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Tennis star arrested on D.U.I. charge
ATHENS — Tennis star Jim Courier was arrested on a drunken
driving charge early Thursday on the University campus.
Courier, 29, who lives In Orlando, Fla., was stopped about 2:30
a.m. for running a red light In his sport utility vehicle. The officer
then found evidence to charge him with driving under the Influ
ence, said Jimmy Williamson, assistant chief of the university's
police department.
He declined to say what the evidence was or whether Courier
was subjected to a breath test.
Courier was booked Into the Clarke County jail and then
released on bond.
Courier’s agent, Qavin Forbes of Cleveland, Ohio, said the ten
nis player was in Athens to visit a friend.
"It was one of those things where you don't feel drunk but
you’re slightly over the limit,” Forbes said.
"He made a mistake, he realizes that, He regrets it.”
Courier, currently rated No. 33 on the men’s tour, was the No. 1
player In the world for much of 1992 and 1993.
From 1991 to 1993 he won two French Open titles, two
Australian Open titles and finished second in three other Grand
Slam tournaments.
He has been less successful lately, although he has had flashes
of good play, especially when playing for the U S. team in the Davis
Cup.
Nine students crushed at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A 40-foot pyramid of logs being
assembled for Texas A&M’s annual bonfire collapsed early
Thursday while dozens of students were working on it. At least
nine students were killed and 28 injured.
Authorities said six bodies were taken from the rubble. And
Kern Bennett, director of Texas Task Force I, a state-run rescue
unit, said he saw at least three more bodies in the wreckage.
Bart Humphreys, a fire department spokesman, had said earlier
that five students were unaccounted for.
In the hours after the 2:30 a m. collapse, rescuers pulled four
students from the rubble alive, Humphreys said. One student was
pulled free more than six hours later.
Even after that, Cynthia Lawson, a spokeswoman for the uni
versity, said crews using sound detectors could hear “moaning and
tapping sounds,’’ leading them to believe one or more students
was still trapped alive. But the rescuers stopped hearing sounds
after 11 a.m., she said.
Cranes were removing logs gingerly, one by one, in the search
for more students.
"Every piece of wood in that pile is unstable and every piece of
wood that moves affects other pieces of lumber," Humphreys said.
Students who had been looking forward to the huge bonfire, a
tradition since 1909 to get fans ready for the football game against
archrival University of Texas, were instead in mourning.
Some gathered near the scene, a field on a comer of the cam
pus, holding hands and praying while the rescue efforts continued.
"The scene right now is a scene of disbelief,” said Sallie Turner,
editor of the Battalion, the student newspaper. "A lot of the stu
dents just feel it's surreal.”
Patrick Freshwater, a so-called "pothead” because of the hard
hats the students wear while helping assemble the bonfire, was
helping clear away the logs today after the accident.
"I've never seen anything like this," Freshwater said. "It’s
something you don’t ever want to feel. I went to my class and
there was nobody there. The teacher wasn’t even there, because
no one can go to class when this is going on."
University President Ray Bowen said the 28 students’ injuries
vary and some were in “quite serious shape.” At least three were
in critical condition.
Officials conducted head counts at residence halls in an effort
to account for everybody who may have been working on the
structure. Some 60 to 70 students were believed to be on it when
it feU.
Rusty Thompson, assistant director of the Memorial Student
Center and the bonfire faculty adviser, said students told him
“there was just a sudden movement. Five to seven seconds and it
was on the ground."
Gov. George W. Bush choked up when he discussed the acci
dent in a CNN interview. "I just can’t imagine what that means to
have that happen to them," he said. “It's sad, it’s tough."
The bonfire tradition, which draws tens of thousands of specta
tors, began when Texas A&M was still an all-male military acade
my.
The only year the bonfire was not lit was 1963, following
President Kennedy’s assassination. This year’s bonfire was sched
uled for Thanksgiving night, the eve of the game. The event was
canceled after the accident.
The large structure is built over the course of several weeks
with multiple stacks of full-size logs put in place by cranes, trac
tors and students. The structure is designed to twist Inward and
collapse on itself as it bums.
The stack of logs would have reached 55 feet when completed;
at the time of the collapse today, it was about 40 feet high.
Students who build the stack — even cutting the logs them
selves — get safety training and get input from professional engi
neers, officials said.
