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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1993 • ATHENS. GEORGIA • VOLUME 100. ISSUE 66
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1993 claims first murder victim
By KELLY DANIEL
Staff Writer
A young woman found dead in the woods in
east Athens Tuesday died from injuries she
had received after being struck by a car,
Athens-Clarke County police said Wednesday.
Police have ruled the death a homicide,
making it the first such case in Athens in
1993.
The victim was identified Wednesday after
noon as Darlene Hall, a 19-year-old Athens
resident. Hall was not a University student.
Athens police Lt. Hill Steed said investiga
tors currently have no suspects but are fol
lowing available leads and interviewing resi
dents of duplexes along Sartain Drive, where
the body was found. Sartain Drive is near
Athens/Ben Epps Municipal Airport.
Police said two developers discovered the
body around 2 p.m. Tuesday when they were
surveying an area at the dead end of the road.
The body was lying face down in the woods,
police said. Police would not say how long the
body had been there before it was discovered.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab
results released Wednesday afternoon
revealed the woman died from contusions and
abrasions caused by being hit by a car. There
was no evidence from the car on the body,
police said.
Steed said police think the woman was
killed in the area but are waiting for more evi
dence from the GBI crime lab.
“We’re just at the beginning of an in-depth
investigation,” Steed said.
Steed said investigators have a description
of a car that residents had reported seeing in
the area late Monday afternoon. He wouldn’t
say how many people were reportedly in the
car or what type of vehicle police are looking
for.
Sartain Drive does not have a reputation
as a heavy crime area.
Hall’s death is the eighth homicide case
currently under investigation, Sgt. W.J. Smith
said. Police have made arrests in two cases
from late fall of 1992, but five murders remain
unsolved, Smith said. Ten homicides were
reported to Athens police in 1992, up from
eight in 1991, police said.
Steed said the number of cases seems
never-ending.
“Solve one, get another one,” he said. “It’s
unusual to have that many at one time
instead of spread out over a whole year.”
Police are still looking for suspects in the
homicides of Jennifer Stone, Richard Brown,
Eugene Johnson, Willie Johnson and Dan
Fretweli. Those victims were all killed since
late April 1992. Investigators said they do not
believe any of the cases are connected.
CHRIS RANK/ The P«J ®"0 Bi«c*
Sartain Drive near Athens/Ben-Epps Airport was where
police discovered the body of 19-year-old Athens resident
Darlene Hall lying face-down in the woods.
University mourns the death
of a truly international presence
By MAURA CORRIGAN
Staff Writer
A woman who was vital in giving foreign stu
dents at the University a smooth transition into
American life and who helped University students
study abroad died at her home Sunday of ovarian
cancer.
Gabriele Uzes, known to her students and col
leagues as Gabi, was a foreign-student adviser and
study-abroad adviser for the Office of International
Services and Programs. Although diagnosed with
cancer about five years ago, she was able to work
until October.
"She was an outstanding foreign-student advis
er and a very dedicated professional who loved her
work and her students,” said Richard Reiff, director
of student affairs at the ISP office. “She was
extremely conscientious about every part of her
work.”
Uzes, a native of Germany, came to the United
States in 1963 and worked as a lab assistant for the
horticulture department at the University of
Riverside in Riverside, Calif.
She worked on and off as a freelance translator
and tutor in French, German and English and later
moved to Charleston, S.C., where she worked at the
South Carolina branch of the Carl Duisberg Society,
based in New York.
Uzes began working at the University in 1987 in
the ISP office, but her involvement with interna
tional students was not limited to campus.
Uzes also was a member of the Athens
International Council and served as secretary of the
group last year. She chaired the community friend
ship program of the ISP office and frequently
worked with Ginny Groat, chair of the Athens com
munity friendship program.
“She really was a wonderful friend to many
international students,” Groat said. They really
knew they could depend on her."
Uzes was also responsible for organizing the
international coffee hour, which is held each Friday
at noon in Memorial Hall. In addition, she orga
nized the ISP office’s participation in Georgia
Square Mali’s annual international day the past
two years.
Uzes received a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Heidelberg in Germany and a Master
of Arts in German from the University.
Uzes’s two sisters, Margarete Duscn and Christa
Hirtler, helped to take care of Uzes after she became
too ill to work in October.
“She was in a lot of pain for a long time,” Dusch
said. “She was OK for the first four years, but since
September she’s been rather sick.”
Uzes is survived by her two sisters Margarete
and Christa, who live in California and Germany
respectively; by her son Yorick, who is a student at
Brown University in Providence, R.I.; and by her ex-
husband Charles Uzes, who teaches physics at the
University.
“She was very much loved by all of us,” Dusch
said.
A memorial service will be held for Uzes at St.
Joseph’s Church at 134 Prince Avenue at 10 a.m.
Monday.
Gabriele Uzes (I)
died at her home
Sunday of ovari
an cancer. She
is remembered
as a ‘dedicated
professional’
who advised for
eign students
and study
abroad students.
She also headed
the Community
Friendship pro
gram of UGA’s
ISP office.
Down to the buzzer . . .
Dogs lose 86-85 to USC in last seconds
By JOHN GIBSON
Staff Writer
Georgia has lost more than its
fair share of close games this year,
but perhaps none have been as
painful to swallow as Wednesday’s
86-85 loss to South Carolina at
Frank McGuire Arena in Columbia.
Pertha Robinson took an inbound
pass from Ty Wilson with seven sec
onds left and drove down the court
before launching an off-balance, left-
handed 15-footer that bounced
around the rim as time expired.
