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■ STATE
Deadline for Georgians to register to vote draws near
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Lynn Bailey expects to hear her telephone ring a
few times on Nov. 8 — about four dozen times at least. The callers
will be Georgians who wanted to vote in the general election but
couldn’t because they failed to register to vote before the Oct. 11 dead
line. Residents can register after Oct. 11, but they cannot vote in this
year’s general election. “We almost always get a call from somebody
who registered *o vote but missed the deadline,” said Mrs. Bailey, di
rector of the Richmond County Board of Elections. The Board of
Elections offices are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to accept
registrations.
■ NATION
Whoopi Goldberg reportedly marries union organizer
LOS ANGELES — Actress Whoopi Goldberg reportedly married a movie
industry union organizer Saturday in a ceremony at her Bel Air home.
Miss Goldberg married Lyle Trachtenberg, 44, KCAL-TV reported. Miss
Goldberg broke the news of her engagement to Trachtenberg on “Larry
King Live” in April. They met last year during work on “Corrina
Corrina,” in which Miss Goldberg starred. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Matthew Modine and Steven Spielberg were among the 350 guests at the
afternoon nuptials, KCAL-TV reported. Miss Goldberg — whose age has
been reported as 38 and 43 — won an Oscar in 1991 for her role in the
film “Ghost.” Earlier this year she emceed the Academy Awards presen
tation. The actress, who is black, was the subject of controversy last year
when she defended her then-boyfriend, Ted Danson, for performing in
blackface at a Goldberg roast sponsored by the Friars Club in New York
City. Phones at the offices of Goldberg’s publicist and agent rang unan
swered Saturday. Miss Goldberg was married in 1986 to Dutch cine
matographer David Claessen, but they filed for divorce two years later,
citing irreconcilable differences.
Hail breaks United Express windshield; crew injured
DENVER — A hail storm shattered the windshield of a small passenger
jet, injuring both the captain and co-pilot with shards of glass, but they
managed to land safely. United Express Flight 7658 had taken off for
Amarillo, Texas, Saturday with 16 passengers when golf-ball-sized hail
shattered the cockpit window, forcing the two-person crew to return to
Stapleton International Airport. The Beechcrafl-19’s co-pilot caught
glass fragments in his eye, and the captain was cut in the face, said air
port spokesman Dan Melfi. “Obviously, the hail storm that hit Denver
tonight was pretty violent,” Melfi said. “I have never seen this kind of
hail. Usually you fly around it. I’ve seen windshields get cracked but not
shatter like a bomb. It’s like the windshield in your car. It usually cracks,
but doesn’t shatter.” United Express officials could not be reached for
comment. No other injuries were reported, and neither crew member’s
name was released. United Express rerouted the passengers, and the
plane was still on ground where it will undergo inspection on Sunday, a
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said.
- The Associated Press
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The Worldwide Discipleship
Association will meet today at 8
p.m. in the lower level of the
Forestry Auditorium. For more
information, call 354-6063.
• The Student Government
Association will meet today at 8
.m. in Room 136 of the Tate
tudent Center.
• Angel Flight-Silver Wings
will meet today at 7:30 p.m. in
Room 142 of the Tate Center. For
more information, call 613-1540.
• The Association for
Childhood Education
International will meet today at
7 p.m. in Room 409 of Aderhold
Hall. For more information, call
546-4626.
• Alpha Epsilon Delta, a pre-
med honor society, will meet to
day at 6 p.m. in Room 328 of
Boyd Graduate Studies. For more
information, call 542-1541.
• The Pre-Vet Club will meet to
day at 7 p.m. in the Microbiology
Auditorium of the Vet School. For
more information, call (404) 867-
3096.
• The UGA Racquetball Club
will meet today from 7:30 to 10
p.m. at the Stegeman Gym rac
quetball courts. For more infor
mation, call 353-3374.
Upcoming
• Students for Environmental
Awareness will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. in
Room 145 of the Tate Center. For
more information, call 542-8102.
• The Cannibas Action
Network will meet Wednesday,
Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. in Room 145 of
the Tate Center. For more infor
mation, e-mail
ugacandmu8ic.cc.uga.edu.
• The UGA Chess Club will
meet Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.
in the Main Library Lounge.
• The Graduate Student
Association will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in
Room 139 of the Tate Center. For
more information, call 542-4792.
• Gamma Beta Phi will meet
Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. in
Room 140 of the Tate Center.
Announcements
• The UGA Extension
Horticulture Department will
present “An Introduction to
Promising New Plants," a plant
identification workshop, today
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the State
Botanical Gardens. For more in
formation, call 542-6156.
• The Young Entrepreneurs’
Society will present George
McKerrow, Jr. of Longhorn
Steaks today at 7 p.m. in Room
302 of Caldwell Hall. For more in
formation, call 549-6055.
