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2 I Wednesday, January 10, 2001 | The Red a Black
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QuickTake
A glance at the morning’s news and the day ahead
Best Bet
► It might be tempting to tune your TV to FOX and catch the
premiere of the latest reality show Temptation Island at 9 p.m. Be
prepared for some hot island lovin’ as single people try to break
apart star-crossed couples on a desert island.
National & World Headlines
Protestors fight police over vote count
BANGKOK, Thailand — Hundreds of people fought police in
protests over the results of Thailand’s elections, but officials
blamed Tuesday’s unrest partly on disgruntled bettors who had
lost wagers on the vote.
Police sent reinforcements to 10 provinces, mostly in the south,
where demonstrators blocked roads and laid siege to offices where
votes were counted, said national police chief Pornsak
Durongkapibul.
“They burned police cars and other property and injured several
officers,” Pornsak told Ruam Duay Chuay Kan radio.
About 1,000 protesters clashed with 500 police in the southern
district of Langu, setting fire to the home of a winner in Saturday’s
election and torching several vehicles, said Police Col. Ratakan
Kanchanachote. Twenty officers were injured. Police would not say
if any protesters were hurt.
Pornsak ordered extra protection for election candidates and
warned that curfews would be imposed if violence continued. Nine
people were arrested.
Helms says US should
pay UN back dues
WASHINGTON — The
Senate’s toughest critic of the
United Nations said Tuesday
he’ll support paying America’s
back dues to the world
body even though its
financial reforms fell short of
his goal.
Sen. Jesse Helms, top
Republican on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
said he would agree to amend
legislation withholding the
U.S. payment even though
America’s share of U.N. peace
keeping costs is expected to
be about 26 percent
through the year 2004 — high
er than the 25 percent he
sought.
“You have missed that tar
get,” the North Carolina sena
tor told U.S. Ambassador
Richard Holbrooke at a com
mittee hearing. But he said he
was nonetheless willing to
support the first installment
of $582 million “based on what
has been achieved.”
Holbrooke, accompanied by
U.N. ambassadors from six
other nations, was officially
reporting to the committee on
last month’s hard-fought vote
in the U.N. General Assembly
that approved a new system
for financing the U.N.’s day-to-
day operations and its far-
flung peacekeeping
operations.
Some call to end state
flag controversy
ATLANTA — Some legisla
tors from both parties are call
ing for a quick vote on a bill to
strike the Confederate battle
emblem from the Georgia flag,
hoping to settle the divisive
question and move on to other
issues.
A bill to change the flag was
introduced Tuesday in the
Senate, paralleling one
already introduced in the
House by Rep. Tyrone Brooks,
D-Atlanta, a leading
spokesman in the crusade to
change the flag.
Brooks has proposed
returning the state flag to its
pre-1956 design by replacing
the battle emblem with three
horizontal bands — scarlet,
white and scarlet.
The current flag, under
Brooks’ proposal, would be
designated the “Georgia
Memorial Flag” and used in
Confederate Memorial Day
ceremonies. The bill also calls
for the flag to be “preserved
with honor and respect in the
state archives and in state
museums.”
Companies help fund
private inaugural balls
WASHINGTON —
Corporations with interests
before the federal government
are spending tens of thou
sands of dollars to help
Washington-based state social
groups celebrate George W.
Bush’s inauguration.
At the Illinois State
Society’s reception, United
Airline, based in Elk Grove
Village, 111., is sponsoring a
Hall of Illinois Heroes exhibit
that honors prominent
Illinoisans.
Verizon Communications is
contributing to a black-tie
bash thrown by the Texas
society that will feature a
2,500 pound Brahmin bull,
7.000 pounds of beef brisket
and 1,200 pounds of peach
cobbler.
Lockheed Martin is helping
to cover the cost of the
California society’s inaugural
luncheon, complete with a
fashion show courtesy of the a
Los Angeles area fashion insti
tute.
These galas are in addition
to the official balls sponsored
by the Presidential Inaugural
Committee. President-elect
Bush takes the oath of office
on Jan. 20.
N.C. farmers vote this
week on price supports
RALEIGH, N.C. — North
Carolina tobacco growers are
voting this week on whether
to continue a federal price
support system administered
by the Agriculture
Department.
The vote is taken every
three years, and farmers have
voted the program out only
once, in 1939, six years after it
began with passage of the
Great Depression’s
Agricultural Adjustment
Act. The system was reinstat
ed after tobacco prices
dropped.
In 1998, almost 99 percent
of those casting ballots voted
to retain the program.
The USDA will tally this
year’s results Friday from
15.000 farmers and allotment
owners, with a two-thirds vote
needed to keep the program.
Results will be released Jan.
17.
“I think the farmers all real
ize this is the only thing keep
ing things stable for us these
days,” said Keith Parrish, a
Harnett County tobacco
farmer and government allot
ment owner. “If we lose the
program, I don’t know what
would happen.”
Allotments, or quotas, are a
government license to grow a
certain amount of tobacco
each year. They are doled out
by USDA each year to farms
that have grown tobacco in
the past.
There are more than 80,000
allotment owners attached to
North Carolina farms. Most of
those people rent their quotas
to active growers and are not
allowed to vote on continuing
the program. Only active
farmers and quota holders
who have a sharecropping
arrangement with an active
farmer can vote.
