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t ■ Bauerle weighs Florida coaching position - 2 The Red & Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ■ INSIDE • Men's tennis team loses to LSU - 2 • Rhodes Scholar credits University program - 6 MONDAY. APRIL 6. 1998 • ATHENS. GEORGIA • VOLUME 105. ISSUE 105 Personal tasks may have violated policy Sy ANDMW MMNXO and DHM MfYM surf wnu>» The former vm president tor legal •Aura may have violated l nivprmity policy and atata law by making .laff mambrn u> perform panonai leak. for bar on aUle tuna, University official# aaid Tba taaka. dating bark to 1996. include arranging a (oral exam tor tba family dog. ptclung up a pair of ballat tight# in Bnailvtlle and making paraonai appoint manta, according to an article in Sunday# Athena Daily Newertianner Herald Roberta, arho atepped down from her poailion earlier thia year, had employee# keep detailed loga of their artintiee on the clock, including pereonal taaka. according to the article Roberta aaid moat of the taaka were performed by her pereonal secretary The context of the taaka could deter mine their legality, aaid a University expert on employ ment law The law about auch thing# really vane#,' aaid Dawn Bennett-Alexander, who ia also a profea- aor in legal studies 'But you're not sup posed to uae the resource# of the workplace for non-workplace things' The stork lists, Roberta said, were kept to monitor what staffers were doing during office hours Bennett-Alexander said that whether employee# performed these taaka while Roberts was working on University busi ness could determine whether the taaka were workplace-related. 'Just the personal taaka themselves are not necessarily illegal.' Bennett-Alexander said 'It depends on the context' Roberta may have violated University policy if she used staff members to perform personal tasks, said Tbm Jackson, execu tive director of University Communications The existence of these documents didn't come to the University’s attention until after I Roberta) resigned,* said Jackson. who wouldn't comment on whether the reports would change Roberts' status as a paid legal consultant for the University. Bennett-Alexander aaid the schedules of high-ranking administrators are demand mg and may include social commitments Roberta said she asked her personal sec retary and other support staff to perform the tasks as “back-up’ when she had to attend other University functions It was not a forced thingRoberts said. “There would be times when I would ask someone in the office to do something for me when I had to attend another function ” Roberts said staff members performed many of the tasks outside of state time, such as during lunch hours. A University expert on human resources said he wasn’t familiar with the Roberts case, but he agreed the context of the entries in the work logs should be taken into account ‘Administrative people wind up doing a lot of activities that are semi aortal as part of their jobs.' said Robert Gatewood, who is also a management professor. *A lot of things can be for business but sound non business For example, Gatewood said, picking up lunch for someone in the office while out at lunch is not necessarily a personal task — but might appear that way if recorded in a log without context "One of the banes of her yob was open- records law,” Bennett-Alexander said “She wouldn’t have recorded these tasks for pub lic record if there was something wrong with it.’ Roberts Caution stressed after reported rape While police search for a man who reportedly impersonated a police officer and raped an Athena woman Thursday, local organiza tions are urging students to uae caution when driving alone Hilary Huston, co-coordinator of the Rape Cnaia Center of Northeaat Georgia, said her office waa concerned because it thinks the suspect might have been tar geting students Drivers should look for signs someone la a real police officer, Huston said "Unless drivers are asked to perform a field sobriety test it is very unusual for an officer to ask them to get out of their vehicle," Huston said When drivers are pulled over by a police officer at night, Huston advised they go to a 24-hour, well- Ut location Nancy Zechella, executive director of Safe Campuses Now, said drivers should be alert to vehicles following them "You should put on your haz ards and drive slowly to a populat ed area if you are being stopped at night,” she said Drivers should look for police lettering on vehicles that stop them, Zechella said She said a (Georgia state law requires police cars to have a logo in large letters. She added that drivers who have cellular phones should use them if they feel uncomfortable. "If you have a cell phone, dial 911 and verify the officer's identi ty." Zechella said. "Young people have every right to question peo ple of authority " Athens-Clarke County Police Spokeswoman Hilda Sorrow said impersonation of police officers is not common in Athens. “We have only had one incident of people impersonating officers," Sorrow said The rape still is under investi gation by ACC Police. - Louis Rolfes Stars come out at night Heather Graham of 'Boogie Nights' fame enters the premiere of her new movie, 'Lost In Space.' at the Fox Theater in Atlanta on Friday night. Story. Page 3. Left to right: Sam Muhleman, Julie Ballard, Caroline Harris and Amanda Curry cheer Kim Arnold’s 9.975 performance on the floor exercise. Gym Dogs leave a trail of dust By SCOTT HARTMAN Staff Writer Having performed the finai dress rehearsal before the curtain rises on their national title run, the Gym Dogs now have two weeks to polish their act for opening night at the NCAA Championships, April 16, in Los Angeles. “We’ve got five more days of practice, and we've already got a plan in place," head coach Suzanne Yoculan said. “We’re just going tp continue to work on the mental toughness of the team, and to real ize that we don’t deserve anything just because we're undefeated. This team knows that, and I guar antee that they’ll be back in the gym looking for things to work on." Though Florida was able to keep pace with the Gym Dogs for some of Saturday’s NCAA Southeast Regional meet, the Gators, like the rest of the field, eventually became observers of the tap-ranked Gym Dogs' record-breaking win. “Georgia did a great job (Saturday)," Gator coach Judi Markell said. “They were amazing. They set the pace for the whole meet. On the last two events, they left us in the dust." Spiraling in the Gym Dogs' “dust" were two new NCAA records, including a new overall team scoring mark of 198.575, eclipsing the previous mark of 198.476. The other record is a new team balance beam mark of 49.65, and that score is one Yoculan said gave her even more confidence in her squad “We felt pretty confident after balance beam that we were going to win (Saturday),” Yoculan aaid. The Gym Dogs started hot, as Brooke Andersen set the tone with the team’s first performance of the competition. Having competed sparingly this season due to recovery from a knee injury, the sophomore from Marietta vaulted first for the team and hauled in a career-high 9.925. “It was very important for me because I haven’t been able to com pete as much as I’ve wanted to this year,” Andersen said.