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OPINIONS
•They were chanting 2-4-6-8, we don’t went to integrator fig
things a lot more offensive than that."
- Dave Crawley, a witness to the protests during Hamilton
Holmes’ first days at the University
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Local police make more
arrests and progress
Monday, University police arrested a University
student and charged him with being a Peeping Tom.
The student was found last Wednesday outside of
Reed Hall standing on a dumpster peering into
women’s dorm rooms. University Housing may
move the dumpster.
Last week, the Athens-Clarke County police also
arrested a person and charged him with being a
peeping Tbm. We’re glad the police are on the ball.
Both the University and the ACC police have had
their share of work this quarter. Since last Friday,
there have been five separate robberies reported by
students. Many of the cases publicized in these
pages remain unsolved.
In the light of these events, it is good to see the
police presence, even if it is only to arrest immature
people for being peeping Tbms. Police have also said
they have leads in two of the reported rape cases
this quarter, and arrests have been made in
connection with one of the mugging incidents.
The police still have a great deal of work cut out
for them. University and ACC cops both must make
progress on the unsolved crimes to return peace of
mind to the town of Athens, but they have made an
ambitious start.
We look forward to seeing more of the results of
police efforts. Their hard work will determine the
safety of Athens from crime.
University Council needs
to keep proposal tabled
The University council is in the process of raising
the dead. A proposal for a multicultural
requirement in the University curriculum tabled
last spring is surging with new life.
The original version remains on the table because
removing it would require a council vote of approval
or rejection, most likely without discussion. Chances
of running the old bill through a different committee
were also slim. Instead, the executive committee
formed an ad-hoc committee to initiate a new
proposal, or at least the same old one with different
words.
Previously, the old proposal was killed because
there were questions as to whether the University
would have to increase the number of required
hours to implement the change. If this new proposal
is taken through the semester conversion
committee, the odds may be different this time. We
hope they aren’t.
Multiculturalism is a concern among students, as
the attendance at last week’s multicultural rally
proves. But a multicultural requirement will not
bring about unity between the races. Many students
retain little from classes required by the University
that have nothing to do with their major.
Classes in environmental literacy have yet to
make an impact on the University environment,
especially on game days. Another University
requirement won’t bring about racial unity.
Hopefully, the council will realize this and table the
new proposal.
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NEW MEDICAL
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HEIMLICH
MANEUVER
GINGRICH
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Holmes’ legacy commands respect from us all
Tonight at 7:30, a memorial service for Dr.
Hamilton E. Holmes will be held in the
Georgia Hall.
Holmes, one of the first two black students
to enroll in the University, died last Thursday
night at the age of 54.
I never met Dr. Holmes, so his legacy is
quite intriguing to me, even mysterious. I am
sure thousands of University students feel
the same as I do about the man. But despite
my strained apathy, I realized there is so
much to admire about Dr. Holmes.
Remember, I never met the man.
But if students don’t know what or why
they should celebrate and mourn, just flash
back to the past for a moment.
Imagine you are one of two black students
with excellent grades, and all you want to do
is get yourself an education and work for the
growth and betterment of yourself.
For the remainder of your days, you are
surrounded by a sea of white people, most of
whom oppose integration. Your every move is
watched, from the moment you register to the
moment you enter your dorm room to sleep at
night. But even before the night passes into
the next day, you must sleep in fear because
the previous night, police stopped a deranged
man at the dorm with a gun hoping to kill you
and also furthering a racist code. Everyday
you live in fear. But Dr. Holmes had the faith,
the courage and the strong constitution to
break that code.
Shawn
Durham
Remember, I never met the man. But his
accomplishments speak loudly of his charac
ter.
Only days after he stepped foot on campus,
the Confederate flag was draped over the
front of a fraternity house on Lumpkin Street.
Effigies in his image were hanged from the
Arch, crosses were burned, the bricks and
stones were hurled in his direction and he
constantly dealt with death threats. All of
these things happened only 34 years ago.
Now flash forward to the present.
A lot has changed in 34 years. Non-white
students aren’t blatantly accosted as were Dr.
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-
Gault. We still have a few racist ongoings, but
I would like to think overall black students
and other minorities have made significant
progress.
Holmes should remind us that it is best to
stand alone and do what you feel is best; nev
er give in to the pressures of others. He and
Hunter-Gault stood alone.
He was one of the first to enroll in the all-
white University of Georgia, only to graduate
and become the first black student to enroll in
the Emory University School of Medicine. And
after all of the struggling and persevering, he
became one of the top doctors at the Grady
Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Holmes’ legacy should know no boundaries
along racial lines. His story teaches all races
the necessity of believing in self and the need
to give all people the respect and the dignity
deserving of all human beings.
I may toss my gripes and groans about sit
uations here at the University, but I realized
something: I happen to like being a
University of Georgia student. I am proud of
the being in one of the best public education
institutions in the Southeast, even the entire
nation.
By Holmes trying to do something for him
self, he forced open the doors for me and
thousands others. And for that, I honor Dr.
Hamilton E. Holmes and celebrate his accom
plishments, and thank God for persons like
him. We love you, and we will keep your spir
it alive.
May God bless you, sir. And, once again,
thank you.
- Shawn Durham is a staff writer for
The Red and Black.
Visiting fans aren’t as annoying as our own
Many times as I walk past Sanford Stadium
at night I just feel in awe of the place and almost
get misty-eyed at the sight of it. I’m not sure if it
is the sight of the hedges and memories of foot
ball glory past, or the fact that it is empty and
none of the people I have come to hate are there.