UGA Today
Announcements
► Habitat for Humanity General
meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Georgia Hall B
► Art Exhibition Jan. 8-26,
William J. Thompson Gallery, Thomas St. Art
Annex. “The View From Here," steel, cast
and mixed media sculptures by LeeAnn
Mitchell. For more information, contact Jim
Buonaccorsi at 769-9556.
>- Orientation Leader
Applications available at the Tate
Center Information desk or Admissions
Office, 212 Terrell Hall. Application deadline
is Jan. 26. For more information, contact
Eric Johnson at eric@admissions.uga.edu
► Counseling Groups for
Spring Semester The Counseling and
Testing Center is offering Counseling Groups
for spring semester. Registration is
required. For more information, visit
(www.uga.edu/counseling) or stop by room
137 Clark Howell Hall.
— Items for UGA Today must
be submitted in writing two
days before the date to run.
Items may run only one day
and are published by a first-
come, first-served basis accord
ing to space available.
Journalists speak of their first-hand
experiences covering desegregation
By SAMIRA JAFARI
sjafari@randb.com
A group of five journalists gathered at the
University Chapel Tuesday to discuss their
position on the front line of the University’s
integration battle 40 years ago.
The panel was moderated by Cynthia
Tucker, editorial page editor of The Atlanta
Constitution.
The journalists gave different accounts of
their first-hand experiences in covering the
enrollment of Charlayne Hunter (now
Hunter-Gault) and Hamilton Holmes — the
University’s first black students, who official
ly integrated the institution.
“At the time, it was interesting what deseg
regation did to people,” said Calvin Trillin, a
reporter for Time magazine at the time.
“Each person had to make moral decisions —
it was a very human story.”
Eugene Patterson, the editorial page edi
tor for The Atlanta Constitution at the time,
spoke about writing a column regarding Gov.
Ernest Vandiver’s involvement in the desegre
gation decision.
Vandiver was faced with making the deci
sion of closing the University instead of allow
ing desegregation — he opted to integrate the
institution and keep the University open.
Patterson said he was “touched by the
white leaders” of that time period as well as
BECKY REID > The Red * Black
a Kathryn Johnson talks about her
frightful night at Myers Hall during the
first night of integration.
the courage of Hunter-Gault and Holmes.
Kathryn Johnson, a reporter for the
Associated Press at the time, was the only
female working at the Atlanta bureau.
As a reporter, Johnson followed Hunter-
Gault to her first classes, posing as a college
student.
She, like many other journalists, suffered
injuries from white students throwing stones
during a Jan. 11,1961, riot outside Myers Hall,
where Hunter-Gault was living.
“This was the kind of story that they
wouldn’t have given me if they knew how big
it would turn out,” she said.
Ray Moore, a news director of WSB-TV
during the 1960s, agreed that journalists were
often targeted in demonstrations and riots so
that they would be deterred from covering
the events.
“We deserved extra pay for hazardous
duty,” he said.
Moore also said the media was a “mouth
piece” for blacks protesting against segrega
tion during the Civil Rights movement.
“Perhaps it was an opportunity (for them)
to sing the ballads and be heard all over the
nation,” he said. “Gradually and slowly the
barriers began to crumble because it was the
right thing to do.”
Tom Johnson, currently the chairman of
CNN News Group, was a student and a
reporter for The Red & Black at the time.
He and the other journalists agreed that
though the media was portrayed as a force
against the University, the coverage was fair
and unbiased.
“The coverage was very fair and
accurate,” he said. “There was almost no
sensationalism.”
Johnson also said he hopes the University
“continues to dedicate itself” to bringing
diversity to the campus.
“If we can do anything in honor of
Charlayne and Hamilton, we can look at
the morals they left us as we dedicate our
selves to making changes that are needed,”
he said.
Workshops can JumpStart’ careers
Career Services is giving stu
dents two opportunities today to
learn what it takes to get noticed
out in the working world.
The workshops will help stu
dents prepare for the upcoming
Career Connections II, which will
be held Jan. 17 at the Classic
Center.
The first of the events is called
“JumpStart.” It will be held from
3:30-6:30 p.m. in the lower level of
Tate Student Center. There is no
charge to attend.
“JumpStart” provides the
opportunity for students to hear
from company representatives
who will provide tips on what to
do during the job application
process.
“‘JumpStart’ is a casual pro
gram to introduce recruiters and
to ease students into the pro
cess,” said Charles Perry, student
affairs advisor for Career
Planning and Advisement.
The workshop is divided into
three parts: resume support,
the interview process and net
working and internships.
Each panel meets for one
hour then alternates to the next
panel.
Perry said “JumpStart” pro
vides significant employment
opportunities for those who
attend.
The second workshop is called
“How to Get the Most Out of
Career Connections,” and it will
be held at the Tate Reception
Hall at 7 p.m. Like “JumpStart,”
there is no cost to attend this
event.
This workshop allows stu
dents to develop their resumes
and make a good first impres
sion, according to Donna Crouch,
associate director of administra
tion for Career Planning and
Placement.
— Johnny Oxford
TODAY!
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 7:00 p.m.
•Be prepared for Career Connections II on January 17
•Information about the employers will be distributed
• How to increase your visibility to over 190 employers
• How to make the best first impression
•How to dress for success
•How to prepare an outstanding resume
•All majors and levels are encouraged to attend
Tate Student
Center
in
Reception Hall
Sponsored by The Career Services Center
For more information call Donna Crouch at 542-8430
Remember:
“JumpStart"
Jan. 10, 3:30-6:30pm,
Tate Student Center
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