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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1996 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 112
Artists cover work to protest censorship
By JENNY SUMMEROUR
Staff Writer
Censorship wasn’t the main
issue in a demonstration by three
artists at Saturday’s opening of
the Performing and Visual Arts
Complex.
Art students Jim Wade and
Charlie Harris and alumnus Phil
Goulding covered their displayed
sculptures with blue tarps to
protest censorship of art in
America. But Wade said they were
influenced by discussion about the
potential ofTensiveness of Terry
Glispin’s 9-foot cast aluminum
sculpture of a sperm.
Glispin, a graduate student in
sculpture from Summerville, S.C.,
was asked to display his sculpture
Friday.
Evan Firestone, director of the
School of Art, was told by two offi
cials responsible for the weekend’s
events that the art might offend
some. They pointed out that major
donors would walk by the sculp
ture to attend a reception.
Firestone said the officials
didn’t want Glispin to take his
work down involuntarily.
“I told (Glispin) it was his deci
sion, and that if there was any
flak, I’d be responsible,” Firestone
said.
According to Firestone, Glispin
said he hadn’t planned on display
ing his sculpture anyway. “He
said, ‘It’s not an issue with me.’"
Firestone said he mentioned it
again and Glispin repeated his
answer.
“I didn’t feel that I was in the
position to put my superior in a
situation where he would have to
take flak for me,” Glispin said. “I
felt there was an amount of pres
TATE MACQUEEN The Red and Black
Left: Art students Jim Wade (I) and Charlie Harris put their
art under wraps to protest censorship in America at the
opening of the Performing and Visual Arts Complex
Saturday. They were moved to do this when artist Terry
Glispin was told his aluminum sperm sculpture might be
offensive. He had been asked to display his sculpture at the
opening. Above: Mary Mason Sams, a senior art student,
views the Georgia Museum of Art's Tiffany glass collection.
sure.”
Wade, a graduate student from
Lexington, Ky., said immediately
after he and the other sculptors
heard about Glispin’s situation,
they considered removing their
art.
“We decided not to because this
would be the same as the move
against Terry,” he said.
Instead, they decided to cover
their art after people heard Robert
Hughes’ lecture, which briefly
addressed the issue of censorship.
“It was a broad, general state
ment about art in America,” Wade
said. “I see (Glispin’s situation) as
a catalyst.
“I also wanted to make the
point that no one person should
decide what is appropriate for the
public. They have their own per
ception and attitudes and the
right to choose if they like it or
dislike it. If they don’t get to
choose, that’s censorship.”
The artists removed the tarps
about five hours after they placed
them over the sculptures. Wade
put up laminated signs over the
sculptures that said “Think,"
“Support Freedom of Expression”
and “Beware the Rumor Mill.”
“Our message got across,”
Goulding said. “I originally put
my sculpture up in support of the
department — I’m proud to be an
alumnus. I also covered my work
in support of my fellow workers,
the school, the University."
“I hope in retrospect, the
administration and people who
give money to the University will
have empathy and respect for
artists,” Glispin said.
Murphey
to retire
By MARC LANCASTER
Sports Editor
The woman behind Georgia’s rise
to prominence in women’s athletics,
Associate Athletic Director Liz
Murphey, announced her retirement
Friday after nearly 30 years at the
University.
Under Murphey’s leadership dur
ing the last 14 years, Georgia has
captured the Southeastern
Conference women’s all-sports award
for overall excellence in women’s ath
letics eight times. Georgia placed sec
ond an additional five times. Over
that same span, Lady Bulldogs have
won four national team titles and 31
individual NCAA championships.
“I think you can look at the success
of our women’s sports programs over
the past 15 years and find Liz
Murphey’s signature in every area,”
Georgia athletic director Vince
Dooley said. “The records of our
Liz Murphey
women s
sports teams
have been
remarkable,
and Liz’s
leadership has been the foundation
for that success.”
