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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
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Georgia’s equestrian
team jumps for joy, but
not for attention or
recognition.
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Weather. Partly sunny today,
(or partly cloudy). Temps in
the 70s today, 50s tonight.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1992 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 100, ISSUE 24
Sen. Al Gore to speak at Tate Center today
By TRAVIS RICE
Staff Writer
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate
Al Gore will give a speech at the University
today during a campaign rally aimed at
shoring up support in the battleground
state of Georgia.
Gore representatives said the
Tennessee senator will use the opportuni
ty to speak about education.
The rally, sponsored by the Young
Democrats, will begin at 1 p.m. in the Tate
Center Plaza.
R.E.M. lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who
spoke at the second “Beat Bush Bash" last
Friday, is scheduled to speak in support of
Gore. University President Charles Knapp
and various state and local Democratic
leaders are also scheduled to speak.
Marc Hershovitz, President of the
Young Democrats, said Gore is appearing
at the University as part of National
College Day for the Democratic Party. Bill
Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore
are all attending rallies at separate cam
puses across the country, he said.
“After Gore speaks here, there will be
only 12 campaign days left until the elec
tion," Hershovitz said.
“Anything a candidate does in the final
days of the campaign is magnified tenfold,"
he said. “The fact that Al Gore is coming to
our University highlights the importance
that Clinton and Gore place on the state of
Georgia and their commitment to the col
lege vote."
Peter Lee, press secretary for the
Georgia Clinton/Gore office, said Gore’s
trip is an effort to break the Republican
lock on Georgia’s presidential voting.
The most recent Atlanta Journal
Constitution poll showed Bill Clinton lead
ing the presidential race by 6 percent in
Georgia. But the poll had a margin of error
of plus or minus 4 percent
“Clinton and Gore have traveled
throughout Georgia," Lee said. “We
thought the people of Athens and the stu
dents of the University would like to hear
the Clinton/Gore message."
Yesterday the Campus Democrats pre
pared for Gore’s visit by holding a sign
painting party in the Tate Center. “Dawgs
for Gore" and “We Adore Gore* were popu
lar slogans painted by nearly 20 Campus
Democrats, friends of Democrats and stu
dents who just stopped to see what the
activity was about and then joined in.
Senior Dave England from Tifton said
he wasn’t a Young Democrat but has decid
ed to do more than vote this election.
“In addition to having the responsibili
ty to vote, you have to be informed," he
said. “You have to find out as much as you
can about the issues and then act in accor
dance with what you believe."
England said his mother was a volun
teer preparing for a Clinton rally in his
hometown during Clinton’s summer bus
tour, just as he is preparing for Gore’s visit
to Athens.
“The election is one of the few things my
parents and I have agreed on in the past
few years." he said.
Students make posters to show their support for Sen. Al Gore.
University Business School
in BusinessWeek’s top 20
By LORI WIECHMAN
Staff Writer
The rating of the University’s Terry College of
Business as one of the top 20 schools in the nation
with the “most bang for the buck" is due to the qual
ity of the students in the school, said dean Albert
Niemi.
The school's graduate program was recently rated
with 750 other public institutions by BusinessWeek
magazine.
“The reason now we’re popping up as one of the
best buys is because our student body is one of the
best in the country," Niemi said.
The school was also ranked in Forbes magazine’s
top ten list of the best buys for business programs
earlier this year.
Niemi said that although the school’s Master of
Business Administration program was the only area
evaluated for the list, the program is representative
of the entire business school.
“The MBA program is kind of a barometer, a mea
suring rod that external people use to evaluate the
business school," said Niemi.
In 1985, the school revamped the entire MBA pro
gram by raising admission standards and putting
more financial support into recruiting students.
“I took a look at Virginia, North Carolina and
Duke, and what makes them different," said Niemi.
*The thing that was different was that our faculty
was as good as their faculty, but their students were
better."
He said the three schools accepted better students
because of their credentials and that when the stu
dents graduated, they received better jobs.
The article looked at schools with business school
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
scores averaging no less than 575 out of a possible
800. The magazine also compared the school’s tuition
to the starting salaries of its graduates.
“A Georgian, for instance, can get a degree from
the University of Georgia for a total of $4,350 - less
than the extra fees alone required of every Harvard
MBA, never mind the $37,100 tuition bill," the arti
cle states.
“Our student and faculty members are very good,”
said James Trieschmann, associate dean of the
school. “We also make the MBA program one of our
high priorities.”
Niemi said that in order to have high-quality stu
dents who earn top jobs after graduating, the school
needs top faculty.
“You can’t turn out quality students without qual
ity faculty,” he said.
Neil Leggett, a junior real estate major from
Macon, said he chose the University because it was
one of the only schools that offers a real estate mtyor,
and he heard Georgia was ranked 5th in the nation
for its real estate program.
But Leggett said he’s enjoyed his business classes
and would rather attend them than other classes,
because he enjoys the subject, and the teachers are
good.
“The professors seem to be always available, and
most of them seem to er\joy what they do," Leggett
said. “They show a lot of enthusiasm.”
20 Best Deal
Business
Schools
University of Alabama
Arizona State
Baruch (New York)
Brigham Young
Buffalo
University of Florida
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of
Kentucky
University of
Maryland
Ohio State University
University of
Pittsburgh
Purdue University
Rice University
Uni /cisity of
Tennessee
University of Texas
Texas A&M University
University of
Washington
Source: BusinessWeek
Law student runs for county commission seat
By BEVERLY COX
Staff Writer
A University law student fed up with the system is taking on incum
bent commissioner Ken Jordan for the Athens-Clarke County District
Eight seat.
Second-year law student Steve Smith said he became increasingly
frustrated with the lack of student issues represented by the commis
sion, and filed a write-in candidacy declaration with the Board of
Elections last week.
