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• Song, dance, art
to be featured at
international show
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1996 • ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 111
Gym Dogs seek
‘perfection’ at
NCAA regionals
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By C. TRENT ROSECRANS
Staff Writer
As the rest of the gymnastics team was
heading into the locker room at the end of
Tuesday night’s practice, Kim Arnold was
still on the balance beam.
After a minor wobble, a flash of disgust
and frustration appeared on Arnold’s face.
Head coach Suzanne Yoculan told
Arnold that it was good, and she didn’t
have to be perfect.
Under her breath Arnold responded,
“Yes it does.”
Such has been the case this year for
the Gym Dogs. Yoculan has been
stressing all year to the team that it
doesn’t have to be perfect to win, but still
the gymnasts have been striving for
perfection.
“We don’t have to be perfect to win,
and we proved that at SECs,” Yoculan
said. “Even though we’re not necessarily
trying to peak for this meet, when you’re
a team like this one is, one of high-level
gymnasts who are perfectionists, when
they v^\k out in their leotards and see
those judges in blue coats, they are going
to get in competition mode.
“Their professionalism is going to kick
in and they are going to want to do well
and they are going to put pressure on
themselves. The result is, you force
yourself to peak again. The question is
whether or not they’ve had enough mental
rest time.”
They will find out on Saturday as they
compete for a spot in the NCAA
Championships at the NCAA Southeast
Regional in Gainesville, Fla.
The Gym Dogs qualified for the meet
with the highest Regional Qualifying
Score in the country, a 197.4, but that
score will not be counted as they attempt
to make the NCAA field for the 13th
consecutive year. Only Saturday’s score
will be used to determine who competes
for the national title on April 25-27 in
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
“The biggest competition is Oregon
State, Utah, Michigan, Alabama and
Florida," Yoculan said. “When you
compete at a regional qualifying meet you
are competing against every team in the
country.”
The Gators will be the only one of
those teams the Gym Dogs will see at the
O’Connell Center. The rest will be
competing in one of the other four
regionals for the top seed in Tuscaloosa.
Joining Georgia and Florida in
Gainesville will be Kentucky, West
Virginia, Towson State, North Carolina
State and Maryland. Gymnasts from
North Carolina, James Madison, William
and Mary, Radford and George
Washington will compete in the all-
around competition even though their
teams did not qualify for the meet.
Georgia freshman Sam Muhleman will
see her first action in a college meet
Saturday. Muhleman has not competed
this year after suffering several knee
injuries.
By DAN BISCHOF
Staff Writer
With a $34 million price tag, some
might say the new Performing Arts
Complex comes with a high cost, but those
who use the three facilities say the
University got a steal at any price.
“It’s a great statement on the
importance on art for the University," said
Wendy Cooper, public relations
coordinator for the Georgia Museum of
Art, “especially for a school so well known
for its football and other sports teams."
Lisa Bartholow, public relations
coordinator for the school of music, said
she expects the new school to be an
effective method to recruit talented
musicians.
“We’ve already seen a change,”
Bartholow said. “When high school
students hear about the complex, they
want to come and see what’s here."
Bobby Tyler, marketing and media
relations director of the Performing Arts
Center, pointed out the celebrity-style
dressing rooms and greater acoustic
capability of the performance halls as
ways to attract high-quality performers.
“The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
vowed in 1985 they would not play at the
University unless a suitable facility was
built,” Tyler said. “They’re playing April
19 during the inaugural weekend and two
times in our season starting in October."
The completion of the School of Music,
the Performing Arts Center and the
Georgia Museum of Art also has allowed
the drama department to spread out in the
Fine Arts Building.
“Drama can conduct their business
much more readily,” said Tim Bartholow,
the director of the Performing Arts Center.
“On the practical end, it will free up north
campus a great deal. Once Phase II is
complete, everybody will be here together."
Phase II will provide an addition to the
Museum and the School of Music and new
facilities for the school of art and
department of drama.
Cooper said she expects the new
complex to have a high impact on the
Athens community and will clean up some
logistic problems for the museum’s former
North Campus location.
“People used to call and ask where to
park," Cooper said. “I would tell them,
‘Downtown, if you can find a place.' It
wasn't the ideal situation.”
