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www.redandblack.com Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Vol. 118, No. 81 | Athens, Georgia
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By TIFFANY STEVENSTHE RED & BLACK
A rape reported Monday marks the second rape this semester — and the second rape report from East Campus Village.
The rape was reported in Rooker Hall Monday, according to University Police reports.
A woman reported the rape at around 4:30 p.m. Monday to the University Health Center.
The Health Center then
reported the rape to University Police.
The woman stated she was raped by a known person in Rooker Hall sometime Sunday morning, according to the report.
The woman told University Health Center personnel that she did not wish to meet with law enforcement, according to
the report.The same woman filed a
report later that day with University Police while at the Athens Regional Medical Center, University Chief of Police Jimmy Williamson said.
“[Athens Regional Medical Center] contacted us on that person’s behalf,” he said.
Police do not believe a rape reported on Jan. 22 at East Campus Village to be related to Sunday’s incident, Williamson said.
“The majority of rapes we see are acquaintance rapes,” he said. “It’s fairly common that they know the person who com-mitted the act. I don’t want students to get the impression that there’s a stranger on cam-pus raping students.”
Sunday’s incident marks the fourth rape case reported on campus since June 2010.
The other two reported cam-pus rapes occurred at Mell Hall and Creswell Hall on Oct. 4 and Oct. 13 respectively.
Student reports rape on East Campus
By KATHRYN INGALLTHE RED & BLACK
The final proposal of the Smoking Ban Committee was voted down by the Student Government Association’s Senate Tuesday.
The final vote failed with 16 yes votes, 17 no votes and one absten-tion, though the committee will still present its findings to the adminis-tration.
The final recommendation of the committee is to implement a ban of 50 feet from any building entrance and at bus stops.
The proposal says the 50-foot ban would translate into a 25-foot ban in reality.
“If you have a 10-foot ban and if you are 9 feet away from the door, it is very hard to say than if you have something like 50 feet,” said Gregory Locke, Franklin Senator.
SGA will host an event tonight where students will have the opportunity to speak with the committee.
“I apologize for this being rushed like this — we thought it would have at least another month — but [the University’s administration] wanted it ASAP,” SGA Vice President Stephen Thompson said.
He said University President Michael Adams asked for the com-mittee report on Wednesday, but agreed to wait until next Monday.
“The president of the University is going to make his own decision, but he’s come to us and he’s asked for the student perspective,” Thompson said.
Some senators voiced reservations about acting on the ban so soon.
“The first thing that worries me is the fact that we’re voting on this pro-posal tonight before we have student input,” said Franklin Senator Wells Ellenberg. “We get our legitimacy and we get our credibility because we provide rights to students. It really worries me that we’re now discussing taking rights away from students. Stripping rights from students is dan-gerous. I don’t feel that we have — as an organization have much to gain from this, but we have much to lose.”
Ellenberg said the decision should be left to the administration.
“If they choose to impose the ban, let them be the bad guys,” he said.
Thompson responded. “Senator Ellenberg makes a very
good point, but he also makes a very cowardly point,” he said. “Yes, they’re going to do what they want to do, but we’re going to voice the student opin-ion on this.”
Two amendments proposed by Senator Wes Robinson to suggest police officers carry measuring tapes and to outline non-smoking areas in red paint were also defeated.
Smoking ban gets shot down
By CHRIS MILLERTHE RED & BLACK
It’s getting crowded in Terry College’s Music Business Program office. Yet another internationally renowned,
nationally proven and locally beloved music figure has joined the staff this semester, and he’s no slouch next to the other big names already there.
David Lowery, lead singer of bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, mathematician, and long-time music businessman is teaching Fundamental Concepts in Music Business this semes-ter, in which he will share information he’s collected throughout 26 years in the biz.
Lowery’s career as a musician started in 1985 with Camper Van Beethoven after graduating a year earlier from the University of California-Santa Cruz. Setting precedent for Lowery’s tendency to take alternate routes through the music business world, the band put out its own record and sent it out all over the place, including college radio sta-tions in the U.S.
“College radio in 1985 … nobody sent their records to college radio. Students used to have to bring in their albums and play them,” Lowery said. “It was a cool thing for us to do that, but it was also not really heard of much at the time.”
Lowery pursued music through CVB
and Cracker, formed in the early 90s, eventually reaching levels of commercial success.
“It was a long, gradual process that took about 10 years to mature,” Lowery said.
But performing was hardly the only thing on Lowery’s mind throughout those years. In his time of touring and recording, he started businesses, ran a recording studio and produced records for other bands. He even worked in real estate.
“So I was doing all this other stuff aside from being a full time onstage art-ist,” he said.
See TEACH, Page 7
Rockstar becomes University music professor
By DANIEL CURRAN THE RED & BLACK
Tired of wearing two jackets and shuffling across campus in a con-stant shiver?
Hopefully Gus, Athens’ resident whistle pig, can help.
As part of Groundhog Day, the Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail is con-ducting its annual celebration, fea-turing the main attraction, Gus the groundhog.
“We’re going to use the particu-lar fanfare of the day to get across our actual message, which is basi-cally the stewardship and continu-al learning of our natural spaces, focusing mainly on our backyards,” said Clint Murphy, organizer of the event. “
The exhibit and presentation is as natural as possible, mimicking a natural “prediction” from the wild.
“We’re not gonna take him and put a fez on him and make him ride a tricycle with an umbrella,” Murphy said.
The zoo is expecting a large turnout of 200 or more to see if Gus pops out and sees his shadow.
The main focus, of course, will be on the education of the ground-hog itself.
“Along with that, we’re also
going to talk about the history of Groundhog Day, where it came from, where it got its roots,” Murphy said.
People can expect to learn the various other nicknames of the groundhog, such as woodchuck and whistle pig, as well as some other interesting information about the animal.
“Most people don’t understand that the southernmost range of the groundhog is north Athens,” Murphy said. “On the southern end of the loop you won’t see them, but on the northern [you will].”
The fanfare will center around Gus’ enclosure, where everyone will wait in anticipation
See GUS, Page 7
Athens’ groundhog emerges to predict spring
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Boasting experience as the co-founder and frontman of two bands, Camper Van Beethovan and Cracker, as well as a degree in mathematics, David Lowery was a picture-perfect fit for teaching music business.
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By ASPEN SMITHTHE RED & BLACK
When University student Jennifer Detwiler returned home from a summer abroad in Barcelona, she listened to eight voice mails from a “sassy” fourth-grader.
The messages were from Taniya, a stu-dent at an elementary school in Athens and the young girl Detwiler has mentored for two years.
“When I was gone, she would e-mail me from her school computer and tell me how much she missed me and how I’m the most important thing to her,” said Detwiler, a junior majoring in advertis-ing.”
The Clarke County Mentor Program was started with the intent to foster rela-tionships between adult mentors and stu-dents.
