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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1995 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 32
Kids crowded Frightful Sight, the haunted house sponsored by Athens West Lions Club, located off Prince
Avenue. Frightful Sight is a yearly fundraiser that the Lions Club holds to raise money for people with visual
impairments. Admission is $6.
Don't be scared, my pretty
Athens ready for
Halloween-goers
By HEATHER HARVEY
Staff Writer
Tonight is the night when made-up and
masked party-craving zombies in rental
costumes live. So, dress to the nines,
slather on gallons of grease paint and leave
your residence looking your ghoulish best,
because the Athens’ bar and club scene
awaits.
The Devo-esque surf sound of Man or
Astroman? fills a decorated 40 Watt Club.
Abandoning its traditional costume party,
the club encourages people to come to
Huggy Bear disco in costume.
“We’re not doing the costume contest per
se,” 40 Watt owner Barrie Buck
said.“People just want to get on stage and
show off... Now a lot of people can get on
stage.”
The Hot Burritos play with former
LaBrea Stomper Jim Stacy at the High Hat
Blues Club. The $2 cover charge will be
reduced to $1 if you come in costume, and
High Hat employee Drew Alston said there
are to be “cheesy Halloween give-aways.”
Costumes galore are expected at the
Atomic Music Hall, which hosts a costume
party with the Fuzzy Sprouts.
The 311 show at the Georgia Theatre is
sold out; so sorry, you’re not going if you
don’t have tickets already, but a whole bus
load of 99Xers will probably be there.
Lowery's is hosting a costume contest
with a $100 first prize. Disco will follow.
The Night Owl Lounge hosts a costume
party and contest. The contest begins at
12:45 a.m., and there will be $100 and $50
prizes. Also, you don’t have to pay the $1
cover if you come in costume.
Washington Street Tavern is giving
away T-shirts at its Halloween party.
Beware, the party starts early and goes on
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Man or Astroman? plays 40 Watt.
all night long - sing it, Lionel.
Dancing hotspot Boneshakers features
the House of Good and Evil Halloween
party. Goblin punch and beer is available
for $1. Oh, and there’s no cover.
Clyde’s is expecting a crowd at its
Hajloween costume bash with prizes rang
ing from $50 to $150 bar tabs. Men get $1
off the cover charge if in costume while
ladies are free. Also Atlanta-based Cool Joe
will play.
“Cool Joe is a great band,” manager
Clyde Fulford said. “They have a great fol
lowing in Athens.”
The City Bar will feature Neal Pattman
Blues Band and a lot of decorations. Cover
is $2.
Campus offers abundance of Halloween activities
By BRANDON ROGERS
Staff Writer
Remember when Halloween
meant dressing up goofy, staying up
late and eating stuff our parents
normally wouldn’t let us eat?
Now that we do all this in college
already, Halloween has developed
into much more for many clubs and
organizations on campus.
If you’re an early riser and not a
vampire, be sure to wake up or drive
to campus to the eerie tunes on
WUOG 90.5, a University radio sta
tion. Junior Jay Nagy will D.J. from
6 to 9 a.m. today and promises to fol
low a Halloween theme.
“I’m going to break out my
‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and Bing
Crosby Merry Christmas albums
because I’m hoping the holiday
theme and guys in costumes theme
will balance out into a whole
Halloween theme,” Nagy said.
The University dining halls are
also showing off their normal holi
day spunk by handing out sweets
and encouraging their employees to
wear costumes.
Michael Maddox, who works in
the beverage area of Bolton Hall,
said he was thinking of dressing as
Satan.
“It fits my personality," said
Maddox, brewer of tea and changer
of glasses.
A couple of the residence halls
are actually spreading their pent-up
Halloween energy to the kids who
need it. Children from Family
Housing will trick-or-treat up and
down the halls of Brumby, and
Russell will have trick-or-treating
and a carnival on their basketball
courts for local children.
