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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1995 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 34
Memorial Day
might soon be
school holiday
Gettin ’ funked out at 311
In a swirl of sweat and
skin, 311 fans surf-
and stage-dived to the
funky tunes of the
sold-out show at the
Georgia Theatre
Halloween night. The
intensity of the show
was conveyed by fresh
man Bill Justice's
wringing of his sweat-
soaked shirt as he
grinned and said the
show was the best he
had ever seen.
Student dies of cancer eight years after diagnosis
By BENJAMIN CARR
Staff Writer
Students may get an extra day
off of classes if a proposal allowing
a Memorial Day holiday in 1997 is
approved by University Council.
A memo from the President’s
Cabinet, written by public infor
mation director Tom Jackson, to
Registrar Bruce Shutt, said holi
day schedule changes have been
proposed to allow the University
to close for Memorial Day.
The proposed switch would be
implemented for Memorial Day,
1997, rather than in 1996.
Jackson said it was too late this
school year to change the holiday
schedule.
The request was forwarded by
the executive committee to the
faculty affairs committee for their
approval. Pending their approval,
the entire council would then vote
on the proposal.
Jackson said his office received
about 24 phone calls from stu
dents and local veterans on the
issue during a Tuesday meeting of
the University Council executive
committee.
“We get an increasing number
of calls on the issue each year,”
Jackson said. “The University is
only allowed 12 holidays per
year."
The proposed changes would
leave the University open on Dec.
24 and Jan. 2, creating official
work days for faculty and staff.
“A large majority of employees
likely would choose to take annu
al leave on Dec. 24 for at least
part of the day,” the release stat
ed.
The general staff would proba
bly be against the proposal,
should it go into effect, because
many would not like to take annu
al leave, Jackson said.
The memo said each quarter
may have 49 or 50 days, and both
winter and spring quarters cur
rently have 50 days. Thus, accord
ing to the memo, two extra days
are available.
Members of the executive com
mittee questioned the reasoning
behind the issue with the pro
posed semester switch.
“It seems simpler to do all of it
when we make the switch to
semesters in 1998,” said JoBeth
Allen, a committee member.
Under the proposed semester
calendar, Memorial Day falls into
the pre-summer portion of the
schedule, said Jim Whitney, chair
of the semester conversion com
mittee.
Tom Landrum, assistant to the
president, said the ultimate deci
sion on the holiday lies with
President Charles Knapp and his
cabinet.
BY CARRIE E. GIBSON
Staff Writer
Michael Garrett Bauman will be
remembered by his friends as a car
ing person and talented artist.
The 24-year-old senior from
Roswell died a day after his birthday
Oct. 25 about 9 a.m. at Embry
Hospital in Atlanta.
Bauman was diagnosed with
Hodgkin’s disease, a lymphatic can
cer, when he was 16. He had recent
ly gone through a second bone-mar
row transplant. Craig Landry, a
friend of Bauman and a senior from
New Iberia, La., said Bauman died
from complications, not from the
cancer itself.
Bauman studied jewelry and
metalwork at the University and
was vice president of Phi Beata
Heata, a metalsmithing group.
Kim Sparks, a graduate student
in jewelry and metalworking from
Athens, said Bauman was a good
metalworker.
“He’s a really good craftsman,” he
said.“He’s one of the nicest guys. He
never had a bad word about any
body.”
Landry was a friend of Bauman
for about five years and was his
roommate for six months. He said
Bauman came across as very laid
back, but when you got to know him,
he was very caring about others.
“Unless you knew him, you
wouldn’t know (he was sick),” he
said. “He never pushed his problems
on anybody.”
Landry said one of his most vivid
memories of Bauman was when he
went to visit him at Emory Hospital.
“He would say Tell me some
thing good, Craig,’” he said.
“Knowing that I was doing good
would make him feel better.”
Landry said he also had fond
memories of playing some of
Bauman’s percussion instruments
while Bauman played guitar.
Shane Smith, a senior from
Sugar Hill and another roommate
and close friend of many years, said
Bauman had given up the only good
thing left in his body, his eyes, for
donation.
“It (the donation) was a symbol of
what he was,” he said.
Landers’ Ladies face tough talent tonight
By MARC LANCASTER
Staff Writer
Georgia women’s basketball coach
Andy Landers went out of his way last
spring to put together arguably the
most difficult schedule in Georgia his
tory, but tonight’s first exhibition
game may prove to be the toughest
contest his team faces this season.
Fans traveling to the Coliseum
tonight will witness, in Landers’ opin
ion, “the most talent that has ever
been on this floor,” as the U.S.
National Team tips off its tour of 20
top college teams against the Lady
Bulldogs at 7 p.m. The main attrac
tion for longtime Lady Bulldog fans
will be the return of Georgia legends
Teresa Edwards and Katrina
McClain, who haven’t played on the
Coliseum floor in nearly a decade. The
two are likely to start for Stanford
head coach Tara VanDerveer’s Team
USA this evening and are the two
most experienced players on the team.
Edwards is the only U.S. basket
ball player to participate in three
Olympics (’84, ’88, ’92), with McClain
joining her for the last two competi
tions.
The 11 Team USA members have
participated on 71 USA Basketball
teams, won a combined six NCAA
titles and played in 15 Final Fours.
Both teams agreed that neither
will treat tonight’s game like a normal
exhibition, as it will give both squads
their first true tests against top com
petition.
