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BRIEFLY
Macon (AP): Group helps women get elected in politics
A new non-partisan group hopes to help elect more women in Georgia
next year by training them how to run and building their treasuries.
“We want to encourage women to think about running, and we’re going
to help those who do, said Nancy Terrill, who works in U.S. Rep.
Sanford Bishop’s Macon office and leads candidate searches for the
Women’s Political Organization. Founded last November by women
tired of male dominance in state politics, the Women’s Political
Organization is putting together workshops on how to run for office and
fund-raising for campaign expenses. The group’s general membership
meeting Wednesday in Macon will feature a veteran of Georgia’s Doliti-
cal wars, Cathey Steinberg of Atlanta. “She’s won and lost, and she
knows what has to be done,” said Joni Woolf of Macon, the group’s
recording secretary. Ms. Steinberg, a Democrat, represented DeKalb
County in the Georgia House from 1977 to 1989 and in the state
Senate from 1991 to 1993. As a senator, she was one of 34 women in
the 236-member Legislature. The number of women lawmakers rose to
40 after the 1992 general elections. Ms. Terrill said the women’s group
already is talking to potential candidates and will help them decide
which office to seek.
Atlanta (AP): Patrol cracks down on speeding motorists
The Georgia State Patrol is cracking down on speeding motorists in
metro Atlanta. Operation Speedbraker will run through Memorial Day,
aimed at stopping speeders, drunken drivers and reckless drivers on
the areas interstate highways. “We’re trying to get to the riffraff.
There’s a lot of it out there,” said patrol spokesman Bill Wilson. Wilson
said 50 troopers have been assigned to Interstates 85, 75, 20, 285, 985,
675 and 575. The heaviest enforcement will be on the weekends, he
said. So far, there have been 108 traffic deaths in the area this year,
compared with 84 fatalities during the same period in 1992 — a 22 per
cent increase. “We need to restore some sense of sanity in our trans
portation system,” said Public Safety Commissioner Sid Miles.
■ NATION
Princeton, W.Va. (AP): Students hold their class hostage
Two students smuggled guns and military rations into their high
school, took more than a dozen classmates and a teacher hostage and
shot at the principal before being arrested Monday, officials said. The
main gunman, a 15-year-old carrying a revolver, a handgun and a
sawed-off shotgun, lined up students as if he was going to execute them
and made a biology teacher kneel at one point during the two-hour or
deal, one of the students said. No one was hurt. The motive wasn’t
clear. The main gunman was tackled by another student as he put a
gun in his pocket, Superintendent Debbie Akers said. He was taken
into custody and charged with delinquency stemming from kidnapping
and shooting in public, police said. The accomplice, who carried a pistol,
fled after the shot was fired and also was arrested. He was identified
as Kevin LaRose, 18, of Princeton, and he was charged with kidnap
ping, said police Lt. Casey Martin. The students arrived late for a final-
period biology class at Princeton High School, closed the door behind
them and took out the guns, Akers said. The main gunman, a 15-year-
old, summoned Principal George Keatley over the public address sys
tem to discuss his demands, which included $2 million to $3 million,
more weapons and hand grenades, Martin said.
Oxford, Miss. (API: Grisham not running for U.S. Senate
John Grisham has made it official — he’s not interested in running for
the U.S. Senate. “I have three books to write under contract with my
publisher. I have two children to raise, and a Little League team to
coach,” the best-selling author said Monday. Anyway, he said, “senators
are expected to shave and wear socks.” Grisham’s statement came in
response to an item in U.S. News & World Report that state
Democratic Party officials were urging him to challenge U.S. Sen Trent
Lott in 1994. He said he wouldn’t run for the Senate even if he had no
opposition. “I am the happiest and luckiest man in the world. Why
would I screw it all up by re-entering politics?” Grisham, 38, served six
years in the Mississippi Legislature, leaving in 1990 to write novels full
time. Grisham’s four suspense novels are “A Time to Kill,” “The Pelican
Brief,” “The Firm” and “The Client.”
