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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 100, ISSUE 25
The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
IN THE NEWS
Pi Kappa Phi president
shields his face after
testifying about the
fraternity’s racial slur.
8
Weather: Another sunny,
mild weekend with cool
nights, possible rain on Sat.
If a tree screams in a forest... it
must be a Screaming Tree, p. 6.
After Hours
All the music, theater,
art & movies you can eat.
Hearst
■ A whole page about the
Heisman hopeful.
A&E
■ Flagpole celebrates its 5th
anniversary tonight.
| The new Sci-Fi channel
isn’t just for geeks; horror
and vintage Sci-Fi is good.
Weekend UPDATE
Heisman prospect plays it low-key
By LORI WIECHMAN
Staff Writer
Georgia scatbeck Garrison Hearst has
received a lot of attention lately for his
record breaking rushing yards and
touchdown runs, but most students
wouldn’t notice him if they were to pass
him around campus.
And he seems not to mind.
Tm just like an average student," said
Hearst, who was waiting for a
teleconference with journalists across the
country earlier this week.
Along with the teleconference,
television crews from ESPN and ABC
visited the University to shoot pieces on
Hearst, a junior, who is a leading
candidate for the Heisman Trophy.
"I like to hear people talking about me.
It happens sometimes when I’m walking
(around campus), but not much. But I
just handle it," said Hearst, who admits
that most of the students who notice him
on campus are his fellow athletes.
Hearst said that when he does hear
students talk about his performance in a
game, he doesn’t want them to know he’s
around them.
"I don’t want to cause any extra
attention," he said, leaning back in his
chair and slumping over to one side.
“Hearst is not real serious, he likes to
have fun,” said teammate Andre
Hastings. “When it’s time to be serious,
he’s serious, but otherwise it’s all just fun
and games."
Hearst’s feelings about the recent
media attention, and the possibility of
winning this year’s Heisman is just to
“handle it."
“The attention doesn’t bother me. It’s
just something that comes with football,"
he said.
And he is as equally noncommittal
about entering the draft early.
“I really don’t want to talk about
leaving," said Hearst. “I think 1 want to
keep it really quiet, because once you
answer that question, I think everybody
asks. I just think about going out each
week and playing well."
Hastings said that Hearst doesn’t
really like to talk to the press that much.
“We like the attention, but sometimes
it gets kind of tedious,” said Hastings.
Hearst comes from Ldncolnton, a small
town in north Georgia, which he figures is
“about the size of the University." He said
the transition from the small town to a
University with 28,000 students wasn’t as
bad as he thought it would be because he
made many visits to the University before
he came to school.
"Basically, the hardest thing for me
was getting adjusted to the academics,"
said Hearst, an educational psychology
major.
Hearst is currently leading the nation
in touchdowns, with 15 , and in scoring,
averaging 12.9 points per game.
“It’s exciting when people yell for you
and your teammates come running down
the field to congratulate you. That’s the
fun thing about it," said Hearst.
As of last Saturday’s Homecoming
Game against Vanderbilt, Hearst’s seven-
game average totaled 1,061 rushing
yards, beating his goal for this year of
rushing 1,000 yards.
He’s now being compared to Herschel
Walker, the former Georgia football
running back and Heisman winner who
now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.
But Hearst is silent about how it feels
to be compared to Walker, admitting only
that he enjoys the comparison and
wouldn’t mind meeting him if he ever had
the chance.
“The comparison is great because I
heard that he was a great guy,” said
Hearst.
Hearst’s main competition for the
Heisman is San Diego State running back
Marshall Faulk.
But, again, he says he’s not thinking
about the Heisman, or anything except
for this week’s game at Kentucky.
“Maybe I do (have a good chance of
winning the Heisman) and maybe 1
don’t," said Hearst. “I wouldn’t have
gotten this far by trying to think of the
individual. I had to come out every week
and practice hard with the team and play
hard."
Since Hearst has already fulfilled one
of his goals of breaking 1,000 yard',
rushing, he said he has only one more
goal to fulfill, to win the SEC
championship.
“I feel if we keep playing hard and
taking each team one by one, then we
have a great shot at winning the SEC
championship,” he said.
Pray for the Braves,
get some culture
W hat to do - well, let me help ya
First and foremost, the most
important thing for you to do this
weekend happens Saturday night.
It is vital to the mental health of the
Southeast that the Braves win. To help
them out, do this: Go to a bar with a TV
playing Game Six of the World Series. Buy
yourself your favorite shot and a bottle of
cheap beer. Remain double-fisted with
alcohol, do the Chant and the hokey-pokey
and pray at regular intervals. It will work.
But then again, if they choked last night,
forget it. Get a life. Go out and have some
fun.
