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www.redandblack.com Thursday, November 4, 2010 Vol. 118, No. 47 | Athens, Georgia
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PUCKER UPThe sun will
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Morton Theatre can prove it.
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HARD KNOCKSWhat famous
University rivalry inspired
some to use witchcraft?
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Where’s Mikey?
Adams has several meetings today. We
may not find out what they’re about, however. Keeping
records is apparently a bad idea at UGA.
(Top story)
One man’s junker is another man’s roadster at the BikeAthens’ Bicycle
Recycling Program.Operating out of the Chase
Street Warehouses, the BikeAthens workshop allows volunteers to put themselves to work studying, strip-ping and salvaging worn-out bicy-cles that would normally go toward a landfill. Fortunately, these beaten bikes are given a second chance at utility when they pass through the workshop and into needy hands.
Mike Ely, BikeAthens board member and BRP co-manager, cited the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, the Salvation Army and the Family Counseling Services of Athens, Inc. as the three largest benefactors of the program.
“We provide some transporta-tion assistance, but nothing long-term,” said Nora Blankenship, JobTREC program manager of the Athens Area Homeless Shelter.
Blankenship said the BRP pro-
vides trusty transportation, which affords shelter dependents the opportunity to attend job inter-views and commute to jobs.
“All of the bikes we give them go toward employment purposes,” she said.
BikeAthens Council member Richard Shoemaker, a retired teacher and University graduate, said it was always his dream to grow up to be a bicycle mechanic. The BRP gives him a chance to experience the thrill of that dream, devoting several hours a week to the workshop, but the true merit of the program lies in who it helps.
“It’s important to a segment of the Athens population you don’t usually see,” he said.
Though the main thrust of the program is to provide transporta-tion to homeless and destitute Athenians, the BRP has a second-ary objective of diverting extra
See BIKE, Page 7
By JULIA CARPENTERTHE RED & BLACK
Now that his campaign for the Athens mayoral seat is over, Glenn Stegall has time to be a normal 21-year-old college student again.
“What most students might find interesting is that I’ve never had a fake ID and I’ve never gone to a bar downtown, so now that the campaign is over I can probably do that,” Stegall said. “And I’m 21 years old.”
Stegall, a senior political science major from Douglas,
first considered running for mayor two years ago while he was walking on North Campus.
“I was coming back from my religion class in Peabody, and I was thinking, ‘Wow, I was really involved in the 2008 election. When this is over, there’s no needing me just kind of becom-ing your normal college stu-dent and having a whole lot of fun,’” he said. “I wanted to do something to affect my com-munity.”
Stegall soon began research-ing the Athens mayoral race. When he discovered his young age didn’t bar him from the competition, he announced his campaign for mayor in the fall of 2009.
“I just really researched
what my chances were, and after I talked to a lot of people in the community, getting more involved, and speaking with a lot of friends who encouraged me to do it as well,” he said.
This semester Stegall threw himself into preparing for Tuesday’s elections — all while having to balanc the typical schoolwork with the cam-paign.
“When you’re really deter-mined to do something, you’d be amazed at what you can do,” Stegall said. “A lot of my friends were kind of upset because I didn’t really have much of a life, or much of a fun life anyway. I didn’t have much leisure time there, but what
See STEGALL, Page 3
PHOTOS BY EMILY KAROL | The Red & Black
Donated bikes in the BikeAthen’s Bicycle Recycling Program are salvaged and fixed, then given to those in need.
MEGHAN PITTMAN | The Red & Black
Glenn Stegall, a 21-year-old political science major, just completed his mayoral campaign. Though he won’t be in the Nov. 30 runoff, he still cherishes the experience he gained.
By POLINA MARINOVATHE RED & BLACK
Following The Red & Black’s articles regarding the recent Dean of Students search, University employees have been asked to be more cautious of what they put on the record, according to a document obtained
by The Red & Black.Rodney Bennett, vice
president for student affairs, advised that “no written feedback or evalu-ative information should be kept for any candidates in any search process, including student posi-tions,” according to the meeting minutes at the Housing Management
Team departmental meet-ing Oct. 26.
According to the docu-ment, “this is effective immediately,” and sharing verbal feedback is the sug-gested practice.
Though the document states, “this fundamentally changes how searches are conducted,” Bennett emphasized this is only a reminder — not a policy.
“There is no new poli-cy,” Bennett said. “There’s no policy that has been developed related to the retention of records. This has to do with the request
that [The Red & Black has] made of me related to the Dean of Students search and a reminder to the department heads that we work in an open records state, and they need to be mindful of documents that they’re maintaining and notes that they are keep-ing because those are sub-ject to public review.”
After documents of the recent Dean of Students search were obtained and published by The Red & Black, Bennett said he met with department heads to ensure they are aware of state open record policies.
“We had a discussion
See DOCUMENTS, Page 2
Official advises keeping information off record
Basketball opens with exhibition
By MITCH BLOMERTTHE RED & BLACK
The men’s basketball team is finally moving into the newly-renovated Stegeman Coliseum, but without its star player on the court.
Starting forward and SEC Preseason Player of the Year Trey Thompkins will not play in tonight’s exhibition game against Augusta State after suffering a high ankle sprain during a scrimmage, head coach Mark Fox said Wednesday.
“We’re going to do what’s best for this kid first,” Fox said. “We’re going to make sure he’s healthy before he plays. Knowing Trey and his competitive drive, that will be a struggle we’ll probably run into in a week when he’ll want to come back a lit-tle earlier than anybody wants him to.”
There is no clear answer for when Thompkins will return. Fox said his chances of playing in the Bulldogs’ regu-lar season opener against Mississippi Valley State at home next Friday are “extremely slim.”
“It could be two weeks, it could be a month,” Fox said. “It kind of depends on how he responds to the treatment. We basically have left it where we’re going to treat him as aggressively as we can and re-evaluate him in a week.”
Thompkins led Georgia with 17.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game last season, earning a unanimous All-SEC first-team selection. A sure 2010 NBA Draft selection, he turned down the pros to return for his junior year.
To combat the loss, the Bulldogs will rely on added depth, most notably at for-ward where seniors Chris Barnes and Jeremy Price will play tonight.
“They’ve both played both spots up front and have some comfort level
See GAME, Page 8
Student candidate returns to ‘normal’
Thompkins to miss with ankle sprain
ON THE WEB Meeting Document
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about what we have learned as a result of the Dean of Students search and the documents that were kept — that [The Red & Black] did an open records request for and subsequently pub-lished,” he said. “And so I reminded the department heads that, as they are reviewing candidates and candidate credentials, they need to be aware that we operate in an open records state and any document that we create or maintain is subject to public review.”
W h e n asked if B e n n e t t encourag-es solely verbal col-lection of f e e d b a c k for depart-ments, he said no.
“No, I w o u l d encourage people to do it in whatever way they’re comfortable doing it,” Bennett said. “Sometimes you can collect feedback verbally and that’s fine. And other times you need to collect feedback in another form, and I think it’s OK to do it in the other form if that’s what the situ-ation calls for. But I don’t think anybody should be reckless in just creating a bunch of documents and a lot of records that they really don’t need. I think you need to have a specific purpose for creating a record and maintaining a record.”
Bennett said when con-ducting a search, he often writes down comments about the candidates in the margins or on the back of the paper, and all of those comments on the documents could be made publicly available.