• Ambassador W. Tapley Bennet,
Jr. will lecture on “Russia: An
Uncertain Future” today at 7:30
p.m. in the Master’s Hall of the
Georgia Hall. For more informa
tion, call 542-1557.
• The All Campus
Homecoming Committee is ac
cepting applications for the
Homecoming Variety/Talent Show
today by noon at the Tate Center
information desk.
• The Counseling and Testing
Center will present “Male -
Female Communication,” part
of its Relationship Series today
from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. in Room
145 of the Tate Center. For more
information, call 542-3183.
• The Social Issues Theater
Troupe at UGA will hold audi
tions today and Wednesday, Oct.
5 at 3 p.m. in Room 137 of the
Tate Center. For more informa
tion, call 542-3564.
• The American Red Cross will
have a blood drive today from
2:30 to 7 p.m. at Myers Hall and
Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 2:30 to 7
p.m. at Hill Community. For more
information, call 546-0681.
• The Division of Academic
Assistance will present “Time
Management” today from 5:30 to
7 p.m. in Room 141 of the Tate
Center and “Maximizing Your
College Experience”
Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 5 to 6:30
p.m. in Room 144 of the Tate
Center. For more information,
call 542-0461.
• The Division of Academic
Assistance will have STAT 200,
421 and 621 review sessions
Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 2:20 to 4
p.m. in Room 143 of the
Geography, Geology and Speech
Building. For more information,
call 542-0471.
• Presbyterian Campus Minister
Alex Williams will speak on “The
Holy Catholic Church: A
Protestant Perspective”
Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at
the Presbyterian Student Center
at 1250 S. Lumpkin St. For more
information, call 548-5932.
• Applications for student judges
for the 1994 Peabody Awards
are due Friday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.
in Room 103 of the Journalism
Building. For more information
call 542-3787.
• The University Round Table
is accepting applications for new
members through Friday, Oct. 7
at 5 p.m. in Room 201 of the
Academic Building. For more in
formation, call 542-3564.
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Snip and save
Students conserve cash by clipping coupons
By LAUREN CASWELL
Staff Writer
Most students use coupons in
some form or another, whether
it’s Ad Sheets, Entertainer
coupon books or grocery store
coupons.
While a single coupon may not
make a big difference in a grocery
bill, they add up and can end up
saving student consumers a lot of
money.
According to Carol Meeks, the
department head of Housing and
Consumer Economics, coupons
are a big business in the United
States.
“To give an idea of just how big
the market is, in 1991, 290 billion
coupons were issued in the U.S.
in newspapers and magazines,”
Meeks said. “Of that 290 billion,
7.5 billion were cashed, at a
worth of $4 billion."
However, while consumers in
tend to save money by using
coupons, sometimes they defeat
the purpose when they buy prod
ucts just because they have a
coupon.
“Sometimes, consumers be
come so entranced with a coupon
that they buy things they normal
ly wouldn’t buy,” Meeks said.
Sanne Schneider, a graduate
student from Cape Cod, Mass.,
said she tries to buy just the
items she needs.
“I bought a coupon book, be
cause I saw bargains in it that I
thought I could benefit from,” she
said. “There are a lot of restau
rants in Athens that have the
buy-one-get-one-free coupons and
I use those.”
However, Schneider admitted
to occasionally buying something
at the grocery store just because
she has a coupon for it rather
than because she needs it.
“I mostly stick to what I need,”
she said. “I look for the cheapest
brand of a product, usually the
store brand.”
Mike McLaughlin, customer
service representative at the
Kroger on Broad Street, said a
brand name product will usually
be cheaper than the store brand
product if a consumer has a
coupon for it.
However, McLaughlin and
Meeks both agreed that the time
Your Money
it takes to find, cut and organize
coupons may not be worth the
money saved.
“I recommend looking in the
Sunday paper for coupons, that’s
where you can get the most
coupons at one time,” McLaughlin
said. “Otherwise, it may take
more time than it’s worth.”
Meeks said it takes a lot of
time to keep track of coupons,
sort them and then find the prod
ucts once you get to the grocery
store.
“But, people feel better about
themselves, like they’re a good
shopper if they use coupons,” she
said.
Amy Kopkin, a senior from
Roswell, said she shaved seven
dollars off of her $33 grocery bill
this weekend.
“I strictly buy what I need,”
Kopkin said. “I always buy the
same product, but I might try a
different brand if I have a coupon
for it."
Meeks said companies issue
coupons for advertising purposes
and to get consumers to try their
product in hopes of getting them
to buy it again and again.
“Restaurants put coupons in
the coupon books to get people to
try their them to make new cus
tomers,” she said. “The coupons
are used to get people there.”
Meeks advised students to use
coupons for things they normally
buy, but to try new brands of
products they use if they have a
coupon for it.
“Look at initial prices, have an
idea of other store’s prices and go
where it’s convenient to shop,”
she said. “Just don’t get so enam
ored with a coupon that you’d
spend $10 just to save one.”