• By far, the biggest event this non
football game weekend is Allgood at the
Georgia Theater tonight, although it has
possibly sold out. Bring a raincoat because
Dig, drunk boys will surely spill Miller Lite
ALL over you as they go ALL out for
ALLgood. Catfish Jenkins will open.
• If you want to truly boogie, head down
to the 40 Watt Saturday night for the
Labrea Stompers’ special brand of white
trash funk. Request their cover of “Hungry
Like a Wolf," (yes, the Duran Duran song).
Disco follows.
• For a little culture, the University
Dance Department performs “Choreo
Sessions I" Friday night in the Carver
Studio at the Women’s P.E. Building. It
will feature a mixture of original dance
pieces by University dance faculty and
special guests. Rumor has it this is one
outstanding and unique performance. Cost
is $3 for students.
• In theater this weekend, the Town
and Gown (off of Prince, behind the Taylor-
Grady house) is hosting the final shows of
“A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream." Shows
are at 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2:15 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are 17 for
regular people, and $5 for students,
seniors, kids and on Sunday.
• If you would like to celebrate
something, Flagpole Magazine and
Beechwood Shopping Center are throwing
parties for their respective 5th and 30th
birthdays Saturday at Beechwood. The
festivities start at 3 p.m. with The
Vigilantes of Love and a host of other
bands.
That’s it. If you need further help in
deciding what to do with your life this
weekend refer to After Hours, or get a
therapist.
— Beverly Cox
Gore, Stipe
By TRAVIS RICE
Staff Writer
A crowd of 12,000 to 15,000 gathered
in the Tate Center Plaza yesterday to see
the man likely to be the next vice
president, according to national polls.
With only 12 days left until the
election, Tennessee Senator and
Democratic vice-presidential candidate A1
Gore addressed the student-dominated
crowd as part of a rally.
Sharing the podium were Lt. Gov.
Pierre Howard, Athens CEO Gwen
O’Looney, 10th congressional district
candidate Don Johnson, University
President Charles Knapp and R.E.M. lead
vocalist Michael Stipe.
Before Gore's arrival, Campus
Democrats Marc Hershovitz led the crowd
in chants of “Go Gore, Sic ’em, Woof Woof
Woof." R.E.M.’a “I am Superman” played
as Gore’s arrived, then Stipe introduced
Gore as “someone I can believe in."
Gore began his speech by saying he
and Bill Clinton were going to be
“Automatic for the People,” a reference to
R.E.M.’s latest release.
Gore spoke on the environment, the
economy and education. He proposed
student loans for all income levels, as well
as an apprenticeship program for
students who don’t go to college.
One of Gore’s best-received localized
remarks was his claim that on Nov. 3,
Bush and Quayle would feel “like an
opposing team caught between the
heages."
A Clinton/Gore sign-holding freshman,
Caroline Plauche of Winterpark, Fla., said
she was extremely enthusiastic about
rally crowd
Gore’s visit.
“It was awesome. I was in the front
row and I shook his hand twice. I’m real
big on his support for the environment,"
Plauche said.
However, the sea of Clinton/Gore signs
filling the plaza was broken up by a tew
Bush/Quayle signs. Rod Miller, a junior
from Brokley Heights, N.J., estimated
about 50 Republicans came to support of
George Bush. Miller said he was enthused
about getting to heckle Gore.
“Gore made a lot of misstatements and
lies today," said Miller. "He knows the
Democratic Congress has had as much or
more to do with all the economic problems
as Bush has." *
Not all Republicans were there to
heckle, however.
Juniors Christina VanSlooten from
Greer, S.C., identified herself as
Republican, but said Gore may have
convinced her to cross party lines.
“When you get out of college, the first
thing you need is a job,” VanSlooten said,
“ana Gore did stress that point. I’m
undecided, but Tm also a Republican so I
just don’t know right now."
In a poet-rally interview, Gore said to
create jobs for college grads, he’d promote
imvestment in America’s infrastructure.
“We have to put out a whole high-
technology program that is designed to
make our nation more competitive in the
world economy of tomorrow, of the 90’s
and the next century," Gore said.
When asked who will win the
Southeastern Conference and head for the
Sugar Bowl, Gore made a politically risky
response.
“Well, Tennessee of course."
'Automatic for the People”: Al Gore, Michael Stipe, Gwen O’Looney (R-L)
Univ. student raped in boardinghouse
Third sexual attack reported by students in a week
By ROBERT HAAQ
Staff Writer
A 19-year-old University student
reported she was raped Wednesday,
according to Athens-Clarke County Police.
The female student said she knew her
attacker, but Athens-Clarke County police
would not release the name of the 23-year-
old suspect.
