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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1992 • ATHENS. GEORGIA • VOLUME 100 ISSUE 29
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Businesses ally
By DANIELLE DE LUCIA
Staff Writer
Due to an increase in gang beatings
and the recent rape of a University stu
dent on Athens’ west side, local business
owners in West downtown have formed
an alliance to combat rising crime.
Drew Dekle, sales manager of Classic
Screen Print, has written a letter to be
delivered to city and county manager
Russ Crider, proposing a downtown police
precinct and more security in the area.
“I was chosen by (the Business
Alliance of Downtown West) to write the
letter,” Dekle said. *1 want to see the
police pay more attention to the west part
of downtown to deter any criminal activi
ty.”
The Alliance consists of 17 operations
including the 40 Watt Club, Classic
Screen Print, Hooper Office Supply,
Adcock Furniture and Chick Piano.
The letter requests immediate atten
tion to the alley next to Chick Piano,
which the alliance says attracts crime.
“Most recently there was a rape report
ed in this alley in which the victim was
forcefully taken into the darkness, out of
sight of anyone who could have possibly
have stopped this crime,” Dekle said.
The letter stated an apparent lack of
police attention to the west area and
requested a highly visible, but small
downtown police office that would be
staffed at all times.
“Officers claim to patrol, but I don’t see
them on a regular basis in the west sec
tion of downtown,” Jared Bailey, co-owner
of the 40 Watt said. "Police attention is
demanded where there are more bars,
near College Street and I understand
that, but at the same time, there are peo
ple down here being beaten and
attacked.”
Larry Adcock, owner of Adcock
Furniture Co., said the alliance has
agreed to add extra lighting and fence off
the alley which runs between Clayton and
Washington Street, where a University
student was raped by two men Oct. 16.
“The alley is private property, not city
maintained so we respect that it is the
business owners responsibility to make
the alley safer. I realize the city can’t pay
for that sort of thing,” Adcock said. “They
could put a light on the edge of the prop
erty, but we are going to do it.”
Bailey said a fence would not only stop
criminals from using it as an escape
route, but also keep victims from being
dragged into the alley.
to get police attention
“It’s a good move to make the area
safer,” Bailey said.
David Camp, administrative bureau
chief for Athens-Clarke County police,
said that even though the station head
quarters moved from City Hall downtown
to Lexington Highway last year, the uni
form division is still located downtown
and the police are still aware of downtown
happenings.
“We are focusing attention to the prob
lem areas and we are looking to use
undercover units and increase officer foot
patrol,” Camp said. “The merchants only
perceive that the police are no longer in
touch with downtown.”
John Barrow, Athens-Clarke County
4th District commissioner, said he
believes the recent increase in downtown
crime could be a result of the move.
“Crime is regrettable, but we are expe
riencing an increase in violent crimes and
relocation of the police department is a
possible aggravation to the problems
we’re experiencing,” he said.
Gwen O’Looney, Athens-Clarke
County CEO, said the merchants’ forma
tion of the alliance is exactly how busi
nesses should react toward crime.
“I am very excited about the input of
business owners,” she said.
The Chick Piano area: a University woman was raped Oct. 16 in the
alley at right. Businesses say the area gets too little police attention.
Pi Kapp verdict pleases students, others
By RUSS BYNUM
Staff Writer
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will be
suspended from the University for
a minimum of one year, according
to a ruling handed down by
Student Judicial Programs
Director Bill Bracewell on
Monday.
The fraternity was suspended
for “an indefinite period" of no less
than one year for publishing a
pledge pamphlet containing the
slur “no niggers," which was dis
covered by University officials
Sept. 22.
“To place a blatantly racial slur
in the context of this manual both
trivializes the new members' edu
cation and violates the policies of
the University," Bracewell wrote
in his final decision.
Bracewell presided over the
fraternity’s administrative hear
ing on Thursday, Oct. 22.
“A new member attending his
first meeting in his fraternity, a
meeting conducted by an officer
and attended by the president of
the chapter, learns that non-white
people are not to be a part of his
fraternity experience," Bracewell
wrote. “This is not freedom of
expression, it is forcing the new
pledge to either accept this atti
tude or resign his pledgeship.”
