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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1996 « ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 103, ISSUE 113
TIFT ANY RYERftE/The Red end Blech
Biker
hit by
auto
Sunday
Student listed
in stable
condition
By MARY SUE KOPECKO
Staff Writer
A 20-year-old student riding a
bicycle was struck by a motorist
at the entrance to River Mill
Apartments Sunday night and
was listed in stable condition
Monday night at Athens Regional
Medical Center.
Damian C. Barrette, of
Marietta, was riding north on
Williams Street around 11:30
p.m. when he was struck by Eng
Taing, a student from Roswell,
who was driving south on the
street.
As Taing was turning left into
River Mill Apartments, his 1995
Chevrolet Cavalier collided head-
on with Barrette, Athens-Clarke
County Police said.
Barrette was thrown from the
bicycle onto the hood and wind
shield of the vehicle. Barrette
then fell over the roof of the car
and landed on the road, police
said.
Tony Nash, site security super
visor for River Mill Apartments,
said he heard the accident.
“There was a loud crash
because the bicyclist bounced off
the hood and windshield of the
car,” Nash said.
He immediately called 911 and
checked on the motionless bicy
clist.
“He was lying in the road, and
his head was bleeding," Nash
said.
He said Barrette was semi-con
scious, but he could not obtain
any vocal response from him.
Taing could not be reached for
comment Monday afternoon.
No charges have been filed
pending completion of the investi
gation, said Hilda Sorrow, ACC
Police spokeswoman.
Nash said the intersection at
the entrance to River Mill is a bad
one.
“There are two very sharp
curves coming together,” he said.
“This creates two blind spots for
the drivers.”
Nash said a stop sign or traffic
light would help make a safer
intersection.
“There are a lot of residents at
River Mill, a lot of people coming
from O’Malley’s, and a lot of peo
ple use the BP," Nash said. “This
is a bad intersection, and they
need to be careful.”
Preliminary audit
finds no misuse
But investigation
will continue at
Griffin ag station
By ANDREW HEALAN
Staff Writer
Preliminary findings from an internal audit on the
University’s Agricultural Experiment Station in
Griffin show there is no reason to suspect fraud or
misuse of funds.
The findings were released Monday by Ken Reece,
internal auditing director for the University, in a let
ter to Gale Buchanan, dean of the College of
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. The college
oversees the station and all its financial matters are
regulated by the University.
The audit was sparked by an April 2 memorandum
from David Kissel, head of the Crop and Soil Science
Department, to the Crop and Soil Science
Department faculty at the station.
In the memorandum, Kissel cited an estimated
$140,467 in overspending and said “poor budgeting
and flawed accounting have led to overspending,
charging expenses against incorrect projects, and a
general lack of accountability."
The station is allocated a budget of over $3 million
from the department. The funds come from state, fed
eral and private sources.
The memorandum
introduced several poli
cies that were adopted to
“stop unauthorized use
of project funds and to
allow faculty to better
manage their project
funds."
In Monday’s letter,
Reece said “there is
nothing to indicate that
any faculty or staff mem
ber within the station
has improperly benefited from the disbursements.”
Reece also said a major problem is expenditures
are not recorded to the correct accounts and within
budget. University procedures control expenditures,
but the specific department heads are responsible to
ensure mistakes don’t occur.
“All expenditures have been properly authorized,"
said Tom Jackson, director of public information.
“The issue is whether they have been charged from
insufficient funds."
Reece said at this time there is no way of telling
exactly where the money went.
“It’s too early to talk about any individual
amounts,” Reece said.
Reece said the investigation will continue
“(The preliminary audit] was not very in-depth,"
he said. “We will finish the field work and write a
draft of the findings and recommendations, if any."
He said the final audit could take three weeks to a
month to complete
TIFFANY AVERSE 'The Rea and Mac*
Diamond Dogs
to face Clemson
tonight at home
By ROB KITCHEL
Staff Writer
After losing two
of three games
against South
Carolina last week
end to drop their
Southeastern
Conference record to
6-12, the Diamond
Dogs have returned
home to find a pack
of Tigers waiting to
pounce on them.
