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The Red & Black
An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
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Local band Magnapop
is all the rage in
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Weather: Does it matter?
By the time you read this,
you're already outside.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1992 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 100, ISSUE 31
HEARS?
ROBERT HAM/ the Red and Black
Dejected: Andre Hastings (left) and Garrison Hearst sit on the bench as Florida
beat Georgia 26-24. Hearst was held to just 41 yards rushing, while Hastings
caught just three balls for 68 yards.
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Matthews throws for 301 yards, as
Gators derail Dogs’ SEC title hopes
By J. J. COOPER
Staff Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The
Georgia Bulldogs were hoping
that Saturday’s contest would be
their biggest win in eight games.
By the midpoint of the second
quarter when it was announced
that South Carolina defeated
Tennessee, the Bulldogs hoped
the SEC Championship was theirs
for the taking. A win against
Florida, and Georgia would be
ready for a December trip to the
SEC Championship in
Birmingham, Ala. — their upcom
ing game against the Auburn
Tigers would be a sideshow.
But when Florida held off a
furious Georgia comeback for a
26-24 victory, the Bulldogs SEC
hopes slipped from a near-certain
ty to a hope and a prayer.
Now the Bulldogs have to
worry about Auburn, as any road
to Birmingham now begins in
Auburn, Ala. Georgia, which fell
to No. 15 in the Associated Press
Top 25, must defeat the Tigers,
and hope that No. 14 Florida slips
up against either South Carolina
or Vanderbilt. If Florida wins
their last two games, then the
Bulldogs are out of the SEC East
title hunt.
For the Bulldogs, Saturday’s
loss was not only tough, it was
devastating. While Saturday’s
game may be memorable, the loss
is one the players wish they could
forget.
“This is the first time I wanted
to lay down on the field and cry,"
senior comerback A1 Jackson
said. “I gave everything I had."
Once again, the Bulldogs’ arch
enemy was Florida quarterback
Shane Matthews. Matthews, who
won all three of his starts against
the Bulldogs, passed for 301 yards
and two touchdowns. He was not
intercepted.
"Someone asked if Shane
Matthews did to Georgia what
Herschel Walker did to Florida,"
Georgia coach Ray Goff said after
the game. “I think that is a fair
comparison.
Walker trouncod the Gators for
three straight years from 1980-
1982, as Georgia established their
dominance in the series.
Matthews and the Gators have
shifted the balance of power with
his victories a decade later, from
1990-1992.
“The last two years, they have
been better than us," Goff said.
“This year, I thought we were as
good as they were. They just won
the game. That’s the way it goes
sometimes."
When asked what the best
thing about Matthews is, Goff
replied, “He’s a senior and we
won’t have to see him again."
Matthews led a Florida offense
that controlled the ball and the
clock. The Gators held the ball for
over 37 minutes; they had 93
plays on offense — one short of the
school record.
On the other hand, Georgia’s
offense relied on the quick strike.
Georgia was only two of 11 on
third-down conversions, and none
of Georgia’s scoring drives took
longer than 90 seconds.
But the Bulldogs managed to
put one of those drives together at
Please see DOGS, page 8
Rapes reported more?
Experts differ on why rape rate is higher
By ROBERT HAAG
Staff Writer
The unusually high number of
reported rapes in the past two
weeks may be due to an increase in
student awareness, local police and
rape experts said.
Capt. Richard Deter of the
University Police, said the greater
sense of awareness leads to more
willingness to report the attacks.
“I don’t think more rapes are
being committed, but there is an
increase in the number being
reported," Deter said.
However, Dr. Karen S. Calhoun,
a University professor of psychology
who studies rape, says there may
actually be an increase in the num
ber of rapes perpetrated, although
there is no w$y of knowing for sure.
“There’s more (rapes) in warm
weather, just because more people
are out and about ... Also, it’s pos
sible that men who hear about other
rapes may go ahead and act out
something they’ve already thought
about."
Out of the five reported incidents
since Oct. 15, two can be categorized
as stranger-to-stranger attacks.