The Bulldogs wasted one of their
best shooting nights of the year in a
key conference loss to the
Gamecocks. With the win, the
Gamecocks (8-8, 4-3) prevented the
Bulldogs (7-8, 2-4 SEC) from climb
ing into fourth place in the SEC
East.
“We got a reasonable shot, and I
thought it was going in when it left
his hand,” Georgia coach Hugh
Durham said. “I thought there may
have been goal tending, and I wasn’t
pleased with the referee’s explana
tion, but I guess that’s the way it
goes.”
Robinson, playing nearly all of
the second half in place of starter
Bernard Davis, tipped a Gamecock
pass out of bounds with 13 seconds
left. Jamie Watson took the inbound
pass but was trapped as the shot-
clock expired, giving Georgia posses
sion to set up Robinson's final
attempt.
The Bulldogs, who trailed by as
many as 10 points in the second half,
fought back with some big defensive
plays from freshmen Robinson and
Shan don Anderson.
South Carolina opened the second
half with an 11-3 run to go up 58-48,
forcing Durham to look to his bench.
And Anderson and senior center
Arlando Bennett were up for the
challenge.
Anderson stole five passes and
scored 14 of his 15 points in the sec
ond half to pull the Bulldogs back
into the game. Meanwhile, Bennett
pounded his way for 12 points inside
with starting center Charles Claxton
straddled to the bench with four
fouls for the latter part of the game.
Cleveland Jackson, who led all
Georgia scorers with 18 points,
nailed a running three-pointer from
the right wing to cut the deficit to
74-73 with six minutes remaining.
But the Gamecocks were able to
hold on to their small lead until the
end by sinking 8-of-12 free throws in
the last six minutes.
For much of the first half, the
Bulldogs led with a strong inside-
outside punch. Claxton muscled his
way inside for all 13 of his points in
the first half, while the Bulldogs hit
five of their first six three-pointers.
The Bulldogs connected on 12
three-pointers in all, with Jackson
and Wilson hitting five apiece.
Wilson finished with 17 points in a
losing effort.
South Carolina, which escaped to
the locker room with a 47-45 half
time lead, got 19 points from Hall, 15
apiece from Carey Rich and Enmund
Wilson and 13 from Troy McKoy.
Georgia, 1-4 on the road this year,
plays at No. 16 Arkansas at 4 p.m.
Saturday.
CHRIS RANK/ The Red ano Blacfc
Cleveland Jackson, shown here against Mercer, led
Georgia in scoring with 18 points, hitting five three-pointers
against the Gamecocks.
Learning to keep a tight rein on money matters...
Department heads recognize need for more financial training
By MELANIE THOMAS
Staff Writer
Although many University depart
ment heads have their doctorates,
they may still have something to learn
about the power of the purse.
Various Questions have risen about
the financial responsibilities of depart
ments after botany department office
manager Katie Bishop was fired last
April for illegally diverting over $5,000
ol consulting payments to her nephew.
Harry Dailey, department head for
microbiology, said department heads
need more training for all their
responsibilities.
“We ail have Ph.D.s and we’re OK
academically,” he said. “But it’s dif
ferent when it comes to managing a
department’s money."
Many department heads cited con
cerns about handling the financial
aspect of departments, especially
when they had no real training in that
area.
TTie Office of Business and Finance
and the Office of Legal Affairs now
hold annual mandatory meetings for
all department heads in which they
address financial training and offer
references for assistance.
Employees also discuss issues such
as grievance procedures, management
and fiscal matters in workshops and
orientation sessions.
Bryndis Roberts, vice president for
legal affairs, made recommendations
to University President Charles
Knapp to develop a system which
woula prevent future financial irregu
larities and create mandatory training
for the department heads.
Roberts told department heads that
they were responsible for all alloca
tions of funds and uses of property by
their departments.
Concerns by department heads and
University administrators prompted
Knapp to issue new fiscal policies last
November.
Allan Barber, vice president for the
Office of Business and Finance, said
the new amendments were adopted as
University policies. He said one of the
primary purposes was to explain
department heads’ responsibilities
more clearly.
Department heads said they were
pleased that the new policies listed dif
ferent University officials whom they
could approach with any questions.
The Office of Business and Finance
will also meet twice each year with the
Cabinet and Deans’ Council to review
departments’ compliance on fiscal poli
cies. In an annual evaluation, Knapp
will review the vice presidents’ fiscal
policy and their accountability.
The issue of accountability also
played an important role in the botany
incident. Elizabeth Williams, former
botany department head, said she
resigned because she shouldn’t be held
accountable for Bishop’s hidden
actions.
Robert Taylor, statistics depart
ment head, said accountability for all
the employees in his department is a
big order.
“It is a concern and it used to worry
me, but I’ve learned to live with it,"
Taylor said. “You like to think it
couldn’t happen to your department,
but it could.”
James Hamrick, interim botany
department head, said taking over the
position was challenging, but added
that departments which deal with
money always run the risk of ques
tionable acts taking place.
“A lot of departments and units
handle so much money that it’s hard
to keep place of every penny,"
Hamrick said.
Hamrick said the sessions are help
ing department heads realize their
responsibilities. Hamrick said the
Bishop incident has left its scars on
the department, but said the tension is
easing. He said he is considering
applying for the position of permanent
botany department head.
Arden Lea, head of the search com
mittee to find a new botany depart
ment head, said the committee will
have its first meeting next week and is
not yet taking applications. He said it
hasn’t been decided whether the
search will be internal or external, but
Hamrick said he expects an internal
one.
Acting Botany Department Head James Hamrick