Because this January marked the 10th anniversary of National Mentoring Month, the Clarke County Mentor Program is actively recruiting volunteers — especially University students — to mentor stu-dents in the Clarke County School District.
University students, such as junior Elizabeth Holmes, comprise 67 percent of the total number of volunteers.
“As a 21-year-old UGA student, I never in my wildest dreams thought that the thing I would look forward to most on Friday afternoons would be driving across town to hang out with an 8-year-old,”
Holmes said.But the program is unable to serve all
of the children on its waiting lists.The majority of volunteers are women,
creating a greater need for male mentors, said Paula Shilton, director mentor pro-gram.
“Just knowing that there is an adult who cares enough to listen and talk about their goals and play games does amazing things for a young person’s self-esteem,” Shilton said.
Students interested in becoming a mentor must fill out the application on the program’s website, undergo a back-ground check and attend a two-hour training session on either Feb. 8 or March 8.
By DALLAS DUNCANTHE RED & BLACK
Thirty-eight applied, and now the number of candidates for the new Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences has been whittled down to three.
The search committee announced Tuesday that Linda Fox, Laurie Kramer and Jay Whelan would be vying for the position, which was vacated in September 2010 when Laura Jolly was named vice president for instruction at the University.
“It’s very exciting,” said Kramer, the associate dean of academic programs and professor of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “I’ll be visiting campus … and learning a lot more about the college and the campus, and hopefully they’ll be learning more about me.”
Arthur Horne, dean of the College of Education and head of the search committee, said the 38 applicants were from a variety of areas, includ-ing agriculture, educa-tion and psychology, as well as family and con-sumer sciences. No one from the University applied.
“[The search commit-tee] will be looking for the experience, leader-ship style and familiarity with a large land-grant university,” he said in an interview in January.
The search commit-tee, which includes rep-resentatives from each department in FACS as well as students, met to review applications shortly before the semes-ter began, Horne said.
Fox is the associate dean and a professor in the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, where she also serves as associ-ate director of Extension.
Kramer said she was a faculty mem-ber in the department of human and community development for more than 20 years and has been in the associate dean position for four years.
Whelan is both the nutrition depart-ment head and a professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee.
He said finalists found out about two weeks ago that they had made it to the next stage of the search process — pre-sentations at the University detailing their background, vision and philosophy for FACS.
Fox said she was excited to be con-sidered for the position, and make it into the finalist round.
“I hope my skills will help take the college to the next level of continued excellence,” she said.
If he gets the position, Whelan said his first goal would be to sit down with department heads and administrators to review the college’s strategic plan.
“I want to meet with students, facul-ty; let them know my job is to let them do their job,” Whelan said.
Kramer expressed similar goals if she were to receive the position.
“My first goal will be to listen careful-ly to everyone who has a role in the col-lege,” she said. “I want to get input from faculty, students and alumni.”
Fox said she visited the University on her own before submitting her applica-tion, but after the visit she knew she wanted to apply.
“The quality of programs and reputa-tion,” she said referencing why she want-ed to come to the University. “Programs that I am passionate about serving ... I think it’s the focus at the University of Georgia that sets it apart. I think the University of Georgia pushes its stu-dents to be global citizens.”
Though Whelan and Kramer had dif-Though Whelan and Kramer had dif-Though Whelan and Kramer had different reasons for wanting the position, both said the strength of the University and FACS as high contenders.
“I had a wonderful career [at Illinois],” Kramer said. “I’m very attracted to the College of Family and Consumer Sciences … It’s incredibly strong. I really like the focus of the college.”
Whelan said he liked the similarities between the Tennessee and Georgia programs.
“I’ve been department head for nine years,” he said. “I feel as though I devel-oped the skills necessary to be a good department head and a good leader, and to also seamlessly fit in with the faculty at the University of Georgia.”
Student charged with dis-orderly conduct, breaking Tanner Building windows
Warrants were released Monday for a student charged with disorderly conduct and criminal tres-pass after breaking win-dows on the Tanner Building and yelling at police Sunday, according to a University Police report.
Police approached William Howard Holloway, 22, at about 3 a.m. after an officer noticed Holloway standing shirtless in the road on Fulton Street and yelling obscenities at the officer’s passing vehicle, according to the report.
The officer reported
Holloway also threw what appeared to be a cell phone at his vehicle near the intersection of Fulton Street and Jackson Street.
After approaching Holloway, the officer noticed the student was covered in blood and had a ripped shirt hanging around his waist, accord-ing to the report.
The officer reported he noticed two shattered window panes on the Tanner Building and blood on the sidewalk beneath each pane. He also reported Holloway continued to yell at him
and another student that Holloway had confronted earlier.
The student told offi-cers that Holloway had attacked him unprovoked, but had not injured him due to being heavily intox-icated. He also told offi-cers that Holloway had punched one of the win-dow panes and that the second pane was broken during a short scuffle. The student declined to press charges, according to the report.
Other witnesses con-firmed the version of events and provided writ-ten statements, according to the report.
Holloway was trans-ported to St. Mary’s Hospital. A Physical Plant official estimated the value of the damaged win-dow panes to be $250, according to the report.
Panhandling leads to bar-ring notice
Two men were barred from University property and campus transit after being reported for pan-handling Monday, accord-ing to a University police report.
Officers approached Jeffery Dennis Darrell and James Lawrence Moore at about 1 p.m. after an indi-vidual reported them for panhandling near Tate Plaza. The two men said they were asking for food and cigarettes, according to the report.
Both men were barred from University property and campus transit for 90 days and were photo-graphed, according to the report.
— Compiled by Tiffany Stevens
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By DREW HOOKSTHE RED & BLACK
Thousands of people crossing a bridge, water tanks spraying protesters and cheering Egyptians shouting in the streets. These are the scenes that excite Mona Malacane, a senior psychology student from Roswell who is half Egyptian.
Malacane said her mother is Egyptian and she still has four uncles and 16 first cousins living in Egypt. After the pro-tests against Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak started, she began to get wor-ried.
“My initial concern was safety and looting,” she said.
What was at first concern has turned into excitement after hearing from her relatives.
“When I speak to them, they are very happy. The looting is very minimal and the fighting seen on the news is started by plainclothesmen who are under Mubarak,” Malacane said. “I’m not wor-ried about their safety as much any-more. It’s so much different there since everyone takes care of each other.”
Malacane said the American media has not been portraying the revolt in Egypt as it actually is. She said the media has displayed it as somber, though the people are actually celebrating.
“All they want are these basic human rights and a government that will work for them,” Malacane said.
She said in addition to democracy, one of the rights people are fighting for is access to employment.
Malacane said people would have to go to government offices in order to get jobs prior to the protests.
“They would have to pay first to get a job,” she said. “It was basically bribery. The people who pay the most get the job. That’s not how you should get a job.”
Malacane said this and other meth-ods, such as selling enormous tracts of land to foreign companies and neglect-ing the infrastructure, have been some of the ways Mubarak has been keeping money away from the populace. She supports the protests in Egypt because she said they are led by the people.