“If you don’t need to write that down, if you
don’t need to keep that information, don’t keep it,” he said. “If you need to keep it, then by all means keep what you need to keep, but have a purpose and a reason for keeping it.”
Frank LoMonte, execu-tive director of the Student Press Law Center, said not keeping written feedback “just seems like a bad prac-tice.”
“As a general matter, an agency is only required to turn over documents that they actually have,” LoMonte said. “The ques-tion is, ‘Can you conduct your business in a way that undermines open records policies?’”
John Millsaps, spokes-man for the Board of Regents, said universities in the University System of Georgia don’t have to keep anything outside of the documents required by the U.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires employers to keep all personnel or employ-ment records for one year. Employers are required to also keep records of employee payroll, employ-ee benefit plans and other employee records such as wage rates and job evalua-tions.
LoMonte said universi-ties should not purposeful-ly abstain from keeping “written feedback or evalu-ative information.”
“It certainly seems unsa-vory for a school to get around open records prac-tices in order to avoid pub-lic disclosure,” LoMonte said. “It may technically be legal, but the public would be right to ask if this is a sound practice.”
Josh Delaney, SGA pres-ident, said people have a right to know about all pro-cesses that occur in a pub-lic institution.
“I think it’s important for all search processes for positions — be it student,
staff or administrative — conducted by a public uni-versity that is taxpayer-supported to be public. I think all citizens — stu-dents, journalists and who-ever else — should be able to have a transparent look at what’s going on in the processes at that universi-ty.”
Bennett said some can-didates for jobs at the University may be in a situ-ation in which they risk being fired if their supervi-sor finds out they are con-sidering a job at another institution.
“That’s the problem with doing searches that are so public — where [The Red & Black] published the name, rank and serial number of everybody,” Bennett said. “That’s sort of the backlash that we have to deal with. It’s that some of your best candi-dates will not apply because they can’t take the risk of having their supervi-sor or employer know they’re considering other jobs.”
Bennett said the context of what the entry in the H o u s i n g M e e t i n g d o c u m e n t was refer-ring to is that after the recent Dean of Students search, staff should be more aware of what University docu-ments can be made avail-able to the public.
“There’s no policy relat-ed to records, but with the stories that [The Red & Black] printed, it certainly provided opportunities for good discussion for pro-cesses going forward and a reminder of the Open Records Act,” he said.
After the Dean of Students was announced, students expressed the need for more transparen-cy on the administrative level.
“Any search process should continue to have records that people can look back on in order to keep people accountable and make sure the process-es are done in a transpar-ent way,” Delaney said.
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Fraternity house bur-glarized
Three University stu-dents reported more than $4,000 worth of items stolen from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fra-ternity house on Tuesday, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police report. “There’s a chance it might show up, but I’m counting it as a loss for right now,” one victim told The Red & Black Wednesday.
All of the stolen items were located in common areas, but in different rooms, accord-ing to the victim.
In total, a mountain bike, backpack, book and two MacBook lap-tops with a total value of $4,095 were reported stolen.
The victim said the fraternity house has had some small thefts in the past.
However, he said there’s never been any-thing quite “on this scale.”
“All the doors lock and there are codes on them,” he said. “But I believe one of them was open.”
Another victim told The Red & Black that “most everyone in the house was asleep at the time.” He said anyone could have come in.
And he said he did not believe the offender was anyone affiliated with the fraternity or living in the fraternity’s house.
“We definitely feel like it was an outside thing,” he said. “Someone probably decided to check doors and found an open one and had a nice little walk around.”
He said he was typ-ing a report, went upstairs and planned to come back down to the common room to get his laptop in the morn-ing before going on with his day.
But when he came back for the laptop, which is valued at $2,000, it was gone.
“Whoever it was could have literally just walked through quietly,” he said.
Police don’t know how entry was made into the house, but “at least three doors were standing or propped open,” according to the report.
— Compiled by Jacob Demmitt
CRIME NOTEBOOK
ONLINE Police Documents
DOCUMENTS: Avoiding record keeping described as an ‘unsavory’ practice
MAN ON THE STREET:SIXTEEN AND PREGNANT?
Thanks to television, being 16 and pregnant is no longer the secret life of the American teenager.
And most teens polled by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy said shows they like that feature teen preg-nancy — such as MTV’s “Teen Mom” — made them consider their own risk of getting pregnant and how to avoid it.
In fact, 76 percent of the 1,008 teens polled said what they see in the
media about sex, love and relationships can launch discussions about it with adults.
So, The Red & Black wanted to hear it from University students — do shows like “16 and Pregnant” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” positively or negatively influence teens?
— Paige Varner
TIP MORGANpre-med senior biology major from Marietta
“It’s a good thing because they’re too young to be having their future set in stone. But I’ve heard of some girls becoming preg-nant so they can be on the show.”
TAYLOR CYLEjunior environmental chemistry major from Atlanta
“I don’t know if they help people deal with prob-lems. It’s much better to leave it to up-front, hon-est discussions.”
DAMION MARTELL,junior environmental health science and biochemical engineering major from Mandeville, Jamaica
“The episodes are never fun. They’re struggling and suffer-ing. They might have to make the choice to give the child up for adoption. You see how dif-ficult it is.”
SUMAN MOMINinternational affairs major from Johns Creek
“‘Secret Life’ shows teen pregnancy as a way to get popular, as some-thing to get attention for. The girl’s mom helps her out a lot. I think there’d be more consequences in real life.”
By PATRICK HOOPERTHE RED & BLACK
A new student group is taking a stand for unborn life everywhere.
Though the group’s Facebook page links to the Students for Life of America website, the University’s Students for Life group shares a simi-lar name but none of the other group’s clout.
“We are an indepen-dent group without any official links,” said Peter Ascik, a chemistry gradu-ate student from Asheville, N.C. “Getting the word out was a challenge.”
Ascik cited the fall activities fair as especially useful, giving his fledgling group the chance to intro-duce themselves to the student body. This is the group’s first active semes-ter on campus.
He said he built the Students for Life around three core notions — sup-porting pregnant mothers in Athens, educating the community about life in the womb and calling attention to the loss of life caused by abortion and embryonic research.
“Pro-life is always an issue,” he said of his deci-sion to form the group
now. “It’s never gone away.”
Ascik said the issue is particularly relevant today, as the field of bio-science has begun moving toward the use of embry-os in its research.
Steve Stice, director of the University’s Regenerative Bioscience Center, said there was no cause for concern for that kind of research at the University.
“We’re not doing any research on embryos,” he said. “It’s prohibited by the [National Institute of Health] and by law for f e d e r a l l y - f u n d e d research.”
The NIH provides the University with its supply of stem cells.
Athens Pregnancy Center Director Tricia Parker said some students volunteer but the center still welcomes more help.
Parker said the center encourages raising one’s child as the first option and adoption as the sec-ond, but they do not turn away women who have chosen abortion.
“We have a support group for girls who have had abortions,” she said. “I want them to know they have support.”
Club promotes pro-life education in Athens
DELANEY
BENNETT
WITCH CASTS SPELL ON LITERARY HALL
Rarely do rivalries reach the tactics that one feud came to this week in 1970 when a Phi Kappa witch cast a spell on Demosthenian
The two literary societ-ies have been rivals for centuries, but Angie Wyllie, then a junior math major, took the friction up a notch when she built a tarot-card effigy of Demosthenian Hall and consulted the Dictionary of Witchcraft in order to curse Phi Kappa’s archri-val.
