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•2 I Friday, February 16, 2001 | The Red & Black
NEWS
QuickTake
A glance at the morning’s news and the day ahead
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► Jam Rocker Keller Williams plays tonight at the Georgia
Theatre. The show starts at 11 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance and
$9 at the door. For more information call 549-9918.
National & World Headlines
Serbia to extradite war crime suspects
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Serbia pledged Thursday to extradite
non-Yugoslavs sought by the U N. war crimes tribunal, meaning
the Yugoslav republic may no longer be a haven for suspects from
Bosnia and Croatia.
The policy change by Serbia whl have no impact on the status
of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic — top Serb and
Yugoslav leaders insist he must stand trial at home, at least ini-
tiaUy, for corruption and crimes related to atrocities in Kosovo.
Without mentioning Milosevic, Serb Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic said Thursday that investigations against Yugoslavians
suspected of war crimes would be launched “in a matter of days.”
Bush to test vision of
open energy market
WASHINGTON — Former oil
man George W. Bush dreams of
a North American energy mar
ket with billions of dollars in
natural gas, oil and electricity
flowing freely across U.S. bor
ders to the north and south.
In his meeting with Mexican
President Vicente Fox on
Friday, President Bush will give
that vision its first diplomatic
test. But no one expects any
serious progress right away in
overcoming Mexico’s strong
national feelings about its ener
gy industry.
Most energy experts believe
stiff obstacles stand in the way
of any significant expansion in
the flow of energy between
Mexico and the United States.
With growing energy prob
lems at home, symbolized by
California’s struggle this winter
to find enough power to keep
its lights on, Bush views
Mexico as the source of new
supplies of natural gas and
potentially millions of
megawatts of electricity now in
short supply on this side of the
border.
At the same time, Fox has
indicated he may be more open
than his predecessors to easing
restrictions on foreign compa
nies getting involved in build
ing new power plants, pipelines
and developing Mexico’s sub
stantial, but still largely
untapped natural gas reserves.
Turner envoys discuss
purchase of Gazprom
MOSCOW — Negotiators
representing Atlanta media
mogul Ted Turner held talks
Thursday with Russia’s natural
gas monopoly Gazprom on pur
chasing a stake in the country’s
largest private television sta
tion, the Interfax news agency
reported.
The government-connected
gas giant owns 46 percent of
NTV, the only national broad
caster not controlled by the
Kremlin, and is fighting to seize
control of the station over
debts.
The report said representa
tives of Turner met with Alfred
Kokh, a former Russian govern
ment official who now heads
Gazprom’s media division.
Turner’s bid for a 19 percent
stake in NTV follows months of
wrangling between the compa
ny and prosecutors and credi
tors. The Kremlin says the bat
tle is about enforcing financial
laws, but NTV’s journalists and
others see it as a crackdown on
freedom of the press.
Willie B.’s remains to
stay at Zoo Atlanta
ATLANTA — The remains of
Zoo Atlanta’s beloved gorilla,
Willie B., will be kept in the
city.
Instead of scattering Willie’s
ashes across his native Africa
as originally planned, zoo offi-
Meetings
► International Coffee Hour,
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today in the Memorial
Hall Ballroom. Come enjoy fellowship and
free food with the UGA international commu
nity. For more information call 542-5867.
► Shabbat Services and
Dinner, 6:30 p.m. today at the Campus
Center for Jewish Life. Speaker is Cantor
Weiss of Kol Emeth. Dinner is $5. For more
information call 543-6393.
► International Grants
Lecture, 3:30 p.m. Monday. Tate Student
Center Rm 140. Topic is ALO International
Grant Programs: Applying for ALO Funding.
With speaker, Mr. Charlie Koo, Program
Associate, Association Liason Office. For
more information call 542-7887.
Announcements
► “Singin’ in the Rain,” the
Baptist Student Union’s annual dinner the
atre production. Shows are at the BSU and
run tonight at 6 p.m., tomorrow at 1 and 7
cials have decided to place his
urn in a life-size bronze statue
near where he lived until his
death last year at age 39.
A hand-carved clay replica
of the statue was shipped
Wednesday from Wisconsin to
Arizona, where it will be copied
in bronze. Artist Edwin
Bogucki created the sculpture
using videotapes and more
than 300 pictures of the gorilla.
“Every eyelash is in place,”
zoo spokeswoman Gail Eaton
said.
Eaton said the zoo will
create a meditation garden
that will encircle the statue,
financed with a $150,000 gift.
The statue will be unveiled
April 22.
Zoo officials had planned to
spread Willie’s ashes across his
native Cameroon, but instabili
ty in that country caused a
change in plans.
Federal support could
go to churches in future
PHILADELPHIA — Amid the
abandoned gas stations and
boarded-up storefronts of
North Philadelphia, the New
Hope Revival Center church is
practically a community unto
itself.
For children, the church has
elementary school classes,
after-school dance and music
programs and day care. For
parents, there is job planning
and literacy instruction. For
the homeless and hungry, there
are blankets and dinners.
And all of it is provided
without government funding.
The pastor, Rev. Harold
Faust is excited about the
President’s plan to open up
government funding for
faith-based social service
programs. But many other
religious leaders are concerned
that accepting federal support
would mean compromising
their evangelical mission.
“We haven’t taken any
government money over the
past 109 years we’ve been in
business because we don’t
want to have to water down or
not be able to say that Jesus
is important to us,” said Brad
Meuli, president and chief
executive of the Denver Rescue
Mission. “We won’t compromise
on that.”