“I think it’s amazing that the entire country is coming together to fight for the basic rights we take for granted,” she said. “It’s a happy time for the Egyptian people.”
Malacane said her whole family has been involved with the protests.
“Three of my cousins are in Cairo marching,” she said. “One of my cousins is pregnant and she is marching.”
Even Malacane and her mother are participating in making history.
They attended a peaceful demonstra-tion of solidarity in front of the CNN Center in Atlanta on Saturday.
Malacane said the demonstration encouraged her mother about the situa-tion in Egypt, and now she is talking about it to anyone who asks.
“She is extremely happy about it,” she said.
Malacane said her family in Egypt is supportive of the new military presence.
“The military is for the people. They are against Mubarak,” she said. “The best scenario would have the military take over.”
She refuted the claims that the Muslim Brotherhood has been the main instigator of the protests and said the Egyptian people do not support the Muslim Brotherhood.
Malacane said one of the main prob-lems during the protests has been the lack of communication with her family in Egypt after Mubarak ordered the Internet to be taken offline.
“It’s so difficult. Regularly, I could Skype, Facebook and text,” she said. “Now, there’s no Internet.”
Even though the cell phone services have been taken on and off connection throughout the protests, Malacane has been able to receive a few texts.
“I got a random text from my cousin that said, ‘All is well. We’re very happy’,” she said.
Malacane said foreign leaders calling for Mubarak’s resignation would be fruitless.
“I don’t think any country can tell Mubarak what to do,” she said. “He should listen to his people.”
Malacane said she was surprised to learn about how much money the United States gives to Egypt.
“And it’s not going to the people,” Malacane said. “At CNN, there was this big picture of a man holding a tear gas can that said ‘Made in the USA.’ I didn’t know that.”
Overall, Malacane said she is excited about what is happening.
“Egypt is tired of it. Tunis is tired of it. And I guess now Jordan is tired of it,” she said. “It’s history. It’s really, really cool.”
NEWS The Red & Black | Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | 3
PAGE 6 Can you point to Egypt on a map?
There is more to Egypt than ancient pharaohs and pyramids. Of late, nearly every major newspaper headline and eve-ning news discussion relates to Egypt. So what’s actually going on?
Less than a week ago, Egyptian pro-testers began what many are calling “The 2011 Revolution.” Tunisia’s recent suc-cess to overthrow the president inspired Egyptians to begin a similar revolt. Egyptian President Honsi Mubarak’s 30 years of autocratic governance has led the nation to high unemployment, poverty and little political freedom for citizens.
The Egyptian government has not responded positively to protesters demanding impeachment, causing a wave of social and political unrest.
Recently, the government blocked all Internet services in the country. Human rights advocates have reported approxi-mately 300 deaths as a result of the pro-tests, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Red & Black asked University stu-dents for their opinions on the situation in Egypt.
— Deanna Mitchell
JENNIFER HARRIS junior social studies education major from Franklin
“There’s some bomb-ings. Only reason I know anything is because we prayed about it in church.”
ALEX CIABATTONE senior nutrition sci-ence major from Chattanooga, Tenn.
“I know what’s going on because my home page is the New York Times and every day the headline relates to Egypt.”
MEAGEN BENNETTsophomore criminal justice major from Dublin
“There’s curfews and stuff. I don’t think what the government is doing is right, even if there is a revolt. It’s like telling freshmen not to drink, they’re still going to go downtown.”
EMILY JOHNSONfreshman fashion merchandising major from Wilmington, N.C.
“Something about the President? I heard there’s a crisis, but I’m not sure what it is because I don’t watch the news often.”
ANGELA RIVEIROsenior biological sci-ence major from Tifton
“I hear there’s a lot of rioting, political dis-putes and checkpoints. I didn’t pay attention to the news at first but now I’m picking up on it.”
MAN ON THE STREET:Voices on Egypt
JOSH KINSEYjunior biology major from Dacula
“I know pretty much what’s on my Yahoo! homepage. Nothing specific, just quick reads.”
Egypt’s protests hit home
By DREW HOOKSTHE RED & BLACK
How much does that bottle of water really cost?
Today, the Go Green Alliance and the Ecology club are teaming up to sponsor a Take Back the Tap event at Tate Plaza from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
At the event, there will be a Nalgene bottle giveaway, a tap/bottle water taste test and a petition for students to sign who are willing to give up bottled water and push to end the sale of bottled water on campus.
The University Bookstore is also giving a 15 percent discount for the purchase of one of its reusable water bottles during the day in support of the event.
Emily Karol, a senior journalism major from Marietta who is a co-chair for Go Green Alliance and is a photographer and news writer for
The Red & Black, said the event is geared toward educating students about the effects of drinking bottled water.
The event will feature a waste audit of the Miller Learning Center, which will show the amount of water bottles thrown in the trash that could have been recycled.
When you buy bottled water, “you’re not just affecting the envi-ronment, you’re affecting politics, the social world and your wallet,” she said.
Some think bottled water is a waste of both natural resources and money.
“Tap water is less than a penny for a gallon,” said Kalle Cubitt, a junior environmental economics and
management major from Cumming who is an intern in the University’s Office of Sustainability. “You can fill it up every day for nine years and spend $1.25.”
Karol also noted the high price of purchasing bottles of water instead of filling a reusable bottle or cup with water from a tap.
“If a person is paying for bottled water, it is $465 a year,” Karol said. “It’s kind of ridiculous to pay so much more for something that is practically free.”
Cubitt and Karol said this event is a kick-off program to educate stu-dents about the effects of drinking bottled water and ways to cut back on waste and costs through using refillable bottles.
The event is also meant to lay the groundwork for support in asking the University to establish a system of water bottle refill stations and banning the sale of bottled water on campus.
“We’re not crazy,” Cubbitt said. “This is not just five students. It’s a national movement. It would be great to see us at the forefront.”
Students promote sustainable option When: Today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Tate PlazaMore Information: The event will include a reusable water bottle give-away, a water taste test, a petition and a waste audit of the MLC.
TAKE BACK THE TAP
Event will evaluate costs of bottled water
Student hears good news from family
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5STERLING BAILEY, OLB
Hometown: GainesvilleHigh School: East HallMeasureables: 6-foot-4, 230 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Bailey could project at outside linebacker or defensive end in Georgia’s 3-4 scheme, depending on how much weight he adds. But either way, he’ll need to add strength.
National Signing Day crucial for Bulldogs
MAPPING IT OUT
CHRISTIAN LeMAY, QB
Hometown: Matthews, N.C.High School: ButlerMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: This talented quarter-back prospect didn’t play football his entire senior year after being suspended from his high school and will likely redshirt his freshman year.
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DEVIN BOWMAN, CB
Hometown: RossvilleHigh School: RidgelandMeasureables: 6-foot, 175 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Bowman is blessed with tremendous change of direction that should allow the high school running back to make a quick transition to cornerback.
