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“ A glance at the morning's news and the day ahead
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National & World Headlines
Senators deliberate removing Clinton
WASHINGTON — After listening quietly for weeks to testimony
and arguments, a trial-weary Senate Tuesday closed the doors of
Its chamber and began to debate for only the second time In histo
ry whether to remove an American president from office. Senators
predicted President Clinton would be acquitted by week's end.
Behind the scenes, senators searched for an alternate punish
ment, such as a censure or rebuke, that might win bipartisan sup
port after the trial ends.
In a sign that many senators are eager to end the proceedings.
Lott made an offhanded plea that his colleagues keep the debate
as short as possible. “I remind all senators that Lincoln gave his
Gettysburg Address In less than three minutes, and (President)
Kennedy's first inaugural was slightly over seven minutes,” he
said.
Atlanta won’t be able
to sue gun makers
ATLANTA — Gov. Roy
Barnes wasted no time
Tuesday signing into law a bill
blocking Atlanta's lawsuit
against gun manufacturers,
which was propelled through
the Legislature by the lobbying
muscle of the National Rifle
Association.
Barnes signed the measure
within hours after it won final
passage in the House. By a 44-
11 vote, the state Senate on
Monday had approved the leg
islation that would prohibit
local governments from suing
gun makers. The House had
already approved a similar
measure last month; this morn
ing's final 142-24 vote was to
approve minor changes made
in the Senate.
The votes followed an
intense lobbying effort by the
NRA and the Senate's demo
cratic leadership. The gun
industry is lobbying other
states to pass similar legisla
tion.
Peace talks struggle to
keep Yugoslavia united
RAMBOUILLET, France —
Rival Kosovo Albanians and
Serbs remained deadlocked
Tuesday over a pledge to keep
Jugoslavia’s borders intact,
amid signs their peace talks
already are heading for trouble.
Christopher Hill, the
American who is leading the
talks outside Paris, admitted
that the Serb and Kosovo
Albanian sides were trying to
sidetrack the proceedings with
fresh demands, but said negoti
ations "are moving ahead
through very difficult territory.”
In another bad sign for the
talks, an ethnic Albanian rebel
commander reportedly
expressed concern about the
conference, saying the Kosovo
Liberation Army “cannot
accept" the international pro
posal to end the conflict.
Hill said his plan drafted by
the United States and five
European countries does not
envisage independence for
Kosovo, a province in Serbia, a
republic of Jugoslavia.
Study finds sex is a
problem for Americans
CHICAGO — More than 40
percent of women and 30 per
cent of men regularly have no
interest in sex, can’t have an
orgasm or suffer from some
other sexual dysfunction,
according to what researchers
say is the most comprehensive
U.S. sex survey since the 1948
Kinsey Report.
The study’s lead author,
University of Chicago sociolo
gist Edward Laumann, called
the findings stunning.
“I think it gives us a base for
explaining why we had this
enormous response to Viagra,”
he said.
The researchers said prob
lems with sex are often coupled
with everything from emotional
and health problems to lack of
time, job pressures and money
trouble. But they said they
aren’t sure which comes first —
stress or problems with sex.
Oprah Winfrey tired of
dysfunctional people
LONDON — Oprah Winfrey
says daytime TV is becoming a
“vulgarity circus," and she’s
getting out when her contract
is up in two years.
In an interview with The
Sunday Times, Winfrey
attacked her rival Jerry
Springer and said it was hard
to return to television after her
latest movie, "Beloved.”
"Coming off that wonderful
film to be just interviewing
more dysfunctional people was
a letdown,” she said.
"Unless you are going to kill
people on the air, and not just
hit them on the head with
chairs, and unless you are going
to have sexual intercourse —
and not just a guy pulling down
his pants and pulling out his
penis — then there comes a
point when you have oversatu
rated yourself,” Winfrey said.
Winfrey has been a ratings
success since launching "The
Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1986.
It recently has been challenged
in the ratings by “The Jerry
Springer Show.”
— Associated Press
UGA Today
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MEETINGS
► Habitat lor Humanity, 7 p.m.,
Memorial Hall Room 102. Information: Stacy,
357-0852.
► NAACP, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall
Room411.
► Students for
Environmental Awareness. 7 p.m.,
Tate Student Center Room 137. Information:
542-8102.
