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By ALICE COGGIN and MARK NIESSE Staff Writers
Q: Who makes more money, David Letterman or Jay
Leno?
– Name withheld
A: CBS pays Letterman approximately $14 million
until the year 2000, according to the Colorado Daily
News. NBC pays Leno between $11 and $14 million
until the year 2000, according to the Miami
Hurricane newspaper.
Q: Where did those new sculptures in front of the
Lamar Dodd Visual Arts building come from, and
what happened to the old ones?
A: One of the new sculptures is red and black and
suggests the shape of a scorpion. The other work is
neon green. The new sculptures were constructed by
Charlie Harris, a sculpture major currently studying
in Italy. Harris created the sculptures out of steel in
Associate Sculpture Professor William Sapp's inde-
pendent study class over the summer. The works rep-
resent "animal creatures, with a suggestion of sea
life," Sapp said. One of the old sculptures in front of
the Lamar Dodd Building was moved to Watkinsville,
and the other had rotted and self-destructed with
time.
Q: Why doesn't the University have a men's soccer
team?
- Name withheld
A: According to Title IX of the Education Amendment
Act of 1972, no one may receive unequal treatment on
the basis of sex in any educational program or activi-
ty receiving federal financial assistance. Because of
Title IX, the University must have at least an equal
number of male and female athletic programs. Also,
in the University's conference there must be two more
women's sports than men's, said Athletic Director
Vince Dooley. If the University began a men's soccer
program, they would also have to add another
women's sport. According to Dooley, the University
simply can't afford to start two new athletic programs
economically, especially because two new women's
sports were started in the last three years.
Q: When students use the UGACard/hand identifica-
tion system, after the machine says "I.D. Verified," it
shows a number as well. What does that number
mean?
A: The number shown on the hand reader is to tell
students how well their hand is read. Lower numbers
mean your hand was read very close to the way it was
read when originally scanned into the hand identifi-
cation system. For example, if you get the number one
when your hand is read in, then that means the sys-
tem read your hand exactly as it was originally
scanned in. Numbers over 100 indicate that the
machine may have problems reading your hand in the
future, a food services department representative
said.
Q: Some major universities have their mascots or their
school letters painted on the 50-yard line in the center
of their football fields. Why doesn't the University have
a Bulldog or a "G" on the 50 yard line of Sanford
Stadium?
– Kristopher Pinyan, a senior from Ellenwood
A: "We want to have as clean a field as possible, with-
out too many markings," said Athletic Director Vince
Dooley. It was just a few years ago when the "Georgia
Bulldogs" logo was added in the end zone at Sanford
Stadium, Dooley said. "Traditionally, we have not had
many markings."
Q: What are those plastic things on the ends of
shoelaces called?
– Ben Cook, a sophomore from Roswell.
A: The plastic tip is called an "aglet," according to the
Illustrated Reverse Dictionary.
Q: Why are companies allowed to solicit outside of the
Tate Center? What is the criteria for getting permis-
sion to do this?
– Greg Groover, sophomore from Fayetteville
A: According to Jody Hall, operations specialist in the
department of Student Activities, and George
Stafford, director of auxiliary services, "for profit"
companies are not allowed to solicit outside the Tate
Student Center with two exceptions. The newspapers
are allowed because former University President
Charles Knapp believed newspapers were of educa-
tional value. The other exception is MNBA, the offi-
cial University affinity card. The University receives
money from this card, so they are allowed to solicit on
campus and during football games. Any other organi-
zation wanting to solicit on campus must be a regis-
tered student group and requesting money is only
allowed for fund-raising for a philanthropy. Outside
companies may not use student groups as a cover.
Q: What is the male to female ratio at the University
this quarter?
A: Preliminary enrollment figures show there are 55
percent female students and 45 percent male stu-
dents, Gary Moore, associate registrar of operations,
said.