Murphey was put in charge of
Georgia’s women’s programs in 1978
as an assistant athletic director, but
she made her mark as one of the top
golf coaches in the land. She is a char
ter member of the Collegiate Golf
Hall of Fame and was named
National Coach of the Year in 1984.
Before coming to Georgia in 1967,
Murphey coached seven sports,
including men’s golf, at Lynchburg
College in Virginia.
The Georgia women’s golf team’s
annual spring tournament was
renamed the Liz Murphey Collegiate
Classic in her honor in 1995.
Murphey’s resignation becomes
effective Sept. 1.
File those taxes by midnight or pay
By MAT MATICH
Staff Writer
Si W
Your Money
If you don’t file your
tax return by midnight,
you’ll find yourself pay
ing Uncle Sam more than
your fair share.
Help is out there for
last-minute taxpayers, according to the Internal
Revenue Service and local accounting profes
sionals.
Those putting off returns until today not
only risk missing the deadline, said IRS
spokesman Eric Roberts in Atlanta, but they
are also more likely to have errors in their
returns.
“There are more mistakes made on April 15
than on any other day,” Roberts said.
Simple math mistakes and forgetting to sign
the return or attach a W2 form are common
errors in last-minute tax returns, he said. But
these small mistakes are picked up quickly by
IRS computers and cause only a minor incon
venience.
However, filing late can cause more than just
a small inconvenience, he said.
Late penalties include a monthly charge of .5
percent of the balance owed to the IRS and
another fee of 3 percent of the money owed in
addition to the prime interest rate, said Julie
Bradley, owner and supervisor of Jackson
Hewitt Tax Service.
Even in these final hours, there are ways to
file and avoid these penalties. Roberts said. You
can have your return filed faster electronically
by a professional tax preparer.
“Eighteen percent of the returns not filled
electronically have some mistakes, but that
drops to only 2 percent with electronically filed,"
Roberts said.
For the first time, taxpayers can file income
taxes on the telephone with the IRS Telefile sys
tem, he said. If you received a Telefile packet in
the mail and still live at the address indicated,
you can take advantage of this new system,
which takes less than 15 minutes.
If you cannot collect all the necessary infor
mation and file on time, you can file for a tax
deadline extension, said Jane King, supervisor
at Executive Tax Service, a division of H&R
Block.
These extensions only push back the tax
return deadline, King said. The extension form
is due by today’s deadline along with the money
you expect to owe the IRS. she said.
“If you’re unsure of what you owe, pay 90
percent of what you paid last year,” King said.
The extension postpones the deadline to
Aug. 15.
Extension forms can be found with other tax
forms in most government buildings such as
post offices and at tax preparers' offices.
If you should rush through your return and
file on time, but later discover you’ve not taken
all of your deductions or made similar mistakes
to your disadvantage, there are ways to get
back your money, said Earl Davis, retired
accounting professor at the Terry College of
Business.
“You can go ahead and file, and then file an
amended return anytime within three years,"
he said.
This three-year statute of limitations also
applies to unfiled tax returns, Roberts said If
you did not owe money, did not file and think
you may be eligible for a refund, you can file for
these as far back as three years ago, he said.
If you’ve figured your taxes and filled out
your return, but cannot pay your debt to the
IRS, you should file by deadline anyway,
Roberts said.
“Pay as much money as you can,” he said.
Installment payment programs are avail
able, Bradley said. They do carry similar inter
est rates to the late penalty fees, but it’s still
best to file before the deadline, she said.
“If you ignore the IRS, they assume the
worst and figure out your taxes and send you a
bill," Bradley said. “It’s usually for more than
you really owe."
“The IRS will work with you," she said.
“They are human beings."
Gym Dogs capture
regional, No. 2 seed
By C. TRENT ROSECRANS
Staff Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Everything
went as expected at the NCAA
Southeast Regional Saturday night, as
Georgia finished first and Florida, sec
ond. But it was at the Central Regional
where things got interesting, as
Alabama set an NCAA team record with
a 198.075.