“We want to exemplify a profes
sional level of play,” said Edwards.
“We want to differentiate ourselves
from the college teams.”
The Lady Bulldog team has shared
the same nucleus for the past two sea
sons, but junior forward La’Keshia
Frett said she doesn’t feel the players’
familiarity with each other will give
them an edge tonight.
“I don’t think we have any advan
tage against this team,” said Frett,
shaking her head. “But I think (the
game) will be very serious. We’re try
ing to hold our ground and compete.”
Georgia guard Kedra Holland went
so far as to guarantee a Lady Bulldog
victory tonight, and Landers joked
that the statement may adversely
affect the junior’s playing time.
“Kedra’s not going to play
(tonight),” said Landers. “That should
even things out for Team USA.”
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Special to The Red and Black
Rakesh Malhotra, a graduate student from India, gets stopped by police at
the Slovakian border during his trip across Europe this past summer.
Student finds
way home on
motorcycle
By ANDREW HEALAN
Staff Writer
Imagine traveling across Europe with a tent,
sleeping bag, two pair of jeans, two shirts, a cam
era, 30 rolls of film, a tire puncture kit and a
diary.
University graduate student Rakesh
Malhotra did it for two-and-a half months this
summer.
Malhotra, who is from Chandigard, India,
traveled through Europe on his motorcycle earli
er this year in an attempt to reach his home in
India.
He said he was inspired by a story he read in
National Geographic about a man who walked
around the entire United States.
Malhotra said he had his newly purchased
motorcycle sent to Milan, Italy and stayed with a
former University exchange student there.
However, Malhotra said he didn’t rely on
friends in many of the places he traveled.
On the second day on the road, he stopped at
a grocery store in France where a man
approached him because of the U.S. plate on his
motorcycle. He began talking to the man, who
then invited him back to his house and put him
up for the night.
Malhotra said he frequently took advantage of
the liberal camping policies of many European
countries.
For example, Sweden and Finland have an
open camping rule. If land is more than 300
meters (about 328 yards) from someone’s house,
it’s legal to camp there.
In countries that didn’t have an open camping
rule, Malhotra said he used a cheat sheet. He had
a piece of paper that said in several different lan
guages, “I’m a tourist. I’m traveling (this country)
on a motorcycle, and I would be very obliged if
you would let me camp on your farm.”
“Many people felt like they had to do some
thing for me,” Malhotra said. “I think they were
so helpful because I was alone. If I had been with
a group, they probably would’ve been intimidat
ed.”
His joifmey forced him to drive through
Bosnia, even though he was initially fearful of
U.N. sanctions.
“That was the only place I got ripped off,”
Malhotra said. To enter a toll road, Serbs had to
pay the equivalent of 10 cents, but the guard told
him the charge for foreigners was $40. “Later up
the road I saw' a sign that said foreigners were to
pay $20,” Malhotra said. “Sanctions mean you get
what you pay for.”
Malhotra’s trip hit a snag when he was unable
to obtain a visa from Pakistan.
He stayed in Turkey for 15 days trying to
arrange a plane ticket to India and have his bike
shipped back to the U.S. He ended up paying
bribes of $250 to have the bike shipped home,
even though sending it was legal.
But Malhotra finally arrived in India- three
days late.
This may not be the last big trip for Malhotra
and his motorcycle
“If I win the lottery, I would like to ride the
Pan-Am Highway," he said.
Chart-topping Connells to
make Athens stop tonight
■ CONCERT PREVIEW
By NICKI HENDRIX
Staff Writer
The Connells, a band near and
dear to both Athenians and
Europeans, will play their easygo
ing, Southern brand of altemapop
tonight at the 40 Watt Club.
So why are The Connells back in
Athens? “We’re fond of Athens, but
that isn’t really the reason," said
guitarist Mike Connell. “Really,
we’ve only done two shows in the
States since we came back from
Europe, and we just wanted to
remind people that we exist.”
The Connells originated in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Connell and his brother. David,
formed the band in 1984 and qui
etly played the local scene until
1985, when their first album,
“Darker Days," hit the charts.
Since then, each successive
album has added to the group’s
fame. “Boylan Heights," “Fun &
Games" and “One Simple Word"
reached the top five of the alterna
tive album charts. “Simple Word"
spawned two hit alternative sin
gles - “Get a Gun" and “Stone Cold
Yesterday."
The Connells hit their stride
with their most recent album,
“Ring," which sold 150,000 copies.
Then the single, “Slackjawed,"
broke the Top 40 mainstream
charts, and the hits “74-75" and
“New Boy” both sold well.
“Then," Mike Connell said,
“something of note happened.”
“Ring” devoured the charts in
such diverse places as Italy,
Germany and Israel, and even
though it was released over a year
ago, “Ring” is still at the top of the
charts in Europe
“We made five or six trips over
(to England)," Mike Connell said
“74-75" hit the top 10 in Germany
and France. The album’s done real
ly well over there."
The group is currently working
on a new album, which should be
released in February.
Tonight’s concert will include
tracks from the new album along
with some old favorites.
“We usually play three to five
songs off each album," Mike
Connell said. “We’ll play 20 songs
or so, and some of it will definitely
be the old stuff.”
As for the rumors that The
Connells will be breaking up soon,
Mike Connell remains noncommit
tal. “We’ve been doing really well
in Europe." he said. “We’ll be
together for at least another
album."