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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.