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WATTS DANTZLER, OT
Hometown: DaltonHigh School: DaltonMeasureables: 6-foot-7, 310 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Dantzler has college-ready size but needs to get stronger in the weight room before waging war in the trenches on the collegiate level.
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CHRIS CONLEY, WR
Hometown: DallasHigh School: North PauldingMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Conley has all the tools and is the most likely of the wide receiver group to see the field as a true freshman.
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1HUNTER LONG, OG
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.High School: Briarcrest SchoolMeasureables: 6-foot-4, 290 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Long is the brother of Georgia offensive tackle Austin Long, although Hunter projects best on the interior of the offensive line, likely as an offensive guard prospect.
DAVID ANDREWS, C
Hometown: NorcrossHigh School: Wesleyan SchoolMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 276 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Andrews projects at the center position, where he can use his intelligence to make the offensive line calls, but needs to add weight before seeing the playing field.
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AMARLO HERRERA, ILB
Hometown: College ParkHigh School: North ClaytonMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 215 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Herrera is a physical inside linebacker that loves to hit and will bring some needed toughness to the teeth of the Georgia defense.
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CHRIS SANDERS, S
Hometown: TuckerHigh School: TuckerMeasureables: 6-foot, 175 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Sanders is a blazing safety prospect that projects best at the free safety position, where he’ll need to add 15-20 pounds before he sees the playing field.
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Regardless of what happens today, this recruiting class will go down as one of the better efforts of head coach Mark Richt’s tenure, especially coming off an extremely disappointing 6-7 season.
For the first time in a while, the Geor-gia coaching staff has focused all its efforts on protecting the Bulldogs’ home turf first, and it’s paid off in a big way.
— Nick Parker
DAMIAN SWANN, CB
Hometown: AtlantaHigh School: GradyMeasureables: 6-foot, 175 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Swann has great speed, perfect for cornerback, but is electric with the ball in his hands and will like-ly see time on both sides of the ball and be a factor in the return game.
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CHRIS MAYES, DT
Hometown: GriffinHigh School: SpauldingMeasureables: 6-foot-5, 295 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Mayes is an athletic specimen, but has only been playing football for two years and will need to work on his technique before seeing the field at Georgia.
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COREY MOORE, S
Hometown: GriffinHigh School: GriffinMeasureables: 6-foot-1, 185 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Moore is a physical safety prospect that has all the tools, but will need to get stronger and put on weight at Georgia.
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NICK MARSHALL, CB
Hometown: RochelleHigh School: Wilcox CountyMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 186 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Marshall is an athlete that could play multiple positions, but projects to cornerback. He should have little trouble making the transi-tion to the defensive backfield.
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QUINTAVIOUS HARROW, S
Hometown: ColumbusHigh School: CarverMeasureables: 5-foot-10, 180 pounds; 2-star recruitAt a glance: Harrow is the high school teammate of Isaiah Crowell that received an offer from Georgia late in the process. He possesses a great deal of speed but is undersized.
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SANFORD SEAY, WR
Hometown: LeesburgHigh School: Lee CountyMeasureables: 6-foot-4, 200 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Seay was an unheralded prospect that received an offer from Georgia after blowing up his senior season with 1,180 yards receiving.
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XZAVIER WARD, OT
Hometown: MoultrieHigh School: Colquitt CountyMeasureables: 6-foot-7, 245 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Ward has the athletic, massive frame that colleges covet in offensive tackles, but he’ll need to put on a lot of weight before he ever sees the field.
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JUSTIN SCOTT-WESLEY, WR
Hometown: CamillaHigh School: Mitchell CountyMeasureables: 6-foot, 202 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Scott-Wesley is a track star that is widely regarded as the fastest player in the state, but he’ll need to work on his route running to see the field at Georgia.
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RAY DREW, OLB
Hometown: ThomasvilleHigh School: Thomas County CentralMeasureables: 6-foot-5, 255 pounds; 5-star recruitAt a glance: Drew is an explosive pass rusher that figures to factor into the outside linebacker rotation immediately and may even start as a true freshman.
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JAY ROME, TE
Hometown: ValdostaHigh School: ValdostaMeasureables: 6-foot-6, 240 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Regarded as one of the nation’s top tight ends, Rome is a talented pass catcher but needs to add weight to become a complete tight end.
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MALCOLM MITCHELL, CB/S
Hometown: ValdostaHigh School: ValdostaMeasureables: 6-foot-1, 190 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: The biggest question mark for Mitchell may be which side of the ball he plays on, as he figures to factor into the rotation immediately at wide receiver or in the secondary.
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NATHAN THEUS, snapper
Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.High School: The Bolles SchoolMeasureables: 6-foot-3, 252 pounds; 2-star recruitAt a glance: Theus is considered one of the elite long snappers in the country, and it doesn’t hurt that his little brother is a five-star junior of-fensive tackle.
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RAMIK WILSON, LB
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.High School: Jefferson SeniorMeasureables: 6-foot-3, 228 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Wilson is an athletic linebacker prospect that could project inside or outside on the next level depending on Georgia’s needs.
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ZACH DeBELL, OT
Hometown: Tarpon Springs, Fla.High School: Tarpon SpringsMeasureables: 6-foot-7, 265 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Debell is intense and has great athleticism and footwork for an offensive tackle but needs to put on weight.
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1 FLORIDA STATE
2 TEXAS
3 AUBURN
4 OHIO STATE
5 SOUTHERN CAL
6 GEORGIA
7 NOTRE DAME
8 ALABAMA
9 LSU
10 OREGON
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RECRUITING CLASS RANK
1 ALABAMA
2 TEXAS
3 FLORIDA STATE
4 LSU
5 SOUTHERN CAL
6 AUBURN
7 GEORGIA
8 OREGON
9 NOTRE DAME
10 CLEMSON
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The Red & Black | Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | 5
Georgia’s recruiting class unanimously ranks among the top 10 in the country and could move into the top five if Isaiah Crowell and John Jenkins decide Athens is where they want to spends their college years. Either way, this class is poised to become the best class for head coach Mark Richt since 2006. Here’s how the recruiting experts have ranked the top 10 recruiting classes this year:
rivals.com
RANK ’EM
scout.com
THE WHAT-IFsIt’d be considered a huge upset, and major surprise on the national landscape, if Geor-gia didn’t get both Isaiah Crowell and John Jenkins. The need is immediate for both and the signatures of the two would push Geor-gia into the top five in the country, if not the top three. Any others after those two would be simply icing on Mark Richt’s National Signing Day cake, as Crowell and Jenkins would fill the Bulldogs’ two biggest voids. The Georgia coaching staff has gone all in on both and appear poised to sign both. How-ever, if Georgia did somehow miss on both, Georgia fans and coaches would undoubt-edly walk away from this class with a bitter taste in their mouth, despite the strength of the remainder of the Dream Team.