- “Being first up, it’s always nice to get a high score for the team to build on.” Yoculan said she felt Andersen’s performance foreshadowed what was to transpire over the course of the night. “We knew when Brooke Andersen started out for us on vault and scored a 9.925, we knew it was going to be a special night,” Yoculan said. “It really set the atmosphere for the evening." The goal for the meet was sim ple for the Gym Dogs -- go out and perform. And that goal will no doubt be in place at nationals, too. “We had to go out there, do what we do and leave,” junior Jenni Beathard said. “And that’s what we did. We handled this one well, and that gives us a lot to build on for the next meet." Panic will go on as scheduled By CARLA BRAY Staff Writer The Widespread Panic show will go on, provided Athens-Clarke County Manager A1 Crace gives the OK. Capricorn Records, V (f A Widespread’s V record label, has agreed to rOHC*- • extend a line of credit for //'T' * $38,700, meant to cover costs the city will incur for the concert, ACC Mayor Gwen O’Looney said Friday The Athens Downtown Development Authority still has to submit a complete event manage ment plan for Crace’s approval by this Friday “Widespread Panic has been wonderful," O’Looney said. “They’ve stuck with it through the tripling of the budget and every thing else. I don’t think there’s ever been a question in my mind this was going to occur." Philip Walden, assistant vice president for business affairs for Capricorn, confirmed the record label would provide the money to cover the city’s costs in addition to paying for production costs. “We’ve been doing everything we can to make it work,” Walden said. “If there’s a deficit, we’re guaranteeing the city will be paid.” The financial commitment made by Capricorn enabled the ADDA to unanimously confirm its request to the city for a special events permit. Crace had demanded earlier the ADDA submit official board approval and a statement of assur ance to meet financial obligations for the event, dubbed Athens Music Day, by Friday Both demands were met Friday. O’Looney said volunteers are needed to help with directing traf fic, collecting canned goods (which the band requested be collected and distributed to local homeless shelters) and other services. Anyone interested in volunteer ing should call the ADDA at 353- 1421. “1 think this is going to be a wonderful event," O’Looney said. Lack of space keeps museum’s art hidden •y DONEU OSBORNE Staff Writer Hidden behind the gallery walla of the Georgia Muaeutn of Art ia a world of patient treasure# Locked carefully away, they await their turn for diaplay. When the museum opened in 1948. it began accepting donations from private col lectors and the general public Ihday the museum has more art than it has gallery room. The museum is planning a second phase which would give us more storage and more gallery apace,' said Wendy Cooper, public relation# coordinator at the museum. The projected opening date of the addition it 2001. Until then, the undieplayed pieces will remain stored in three crowded vaults and a small ■ to rage room. The museum oraanixes the pieces by material because different elements need to be stored in different climates, said Annelies Mondi, an associate registrar at the muse um. For example, cloth pieces need dry air, but wood pieces are better stored in more humid conditions One of the vaults holds sn extensive col lection of Samurai armor, including an iron helmet, with pieces to protect the chin and neck 'We would need a museum the aixe of a mall to display all the armor,’ Mondi said. Other pieces in the same vault include masks, tools, sculpted figures, iron pillows, rugs and cloths. Samurai swords and a Japanese musket. Across the hall, in another vault, hanging on metal screens, are paintings by Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel and former Athens resi dent Lucy May Stanton. Stacked against the wall are shelves containing an extensive col lection of Italian Renaissance paintings. Cooper said she hopes there will be room in the new building for a Tiffany-style stained glass window that waa in the old museum building on North Campus and now ia sitting in storage. Gov. Zell Miller signed a bill last week allowing for the sale of some pieces from the museum's collection, but it will be at least a year before an auction can take place, Mondi aaid. An intense inventory of the museum’s work must be taken, and heirs must be con tacted to ensure that no one would be upset by the sale of various works. “We would need a museum the size of a mall to display all the armor.” - Annelies Mondi, associate registrar at the Georgia Museum of Art The sale of some works will allow for the refinement of the museum’s collection and allow more space to store additions to the collection, Cooper said. Many of the museum’s pieces are current ly on traveling exhibits throughout the state and the country. One exhibit will open this (tity at the International Rembrandt House in Amsterdam. Professors and interested students can request to see pieces that currently are not on diaplay in the museum by contacting Mondi. The museum is located in the performing and visual aria complex at 90 Carlton St. Annelies Mondi. associate registrar of the Georgia Museum of Art, examines just a few of the hundreds of paintings stored in the vaults of the museum. Many of the paintings are on long-term loan, while many others have been donated to the museum.