The Crimson Tide’s mark broke the
record of 198 set by the Gym Dogs at the
1993 NCAA Championship, and gave it
the No. 1 seed for this year’s NCAA
Championship at Alabama’s home in
Tuscaloosa. Georgia will be seeded No.
2.
At the Southeast Regional, where the
scores were lower than expected, the
Gym Dogs finished with a 196.95. The
second-place Gators scored a 195.375,
good for a No. 7 seed in the NCAAs.
“The judging was really tight
tonight," Yoculan said. “I know we got in
because we won the region, but I think
some of the teams here tonight might
not make it because the judging was so
tight."
It did keep one team out of the
NCAAs. No. 11 Kentucky did not make
the NCAA field of 12.
Alabama’s situation is similar to
what Georgia faced last year. The Gym
Dogs scored a 197.575 in the 1995
Southeast Regional, giving them the No.
1 seed for the NCAA Championships on
their home floor. But as good as things
looked for Georgia last year, it did not
capture the national title in Athens
"Last year we came back after being
down at SECs (a third-place finish at
195.875), but then we came to regionals
and got a big score,” Georgia’s Lori
Strong said. “Then at nationals it was
hard to get back up again."
Georgia swept the top three spots in
the all-around competition, with Strong
taking the title with a score of 39.6.
Leah Brown finished second at 39.4, fol
lowed by Leslie Angeles with a 39.375.
Georgia was led by a stellar perfor
mance on the uneven bars, with a team
score of 49.675, only 0.1 off the NCAA
record it set in the Feb. 23 meet against
Kentucky. Gym Dogs placed in the first
through fifth places in the event. Strong
and Brown tied for first at 9.975,
Angeles and Jenni Beathard tied for
third at 9.925 and Stacey Galloway fin
ished in a six-way tie for fifth with
9.875.
Brown placed second on the vault
with a 9.975. Strong was first on the bal
ance beam with a 9.825, and Beathard
finished third on the event with a 9.775.
Brown also took the floor exercise title
with a 9.925.
C. TRENT ROSECRANS The Red and Black
Georgia freshman Sam Muhleman competes in her
first collegiate meet at Saturday’s NCAA Southeast
Regional in Gainesville, Fla. Muhleman scored a 9.4
in her uneven bars routine.
Four schools not
represented in SGA
By ANDREW HEALAN
Staff Writer
Four schools will not be rep
resented in the Student
Government Association, since
no students from these schools
applied before the Friday dead
line.
Under the new SGA constitu
tion, senators will be elected by
schools and colleges, rather than
class standing.
Students in Law, Pharmacy.
Veterinary Medicine and
Environmental Design will not
be represented, and deadlines for
these schools will not be extend
ed, said Carol Easterlin, chair
woman of the election sub-com
mittee for SGA.
All of these schools except for
Environmental Design are on
the semester system, and sched
uling conflicts due to semesters
weren’t adequately considered
for this year’s election, Easterlin
said.
“In future years, elections will
have to be held by April 1," she
said. “But due to our schedule
with passing the new constitu
tion, we had to have the elections
in late April."
Starting a week after the elec
tions, the Internal Affairs
Committee of SGA can interv iew
candidates and slate them for
senate positions. They would
then have to be voted on by the
entire senate.
“In the history of SGA, we’ve
never had a ton of graduate sen
ators," said Will Davis, SGA vice
president. “This has always been
a problem, but we may be able to
fill those seats."
Easterlin said she is pleased
with the overall turnout of can
didates.
“We had a good turnout,” she
said. “It's exciting to see some
competition.”
Five schools have competition
for their seats:
•Arts & Sciences has 15 can
didates running for nine seats.
•Agricultural and
Environmental Science has three
candidates running for one seat.
• Business has five candidates
running for three seats.
•Forestry has two candidates
running for one seat.
•Journalism and Mass
Communication has two candi
dates running for one seat.
Three schools have an equal
number of candidates and senate
positions: two in Education, one
in Family and Consumer Science
and one in Social Work.