Communiversity is also channel
ing the holiday for a good cause. The
Service Projects division of the
group will trick-or-treat tonight,
gathering candy to give away on
Wednesday and Thursday at the
Tate Student Center while they
accept donations for the Homeless
Shelter and the Rape Crisis Center.
The Cellular Biology 300 class
will dissect cats today.
However, junior biochemistry
major Dan Rackley said, “Our deal
ings with cats are strictly scientific.”
The Christian Campus
Fellowship will hold a seminar on
witchcraft tonight, continuing the
group’s quarter-long study of the
occult.
Rebecca Hayes, president of
CCF, said not all Christians are
adamantly opposed to Halloween.
“You don't get excommunicated if
you go trick-or-treating,” Hayes
said.
A big bloody deal on campus
tonight is the Tate Center’s
Quadruple Horror Feature, with
“Masque of the Red Death,”
“Theater of Blood,” “The Thing” and
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
While some may miss the
Halloween of their youth, some
value it more at their college age
“I like it even more now that I’m
older,” said senior Molly Chase. “My
costumes are more elaborate, and I
get to stay out later.”
Another
weekend
robbery
reported
By BETH MACFADYEN
Staff Writer
Another armed robbery was
reported to University Police by a
student over the weekend, which
brings the total number of armed
robberies reported by students to
five since Friday.
Jonathan Terhaar, an 18-year-
old University student, told police
he was robbed Sunday night at
about 9:15 by four men.
Terhaar told police he was walk
ing at the top of the stairs that go
from Sanford Drive to the parking
lot behind Clark Howell Hall, when
the men took a pullover shirt, watch
and wallet from him.
The suspects are described as 18-
io 20-year-old black men.
University Police Chief Chuck
Horton said his department does not
have any suspects at this time.
Horton said his department is
working with Athens-Clarke County
Police on the robberies that occurred
over the weekend.
“We’re certainly interested in
seeing if this is the same group of
people that was involved in the
other robberies, but right now we
don’t know if it’s the same people or
not," Horton said.
ACC Police also don’t have any
suspects in the four weekend rob
beries involving University stu
dents, said Hilda Sorrow, director of
public information for ACC Police.
"Anytime you have a lot of simi
larities between incidents, you tend
to look at them together, but as far
as anything specific tying them
together. I don’t know at this time,”
Sorrow said.
Pets better left inside on Halloween
Missing animals
common during
holiday
By BENJAMIN CARR
Staff Writer
A black cat may not cross your path
tonight.
It may not happen because the
Athens Area Humane Society is ask
ing owners to keep animals inside for
the holiday to avoid being taken,
according to Cindy Young, AAHS
interim director.
In fact, the Humane Society has
placed a number of restrictions on
adopting pets and has offered warn
ings to pet owners regarding
Halloween.
“It’s just been proven, time and
time again, that solid-color animals
have been the victims of Halloween
pranks, possible initiation practices by
groups that have gone too far and rit
ualistic ceremony,” Young said.
The humane society does not allow
for the adoption of any solid-colored
pets, including black cats, solid-col
ored dogs and chickens during
October. Young said the group started
the policy three years ago.
Young said the number of missing
solid-black or solid-colored animals
increases dramatically from Oct. 15
until Halloween.
“We get a frightening number of
requests for solid black or white ani
mals during October,” Young said.
“We deny them right out.”
Hilda Sorrow, the Athens-Clarke
County Police spokesperson, said
some reports of ritualistic activity
have been reported in past years, but
said she didn’t recall any reports of
dead animals.
Derrell Clark, the director of the
Animal Resource Center, said his
department and the College of
Veterinary Medicine haven’t experi
enced any problems with missing or
mutilated animals, but he is aware of
the warnings.
Animals hurt jn crimes of this
nature around the holiday vary from
cats and dogs to chickens, Young said.
“I’ve heard of animals drained of
blood, severed chicken’s claws and
chicken heads,” Young said.