“Miss Wyllie quietly concentrated for 30 sec-onds on the evil spell she was about to cast. She slowly raised her head and said, ‘Disaster and ruin upon Demosthenian Hall forever!’ She struck down the effigy of tarot cards and blew out the candles.”
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CO-ED IS PURSUED BY AMOROUS GOAT
Some female students have pets. Others have clingy boyfriends. But one poor University student had the worst of both worlds this week in 1924.
“Mary and her little lamb have nothing on Georgia co-eds. Determined not to be outdone by any nursery rhyme, a sophomore house co-ed came home from her eight-fifteen class Tuesday morning with a nice fresh goat trailing her as closely as ever Hawkshaw trailed a desperado,” reported The Red & Black. “The co-ed got somebody’s goat, but fled from his advances into the shelter of Sophomore house, almost slamming the door in his face.”
Female students today may be schooled on rape pre-vention and downtown safety, but how many girls in this century are savvy enough to cope with a sudden goat attack?
THOSE WERE THE DAYS....
NIGHT WATCHMEN
This week in 1971 The Red & Black interviewed Fabian Fain, a student night watchman in Myers Hall, in an article on several “dragon slayers” in University dorms.
Fain griped openly about the perils accompanying his position.
“Peeping toms are a problem each spring quarter and during exams,” Fain said.
Once halls became co-ed in 1967, University Housing employed students to monitor young ladies’ comings and goings and to protect the female residents from unexpected male visitors.
Fain discussed the awkward duties his job sometimes entailed.
“It puts me in a tough spot during a panty raid when everyone else is cooperating except me.”
BLACK PLAYERS RECEIVE ‘FAIR DEAL’
Before the 1971 season, the Georgia football team was uniformly composed of a single color — not red or black, but white.
Five football players broke the color barrier between the hedges: Horace King, Chuck Kinnebrew, Clarence Pope, Richard Appleby and Larry West.
“The thing I’m most pleased with is that they let me play because of my abilities not my race,” Kinnebrew said. “I’d rather deal with prejudice than tokenism.”
An interview with King, Kinnebrew and Pope in a Nov. 4, 1971, issue of The Red & Black revealed though the players were definitely aware of their prominence on the team, they didn’t feel coaches or other players treat-ed them differently because of their race.
“The coaches all try to treat us fairly,” Pope said. “They have been that way with all the players.”
Kinnebrew said coaches and teammates treated him “as a person, not as a color.”
“Of course, we are going to be in the public eye sim-ply by being the first,” Kinnebrew said. “There will be more black athletes coming to Georgia, and being first, we are their example of what it’s going to be like.”
— Compiled by Julia Carpenter
Editor’s Note: This Thursday series chronicles some of the most interesting, hilarious and monumental moments that happened this week in the University’s history.
FAIN
RED & BLACK ARCHIVES | The Red & Black
By ADINA SOLOMONTHE RED & BLACK
Dreams of starting a company — and having $100,000 to do it with — are within reach for undergrad-uate and graduate students at the University.
UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur competition gives students the chance to win this prize and gain experience in developing their own companies — perhaps even starting them.
“It’s something that you can’t be taught in the class-room,” said Charles Roach, a graduate assistant in the Terry College of Business who works with the com-petition.
Chris Hanks, director of entrepreneurship at Terry, began the contest along with his former graduate assistant. Roach now works as Hanks’ assistant for the program’s third year.
The first step to the
yearlong competition is the information session today. Students will then choose whether they want to com-pete alone or in a team of up to six people.
During the three rounds of the contest, students will outline ideas for their own businesses. Successful business ideas from previ-ous competitions have included an iPhone app and a taxi service for down-town, Roach said.
Next Top Entrepreneur will last until the end of the school year when a panel of 15 to 20 venture capitalists from across the country, who invest in promising
business proposals, will choose the top two or three ideas. The venture capital-ists will then fly to Athens and choose which team receives the grand prize of $100,000 to make its busi-ness idea into a reality.
Financing for the com-petition, including the prize, comes mainly from area companies, Roach said. Venture capitalists and the Venture Capitalist Club at Terry also subsi-dize the competition.
Roach said this year Next Top Entrepreneur hopes for 300 contestants, or 50 to 60 ideas. Most stu-dents who enter are sopho-mores, juniors, seniors or graduate students, and 30 to 40 percent are from Terry, but everyone is encouraged to compete, Roach said.
“It’s going to be some-thing that really helps your career throughout life,” he said. “Even if you don’t win, it’s not a loss.”
Student business competition offers chance to win $100,000
When: 5 to 6 p.m.Where: South PJ AuditoriumMore Information: Information session about the business idea competition
UGA’S NEXTTOP ENTREPRENEUR
By MARY WALKERTHE RED & BLACK
Can an iPad improve academic success?
The Athletic Association’s use of technology has helped the gradua-tion rate of student-athletes sky-rocket.
Wednesday afternoon, the University Council committee on Intercollegiate Athletics met to dis-cuss a web-based program referred to as The Portal.
The Portal is an online system that allows the academic advising staff at the Rankin Smith Academic Center to supervise student-ath-letes’ academic progress.
Ted White, director of academic services, has promoted the develop-ment of the program for the past four years.
The Athletic Association is now in discussion with Apple to get The Portal mobile.
“Apple is very into the mobile technology and student-athletes are always on the run,” White said.
White came to the University in May 2006.
When he arrived, the University’s football and basketball student-ath-lete graduation rate ranked dead
last in the SEC.Before being hired to the
University, White worked with fresh-man football players at Louisiana State University, where he devel-oped a hands-on program to assist student-athletes struggling academ-ically.
White began sitting in classes, observing tutoring sessions and ask-ing students to show him their work.
“Within one year we were leading the SEC in freshmen honor roll stu-dents,” White said of his work at LSU.
The challenge at the University was to create a program to monitor the progress of more than 500 stu-dent-athletes.
The program allows counselors to monitor the grades and atten-dance of a specific student or an entire team.
The Portal uses the lighting sys-tem. A and B scores correspond with a green light, C with a yellow light, and D and F result in a red light. These lights indicate areas in which student-athletes are strug-gling or succeeding.
“The traffic light allows the tutor to know, in general, how the student is doing,” White said. “And counsel-
ors are supposed to read the tutor-ing reports each morning,”
The program also contains an attendance section. If a student-athlete is absent for three classes they are suspended for the upcom-ing 10 percent of competition.
“We have had students miss the SEC championship,” White said.
The Portal applies to all student-athletes. It contains calendars for student-athletes that list classes, tutoring sessions, meetings and training programs.
The program also contains a sec-tion for each course with syllabus information that can be changed by the counselors or instructors.
“There is no other program like this in the country,” White said. “There is nothing as comprehen-sive.”
The Portal going mobile would assist the communication between student-athletes and their academic advisers, especially while on the road. They hope to close their con-tract with Apple by December.
The Portal has proven its effec-tiveness over the past four years.
“We now rank second in football graduation rates, just behind Vanderbilt after just four years,” White said.
Athletes’ study aid goes mobile
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other people see as always being stressed out and working, I found exciting and thrilling to be working to affect government and affect people’s lives in such a profound way.”
