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■ UNIVERSITY
Tennis player Sessions given community service for DUI
Kevin Sessions was found guilty of alcohol/drug related misconduct and
disorderly misconduct in an administrative hearing on May 30. As part
of his punishment he will share his experiences with other athletes and
students. Sessions, a freshman from Atlanta, was arrested by University
police on April 18 at 1 a.m. and charged with DUI, under-age possession
and improper driving. His blood alcohol level was .13 at the time of his
arrest. The legal limit in Georgia is .08. Sessions testified that prior to
his arrest he drank four or five beers within a two hour period and at
tempted to drive himself home from Steverino’s. Sessions has been placed
on probated expulsion, meaning that he will be expelled if he violates the
regulation a second time, until the end of spring quarter in 1996. Sessions
is also required to write a paper and complete 40 hours of community ser
vice. Twenty of the service hours can be worked off through the Athletic
Association as long as they relate to alcohol education. Athens-Clarke
County Municipal Court issued Sessions a $385 fine and a ten-month pro
bation, as well as attendance to a victim-impact program.
-Stacee Daniel
Jellyfish may be headed for salad bars and health food stores
Once thought to be worthless, a jellyfish that is abundant along the
Georgia coast may have potential as a health food and export item. Yao-
Wen Huang, a University food scientist, has developed a way to turn can
nonball jellyfish into a high-protein, low-fat crunchy food product. The
fleshy fish has almost no calories and is a rich source of collagens - a pro
tein that shows promise in providing relief from arthritis. Jellyfish are a
delicacy in Asian countries. “We think cannonball jellyfish have potential
in the health food trade,” said Jack Rudioe of Panacea, Fla., who has stud
ied the fish in the United States and Asia. “We eventually want to intro
duce them to the American public.” That may be a marketing challenge.
“I’ve tasted them. It’s a little like chewing tasteless rubber,” said Duncan
Amos, director of the University’s Marine Extension Service in Brunswick.
But Huang said his product isn’t rubbery because he found a way to pre
serve them using salt and alum, which lowers the acidity and kills bacte
ria without ruining the fish’s firm texture. The result is a round, fiat, de
hydrated jellyfish. “The product is crunchy and odorless,” said Huang. “It
is valued for its texture, which is somewhat like water chestnut.”
-The Associated Press
■ STATE
Driver killed when car crashes through kitchen near 1-16
SAVANNAH - Lorraine Kennedy was sitting in her kitchen Tuesday
morning when a car careened off nearby Interstate 16 and crashed into
the room, killing the driver. The impact shoved her sink, stove and table
across the room. Police said Joseph Swaney, 49, of Savannah, died from
multiple head injuries when his Ford Thunderbird jumped a guard rail
near Mrs. Kennedy’s home about 7 a.m. Mrs. Kennedy received a gash
in the chin from flying glass. “God was with me,” she said. “I never saw
him coming. I just heard a big bang.” Savannah police traffic investiga
tor Tony Gallo said Swaney may have had a heart attack or seizure, caus
ing him to lose control of the car. Witnesses said Swaney’s car was speed
ing, but Gallo said police do not know how fast the car was going. The
car tore down electrical lines and stopped in Mrs. Kennedy’s back yard
with live lines on it. Savannah Electric and Power Co. had to turn off the
power before firefighters could remove the body.
-The Associated Press
■ NATION
Tonya Harding will star as waitress on the run in new movie
LOS ANGELES - Tonya Harding is coming to the big screen with a star
ring role as a feisty waitress running from the mob. “Tonya is really
looking forward to being in the movie, and she’s really happy that she’ll
be able to kill her manager,” joked her manager, Merrill Eichenberger.
Harding’s character in the independent production “Breakaway” acci
dentally receives a cache of money from the Mafia. The film’s writers,
Sean Dash and Eric Gardner, are from Harding’s hometown of Beaver
Creek, Oregon. “I’ve looked at several movie offers and parts, but I liked
the script on Breakaway’ and the role they’ve offered me,” Harding said
in a recent statement. Harding pleaded gulity of hindering the prosecu
tion in the attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.