Campaign heats up for 10th District
Candidates Johnson and
Norwood blame each other
for mudslinging
By KEITH DEMKO
Staff Writer
As the campaign for U.S. Representative from
the 10th District heats up, Democratic incum
bent Don Johnson and Republican challenger
Charlie Norwood seem to be running in opposite
directions - Norwood toward Washington,
Johnson away.
In telephone interviews this week, Johnson
continued to try to distance himself from
President Bill Clinton while Norwood explained
why he signed the “Contract For America” with
congressional Republican leaders.
The contract sets a legislative agenda
Republican congressional leaders promise to act
on if they achieve a majority in Congress, but
Norwood said he is confident it will not restrict
his agenda as a Republican candidate.
“What the contract does is specify certain
things the Republicans will do once we achieve a
majority in both houses. I am free to amend the
program as I want to, so I do not feel it constricts
me at all,” Norwood said.
For his part, Johnson has made no apologies
about attempting to distance himself from
Clinton, but said he doesn’t mean to detract from
the president’s performance.
“I think that he’s working hard to deal with
the problems of this country,” Johnson said. “In
many respects he’s been more courageous in ad
dressing the problems in a realistic way, but I
don’t agree with everything he’s done. So, what
I’m trying to do is run on my own record, I’m not
running away from him."
One prominent disagreement between
Johnson and Clinton has been over health care
reform, which has been declared dead for this
legislative session.
While Johnson stands by his refusal to en
dorse the Clinton plan, he blamed Republicans
for failing to pass health care this year.
“In this case, the Republicans really wouldn’t
work with us in trying to come up with a propos
al that was sort of a mainstream approach be
cause they felt it was better to go in to the elec
tion year having defeated the president on
health care reform,” Johnson said.
For his part, Norwood refused to specifically
blame anyone for the failure of reform this year,
but said he would like to see limited reforms
passed in the next session.
‘He had his campaign worker
telling people that I worship
Satan.’
- Don Johnson
Democratic incumbent
One aspect of the Clinton agenda Johnson did
support was the recently passed crime bill, which
he defends as good for the state.
“This crime bill will provide for 5,000 new
prison beds in Georgia, it will provide assistance
to bring in 2,500 new law enforcement officers in
‘He’s the one calling me a
jackass, not the other way
around.’
- Charlie Norwood
Republican challenger
Georgia,” Johnson said. “This is some of the
toughest crime legislation that’s ever been
passed.”
Norwood, however, said the new crime bill
contains only unneeded social programs which
the state can’t afford.
“What we need to do is get rid of all the feder
al mandates,” Norwood said. “We need to be able
to add prison beds for less than $40,000, which
we could do if they didn’t have to be air condi
tioned.”
A feud has erupted between the Johnson and
Norwood camps over Johnson’s claim that
Norwood is calling for a 25 percent cut in social
security as a means of cutting the federal deficit.
Norwood denied ever calling for such a mea
sure and accused Johnson of using scare tactics.
“I never said I favored cutting social security,
Don Johnson is just using that to try and scare
away elderly voters,” Norwood said. “What I’ve
said is we need to look realistically at entitle
ment spending and try to get this thing under
control.”
Johnson stood by his charge, and defended his
own support of the Clinton budget as a plan for
deficit reduction.
“If his positions scare the elderly, that's his
problem,” Johnson said. “The deficit has already
dropped 40 percent below where it was when I
took office and I think that’s pretty remarkable.”
In spite of this latest dispute, Johnson and
Norwood each claimed to be running a positive
campaign while blaming the other for mudsling
ing.
Johnson accused Norwood’s campaign staff of
running a personal attack campaign against
him.
“He had his campaign workers telling people
that I worship Satan,” Johnson said. “Now, I
don’t know if that’s negative where you come
from, but if his campaign workers are over at the
University telling innocent football fans as they
walk by that I’m a Satan worshipper, then we’ve
got real problems.”
Norwood, however, accused Johnson of the
same attack tactics and insisted his campaign
was about issues.
“He’s the one calling me a jackass, not the oth
er way around,” Norwood said. “All I’m doing is
making sure people know where Don Johnson
stands on the issues.”
Don Johnson
Charlie Norwood
’OUNSELING
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Lunch and Learn Series
Wednesday, Oct. 5 12:10-1:00 p.m. Room 144 Tate Center
DREAM INTERPRETATION
Dreamwork can be a fun and new way to learn about yourself.
This workshop will focus on the nature of dreams, some com
mon dream symbols, and practice in interpreting your dreams.
ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING
is available from the
Gilbert Health Center to
all University of Georgia
students, staff, & facul
ty. Testing is by appoint
ment only. There is a $15
cash charge for the coun
seling and testing. Call
542-2273 and give first
name only.
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