Stegall soon came to rely on three professors in the political science department — Paul Gurian, Audrey Haynes and Charles Bullock — as a “free campaign consult-ing team.”
“I basically had some of the best experts in the state at my disposal, and that was great,” Stegall said.
Bullock said he believes Stegall’s campaign may have inspired some future student bids for public office.
“I would hope so, that it would serve as something
of a role model,” he said. “UGA students frequently become involved in cam-paigns, especially those who are either involved in the College Republicans or the Young Democrats, but it’s uncommon for them to actually become candidates themselves while still taking classes.”
Stegall received a mere 4 percent of the overall vote in the Athens mayoral race, but he said the expe-rience was one that will shape his future political endeavors.
“In politics we have something called ‘progres-sive ambition,’ and I would definitely identify myself as one of those people,” he said.
“You always try to move up, to the highest office you possibly can to create the most change, and that’s essentially my men-
tality here.” Stegall had just a few
words of advice for aspir-ing student candidates.
“Go after it, and don’t let those cynics keep you back,” he said.
And the loss didn’t real-ly faze him.
“Even though I lost, it
was so rewarding,” he said. “We were able to bring education and that kind of power into the city. We were able to get a lot of things done, and I think we actually raised the bar for young people to actu-ally be able to affect their community.”
STEGALL: Professor hopes campaign inspires students
MEGHAN PITTMAN| The Red & Black
Glenn Stegall explains some of his campaign materials. During the Athens mayoral race, he had help from several University professors.
By BRIANA GERDEMANTHE RED & BLACK
This month, students and Athens residents will have the opportunity to put Municipal Court citations behind them with the court’s first Amnesty Month.
From Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, the court will waive late fees and warrant fees for tickets issued more than a year ago — prior to Nov. 1, 2009. The indi-vidual will still have to pay the origi-nal ticket.
The tickets that will be forgiven are: traffic offenses, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, driving under the influence, driving without a license, no license, shop-lifting, animal control and unsafe/unsanitary living conditions. Parking tickets issued by the Downtown Athens Parking System are not cov-ered by the Municipal Court’s Amnesty Month.
Leslie Spornberger Jones, munic-
ipal court judge, said the court decided to hold Amnesty Month to deal with older court cases.
“It’s part of the court’s ability to work efficiently to keep up with any cases that haven’t been resolved,” she said.
If a person who received a ticket does not appear in court by a cer-tain date, a $50 late fee is charged. If the person does not appear in court within an additional 20 days, their drivers’ license is suspended, a $100
warrant fee is assessed and a bench warrant is issued, which can lead to the person’s arrest, Spornberger Jones said.
She said some people may want to resolve their outstanding cita-tions, but they may not have money to pay the ticket at first, and as time passes, they are reluctant to come into court because of the additional fees and warrants that have mount-ed. She said she hopes Amnesty Month will address those people’s concern.
“It would give them the chance to resolve it without the late fee and the warrant fee being assessed,” she said. “We’ve got about 2,000 cases that we felt like people may not be wanting to resolve because of those things.”
Amnesty Month will waive the late fee, the warrant fee and the bench warrant during November, but it will not reinstate the person’s license.
Court expunges late fees for some ticketsWhen: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in November, noon to 8 p.m.What: Pay overdue tickets with no late feesWhere: Athens-Clarke County Municipal Court at 325 East Washington St.More Information: Call ACC Municipal Court at (706) 613-3690
AMNESTY MONTH
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CALEDONIA LOUNGE
10 p.m., $7 (18+), $5 (21+)GuzikDown-home death metalWolves and Jackals“The gospel of death,” apocolyp-to-metalShark HeartLocal prog-metal trio
NEW EARTH MUSIC HALL
9 p.m.Big GiganticColorado-based funk-tronic soul-ful dance jamsAna SiaSan Fran electronica: Bass that buzzes straight through your gut
FARM 25511 p.m., freeThe HummsGrungy psycho-pop that you’ll be humming for days (GO SEE)MermaidsFun, fuzzy, clap-your-hands rockNuclear SpringMoan-fuzz rock with a punk atti-tude Runaway SunsTexas dirty blues-rock; whiskey, women, wonderin’…
TERRAPIN BEER CO.5 p.m.TurbineWholly American Americana with touches of funk, blues, rock, jazz
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR
11 p.m., $6Elf PowerMajor local psycho-folk sounds like a windy fall dayJacob MorrisHam1 member plays alt-folk with an English twang RPM10 p.m., freeHoly LiarsCowboy boot-stomping grimy rock THE MAX CANADA
6 p.m., freeGreg & GeorgeShallow Palace members play two-piece versions of their nor-mally fist-pumping rockNuclear SpringMoan-fuzz rock with punk atti-tude HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR
8 p.m., freeKenosha KidGenre-bending originals driven by jazz philosophies
The Red & Black’s event guide to music in and around Athens from Nov. 4 - Nov. 10.
Compiled by Chris MillerDesigned by Ana KabakovaContact: [email protected]
Video didn’t really kill the radio star. Really, it just marketed the radio star. But OK Go doesn’t
really dig that idea.“I think, especially with the kind of
demise of the traditional record indus-try, the rules for what a video has to be have changed,” said Tim Nordwind, bassist of OK Go, a band known for its videos. “They no longer have to be marketing tools, they no longer have to be promotional items or advertise-ments for the record. They can kind of be their own separate art project that have their own value and stand alone.”
And that’s exactly what OK Go’s videos do. If you’re not one of the 50 million people who has seen the band’s infamous treadmill dance video on Youtube (which won the band a Grammy), you might be confused.
All of the videos produced by OK Go are dramatically original, intriguing and fun, from mind-blowingly complex Rube Goldberg machines to trained dogs. In no way are they the tradition-al big-name-director-tells-band-to-stand-on-beach-and-look-beautiful, and the mission behind them is far beyond just selling records.
“With record labels, the reason they wanna make a video is they want their bands to show up in the video looking like a shiny new car in a car commercial,” Nordwind said. “We’re mostly concerned with just good ideas and executing them well.”
But what is all this mess about vid-eos — this is a band, right? What about the music?
To Nordwind, this is not a band that makes just videos or music or T-shirts. They make all of it. And they do it all really well. Well, their T-shirts kind of suck (just kidding).
“We’re sort of the mind — and this is a super-naïve business model — that if we make good things then more good opportunities will come to us,” Nordwind said.
The good things they have made,
on top of Internet sweeping videos, include three dynamic rock albums. The sound they create, if all you’ve heard is 2005’s “Here It Goes Again,” is infectious and driving, almost obnoxiously catchy melodically but still somehow dangerously original.
Their newest record, “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky,” reaches into new depths, with a focus Nordwind describes as driven more by personal emotions and less by thematic goals.
“I think thematically it’s a record about trying to find hope in what felt
like hopeless times,” Nordwind said. “A lot of the record was written at the end of the Bush administration and the downturn of the economy — it was really a sort of scary place to be and personally the band was going through a lot of turmoil.”
From that emerged a groove-based record that maintains its pop catchi-ness while pushing into more disso-nant and melancholy realms. Funky dance beats and falsetto vocals are matched with lyrics about loss and pain.
“This time around we were definite-ly hunting much more in the dark for feeling, and we were trying to feel our way through it rather than think our way through it,” Nordwind said.
