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2 • The Red and Black Weekend • Friday, October 2, 1992
BRIEFLY
Dance auditions a lot of hard work, fun
UNIVERSITY
Elegant Salute III celebrates new Italian art exhibition
The Georgia Museum of Art will be holding their biennial fund-raiser,
“Elegant Salute III," Saturday at the Athenf Country Club as a formal
celebration of the opening of the exhibition,^ loan from the Horne
Museum in Horne, Italy. The event will also raise money for a new
building to house the GMA and recruit new “Friends’ of the museum.
The exhibition features many works never seen before in the U.S. and
includes works by artists such as Michelangelo, Pontormo, and
Mantegna. Various Italian dignitaries and tjh.e Italian Ambassador
have been invited as special guests to this evening’s gala. Call 542-3255
for more information. - Mark Hodges
Navy Supply Corps School holds 5K race
If you want to do something good for yourself and the students at the
Navy Supply Corps School, run in their 5K race Saturday. The school
is located on Prince Avenue and the race begins at 8:30 a.m.
Registration costs $10 and racers receive a t-shirt. For more informa
tion, call 354-1500. - Lori Wiechman
Episcopal Center begins club for needy people
The University Episcopal Center will hold a meeting Wednesday night
to recruit students for its Buck Forty Club. The club will furnish food,
toiletries and other necessities to people in need in the Athens area.
Any interested students should attend the club’s first meeting, Oct. 7 at
7 p.m. at the Episcopal Center, 980 S. Lumpkin St. - Russ Bynum
Golden Ginkgo Jamboree opens downtown today
The 14th Annual Golden Ginkgo Jamboree opens downtown today. The
festival draws its name from the golden fall color of the Ginkgo trees
that line Clayton Street. The festival begins with an arts and crafl
show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival continues from 8:30 a.m. to
8:30 p.m. Saturday, including the arts and crafl show, a children’s fes
tival and family entertainment. Saturday’s festivities are highlighted
by a $1,000 Chili Cook-off beginning at 9 a.m., the first stages of a
$10,000 Grand Prix Go-Kart Race at 8:30 a.m. and a concert with John
Berry at 7 p.m. The jamboree concludes Sunday with the Final stages
of the Go-Kuirt race from 1p.m. to 4 p.m. All events are free and open
to the public, with the exception of the John Berry concert (Adults $3,
Children $1). For more information, call 353-1421. - Clinton Austin
SGA hosts six candidates for voter registration drive
The Student Government Association will host six candidates running
for state and federal office today at the Tate Student Center Plaza at
noon. State Representative candidates Keith Heard, Johnny Martinez,
Louise McBee and John Scoggins, Public Service Commissioner candi
date Jack Aiken, 10th Congressional District candidates Don Johnson,
Ralph Hudgens and U.S. Senate candidate Jim Hudson will speak dur
ing the second to last day of SGA’s voter registration drive, which ends
on Monday. Senior Senator William Perry said SGA has registered
1,018 of its goal of 1,500 students. Students wishing to register in
Athens-Clarxe County over the weekend can register at the Athens-
Clarke County Library at 1231 Baxter St., the Timothy Baptist Church
at 481 Timothy Rond and the Greater Bethel AME Church at 140 Rose
St. Monday, Oct. 5, is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 3
elections. - Russ Bynum
STATE
Savannah (AP): SCAD students plead guilty to bombing
Two former Savannah College of Art and Design students pleaded
guilty Thursday to setting off five bombs in what a lawyer for one de
fendant called a prank that got out of control. William Connor Tindal
Jr., 19, of Lancaster, S.C., and Robert Eugene Carson II, 19, of Blaine,
Wash., each admitted taking part in the scheme. The blasts damaged
three downtown buildings, a vacant structure and a gas tank. The ex
plosions took place during a period of heated debate over the establish
ment of a student government and a faculty senate at SCAD, the na
tion’s largest art school. A blast at Savannah’s Civic Center on May 28
prompted SCAD President Richard Rowan to cancel graduation cere
monies that were to have been held there a few days later. U.S.
District Chief Judge B. Avant Edenfield told each defendant he can
count on going to prison when a sentence is imposed later. “This actual
ly was simply a lark," defense lawyer Alex Zipperer said of Tindal’s
conduct. Each defendant could be sentenced to 55 years in prison and
fined $1.5 million.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• A representative from the NYU
in Paris program will be here to
day at 1 p.m. in 210 Memorial Hall
to talk with students interested in
spending a summer, semester or
year in Paris. All are welcome. For
more information, call Leann
Schmitz at 542-1557.
Announcements
• The Women’s Studies Program
Brown Bag Lunch Talks will have
’’Women and Human Rights in
Latin America” today from 12:10-1
p.m. in Tate Center room 137. For
more information, call 542-2846.