By TRAVIS RAGSDALETHE RED & BLACK
Today, Georgia players and coaches will join each other for what they hope will be a joyous celebration of the recruiting suc-cess the Bulldogs have achieved this offseason. As it stands now Georgia has 23 committed pros-pects, two of which have enrolled early, leaving Georgia with room to add four to five more pros-pects to the “Dream Team” recruiting class.
Head coach Mark Richt’s con-cept of signing a recruiting class full of the best players in the state of Georgia to form a so-called “Dream Team” seems to be paying dividends with the prospects of this class, but per-haps even more importantly with the high school coaches of the prospects as well.
“I think it was a great idea,” said head football coach Matt Land of Dalton High School and coach of offensive line recruit Watts Dantzler. “It’s pretty clear that these guys are buying into the idea of coming to play for their home state. I think it will pay off in the years to come as well simply because other in-state players are going to want to join with the great class Georgia has put together.”
For the players themselves, the possibility of playing for their home-state school with other in-state players was too much to pass up.
“I like [the Dream Team]. Georgia boys are about to take the country by storm,” said four-star cornerback Damian Swann of Atlanta.
If Georgia is able to sign the final players on its board today, then the 2011 class would com-pare favorably to the 2006 class, which would eventually lead Georgia to a No. 2 final national ranking as well as a victory in the Sugar Bowl. The 2006 class included the likes of Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, Asher Allen and Reshad Jones; all of which are now playing in the NFL.
Rivals.com national recruit-ing expert Barry Every said he feels the recruiting class put together thus far can be success-ful, and there are several players he said he believes will see the field right away.
“I would say Corey Moore because he is ideal for kick cov-erage and is willing to hit and either Ramik Wilson or Amarlo Herrera,” Every said. “Georgia is in need of some tough jokers to bounce around between the tackle box and make plays. They should also excel on kick cover-ages.”
Other likely immediate game-changers will include recently committed defensive end Ray Drew and Malcolm Mitchell, who could play wide receiver or cor-nerback in Athens. Every said he believes that Mitchell can help Georgia win games this year if he sticks with one position.
“I would not be jerking this kid around,” Every said. “Stick with either WR or DB and maybe kick or punt return. Then if he excels at his main position maybe let him see the other side of the ball.”
But it’s two players yet to make decisions — Isaiah Crowell and John Jenkins — that Every said he believes could be the big-gest factors for Georgia if they end up deciding to don the red and black.
“Georgia’s biggest holes this past season were along the defensive front and at tailback,” he said. “It became pretty clear early on that they were going to address those issues this off-sea-son. If Georgia does land Crowell and Jenkins, it will be a step in the right direction.”
Another hole Georgia has sought to address is along the offensive front, where it already have five offensive lineman com-mitted and are waiting to hear from massive left tackle prospect Antonio Richardson of Nashville, Tenn.
“They need offensive lineman badly in my opinion, so Richardson would add some needed depth and improves the chances of someone in this class making an impact early in their careers,” Every said.
Even if Georgia strikes out on all its remaining prospects today, which is extremely unlikely, but signs everyone it already has committed, Richt and the staff will have put themselves into a position to win right away, some-thing that has been missing from Athens for the past several years.
“With the class we put togeth-er, we want to make a dynasty,” linebacker Amarlo Herrera said. “We want to win everything — SEC, National Championship. We got the players now, but we just got to all get to campus and work hard this summer.”
‘Dream Team’ two big-time prospects away from reality
ISAIAH CROWELL, RB
Hometown: ColumbusHigh School: CarverMeasureables: 6-foot, 215 pounds; 5-star recruitAt a glance: Crowell can make an im-mediate difference for Georgia and has drawn comparisons to South Carolina’s Marcus Lattimore. He could be Geor-gia’s most important signature in years.Chances he’ll be a Dog: Crowell’s long-awaited decision is down to two schools: Alabama and Georgia. With his cousin and teammate Quintavious Harrow committed and a gaping hole at
running back, it’s hard to imagine Crowell not ending up in Athens.Announcement time: Today at 1:30 p.m.
JEOFFREY PAGAN, DE
Hometown: Asheville, N.C.High School: AshevilleMeasureables: 6-foot-4, 270 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Pagan is one of the country’s top defensive end prospects, but he tore his ACL during his senior season, which caused some schools to back off.Chances he’ll be a Dog: Pagan previ-ously committed to Florida, then later Clemson, and now it looks as if he will land at either Alabama or Georgia on signing day. Whoever he ultimately
selects won’t feel secure until the ink is dry on his letter of intent.Announcement time: Today at 9 a.m.
KENT TURENE, ILB
Hometown: Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.High School: Boyd H. AndersonMeasureables: 6-foot-2, 235 pounds; 3-star recruitAt a glance: Turene has a college-level ready body and looks tailor-made for one of the two inside linebacker positions in Georgia’s 3-4 defensive scheme.Chances he’ll be a Dog: Turene decommitted from Southern California, but could still choose the Trojans over Georgia and Nebraska, who are also vying for his signature on signing day.
Announcement time: Unknown
ANTONIO RICHARDSON, OT
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.High School: Pearl-CohnMeasureables: 6-foot-6, 310 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Physically, Richardson looks ready to play right away, with the type of size offensive line coaches covet. But he’ll need to work on his footwork and technique.Chances he’ll be a Dog: Richard-son is set to decide between Auburn, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee. But it should be tough to pull him out of the Volunteer State.
Announcement time: Today at 10 a.m.
JOHN JENKINS, DT
Hometown: Perkinston, Miss.Previous School: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegeMeasureables: 6-foot-4, 340 pounds; 4-star recruitAt a glance: Jenkins is the massive space-eater up the middle that Todd Grantham needs for his 3-4 defense to be successful and could be a huge difference-maker as a freshman. Chances he’ll be a Dog: Jenkins vis-ited four schools, but brought his mom on only one visit: Georgia. The Georgia coaches have made it readily apparent
how much he is needed, and it’d be a surprise if went elsewhere.Announcement time: Saturday, Feb. 5
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HOPE the deciding factor in college choice
Name the president of Egypt...Hosni Mubarak.Lucky guess?On this campus — absolutely. After riots in Tunisia overthrew dictator Zine
El Abidine Ben Ali, revolts against oppressive leaders spread to ... you guessed it: Egypt.
Why the condescension from the editorial board? Why the annoyance and anger?
Well, today’s “Man on the Street” sought University students’ thoughts on the Egypt situation.
Some students were aware. Others prayed about it in church. Still others made vague comments about bombs.
But most knew nothing.This is not acceptable. The protest against Mubarak is one of
the most important events in the history of Egyptian and American foreign policy.
Many human rights’ organizations consider Mubarak a dictator. Yet, the United States has aligned itself with this man for three decades.
U.S. leaders see Egypt as the major player in negotiations for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
These protests have shaken American diplo-matic relations with the Middle East.
And believe it or not, this does affect stu-dents.