The idea that some people might be familiar with OK Go’s videos and not their music doesn’t bother Nordwind in the least. Everything that the band has created together is just another part of their creative expres-sion.
“Some people are gonna like the videos, some people are gonna like
the music, some people are gonna like the music and the videos, some peo-ple are only gonna like us live but don’t like our t-shirts,” Nordwind said. “But what’s nice is that there is a good percentage of people I think who see one thing and end up liking another thing that we make, and I’m proud of that.”
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THURSDAY
What: Men’s Basketball Exhibition vs. Augusta StateWhere: Stegeman ColiseumWhen: 7 p.m.Price: Free for studentsContact: www.georgiadogs.com
What: University Theatre Performance: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeWhere: Fine Arts TheatreWhen: 8 p.m., through FridayPrice: $15, $12 for UGA studentsContact: (706) 542-2838 (tickets)
FRIDAY
What: Coffee Hour sponsored by International Student LifeWhere: Memorial Hall BallroomWhen: 11:30 a.m.Price: freeContact: (706) 542-5867
What: Volleyball vs. FloridaWhere: Ramsey Student CenterWhen: 7 p.m.Price: freeContact: www.georgiadogs.com
SATURDAY
What: Athens Farmers MarketWhere: Bishop Park When: 8 a.m. – noonContact: www.athensfarmersmar-ket.net
What: Classic City Rollergirls BoutWhere: Skate-A-Round USAWhen: 6 p.m.Price: $10 (adults), $5 (ages 6–10), free (ages 6 & under)Contact: www.classiccityroller-girls.com
SUNDAY
What: Boulder BashWhere: Bouldering Wall, Ramsey Student CenterWhen: Noon – 9 p.m.Price: $15 for students; $18 non-students. Registration the day of: $20Contact: (706) 542-8030
What: Sunday Drag BrunchWhere: CinéWhen: 11 – 3 p.m.Price: $15Contact: 706-549-3450, www.ath-enscine.com
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What: Volleyball vs. Kennesaw StateWhere: Ramsey Student CenterWhen: 7 p.m.
Price: freeContact: (706) 542-1621, www.georgiadogs.com
WEDNESDAY
What: Getzen Lecture on Government AccountabilityWho: U.S. Sen. Johnny IsaksonWhere: ChapelWhen: 10:30 a.m.Contact: (706) 542-7849
Although it may seem that today’s worlds of hip-hop and country exist on
opposite ends of the universe. Actually, like almost all popular American music, it came from the same style: the blues. You don’t have to tell that to The Darnell Boys.
Of the three Darnell broth-ers — Caleb, Austin and Gus — the latter two made names for themselves in town as rap-pers. Austin made his name in the highly regarded Deaf Judges and Gus performing as Gus D. at house parties and clubs since he was in high school.
Then, about six months ago, they took the obvious next step — form a band that meanders back and forth from multi-part harmonies in the 1950s country tradition to gut-busting blues about evil women and whiskey.
Wait, what?“I think for a lot of people,
especially my brothers’ friends, they’re definitely surprised that I know how to actually play instruments,” said Gus, the youngest Darnell brother. “And all of my friends that I’ve told, ‘Hey, me and my brothers are starting a country band,’ they were definitely a little weirded out at first, but it’s gone over well so far with everyone.”
The Darnell’s, all Athens
locals, were raised on country and blues, Gus explains, including the Allman Brothers Band and Hank Williams Sr.
“We’ve grown up with it because all my uncles and my father, they all play music, and they all play country and blues music,” said Gus. “So we grew up with my dad listening to a lot of country and blues and blues-rock kind of stuff.”
The first incarnation of the band actually consisted of just the two older brothers perform-ing as Bellyache. After about a year and a half of writing and performing, they took a hiatus, reforming this year as The Darnell Brothers with the addi-tion of Gus and then-bassist Joe Burkett and “junkyard per-cussionist” Patrick Weiss, who plays washboards and saw.
On-stage the Darnells are constantly rotating, each taking his turn on different instruments and in different roles.
“I play drums on some songs, I play guitar on some songs. We all take turns sing-ing songs, we all take turns being the front man,” Gus said. “So I think that makes the live show interesting for sure.”
Aesthetically, the jump for Gus and Austin from hip-hop to country/blues — especially in this old-time, family style — seems radical. But Gus
explains it’s all actually linked together.
“Hip-hop was born from the blues and being in a shitty envi-ronment and having to get through it, and the way to get through it is just doing music. Both are kind of a healing pro-cess, trying to just figure out what’s going on in your life and
make it through,” Gus said. “It’s nice to have the brothers there to back you up on it.”
The Darnell Boys, Matt Hudgins & His Shit Hot
Country Band, John King Band
The Caledonia Lounge10 p.m. $7 (18+), $5 (21+)
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CALEDONIA LOUNGE
See “Deep Roots”
THE MELTING POINT
9 p.m.Kinchafoonee CowboysBarn dance country that loves to rock and watch them Dawgs
BARNETTE’S10 p.m., $10“Voices Against Brain Cancer”BloodkinExperienced Athens rockers with
Americana and soul influences
FARM 25511 p.m., freeDelicate SteveOne New Jersey man’s experi-mental, lyrical tunes performed by a five-pieceSunspotsAn intergalactic wind blowing a drum circle through the cosmos
NUÇI’S SPACE
7 p.m., $5Up Until NowLocal electro-duo whose singular mission is booty shaking
WildKardLocal rap with a guitarist and a sense of humor
TERRAPIN BEER CO.5 p.m.Bluebilly GritBluegrass standards and origi-nals straight from the front porch
GO BAR
10 p.m.Neon BludFlorida thrash-punk fronted by a hardcore maiden of metalWitchesFrontline rock ’n’ roll with melodic
influences
40 WATT CLUB
9 p.m., $12 in advanceMan or Astro-Man?Surf-punk from the future, played in the ’70sFiend Without a FacePsychobilly, surfpunk blues
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR
8:30 p.m.Women in the RoundThree singer/songwriters playing acoustic originals
FRIDAY
THE MELTING POINT
9 p.m.Brad Downs and the Poor Bastard SoulsSouthern stories over thoughtful roots rockAdam PayneQuiet folk rock just waiting to burst into a sing-along chorusWilliam TonksLocal rock veteran playing
Southern-styled rock originals.