"The council seems out of touch," Smith said. “Clearly, they have iso
lated themselves from students."
“Ken Jordan (8th district commissioner) has evidenced particular
neglect to student interests," he said. “He was at the forefront of enact
ing the open container ordinance and he was also outspoken for the
recent family housing zoning ordinance."
Jordan could not be reached for comment, and did not respond to
messages.
Smith’s campaign addresses the repeal of the open container law, the
new family zoning ordinance with a two roommate limitation and its
“discriminatory" impact on students.
His platform is also supportive of the Sunday alcohol sales referen
dum.
"We are a community of responsible adults and one of the largest
communities outside of Atlanta not to have Sunday sales," he said.
But Smith’s concerns are not relegated to students, he said.
“One of my personal concerns is the increased violence in the com
munity," he said.*I would like to see increased community involvement
in crime prevention as well as more foot and bike patrols with an
increased police presence on downtown streets."
While students are notorious for their voting apathy, Smith is not
deterred by the fact that his campaign actively seeks student involve
ment and votes.
“We really think we have the ability to win in the 8th district," he
said, citing that a number of students live in the area. “Students have
been hit from all sides about the importance of voting this year. I am
hoping this candidacy will open doors for students to be represented on
the council and give them a chance to take an active role in voicing their
concerns.”
Smith’s campaign manager is Alex Gordon, a fellow law student con
cerned about the lack of student representation on the council.
“I feel that what is good for students is good for Athens,” Gordon said
Steve Smith, a sec
ond year law stu
dent at the
University, will run
against Ken Jordan
for the 8th District
seat on the Athens-
Clarke County
Commission.
He filed a write -in
candidacy with the
declaration with the
Board of Elections
last week.
Smith says the
council seems out
of touch and has
isolated itself from
students.
He supports
Sunday alcohol
sales, the repeal of
the open container
ordinance and the
new family zoning
ordinance.
Fraternity on trial
for racial remarks
Pi Kappa Phi opts for Administrative hearing
By RUSS BYNUM
Staff Writer
Pi Kappa Phi faces its trial by
fire at 2 p.m. today in an admin
istrative hearing closed to the
public.
The University charged the fra
ternity with disorderly conduct
and falsification of records and
information under the
University’s student organization
regulations. The charges were
filed after the University discov
ered a pledge pamphlet contain
ing a racial slur which the frater
nity had published.
Pi Kappa Phi opted to have
their case heard in an administra
tive hearing rather than by the
Student Organization Court.
Student Judicial Programs
Director Bill Bracewell will pre
side over the hearing.
Bracewell said that after
tomorrow’s hearing, he will have
up to seven days to decide
whether the fraternity is guilty or
innocent and choose any neces
sary punishment.
The hearing will be held in the
student affairs conference room,
room 217 of the Academic
Building. Pi Kappa Phi’s chief
executive officer, Durward Owen,
said the fraternity had decided to
close the hearing to the public.
The Pi Kappa Phi incident,
which came to the attention of thf
University community Sept. 25,
left both black and white, Greek
and non-Greek students outraged.
The Interfraternity Council
and the Student Government
Association both passed resolu
tions condemning the pamphlet
and its message. Members of the
Black Greek Council voiced acidic
comments of pain and rage to Pi
Kappa Phi officers, and the
Panhellenic Council resolved not
to participate in this year’s War of
the Roses tournament, Pi Kappa
Phi’s annual philanthropic activi
ty-
Also, more than 1,000 students
signed a petition, initiated by the
campus chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, which demand
ed that the fraternity be suspend
ed for three years.
Campus NAACP President
George Bailey declined to com
ment Wednesday on the group’s
previous demands that University
President Charles Knapp inter
vene if the fraternity is not sus
pended.
“I just hope that justice is
served and carried out," Bailey
said.
Weather, or not?
Lingering summer delays autumn's debut
By KRISTIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
For those students that don’t
particularly eryoy seeing their
breath in the morning, fear not,
weekend warmth is on the way.
Nate Mayes, of the Athens
branch of the National Weather
Service, said the weekend will
bring warm weather with little
rain.
“Friday’s weather should have
partly cloudy skies with highs
reaching into the 70s. There will
be an increase in clouds on
Saturday with a slight chance of
showers in the afternoon," he
said. “The lows will be in the
upper 40s to 50s, with highs still
in the 70s."
Mayes forecasted partly to
mostly cloudy skies for Sunday,
with temperatures remaining
about the same.
The cold weather earlier this
week had students bundling up
in their turtlenecks and over
coats before venturing outdoors,
but Wednesday they were sport
ing shorts and t-shirts.
For Minnesota native Kori
Powell, warm weather during
this time of the year is a bit
strange.
“I find it hard to believe that
people are wearing sweaters
when it is 70 degrees outside,"
Powell said. “The weather on
Wednesday was like a mild sum
mer day in Minnesota. The
weather here is perfect. If it
were any warmer, it would feel
like summer to me.”
Mayes said the cause of the
shifting weather is a high pres
sure system that has been hover
ing over the North Georgia area.
The winds of this high pres
sure center rotate in a clockwise
direction, causing eastern winds
from the Atlantic Ocean to hit
the area. As a result, tempera
tures earlier in the week have
been low and have caused
Athenians to guard themselves
against the chill. As the high
pressure center moved eastward,
southern winds pushed north,
bringing with them higher tem
peratures.
‘I find it hard to
believe that people
are wearing sweaters
when it is 70
degrees outside.’
-Kori Powell,
Minnesota native
Temperatures in the moun
tains will be slightly lower this
weekend with the highs in the
60s.
Mayes said this warmer
weather is normal for this time of
year, so for those students who
enjoy being outdoors, take
advantage of it. Winter is on the
way.