The new museum has its own parking
lot and a turnaround at the entrance for
buses for schoolchildren and tourists.
Please see a section on the Performing
Arts Complex on pages 4 and 5
Civil rights vets
to swap stories
at Ga. Center
By DAN BISCHOF
and GEORGE WHITEHURST
Staff Writers
When Robert Zellner took part in
his first demonstration as a
member of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee in October
1961, he got what he calls “a real
baptism by fire."
The demonstrators gathered in
McComb, Miss., and a group of
angry white locals met to oppose
them.
“It was almost surrealistic
because one of the people in the
mob knew me from college," Zellner
said, “and knew I was sympathetic
to the civil rights movement. He
kept yelling, ‘Zellner, I’ll kill you!’"
Bob Moses and Chuck McDew,
two other members of SNCC
(pronounced “snick"), tried to step
between the mob and Zellner, but
police pulled the two away and
clubbed them.
Zellner said the last thing he
saw before being pummeled into
unconsciousness was someone
trying to gouge out his eyes.
To Zellner, his race had never
been so evident. He, like the mob 35
years ago, is white.
Zellner and McDew, who will
take part in a civil rights conference
at the Georgia Center Monday and
Tuesday, said the rising generation
doesn’t realize much of the
movement was interracial and led
by everyday people.
“The civil rights movement was
about ordinary people doing
extraordinary things to accomplish
a real watershed in American
history," Zellner said.
The conference, “Civil Rights in
Small Places,” will focus on the
lesser-known people, such as
Zellner and McDew, who carried
out the movement in smaller cities.
Sessions will detail the integration
of the University, the desegregation
of public schools here in Athens and
civil rights movements in Americus,
Ga., find Sunflower County, Miss.,
as well as the efforts in McComb.
“We decided we didn’t want
celebrities, but rather people who
had been in the trenches,” said
William McFeely, a history
professor and organizer of the
conference.
McFeely said he and Chris
Schutz, a University graduate
WHEN & WHERE
CMI Rights In Small Places, a
two-day conference, will be
held at the Georgia Center for
Continuing Education, April
15-16. Registration begins at
8 a.m. and opening
ceremonies begin at 9 a.m.
Admission Is free to
University students and
faculty, $15 for others.
student in history, were inspired to
plan the conference after attending
a similar event in Louisville, Ky.
The prospect of asking veterans of
the civil rights movement to come
speak at the event was rather
daunting, he said.
“When we began this thing, we
were in fear and trepidation no one
would think much of it," McFeely
said. “Everyone we invited said
‘yes.’
“Every year as I’m teaching, I’m
aware of how far away the civil
rights movement seems to
students,” he said.
“It was an exciting time, and
people who weren’t around then
don’t have a sense of that
excitement.”
Robert Cohen, a University
education professor who helped
organize the conference, echoed
McFeely’s comments.
“Aside from educating
undergraduates and exchanging
ideas with people in the
community,” Cohen said. “I hope it
will provoke people to look at the
history of the civil rights in their
own backyard."
Cohen said he helped organize
the Tuesday session, which will
deal with the integration of Athens
public schools during the 1960s.
“The Athens session is mostly
people who were in the
movement," Cohen said.
McFeely said he hopes the
conference will inspire participants
to ask where the country is now
with respect to racial issues.
“We achieved a great deal, but
that’s not to say the job is done,"
he said. “There’s still a lot of
racism in society. It’s more subtle
than it used to be, but it’s still
there."
MARK ADAMS/The Red and Bloch
Dig: Outside hitter Tara Cross-Battle of the United States
digs in the second game of the team’s 3-2 Thursday night
loss to Russia. Cross-Battle had 18 kills.
Russians outlast
U.S. Nationals, 3-2
By JON GALLO
Staff Writer
After its 3-2 loss at the hands of
Russia, the Women's National
Volleyball Team can only hope its
next trip to Athens, which will come
during this summer’s Olympics,
won’t mirror its performance last
night.
After holding 12-5 and 13-9 leads
in the first two games, the United
States couldn’t close the door as
Russia crept in and stole both
games, and ultimately the match.
15-13, 15-13,10-15, 10-15, 15-12.