40 WATT CLUB
9:30 p.m., $8 in advanceYacht Rock RevueSynthy ’80s pop covers of bands including Kenny Loggins and Steely Dan for members onlyKrush GirlsFunky mixes brought to Athens for a decade by DJ A$$ Money
CALEDONIA LOUNGE
10 p.m., $5 (18+), $7 (21+)
Abandon the Earth MissionElectronic beats underneath ambient instrumentation/synths and spaced out melodiesQuriousAmbient electronica smooth as the milky way and back by cos-mic visuals
NEW EARTH MUSIC HALL
7 p.m.The Mezmer Society Workshop and ShowThe sounds of gothic, 19th centu-
ry Eastern Europe fronted by cabaret and belly dancers
FARM 25511 p.m., freeThe District AttorneysEcho-laden, rolling hill indie rock
RYE BAR
10:30 p.m., freeJazz ChronicA funk body with a jazz mind and a rock soul
SATURDAY
Courtesy The Darnell Boys
Deep Roots: The Darnell Boys
CALEDONIA LOUNGE
9:30 p.m., $7 (18+), $5 (21+)Dylan GilbertCharlotte three-piece produces a cascade of melodic indie rockArtists of WarThudding, screeching techni-met-al
FalconesMelodic rock and punk-driven localsNative KidPassionate, round-howl vocals in front of indie alt-rock
HIGHWIRE LOUNGE
8 p.m., freeKenosha KidGenre-bending originals driven by
jazz philosophies
THE GLOBE
8 p.m., freeIan McFeron and Alisa MilnerSeattle-based Americana in the Dylan tradition
WUOG 90.5 FM8 p.m., free“Live in the Lobby”
Modern SkirtsLocal pop rock group that’s mas-tered the three-part harmony and funky drum beat, now moving on to more experimental pastures
THE MELTING POINT
7 p.m.Seven Handle CircusBluegrass/folk that loves whiskey and a good crowd
TUESDAY
CALEDONIA LOUNGE
10 p.m., $7 (18+), $5 (21+)Coco RicoEnergetic indie rockGoldilocksIndie power-pop straight from the ATLWowser BowserMelodies in the key of funky indie pop, run through more than a few computers
THE MELTING POINT
9 p.m.John French and the BastillesMellow indie rock, a folky feel with elegant harmoniesKyshona ArmstrongSoulful, sincere, and sophisticat-ed R&B folk
Emily HearnUpbeat, folk singer/songwriter with mesmerizingly authoritative vocals
RYE BAR
10:30 p.m., freeDJ KillacutDJ mixes plus local rapper guests
TERRAPIN BEER CO.5 p.m., freeLaura MeyerHyper-bluesy alt-rock with spot-light on Meyer’s soulful vocals
WEDNESDAYCourtesy Man or Astro-Man?
Other Events in Athens
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Hunting keeps ecosystem healthy
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Adrian Foster’s Letter to the Editor (“Hunting does not help lower deer population,”
Nov. 2) shows how one should not speak on something about which they know little.
The argument that hunting doesn’t affect the deer population is absurd.
Hunting helps control the white-tailed deer population.
The purpose of hunting as a management technique is to keep the deer population under carrying capacity, so that the population does not overcrowd the habitat.
As the deer situation exists, populations in many areas are above carrying capacity; this means there are more deer in a designated area than the environment can handle.
In other words, the deer are eat-ing our surroundings to death.
I agree these populations are much higher than they should be. However, it is not because hunters want more deer to hunt, but because there are not enough hunters.
Foster is correct — non-lethal techniques are “more humane.”
But they are impractical to implement.
Peer-reviewed, published research has documented that effective sterilization requires cap-turing and sterilizing at least 70
percent of female deer. It’s also expensive.The equipment itself might not
be, but the cost of manpower and work hours necessary for a success-ful project is excessive.
University professors have done research — and are still doing research — on the effectiveness of non-lethal techniques. And as of yet, no alternative has outweighed the practicality and cost effective-ness of hunting.
Finally, hunters in search of tro-phy bucks do not want a large pop-ulation.
Larger deer populations do not yield bucks with the desirable multi-point antlers, because there is less available food in the habitat for consumption.
In fact, the smaller the popula-tion, the bigger the deer become — which is better for the “gun-toting lunatics” who want a head to hang on their wall.
As a deer population increases, the size of individual deer decreas-es, the number of trees decreases and the number of diseased ani-
mals increases.Although not yet found in
Georgia, chronic wasting disease is a result of overpopulation — and yes, the disease is as bad as it sounds.
The infected animal essentially starves to death. Moreover, this meat is not safe to eat.
The existence of this disease is another reason why educated hunt-ers encourage lower rather than higher populations.
Bottom line: the smaller the population (within reason), the healthier the deer, and the happier the hunters.
As a non-hunter — which is dif-ferent than an anti-hunter — I can honestly say I might not be able to actually shoot an animal.
As a wildlife management stu-dent at the University, I can hon-estly say it is part of our role as humans to be a stewards to the natural world.
But we must remember that our duty as a steward is more than just refusing to kill the warm and fuzzy creatures — it is maintaining a healthy ecosystem.
If that means killing deer — which around here it does — then that is our duty.
— Annaliese Ashley is a junior from Albany majoring in
wildlife management
ANNALIESE ASHLEY
Empathy: It’s a qual-ity many of us take for granted.
It’s a skill some stu-dents and lawmakers seem to lack.
Judging from the anti-immigrant dialogue expressed in recent media debates, I’m guess-ing many students have never had a conversation with an immigrant.
Let me introduce you to one. A family friend was considered an illegal alien for 15 years. (Let’s call him Dave).
Dave grew up in war-torn El Salvador. From the age of six, Dave knew the weight of a pistol.
His father made him hide one in his pants when he’d go out gam-bling. If the police stopped them, Dave says, they never would search a young boy.
As a teenager, Dave shined shoes in the town square. One day, police shot the man next to him. “You don’t move,” Dave says. “You don’t look up. You just keep shining shoes.”
Even taking a public bus put Dave’s life at risk. The bus would hit a gov-ernment roadblock. Passengers without gov-ernment papers were taken away. Miles down the road, a rebel road-block was set — this time,
those who had govern-ment papers were taken away.
After he served a brief conscription in the mili-tary, Dave’s parents scraped together enough money to send him and his brother away from the civil war, to the relative safety of the United States.
Dave arrived in Texas in the back of a sealed semi truck.
He found a job labor-ing on a Texas ranch where he earned $10 a day working from dawn to dusk. He worked his way up to $12 a day, plus free beer.
Then, Immigration Services picked him up and he spent six months in a holding facility. For Dave, this was heaven: Three meals a day and hot showers, idle time to relax and play soccer.
Several days a week a man would come in and say, “Sign these papers and you can go home to El Salvador.”
Dave eventually was released and made his way to Georgia. He mar-ried an American woman
and gained legal resident status.
He joined a forestry labor crew and, in three years, became the fore-man. A few years later, he ascended to manager.
Today, he owns the company.
Now, Dave travels back and forth between his two lives, one in El Salvador, and another in Georgia.
There, he owns a farm, a restaurant and a hard-ware store.
Here, he owns a suc-cessful reforestation com-pany. He pays taxes and abides by the laws of our country.
Yet, I fear Dave will always be considered a second-rate citizen because of his accent, his appearance, his “other-ness.”
Most illegal immi-grants pay taxes — for gasoline, food and other resources, if not to the IRS. Many work jobs other Americans refuse to work.
And, realistically, they are not taking the seats of deserving college appli-cants.
Undocumented stu-dents make up less than 0.2 percent of the stu-dents in Georgia’s 35 public colleges and uni-versities.
Many Americans snake
around these facts, so that at the end of the day they may sleep peacefully with a worldview of self-entitlement and privilege.
Recall former football coach Barry Switzer’s quote, “Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”
Why do so many of us feel we are more entitled to the pursuit of happi-ness than immigrants like Dave?
Integrity and hard work have nothing to do with our luck or grace to have been born stateside.
Unlike Dave, I don’t know true suffering.
But the truth is, many illegal immigrants are merely attempting to escape a world of poverty and violence of which many of us know little.
I know I would do the same in their shoes.
Yes, immigration law needs major reform. We must make it easier, fast-er and more affordable for immigrants to obtain citi-zenship.