-The Associated Press
UGA THIS WEEK
Meetings
• The Clarke County Adoption
Resource Exchange will hold its
monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday at the Covenant
Presbyterian Church (1065 Gaines
School Rd.) Debra Painter of the
Department of Children and
Family Services will discuss post
adoption issues and assistance
programs. Childcare is available
with advance notice. Call353-
8539.
• The State Botanical Gardens
will host Archaeo-Fest II for
Kids, a hands-on program for
children interested in archeology.
7- to 9-year-olds may participate
Wednesday. A seperate session for
10- to 13- year-olds is on
Thursday, June 30. There are
both morning and afternoon class
es. Call 542-6156 for ticket infor
mation.
• Eleanor DeLorme, professor
of art history at Wellesley
College, will present a lecture
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in room
116 of the Visual Arts Building.
Upcoming
• University offices will be closed
and classes canceled on
Indepondance Day Holiday,
Monday, July 4.
• Athens 96, the planning com-
mitte for the Olympics in Athens,
will meet Wednesday, July 6 at
7:30 a.m. in the Chamber of
Commerce board room.
Announcements
• Red Cross Blood Drives will
be held on the following days:
Thursday, June 23 from 9:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Room 501
Caldwell Hall; Friday, .tune 24
from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in
the lounge area of the Chicopee
Building; Monday, June 27 from
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the
Main Library Lounge.
• "A Century of American
Song," a musical revue featuring
the Masters Hall Singers, will
perform Friday, June 24 and
Saturday, June 25. Call 542-9464
for times and ticket prices.
• A Rabies Clinic will be held at
the Athens Area Humane Society
(399 Beaverdam Rd.) Saturday,
June 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sevices available for dogs include
1- and 3-year rabies shots, ID
tags, tattoos and wash and dip.
Rabies shots and ID tags are also
available for cats. Dogs must be
on a leash and cats must be in
carriers. Call 353-2287 for prices
and more information.
• The Athens Folk Music and
Dance Society is sponsoring a
concert of traditional Gullah
songs, games and dances
Saturday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. in
the Morton Theatre. Featured
performers include the Georgia
Sea Island Singers and the
McIntosh County Shouters. A
youth choir from Winterville will
open the show.
• An opening reception for "The
Best of Flicker," samples from
local film artists, will be held at
the Georgia Museum of Art
Friday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Films will be shown June 21-June
30. Call 542-3255 for schedules.
• "Come Into My Garden," wa-
tercolor paintings by Judy Bolton
Jarrett, will be on display at the
State Botanical Gardens through
July 31.
• The art exhibit, "Community
Collection: Connecting
Georgians with Variant
Disabilities," will be at the
Georgia Center through July 15.
• Baroque Goldsmiths' and
Jewlers' Art from Hungary will
be on display at the Georgia
Museum of Art through July 24.
• "Charles Hinman: The
Chimera Series, Works from
Georgia" will be on exhibit at the
Georgia Museum of Art through
July 31.
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Prof works to ease Korean nuclear crisis
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By KRIS PETCHARAWISES
Contributing Writer
University political science pro
fessor Han S. Park says that al
though North Korea’s attempts to
develop a nuclear weapons program
still pose a world threat, former
President Jimmy Carter’s visit
there last week has helped ease ten
sions, possibly preventing full mili
tary escalation.
“Prior to President Carter’s trip,
war was imminent. What Carter
has done is at least delay the
timetable for war,” said Park, who
himself has made two visits to
North Korea in the past year to help
mediate a solution. “Things are still
very confusing but confusion and
uncertainty are yet better than
war.”
Before Carter’s visit, North
Korea had announced that it would
formally withdraw from the
International Atomic Energy
Agency, the agency responsible for
monitoring nations for compliance
with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty. In addition, the North
Koreans had reiterated that they
would consider any economic sanc
tions as an act of war.