“Sometimes when dogs and cats are
killed, I feel it’s a prank gone too far.”
Dog owner Susan Summerour, a
graduate student from Chickamauga,
said she wasn’t worried too much
about her pet being taken, though she
was aware of the Humane Society
warnings.
“There are three dogs back in the
pen,” Summerour said. “I think that if
my next door neighbor had it happen,
I’d be more cautious.”
Young said she was worried for the
safety of animals at all times, espe
cially at Halloween.
“We’re trying to teach people that
animals don’t deserve to be victims at
any time,” Young said.
Ward to finish season
despite wrist injury
By ROB KITCHEL
Staff Writer
On Monday, the Bulldogs found out in their loss to Florida
on Saturday that Hines Ward, their third quarterback of the
year, had an injury to his wrist.
Ward, who began the season at flanker and moved from
tailback then to quarterback due to injuries, fractured the
navicular bone in his right wrist, but is expected to finish the
season.
“I knew something was wrong when we fumbled those two
snaps on the goal line,” center David Weeks said. “He showed
me the hand, and it was swollen pretty bad.”
Originally, the medical staff thought that Ward had severe
ly injured his thumb, but X-rays revealed the thumb was only
bruised, and the navicular bone was fractured.
Ward initially injured his throwing wrist during preseason
practice in August X-rays didn’t show anything at that time,
but the Georgia medical staff said that often navicular frac
tures don’t show up on X-rays at the time of an injury. X-rays
had been taken throughout the season - all of them had been
negative until Monday.
The medical staff expects Ward to undergo surgery on his
wrist following the season.
Few arrests made in incidents
By BETH MACFADYEN
Staff Writer
This quarter has been filled with
crime on and around the University
campus. The following is an update
on the status of the cases.
Athen9-Clarke County Police
Incidents:
•Possible lead in two rapes
during the weekend of Sept. 8 -
The first incident involved a
University graduate who was
reportedly raped after a man
entered her Northview Avenue
apartment while she was taking out
the trash.
The second incident involved a
20-year-old University student who
was reportedly raped after a man
entered her apartment through an
unlocked door
“We’re looking into these rapes in
connection with a man we recently
arrested on other charges, but we’re
waiting on test results to come back
from the crime lab, as well as other
information,” Sgt. Charles Newson
of Athens-Clarke County Police
said.
•No suspects in case involv
ing student who escaped an
attack Sept. 19 - A 26-year-old
graduate student escaped an attack
while she was jogging in Cambridge
Apartments by using information
she had gained from a self-defense
class.
“No one has been arrested in con
nection with this case, and at this
time we have no suspects,” Newson
said.
•No arrests made in mugging
of a student on South Finley
Street Sept. 28 - A University stu
dent was reportedly mugged while
walking to his apartment from the
Main Library.
“We haven’t arrested anyone in
that case,” Newson said. “We don’t
have anyone right now that we’re
specifically looking at in that one.”
•Arrests made in robbery of
four students on Newton Street
- Four University students were
walking from Creswell Hall to
downtown around 10:30 p.m. Oct. 9
when they were robbed at gunpoint,
and two of the students were beat
en.
Newson said police arrested
three individuals in connection with
the robbery. On Monday afternoon,
Newson was not available to release
the names of those arrested.
Please see CRIME, page 2
Sanford
Stadium
| I - Two rapes. Sept. S - Northview Avenue
^ 2 - Student escaped attack. Sept. 19 - Cambridge Apartment*
C 3 - Mugging. Sept 28 - South Finley Street
5 4 - Robbery. Oct. 7 - Foley Field
1 5 - Robbery. Oct. 7 - No Name Pork
* 6 - AiiKnult. Oct. 7 - Chi Phi Fraternity
9 7 - Robbery. Oct. 8 - South Thomas Street
G 8 Robbery, Oct. 9 - Newton Street •