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University Air Force and Army ROTC to present awards
The University Air Force and Army ROTC programs will hold their
annual joint awards ceremony tonight at 7 p.m. in the pharmacy
auditorium. “We’re going to give some 30-40 awards out, all sponsored by
military support organizations,” said Lt. Col. John Fite of the Air Force.
Navy Capt. Andrew Waldron will be the guest speaker. The public is
invited to attend. - Paul Cox
Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist to speak Friday
Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist and noted author Celestine
Sibley will speak at the Chapel on Friday at 11 a.m., in cor\junction with
the Phinizy Lectureship senes. Sibley, who has been an Atlanta fixture
since she started writing for The Constitution in 1941, will be the latest
to lecture in the series that has included such personalities as author
Walker Percy and former secretary of state Dean Rusk. The lecture
is free and open to the public. — Johnathan Burns
■ STATE
ATLANTA(AP): New Kids singer sued for nightclub fight
The lead singer of New Kids on the Block said Tuesday he is being sued
over an Atlanta nightclub fracas “because they know I’ve got money.”
Jordan Knight defended himself in Fulton County Superior Court against
a Mississippi man’s claim that he was beaten by the singer’s bodyguard
on orders from Knight. Knight and his bodyguard, Steven Chandler,
were sued by Lawrence Williams after a fight in Rupert’s, a nightclub,
on Aug. 8, 1990. Michael Weathersby, one of Williams’ attorneys, told
a jury that the fight began after Knight pushed a woman who approached
him in the nightclub. The woman complained to Williams, who then
sought out the singer to demand that he apologize to the woman.
“He didn't know who Jordan Knight was,” Weathersby said. “He’d
never seen the young man; he’d never heard of him.” Weathersby said
that Knight would not apologize, and in the fight that followed, Williams
was knocked to the floor and beaten by Chandler.
ATLANTA (API: Atlanta Housing Boom Expected
The housing market in Atlanta will be among the 10 hottest in the na
tion in 1992, a study by an economic consulting firm predicted. Atlanta’s
economic conditions will be better than at least 30 of the 50 metropolitan
areas studied, said economist Mark Zandi of Regional Financial
Associates Inc. The improvement will come from an increase in in-mi
gration to the area, which had virtually stopped over the past two years,
he said. "Atlanta’s economy was really hurt by the national economy’s
slowdown, especially the situation in the Northeast,” Zandi said.
“Because of the severe downturn in the Northeast, it became very
difficult for people to sell homes there at fair prices, so they held on, and
the migration flows to Atlanta slowed considerably. "And that’s a
mainstay of the Atlanta economy," he said. “It drives services. It is im
portant for manufacturing and, with the strengthening national econ
omy, we expect to see migration flows pick up into Atlanta.”
ATLANTA (AP): Russian family reunited With monkey
The reunion of Olga and Sergey Gazaryants and 5-year-old Mikki on
Monday grabbed the attention of everyone in the lobby of their airport
hotel. That’s partly because Mikki, after not seeing the Gazaryants for a
year, screecned so loudly that bystanders were transfixed. The
Gazaryantses had treated Mikki like family, even bringing her along
when they immigrated from Moscow. But they were reminded that Mikki
was only a monkey when she was taken away under a 1975 federal law
prohibiting the importation of non-human primates except for research,
education or exhibition. The Mikki was sent to a research institute
in Pennsylvania. Monday night, after nearly a year of separation,
Mikki, the Gazaryants and their 10-year-old son Roman, were reunited
in Georgia by Noah’s Ark Rehabilitation Center. Mikki will have
to stay with Noah’s Ark in Atlanta. The Gazaryantses are looking for
jobs in the area to be close to Mikki.
BRUNSWICK (AP): Columbus’ ships sail to Georgia
More than 5,000 people lined the shore of St. Simons Island Tuesday to
welcome the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, replicas of the three ships that
brought Christopher Columbus to America. Brunswick Mayor Homer
Wilson gave Capt. Santiago Bolivar a key to the city while the Spanish
squadron circled in Saint Simons Sound. The three caravels, manned by
civilians with officers from the Spanish navy, then sailed to the
Brunswick city dock, where they will be open for public visits.
