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What you missed in the newsOver the break, the number of candi-dates in the UGA presidential search was narrowed to nine, in the third step of the search for Adam’s succes-sor. A smaller retail option was proposed by Selig, in place of the downtown Walmart. The victims of the Newtown shooting were honored by the Chapel bell's toll by members of the UGA and Athens community.

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University of Georgia students reported 29 cases of breaking and entering when they returned from winter break, according to Athens-Clarke County Police Department media releases.

According to the media releases, the burglaries occurred between Dec. 6, 2012 and Jan. 7.

Of these cases, eight occurred in apartments off of Riverbend Parkway, and four occurred in residences on Crescendo Drive, according to the releases. The remaining 16 burglaries were scattered around the Athens area.

The reported total value of stolen property was $35,082, but six of the reports did not include specific values for sto-len property.

Alex O’Brien, president of Cardinal Group Management, the company that owns and manages The U | Athens, said six apartments in the Riverbend Parkway complex were identified as “tampered with.” O’Brien said these apart-ments were most likely entered through unlocked windows.

He said after the first burglaries were reported, The U contacted Athens-Clarke County Police and worked with residents who had items taken from their apartments.

A UGA graduate student who has lived in The U for five months said she was only contacted via email by the com-pany.

“They contacted me to let me know through email, so it was good that I checked my email,” the student said. “But I thought that was kind of weird.”

The student said she did not see any damage to doors or windows of her apartment to indicate how access was gained. She said she heard other apartments were broken into at The U, but she was unsure of an exact number.

“I don’t know anyone, but I think the complex said other apartments were broken into,” the student said. “One told me six, and one told me 10.”

The U furnishes a television for each apartment in the complex. O’Brien said three of the 50 company-owned tele-visions were reported as stolen. Four televisions, unspeci-fied as property of The U or residents, were reported as stolen in the media releases.

He said there is an on-site courtesy officer and mainte-nance workers who inspect around The U apartments. Without these workers at The U, O’Brien said there could have been a higher number of burglaries.

“We actually discovered it pretty quickly,” O’Brien said.

“If that hadn’t happened, who knows, those guys could have gone around to 10 or 15 units.”

Other items reported missing from apartments on Riverbend Parkway included an iMac computer, video games, clothing, a taser, cash, shoes, a laptop and residents’ personal televisions. A car was also reported missing from an apartment at The U on Dec. 26, 2012.

The break-ins were a “learning point” for staff at The U and residents, O’Brien said.

“This was definitely a reminder that before you go away for the holidays, lock your doors and your windows and make sure to take anything of value with you,” O’Brien said.

Of the four break-ins reported on Crescendo Drive, two residences were reportedly ransacked, with no possessions reported as stolen.

In the other residences, handguns, gaming consoles, laptops and other personal possessions were reported sto-len.

Many students returned to their apartments after winter break to find residences “tampered with.” TAYlOR CRAIg SuTTOn/Staff

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Todd Gurley works under no false assumptions.

He knows it will be difficult to duplicate what he did this past season in 2013. That’s easily understandable, given the incredible numbers the North Carolina native tallied in 2012. He ran for 1,385 yards, the second-most in Georgia history for a freshman running back, behind only Herschel Walker’s 1980 season, when the legendary Bulldog accumulated 1,616 yards on the ground on his way to leading to the Bulldogs to a national championship. Gurley scored 17 rushing touchdowns, tied for the third-best showing in the Bulldogs’ annals in a single season along with Tim Worley’s 1988 cam-paign. Tack on his 100-yard kickoff return for a score in the season opener against Buffalo and Gurley’s total touchdown mark ends up at 18, once again tied for third-most in a single season for Georgia, joining Worley

(1988) and Knowshon Moreno (2008).The reciting of Gurley’s fantastic

freshman season could continue to nigh infinity. Following Georgia’s victo-ry over Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl, Gurley was asked whether he would allow himself to reflect on the season just passed, to ruminate over his various accomplishments and the memorable plays he made. Begrudgingly, he admitted he would “embrace” the success, pointing out he “did do the work” to make it possible.

But now it’s on to the next one.“It’s not going to mean anything if

you don’t do the same thing the next year,” Gurley said of his freshman sea-son. “I had a very good year, and it’s going to be hard for me to try to put up the same numbers that I did this year. A lot of folks are going to be gunning for me. People are always going to have something to say, but it’s up to me to have a great offseason and to have an even better season next year.”