Clemson enters
tonight’s game
ranked No. 7 in the
nation, with a 33-7
record and a five-game winning streak. Clemson beat
Georgia 5-4 on April 2. Georgia led 4-3 heading into the
ninth inning, but Bruce Link gave up a lead-off home run
to Jerome Robinson. Link was replaced by Matt Hanson,
who threw a wild pitch that brought in the winning run.
The third game against the Gamecocks was a 15-14
loss, the Dogs’ ninth one-run loss of the year. If they keep
tonight’s game against the Tigers close, they will need to
come through in the late innings, something the Dogs
have struggled with all year. Georgia has been outscored
60-32 after the seventh inning this year.
“These guys have played hard in the close games all
year," Georgia head coach Steve Webber said. “They have
battled all year."
Sophomore left-hander Josh Gandy will pitch for the
Dogs tonight. He is 4-5 with a 4.11 ERA. Gandy gave up
eight runs and 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings in Georgia’s 11-1
loss to South Carolina Saturday.
The Tigers’ pitcher won’t be announced until game
time, but it won’t be Kris Benson, one of the leading can
didates for the Dick Howser Award, college baseball's
highest honor. Benson is 10-0 with a 1.11 ERA and 122
strike-outs in 89 innings.
The Tigers could go with Billy Koch (6-2, 3.43 ERA) or
Scott Hauser (4-0, 2.16). Hauser pitched 3 1/3 scoreless
innings against the Dogs on April 2.
“We don’t know who’s pitching for them,” Georgia
shortstop Pete Arenas said. “But we’ll be ready. We’re
excited about playing them in Athens.”
Center fielder Chris Stowers continues to lead the Dogs
offensively. He is first on the team in average (.359), home
runs (9), RBI (41), runs (35) and stolen bases (12).
THE SCORECARD
Georgia (19-19) vs.
No. 7 Clemson (33-7)
7 p.m. at Foley Field
The Diamond Dogs lost two
of three games last week
end to the South Carolina
Gamecocks. Sophomore
left-hander Josh Gandy (4-
5), 4.11 ERA) will pitch for
the Dogs tonight.
TATI MAC QUEEN The Red aod Black
'Sad to see it go’
Bryson Tanner stands at the store where he's worked for 34 years. The store,
near campus off Fulton Street, has sold materials to University students for more
than 80 years. Recently, the University bought
Tanner's land for $800,000. The store will be
leveled for a parking deck.
Please see Tanner Building stoi
on page 3
Visiting artists to play Stravinsky, Bach at Ramsey
By NICOLE TRAYCOFF
Staff Writer
Instead of listening to your usual
earsplitting guitar rifTs, screaming
vocalists and thumping basses, the
School of Music invites you to feed
your ears at its Visiting Artist
Recital with a different type of
instrumentation — the cello and
the piano
“This kind of music can really
open one's ears and mind," said
Robert Jesselson, a visiting cellist
and music professor from the
University of South Carolina. “And
I think that it’s really important
that more people expose themselves
CONCERT PREVIEW
to it. There’s more to listen to than
rock ’n’ roll."
So what will be on the musical
menu for the evening?
“The recital has a range of
sounds from the 18th to the 20th
century," Jesselson said. “Among
the selections are the “Hungarian
Rhapsody, Op. 68" by Ilavid
Popper, “Buffing the Gut” by
Benjamin Boone, “Suite Italienne'
by Igor Stravinsky. “Suite
Populaire Espagnole' by Manuel de
Falla, "Sonata for Cello and Piano"
by Elliott Carter and ‘Suite No. 3 in
C Minor" by J.S. Bach. The pro
gram has quite a variety.”
