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2 • The Red and Black • Wednesday, April 23, 1997
BRIEFLY
■ UNIVERSITY
Three arrested In Sanford Stadium trespassing
Three men were arrested and charged with criminal trespass after po
lice found them on the Sanford Stadium field early Saturday morning.
Jaaon Robert Meucci, 26, of 3550 Pleasant Hill Rd. in Duluth, Michael
Bojarski, 35, of 380 Sherwood Dr. in Lawrenceville and Thomas Truman
Flint, 25, of 1284 Luther Way in Lawrenceville, were taken into custody
by University Police at about 2 a m. Saturday. According to police reports,
an officer entered the stadium after noticing an open vehicle gate near
Gate 2. Two men were spotted exiting one of the first level tunnels inside
the stadium, and a third was observed standing nearby, reports said. A
second officer responded to the call and was advised that there were two
other individuals somewhere in the stadium. A search did not turn up
any other suspects. However, police did discover that the door to the vis
itors’ locker room was open. Michael Quinn of the University of Georgia
Athletic Association determined there was no damage to the stadium and
field, police said. Meucci, Bojarski and Flint were taken to Clarke County
Jail and were released later Saturday.
- Ty Brown
■ NATION
Cigarette possibly burned R.J. Reynolds’ home
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A fire that destroyed a vacation home owned
by the president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. likely was caused by a dis
carded cigarette, investigators said. The home owned by Andrew
Schindler caught fire Friday while workmen installing tile were at lunch.
A worker told investigators he smoked a cigarette about 30 to 45 min
utes before the crew left. Investigators believe the blaze started in a
shrubbery bed outside the home on Figure Eight Island.
- Associated Press
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• A Math 102 review session
meets today at 2:20 p.m. in Room
230 of Leconte Hall. For informa
tion, call 542-0457.
• Gamma Beta Phi meets today
at 5 p.m. in the Presentation Hall
of Terrell Hall. For information,
call 549-1052.
• The Genetics Club meets today
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 meets for elec
tions for next year tonight at 7 at
Peppino’s. For information, call
369-9257.
• The Black Women United
Club meets tonight at 7 in Room
143 of the Tate Student Center.
• The Students for
Environmental Awareness Club
meets tonight at 7 in Room 414 of
Memorial Hall. For information,
call 542-8102.
• The Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law
Club meets tonight at 7 in Room
K of Rusk Hall. A Kaplan instruc
tor will be present for tips on tak
ing the LSAT. For information,
call Nikki at 613-7467.
Upcoming
• 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-Cuban director
Gloria Rolando and will show her
film “Oggun: Forever Present,"
Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Main
Library, au ♦orium B-2.
• The National Association of
Black Journalists will meet
Thursday night at 6 in Room 141
of the Tate Center. For informa
tion, call 357-2499.
• The Demosthenian Society
will meet Thursday night at 7 in
Demosthenian Hall, between the
UGA chapel and the Academic
Building. “Put Your Money Where
Our Mouth Is” is the topic, and a
public speaking contest with a
prize of $100 will be held. For in
formation, call 542-5061.
• The Society for Management
Information Systems will meet
Thursday night at 7:30 in Room
202 of Caldwell Hall. HBO will be
present to speak on new hires and
internships. For information, call
Randal at 369-3518.
• The Third Annual Andrea
Carson Coley Lecture “Lesbian
and Gay Families with Children.
Research, Law and Policy," will be
given by Charlotte Patterson
Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the M.
Smith Griffith Auditorium in the
Georgia Museum of Art. Patterson
is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Psychology at the
University of Virginia. For infor
mation, call 542-2846.
• The Chinese Student
Association will present two
Chinese movies, “Wing Chun” and
“Kangaroo Man," Friday night
from 7 to 11 in the North P-J au
ditorium. Free admission. For in
formation, call Chen at 353-8446.
• Kappa Kappa Gamma’s
Crawfish Boil will be held
Saturday at 1 p.m. on the front
lawn of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
House at 440 S. Milledge Ave. All-
you-can-eat tickets are $8.
Proceeds benefit Multiple
Sclerosis. For information, call
548-3034.
• The Indian Cultural
Exchange Club presents
“Gateway to India,” a cultural pro
gram Saturday night at 7 in the
Classic Center. For information,
call 357-2571.
• The University Union presents
J. Anthony Brown and Miss
Dupree Saturday night at 8 in
the Volleyball Arena of the
Ramsey Student Center. Tickets
are $4 for University students, $8
for non-students. For information,
call 542-6396.
Announcements
• The University Union Visual
Arts Division deadline for applica
tions is today for the 10th Annual
Student Photography Show.
Applications are available in
Room 153 of the Tate Center. For
information, call 542-6396.
• The Council on Consumer
Interests' trip to the CNN Center
in Atlanta and participation in
“Talk Back Live,” the television
show, is Friday. Sign up in Room
205 of Dawson Hall. For informa
tion, call Travis at 548-1584.