> College Republicans 7:30
p.m„ Tate Student Center Room 141.
> Indian Cultural Exchange, 8
p.m Thursday. Tate Student Center Room
137. Information: 546-9740.
> CARIBSA, 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Memorial Halt Room 233. Information: 357-
2676.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
> Women’s Tennis vs.
Georgia Tech. 3 p.m. Thursday. Henry
Fend Stadium.
► Second Thursday Concert
Series featuring pianist Evgeny Rhrldn. 8
p.m., Hugh Hodgson Concert Hal Tickets:
55 students, $9 general admission.
Information: 542-4400.
> University Theatre presents
The Gospel at Colonus,' 8 p.m, Thursday
through Saturday and Feb 18-20: matinees
2:30 p m. Saturday and Feb. 21. Fine Arts
Theatre. Information: 542-2836.
► Film: ‘Special Treatment," 7:30
p.m., M. Smith Griffith Auditorium Tickets:
$3; $2 for Friends ol the Museum.
> Concert: Jonathan Adams, gui
tarist, 7:30 p.m. Thursday. M, Smith Griffith
Auditorium.
> Lunch and Learn Series,
noon to 1 p.m., Tate Student Center Room
145. Topic: Dream Interpretation.
> HUM presents. “The Torah Says
That!?,* 7:30 p.m., Campus Center for
Jewish Lite. Information: 543-6393.
> HilM Drive-in Movie Night, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Campus Center tor Jewish Life.
Information: 543-6393,
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> Wesley Foundation worship
service. Information: 353-1408.
> Wesley Foundation Swing
Night, 8 p.m. to midnight Thursday Lessons
will be ottered. Information: 353-1406.
> College of JoumaUsm pre
sents Ted Bogosian lecturing on The Role
ol the Documentary in Story Teffing,’ 3 p.m.,
Tate Student Center Room 139. Free.
Information: 542-4904.
> Georgia Outdoor
Recreation Program is ottering
horseback ndmg In the Chattahoochee
National Forest on Saturday Sign up at the
Ramsey Center cashier's window.
Information: 542-5060.
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NEWS
Taking the classroom off campus
A Kathryn Murchinson, right, and ienny Nelson practice
their drives in their golf class.
By PATRICK SAUNDERS
Foa Tut Red a Black
"Just one more. Come on, fall!"
said Kim Bertrand, a sophomore
from Woodstock, attempting to
will the last pin down standing In
her lane at the Showtime
Bowling Center on Macon
Highway.
Bertrand wasn't just bowling
for fim — she was bowling for one
credit hour at the University.
Sports like bowling and golf
! require a lot of land and a lot of
] money to play. So for the
University to offer courses In
I them, they must be held off cam
pus.
Some students must use dif
ferent modes of transportation to
attend class because the
University and city buses don’t
have stops nearby.
Bertrand takes bowling with
her friend Josh Morris, a sopho
more from Canton, who picks her
up from class, takes her to the
bowling alley and then drops her
off at her next class.
But there’s one setback. "If
he’s absent, I have to be absent,"
Bertrand said.
In a class that is pass-fail —
and therefore almost completely
based on attendance — that can
lead to problems. "It’s difficult
because I have a class 15 minutes
after this, so I have someone pick
me up and I have to get my car
later on,” said Todd Brooks, a
freshman from Athens.
The Inconveniences are not
lost on bowling Instructor Dan
Matthews. "I don’t take roll until
15 minutes after class starts and
If someone’s running late for a
class, I’ll be lenient and let them
go," said Matthews, who gets
about 80 percent class atten
dance a day.
"No one really complains
about the inconvenience,"
Brooks said. "It is a bowling
class."
It’s a similar situation at the
University Golf Course off
Riverbend Road, where from
noon to 4 p.m. every day golf
Instructor Dan Baker teaches a
variety of students from begin
ners to advanced.
Baker, who said the class
keeps a 95 percent attendance
rate, also makes concessions for
the various problems with an off-
campus class. The first five min
utes of class, the students putt
on their own on the putting
green, allowing a chance for late
comers to make it to class, Baker
said.
The last 15 to 20 minutes are
spent on the driving range, where
students have the choice of leav
ing if they have to make it to
their next class.
The five-minute grace period
at the beginning doesn’t mean
Baker is soft on tardiness,
though.
