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MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1994 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 101, ISSUE 121
Top Diamond Dog Polo kicked off team
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
A season of trouble for the
Georgia Diamond Dogs took a turn
towards disaster on Sunday, when
leading hitter Jim Polo was kicked
off the team during the middle of
Sunday’s game against Tennessee.
“He’s been dismissed from the
team for disciplinary reasons,”
coach Steve Webber said. “That’s
all I will say.”
Polo, who has been described by
friends as “an intense guy," got into
an argument with an unidentified
Bulldog player between the top and
bottom of the third inning.
Assorted Bulldog players and
coaches broke up the argument
after about thirty seconds, and Polo
disappeared into the clubhouse,
located underneath the stands
behind the dugout.
Polo never came back out to the
dugout, as Reggie Ingram replaced
him in the lineup.
After the game, Webber held a
10-minute closed-door meeting
with the team, after which players
were not allowed to talk to the
media about Polo’s dismissal.
When contacted Sunday night,
Polo declined to comment about the
incident.
The Bulldogs went on to lose
their fifth consecutive game, as
Tennessee completed the three-
game sweep with a 6-1 victory. It
was the fourth consecutive game in
which the Bulldogs scored one run
or less.
Georgia has now dropped to
seven games below .500, at 16-23.
With 15 regular season games
remaining, including six against
ranked teams, the Bulldogs are in
danger of finishing with their worst
record since Steve Webber came to
Georgia in 1981. The Bulldogs have
had a losing record only one time
since then, a 27-31 record in 1991.
Chris Freeman pitched eight
strong innings to pick up the win
on Sunday. Georgia starter Chris
Ciaccio (6-5) picked up the loss
despite allowing only two earned
runs.
On Friday, Tennessee freshman
pitcher R. A. Dickey picked up his
SEC- leading 10th win as
Tennessee defeated the Bulldogs 5-
1. On Saturday, Bronson Heflin
shut out the Bulldogs 5-0.
But the biggest loss of the week
end for the Bulldogs was losing
Polo. He was the only Bulldog to
start every game this season, and
he led the team in batting average,
home runs, RBI, slugging average
and on-base percentage.
Polo, who transferred from
Allegany Community College,
started 51 games for the Bulldogs
in 1992. He skipped the 1993 sea
son to return to Pennsylvania to be
with his father, who is stricken
with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Gym Dogs place
disappointing third
in championships
By JOSH KENDALL
Staff Writer
SALT LAKE CITY- The Georgia gymnastics team,
Suzanne Yoculan’s team, the team that she said
was unbeatable, lost the only meet that really
counted - the 1994 Championships.
Yoculan said Friday’s defeat in the team com
petition had sunk in by the start of the individual
competitions Saturday night.
“Yeah, it sunk in, Yoculan said. “Today was
worse than yesterday. This morning and during
the night, it really caught up with everybody.
There is no way I can go on until I resolve in my
mind what went wrong.”
“You work all season for this, and...,” she said,
her voice trailing off.
The University of Utah, which hosted the
event, came all the way from the fifth seed to cap
ture their eighth national title with a score of
196.40. Georgia’s arch-rivals, Alabama, finished
just .05 points behind Utah in the closest nation
al title meet since the Lady Bulldogs won the
crown in 1989. Georgia, afler three falls on the bal
ance beam, could manage only third, with a
195.85.
Afler their victory at the SEC Championships,
Yoculan said that her team was not only the team
to beat at the National Championships but was
unbeatable.
“Ill gladly eat my words,” Yoculan said. “I
would rather go out on a limb and make a fool out
of myself one out of ten times, than never go out
on a limb. I believed that this team was unbeat
able, and I will say it again the next time I believe
that.”
Utah coach Gary Marsden said before the meet
that it was Georgia’s to lose, and Yoculan agreed.
“It was our meet to lose and we lost it,” she said.
“No team out here beat us, the balance beam beat
us.”
The Lady Bulldogs were indeed unbeatable
during the regular season, posting a perfect 11-0
record and winning the SEC and Regional
Championships.
“I don’t want to diminish the great season we
had, but it is hard to put a lot of weight on a good
season when you lose the National
Please see GYM, page 7.
Phish at the Phabulous Phox
Guitarist Trey Anastasio's energetic machine-gun riffs brought the level of intensity to a
higher plane inside the Fox Saturday night. Please see related story, page 5.
Proposed out-of-state tuition hike brings questions, criticism
By WYUE SCHWARTZ
Staff Writer
A proposed tuition increase for
out-of-state students would be
unfair, according to one sophomore
from Colorado Springs, Co.
“I think it’s ridiculous,” Erin
Lamb said. “I wouldn’t pay that
much to go to school here if I had a
million dollars."
Hie Board of Regents are consid
ering increasing out-of-state tuition
to over 100 percent of the cost of
instructional tees at most University
System schools. Out-of-state tuition
is $1,980 at the University.
Lamb said she was recently
turned down for in-state residency,
and the increase would probably
make it impossible for her to contin
ue attending the University.
Regents spokeswoman Kay
Miller said the increase would only
apply to the cost of instructional
fees, which includes any costs used
in putting a student in a classroom,
such as instructor’s income.
Miller said the increase was sug
gested by acting chancellor Harry
Downs but added no consensus has
been reached on the issue.
“Hie issue was brought up at the
Regents meeting when several of the
Regents began to question the high-
cost programs that many of the
schools offer,” Miller said. “Now the
Regents are looking at different
ways to provide better programs and
services without putting the burden
on the backs of all the students. It’s
just one avenue to look into.”