• The Athens-Clarke Co. Dept, of
Arts & Environmental Education
will continue "Old-Time Week" to
day from 6-10 p m at Sandy Creek
Park. For more information, call
Joel Cordle at 613-3620.
• The University Round Table ap
plication deadline for student
membership is 5 p.m. on Monday,
Oct. 5 in 201 Academic Building.
Be sure to sign up for an interview
time when dropping off the appli
cation. For more information, call
542-3564.
• The Chinese American Student
Association is forming a new orga
nization. Anyone who is interested
in becoming a member or finding
out more should call George Liu at
548-4569.
Upcoming
• The India Student Association
will hold a reception for all new
students from India in Tate Center
room 137 on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 6
p.m. All are welcome. For more in
formation, call 542-0826.
• The Student Chapter of the
American Veterinary Medical
Association will have an Auxiliary
Dog Wash on Saturday Oct. 3 from
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the little are
na" next to the Coliseum on the
UGA Campus. Dogs should be on a
leash.
• The UGA Cricket Club will meet
at Intramural Field #6 on
Saturday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. All
By MELANIE THOMAS
Staff Writer
University students interested
in dance should start stretching
their muscles for the University
Concert Dance Company
Auditions on Monday.
The tryouts will be held at 5
p.m. in the Physical Education
building’s Carver Studio in room
272 for dance students or anyone
who “knows how to move.”
Bala Sarasvati, director of
CDC, said, “There’s a wide range
of dancers needed, but the tryouts
are worth it even if it’s just for ex
perience. You never know who’ll
be picked - the students could be
surprised.”
The CDC holds an annual
show in the Fine Arts
Auditorium, where students per
form a combination of pieces
choreographed by University
dance professors.
The company has about 40 dif
ferent roles available, and con
sists of several small dance
groups that begin practicing in
October to prepare for their
February concerts. This year’s
concerts will be Feb. 25, 26 and
27.
Sarasvati is the founder and
director of Core Dance Company,
an elite fraction of CDC that
tours all year. She said that al
though she has already assembled
the group, shell still be watching
the auditions for dancers to fill a
few Core openings.
“I’m looking for athletically in
clined males to tour with the
group," she said.
Pam Otto, one of three dance
instructors working with CDC, is
teaching the modern and jazz sec
tions. She said she is trying some
thing different with the modern
group this year.
“I like to call it a ‘modern, con
temporary piece in sneakers,’”
Otto said. “It’s going to incorpo
rate students’ styles of dancing
into the choreography.
“The other piece will be a big
band kind of thing that collabo
rates familiar jazz artists
like Benny Goodman and
DAVE SKILLEN/ The R«d and Slack
On their toes: Dancers practice at the University's Physical Education building.
Glenn Miller," she said.
Joan Buttram, who will in
struct the classical ballet group of
CDC, said that although her
group requires dancers with expe
rience, she hopes many students
will turnout this year.
“They do need to have pointe
technique because it’s kind of spe
cialized in that realm,” Buttram
said.
“I’m looking for about six to 12
girl dancers for a core group, but
if there are any male dancers
strong in classical ballet, we need
them,” she said.
Otto said students should be
prepared to spend three to four
hours per week practicing.
“It’s a time commitment," she
said. “You have to commit to it on
a regular basis. It’s really a team
contribution, like having a base
ball game.”
Former CDC members advise
students not to be intimidated by
the tryouts and to come if they’re
interested.
“It’s just a free-for-all,” said
Ashley Sowell, a sophomore dance
major from Lilbum. “Anyone who
can move should just show up.”
Sowell, who danced with the
company last year, said she sees a
lot of advantages in auditioning
beyond the prospect of being se
lected.
"You’ll get to know what the
dance department is like,” she
said. "You’ll meet teachers and
find out if you want to take
classes.”
Gretchen Auston, a dance
major from LaGrange, said, “I
saw what they did last year, and I
knew that was what I wanted to
do with my life. I worked on the
lights and things last year, and it
was a big operation. It was really
professional and impressive.”
newcomers are welcome. For more
information, call 353-7849.
• The American Heart
Association’s "American Heart
Walk" will be on Saturday, Oct. 3
around the UGA campus. For more
information, call the American
Heart Association at 549-0939.
• The State Botanical Garden of
Georgia is holding its Annual Fall
Plant Sale on Saturday, Oct. 3
from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. It will be held
in the upper parking lot of the
Garden. For more information, call
542-1244.
• Chi Alpha Christian
Organization will present Bill Say,
former leader of the largest drug
and street gang, speaking on "How
God Saved Him From Death Row,"
on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the
First Assembly of God on College
Station Road. For more informa
tion, call 548-3409.