“If you get here out-of-breath
and your hair all out of place,
then I’ll understand,” Baker said.
Even with the opportunity to
leave the class early, some still
feel the sting of making the
three-mile trek back to campus.
“I feel so rushed getting to my
class at Ramsey after this,” said
Ronnie Vazquez, a freshman from
Lilbum.
NEWS NOTEBOOK
Lawyers discuss suits
against gun industry
With cities all over the country
suing the gun industry, legal and
economic experts will meet this
afternoon to discuss this trend.
The forum will discuss
whether the cities’ lawyers will
“blow away the gun industry."
“Their allegation is that guns
are being sold in excessive num
bers outside the city, (and the
gun makers) have to know that
these same guns are being used
for violence," said Richard
Nagareda, a law professor who
will be participating in the forum.
The cities also allege the gun
companies need to introduce
better safety devices to protect
children, Nagareda said.
Earlier this month, Atlanta
Mayor Bill Campbell announced
that the city of Atlanta intended
on suing several major gun man
ufacturers, Including Smith <fc
Wesson Corporation and Colt’s
Manufacturing Company.
Campbell’s efforts were halted
Monday after Gov. Roy Barnes
signed into law a bill prohibiting
local governments from suing
gun manufacturers.
Despite the new law, “it’s still a
live issue in other parts of the
country," Nagareda said.
The forum will be held
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in class
room J in the law school building.
— Kate Douglas
Contributing:
Associated Press
Regents wants to view
college’s master plan
Now that the University’s
master plan is ready, the Board of
Regents’ wants to know about it
too.
In the regents’ monthly meet
ing Tuesday, they heard
University President Michael
Adams present the master plan,
which outlines where the
University stands and how it
should look years from now.
The master plan aims for a
more walkable campus, with
more green space and parking
decks.
The regents wanted to hear
Adams' presentation because
they will use the master plan as
an outline for all new building
projects in the future, said
regents spokesman John
Millsaps.
“The
regents will
look at pro
posals of new
facilities in the
context of
what the insti
tution has pre
viously put for
ward in the
master plan,”
Millsaps said.
The pur
pose of the
master plan was twofold,
Millsaps said. First, it helps uni
versities statewide prepare for
accreditation. Second, the
University System wants to plan
for the long term. “That way, the
regents can get a sense of apples
to apples," he said.
Also, the regents will vote on
“consent items" tomorrow to
eliminate two majors.
Adams recommended plant
pathology and home economics
majors be eliminated due to lack
of interest. Since 1990, three stu
dents have graduated with a
plant pathology major. No stu
dents are enrolled in the home
economics program.
— Mark Niesse
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and non-profit organizations will
be at the Tate Student Center
today to answer questions from
students who are seeking sum
mer employment.
The University’s “Summer
Employment Day” — sponsored
by the Career Planning and
Placement Center — takes place
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m, is open
to all and doesn't require any pre
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Camps Baylor, Carolina,
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others, are scheduled to be pre
sent. Six Flags Over Georgia,
Swim Atlanta Pool Management,
and USA Pools are some of the
Metropolitan Atlanta companies
that will be present. Banks,
University Directories and others
will also be on hand to discuss
job opportunities with students.
— Mark Anthony Thomas
Dumpster fire started
at the Creswell dorm
A small fire in a trash dump
ster created a big stink Tuesday
for some residents of Creswell
Hall.
The Clarke County Fire
Department extinguished the fire
around 11:30 a m. Tuesday, but
large amounts of smoke filled
hallways on the fourth through
the ninth floors of Creswell, said
University Fire Safety
Coordinator Frank Edwards.
The fire began in a second-
floor dumpster and smoke was
funnelled to the upper floors
through a trash chute, he said.
“The chute doors on the second
and third floors held tight, but
the one on the sixth floor wasn’t
working properly," Edwards said.
The smoke continued rising to
the ninth floor and then began to
accumulate within the building,
he said. “The smoke actually goes
to the top and starts layering
down," Edwards said.
No injuries were reported and
the building wasn’t damaged, but
residents on the fourth through
ninth floors may have to suffer
through a bad smell for a couple
of days, he said. “The odor is
probably going to get In every
body’s clothes and bedding,"
Edwards said.
He said the fire department
placed two 20,000 cubic-foot fans
in the stairwells of the building to
help clear the smoke.
— Louis Roifes
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