University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CAARI Situation Increased law enforcement has students scared • Patti McCabe • A scary event happened in Georgia this fall: the drinking age was raised from 20 to 21, and students who were once able to drink legally were now being arrested for underaged possession of alcohol. In at- tempts to enforce this new law, police from UGA, Ath- ens, and Clarke County pre- cincts covered campus, Greek parties, and local bars, search- ing for underage drinkers, checking I.D. ' s, and giving breathalizer tests to anyone who looked suspicious. Then, like the Prohibition Act of the roaring ' 20 ' s, the alcohol limitations forced open parties to close down. Students found refuge in speak-easys which were closed parties and residence halls. The limitations also en- couraged students to use fake I.D. ' s to get into bars and to buy liquor. Many bars went out of business. The carefree attitude of the campus was subdued and suppressed. Fraternities, who could no longer have outside parties, moved indoors; and parties that were once free- for-alls were now invitation only. As a result, many stu- dents like Berry Fleming, WEEKEND GUEST — Lee Wade, frestiman trom Liburn, partys with Heather Braswell, his girlfriend. Many boyfriends and girlfriends visit Athens for the weekends. member of Phi Gamma Delta, felt that the policy cut down the interaction between Greeks and non-Greeks. The new set of rules will make cliques stronger, ac- cording to Allison Edwards, graphic design major. It will make it much harder for out- of-state people to meet other students, she predicts. To suppress futher social interaction, the new policy the University administrators put into effect limited the number of people who could attend a function to three times the membership of that organization. So, ideally, what the new policy is saying, said Rick Green, sophomore, advertis- ing major, is that I can invite my girlfriend and my best friend to a party, but I can ' t invite my friends girlfriend or that ' s a four to one ratio. In reply, Dwight Douglas, vice president of Student Af- fairs, told Trends reporter, Susan Hill, that he would try to be sensitive to student groups. The increased drinking age, along with strict enforcement and the end of open parties, has put a heavy burden on the residence halls. Renee Courtemanche, a Myers Resident Assistant and a senior majoring in early education, told Hill she has never seen this much party- ing before. People don ' t have any- where to go, so they ' re stay- ing in their rooms making trouble for themselves. ■ ' 28 SCAARI

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l IM LACK AND WHITE Racial unity on a once divided campus? • B. B. Roundtree • • Patty McCabe • • Bill Holt • For the first time in over five years, the student body elected a black Homecoming Queen, Charlita Stephens, a junior from Atlanta. The next week a Homecoming article appeared in The Red and Black without Ms. Stephens ' picture. The newspaper re- ceived numerous telephone calls and editorials about this matter. The Red and Black gave several reasons for the ab- sence of Ms. Stephens pic- ture. First, they didn ' t have enough information to do a big story on her. Second, in the past few years the editors have chosen to eliminate the Homecoming Queen article to save space. Finally, since Ms. Stephens was the second black queen, not the first, the Red and Black felt justified in their decision. The controversy over the Georgia state flag has become a campus issue. In 1956, the Georgia Legislature changed the state flag to include the Confederate battle flag. This was the same year schools were required to desegregate. Students involved in the Culture of the South Associa- tion have set up tables at the Tate Center to solicite mem- bers for their Save the Flag campaign. At a January meet- ing, the Culture of the South Association hosted a speaker who is a proponent of the pre- sent flag. Black students who attended said they felt more dissatisfied than satisfied. In February, the federal government issued a report that the University System of Georgia ' s 34 institutions still remain segregated. If minor- ity enrollment is not in- creased, the University will lose federal funds. In an effort to increase minority enroll- ment, the University has be- gun a joint agriculture degree with Fort Valley State, a pre- dominately black college. Several black campus groups have proposed that a black cultural center be built. Chris Cockfield, the newly elected Student Association vice president, said, There is not a place at the University for minority students to go. This should be looked into, as it is a concern of students. This is more of a long range plan. President Knapp said he has discussed the issue with minority advisors and groups and is willing to entertain an idea, but concerned students must present a proposal for the center. There are differing opin- ions about the current status of race relations. Geri Mur- ray, a senior in fashion mer- chandising said, I think the media and the people in charge are blowing every- thing out of proportion. They ' re making it so every- one is supposed to be against each other when we ' re really just trying to maintain our own identities. Monica Scott, a sophomore RA at Myers Hall, said, Per- sonally I don ' t have any prob- lems at all. I would like to see labels like such as ' black fra- ternity ' or ' white fraternity ' taken away. The often tense relation- ships between blacks and whites have improved since Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes, Sr. became the first black students at Georgia in 1963. During that fall the Georgia National Guard was sent to Athens to protect Hunter-Gault and Holmes from an angry white mob. Progress has been made since 1963. The Black Affairs Council created a Racial Har- mony Committee. At the first conference in the spring, black and white campus lead- ers discussed racial issues. Benjamin Roundtree, a Black Affairs Committee member said, Through this commit- tee, we hoped to mend many fences with our fellow class- mates. Also, we would like to close the culture gap on cam- pus, as well as, gain a better understanding of each other. RACE RELATIONS 27

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TRENDY PARTIES — Chuck Hurt and Jeff Condo enjoy the Myers beach party. A theme party helps to attract residents to parties. ALTERNATIVE WAYS — Jim Row- lette and Mark Lanum, both Busi- ness majors, discover that mock- tails are a substitute to cocktails. SNEAKING AROUND — Rick McGuckIn, freshman, kids around about students hiding drinks. He ' s enjoying a non-alcoholic dacqueri. SCAARI 29