During the time of suspension,
the chapter will not be allowed to
participate in any University-
sponsored programs or activities.
The decision also suspends Pi
Kappa Phi from all chapter activ
ities with the exception of service
and educational programs.
The University will allow Pi
Kappa Phi to apply for reinstate
ment during the summer of 1993.
Wesley Homey, the student
advocate who presented the
University's case against the fra
ternity, said the result was close
to what was asked for.
“The final decision mirrored
what was recommended," he said.
Pi Kappa Phi has five days to
file an appeal with the Office of
Judicial Programs.
Under University procedures,
the appeal would be heard by a
three-person panel consisting of
Associate Vice President for
Student Affairs Dan Hallenbeck
and two members of the Student
Judiciary.
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity’s
C.E.O. Durward Owen declined to
comment on the ruling Monday
night, “due to my lack of knowl
edge of the ruling and substance
behind it"
Owen said he had not previ
ously been notified about the rul
ing.
University chapter president
James “Tripp" Ackerman III
couldn’t be reached for comment.
Other brothers at the Pi Kapp fra
ternity house declined to comment
on the ruling.
Bracewell wrote that he
expects Pi Kappa Phi to spend its
suspension “learning and teach
ing the value of diversity in a mod
em university" as well as “devel
oping for the Greek community a
comprehensive, year long pro
gram promoting good human rela
tions, celebrating the value of
diversity and combating all forms
of insensitivity."
Six other fraternities have
been suspended from the
University since 1980.
Leslie Bates, director of
Minority Services and Programs
said he feels the final decision will
be a beneficial one.
“I think its a great decision.
It’s a win-win situation for every
body,” he said. *The campus wins
because it shows we are not going
to tolerate any acts of intolerance.
The fraternity wins because they
can learn new ways of behaving
and new attitudes toward people
that are different from them."
Bates said he hopes that a part
of the fraternity’s work will be for
them to develop a plan for all fra
ternities and sororities that will
encourage them to involve all
races.
SGA junior senator Richard
Martin said he’s pleased with the
decision.
*Tm glad the University acted
swiftly and decisively on the mat
ter," he said. “It’s unfortunate
some individuals still hold that
negative opinion. It’s good that
the system has shown zero toler
ance for such attitudes.”
Alcohol, Civic Center issues
heat up 6th District race
By MEUSSA COLLINS
Staff Writer
There are few issues that the two
6th District Athens-Clarke County
Commissioner opponents agree on,
but both say they are ready to “make
a difference.”
The two candidates, Libertarian
Dick Timberlake and Democratic
incumbent Marilyn Farmer, are
vying for the seat that represents
most of west Athens.
The 6th District seat is the only
commissioner’s slot with more than
one candidate on the ballot.
Several issues will be on voters’
minds as they cast their ballots Nov.
3, including such topics as Sunday
sales, the civic center and increasing
student involvement.
If the Nov. 3 referendum on the
Sunday sales of alcohol passes, it
must be presented before the com
mission for the final vote.
Timberlake, a retired University eco
nomics professor, said if he is elect
ed, he will abstain from the vote.
*1 think the people should have
the final say. I just don’t think the
issue should be voted on by those
who are not directly affected by the
decision,” he said.
But Farmer, a registered nurse,
said she will vote as her district dic
tates.
“If my district votes for it, then I
will definitely vote for it," she said.
TTie proposed civic center is also a
Timberlake
topic of heated debate, and the com
mission race is no more immune to it
than the rest of Athens-Clarke
County.
“The first thing that we need to do
is stop the civic center,” Timberlake
said.
Timberlake said the center will
add a significant amount to tax bills,
and in return, people will begin to
move away from the community.
But Farmer said she disagrees.
“I don’t see the civic center as
being a problem," she said. “I see it
as something that the community
deserves and voted for.”
Farmer said she supports student
involvement regarding the issues of
the community and understands
their concerns.