I go to games expecting to loathe the visiting
fans and get harassed when we lose, but I can
handle that. One of my favorite memories of at
tending a Georgia football game was heckling
Tennessee fans after we lost 41-23 last year. But
the people at the game I really hate are the
Georgia fans I’m forced to sit by in the student
section, and there are so many people to hate.
First of all, I hate the people at the very bot
tom. If people at the very bottom didn’t insist on
standing on the bleachers instead of the concrete
that was designed to be stood on, things would be
a lot easier. Because the people in the first row
stand on the bleachers, the people in the second
row must stand on the bleachers, and a vicious
cycle ensues where I must stand on the bleachers
in the 70th row, or where ever I sit. Actually I
don’t sit anywhere, I stand.
My next pet peeve is I go to a football game to
watch football, not to dress up and be seen. Call
me crazy. I just don’t understand those people
who get dressed up to go to the game. I go in foot
ball game attire: jeans, a t-shirt and a hat, not
button-down shirt, tie, khakis and a ratty old
hat. I just don’t understand the entire thing.
Last game, there were some girls around me,
C. Trent
Rosecrans
dressed very nicely, and once in a while would
actually watch the football game. They’d watch
one play each series and yell how bad Goff is
when someone drops a pass in the end zone.
Then they’d go on talking about their drunken
exploits. During the second auarter, nicely
dressed girl #2 turned and asked me what num
ber Hines Ward was. I answered her politely.
The thing that bothered me was if she knew
enough to criticize the entire coaching staff and
every player on the field, why couldn’t she look
and figure out the auarterbacks’ number by look
ing at the field, ana seeing what number the guy
behind center is? But, she was nicely dressed.
The other group I got mad at were the
jumpers. The guy next to me starts lumping on
the Dleacher. Now, this wouldn’t bother me if it
happened when we scored a touchdown, but after
the Florida extra-point, I don’t understand why
he was so hoppy. I politely ask this guy if he’d
mind not jumping on the bleachers because that
causes everyone else on the entire row to be
shaken, and it even caused my roommate’s girl
friend to fall off the bleacher. She wasn’t hurt bv
the drop, only inconvenienced. Anyway, I ask
this $uy if he’d mind not jumping and then his
girlfriend butts in and yells at me saying since he
spent $2 it was his God-given right to jump up
and down and tick me off.
Of course he and his girlfriend yell at me, and
I yell at them, and their redneck friend yells at
me, and I make fun of him, and he can’t think of
a response to my quip, or I can’t hear him over
my roommate’s laughter. Anyway, kangaroo-
boy’s girlfriend asks kangaroo-boy if they are still
leaving at halftime. Kangaroo-boy got ripped off.
He paid $2 to watch half of a football game. I
paid $2 and saw an entire game.
Another type of people I hate are really, really
drunk people. I know I’ve made stupid decisions
in my life, but getting drunk and sitting in the
bright sun with 85,000 people doesn’t sound ap
pealing. They sit in front of me, heads in their
hands, until their friends leave. Then they get
dragged up the steps and puke in the aisle. By
the third quarter none of these people were left
and I could concentrate on picking fights with
Florida fans instead of University students.
- C. Trent Rosecrans is a staff writer for
The Red and Black.
Flier proof of power of women
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This is a response to the blatant
and repulsive advertisement of
“Take Back the Night, Push It In
Her Butt’ advocating sexual vio
lence against women. I’m disgusted
by the mere existence of the cow
ardly and threatened people who
put those signs up.
Unfortunately, this flier was rep
resentative of not one person or
group but of a prevailing attitude of
misogyny intertwined with every
day life.
This type of response not only
advocates violence against women
but issues a directive for man to
take whatever they want no matter
the consequence.
With its ’humor,’ it trivializes
rape and the experiences of the
"Take Back the Night" march to
protest violence against women. It
also tries to control women by in
stilling fear. It attempts to threaten
and wam women and it shouldn't
be met without resistance.
The truth is a flier like this
wouldn't exist if women hadn't
made progress. A flier like this
shows we DO have the power they
keep denying us. A flier like this,
while contemptible, can empower
us with the knowledge that some
one is scared. And we should do all
we can to keep that upper hand and
not let the anger we all feel bring us
down.
We can use that anger towards
constructive movements forward.
The initial reaction of anger at this
unfathomable act is useful; we must
work to keep unity and strength.
This can b« done through many
ways: volunteering with Rape Crisis
Center, giving money to organiza
tions that support women’s issues,
taking self-defense class, creating
unity in those close to you as well as
those you come in casual contact
with and moet importantly break
ing the silence.
Breaking tha eilence can mean
simply stopping the harassing and
offensive jokes and comments run
ning through everyday conversa
tion. It can mean re-examining your
attitude towards women and their
individual situations. Breaking the
silence can mean gathering
strength from sexual violence that
has affected so many of us, both
personal and vicariously.
I’m a survivor of recurring bat
tery and rape that existed within a
romantic relationship. The unique
ness of my experience isn’t lost in
the common threads so many wom
en share. This behavior ien’t un
common. This practice lies on the
continuum of oppression of women
and violence as a normative sexual
standard.
Our denial of our peers’ eupport
of this behavior makes us feel better
but we can’t be blind anymore.
Likewise, men should be outraged
at the image of violent anger it per
petuates.
No longer can we tit back and ig
nore what is going on out there. I
am under no misconception the in
dividuals who made the flier will be
caught but I expect tolerance of this
behavior to stop.
Everyone needs to take action to
end these ridiculoue charades of
power and control.
Hosanna Kathryn Smith
senior, sociology women's etudes
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