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November 14, 2000
Vol. 108, No. 60 | Athens, Georgia
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SEA members rally for refunds
By DENA LEVITZ
dlevitz@randb.com
“U-G-L-Y. Corporate scums you cheat, you lie,”
Students for Environmental Action members
cheered Monday afternoon in front of the Arch at
a rally held in support of adopting a bottle bill in
Georgia.
A bottle bill is legislation that requires a
refundable deposit on all containers sold to con
sumers.
This would mean citizens who turned in bever
age containers for recycling would receive 10 cents
back on each item, according to SEA co-
Executive Coordinator Crystal Leaver.
“It would greatly increase recycling rates of
containers and create new jobs,” said SEA mem
ber April McMillan about the benefit of a bottle
bill. “It would also reduce landfill costs and con
serve energy, which would have lasting impacts on
the environment.”
Leaver said in the 10 states which have passed
bottle bills — several Northeastern states,
California and Oregon — recycling rates have sky
rocketed to as high as 85 or 95 percent.
But in Georgia and other nonbottle-bill states,
the rate is significantly lower, at approximately 40
percent, she said.
Therefore, a bill giving consumers refunds on
STEPHEN JONES I The Red * Buck
a Katie O’Connell, front, a junior from
Roswell, and April McMillan, a sophomore
from Lawrenceville, attend Monday’s rally.
their containers would serve as an incentive for
people to recycle, Leaver said.
At the rally — one of five held throughout the
state of Georgia Monday — SEA members passed
out flyers while waving signs with slogans such as
“Tell Coke where to shove it” and “It Makes
Cents,” in an effort to inform passers-by about the
bottle bill.
A petition also was on hand for people to sign
“to tell government representatives (petition sign
ers) support a bottle bill in Georgia,” according to
Leaver.
“We want to get a bill proposed in the legisla
ture and then voted on,” she said, noting they
would send the finished petition to Gov. Roy
Barnes. “It’s especially significant to take action
now because we have new representatives just
voted on.”
But it may be years before Georgia residents
would see a bottle bill added to state law, accord
ing to GrassRoots Recycling Network Coordinator
Bill Sheehan.
“It’ll be a fight that may take years,” Sheehan
said. “Big businesses and grocery stores have
been spending incredible amounts of money to
keep bottle bills from passing into law for a long
time now.”
Big businesses oppose the proposed bottle bills
because of the extra work they feel it would cause
with limited benefit, Sheehan said.
In addition to arguing that bottle bills
would reduce jobs, these businesses also
would need to take responsibility for what hap
pens to their containers once they were sold, he
said.
HOPE criteria not
likely to change
By ANGIE HERRINGTON
aherringt@randb.com
A proposal issued by the
Georgia Board of Education
recommending using a stan
dardized test instead of high-
school grades to determine
eligibility for the HOPE
scholarship probably will
not be pursued by the legisla
ture, according to a state
representative.
“It kind of died down in my
opinion over the weekend,”
State Representative and
Education Reform Study
Commission member Charlie
Smith said Monday. “It was
kind of thrown out as a brain
storm, and I don’t think it will
be actively pursued by the
General Assembly.”
Supporters of the proposal
presented Thursday argue
that grades are inflated in
high school, and because of
this many students end up
losing the scholarship after
their freshman year of col
lege. Currently, students
must maintain a B average to
keep HOPE.
Smith was quoted last
week in area newspapers as
supporting the proposal, but
said he actually is against
standardized testing for eligi
bility because it would be dif
ficult to administer.
“On reflection, I believe it’s
not a very good idea,” he said.
“I think the educational
reform process will work, and
if it doesn’t, we may need to
look at some adjustments.”
Smith is referring to Gov.
Barnes’s educational reform
bill signed into law last April
that calls for higher educa
tional standards in Georgia.
Fourteen thousand
University students received
HOPE this year, said Ray
Tripp, director of Student
Financial Aid. Last year one-
third of freshmen lost their
eligibility of the scholarship,
compared to two-thirds of
students statewide, he said.
State Rep. Louise McBee
(D. — District 88) said she
will have to read more about
the proposal before she
comes to a final decision on
where she stands on the
issue.
“You could probably make
the argument that going to
college for one year is better
than not coming at all,’’ she
said. “Then again, the pro
posal would mean (high
school students) would prob
ably study more.”
Smith said now is not the
time to reform HOPE.
“It’s based right now on
students’ high school career
records, and to substitute a
test for that record would be
unfair,” he said. “We’re in
the business of offering
opportunities to students,
and it would not be fair to
take away that opportunity.”
Tripp said earlier changes
to HOPE should be examined
before new criteria are added.
“Gov. Barnes recently
made it that a high school
senior has to have a 3.0 in
academic courses, as
opposed to a 3.0 in all cours
es,” he said. “It might be best
to look at what effect that
change has before others are
made.”
Smith said he doesn’t
think the proposal will pass
based on conversations he
has had with other people.
“I believe it’s a dead issue,”
he said.
No NCAA chance
for Trail Dogs
For Georgia senior Erin
Jones and her Lady Trail Dog
teammates, any hope for an
at-large bid to the NCAA
Championships has faded.
The announcement was
made Monday evening, the
team coming up just short in
the selection voting.
“We lost by half of a per
son,” head coach Rachel Cook
said. “There were a couple of
girls within a few hundredths
of a second.”
It means Saturday’s South
Region Championship was
the last time head coach
Rachel Cook will coach any
Georgia track team in compe
tition. She is moving to
California.
“(Going to nationals)
would have been the big
bang,” Cook said of her
farewell hopes. “(The women)
did everything they could
have. Second at conference
was a bang.”
“It was such a roller-coast
er season,” Cook said. These
girls have been so tough. It
might be time to take some
time off and get ready for
track.”