The other three have been reported
as acquaintance rapes, one of
which, police say, did not leave
enough evidence for a court trial.
The rapes reported lately reflect
the national average, which is that
three out of five women raped know
their attacker. However, of college
women who are raped, 85 percent
know their attacker.
Deter said women frequently
come to the Health Center but
refuse to report an incident to police
officers.
“If it is kept quiet, people won’t
know how pervasive it is," he said.
“I wish all females who become rape
survivors would report the crimes."
The increased attention given to
rape means more education and
more resources will be devoted to
helping victims, he said.
Rape has always been a quiet
crime, Deter said.
According to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, one out of three
women will be raped, but only one
out of ten will report it. Men are
even less likely to report they have
been raped, FBI statistics show.
Deter said victims don’t report
rapes because they are traumatized
by the attack. The victims do not
want to relive the attack for police
or in the courtroom, especially with
the exceptionally low conviction
rate of rapists.
During 1990 and 1991, 140
women reported rapes in Athens,
but only nine of those rapes actual
ly went to trial and only five sus
pects were convicted, according the
Athens Rape Crisis Center.
University Police Chief Chuck
Horton said he agrees women may
be scared off by the low conviction
rate.
“You’ve got Neanderthals on the
jury," Horton said.
Horton said that for a long time
women have been reluctant to
report attacks even with increased
education.
“Maybe things are changing," he
said, referring to a possible higher
rate of reporting rapes.
Conrad Fink, journalism profes
sor and director of the Cox Center
for Newspaper Management, said
increased attention in the campus
paper may be responsible for the
growing number of reported rapes.
“We find sometimes, when exten
sive coverage is given to certain
types of crime, reports of that type
of crime increases," he said.
In this case, Fink said, women
who are raped may see that they
are not alone and feel emboldened
to report the crime.
Hillary Ruston, a coordinator of
the Rape Crisis Center in Athens,
agrees that increased awareness in
the past couple of years has caused
women to come forward. She said
she thinks media coverage of rape is
good.
“Coverage does help the victim
from feeling isolated," Ruston said.
“However I think it is still hard for
women to read about their own rape
in the paper."
Lt. Fletcher Mattox of the
Athens-Clarke County police said
he is unsure why there have been so
many reported rapes recently.
He said frequency of reports
changes constantly.
“We may go three months with
out having any reported," Mattox
said.
He agreed that revealing the
vast number of rapes helps women.
“When it is brought out in the
open, women feel better about
reporting them to police," Mattox
said.
Sunday sales don’t cause problems
By MELISSA COLLINS
Staff Writer
Opponents of Sunday alcohol sales contend that
DUIs and alcohol related crimes will increase if the
Nov. 3 referendum passes, but police contend there
won’t be a dramatic rise.
“There will probably be an increase in the rate to a
certain degree, but I don’t foresee any great increase,"
Athens-Clarke County Police Sergeant Joe Walter of
the Crime Prevention Unit said.
The proposed amendment, which failed to pass in a
previous 1985 referendum, mimics the existing
Sunday sales ordinance in Atlanta. Only restaurants
and hotels would be allowed to serve on Sundays and
the alcohol sales must total no more than 50 percent
of their total sales. Bars and liquor stores will not be
open.
Glynn County, which encompasses Brunswick, St.
Simons, Jekyll and Sea Island, passed a similar
Sunday sales law five years ago after several failed
attempts.
Since its passage, Brunswick Public Affairs Officer
Walter Bevan said there hasn’t been noticeable
increase in either DUIs or alcohol related crimes.
“I don’t see any problems here, and I don’t believe
they will have any problems in Athens, either," Bevan
said.
But Claude A. Burnett, Athens-Clarke County dis
trict health director, said there are dangerous health
factors to consider when voting Tuesday.
The key issue is the substantial increase in health
effects related to the increased availability of alcohol,"
he said.
Burnett said almost half of all DUI violators had
their last drink at a bar or restaurant.
The Surgeon General’s office also wrote a report
stating that alcohol availability can significantly affect
the number of DUIs.