UGA TODAY
Announcements
• Basketball Shoot-out
Greek Week event at 9 p.m. in
Stegeman Hall. For more infor
mation call 542-4612.
• Citizens Against PoUution
Barrow County resident Pam
McClure will discuss her battle
with Lewis Cooper, owner of
Speedway Waste Disposal at 7:30
p.m. at the Institute of Ecology.
For more information call 742-
2361.
• International Business Club
Meeting with the Japanese-
American Friendship Society at
5:30 p.m. in Room 141 of the Tate
Student Center. A guest speaker
from YKK, Inc., will be speaking
on “Japanese Impressions of the
American Workplace." For more
information call 613-1887.
• Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Featuring Jim Miller at 8 p.m. in
the Georgia Hall of the Tate
Student Center. For more infor
mation call 542-6396.
• Omicron Delta Kappa
Honor Society applications are
available at the Tate Student
Center Information Booth.
Deadline is May 15. For more in
formation call 548-5712.
• Open House and Dedication
Athens-Clarke County Mental
Health , Alcohol A Drug Clinic
; from 4-6 p.m. at 250 North
Avenue. For more information call
542 9739.
• School of Finance Lecture
Dr. Harold Black, visiting lecturer
and professor of finance, will speak
on “The Community Reinvestment
; Act: Implications for Banks,
Shareholders and the Community"
; at 3:30 p.m. in Room F of the
School of Law. For more informa-
! tion call 542-3657
• Sorority Rush
! I^ast day to sign up for Fall rush at
the Tate Center Plaza from 10 a.m.
! - 2 p.m. For more information call
; 613-0182.
! • Symphonic Band Concert
- “Liturgical Music for Winds and
‘ Percussion" at 8 p.m. in the Fine
; Arts Auditorium. For more infor
mation call 542-3737.
• Taming of the Shrew”
Gainesville Theatre Alliance per
formance runs through May 16 at
the Georgia Mountains Center
Theatre. For more information
call 535-6206.
• The Man Who Killed God”
Black Theatrical Ensemble perfor
mance runs through May 17. All
performances start at 8 p.m. in
Room 407 of Memorial Hall. For
more information call 357-0917.
• Tug-O-War & Volleyball
Greek Week event at Legion Field
starting at 3:30 p.m. For more in
formation call 542-4612.
Colloquium
• Poetry Reading
Stephen Coey will be reading from
his works at 4:15 p.m. in Room 265
of Park Hall. Sponsored by The
Georgia Review. For more infor
mation call 542-3481.
• Department of Religion
Dr. Vincent Cornell will speak on
“‘Islamism’ Movement in North
Africa" at 3:30 p.m. in Room 205C
of Peabody Hall.
Meetings.
• Children of Israel
Discussion topic: “Community
Coalition Against Bigotry" from
7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Congregation
of Children of Israel on Dudley
Drive.
• Christian Science
Meeting at 6 p.m. in Room 145 of
the Tate Student Center. For
more information call 542-1922.
• Desmosthenian Society
Debate Society meeting at 7 p.m.
in Demosthenian Hall For more in
formation call 542-5061
• Student Merchandising
Meeting at 4 p.m. in Room 306 of
Dawson Hall. For more informa
tion call 613-1168.
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A show of academic solidarity
Some TAs planning a ’teach out’ today
By THERESA WALSH
Staff Writer
Many graduate student teach
ers plan to unite and make their
presence known to the University
community by teaching their class
es outside today
“We basically want to show the
University that graduate students
are important," said Deneen
Bennett, program coordinator for
the Graduate Student Association.
She said graduate students
tend to get lost in the shuffle at
the University.
She said there are only about
7,000 graduate students out of the
more than 28,000 students at the
University.
Bennett stressed that it was not
a protest, but just a sign of solidar
ity among the students.
Sharon Fleming, executive coor
dinator of the Graduate Students
Association, also stressed the
teach out was not a demonstra
tion, but it’s just to make us a lit
tle more visible.
‘I think the University
should be aware of the
large number of TAs
who are doing a
wonderful job here.’
- Michael Moran,
English professor
“It is hard to say how effective
it will be. It’s hard to contact indi
vidual students about it," Fleming
said.