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• College Republicans meet today
at 8 p.m. in Tate Center room
138. For more information, call
Scott at 357-1455.
• Equestrian Club/Team meets
today at 7:30 p.m. in Livestock
and Poultry Building room 318.
For more information, call Maggie
at 613-1359.
• Gamma Beta Phi meets today
at 6 p.m. in Tate Center room
144.
• UGA Hort Club meets for elec
tions and free pizza today at 6
p.m. in Plant-Science Building
room 1102. For more information,
call Shane at 357-2844.
• Students for Environmental
Awareness meet today at 8 p.m.
in Tate Center room 145. For
more information, call Mat at
357-1480.
• The Culture of the South
Association meets today at 7 p.m.
in Memorial Hall room 213.
• UGA Kashima-Shinryu, a club
offering training in traditional
Japanese weapons arts and un
armed fighting techniques, meets
today from 5 to 7 p.m. in the
Martial Arts Room of Stegeman
Hall. Beginners are welcome. For
more information, call 543-1020
or 542-2537.
• UGA Aikido Club meets on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 7
to 9 p.m. in the Martial Arts
Room of Stegeman Gym. Aikido is
a martial art from Japan that em
phasizes coordination, balance
and harmony as well as self-de
fense. All are welcome. For more
information, call Todd at 357-
1248.
Announcements
• NAACP is having Unity Day
1993 We Share the Color; We
Share the Struggle; So, Why Not
Share the Peace? all day today.
Wear black to honor our struggle,
our people, our unity. For more in
formation, call George at 357-2491
or 357-3270.
• The Alternative Thinking
Network presents “Meditation:
The Mind-Body Connection," a lec
ture exploring physical and emo
tional healing, today and May 26
at 3 p.m. in Tate Center room 139.
Everyone is welcome.
• The Academic Success Series has
Whole-Brain Learning today from
3:30 to 5 p.m. in Tate Center room
144. All are welcome. For more in
formation, call 542-5436.
• Young Democrats of UGA/Clarke
County are having a casual social
gathering to prepare for the Great
Condom Caper on May 27 today at
8 p.m. in Tate Center room 142.
Everyone is invited to attend. For
more information, call Chris at
208-0108.
• Pi Sigma Epsilon Marketing
Fraternity is nosting Marketing
Awards Night today at 7:30 p.m.
in the Holiday Inn New College
Room. All marketing majors and
Pi Sigma Epsilon members are
encouraged to attend.
• Dr. Robert Pastor is speaking
on “The North American Free
Trade Agreement and Other
Latin American Challenges Faced
by the Clinton Administration” to
day at 1:15 p.m. in the University
Chapel. For more information,
call Chris at 542-2057.
• RHA and University Housing
are having a live taping of Help! 1
Need A Date, a college dating
game show, today at 8 p.m. in
Brumby Rotunda. All are wel
come. For more information, call
Blake Tippens at 357-2785.
• Alex Williams, Presbyterian
Campus Minister, is speaking on
“Understanding The Book of
Revelation: A Call for Retaliation”
today at 7 p.m. at the
Presbyterian Student Center,
1250 S. Lumpkin St. All are wel
come. For more information, call
548-5932.
• There is a Senior Recital with
Derek Keller on guitar today at 8
p.m. in the University Chapel. All
are welcome.
• Georgia Recruitment Team co
ordinator applications are avail
able in Academic Building room
114 until May 21.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing two days be
fore the date to be published.
Items are printed on a first-come,
first-served basis as space permits.
Russian tour gives students view of environment
By GARY PEEPLES
Staff Writer
While you are sunning your
buns or waiting on another rude
customer this summer, some of
your fellow students will be criss
crossing Russia on a three-week-
long eco-tour.
“The whole idea of the eco-tour
is meant to instill international co
operation in solving environmental
problems,” said Bill Allen, director
of the International Ecological
Exchange Program, the sponsoring
organization.
The trip will examine water
contamination, wildlife manage
ment, environmental education
and other environmental issues.
Chaly Jo Wright, a senior from
Atlanta, went on the organization’s
first eco-tour to Russia in 1991.