— Charles F. Shepard
Building Dawghouses
DANIEL HENRY | The Red a Black
◄ Greg
Ingram, a
senior from
Greenville
S«Ci,
operates
the circle
saw at
Habitat for
Humanity’s
dawghouse
building
competition.
He has
been work
ing with
Habitat for
four years.
Story,
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Building
maybe
renamed
By TALIA MOLLETT
tmollett@randb.com
The University is awaiting a decision from the
Board of Regents to name the Academic
Building on North Campus in honor of the first
black undergraduates admitted to the University
40 years ago, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes.
The Board of Regents will decide today at its
monthly meeting in Atlanta if the building will be
renamed the Holmes-Hunter Academic
Building.
“There’s been discussion for some years about
what would be the appropriate way to commem
orate these two people that are so important to
the University’s history,” Tom Jackson,
University spokesman, said.
Jackson said it is no coincidence the
Academic Building was selected to honor the
alumni.
“The building is prominently connected with
Hunter’s and Holmes’s past,” he said.
The Academic Building in the 1960s was the
site of the Registrar’s Office. The building, locat
ed beside the Arch, also marks the historic
entrance to the University’s campus.
On Jan. 7, 1961, Hunter and Holmes, the
University’s first black students, tried to register
for classes at the Academic Building, thus ending
160 years of segregation at the University.
Hunter and Holmes were greeted at the
Academic Building by an angry mob who tried to
stop them from registering, Jackson said.
Holmes and Hunter were whisked away by police
sent there for their protection, he said.
The decision to rename the building will be
decided sometime after 1 p.m., when the Board
of Regents begins its meeting.
“Considering the place that Hunter and
Holmes hold in the history of the University, it is
a fitting tribute to the effort of these individu
als,” said Matt Winston, assistant to the
University president.
This January marks the 40th anniversary of
desegregation at the University. If the proposal is
approved by the board, the Academic Building
win be renamed Jan. 9 during a symposium to
mark the anniversary of desegregation that for
ever changed the University’s path.
“When Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes walked through the Arch and registered
for classes in the Academic Building, the mission
and direction of the University of Georgia were
forever changed,” said University President
Michael Adams in a news release. “Their coura
geous act paved the way for the University of
Georgia to be an educational institution that
serves all citizens. Naming this building for them
ensures their personal contributions will never
be forgotten.”
Dogs could be at home in Peach Bowl
ANALYSIS
By DARREN EPPS
depps@randb.com
With the way teams in the top-10 are drop
ping over the past few weeks, it didn’t seem
too far-fetched that Georgia could gain an at-
large BCS bid by winning out against Auburn,
Ole Miss and Georgia Tech.
But when Ben Leard tumbled over center
for a touchdown and a 29-26 Auburn win
in overtime Saturday night, No. 22
Georgia suddenly found itself playing simply
for a berth in a New Year’s Day bowlgame.
A look at the bowls with SEC tie-ins.
Citrus Bowl: Jan. 1
side shot, but again, it needs teams out of the
race like Ole Miss and Alabama to play
the role of spoiler. Still, if South Carolina
gets to the Citrus — and it likely will
if it beats Clemson — some
credit has to be given to the loser of the SEC
championship game, assuming it’s not
Florida.
Likely matchup: Mississippi State vs.
Kansas State
the Bulldogs, where they beat Virginia in 1998,
35-33. If so, Georgia will play the No. 3 team
from the ACC —Clemson. The Peach Bowl
would drool for this game between old
rivals.
Likely matchup: Georgia vs. Clemson
Outback Bowl:
Jan. 1 in
Tampa, Fla.
Music City Bowl:
Dec. 29 in
Nashville, Tenn.
BOWL
in Orlando, Fla.
Probably out of the pic
ture for Georgia. Not only
did losing to the Tigers
hurt Georgia’s chances, it
helped Auburn out tremendously. Georgia
needs Auburn to lose to Alabama, Mississippi
State to lose to Ole Miss and South Carolina
to get romped by Clemson. Even then, the
Gamecocks are the feel-good team of the year
and would probably bring the entire state to a
bowl game.
Likely matchup: South Carolina vs.
Michigan
Cotton Bowl: Jan. 1
in Dallas, Texas
Georgia still has an out-
Georgia fans might
not be the only ones
moaning, “not again”
to this bowl game. The folks at the Outback
Bowl might want a different team this year as
well, and with the plethora of solid teams in
the SEC (even Tennessee is working itself
back into the hunt), the bowl committee has
plenty to choose from.
Likely matchup: Auburn vs. Northwestern
Peach Bowl:
Dec. 29 in
Atlanta
At least it’s a
short trip. It doesn’t
sound fair, but
Georgia may fall vic
tim to South Carolina’s bowl-starved fans who
would probably fly to the Tokyo Bowl if there
was one, and the Outback Bowl’s wishes for a
different team. That leaves the Peach Bowl for
With Tennessee cur
rently fourth in the SEC
East and Knoxville so
close to Nashville, the
Volunteers may take one on the chin this sea
son and head to the bowl game Kentucky
went to last year (remember when Florida
coach Steve Spurrier teased Tennessee
about going to the Citrus every year?) If
Georgia loses to Ole Miss, however, this
bowl becomes much more of a
reality.
Likely matchup: Tennessee vs. West Virginia
Independence
Bowl: Dec. 31 in
Shreveport, La.
INDHPBNDCNCi BOWL.
Georgia fans can
probably think of a lot
of places they’d rather
spend their New Year’s Eve than Shreveport.
Even if the Bulldogs lose to Ole Miss and
Georgia Tech, LSU is naturally a good pick to
get more fans to this bowlgame.
Likely matchup: LSU vs. Iowa State
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