that recognition of
hard work is far more important
than the money," she added.
The winners will be honored at
a banquet June 4 in the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education.
Grrrrrumpy pup
Recent graduate Terrie Clemmons hangs on to Madison, her 8-month-old puppy, which was growling
at everyone she saw. 'I don't know what's with her,' Clemmons said. 'She's usually not like this.'
Local travel agents say current
airline rate war is a lot of hot air
By JEFF MODER
ContritxJting Writer
For University students hoping the current airline
rate war will brine cheaper iaunts to friends and rela
tives in far away places, think again.
Some local travel agents said there isn't a rate war at
all and unless students fly first class, they won’t realize
much savings.
Fare restructuring is not going to help students, said
Melanie Sims of Classic Travel Services.
“It’s going to help business and corporate travel - the
one-way fares and first-class tickets," she said.
Allison Ltmke, of Thranhardt Travel Services, said
the largest savings she has seen have been on Athens-
Houston flights. Prior to restructuring, the flight cost
$320 with 21-day advance reservation and one-<lay
stopover. Now, the flight costs $280 with the same
advance reservation and overnight stay. Tlial’s a saving
of 13 percent
By offering the biggest savings for first-class and one
way coach flights, the airlines are trying to attract more
business travelers, she said.
Lemke said UB. Air offers a 10 percent discount to
students but few other deals are available to them. She
added that the 10 percent discount may be discontinued
soon.
She said the announcement of air fare restructuring
by American Airlines caused other air carriers to follow
suit and the result was perceived by the press as a rate
war, Lemke said.
“It’s not that great of a special," she said. “TfieyYe just
promoting it well."
Stephanie Snider, an American Airlines representa
tive, said the airline responded to passenger complaints
that the structure must be easier to understand.
Tfiis is the first mtyor rate restructuring for American
Airlines since 1976.
“What we’ve done is reduce the number of rates to
four," Snider 9aid. “Twenty-one day advance, seven-day
advance and the everyday first-class and coach class
seats.”
Snider said the new system will not allow refunds but
will allow travelers to change arrangements, provided
21-day advance notice is given.
Sims and Lemke offered the following travel tips for
students wishing to get the best fares:
• Make your reservations at least 21 days in advance.
However, rates are changing daily, so a quote on one day
may not be valid the next.
• TWA offers the best deals on domestic flights, but
all flights require a changeover in either St. Louis or New
York.
• Students should take advantage of U.S. Airis 10 per
cent student discount while they can.
• It doesn’t pay to take a “red-eye" flight. Tfie same
rates apply day and night. Weekday rates are also the
same.