“The first couple of games were
all us," said U.S. middle blocker
Tammy Liley, who had a match-
high 26 kills. “We were in control
and we were up and we didn't
finish. We have to close those games
out.”
In the third game, it appeared
the Russians were going to rebound
from their 3-0 loss to the United
States. Wednesday night in
Atlanta. Russia seized a 10-5
advantage, but a furious U.S.
comeback not only salvaged the
third game, but propelled the team
to a 15-10 victory in the fourth
game, tying the match 2-2.
“We showed a lot of guts coming
back in the third game," said U..S.
head coach Terry Liskevych. “We
were down 10-5 and we scored 10 in
a row to win 15-10.”
In the fifth and deciding game,
Russia took advantage of the U.S.
service errors to forge ahead 12-9; it
was a lead they wouldn’t relinquish
as they won 15-12, avenging
Wednesday night’s humiliating 15-
12, 15-1,15-10 defeat.
Russia defeats United States
15-13, 15-13, 10-15, 10-15,
15-12
The Women's National
Volleyball Team plays Russia
again tonight In Miami.
“We had our opportunities in the
fifth game, but the two service
errors really hurt us.” Liskevych
said. “I think the Russians were a
little jet-lagged yesterday, and we
played really well. Their back-row
hitters did a good job tonight and
they blocked much better."
The loss broke the United States’
three-game winning streak against
Russia. The two teams are slated to
play against each other again
tonight in Miami, followed by
matches in Orlando, Tampa and
Roanoke. Va. during the next week.
However, even though the
current six-match tour against
Russia will serve as one of the
team's final warm-ups before the
Olympics, Liskevych said he was
impressed with the University and
is optimistic about returning this
summer.
“I love this new facility,"
Liskevych said. “I told (Georgia
head volleyball) coach lams I’m
jealous of what they’ve done in
college volleyball since I left. We are
looking forward to playing here in
the summer. I'm sure the Bulldogs
are looking forward to having us."
‘Blow, cat, blow!’: Check out live jazz at the Morton
By CHRIS MITCHELL
Staff Writer
Jazz is one of the few things that is uniquely
and completely American. And if you haven’t
already, it’s something you should experience
live. This Sunday, the Morton Theatre will
present the talents of the Augusta Jazz Project
Inc. in the concert, “Salute to Count Basie."
“We’re going to be doing half-Basie and the
other half will be as wide a variety of big-band
music we can provide," said Rudy Volkmann,
artistic director of the Augusta Jazz Project.
“We’ve also got some original stuff, too. Mr
Wycliffe Gordon (Wynton Marsalis’ principal
trombonist) will be with us, and we've got a tune
which gives him a big solo. We’re thrilled to have
him with us because he usually spends most of
his time with the Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra.”
Although Gordon's presence will be a peat
addition to the performance, Volkmann said all
THE LOWDOWN
The Morton Theatre hosts the Augusta
Jazz Project Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets
before Sunday cost $9 for students and
senior citizens and $11 for adults. They
cost $2 extra the day of the show.
of the band members are highly qualified
musicians.
“We brought the group together by invitation
only," he said. “They’re all professional
musicians. We’ve got a professor of saxophone
and the conductor of the Army band — it’s really
an all-star cast. Most of them are from the
Augusta area, although we’ve got a couple people
from South Carolina'
The Augusta Jazz Project is a non-profit
organization that has been successful in
receiving contributions to continue its programs.
“We’ve been really lucky that we usually get
whatever we ask for," said Catherine Warr, co
president of the Augusta Jazz Project.
“Sometimes we get unexpected contributions
when people have seen a show."
Volkmann began the project in 1989 with a
big-band group and said audiences grown.
“More and more people come out every time,"
he said. “We try to do about six concerts a year—
three with a big band and three with a smaller
ensemble. Our last show was in February. We
did a Bennie Goodman concert."
Volkmann said he recommends Basie’s music
to anyone who hasn’t had a chance to hear it.
“You know, jazz is part of our heritage," he
said. “It had a rough time in the ’50s, but it’s
really on the upswing now. It’s fun music —
great stuff to listen too. It’s thinking man's music
— not quite as noisy as rock, pop or alternative.
If you haven’t heard any in a while, you should
definitely come out."