Until then, I’m asking that we empathize and place ourselves in the shoes of an immigrant before espousing anti-im-migrant rhetoric.
— Devon Young is a senior from Danielsville majoring in magazines
DEVON YOUNG
Thanks for talking about your almost-sexca-pades at a volume that allows everyone on the bus to know about them.
Getting so wasted that you start to look and sound like a Jersey Shore cast member mated with a hillbilly is never attractive.
I know you think you once resided in a golden uterus, but that is no excuse to sneer at me when I smile at you out of politeness.
To the girl in my Ed. Psych class who is 30 min-utes late EVERY day, just don’t bother. Go away. You’re disturbing class.
No, guy sitting behind me in biology, your cologne does NOT make me want to sleep with you — it makes me want to puke.
Attention male physics students: just because you are in a male-dominated major doesn’t mean you can skip taking a shower.
I exercised my constitutional right to tell the lib-erals to shove it. Did you?
To the people who use curry, garlic, fish and other generally odorous ingredients, and then leave them in the sink while cooking in the kitchen of
Creswell Hall: please stop. It smells awful. Eat some Easy Mac like the rest of us.
To the kid playing “Angry Birds” in Economics — maybe you wouldn’t be failing if you were paying attention.
I loathe the people I invite into my home for a party who eat my food, ruin my stuff and don’t even thank me.
It’s Snelling. It’s not the end of the movie. Stop clapping.
I hope you had a happy birthday Roseanne.
We might expect it from a totalitarian regime. We might even expect it from the U.S. government. But we never expected it from our own University.
Rodney Bennett, vice president for student affairs, has advised that no written feedback be kept in future hiring searches.
His reasoning: this newspaper. Bennett said the decision was related to The
Red & Black’s open records requests in the Dean of Students search — you know, the one where a candidate was chosen despite the fact the voting records of the committee showed several other candidates were clearly favored over the eventual winner, Bill McDonald.
Bennett was in charge of the hiring, yet he did not vote in favor of McDonald.
Josh Delaney, SGA president and the one student representative on the search for the Dean of Students, didn’t vote for McDonald either.
So who really made the final decision?We sensed something was fishy in the hir-
ing process. Based on Bennett’s recent advice to limit paper trails and squelch transparency within the administration — we might be right.
Instead, Bennett suggested faculty stick to verbal feedback — which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite fall into the domain of open records requests. He even met with department heads to remind them what citizens can find out by using open records requests.
What secrets are being hidden inside those big buildings on North Campus that cause administrators to advise people not to keep records? And how far does this policy go?
Bennett told one of our reporters that feed-back is encouraged “in whatever way they’re comfortable doing it.”
Unless it’s written, it would seem.Documents from the meeting state: “Vice
President advised that no written feedback or evaluative information should be kept for any candidates in any search process, including stu-dent positions.”
The editorial board of this newspaper whole-heartedly believes this is a clear ethical viola-tion.
The students of this University don’t deserve an administration that can hide behind closed doors, away from pesky open records requests.
The students of this University deserve transparency.
We deserve an administration that works for us, not a regime that keeps information from us.
— Daniel Burnett for the editorial board
Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board
No transparencyRodney Bennett has advised that no written feedback be kept — what?
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VARIETY The Red & Black | Thursday, November 4, 2010 | 7
By HEATHER KINNEYTHE RED & BLACK
An echo of young voices rang clear across the stage of the Morton Theatre during dress rehearsals for the upcoming production of “Annie.”
The youngest cast member on stage is four-and-a-half years old and acts alongside her mother.
“Typically in theater we do not take them under the age of eight,” said Powell.
The actors must be skilled in reading and writing for block-ing purposes. Yet Powell insists on keeping families together on the stage.
“If I can afford not to split up family, I won’t split one up.”
She double-casts children as much as possible in ACT’s pro-ductions, claiming it produces more opportunities for them.
“We have well over 150 or so people audition — we cast 70,” said Powell, while mentioning ACT productions can function with far fewer cast members.
ACT’s rehearsal system for the cast is a two-tier structure for blocking. Children are blocked in their scenes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and the adult roles are blocked from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
“It is very difficult to be a child and go to school and to keep this kind of a schedule,” Powell said.
Alongside the young cast is a golden retriever in the role of Annie’s dog Sandy.
Trained by its owner and stage manager Kelly Glikin, 21, who has worked with ACT for six years, the retriever takes stage directions from hand sig-nals made by members of the cast it interacts with on stage.
The introduction of props, drops and lighting to the stage has been gradual in the retriev-er’s training.
“We have been trying to do it incrementally so that the dog can adjust to the additional chaos,” Powell said.
ACT was recently presented the Georgia Recreation Park Association award for most innovative programming.
According to Powell, produc-tions such as this one will typi-cally have a full house for each show.
“The community at large has come to expect a specific cali-ber out of us,” Powell said. “Because we deliver consistent-ly, they will come.”
Families join for creation of ‘Annie’
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waste away from landfills, according to Ely.
True to its name, the BRP uses all parts of a bicycle, wheth-er they are repaired, salvaged from a spent frame or sent off to be recycled.
Connor Magill, a second-year law student from Atlanta, said he enjoys the disassembling process so much that it has become his unofficial job, which comes with its own title: The Destroyer.
“It’s really hands-on,” Magill said of the BRP and his decision to participate in it. “You can do a lot of work with the bike. You can see the end result.”
Fellow volunteer Basil Campbell, a 1985 University graduate, said the program gave him the chance to combine his love of bikes and service proj-ects.
It also gives him the chance to work with the vintage bikes he loves.
As a long-time volunteer with more than six years of experi-ence under his belt, Campbell often passes his mechanical know how onto the less-experi-enced volunteers.
They in turn get the chance to work with various types of bikes and learn something about their complex, intricate con-struction.
Campbell said every rider should know how to fix a tire, one of the many skills a volun-teer will learn in his or her time at the workshop.
“Bring an open mind and a sense of patience with yourself,” Shoemaker said of any newly minted volunteers.
Only about 20 percent of the workshop’s volunteers knew a great deal about bikes before they came, according to Campbell.
Unfortunately, the program has long suffered a lack of mem-bership, enough so that volun-teer effort often falls behind demand.
“I’ve been told they have the bikes,” Blankenship said of shortages. “They just need peo-ple to volunteer to tune up the bikes.”
BRP co-manager Jason Perry said those limitations motivated his decision to put the work-shop’s goal for the upcoming Holiday Bikes for Kids program at 60 bikes.
The workshop rarely has the manpower to surpass such a goal.
Whereas the usual BRP caters to much of Athens’ home-less population, the Holiday Bikes for Kids drive caters exclusively to children.
Volunteers begin tuning up donations on Nov. 14 and bring it to a close on Dec. 19.
The main recipients of the Holiday Bikes for Kids program will be Fowler Elementary School and Children First.
BIKE: Athens shop fixes bicycles for charity
Alright everyone, ready for a lip-puckering adventure? Because I’m about to introduce your mouth to New Belgium’s La Folie.
This bodacious brew comes to us by way of New Belgium’s “Lips of Faith” series, which implies exactly what it means — this sour brown ale will have you squinting and squirming, in a good way.
A lot of you out there are probably thinking, “There are beers that are supposed to be sour?”
Well, I am here to tell you “yes” — now throw away that 30-pack of Natty and prepare to experience a bit of the funk.
