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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1992 » ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 100, ISSUE 14
Zoning ordinance draws students’ ire
By MEUSSA COLLINS and BEVERLY COX
Staff Writers
The recently amended Athens-Clarke
County zoning ordinance, which limits the
number of residents allowed to live in a
house within a single-family zone, has
many students riled at the prospect of
finding new housing before next year.
“This is the most asinine thing I have
ever heard," said Heather Wilson, a grad
uate student in sociology. “My two room
mates and I are very conscious of our obli
gations to our neighbors and to our lease.
This so-called notion of ‘family* is not a
guarantee of the quality of people living in
a house.”
The amendment, which was passed at
Tuesday night’s commission meeting,
allows no more than two unrelated people
to reside in a dwelling located within a
single-family zone. The vote reflects the
county’s previous ordinance of no more
than two unrelated people per household,
rather than the city’s limit of four. The
unification of the city and county govern
ments required the commission to com
bine all separate ordinances.
Although the vote was overwhelmingly
in favor ol a two-person limit, not all agree
with the decision. While some homeown
ers say they feel their neighborhoods are
being taken over by unruly tenants, stu
dents claim this is yet another example of
discrimination based on an unfair stereo
type- „ 5i
John Bradberry, president of the
Student Government Association, said he
expected the commission to vote in favor
of four and was disappointed to see the
outcome.
“Unfortunately, when it is the students
versus the adult community, the students
usually lose,” Bradberry said.
Steven Bush, owner of Bush Properties,
said it is not the quantity of the residents,
but the quality that should be a factor.
“The issue has become emotional and
focused on students when the real issue is
how to control disturbances in a neighbor
hood caused by irresponsible residents,
whether they are families who own homes,
families who rent homes or individuals
who rent," Bush said.
Fifth District Commissioner Hugh
Logan, one of the three commissioners
who opposed the amendment, said he
would nave rather seen stronger parking
and noise ordinances than an “unenforce
able" zoning law. As it is now, the zoning
enforcement officer must rely only on com
plaints to enforce the limit.
Logan said the decision was an unfor
tunate one, and the commissioners should
have looked closer at the large economic
impact the University has in Athens
before casting their vote.
“You win some and you lose some," he
said. “Sometimes when I lose, I’m really
the winner because I’m right."
Ken Jordan, 8th District commissioner
who voted for the amendment, said the
overnment doesn’t have it in for stu-
ents, as some may think.
“The commission is not anti-student,
but like anything else, you have to estab
lish guidelines," he said.
Jordan said the only reason zoning
ordinances are established is to control
building and development patterns.
But Jerold Kayden, lawyer at the
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in
Massachusetts, said zoning laws should
never be used as the commission is
attempting to use them - to govern
lifestyle choices.
“In my opinion, this begins to approach
the abuse of the zoning authority," he
said. “The zoning purpose is to protect the
health and safety of tne community."
Kayden said under the Constitution, it
is clear that a city or county can limit the
number of people who might live together.
The only other legal avenue he said might
offer relief to students and landlords is the
Georgia state constitution.
“It is unlikely the challenge would pre
vail, but it is possible that tne state con
stitution could give greater protection to
an individual’s rights," Kayden said.
Officials: NAACP
petition damning
frat will not
affect case
By RUSS BYNUM
Staff Writer
A petition of over 1,000 signa
tures sponsored by the NAACP con
demning the Pi Kappa Phi frater
nity for publishing a racist slur in
its pledge pamphlet will have no
influence on the fraternity’s judicial
hearing, University administrators
said.
University Public Information
Director Tom Jackson issued a
statement Wednesday saying that,
while the University respects the
rights of students to protest freely,
it must also follow due process
when deciding these cases.
“President Knapp will not cir
cumvent the standard University
judicial process which is now under
way in the Pi Kappa Phi case,”
Jackson said. “It is very important
that this process run its course
without interference from the
administration."
The petition calls for the
University to suspend the fraterni
ty chapter for three years.
NAACP President George Bailey
said if a lesser sentence is handed
down in Pi Kappa Phi’s adminis
trative hearing Oct. 22, his group
will “demand” University President
Charles Knapp to intervene.
The University charged the fra
ternity with disorderly conduct and
falsification of records and informa
tion on Monday.
“We plan on having a meeting
with President Knapp to hand him
our petition and discuss the overall
racial climate at the University of
Georgia," Bailey said.
Bailey said the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People has not yet spoken
with Knapp or scheduled a meet-
mg.
