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GOLD EDITION Liked By Many, fH The A Action Ads. ... 11 Opinions 4 Cussed By Some, Comics 8 Life In Hell ....4 Features 5 Sports 7 ...Read By Them All Thursday, October 8,1992 George-Anne Vol.65 No. 23 ■a 912/681-5246 Celebrating 65 years as Georgia Southern's Official Student Newspaper Georgia Southern University • Statesboro. GA 30460 NEWS BRIEFS Possible academic restructuring raises questions SAVANNAH OPENS FIRST By Enoch Autry is one side that has voiced a The amount of time that set reasons for a blockage to ments which means less SERIES OF NATURE TRAILS Staff Writer SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP)-One disapproval to the "marriage" was given to the College of the merger. money for printing manage- of the two colleges. According of coastal Georgia's first rail- As GSU grows, so does the Technology was much shorter One such reason is the de- ment," commented Biermann. road lines reopens this month possible restructuring of the to professor Keith Hickman in in comparison. "We were partments under the College of Biermann added that the School of Industrial given first notice and about '■ to traffic of a slower kind. campus. Technology are technological Technology received a gener- The abandoned Tybee Rail- The question has been Technology, "We feel that five days to respond to if we sciences. They are not pure, ous amount of money from road is the first of several na- raised on campus of a possible there would be quite a bit of liked the idea or not, said abstract or theoretical sciences outside sources such as indus- ture trails the city is creating merger between the College of harm done to the future goals Hickman, "We feel that five as those in the College of Arts try and employers. Along with forvisitorstothe 1996 Summer Technology and selected of technology." days is not sufficient to think and Sciences. these funds, there would also Hickman stated that the Olympics. Departments under the it (the merger) through, and to Paige Biermann, a senior be state financial help. Department of Arts and "It's sort of like a daydream College of Arts and Sciences. look at the pros and cons of the print management major, said, An isolation would evolve Sciences were told approxi- but it's becominga reality,"said The Departments of the issues." "Basically, the reason we are from this new union was the Jim Golden, Chatham County's College of Arts and Sciences mately two years ago that As a way of blocking a doing this is because we don't third reason from merger director of Parks and Recre- that may be affected by the Warren Jones, the Dean of the merger between the two de- fit in with any of those stoppage. With over 800 major ation and the mastermind of merger would be as follows: Arts and the Sciences, would partments, a petition from the (selected departments in the students in comparison to the the plans. Biology, Chemistry, be retiring within a few quar- undergraduate and graduate College of Arts and Sciences)." smaller amount of major stu- The Games will be in At- Developmental Math, Geology ters. students of the College of The second reason for the dents from Arts and Sciences, lanta, but the sailing events and Geography, Math and He believed that their de- Technology would be dispersed petition involves the lacks of there is the feeling that the are set for Savannah. Computer Sciences, and partment had been discussing to the major students in the benefits and funding. "We are Technology students would be Physics. this merging action for quite set aside. CRIME TECHNOLOGY HELPS departments. going to have to split all of the The College of Technology some time. money up among the depart- SEE QUESTIONS, PAGE 8 TRACK MARKS ON VICTIMS The petition gives several MACON, Ga. (AP) - A tech- I nology long used by dermatol- ogists to examine wounds is Responsibility for campus now being used by Georgia po- lice to track criminals by the fingerprints, bites and other telltale marks they leave on waterfowl being disputed their victims. 'You can delineate things By Selena E. McKinnon not aware of the need of any policy, but I'm that cannot be seen by the na- Assistant News Editor sure the University would take the ked eye," said Dr. John Parker, The abuse of the birds that make their appropriate actions." Bibb County's medical exam- Because GSU does not have a policy to iner. home on GSU's ponds has captured the attention of both faculty and staff. protect the birds, it has not helped to cover The intense ultraviolet light A recent incident of abuse has sent one medical expenses incurred as the result of is beamed onto damaged skin, Muscovie duckling to the vet and raised mistreatment. In the past, concerned faculty and a special camera lens filter questions about who is responsible for the care and staff have donated money and time to is used to photograph the of the geese arid ducks. care for the birds. wound. The resulting picture "N© one knows who is supposed to take-care Within the past few years, the birds have of bite marks, cuts and even of them," complained Sandra Moskowitz, a had a number of medical expenses. One duck bruises are so detailed that GSU professor who works with the birds. had a fish hook removed from its mouth, police can match teeth imprints "Natural Resources, located in Metter, will another had a toe amputated, and a goose was or types of weapons to suspects, not deal with the ducks. They are attacked by a dog. even if the wound has begun to domesticated animals and not wanted." "I'm not sure if they have any medical bills. heal. Because the geese are overweight and the I'm only aware of one time that they had any," Macon police are using the wings of the adult ducks have been clipped, Nolen commented. technology to investigate the the birds cannot fly. Confined to the campus, Faculty who work with the birds have death of 6-year-old Taylor contributed most of the abusive actions of Fargason, whose body was they depend on the ponds for defense and people for feeding. students to misunderstanding the geese and found on the side of a road with This confinement has left the birds their actions. a tire tread imprint on one of vulnerable to abuse. Rocks have been thrown "The problem is that they imprint," her arms. into nests with eggs, geese have been kicked, emphasizes Moskowitz. "They see us COURT REFUSES TO KILL and two ducks have been sent to the vet. somewhat as a parent because we are giving SUIT INVOLVING PRISONS the food so they are very friendly and they However, GSU has no existing policy to Geese and ducks that call GSU home are being neglected according WASHINGTON (AP) - The protect the birds from abuse by students. approach everybody." Supreme Court today refused If you don't want to be approached, to some members of the faculty. The issue of their care was raised after John Nolen, President of Student Affairs a recent incident of abuse. (Photo by Jesse Stribling) to kill a lawsuit over supplying and Dean of Students, commented, " We are SEE WATERFOWL, PAGE 11 electricity to two Georgia pris- ons. The court, without comment, let stand a ruling that forces two prison officials and Georgia Mock presidential election Proposed housing law Power Co. to trial in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by two may evict UGA students power companies that failed to reflects national voting trend get the state contracts. ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Mike Darke moved to a subdivision At issue was whether Geor- By Kim St. Hilaire of neat frame houses for much the same reason some of his gia law gave the two power News Editor PRESIDENTIAL POLL RESULTS neighbors don't want him and other college students there. companies a "property inter- The University Store re- ioo_ He was looking for quiet. est" in winning the contracts "I realize there are some students you don't want to live in once they submitted what they cently held a mock election to find out who GSU stu- your neighborhood. But not all are party animals,"said contend were the low bids. Darke, a senior at the University of Georgia. "I'm here for an Also at issue is whether the dents were planning to vote for in the upcoming education. When I party, I go to the bars and do it. I don't do two state officials should be le- University Store Mock Election it in my front yard." gally shielded from being sued. Presidential election. According to a store Unfortunately for him, there are enough party animals Each suit invoked a much- New York Times - CBS News Poll spokesperson, the poll was trashing rental houses in this college town's few traditional used civil rights law that al- neighborhoods that the government may vote this week to lows lawsuits over alleged vio- based on a non-scientific, random sampling of the force some of them to move.