We live in this country. We pay taxes. Some of us even vote.
As we saunter through college, preparing for reality, we must remember who we are:
The youth.That’s right. We’re that group politicians
disdain, businesses ignore and grandparents coddle.
We are a stereotype — lazy, selfish and unin-volved.
If we continue to act in accordance with ste-reotypes, we will never be taken seriously. We will be forever known as those “kids.”
The protests in Egypt are filled with active young people leading the charge against oppression.
These youthful Egyptians are taking control of their country’s future.
American youth must follow in their foot-steps.
We must pay attention to the events that shape our lives and homeland.
It’s time to grow up.
— Courtney Holbrook for the editorial board
Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board
Time to grow upProtesters demand Egypt’s president resign ... and students don’t really care
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Veganism a healthy dieting optionMy college years were filled
with culinary indulgence. I was about eight pounds
heavier than usual, my skin didn’t look great and my energy levels were way down.
So I decided to make a change. I went vegan. And maybe you should as well ...
It’s been a month. So far I’ve dropped five pounds, my skin has cleared up and I’m more energized.
No surprise there. This is com-ing from a person who was eating about 90 percent of her meals out and whose second favorite food is — or was — cheese dip with a side of beer. I’m sure other college stu-dents with low budgets and high stress understand.
Surprisingly, the diet switch hasn’t felt like much of an adjust-ment.
Some people have warned me eating a vegan diet is more expen-sive. But the money I’ve saved staying in and pouring four differ-ent canned veggies and some beans in a pot has been huge.
I did a few calculations. I was spending around $100 a week eat-ing and drinking out. That’s a little less than half my monthly budget. But $60 at the grocery store will last me at least two weeks.
People — moms — worried I wouldn’t be getting the proper amounts of protein, calcium and B12.
But it all comes down to prepa-ration. I make sure to have protein (beans mostly) in every meal, and I’ve replaced Diet Coke with calci-
um-enriched orange juice. I’m tak-ing a multivitamin every morning for whatever else I’m missing.
But remember, should you decide to eat this way — there’s a difference between a vegan diet and a “being vegan” lifestyle.
Being vegan is much more than cutting dairy, eggs and meat out of your diet. Some vegans have objec-tions to consuming yeast. Others don’t use honey because bees pro-duce it. Some people avoid goods made in factories that are not vegan friendly, according to Barnivore.com.
Honestly, I don’t know what sort of life yeast is and I am not sure what bees use honey for — but I’m
learning. When you consider consump-
tion, it’s much more than what goes in your mouth. One friend asked if I was going to give up my birthday present, a leather jacket. Another wondered what my favor-ite boots were made of.
I haven’t made up my mind about beer or honey. I still have an unfortunate amount of leather accessories. So I’m not calling myself “vegan.” And I’m really OK with that. You can be too.
Sure, some people see veganism as an extreme way of life, full of pretension and malnourished hip-pies. I don’t believe eating a vegan diet makes me better than others.
All I know is I feel full, healthy and happy each day.
I’m not doing this perfectly, and I don’t think a vegan diet is for everyone. But if you’ve considered it and thought it would be too diffi-cult or time consuming or expen-sive, I’ll tell you: it’s really not.
The cultural implications that come along with attending the “Vegan Academy” don’t have to be radical if you don’t want them to be. I’m just a baby vegan dieter reaching out to let you know a busy college student can pull this off.
Go for it.A friend’s mom once asked me:
“What can you even eat as a vegan? Beans and grass?”
Yes, ma’am — and they’re deli-cious.
— Emily Ferrari is an alumna from Alpharetta
EMILY FERRARI
Athens Vegan Options
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The Globe
HOPE.That word has
been a driving force in my academic efforts. After all, it’s paid for my tuition and part of my books.
As a high school senior, the one thing on my mind was having a 3.0 so that I could get the HOPE Scholarship. Without it, Athens and this University would never have been on my radar.
The difference in cost of tuition for the University versus Macon State College was more than my parents could afford. In fall 2007 the cost of the University’s tuition and fees was more than $2,000 a semester. Macon State’s semester cost was $1,130.
My family had already experienced the cost of tuition without HOPE when my older sister lost her eligibility after her sophomore year. I saw how difficult it was for her. I did not want to experience that stress.
So, I used HOPE as a motivator. I made the grades necessary to follow my dreams to attend the University and become a journalist. HOPE and the lottery made it possible.
Now, our beloved pro-
gram is in trouble. It is facing declining lottery revenues — and increas-ing demands for funds.
For the fiscal year of 2010, the lottery brought in about $834 million, while the amount of money paid out reached more than $1 billion, according to the Georgia Student Finance Commission. In order to cover costs, the program dipped into its reserves.
But the reserves won’t last forever. Cuts are inev-itable.
The first cut will come this summer. The book allowance will be reduced from $300 to $150 a year — which means it will shrink from $150 a semes-ter to just $75.
Fall semester of my freshman year, I paid nearly $500 for books.
The allowance of $300 a year barely paid for one book.
So, reducing it will only make stomaching the bookstore bill even more difficult.
It’s true this will not
directly affect me. As a graduating senior, I’m lucky to be getting out now.
But my fiancé, a soph-omore, will be hit hard — as will incoming students throughout the state of Georgia.
If the commission’s projections are true, by the time my fiancé finish-es his four-year degree, HOPE will no longer pay for books or fees.
Combined with ever-increasing tuition and student fees, this has forced him to make a tough decision.
Instead of experienc-ing Athens and the University, he will attend Georgia Southern. Georgia Southern costs $1,848 a semester for 12 hours — compared to the more than $3,000 at the University.
As a senior who loves this school and all it has to offer, that saddens me. It makes me wonder how many more students — like my fiancé — are mak-ing the decision to go elsewhere in the face of these cuts.
I — we — understand cuts are necessary to maintain the program. But it doesn’t make it any easier to swallow.
The HOPE Scholarship gave us hope — pun abso-lutely intended — that a college education was possible.
It also made it easy for me to take the benefits for granted. It has always been there. I assumed it always would be.
I didn’t pay attention. I thought I wasn’t affect-ed. But I am.
As are all students in the state of Georgia.
I can offer no solid solutions. The Red & Black editorial board has suggested alcohol excise taxes (“Raise your glass-es,” Feb. 1).
Others have suggested raising the mandatory GPA from the 3.0. Still others want to reinstate the income cap, which would make the program need-based.
But I do not believe cuts and changes will alleviate all the stresses placed on the program.
All I can do is hope HOPE won’t be stripped away.
Myself — and many others — would not be here without it.
— Abbey Joris is a senior from Macon
majoring in newspapers
ABBEY JORIS
Smoking ban has no real legitimacy
It’s great to see that the Student Government Association finally accepts that its “all-campus ban” was “unrealistic.”
Better yet, it only took them the better part of a semester to reach this conclusion.