“Local governments should not adopt policies that
result in increased availability of alcoholic beverages
without careful analysis, study and public debate
Please see SUNDAY SALES, page 5
Playboy seeks ‘ordinary’ bunnies for ‘Party Schools’ issue
By MELANIE THOMAS
Staff Writer
Playboy bunny seekers camped out in a local hotel
suite last week as hopefuls filed in and stood for poses
to appear in the magazine’s “Women of the Party
Schools" issue.
A soiree of college women, donned in Playboy para
phernalia for their mini-photo session, waited ner
vously on sofas in the Holiday Inn room, but students
posing for these photos weren’t your typical Playmates.
These were a mix of students who had always dreamed
of posing or who wandered in out of curiosity.
Anxious students procrastinated and paced outside
the door, mumbling about having the nerve and won
dering to each other if applicants had to be beauty
queen types.
But this Playboy photographer said he wasn’t look
ing for the typical model. He was looking for ordinary
people.
And these interviews weren’t what many students
expected, either. No photos of glamorous models lined
the walls, and instead of being shot by an intimidating
photographer they were greeted by a short cheery man
who likes talking to young people.
“It wasn’t embarrassing,* said Christine Kenefick, a
senior from Marietta. “He made you comfortable. It’s
fun, it’s exciting and it’s something I’ve always want
ed to do."
Kenefick said she’s always admired Playboy and
never considered it obscene.
“I like Playboy. My dad always had them around
“The pictures can be sensual;
they don't have to be sexual.
In a way, it‘s art - it’s not
pornographic.”
- LeAnne Kelly, freshman
the house, and I think it’s a great magazine," she said.
“There are tons of beautiful women in it, and Playboy
photographs artistically. I mean, there’s a fine line
between erotic and pornographic. I don’t think it’s
sleazy. I think it would be an honor to be in it."
Adventure drew many students to sit for the cam
era.
“I did it just for the hell of it," said Shannon Wilkes,
a senior from Atlanta. “It adds some excitement to a
boring life."
LeAnne Kelly, a freshman from Greenville, said,
“Years from now I'll look back and say I posed for
Playboy.
“If someone derives pleasure out of seeing someone
naked, I don’t see anything wrong with it,* she said.
The pictures can be sensual; they don’t have to be
sexual. In a way, it’s art - it’s not pornographic."
Playboy is traveling the country photographing
female college students for its “Women of the Party
Colleges" issue, and these applicants were auditioning
for a pictorial in the April issue.
The University was listed in the top ten of the party
schools, and at least one of three winners from each of
the top ten schools will have a pictorial in April’s issue.
College rankings on the party list won’t be released
until the April issue is printed.
Some students are excited about the publicity.
‘It makes us look like a big party school to the whole
country," said Brent Waters, a freshman from
Blackshear. “And the girls here are extremely good
looking."
People have various theories about why the college
issue is so popular, but Playboy’s make-up artist and
photo stylist Karen Lynn said people seem to gravitate
toward youth.
The college population represents the youth of
America," Lynn said. “It’s the coming generation.
There’s a certain sensuality to it*
Playboy's photographer David Chan interviewed
the students, who posed nude, semi-nude or clothed in
a few Polaroids from the waist up.
“We try to make them sexy, sensuous and beauti
ful," he said. That’s why they come to Playboy."
Chan said he doesn’t view Playboy as pornographic
and calls ‘obscenity* a relative term.
“It’s all in the eyes of the beholder," he said.
“Whenever some people see nudity they say it’s pornog
raphy. I think it brings a little taste to the world
instead of the same old hum-drum thing. Something
different is enlightening to me, refreshing."
Wabbit-shooter: Playboy photographer
David Chan hard at work sans gold chain.
However, some people weren’t so sure about
Playboy’s presence, which they consider damaging to
the University and women.
Marie Lengsavath, a sophomore from Atlanta, said
she sees Playboy’s visit as degrading.
“I think it’s stereotyping UGA as a party school, and
it’s looking down to females that go here," she said.
“It’s demeaning to us. UGA is already considered a
party school and this supports that, but probably a lot
of people think it’s something fun and exciting to be
involved in."