Bennett said she knows not ev
ery graduate teacher will be able
to do it.
“But it’s nice to hear that the
TAs support it," she said.
Teresa Smotherman, a Spanish
graduate teacher, said she hadn’t
heard about the teach out, but
said, “It would be fun for the day
for the students."
She added, however, that teach
ers “are forbidden to teach out
side."
Smotherman said the Spanish
department supervisor doesn’t al
low them to teach outside because
he says it is distracting to the stu
dents.
John Dowling, interim head of
Romance Languages, said he had
no problem with the 50 foreign
language TAs teaching outside for
one day.
“It’s a way of showing how
much we depend on these fine
young people for staffing our
courses," he said.
Dowling said the TAs are re
sponsible for teaching 75 percent
of the classes in his department.
“I’m probably at odds with the
faculty supervisors. I wouldn’t rep
rimand the teachers for it,"
Dowling said. Supervisors, howev
er, have the final say.
Michael Moran, director of
freshman English, said it sounded
like a great idea.
“I think the University should
be aware of the large number of
TAs who are doing a wonderful job
here,” he said.
Bennett said she heard about
the idea at a regional meeting of
Graduate Student Associations.
She said many other universities
do it every year.
Athens housing offers different worlds
The atmosphere differs from
Five Points to Prince Avenue
By AL DIXON
Staff Writer
As a college town with an abun
dance of houses in the price range
of most students, Athens has de
veloped several unique student-
populated neighborhoods, each of
fering a unique lifestyle.
“Everybody wants a house,"
said Mark Thomas, property man
ager for Carriage House Realty.
“Most of them want to be in the
Five Points area, close to campus.
The second most popular neighbor
hood is probably the area off of
Prince and Boulevard."
Although these two areas may
have originally attracted students
because of their proximity to cam
pus and their affordability, the so
cial atmosphere seems to have be
come at least as important in
choosing where to rent a house.
‘Everybody wants a
house.’
- Mark Thomas
Pam Moffitt, property manager
for Athens Realty, said that loca
tion is very important to students
who come to her looking to rent a
house.
She said she noticed a big dif
ference between people who look
for a house off of Prince and
Boulevard, and in people who
want to live in Five Points.
The Boulevard area people are
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ies. They’re into something com
pletely different," she said. “Most
of the Five Points people are just
your normal students, your sorori
ty and fraternity crowd.”
Moffitt, who is originally from
Athens, said the makeup of the
two neighborhoods hasn’t changed
much in the last 20 or 30 years.
“Back in the ’60s, the hippies
wanted to be in the Boulevard
area, and the fraternities and
sororities wanted to be in Five
Points,” she said.
Pete McBrayer, a senior from
Macon, rents a house on Meigs
Avenue, near Prince and
Milledge.He said he chose to live
off of Prince for many reasons.
“The houses on this side of town
are bigger and older than the
houses in other areas, like Five
Points," he said. “It’s close to cam
pus. A lot of students live in this
neighborhood, and it’s reasonably
priced."
McBrayer said the neighbor
hoods on either side of Prince have
a different atmosphere from Five
Points.
“A lot of musicians live around
here, and with all the students,
you get a lot of big parties,” he
said.
“The people in Five Points are
more clean cut. They have parties,
but they’re not big, open parties.”
McBrayer said the social atmo
sphere had a lot to do with the
house he and his roommates rent
ed. “We definitely like being close
to the social scene, and within
walking distance of the bars we
like to go to," he said.
But his neighborhood does have
its drawbacks, McBrayer said.
“It’s a little more dangerous
here than over by Five Points," he
said. “We were almost mugged one
night. Five guys chased us, but we
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Debbie Klein, a senior at the
university originally from
Charlotte, N.C., rents a duplex in
Five Points. She described a more
serene neighborhood than her
counterparts on the other side of
town.
There’s a real diverse mixture
of students and families around
here,” said Klein, who lives on
Lumpkin in west Five Points. “I
like to walk through the neighbor
hood in the evening. I feel safe
here. “There’s not really a lot of
parties around here, but it is very
interesting,” she said. “It’s conve
nient to campus; the location is
great."
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