The problem is that in acknowledging their naive-té in trying to ban smok-ing everywhere on cam-pus, SGA has forfeited all claims to relevance or legitimacy in passing it.
The idea that smoking shouldn’t be permitted within a certain radius of a building entrance is nei-ther new nor particularly impactful.
I don’t foresee any place on campus radically changing if SGA decides to ban smoking near door-ways (except the walkway outside Jittery Joe’s).
In making the ban only “partial,” SGA highlights its enforcement’s essential lack of necessity.
A partial ban means that campus cops will need to use discretion to determine if a smoker was smoking too close to a doorway. Why is this nec-essary?
Is there nothing more worthwhile that these cops could be doing than analyzing the specifics of an act anyone over 18 is
legally allowed to do?If it’s not broke, don’t
fix it.
JASON LONGORIASophomore, AlpharettaEnglish and psychology
HOPE funds saved by an income cap
Joshua Delaney and Corey T. Boone (“HOPE decisions need student input,” Feb. 1), among others, issue the common proclamation that HOPE-deserving students shouldn’t “have to go into debt” when paying for col-lege. Yet nowhere in their list of suggestions is the dreaded income cap.
If HOPE is designed to save the money of gifted students, why are we pay-ing for those who had the foresight to choose wealthy parents? And more importantly, why are the lottery participants (i.e. the poor) paying for them?
An income cap would not only save money, but would be more morally acceptable. A tier system related to income is a decent idea, with more funds going to those with less. Let’s give help to those who need it.
ALAN REESESenior, Savannah
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VARIETY The Red & Black | Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | 7
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for the groundhog to come out.
“They’ll talk to Gus, and they’re gonna see what his prognostication is — whether or not we’ll have six more weeks of winter, or is winter about to end,” Murphy said.
The first mentioning of Groundhog Day was in a journal entry dated February 5, 1841 by James Morris. It has since spawned celebrations nationwide, including the most famous of all ground-hogs, Punxsutawney Phil, who was featured in the movie “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray.
Residents in
Punxsutawney, Pa., claim Phil has never been wrong, though according to Stormfax.com, he’s only 39 percent accurate.
If Gus sees his shadow today, then we’ll have six more weeks of winter.
However, it could take some time waiting since he is in hibernation.
“We’re not gonna go in there and reach in and get him,” Murphy said.
Many activities are also being planned to comple-ment the experience.
“We’re gonna do make-your-own-shadow, sidewalk chalk kind of thing, show them how to make a shad-ow leaf with paper,” Murphy said.
Students are definitely
encouraged to attend.“If I have a large group
of college students, we’ll take them off to the side and give them a different view on things,” Murphy said.
Murphy insists there is much to take from the experience.
“We want to take really good care of our animals, as well as educate the public,” Murphy said.
Students can also learn about volunteering oppor-tunities.
“Making those connec-tions is kind of what we’re about — if you feel connect-ed with it, you’re going to be taking more ownership, more responsibility for it.”
GUS: Program hopes to educate
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From the wealth of knowledge collected during his various exploits, Lowery began putting together a book that would explain how his experiences offered better insights into the modern economy than an MBA might.
“Maybe that’s a little over reaching,” Lowery said. “But perhaps it’s a really good supplement.”
An essential point Lowery emphasized in modern business is understanding the commodification of information, be it a song or a business plan. And, Lowery notes, musicians have been doing this since … well, since they played music and needed money.
“People owned these little abstract, intangible things called songs, and they had to figure out how to exploit them and make money off them,” he said.
That traditional knowledge as well as familiarity with marketing via social net-works has given musicians a huge advan-tage in the business world, especially in the modern information-based, hyper-con-nected world.
With all these experiences and theories built up, Lowery was ready to do more than just write about it.
“I’ve been looking for a place to do this,” he said of teaching.
So when he called David Barbe to con-gratulate him on his new position as head of the Music Business Program last year, he offered to guest lecture.
“As he’s talking to me, I can feel a light bulb switch on,” Barbe said.
A rock star/business man with an actual degree in mathematics, and just when Barbe was looking for someone to teach MBUS 3000? It was too good to be true.
“I got no shortage of music business contacts, that’s the easy part,” Barbe said. “Finding someone like David who had the combination of the academic qualifica-tions and mathematics and financial back-ground AND the music business experi-ence was just an ideal fit for the program.”
Lowery seems excited about the oppor-tunity to share his knowledge with stu-dents regardless of their professional intentions. As for those leaning toward music, Lowery said he believes this pro-gram will give them skills to at least pur-sue it as a supplement.
“I really think that everybody that wants to be in the music business now could actually be in the music business on some level,” Lowery said. “At least part time.”
The new business world as Lowery sees it is less based on record companies and moving evermore online, meaning less bil-lionaire record executives, but more opportunities for anyone to participate in a business they love. Indie labels, DIY pro-ducers, music website designers, all have possible futures.
“We’re entering this world where so much of our products are ideas or infor-mation, and in that world, for various technical mathematical reason, you have lots of dwarves and a handful of giants.” Lowery said, quoting Nassim Taleb. “So yeah there’s plenty of room to be a dwarf in this business.”
TEACH: ‘Dwarves’ OK in music world
By ELAINE KELCHTHE RED & BLACK
What reads like the logline of an indie comedy, or the synopsis of a hip-ster’s dream, is in fact a description of Athens Business Rocks, a benefit for Nuçi’s Space: co-workers band togeth-er to form just that, a band.
Beginning tonight and running through Friday, 26 bands composed of employees from 33 Athens-area busi-nesses will perform at the 40 Watt.
“[Athens Business Rocks] is the evolution of an event that was done for us a few years ago when a few down-town bars and restaurants got togeth-er for a battle of the bands and they raised the money and gave it us,” said Bob Sleppy, executive director of Nuçi’s Space. “When that wasn’t going to happen again we thought, ‘let’s open it up to any business.’”
Announced just a month ago, Sleppy isn’t surprised by the number of eager participants, but is intrigued by the variety of businesses participat-ing.
“The feedback has been really posi-tive so far. Everybody from banks to Flagpole, who’s always been a big sup-porter, is coming out.” Sleppy said. “It’s kinda cool that Athens First [Bank & Trust] has a band; you don’t really think of bankers as rockstars.”
Joining Flagpole and Athens First Bank & Trust are 31 very different, though uniformly enthusiastic, busi-nesses including venues such as 40 Watt and Caledonia, restaurants such as Mama’s Boy and Transmetropolitan, art studios, retail stores and service-oriented businesses such as Epting Events and D&D Heating & Air Conditioning.
“The kind of camaraderie that comes with this sort of event, playing with your co-workers, is just great,” Sleppy said. “What we really wanted was to bring businesses and the music community together, they’re so inter-dependent on each other. We want to raise awareness through a music event and in a very public way.”
For Sleppy, as well as Nuçi’s Space, raising awareness of and respect for depression and mental illness, specifi-cally within the music community, is its mission.