“Students are here for a purpose
and they should be treated as the
responsible people most are," she
said.
But Timberlake said there is no
need to look at students with any
special emphasis.
“The government shouldn’t make
a particular effort to help students or
any other special interest group," he
said. “The University already helps
the students by providing 75 percent
of their tuition.”
Regardless of their opposing
views, both feel they are the best can
didate for the job.
Timberlake said that while
Farmer wants to run the govern
ment first and then address the
issues, he is putting issues such as
households and businesses first.
Farmer cited her eight years on
the planning commission and six
ears as an elected official as her
iggest advantage.
Both candidates take a look at the
role of the government differently.
Timberlake believes in strict inter
pretation of laws and limited govern
ment involvement, while Farmer
said she is “a middle-of-the-roader."
The kind of people we need elect
ed will look at both sides," Farmer
said. “Tins community it. so diversi
fied that you need someone who is
neither conservative or liberal."
Tipsy Gator Bowl goers can catch
Georgia's Vince Dooley with a Safe Ride van and coordinators,
Harold Mosely and Katherine Eggleston.
By ALUN WILBANKS
Staff Writer
Students attending the Georgia-Florida
game in Jacksonville this weekend can once
again count on the city to get them back to
their hotels safely.
Coordinators of Safe Ride Line, estab
lished by the Northeast Florida Safety
Council, said the program has successfully
delivered 10,000 football fans safely back to
their hotels since its inception in 1987.
The Northeast Florida Safety Council
has helped coordinate this life-saving ven
ture using two private sources, JM Family
Enterprises and the Greater Jacksonville
Transportation Company.
JM Family Enterprises will be donating
15 Toyota vans to be used as shuttles to
carry inebriated partiers from the Gator
Bowl to the Greater Jacksonville
Transportation Company booth at 8th
Street and Tally Ran Blvd.
TTie Greater Jacksonville Transportation
Company will then transport the fans to
their final destination, via taxi cabs and 20
passenger vans, free of charge.
Harold Mosley, 1992 coordinator, empha
sized the free transportation will only be
a lift on Safe Ride Line
from “lounge to hotel or home only," not to
another bar.
Mosley said the program could cost the
city between $12,000 to $20,000 in cab rides
alone.
“It is an expensive endeavor but worth
it,” he said.
University Athletic Director Vince
Dooley endorsed the 1992 Safe Ride Line
campaign to keep drunk drivers off
Jacksonville roadways.
"There has to be a plan to address prob
lems associated with the Georgia/Florida
festivities, especially drinking and driving,”
Dooley said at a press conference Oct. 14. “I
hope that the Safe Ride Line program will
be as successful as in years past."
Mosley said Ray Goff and Florida coach
Steve Spurrier have also shown their sup
port for the joint venture. But students have
mixed feelings about their past experiences
with the Safe Ride Line.
Christopher P. McClendon, a senior from
Marietta, said, “its a good idea, but in the
past years that I went, the wait for the ser
vice was over two hours.”
Mosley, defending the program said,
TTiere has been trouble in the past couple
of years with congestion and the local police
moving the Safe Ride Line booth.
“We have worked with police on having
preferential treatment in congested areas,"
he said. “We have also been assured a spe
cific location across from the Jacksonville
Landing along with our Tally Ran
Boulevard location."
Robert Howard, a junior from Savannah,
said “I would wait for the ride because I am
not an idiot, and 1 would never drive drunk.”
Mike Stover, occupational health and
safety officer at University Public Safety,
said, “UGA students should take advantage
of this opportunity for a safe ride home,
because driving drunk can ruin your life in
an instant."
According to statistics from the Georgia
Department of Public Safety, There were
13,539 alcohol and drug related crashes
resulting in 670 deaths in Georgia in 1990.”
In contrast, there have been “no alcohol
related fatalities in Duvall County during
the annual festivity, since the beginning of
the Safe Ride Line program five years ago,”
Mosley said.
The Safe Ride Line will start at noon on
Friday, and will run 24 hours a day until 7
a m. Sunday. For a free ride back to hotels
students can call 764-1111.