“I got a better understanding of
environmental problems, the soci
etal base for them and the differ
ences in the culture and political
structure of the two countries,"
Wright said.
She said not only did the trip
give her a better understanding of
environmental problems, it also
changed her direction in life.
She went to Russia as an ecolo
gy major, with her studies concen
trated on the sciences, but re
turned as an environmental man
agement major, focusing more on
policy and economics.
The change came when Wright
saw the political and economic
forces that influence what happens
to the environment. She said there
is scientific knowledge available to
help the environment, but no in
dustrial or governmental leaders
are putting it to use.
The trip takes the students from
Moscow to Siberia and back.
“The students will be able to ba
sically see the whole country,”
Allen said.
Wright said her most memo
rable experience was going to the
tundra.
“I had never been to the tundra.
The geography was beautiful,” she
said.
The students will fly to Moscow
then on to Irkutsk, a Siberian city
on the eastern end of Lake Baikal,
the largest lake in the world.
Lake Baikal is home to many
endangered species, including a
freshwater seal.
“Most Russians have never seen
Baikal, but they hear stories about
it,” said Allen, explaining that the
lake is seen as a legendary place of
beauty in Russia.
Allen said the Russian people
were outraged when a paper mill
was put on the lake 25 years ago.
It was eventually shown that the
mill was polluting the lake.
Gorbachev gave the plant the ulti
matum to clean up or shut down,
and they decided to clean up.
“They did some of the most pio
neering research on water treat
ment,” Allen said. “(Baikal) has far
stricter environmental regulations
on it than any of our Great Lakes.
The students will get to see first
hand how this evolved.”
From Lake Baikal, the students
will take the Trans-Siberian
Express, the longest railroad in the
world, back to Moscow, stopping
along the way.
They will stop at the Stolby
Reserve, raft the Mana river, par
ticipate in the International
Ecological Camp in Perm, explore
the Kunger Ice Caves and tour
Moscow.
Despite an insecure political sit
uation, Allen said there are no
safety problems.
“The only real danger I can
think of is falling out of bed," he
said.
He said the Russian people are
friendly and open to Americans.
“They’ve been starving to meet
Americans," he said. “It’s a very
warm, receptive atmosphere.”
Wright, who went to Russia
right after the attempted coup in
1991, said she never felt she was in
danger.
The International Ecological
Exchange Program is a non-profit
organization which is designed to
establish and promote internation
al cooperation in solving global en
vironmental problems. The ex
change program is set up to pro
vide on-sight study of environmen
tal issues. The group also has eco-
tours that go to Kenya, Peru and
even one in Miami which studies
coral reefs.
“Our program is expanding,”
Allen said. “We had a group in
Sweden right after the Chernobyl
accident. Our people have helped
tag turtles in Costa Rica. We have
looked at park management in ev
ery U.S. national park.”
Allen said the trip is open to all
students, and there are a few spots
left for this summer’s adventure.
You must already have a pass
port, but a Russian Visa will be
provided.
The trip is July 8-29, and costs
$2,750, which covers everything
except air fare. For more informa
tion, call 543-8810.
GAYS: Want marriage for same reasons
■ Clarification
From page 1
“The bottom line here - why do
we want to get married - is the
same reason everyone else does. We
love each other,” Dean said, “and we
don’t believe our love is less valid,
we don’t believe our love is less im
portant or of less magnitude than
any other couple.”
Joe Wagner, co-director of the
University’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual
Student Union said he found Dean
very knowledgeable on the subject
of civil rights.
“He put a face on a very abstract
subject,” Wagner said. “He stressed
it is a matter of basic human rights
rather than gay rights.”
The crimewatch report in Tuesday’s edition of The Red and
Black contained an error. William Albert Shepherd, a 20-year-old
student with an Athens address, was arrested for possession of
marijuana on May 12 at 11:30 a.m. at the Public Safety Building.
lt is the policy of this newspaper to clarify errors of fact that
appear in its news columns. Clarifications usually appear on
page 2.
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