Jesselson comes from an exten
sive musical background. He is a
member of the American Arts Trio
and the director of the USC String
Project. Jesselson will be accompa
nied tonight by pianist Charles
Fugo, who is also a music professor
at USC and a member of the
American Arts Trio. Fugo, a staff
member of the South Carolina
Governor’s School for the Arts, has
performed with the South Carolina
Philharmonic and has appeared on
state-wide television and radio pro-
S ams We've been playing together
r 16 years," said Jesselson. “And
Fugo is a fine pianist We’re really
looking forwanj to performing in
Athens at the new School of Music."
The School of Musk will fea
ture cellist Robert Jesselson
and pianist Charles Fugo
tonight at 8 In the Ramsey
Conceit Hall of the Performing
Arts Center. Admission Is free
and open to the public.
Activist, writer
Deb Price will
speak at Tate
By DAN BISCHOF
Staff Writer
In the middle of the debate
over gays in the military in 1993,
newspaper columnist Deb Price
wondered about the roots and
upbringing of Sen Sam Nunn.
Price said Nunn “stacked
(Senate) hearings, manipulated
the press," and “inflamed
unfounded fears about gays."
So Price visited Perry, Nunn’s
hometown and found no books
about homosexuality in the pub
lic library, anti-gay books in a Christian bookstore
and a newspaper editor who thought gay rights was
a non-issue.
“The people of Perry, Ga., are decent, fair-mind
ed good people,” Price said, “laut they have been let
down by the very institutions that should be edu
cating them about a nuyor civil rights movement."
So Price encouraged her readers nationwide to
send books on homosexuality to the Houston County
public libraries.
The Perry library now contains 20 to 30 books —
both pro and con — on homosexuality, said librari
an Judith Golden.
Price, who will speak Wednesday at the Tate
Center, writes a weekly syndicated column written
from the gay perspective. Her column focuses on helping homosexuals
accept themselves and introducing gay people and issues to straight
America.
“I try to think of the column as operating on two levels, which is to
empower gay people, first and foremost, to come to accept and love them
selves," Price said.
“For straight people, I really see the column as encouraging those who
are gay-friendly now to be more open about that and thank them,” Price
said. “And for people who are starting the journey, to give them infor
mation."
Price’s partner Joyce Murdoch, a former University student and Red
and Black editor, is as visible in the column as its author. Price said she
invites readers into her home to quell the view that homosexuality
equals sex and to help people see that gay people encounter the same
problems and situations as heterosexuals.
“I felt very strongly that the column needl'd to be started by a cou
ple," Price said. “Think how many people know gay couples, yet so many
of the cutting-edge issues that the community is dealing with are cou
ple issues: marriage, domestic partnership, children."
Price said she and Murdoch concentrate on affecting the “movable
middle," the portion of the country which is open-minded ana undecid
ed about gays.
Said Murdoch: “We re not trying to move the Jesse Helmses of the
world."
When confronted with people who can’t get past scripture interpre
tations, Price said she puts the Bible in a historical context.
The most popular column I have ever written was about the Bible
and how the Bible has been used historically against every single group
of people in this country who fought for their rights," Price said. “So
many people have been beaten to death with the Bible and they know
in their hearts that there’s something wrong with somebody using the
Bible to hurt them this way."
After completing their first book, “And Say Hi to Joyce," last year,
Price and Murdoch have dedicated themselves full time to the column,
a second book and educating people about homosexuality.
Price said successes like the one in Perry are what fuels the team to
continue their efforts.
“It was a reminder, don’t write people off. It is a real problem in our
society and it is a real problem in the gay and lesbian community, writ
ing off huge groups of people," Price said. “You can’t write people off. You
have to see each person as an individual and as a potential ally "
WHEN & WHERE
Deb Price will deliver the
GLOBES lecture Wednesday
at 7 p.m. at Tate. Her
address. “Out In Print: Outing
a Gay Voice to a Family
Newspaper” will be followed
by a book-signing.