“We do want it to go through the
judicial process, but we’re saying
that if justice is not served we
expect and demand that President
Knapp intervene,” he said. “Justice
will be if they’re suspended for
three years."
Still, under current University
judicial procedure, intervention by
Knapp on behalf of the accusing
party would be impossible.
‘The complaining party cannot
file an appeal," said Student
Judicial Programs Director Bill
Bracewell, who was the adminis
trator chosen to hear Pi Kappa
Phi’s case. “Only the accused has a
right to appeal.
Despite these procedures, Bailey
said he does not anticipate that the
petition’s demands will be denied.
Col. Bruce brings ultra-fusion to Georgia Theatre
Local bands influenced by
Godfather of Alternative Music
By BRAD MISLOW
Staff Writer
For those who watched last
week’s episode of “Saturday
Night Live” and wondered who
that familiar-looking man
singing next to band leader G.E.
Smith was, ponder no more. That
was Atlanta musician Col. Bruce
Hampton.
And tonight, Col. Bruce
Hampton and the Aquarium
Rescue Unit come to the Georgia
Theatre to perform their ultra
fusion rock music and to prove
once again that local personality
Roosevelt is the true patron saint
of Athens.
The beauty of the demi-leg
endary Col. Bruce Hampton and
the Aquarium Rescue Unit is
that they are one of the few
bands liked by so many local
musical figures. It’s safe to say
that “Atlanta’s Godfather of
Alternative Music" has influ
enced almost every Athens band
that wanted to deviate from the
norm.
Trying to describe Col.
Hampton’s sound is like trying to
explain the concept of music to
someone who has never heard it
before. He and the Aquarium
Rescue Unit absorb all types of
styles and throw the finished
product out of the speakers.
There are elements of jazz, coun
try, gospel, blues, rock, funk and
everything else you can find at
the record store.
And to top it off, everything is
improvised.
“It’s spontaneous and we want
to keep it that way,” Hampton
said. “Unless it’s county music.
County and western, that is.”
The Aquarium Rescue Unit
includes Hampton on guitar and
lead vocals, Jimmy Herring on
guitar, Matt Mundy on electric
mandolin and vocals, Oteil
Burbridge on six-string bass and
vocals, and Apt. Q258 on drums.
Hampton also plays the chazoid?
(yes, the “?” is part of the name),
a four-string instrument which,
according to legend, was found in
the bathroom of a gas station in
Sylacauga, Ala.
Last January, the band
released a critically acclaimed
self-titled live album on
Capricorn Records which had
been recorded at the Georgia
Theatre. The band remains busy
and tours constantly, and plans
are set for the follow-up album.
“I want to do a studio album
with Johnny Sandlin producing,
of course," Hampton said.
Sandlin has also worked with the
Allman Brothers Band,
Widespread Panic, Allgood and
others.
Guests appearing on the new
album will be guitarist Wayne
Bennett; keyboardist Chuck
Leavell, who has played and
toured with Eric Clapton and the
Rolling Stones; and banjo-mae
stro B6la Fleck of the Flecktones.
The new album should be
released sometime next year.
“I would like to do (only) one
tune on the album," Hampton
said. “Actually, I’m shooting for
one note. One note for the whole
album. But it’s hard to find the
right one. But it can be done.”
The Aquarium Rescue Unit is
Hampton’s most successful band
in his 30-year career, and he is
being called upon by fellow musi
cians for guest appearances, such
as the one with G.E. Smith,
whom Hampton has known since
the musical “dark days." This
Friday, he will appear with
Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart on
an HBO live concert from
Knoxville, Tenn.
“I don’t have any idea what’s
going to happen. I don’t even
know what they want," Hampton
said. “That’s what you’d call
crossing over.”
Of course, one can never get
through a Hampton interview
without hearing a good story.
“The craziest job I have had
was cleaning corn meal vats at
the Frito-Lay plant,” Hampton
said. “My skin broke out and I
had to quit after three hours. It
was like going into hell. These
vats were 50 feet in the air and I
had to clean them. I figured I bet
ter do music because I don’t want
to clean com meal vats. Or I
wouldn’t mind it, actually.
Cleaning vats is very important.
I find it critical and crucial, man.
That’s what our whole musical
concept is based upon - vat
cleaning.”
Col. Bruce Hampton and the
Aquarium Rescue Unit play
tonight at the Georgia Theatre.
Tickets are $6 and are available
at the Theatre box office the day
of the show. Bring a bag of Fritos
along.
