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Star Trek author and LSD guru fly into space
MADRID, Spain — Boldly going where no man’s ashes have gone be
fore, Gene Roddenbenys cremated remains soared into space Monday with
those of LSD guru Timothy Leary and two dozen other space enthusiasts.
The sci-fi dream of a space funeral — and Leary’s desire for one last trip
— became reality when a rocket carrying their ashes blasted into orbit. "It
was a kind of a culmination of Gene’s dreams and visions. It was gratify
ing to see,” Majel RoddenberTy, widow of the “Star Trek” creator, told The
Associated Press after watching the launch on television. A white Lockheed
L-1011 airplane lifted the Pegasus rocket over the Canary Islands off the
coast of northwest Africa. It dropped the rocket at 30,000 feet. Seconds lat
er, the rocket blasted off, leaving a trail of white smoke in the cloudless
sky. The 24 “ashtronauts” traveled in lipstick-size aluminum capsules. The
capsules accompanied the rocket’s main payload, the first Spanish-de
signed and built satellite, which will conduct scientific research. The re
mains, which will trail the satellite in an orbit 300 miles above the Earth,
represent three generations of America’s involvement in space. Only a por
tion of a person’s ashes can fit into the small cylinders. Each capsule is in-
! scribed with the person’s name and a personal message. Leary’s vial read:
; “Peace Love Light YouMeOne.”
- Associated Press
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The Georgia First Amendment
Foundation is holding a panel dis
cussion with Attorney General
Michael Bowers today from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m. in Room 137 of the Tate
Student Center. Open meetings
and open records at the University
will be discussed. For information,
call 525-3646.
• Students for Environmental
Awareness will host Earth Fest
today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Tate Center Plaza. For informa
tion, call 542-8102.
• The Counseling and Testing
Center presents “Saying Hello,”
part of the Relationship Series, to
day at 2:15 p.m. in Room 145 of the
Tate Center.
• The Psychology Club meets to
day at 5 p.m. in Room 111 of the
Psychology Building. Dr. Stuart
Katz will be giving graduate school
tips. For information, call 548-6538.
• The Central and Eastern
European Club hosts Dr. Gary K.
Bertsch, Director for International
Trade and Security, today at 5:30
p.m. in the Tate Center reception
hall. His speech is titled
‘Terrorism, Weapons of Mass
Destruction and National Security.”
For information, call Natasha at
543-1531.
• The UGA German Department
hosts Stammtisch: A German
Conversation Hour tonight at 6
at Rocky’s Pizza. For information,
call Lila at 354-8874.
• The Georgia Society of Health
System Pharmacist meets tonight
for a Career Roundtable
Program at 6 in the Main
Auditorium of the Pharmacy
Building. All pre-pharmacy stu
dents are encouraged to attend. For
information, call 542-1911.
• Seeking Harmony and
Reaching Everyone (S.HARE.)
meets tonight at 6:30 in Room 414
of Memorial Hall. For information,
call James at 613-7466.
• The UGA Pre-Vet Club meets
tonight at 7 in Room 363 of the
Veterinary School. For informa
tion, call 354-6615.
• The UGA Vegetarian Society
meets tonight at 7 in Room 411 of
Memorial Hall. For information,
call 613-6382.
• The Center for Latin
American and Caribbean
Studies presents the Latin
American film festival “Una Mujer
Transparente,” tonight at 7 in the
M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of
the Georgia Museum of Art.
Admission is free and open to the
public. For information, call 542-
9079.
• The Student Government
Association committee meetings
are tonight at 7 in Room 151 of the
Tate Center. For information, call
542-8584.
• The Worldwide Discipleship
Association meets tonight at 8 in
Room 149 of the Pharmacy
Building. Speaker Mark Tiffan will
talk about “Struggle with Sin." For
information, call 759-2176.
• The Indian Cultural Exchange
Club meets for elections tonight at
8 in Room 139 of the Tate Center.
For information, call 357-2517.
Upcoming
• The Genetics Club will meet
Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. in Room
B121 of the Life Sciences Building.
Guest speaker is Dr. Katherine
Spindler. Free refreshments will be
served. For information, call 542-
8000.
• The UGA Banking and
Finance Society will meet for
elections for next year Wednesday
night at 7 at Peppino’s. For infor
mation, call 369-9257.
• The Black Women United
Club will meet Wednesday night
at 7 in Room 143 of the Tate
Center.
• The Counseling and Testing
Center presents “Major Decisions,”
part of the Career Quest series,
Thursday at 2:15 p.m. in Room 145
of the Tate Center.