• 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 accept
ing 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 information, 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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Jammin ’ for planet Earth
In celebration
of Earthfest,
Doctor kPants
performs with
the aid of a
solar power
cell at the
Tate Student
Center Plaza
on Tuesday.
Members of
the group
include
Joseph Evans
(vocals/
guitar).
Russell Cook
(guitar), Paul
» Walker (bass)
and Rob
| Robinson
I (drums).
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Two Air Force plane
crashes investigated
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE,
Ga. — Training flights were sus
pended for the day at Moody Air
Force Base Tuesday as officials
sought to explain two plane crash
es in five days.
Flights were to resume
Wednesday, said Col. Billy Diehl,
347th Wing vice commander at the
south Georgia base.
“With the limited budget, we
just can’t afford to lose airplanes,”
he said. “We’re not pointing fingers
or even guessing, but we’re just
taking a breath and saying, ‘Let’s
talk about this before we jump
back on the saddle.”’
An F-16 from Moody crashed
Monday in a remote area of
Atkinson County, north of the
base, and an A-10 crashed last
Thursday near Nahunta, east of
Waycross. Both pilots ejected safe-
ly
“At this point, there appears to
be no commonality in the two dif
ferent incidents,” Diehl said.
Initial indications are that
Monday’s crash was due to a loss
of thrust, which could result from
fuel or mechanical problems,
among other things, Diehl said.
The $12 million F-16 went
down in a remote, swampy area
about 2 1/2 miles from any houses.
The pilot, 1st Lt. Joseph C.
Thomas, has been at Moody since
1995 and has been flying for a
year, base officials said.
The plane that crashed
Thursday, a $9 million A-10, was
from the same wing as Thomas’ F-
16, but a different squadron. Its pi
lot, Capt. Brett Davis, was making
a training run at a bombing range
near Fort Stewart when it
crashed.
The two Moody crashes fol
lowed another crash last
Wednesday on Ossabaw Island,
near Savannah, that killed two
Army pilots. They were flying an
RC-12N spy plant 1 based at Hunter
Army Airfield in Savannah.
-The Associated Press
Pets forbidden to live in residence halls
By UTE ASBECK
Contributing Writer
If students want to bring a pet to stay with
them in the residence halls, they’d better make
sure it doesn’t have legs and can breathe under
water.
Fish are currently the only animals allowed
in the halls, and the pet policy is not likely to
change any time soon.
Pam Schreiber, assistant director of
University Housing, said the policy stems from
a variety of concerns.
Citing animal safety and student neglect,
Schreiber referred to cases when students who
secretly kept pets in their rooms went home for
breaks and left the animals on campus.
“Students are transients. It’s not a perma
nent arrangement,” Schreiber said. “It’s hard
on pets.”
Avril Phillips, a junior from Atlanta and a
resident assistant in Mell Hall, agreed.
“A majority of people won’t take care of them
if they have larger animals,” Avril said. “They
get tired of them, and then Housing has to deal
with them.”
The other issue at hand is the comfort of the
students. Unpleasant odors, sanitary condi
tions and allergies are some of the problems
that are difficult to control, Schreiber said. The
shared living space and the connected airways
in the residence halls make the effects hard to
predict.
“There could be someone on the eighth floor
who has a pet, and somebody on the second
floor is allergic to it,” Schreiber said.
“Anything in an aquarium is a good rule,”
said Beth Anderson, a freshman from
Fayetteville who lives in Russell Hall. “The
ones who know that they have sneaky pets are
more responsible about them.”
Schreiber said expanding the rules would
make things much more complicated. If, for ex
ample, frogs were allowed, the exclusion of
lizards or snakes would be hard to justify to the
residents.
Laurie Smith, a freshman from Roswell, ad
vocated allowing caged animals in the resi
dence halls.
“I don’t see why we can’t have birds or ham
sters and stuff,” she said. “They can’t get loose
in your room.”
According to Schreiber, there are rarely vio
lations of the policy. If the Housing
Department finds out about prohibited pets, it
is usually sufficient for the owner to remove
the animal within two to three days. If further
complications arise, the case enters the judicial
process with a variety of potential penalties.
Resident assistants who allow students to
keep their pets despite the rules also can get
into trouble for violating their job policy.
Students who advocate a policy change can
voice their demands through the Residence
Hall Association. But Schreiber said up to now,
requests have never been numerous enough to
make it to the management level.
According to Abraham Thompson, president
of RHA, a review of the housing policies is
presently being conducted, including the pet
policy.
“The opinions vary and we are discussing
that,” Thompson said. “But our basic opinion is
to (leave) the policy as it is.”
GRACE ROBINETTE T he Red and Black
Avril Phillips, a resident of Mell Hall,
displays her pet named “Goldie.”
Phillips is a junior from Atlanta who
is majoring in social work.
The Hispanic Student Association
Presents
Spring Gala
Friday, April 25, 199?
8 pm until midnight
at Memorial Hall Ballroom
Free of Charge!!
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