And although Nuçi’s Space takes its role in fulfilling that mission quite seri-ously, it doesn’t prevent its fundraising and community efforts from being lighthearted. Take Athens Business Rocks as an example.
“It’s all about having fun and it’s all cover songs.” Sleppy said. “It’s not a talent competition and we don’t get into the job of telling people if their music is good or bad. So we encourage all bands to pick names related to their work or some other theme.”
Bel-Jean Copy & Print Center, who Sleppy said “has been really good about raising money,” has embraced the call for a creative play on their business’ nature in naming their band 80# Cougar.
“We’re going to be playing sort of glam rock from the ’70s in the U.K.,” Jason NeSmith, a Bel-Jean employee, said. “[80# Cougar] is a type of paper, but it also works on so many levels — all of them pretty lowbrow.”
NeSmith, who also plays guitar for Athens-based Casper & the Cookies, credits word-of-mouth as the means through which he found out about
Athens Business Rocks, and knowing how many of his co-workers play, the decision to enter Bel-Jean in the event was immediate.
“We’ve had three practices and I think we’re ready,” NeSmith said. “I’m curious to see what [Flagpole’s] McCommunists sound like.”
But behind all the fun of the event, Athens Business Rocks is a benefit for Nuçi’s Space.
For the bands, however, soliciting votes has gotten as creative as their name and music choices.
“We have a Facebook event set up and we’ve made band stickers and even have a donation jar set up right on the counter at Bel-Jean,” NeSmith said. “And we have sold quite a few of the stickers as a matter of fact.”
Each of the performances will be judged on five criteria: showmanship, creativity, badassness, attendance and fundraising. The first three carry a max of 10 earned points, judged by a collection of Athens ‘celebrities’ including musician Patterson Hood.
The latter two rely on the business-es’ promotional efforts and are there-fore unlimited in the number of points possible to earn. The leader board will be updated online daily through Feb. 19.
NeSmith is eager for Bel-Jean to take the top spot.
“We’re No. 2,” he playfully said. “We’ve got to find some way to dethrone Volo Trading, Inc.”
With the response Athens Business Rocks has garnered before taking to the stage, it is not too early to antici-pate the event being an annual tent-pole of Nuçi’s Space’s calendar.
“What’s unique about Athens is that there’s so many players in this town,” Sleppy said. “You could be at the bank and the guy behind the desk, the teller, could play guitar.”
Co-workers join forces to perform at 40 Watt
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Though in hibernation, Gus should come out to predict whether spring will come early. The celebrated event dates back as early as 1841.
ATHENS BUSINESS ROCKS
What: Athens Business RocksWhere: 40 WattWhen: Tonight, Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Price: $5 at the doorMore Information: Donations, a.k.a votes, on behalf of bands can be given at athensbusinessrocks.com. All proceeds benefit Nuçi’s Space.
PARTICIPANTS
Wednesday: Waffle House, Sunshine Cycles, Flagpole Magazine, Wisevest/White Systems/Classic Installations/Auto Max, Musicians Warehouse, Caledonia Lounge, Smith & Goff LLC/ACC School District, Hot Breath Glass Studio/L Marie Adams Inc./Ware Tutoring
Thursday: The Red Zone, D&D Heat-ing & Air Conditioning, Thrasher Pho-tography & Design, Mama’s Boy, Hen-dershot’s Coffee/Jittery Joes Tasting Room, Partner Software, Baxendale Guitar, Bel-Jean, Transmetropolitan
Friday: Epting Events, Athens First Bank& Trust, The State Botanical Gar-den of Georgia, Partner Software, 40 Watt, TSAV, PaechMac, Volo Trading Inc., Nuçi’s Space
8 | Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | The Red & Black SPORTS
By MITCH BLOMERTTHE RED & BLACK
The Georgia men’s basketball team is hoping a new week means a new identity on the court.
And that goes for everyone — not just two or three starters.
The Bulldogs (14-6, 3-4) visit Arkansas tonight hoping to snap a two-game skid after dropping contests to Florida and Kentucky last week. Scoring slumps by key players hindered Georgia’s offen-sive production in both losses.
“I felt like both Florida and ourselves might have our hands full over the weekend because it was such a slugfest during the week, so that one didn’t really surprise me,” Georgia head coach Mark Fox said. “I just thought we both might have a little bit of a hangover from a mid-week
game.”The offensive deficiencies were
uncharacteristically low Saturday, when top scorers Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie were limited to a combined 14 points and couldn’t find the net when Georgia tried to steal a win with a late rally at Kentucky.
Thompkins, who averages 17.1 points per game, was double-teamed on nearly every posses-sion and had a season-low nine points while going 2-for-10 from the field. Leslie fared even worse, shooting 0-for-7 and finishing
with five points.“We had a chance to win in the
last six or seven minutes, and neither one of them played well,” Fox said.
In last Tuesday’s loss against Florida, Gerald Robinson was the starter with the poor offensive perfor-mance, scoring only seven points while turning the ball over six times.
With the Bulldogs still vying for a NCAA Tournament berth, wins are becoming more crucial every week, and their starting five will need to score consistently the rest of the regular season. And the team cannot afford for Thompkins, Leslie or Robinson to have bad nights.
That case is especially impor-
tant against an inspired Arkansas (14-6, 4-3) team that has won its last two games after upending No. 23 Vanderbilt on Saturday, and is undefeated at home.
“We just have to go back to playing better basket-ball,” said Dustin Ware, the only starter to hit double figures in both losses last week. “The big thing is that we just have to get back to just playing hard and playing as a unit.”
But unlike last week’s blunders against division opponents, Georgia has played well against the
SEC West this season, going 2-0 with a road win over Ole Miss and a victory at home against Mississippi State.
As a result, winning against
the West may be the Bulldogs’ best — and only — chance to improve their SEC standings.
“They are important because they still count in the standings the same,” Fox said. “The thing about Arkansas is they are unde-feated at home, having a good year and have a good team, and it is a good chance for a good quality win.”
Regardless, though, the Bulldogs are well aware that their tournament life is on the line and their margin for error has slowly diminished.
“You want to win them all but you definitely want the games you don’t get a second crack at,” Ware said. “You want to go ahead and take care of business and just come out and play hard against all of them and get as many wins as you can.”
Bulldogs look to play ‘better basketball’ after losses
By NICK PARKERTHE RED & BLACK
Georgia quarterback-turned-wide receiver Logan Gray will transfer for his final season of eligibility after graduation in May, Georgia announced Tuesday.
Gray will g r a d u a t e with a speech com-m u n i c a -tions degree and will pursue a m a s t e r ’ s degree clos-er to his home in Columbia , Mo. Gray considered trans-ferring last spring after he wasn’t awarded the start-ing quarterback job but was convinced to stay and moved to wide receiver.
He finished with just nine catches on the season.
Gray set to transfer to be near his home
When: Tonight at 9Where: Fayetteville, Ark.More Information: The contest will air on CSS.
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