University President Knapp said
he does not expect the increase to
materially affect out-of-state enroll
ment at the University.
“I want to consider all the ques
tions dealing with the issue,” Knapp
said. “But in the end, the question
brought up is why are taxpayers of
the state (of Georgia) subsidizing
students from out-of-state?”
Knapp also said he might sup
port the increase if it did not alter
diversity at the University.
Steven R. Portch, vice president
for academic affairs at the
University of Wisconsin and new
chancellor for the Georgia Regents,
said out-of-state students at his uni
versity currently pay 110 percent of
instructional costs, but that it “cer
tainly does not” affect the number of
students who apply there.
“There are very legitimate ques
tions to be asked and I would hope
we could (look into them) before the
new calendar year," Portch said.
Nixon remembered:
Colleagues recall
past achievements
By ERIC RAYBURN
Staff Writer
Former President Richard M.
Nixon, who died on Friday, will be
remembered for his political
achievements rather than his mis
takes, according to some University
professors.
“There is always going to be a
black mark on his record because of
Watergate,” said Martin
Hillenbrand, a University professor
who was ambassador to Germany
under Nixon. “But he had clear
ideas about foreign policy, he opened
China and formed the detente with
the Soviet Union.
“I think he will be remembered
for tempering down the Cold War
with the Soviet Union,” Hillenbrand
said.
Dean Rusk, former secretary of
state in the Kennedy administration
and a University law professor,
credited Nixon with opening the
door to China.
“(Nixon) made his share of mis
takes along the way,” Rusk said.
“But he opened the way for (Former
President Jimmy) Carter to estab
lish decent relations with China.”
The 81-year-old Nixon suffered a
stroke last Monday at his home in
Park Ridge, NJ. He was partially
paralyzed and unable to speak
before he slipped into a deep coma
on Thursday. Doctors said Nixon’s
brain was swelling and they wanted
to put him on a respirator in hopes
of reducing the swelling.
But the 37th president had a liv
ing will that expressed his wish not
to be put on life support. He died
Friday night at 9:08 p.m. with his
family by his side. His wife, Pat,
died of lung cancer last year.
Some students are also remem
bering Nixon’s accomplishments
rather than his shortcomings.
Chad Reneger, a junior from
Fayetteville, Tenn., wore an arm-
band with the letters “R.M.N.” to
mourn the past president during a
softball tournament on Saturday.
“I am really interested in foreign
policy and I am a political science
rncyor,” he said. “I was hoping to
meet the man and talk with him
someday.
“His morals were sometime open
to question, but his foreign policy
was impeccable,” Reneger saia. “He
was the master of foreign policy."
Nixon will be buried Wednesday
at the Richard M. Nixon
Presidential Library and Birthplace
in Yorba Linda, Calif.
On Saturday, President Bill
Clinton declared Wednesday to be a
national day of mourning and
encouraged Americans to “assemble
in their respective places of worship
and pay homage.” The funeral will
be presided over by the Rev. Billy
Graham, a longtime friend of Nixon.
-The Associated Press contribut
ed to this story.
Former
President
Richard
M. Nixon
leaving
the White
House on
Aug. 9,
1974.
Nixon
died
Friday
after suf
fering a
stroke
last
Monday.
He was
81-years-
old.
This Freaknik oartyfcoer grabbed attention on 10th Street with his python.
Freaknik excitement takes Atlanta by storm
Students, residents
take part in annual
festival and traffic jam
By CRYSTAL PAULK
Staff Writer
Cars and people packed the streets
as 200,000 black college students
descended upon downtown Atlanta this
weekend in a swarm of energy and elec
tric excitement for Freaknik SA
From Piedmont Park to Lakewood
Amphitheater the music pounded, ven
dors hawked everything from African
beads to Southern barbecue and stu
dents lost themselves in the frenzied
celebration.
Curtis Jackson from Baton Rouge,
La., said “Atlanta is the shit. Hiis is
where it’s happening."
But others had only one thing on
their mind as they jostled each other in
what is billed as “The World’s Largest
College Party and Festival.”
Flexing the Alpha Pi Alpha insignia
branded in his chest, Luther Rattle
from Norfolk, Va., joked, Tm looking
for the chicks. You know they all came
to Atlanta just to find me.”
But even as they celebrated, stu
dents were aware that the importance
of the event extended beyond a mere
party.
“I love to see black people get togeth
er in nonviolent activity," said Brian
Payne, from Thomasville, N.C.
“Freaknik proves to the government
and the system that blacks and the
black youth can get together without
causing any trouble or pulling a gun on
anyone."
Schena Rowe, a University student
from Atlanta, added, “I came to
Freaknik because I wanted to see black
people celebrate our culture together ’
Despite the overwhelming crowds,
even people not involved in the festival
enjoyed themselves.
Atlanta resident Diane Santilli,
caught in the gridlock near Piedmont
Park with her husband, said, “At first
we were kind of freaked out by the huge
crowd. We didn’t expect there to be so
many people and we have places to go,
but since we are all stuck nere togeth
er l wish they would turn up the
music.”
George Hayden from Atlanta, who
watched the party from his front lawn,
said, “I personally feel very secure
about myself and my home. Everyone is
having a wonderful time and are very
well kwhaved for a crowd this large.”
The police were out in full force help
ing navigate the tangle of people and
cars.
Atlanta police officer Johnson said,
“We have had to allocate more working
hours and we are working 12 and 14-
hour shifts, but theie have been no
major problems other than the traffic.”
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