Prior to Carter’s trip, Park sent
the ex-president a written brief on
the situation. In the brief, Park in
dicated that sanctions would not be
effective, a position also adopted by
Carter.
Carter was well-received by
North Korea’s 82-year-old leader,
Kim II Sung, reopening the
prospects for a peaceful solution.
Since the Carter visit, North
Korea has agreed to make some
concessions, including halting its
nuclear program, allowing nuclear
inspectors to remain in the country
and opening dialogue with South
Korea.
Now, pending full confirmation
of these claims, the Clinton admin
istration has offered a new round of
diplomatic talks. Park said the rea
son for North Korea’s political ma
neuvering is to ensure its political
survival.
“I think Kim II Sunp is genuinely
interested in improving relations
with the United States for security
and economic reasons,” Park said.
“The North Koreans want to survive
as a political system by securing
their national security and improv
ing their economy.”
Regardless of what transpires in
the next few weeks, Park says this
situation still represents a complex
quagmire for the U.S.
“If North Korea becomes a nucle
ar power, you will have Japan’s
rearmament,” Park said. “This is
something that everyone is con
cerned with.
“In addition, North Korea may
share its nuclear hardware with
similar nations such as Iran, Iraq,
and Libya for cash, posing a threat
to world security,” he said.
“However, if the U.S. is not careful
with sanctions, it could start a war
that could produce an international
outcry against the U.S.”
While tension abounds in
Washington and Pyongyang, some
South Korean international stu
dents at the University have a dif
ferent perception of the situation.
They have expressed their doubts
about the severity of the situation,
citing it as propaganda by the South
Korean and U.S. governments.
“I do not believe our government
because they are just doing this for
political reasons,” said Kim Jin Ho,
an American Language Program
student.
In the past, South Korea had
University professor Han S. Park has traveled to Korea to
promote diplomatic dialogue between the North and South.
been ruled by oppressive military
regimes that regularly controlled
and censored news to remain in
power. However, Hoon Shin, a
telecommunications graduate stu
dent who participated in the anti
government student demonstra
tions of the middle ’80s, argues that
there is no reason for the new
Korean government to lie to the
people.
“This current government is an
open, democratic government cho
sen by the people. It does not need
to lie to the people to keep power,"
he said.
Jordan’s Hussein to speak at University symposium in ’95
By CAROLINE HUBBARD
Staff Writer
King Hussein of Jordan has
accepted an invitation from
University President Charles
Knapp to speak at a symposium
here in January on Islam and
the West.
Hussein’s speech will be part
of a three-day symposium spon
sored by the University’s
Humanities Center.
“The event was developed to
promote better understanding
among the diverse cultures of the
world,” said Betty Jean Craig, di
rector of the Humanities Center.
“We’re honored to have a major
world leader accept our invita
tion.”
Some students said they were
looking forward to hosting royal
ty on campus.
Elizabeth Edgerton, a senior
from Jacksonville, Fla., said she
thinks his visit will be exciting.
“I think having a king here
will bring a lot of positive atten
tion to Georgia,” she said.
Craig, however, said
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because he is royalty but because
he is a world leader.
The last royal visit to the
University was in 1977 when
Prince Charles of Great Britain
attended a football game at
Sanford Stadium.
While University officials are
excited about Hussein’s visit,
some students disagree with the
University’s decision to invite
the sometimes controversial
Middle Eastern leader.
“Hussein supported Iraq dur
ing the Gulf War, and I don’t
think the University of Georgia
should support him,” said Laura
Collins, a recent graduate from
Columbus.
During the symposium, one
panel discussion will focus solely
on the Gulf War, Craig said. The
purpose of the symposium is to
explore many controversial is
sues surrounding the relation
ship between Islamic countries
and the West, including the Gulf
War, Craig said.
“Hussein was in a difficult po
sition during the Gulf War,” she
said. “He was in a difficult posi
tion geographically. Jordan also
had close historical ties with
Iraq.”
Craig said the controversy
surrounding Hussein does not
concern her.
“Hussein is a controversial
leader, but so are a lot of world
leaders.”
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