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit: Critically acclaimed debut album
will be followed by a new album, due sometime next year.
Average SAT scores for new freshmen on the rise
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By LORI WIECHMAN
Staff Writer
As more and more students attempt to enter the University
each year, the average Scholastic Aptitude Test scores of
entering freshmen continue to set new records.
Figures released Wednesday show the average SAT score
for freshman entering the University set a new record of 1078,
18 points higher than last year’s 1060, while admissions
increased 5 percent over last year.
“The University is increasingly becoming a more highly
valuable education,” said Claire Swann, admissions director.
“It’s not just a better bargain.”
Swann said that since the University is trying to cap fresh
man enrollment, students are having to show more academic
promise to earn a space at the University. This is displayed
by their past academic performance, such as test scores.
“That already makes us (the University) better because
students are trying to get a space at the University," said
Swann.
Swann said the majority of freshman students are also now
coming into the University with over a B average.
The scores have been rising over the years, but Swann said
the University doesn’t expect a certain score for the freshman
students. Instead, the scores are just set by student averages
each year.
Dwight Douglas, vice president for Student Affairs, said
the record scores and increase in freshman applicants show
that the University has “arrived as a premier public univer
sity."
“We can say with confidence that this is the brightest, most
talented freshman class ever enrolled at the University,"
Douglas said.
Although administrators are excited about the quality of
the freshman class this year, most freshman sav they didn’t
worry about their SAT scores when they applied.
Remey Rozin, a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, said she
was more concerned about her test scores meeting the aver
ages at other colleges she applied to than at the University.
“I really didn’t worry about it," said Rozin. “But I did worry
when I applied to Emory and Michigan State."
“I kind of was worried, but is wasn’t a major worry," said
Valerie Liddell, a freshman from Albany. “I think they put too
much emphasis on the test scores. They should put more
emphasis on what you did in school for the past four years and
not a test that you take in a day.”
Average Scholastic Aptitude
Test Scores for Freshmen
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1000
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600-
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200
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Preliminary figures show low minority representation in SGA
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25,195
23
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1,685
1
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1,182
1
Hispanic
322
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American Indian/
36
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Alaskan Native
* - Preliminary enrollment figures, Fall 1992
- There are 11 Senate seats currently up for election
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By KELLY DANIEL
Staff Writer
Over 3,000 University students do not have a
strong voice in the Student Government
Association, due to low minority participation.
Preliminary enrollment figures show minori
ties make up 3,225 of the 28,420 registered stu
dents on campus this fall, but are represented by
only two votes in student government.
SGA Vice President Snawna Hirata is the
sole voice for 1,182 Asian students and senior
senator Richard Martin is the only black repre
senting the 1,685 African-American students at
the University. There currently are no SGA rep
resentatives for the 322 Hispanic students or the
36 American Indians enrolled at the University.
The recent Pi Kappa Phi incident has
prompted Martin to proceed with a detailed plan
of action to increase minority involvement in
student government. Martin is expected to
unveil the plan during the Oct. 13 SGA meeting.
“There is a stronger sense of urgency," Martin
said. “We want to encourage more minorities to
come to the meetings. I’m trying to devise a way
to reach other organizations on campus to get
them involved with SGA.
“We’re trying to find a way to network with
various organizations and hopefully encourage
different ethnic groups to get involved in student
government," he said.
Martin would not detail specifics of his plan
until all SGA senators have the chance to look
over it.
Hirata said minorities should understand
“we value them just as much as anyone else in
SGA."
“I encourage students to get out and get
involved and run for any office they want to," she
said.
Martin called “lack of knowledge" the under-
lying problem behind SGA’s low minority
involvement and said minority students must be
made to feel welcome in all campus organiza
tions.
“Minority students really have no idea of how
to get involved, like where to go and what is
available on campus," he said.
Bill Porter, Student Activities director, said
most campus organizations do have high levels
of minority participation, especially the
University Union.
“I think other organizations might do well to
follow the Union’s lead in looking at their
recruitment and programming decisions," Porter
said. “It is the ongoing responsibility of student
organizations to try and encourage minority
involvement in their activities."
SGA secretary Andy Vanlandingham said 11
senator positions are currently up for election.
Five graduate student and six freshman posi
tions are expected to be filled within the next
few weeks, possibly increasing the number of
minority representatives serving on SGA.
All students are welcome to the SGA meet
ings, Martin said. He estimates only 10 to 15
minority students attend the meetings each
week, but said he wants more minorities to have
voting power in the student government.
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