This is the third University-related
sexual attack reported in the past seven
days. A University student was raped by
two strangers in an alley last Friday, Oct.
16. On the same night, a Georgia Southern
student reported a battery and attempted
rape against her in the Sigma Phi Epsilon
house.
According to the report, the victim of
Wednesday’s attack told police that the
offender picked her up from her residence
around 8 p.m. to go out for the evening.
The two went to a boardinghouse and were
looking at magazines when he made sexual
advances toward her.
When she refused to perform oral sex he
grabbed her head and slapped her
repeatedly in the face.
The victim told police that she became
dazed from being hit so many times. He
then raped her.
After the victim told him that she would
call police, the offender apologized
profusely. She then decided not to report
the rape.
However, later that evening the two
fought at a restaurant drive-through. After
he implied he would beat her again, she
left the vehicle and called police.
The incident occurred at 1025 W.
Hancock Street, a privately-owned
boardinghouse.
WUOG celebrates 20 years
By STEVE H. HALL
Staff Writer
If you can’t stand the alternative
music normally played on WUOG 90.5
FM, you may be pleasantly surprised
this weekend.
WUOG alumni are taking over the
airwaves, and they’ll be playing music
that was considered alternative in
their time — like Led Zeppelin, ;he
Rolling Stones or U2.
As many as 55 alums will return
from all over the nation to spin discs
and run the microphone from Friday
to Sunday. It’s all a part of WUOG’s
20th Anniversary Reunion, celebrating
two decades of rocking the local
airwaves.
The reunion kicks off today at 2
p.m. with an alumni-headed panel
entitled “From College Radio To The
Real World” in room 142 of the Tate
Student Center. The panel will be free
and open to the public.
Since its inception on October 16,
1972, WUOG has been serving up
Athens’ only exclusively alternative
radio format, though the station’s
definition of “alternative" has changed
drastically over the years.
“When we started out, what was
considered alternative music was more
like Led Zeppelin,” said Heather
Wagner, director of public relations
and promotions for WUOG. “Now, our
format has gone into ‘college radio,’
which is more experimental. It’s a
place where bands can get a start. And
for students, it’s a hands-on learning
experience, because our station is
totally student-run.
“Some students will say, Why don’t
you play bands like the Cure, U2 or
Nirvana more? They’re alternative,"
said Wagner. “Well, as soon as any of
these bands hit the charts, we stop
laying them. The whole idea is not to
elp out brfnds that have already
maae it; it’s to help out the people who
are new."
Alumni programming this weekend
will begin Friday with “The Know-It-
Alls," the origin of WUOG’s current
gameshow “Head 2 Head," from 7:30 to
8 p.m. The alums who hosted the
original show will return, with the
hosts of "Head 2 Head" as contestants.
Beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. and
continuing until 5 p.m., WUOG aWms
will be playing the music which they
played as students. The programming
will take a chronological format,
starting with music played in 1972
and covering two to three years per
hour. This format will conclude
Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ceanne Martin, an account
executive in the sales department of
Star 94 in Atlanta, will be one of the
WUOG alums broadcasting this
weekend.
“The personal part of working at
WUOG was more important to me
than the experience I got, because the
people I started with are still my very
closest friends," Martin said. "One of
my fondest memories of working there
was doing ‘break radio,’ which was
during Christmas and summer breaks;
we just ate, slept and kept
broadcasting. We would often shut
down at 3 a.m., go party or get some
breakfast, and come back at 6 a.m."
Martin laughed as she added, “We
fell asleep so many times on the air.
We’d choose long records to play so we
could sleep longer."
Neil Williamson, a WSB radio
network coordinator, is another
WUOG alum who will be participating
in the reunion festivities.
“On Saturday nights, I hosted ‘Get
Yer Ya-Ya’s Out," a block
programming, psychedelic-era show
featuring music from 1964 to 1972
with artists like the Temptations, the
Rolling Stones, and Thunderclap
Newman," he said.
Williamson, who worked at WUOG
from 1977 to 1980, said that his three
years were a labor of love.
“We had so much fun as a group,
solving the world’s problems and
playing music," he said. “For so many
of us, being on the air was almost like
the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. You
can’t believe the passion we had for
the station and the endless hours we
put into it."
WUOG adviser Candy Sherman
said this weekend’s alumni
programming will probably be more
talkative and casual, and will sound
more polished.
“The emphasis of 90.5 FM is to play
music, not to develop character or
personality in the disc jockeys," she
said. “But this weekend, we’re going to
loosen up a bit and change format. I’m
sure these people will be doing a little
talking and reminiscing."
Then(L): Univ. Pres.
Fred Davison and
Ed Dunbar, 90.5's
first manager.
Now(below): DJ in
the DJ booth.