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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1997 • ATHENS. GEORGIA • VOLUME 104. ISSUE 142
ASO conductor to teach at UGA
Levi to work part time
with School of Music
over next three years
ly KRISTEN WYATT
Staff Writer
The School of Music will add another prominent
musician to its faculty this fall. Yoel Levi, the cur-
ent conductor of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, will work part time over the next three
years at the University as a Distinguished Visiting
Professor.
Levi will not work at the University on a daily
basis; rather, he’ll work with each of the school’s
major ensembles and coach chamber ensembles
and soloists, among other tasks throughout his
three-year tenure.
Though most of Levi’s work will focus on grad
uate music students, undergraduates also may get
opportunities to attend lectures or seminars
taught by Levi or observe his rehearsals with ASO.
Richard Graham, head of the School of Music,
said Levi will help institute a conducting program
at the University and raise the quality of the entire
school.
“It’s a great honor to have such a world-
renowned musician and conductor at the
University,” Graham said.
“It’s the kind of quality we want at a top-rate
school of music. Levi will help us develop a con
ducting program to turn out some of the best young
conductors in the world.”
Director of Bands Dwight Satterwhite said
Levi’s presence will help the University recruit top
music students.
“A professor like Yoel Levi is an incredible asset
to the School of Music,” he said.
“He will raise the notoriety and national repu
tation of this music department, which will
improve our ability to attract outstanding musi
cians.”
“It’s incredible to have such a high-profile fac
Speaal to The Red and Black
Yoel Levi
ulty member," said
Wesley Urquhart, a
freshman percussion
major.
“He will definitely
have an impact on bring
ing musicians to the
University.”
Mark Cedel, a music
professor, said Levi’s
addition to the faculty
will augment the music
school’s reputation of quality.
“We believe that his appointment will influence
a higher level of music students to choose the
University’s music program," he said. “Levi will
help cultivate our reputation as an excellent place
to receive an education.
“This University really is the flagship institute
of higher learning in Georgia,” Cedel said. “And
ASO is the premier ensemble in the Southeast.
Levi’s addition to our music faculty is a great step
toward uniting the two institutes to the benefit of
everybody.”
Groovin' at the grill
Anthony Tillman, a
sophomore from
Elberton, takes time
out from grilling
burgers to indulge in
a dance during
Monday's Yard Party
at the Tate Student
Center Plaza. The
party, sponsored by
Minority Services,
was designed to
introduce upcoming
freshmen to the
University. The event
included
performances on a
free-speech stage and
informational booths,
as well as free
burgers and hot dogs.
Director not
in agreement
with letter
of reprimand
By SHELLEY HILL
Staff Writer
The director of the accounting school, charged in a
lawsuit with violating guidelines for hiring a chaireu
professor, said Monday he didn’t completely agree with
a letter of reprimand he received in March.
Russell Barefield received an official letter of repri
mand from Vice President for Academic Affairs William
Prokasy after professor Carl Warren requested an
investigation into Barefield’s role in filling the Herbert
Miller chair.
“I didn’t 100 percent agree with his comments,”
Barefield said Monday. This is the first time Barefield
has commented since the lawsuit was filed Thursday in
Fulton County Superior Court. He was out of town last
week.
In the letter of reprimand, dated March 31, Prokasy
wrote, “I regret to say that there were significant and
unwarranted violations of institutional policies and pro
cedures approximately six years ago in recruitment to
fill the Miller Chair.” He concluded that the process of
arriving at the appointment was “seriously flawed and
the principal responsibility for this rests with
(Barefield).”
Warren, who contributes money to the trust, said
Sunday he filed the lawsuit because he did not think the
letter of reprimand was sufficient punitive action. The
lawsuit claims that terms of a trust to fund the chair
were violated and seeks to hold the Board of Regents,
the University Foundation and Barefield financially
responsible for the money paid out of the fund to the
chair’s recipient, Daniel Smith.
The lawsuit claims that more than $100,000 in mis
managed funds should be returned to the trust.
Prokasy’s letter cites violations of institutional guide
lines, saying that no search committee was formed to
advertise the position, identify a pool of applicants and
interview the candidates.
Prokasy’s investigation also found that Barefield fal
sified a University affirmative action checklist. The
checklist, which was signed by Barefield, stated three
people were interviewed for the position. But Prokasy
found that this was “unequivocally not true,” according
to his letter to Barefield.
In addition, Prokasy found the Board of Regents’
guidelines on hiring chaired professors were violated by
the failure to have the Board approve at least three
finalists for the position.
The investigation also revealed that an unauthorized
$7,000 was paid to a summer intern out of the Miller
trust fund. The University later returned the money to
the fund.
Miss Black UGA:
mission to work
with local kids
By ANDREA JONES
Staff Writer
After being crowned Miss Black University of
Georgia. Kristi Franklin said she wants to work with
ocal school children in the upcoming year.