• Auditions for UGA’s Concert
Dance Company Series will be held
Monday, Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. in Carver
Studio room 272 of the P.E.
Building on Sanford Dr. Student
performers will be chosen for the
February season. Dances will in
clude Ballet (Pointe), Modern and
Jazz styles. Choreography will be a
men's dance which will include
athletic movement (not trained
dance style). For more informa
tion, call 542-4415.
• The UGA Filipino Student
Association and its Co-Sponsors
will have "Philippine Culture
Awareness Day" on Saturday,
Oct. 3 from 10 to 2 p.m. at Clarke
Central High School, Mell
Auditorium. Registration is at 9
a.m. and tickets are $6, including
lunch and* a musical variety show.
For more'information, call 542-
7480.
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University cable raising potatoes in dorms
By DAVID TWIDDY
Staff Writer
Antonio Gonzalez said he will
be watching the Braves in the
National League playoffs this
year differently than he did last
year - in his dorm room.
The University sophomore
from Marietta lives in Myers Hall
which, along with five other
dorms, was wired for University
Cablevision this summer.
He said the new cable system
has changed the social and study
ing atmosphere of his hall.
“It’s raising a big crop of pota
toes," he laughed. “People just
stay in their rooms. It’s not near
ly as social as it used to be.”
Gonzalez said he has found
studying difficult with the TV
around, but he is trying to keep
his viewing time low.
“I’d rather not have a TV," he
said. “But while I have it, I might
as well watch it."
Another Myers resident
doesn’t think cable has changed
dorm life as much.
"It’s been better than I thought
it would be," said Josh Kiesler, a
junior from Peachtree City who
has lived in Myers for three
years. “From what I’ve seen, the
community is still pretty good.
“The doors still stay open and
people are still doing ‘hall
things,’" Kiesler said. “Not every
one has a TV, but for those who
do, their rooms are now the hang
out spots.”
He said that there are floors,
however, that seem to be less so
cial because of the TV.
“You can tell the difference -
all the doors are shut,” he said.
In Payne Hall, another dorm
that recently got cable, Laurel
Marshall said residents are try
ing to avoid such a situation from
developing on their halls.
“Most people try to keep away
from (the TV) so it won’t happen
to them,” Marshall, a junior from
Atlanta, said. “I only watch about
an hour of TV, so it hasn’t affect
ed me.”
Gonzalez and Marshall said
they liked the system’s program
ming, but Kiesler was less enthu
siastic.
"The cable system sucks," he
said. “They still don’t have a
movie channel for us.”
John Stephens, director of the
University’s Instructional
Resource Center, which operates
University Cablevision, said that
the one major complaint coming
from students is the need for
more programming.
“Some students want more
channels,” Stephens said. “People
don’t know why we don’t have
pay-per-view or channels like
HBO or SportSouth. We can’t get
these because of contract restric
tions."
He added the University’s con
tract with the movie channel it
had used for the past three years
ran out, and the IRC is trying to
find a replacement.
For the most part, however,
student response has been posi
tive, he said.
“Most students say it’s the
greatest thing since white bread,”
he said.
Stephens said IRC started
installing the University-wide
system about ten years ago, but it
was originally intended only to
bring programming into class
rooms.
About four years ago, IRC
started wiring the dorms and
family housing after University
Housing asked for the service and
helped pay for the installation
equipment, said housing director
James Day.
Day said Housing has in
creased rent $15 a quarter to pay
for the cable’s installation and
maintenance.
“Adding the cable system has
been strongly supported by stu
dents,” he said. “In some in
stances, when a student was
choosing a dorm, whether the hall
had cable was a more important
consideration than whether it had
air conditioning.”
Presently, the system has 46
channels, including Cable News
Network, the Atlanta network
stations, ESPN, Comedy Central,
Sci-Fi Network, and Black
Entertainment.
It also has several foreign lan
guage channels.
Also included are five instruc
tional channels that professors
can use to air supplementary
materials, Stephens said.
“For example, we had some
people who were using statistics
in their class and were having
problems with it," he said. “The
professor found out we had prere
corded programming on statistics
and scheduled it to show several
times on one of the channels over
a couple days.
“Many students said the pro
gram gave them the needed com
prehension," he said.
IRC can use other channels to
broadcast teleconferences and
display University information.
Stephens said IRC is now
concentrating on expanding into
more classrooms. So far, eight
classroom buildings are totally or
partially wired, he said.
In the future, cable wiring will
be part of all new construction on
campus, he said.
Day said the Residence Hall
Association is studying ways for
the dorms to have more of a say
in programming choices and pos
sibly originate some program
ming by way of public access
channels.
“I’d like to see sort of a UGA
version of Wayne’s World,” he
said.
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