— Associated Press
UGA Today
Meetings
► HIBel, Shabbat services, 6 p.m„
Campus Center tor Jewish Lite. Information:
543-6393
► Psychology Club, general
mealing, Monday, 6 p.m., Journalism
Building Room 505. Information:
(http://teach.p8y.uga.edutpsychdub).
► Alpha Phi Alpha, 6 p.m.. Tale
Student Center Room 142. Speaker Hilton
Young. Information: 542-1809
► UNICEF, weekly meeting.
Tueedey, 5:30 p.m, Tate Student Center
Room 143. Information: 357-3387.
► Pagan Association, Tuesday, 8
p.m. Memorial Hal Room 102. Information:
(paganOwww.uga.edu).
► Caribbean Student
Association, general meeting.
Thursday, 6 p.m, Tate Student Canter Room
137. Information: 357-2833.
>■ PM Kappa Literary Society,
TTfobate and public speaking, Thursday, 7
' p m , Phi Kappa Hal information 227-8922.
► Ratal Circle, Thursday, 5 p.m.,
Qk$e. Information 542-3138.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
> Braxls Blue Ribbon Art
Show, presented by the Fine Arts
Department, opening reception, Saturday, 7
p.m., Lamar Dodd School of Art. Exhibition
ol paintings and drawings by UGA under
graduates. Information: 227-3427.
>- Classic City Classic XIII,
Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, sponsored by
the intimate Frisbee Club, an day Saturday
and Sunday, Intramural Fields. Information:
369-8150
> Junior League Grants,
accepting applications from non-profit orga
nizations for grants from 51000 to $5000
Applications are svailable at the Taylor-
Grady House and must be submitted by
Monday Information: 549-8688.
> Open Dance Seaaion, spon
sored by the Ballroom Danes Club. Monday,
6:30 p.m.. Jittery Joe's on Prince Avenue
Information: 549-2522.
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Grad students grill dean at forum
Complaints include pay,
hours, representation
By TARA McCORMICK
The Rid a Black
Graduate students don’t receive adequate
representation from the Graduate School —
which should advocate Issues on their behalf,
several graduate students said Wednesday
night.
About 150 students were present at a Q&A
session with Graduate School Dean Gordhan
Patel, where many expressed frustration with
the lack of answers they say they are receiving
about issues that concern them
The Graduate Student Association spon
sored the discussion forum, where health
insurance, stipends and work hours were top
ics of particular concern.
“What we’re giving to the University is a lot
more than we’re getting
back,” said Anne-Christine
Hoff, a doctoral student
from Atlanta. “We give the
University our arms, legs
and body, and maybe we get
a foot back."
Mark Higgins, co-execu
tive coordinator of GSA,
said he is discouraged with
the lack of proactive com
munication graduate stu
dents receive from the
administration.
"The sentiment we get now is the only rea
son we get consideration for health care is
pressure on the administration," Higgins said.
“Even when we hear about what’s going on,
there’s absolutely no involvement in the pro
cess."
Patel said the administration is committed
to working toward health insurance for grad
uate students but emphasized his lack of
PATEL
power on several issues.
“Graduate deans really ... have to lead with
the power of persuasion,” Patel said. “That’s
the only authority we are given."
Patel urged studeqts to take their con
cerns about wages and hours to the adminis
trators in each individual school.
“You need to go to the department heads,”
Patel said. “They are the ones who make
those decisions and not the dean of the
Graduate School."
In an interview with The Red & Black
Thursday, OSA President Mark Faller said
graduate student concerns affect undergrad
uates as well.
“One of the reasons it should be interest
ing to undergrads is that UGA will never be
considered a good school until it has good
grad students,” Faller said. “Good grad stu
dents aren't going to come here until they
have better benefits, it, really profoundly
affects the undergraduate quality of their
degree.”
Chalk talk: Wall, sidewalk writing banned
By R. LEE GUARNELLA
The Red a Black
The days of seeing pink and
purple chalk ads on steps and
walls around campus are over.
The Department of Student
Activities announced this week
it’s banning the chalk ads on
campus sidewalks and walls.
Patricia W. Johnson, director
of Student Activities, said stu
dent organizations will be fined
$150 for future chalk ads.
“It’s gotten so expensive for us
to pay for the cleaning," Johnson
said. “It costs us about $150 each
time we have to clean."
The decision arose from com
plaints from physical plant work
er who said the porous bricks
soak in too much of the chalk for
the rain to wash it out.
“It’s just a mess," Johnson
said. “It would be better not to
have it to begin with. We’ve got
some stuff out there that’s been
there for weeks.”