Franklin, a junior from Columbus, and a member
)f Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was named the
24th Miss Black UGA Sunday night.
The pageant, held in the Georgia Hall at the Tate
Student Center, was sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.
“Kristi is an outstanding leader both on campus
ind in our sorority," said April Ruffin, a sophomore
rom Atlanta. “She truly presents a real representa-
ion of all that Miss Black UGA should be.”
Deidre Knight, another of Franklin’s sorority sis-
*rs and a sophomore from Warner Robins, agreed.
“We are so incredibly proud of her," Knight said.
She is extremely talented in so many aspects and is
rery well-deserved."
“I am really excited about winning, and I can’t
vait to get started on the projects it will involve,"
•'ranklin said. “I think that we were all great com-
>etitors."
Franklin’s platform includes the development of
notivational aspects for school children, and she
topes her title will help her achieve her goals.
Contestants in the pageant were sponsored by
Miss Black UGA Awards
MIm Black UGA: Kristi Franklin
1st Runner Up: Jessica Jackson
2nd Runner Up: Kalra Whitehead
Mies Enterprise: Jessica Jackson
People's Choice Award: MaLika Terry
Miss Congeniality: Jessica Jackson
PAUL SCOOQINS 'The Red and Black
Kristi Franklin (r), a junior from
Columbus, is crowned Miss Black UGA
Sunday by reigning title holder Tiffany
Tucker (I).
campus organizations and competed in talent,
evening wear and a question-and-answer session.
Franklin performed a dramatic monologue she
wrote about the survival of the black woman and
sang “I Will Survive" for the talent competition.
FrankTin's topic in the question-and-answer ses
sion involved the problems facing modern women in
the workplace.
“The modern woman can balance family, her job
and extracurricular activities," she said. “Women can
do anything men can do.”
Franklin is majoring in child and family develop
ment. Her campus activities include involvement in
National Panhellenic Council, the Georgia Girl
Football Hostess program. Summer Orientation Host
program and Abeneefoo Kou Honor Society. She reg
ularly volunteers at the Fowler Drive Girls Club and
the Athens Homeless Shelter.
Proceeds from the pageant went toward a $1,500
scholarship to be awarded to an outstanding female
high school senior in the Athens community. The
theme of this year's pageant was “Divine Originals:
Portraits of an Ebony Queen."
“The pageant is really a platform for black women
to showcase their talents," said pageant coordinator
Brandi Decker. "It ii an outlet for black women on a
predominately white campus."
Fastball propels into Athens
Fastball will perform straight-forward rock and roll tonight.
By DANIEL PULLIAM
Staff Writer
Fastball will heat it up at the
40 Watt Club tonight.
Dubbed for its no-nonsense,
straight-forward approach to rock
and roll, Fastball will throw no
curves.
“I like to think of ourselves as
one of the last rock and roll bands
in America," said Miles Zuniga,
guitarist/vocalist for the Austin,
Texas-based band.
Divine inspiration propelled
Fastball frontman Zuniga down
the road of rock and roll life.
“My biggest influence was the
Catholic Church,” he said.
“We would have to go to church
every Friday, and the nuns would
make us sing," Zuniga said.
“And I would see people in the
choir and the church band, and 1
thought, 'Wow, if I could play gui
tar in the choir then I could
bypass all this stuff.' Early on, I
noticed all the fringe benefits of
being a musician, and that’s why
I learned to play guitar."
After being weaned on reli
gious hymns, Zuniga found inter
est in the secular allure of the
Beatles, the Stones and Bob
Dylan.
“I’m not really sure anyone has
come along to rival thoae people
in terms of consistency and imag
ination," he said, while adding
the Fugees, Supergrass and Beck
as artists of contemporary inter
est.
In and out of several bands
over the years, Fastball came
together in the summer of '94.
“We have a lot of different
influences that go into our mix,
and we’re not really trying to be
some modern rock band," he said.
“We’re not like, oh yeah, if we use
this type of guitar pedal we might
sound like the Smashing
Pumpkins."
The band recently found itself
starstruck in Los Angeles opening
for Matthew Sweet. Playing a
show in the El Rey Theater in Los
Angeles, the band was in the
presence of classic performers
such as Brian Wilson of the Beach
Boys and the John Doe of the clas
sic punk rock band X.
This will be Zuniga's second
trip through Athens.
He came through town in a
rockabilly band called the
Neptunes in 1988.
“I was staying with the guys
from Guadalcanal Diary," Zuniga
said.
"I remember seeing these kids
outside of the post office and they
were barefoot, and I remember
thinking, now this is a mellow
town.
“I would recommend that the
students bring no expectations
and just come ready to party," he
said.
On stage, Zuniga describes the
band's antics as "Tom Foolery."
“A record is for sitting down, ctr
laying down or driving in your car
and listening to it," Zuniga said.
‘But when you play live, it’s a
whole different ball game. You
would have to come see us live to
understand."
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