• The UGA Center for Latin
American and Caribbean
Studies hosts Afro-Cubari director
Gloria Rolando and will show her
film “Oggun: Forever Present,”
Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Main
Library, auditorium B-2.
Announcements
• The University Union Visual
Arts Division is accepting applica
tions now through Wednesday for
the 10th Annual Student
Photography Show. Applications
are available in Room 153 of the
Tate Center. For information, call
542-6396.
• Applications for positions on the
Georgia Athletic Association
are due Friday by 3 p.m. in Room
151 of the Tate Center. For infor
mation, call 542-8584.
• The Senior Signature
Campaign ends April 30. Have
your name engraved on the Senior
Class Plaque. For information, call
542-8249.
• The Leadership Athens
Selection Committee is accepting
nominations for the 1997-98
Leadership Athens Class.
Nomination deadline is April 30.
For information, call Heidi Davison
at 549-6800.
• The UGA Athletic Association
is interviewing for host/hostess po
sitions in the Sanford Stadium
SkySuites for the 1997 Football
season. All students are encour
aged to apply by May 1. For infor
mation, call Kelley at 542-9347.
• The Art Department presents an
exhibit of jewelry and metal art
students’ work from Kansas State
University and the University of
Georgia. “East/West Metals” runs
until May 2 in the Foyer Gallery of
the Visual Arts Building. For infor
mation, call Rob at 542-1657.
• Applications for the Mortar
Board Outstanding Sophomore
Scholarship are available at the
Tate Center information desk and
Room 201 of the Academic
Building. Applications are due May
2.
• The University Theatre presents
“Ring ’Round the Moon,” now
through May 2 at 8 p.m. at the
Cellar Theatre in the Fine Arts
Building. For information, call 542-
2836.
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m CORRECTIONS
An article in Monday’s edition of The Red and Black contained an
error. University senior Julie Smithwick will depart this summer for
the U.S. Peace Corps in Ecuador.
It is the policy of this newspaper to correct errors of fact that appear
in its news columns. Corrections and clarifications usually appear on
gage two.
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Torrance Center: place creative juices flow
By ED JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Hidden away in a comer of the third floor of
Aderhold Hall, Mary Frasier and a handful of
graduate students quietly delve into one of the
most fascinating subjects known to man — the
creative potential and power of the human brain.
Frasier, a professor of Educational
Psychology, founded the Torrance Center for
Creative Studies in 1984 “to enhance the work of
Dr. E. Paul Torrance, an international pioneer in
research and instruction on creativity, giftedness
and future studies.”
Torrance, now a Distinguished Professor
Emeritus at the University, created his first test
of creativity in 1943 due to his frustration in try
ing to teach gifted high school students without
the appropriate resources. He continued to refine
his creativity tests as an instructor in Air Force
Survival School.
After the war, he worked at the University of
Minnesota before finally coming to Georgia,
where he began his Future Problem Solving
Program.
“It continued to grow every year since then,
and now it is independent and in all 50 states
and several foreign countries,” Torrance said.
Using this program as a base, Frasier devel
oped the Torrance Center and served as its first
director.
Every year the Torrance Center searches for
young gifted students throughout Georgia using
Frasier’s Talent Assessment Profile.
The F-TAP focuses around the idea that
“you’re more than a test score,” Frasier said.
“We have to know a lot of things about you to de
termine a student’s giftedness.”
Students are encouraged to join in the
Challenge Programs based on Torrance’s
Incubation Model of Teaching, where “teachers
first try to interest the students in the subject in
BART KINO /The Red and Black
Jan Mullins, a grants officer with the
University, works with Clay Garret as
part of a workshop titled, "Journey
Through the Solar Solar System.”
Garret is using light sensitive paper
to capture images of twigs, seashells
and leaves.
order to motivate them, and then keep that de
sire to learn the subject alive in the future,"
Torrance said.
This method is used by the graduate students
in Frasier’s program who learn to teach gifted
children.
One major event in the Torrance Center’s his
tory, according to both Torrance and Frasier,
centered around the ill-fated 1986 space shuttle
Challenger mission.
“I knew Commander Dick Scobie of the
Challenger flight,” Torrance said. “He wanted
the Torrance Test of Creativity on board."
The Torrance Test was one of the few recov
ered items after Challenger’s crash, and it now
resides in the University’s Hargrett Rare Book
and Manuscript Library.
“After the flight, Cmdr. Scobie had been plan
ning to come to Athens to present the test to the
University," Frasier said.
Working closely with the late astronaut’s wife,
June, and friend and fellow astronaut Norm
Thaggard, Frasier was determined to make
something positive come out of the tragedy.
“We wanted to make it something special that
would include the children of Georgia,” Frasier
said.