Garrett Gravesen, a Student
Government Association senator,
said he doesn't care for the new
rule.
“I think it's a little disappoint
ing," Gravesen said. “Chalk is the
most effective way of getting stu
dent attention. People don’t read
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A Chalk advertisements like this one, on a wall at the Tate
Student Center Plaza, now will cost student organizations
$150. Student Activities says cleaning the chalk off walls
and sidewalks is difficult and costly.
memos, but people definitely rec
ognize chalk.”
Will Layng, co-executive coor
dinator of Students for
Environmental Awareness, said
he understood the perspective of
Student Affairs
“(Chalk) is a good idea to get
the message out,” Layng said.
“But if the physical plant has to
clean it up, it’s something we
need to consider. I understand
where they’re coming from."
Students should have other I
options besides the fine, Layng
said.
“Instead of us paying the fine,
they should let us clean it up," he |
said.
Tommy Altman, assistant I
director of faculties and services
for the University, said there are |
other advertising methods out
side of chalk messages.
“We do have alternatives to I
chalk advertising — applying for
street painting permits, which
are very easy to get, bus cards, I
electric signs. Those sorts of I
things can be done,” Altman said. [
Altman also said students are
wrong for thinking the rain gets
to all the places people use chalk.
“The worst part is that the
chalk gets in the brick walls, and
it's hard to get out," Altman said.
“A lot of places where they're ]
writing it doesn't get wet."
Johnson said Student I
Activities is still behind all stu- |
dent organizations.
“We want to support all stu- I
dent organizations, but it’s really
causing some problems,” she [
said.
Johnson said all student orga- I
nizations will be officially notified |
of the new rule soon.
Leukemia Society gets
fraternity donation
There was a highlight to
Saturday’s football game against
Auburn, but students who
arrived late may have missed it.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraterni
ty presented a check for $24,975
to the Leukemia Society of
America just before kickoff.
The fraternity has donated
money to the Leukemia Society
since 1972, a year after a brother
died from the disease, said John
Roberts, president of the frater
nity.
The money is donated in the
name of Ham Ansley, a 1971
member of the fraternity who
died from leukemia. Members of
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the Ansley family were present
on the field to present the check
with other members of the frater
nity.
The fraternity’s pledge class is
responsible each year for the
society's fund raising, Roberts
said. The 1998 pledges raised the
money that was presented
Saturday.
The money is used to fund
research for developing a cure for
leukemia and has led to break
throughs in treatment, Roberts
said.
The fraternity has donated
more than $1 million to the soci
ety, in its chapter history.
— Jennifer Copeland
Russell Hall residents
find tortured chicken
A chicken was anonymously
placed in the fourth-floor hallway
of Russell Hall early Thursday
morning.
Police responded at 3:02 a.m.
after resident assistants reported
a chicken was found by female
residents.
Angela Page, a junior from
Savannah and a Russell Hall RA,
was on duty at the front desk
when she saw three female and
two male residents bringing the
chicken, wrapped in a blanket, to
the Russell lobby.
“The girls said they found it
placed outside their door inside a
plastic trash bag," Page said.
Russell RA Stephanie Jones, a
sophomore from Atlanta, said
she had just returned from a
party at about 3 a.m. when she
saw the residents discussing
what to do with the discovered
chicken.
“The chicken was white, and it
looked tired. It also looked like
someone had plucked out the
feathers from its legs — it was
noticeable," Jones said.
The Russell residents told the
RAs the chicken had a small
amount of bleeding in the effect
ed area.
The chicken didn’t move
around — they caught it and
placed it in the blanket, accord
ing to witnesses.
Two residents accompanied a
police officer to the College of
Veterinary Medicine, where the
chicken will be treated for
injuries.
— Samira Jafari \
Habitat for Humanity
race set for Saturday
The Turkey Trot, a 5K road
race sponsored by Habitat for
Humanity, will be held Saturday.
Habitat sponsors the race to
raise money for a house it plans
to build in the spring.
Registration continues
through Saturday. Participants
who sign up by Friday pay a $10
entry fee and are guaranteed a
free T-shirt. Those who sign up
the day of the race must pay a
$15 entry fee.
Habitat will give prizes to the
men and women who finish the
race with the three best times.
They also will donate prizes to
the organization that registers
the most runners.
The race begins at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum
and will wind through the
University campus.
Entry forms are available at
the Tate Student Center
Information Desk and at tables
set up at the Tate Student
Center Plaza and the Ramsey
Center.
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