An estimated 90 percent of
the nation’s 353,000 churches,
synagogues and mosques
operate community programs,
but less than 1 percent receive
government money, according
to a report issued in January
by Independent Sector, a group
of non-profit organizations.
Bush’s plan would let
religious groups compete more
easily with secular ones for
government grants.
The religious organizations
accepting federal money would
still have to meet federal
anti-discrimination policies,
meaning they could not require
participants to attend religious
activities and could not turn
away people of other faiths.
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p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. For more infor
mation call 549-2747.
► Campus-Wide Blood Drive,
Tuesday and Wednesday from 12-6 p.m. in
the Memorial Hall Ballroom (on Tuesday)
and the Georgia Room of Tate Student
Center (on Wednesday). Sponsored by the
Intra-Fraternity Council and the National
Pan-Hellenic Council.
>- Family Day: Puppet
Factory! at the Georgia Museum of Art
Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Enjoy a
morning of folktales from around the world
with popular puppeteer Akbar Imhotep.
(Afterwards, participants get to make their
own puppets. Refreshments will be served
and the event is free and open to the public.
For more information call 542-4662.
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ACLU workshop provides lessons in activism
By JOHNNY OXFORD
joxford@randb.com
Activism is a way students can
get involved to bring about
change.
A workshop scheduled for
Sunday night will provide stu
dents with an opportunity to
learn from someone who plays a
huge part in activism.
The workshop is titled
“Defending Our Civil Liberties:
An Issue Briefing and Grassroots
Activist Training,” and will be led
by Angela Colaiuta, national field
organizer for the American Civil
Liberties Union.
Madison Burnett, a junior
from Atlanta and a member of
the Women’s Studies Student
Organization, said she is excited
to learn about the talents needed
for activism.
“We’ll be learning from some
one who’s made a career out of
being an activist,” she said.
Chrystal Leaver, executive
— a
“This is the first step to
having more collaborative
efforts between activist
organizations. ”
MADISON BURNETT
Member of the Women’s Studies
Student Organization
coordinator for the Students for
Environmental Awareness, said
the workshop seems interesting
and can lead to change in state
and national legislatures.
“Influencing the legislature is
a good way to promote change,”
she said.
Burnett said the workshop will
allow students to learn about
Colaiuta’s work with the ACLU
and how the organization
chooses its causes.
“The lessons she has to give
can apply to all kinds of
activism,” she said, “including
how issues translate into a
national focus.”
The WSSO is sponsoring the
event in hopes of building a
“healthy dialogue” between cam
pus activist organizations,
Burnett said.
“Many groups can benefit from
this,” she said. “This is the first
step to having more collaborative
efforts between activist
organizations.”
The WSSO, like the ACLU, is
involved in activism and ques
tioning the status quo of society,
Burnett said.
“We shouldn’t accept things
the way they are,” she said.
“Refusing to be apathetic is the
history of both Women’s Studies
and the ACLU.”
The ACLU was founded in
1920 to fight civil liberties
violations when and where they
occur, according to the ACLU
Web site. The non-profit and
ACTIVISM SPEECH
What: “Defending Our Civil Liberties: An
Issue Briefing and Grassroots Activist
Training” by ACLU Field Organizer
Angela Colaiuta
When & Where: Sunday at 7 p.m. in
room 140 of the Tate Student Center
For more information: Contact the
Women’s Studies Program at 542-2846.
nonpartisan organization has
grown to a size of about 300,000
members and supporters, with
offices in nearly every state.
The union focuses on First
Amendment issues, specifically
on freedoms of speech and
religion. It also is involved
in racial and women’s rights
issues.
Burnett said the workshop will
be good for anyone interested in
activism.
“It’s for anyone interested in
changing the world,” she said.
Search continues for VP for Research
Committee meets today
to discuss strategies
By LACEY WHITE
lwhite@randb.com
The University wifi continue its search for
a new vice president for Research today after
the post’s top candidate declined the
position earlier this month.
Svein Oie, dean of the University’s CoUege
of Pharmacy and chairman of the search
committee, will meet with a 17-member
search committee this morning to begin dis
cussing the strategies it wiU implement in
identifying additional candidates suitable for
the position.
“We have a number of things we’re going to
look at, in terms of our options,” Oie said.
“We’re very open-minded because there’s a
lot of different things to be discussed.”
The search committee — composed of fac
ulty, staff and administrators — may decide
to review names of candidates previously
interviewed, considering those applications it
most recently received or draft a list of
entirely new candidates, Oie said.
The meeting today wiU be the first time
Oie and the 17-member search committee
have met since November, when they nar
rowed a list of candidates for the job to four.
Among those selected was Tony Waldrop,
vice chancellor for Research at the University
of Illinois, the top candidate for the job, who
declined the position to Provost Karen
Holbrook at the beginning of this month.
Waldrop, along with the three other candi
dates considered, visited the University in
November and December.
Waldrop did not return repeated phone
caffs from The Red & Black.
“It’s a disappointment when the top candi
date did not accept,” Oie said. “(But) we
hope that we’ll have somebody in place by
summer. It’s still possible.”
Gordhan Patel, dean of the University’s
Graduate School took over as interim vice
president for Research Nov. 30, when the
position was vacated by Joe Key, who held
the post for 15 years.
“Obviously, doing two jobs takes more
time and dealing with issues, but I think so
far I’ve been able to manage it,” Patel said.
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