An essay contest was then created for elemen
tary school students.
“Twelve winners would come to the awards
ceremony and get to meet an astronaut. Mr.
Thaggard.”
Some people worried that having different
quality state school systems compete as equals
would prove to be an insurmountable obstacle for
the disadvantaged students, but Frasier never
faltered.
As testament to Frasier’s faith, 12 students
representing all regions, races, and economic lev
els of Georgia were present to shake hands with
Thaggard.
“It was one of the most thrilling events ever,”
she said. “It let people know that education is for
real, and if you let them, students will rise to a
challenge regardless of their background. It
made me feel that what we do in this center real
ly makes a difference.”
Instant scores make sports sites a hit on Web
By TRAY BUTLER
Entertainment Editor
The challenge facing any new
media is to carve out their own
niche in an increasingly crowded
market. Only by proving it can do
something better than the rest can
any new player hope to thrive.
With this in mind, it’s no wonder
sports sites on the World Wide Web
have turned out to be wildly popu
lar as well as successful. Unlike
other sources for sports news, Web
sites offer up-to-the-minute infor
mation on the team or topic of your
choice. No longer do you have to
wait for your home team’s scores to
scroll by on a TV screen — just
point and click for continuously up
dated scores and headlines.
For sports fanatics and casual
spectators alike, here’s a rundown
of the sites you won’t want to miss:
• ESPNet SportsZone (http://
espnet.sportszone.com): Last
month, Yahoo’s Internet Life maga
zine ranked this site the second-
WebSight
coolest on the Web, and for good
reason. The grandfather of sports
networks offers what may be the
best sport site around; its clean lay
out and instant Java-enhanced
score summaries make it the Web’s
franchise player.
• CBS SportsLine (http://
cbs.sportsline.com): Like ESPNet,
CBS’ sports site offers Java-en
hanced scores, which means they
are continually updated for the
most current statistics. Another cool
feature of this site is its search
function, allowing you to get more
information about any player than
MINORITY GRADUATE PANEL
sponsored by GAPS (Graduate and Professional
Scholars), GMBA (Graduate Minority Business
Association) and the Black Affairs Council
Tuesday, April 22
Tate Center Rm. #141''
7:30-9:30 PM
(Reception immediately follows)
you could ever want.
• Major League Baseball
(http://www.majorleaguebaseball.
com): As baseball season goes into
full swing, the official site for
America’s favorite pastime will
keep you updated on happenings in
both the American and National
leagues. The site currently has a
tribute to Jackie Robinson, honor
ing the first black player in a white-
dominated league.
• Fastball (http://www.fastball,
com): My roommate is a baseball
freak, and he swears by this site. I
can’t quite figure out why he loves
it so, but its QuickTime video clips
of Turner Field are pretty cool.
• NFL.COM (http://www.nfl.
com): For those who can’t wait until
fall to get your dose of football
news, the National Football
League’s official site has your fix.
Get an eye full of where the
Bulldogs didn’t go in the site’s run
down of the recent NFL draft.
• Charged (http://www.
charged.com): Fans of snowboard
ing, mountain biking, surfing and
skating will feel at home at this
sleek homage to “ultimate” sports.
Its dynamic animation and ultra
modern style make it eye candy for
skater dudes and couch potatoes
alike.
QUICK CLICKS
• The Antl-Telemarketer
Source (http://www.i22y.net/
~unestico/t-market.html): Tired
of those pesky phone solicita
tions tying up your line? Get
tips on how to be removed
from telemarketers' lists and
how to avoid telephone scams.
• In Memorlam: R.M.S.
Titanic (http://www.xnet.com/
~cmd/titanic): This tribute to
the “unsinkable” ocean liner
that sank 85 years ago this
month features photos of the
Titanic before and after its
run-in with an iceberg.
• Monopoly.com (http://www.
monopoly.com): I'll admit it,
I've been a hopeless
Monopoly-head for most of my
life. This "nice, ruthless, mon
ey hungry Web site” more than
confirms that I’m not the only
one. Its animated tokens mov
ing around the game board
make me very happy.
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invites you to a
panel discussion, featuring
Attorney General Michael
Bowers, concerning open
meetings and open records
at the university.
Tuesday, April 22, 1997
9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
University of Georgia
Tate Student Center
Room 137
Athens, Georgia 30602
OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Call (404) 525-3646 for further information.
The panel and discussion will coster
some of the following:
4 what meetings must be open: university
council? tenure review? disciplinary hearings?
faculty ?
4 access to information on hiring/flring professors
4 do campus newspapers have independent
editorial judgment, or. are they subject to the
control of university officials’
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