That’s right, this beer is funky — and I am talking “George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelics” funky.
It has a tremendously pow-erful aroma of citrus and dark fruits.
The first sip of this beer is anything but subtle. It’s more like a steel-toed boot to the taste buds; the assault leaves them in shock. It features a nice malty backbone with notes of candied fruit.
Remember the popular ’90s candy “Warheads”? To put it bluntly, this beverage tastes like drinking a black-cherry warhead that never loses it’s sour. It tastes as if this ridicu-lous candy has been repur-posed as a masterpiece of a beer.
Those willing to take a taste
of the “funk” are a brave few. If you so wish to try this
beer, however, you will be rewarded with “Beer Awesomeness.” So don’t be lame — push the limits of what you think beer should taste like.
Or don’t — I’m sure that nobody is drinking that opened, stale tallboy in the back of the fridge.
The only problem with the beer is it may be hard to find. I had this beer on draft a couple weeks ago at Trappeze Pub, but unfortunately, it is no lon-ger there.
It should be possible, howev-er, to find some at Five Points Bottle Shop.
— Zack Taylor
LA FOLIE
drink up!
When: Tonight at 7:30 until Nov. 14Where: Morton TheatrePrices: Adults $15, students and seniors $12, group of 10 or more $10, free for country employees with a valid ID
ANNIE
EMILY KAROL | The Red & Black
The BikeAthens Bicycle Recycling Program restores donated bikes and gives them to those in need. The shop’s goal for the upcoming Holiday Bikes for Kids program is to give 60 bikes, but volunteers are lacking.
8 | Thursday, November 4, 2010 | The Red & Black SPORTS
A comfortable-looking chair is positioned at Greg McGarity’s sprawling desk
in the top-floor corner office of Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall.
From that chair, Georgia’s ath-letic director has a grandiose view of his new work environment. In the foreground, the University’s newly-upgraded track complex, Stegeman Coliseum, the current construction on the football prac-tice facilities and a large portion of South Campus are displayed in plain view. Sanford Stadium looms just beyond eyesight, hidden behind the tree line.
That chair has been filled for scarcely more than two months now — 64 days to be exact.
But it took just 61 days for McGarity to show his true colors.
On Nov. 1, McGarity relieved the head coach of Georgia’s volley-ball program of his coaching duties precisely two months after officially moving his personal belongings into that impressive corner office. With the midseason move, McGarity has sent a power-ful message reverberating through the athletic department.
The message? Excellence is not simply a milestone, but an expec-tation.
It did not matter that Georgia has never been a national con-tender in volleyball. Don’t take that excuse to the corner office.
It did not matter that just two years ago coach Joel McCartney was considered another solid hire by Damon Evans and was one of the winningest volleyball coaches in the Division I ranks. Despite his .709 career winning percentage, McCartney compiled a career 29-45 record in the SEC and never advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Don’t take those numbers to the corner office. The man now residing in that office has grown far-too-accustomed to success to accept anything less — in any sport.
Under the watchful eye of ath-letic director Jeremy Foley, along with the well-documented assis-tance of McGarity, the Florida Gators’ athletic program ascended to become one of the winningest athletic departments in sports across the board. Florida won 17 national championships during McGarity’s time there — including
two titles for both football and basketball since 2006.
Needless to say, winning became ingrained into McGarity’s way of running an athletic depart-ment. It will now be a requirement in Athens as well.
The recent lack of success for Georgia volleyball played, at the very least, a pivotal role in McCartney’s midseason firing. Though the losing record may not have been the sole reason for the dismissal, McGarity reached his decision swiftly and made the change.
“After a careful review of our volleyball program, a change is needed,” McGarity said in a brief press release.
No prolonged explanation. No elongated quotes sugarcoating the situation. Just goodbye.
With an athletic program suffer-ing through difficult times — nota-bly in the traditionally-strong foot-ball, baseball and gymnastics pro-grams — a decisive leader such as McGarity is just what the doctor ordered for Georgia athletics. The eviction notices are not being issued for any of these sports’ coaches, but the McCartney firing should serve as a warning sign reading: “The new sheriff is offi-cially in town.”
And that sheriff has made him-self nice and comfortable in that office chair at his desk in Butts-Mehre. With such resolute deci-sions, Georgia’s athletic director appears set to catapult the Bulldogs back into the nation’s elite — even if he has to step on a few toes to do it.
On Nov. 1, the first toes were stepped on, and every person involved in the program should now buy into McGarity’s vision if they hadn’t already.
For if there is anyone not com-mitted to excellence within the program, then it is obvious who will show them the door.
Greg McGarity has shown his true colors — and Georgia sup-porters should be thrilled at the display.
Recent firing proves merit of McGarity
By MITCH BLOMERTTHE RED & BLACK
Football coaches will find out whether or not one of the nation’s top running backs is theirs in 2011 by as early as December — in the Georgia Dome.
Isaiah Crowell, a five-star prospect out of Carver High in Columbus, told Scout.com last Thursday that he will announce his commitment “right after the clock runs out” in the Class AA state champi-onship game on Dec. 10 in Atlanta.
Crowell, the second-ranked running back in the country, is choosing between Georgia and Alabama.
But in order to make his announcement in state finals,
Carver has to make it there first. Crowell said if the team doesn’t, he will make his deci-sion during the signing period, which begins Feb. 2.
Carver is 9-0 this season and a favorite to win the Class AA state title.
Bulldogs commit Witchett back with high school team
Class of 2011 commit Zack Witchett of Atlanta has rejoined his high school team-mates after being dismissed for disciplinary reasons.
Witchett was reinstated last Thursday and played the fol-lowing night, helping Washington High to a 35-28
win against Druid Hills.The wide receiver and
defensive back was dismissed from the team on Oct. 12 after an undisclosed incident with
the Washington coaching staff.
Witchett’s head coach Stanley Pritchett told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the dis-missal should not affect his scholarship
with the Bulldogs.Witchett is a 6-foot, 185-
pound three-star prospect ranked 76th in the country among wide receivers. He com-mitted to Georgia on June 4.
Top recruit sets date for announcement
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there,” Fox said. “We felt like this team had some versatility in its roster, and with [Thompkins’] injury we’re going to have to use that.”
Part of that versatility includes the experi-ment of Travis Leslie at shooting guard, away from his usual small forward position.
At 6-foot-4, Georgia’s other All-SEC first-team selection spent the summer honing his ball-handling and jump shot to prepare for play-ing time in the backcourt, which is more suit-able for his size.
Fox said that Leslie’s transition to shooting guard will allow the Bulldogs to play a “bigger” game once Thompkins is healthy.
But Fox doesn’t count out reverting back to a smaller, more athletic game if needed — espe-cially with Gerald Robinson eligible to play after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules.
“Our team is deeper this year, and we’re going to test our depth from Day 1,” Fox said. “I think the one thing we’re going lean on this week for sure is our experience.”
Augusta State comes to Athens after a suc-cessful 2009-10 season, going 29-4 with an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament.
The Jaguars’ roster changed in the offseason, losing all five starters and leaders in every sta-
tistical category. The highest-scoring returner is senior Frank Ndongo, who had only 5.4 points per game.
GAME: Fox looks to develop depth in team’s front court
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Junior forward Trey Thompkins will miss the exhibition game against Augusta State with an ankle sprain.
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