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The highest number of burglaries occurred on Riverbend Parkway, with smaller clusters of break-ins on Crescendo Drive, Church Street and Indale Avenue. ERICA TECHO/Staff

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“Gurshall,” the embodiment of the Georgia backfield, foresee a stellar, sophomore year. TAYlOR CRAIg SuTTOn/Staff

Quarterback Aaron Murray announced he was return-ing for his senior year late Sunday night. Others made decisions, too.

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A year ago, Selig Enterprises proposed plans to construct a Walmart on the Armstrong and Dobbs property just east of downtown.

The development company now hopes to build 125,000 square feet of retail space, including 35,000 square feet for a new anchor tenant — one that isn’t Walmart. Selig senior vice president Jo Ann Chitty said the decision to forego building a Walmart was unrelated to concerns voiced by local business owners and supporters.

The project will also include about 250 housing units and hidden parking spaces for shoppers and residents.

Increased green space will front the proposed Firefly Trail, which will link the property to the North Oconee River Greenway. A new boulevard will connect the multi-modal complex to Oconee Street, and the reduced retail footprint will result in less traffic than the Walmart would have.

Russell Edwards, founder of People for a Better Athens, said he believes the new project will bring its own problems.

The search committee working to find a replacement for University President Michael Adams narrowed its field of candidates down to nine. Regent Larry Walker said that five of the nine candidates are presidents. Another three are provosts, and one is a dean “of a large school in a large

public university.” According to a timeline set by the committee, the next step is to review due diligence results and distill the list to a smaller group which it will interview in person off-site. Adams will vacate his post June 30.

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The University of Georgia and the Ath-ens-area community honored the victims of the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementa-ry School in Newtown, Conn. by ringing the University’s Chapel bell 26 times, joining others in similar ceremo-nies observed across the nation. About 75 people — including stu-dents, local residents and University Presi-dent Michael Adams — observed the ceremony that began at 9:30 a.m., exactly one week from when the tragedy began to unfold. Three university students led the ceremony by ring-ing the bell once for each of the victims of the tragedy.

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An Athens-Clarke County Police officer met with a woman at St. Mary’s Hospital on Dec. 27, according to a media release.

The woman report-edly said she was walk-ing to her home near downtown after leaving a Christmas gathering

on Dec. 25. The woman said she

noticed a person from the gathering was fol-lowing her, and the last thing she said she remembered was the person approaching her outside her resi-dence.

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she reportedly was inside and had a swol-len eye. The victim said she believes she was struck with a fist.

The investigation continues, according to the release.

Athens woman reports aggravated battery

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Athens-Clarke County Police arrested and charged a University of Georgia student with public intoxi-cation, two counts of obstruction of a law enforcement officer and two counts of simple battery on a police officer after he kicked two arresting officers and threw his shoulder into a third, according to a police report.

Officers first made contact with Christopher Robin Hoffman, 21, when he was standing at the door of an apartment in a complex off of Stone Mill Run.

The officer reportedly noticed “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from [Hoffman’s] breath,” and that he “was not able to stand without holding onto the wall to sup-port himself.”

Hoffman reportedly became “more agitated” with the officer and eventually began cursing.

Hoffman resisted during the search, and when the officers got him inside the car, he reportedly began attempting to “bring his

handcuffs in front of him, but got caught between his buttocks and knees,” according to the report.

After officers fixed Hoffman’s handcuffs, he reportedly began “kicking on the window [of the patrol car] and attempting to break it.”

When officers attempted to restrain Hoffman’s “flailing” feet, he reportedly kicked one of them. The officer “ducked to avoid getting hit in the head, but instead got struck on the right side of [the] neck.” Hoffman reportedly kicked a second officer in the head and “threw his shoulder” into a third officer who had arrived to assist with the arrest.

Hoffman was transported to Athens Regional Medical Center before being transported to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office.

Hoffman declined to comment about the incident to The Red & Black.

From Dec. 20 to Dec. 26, three theft by takings were reported in the Athens area, according to police media releases. Copper lightening rods valued at $1,450 were reported stolen from the Talmadge parking deck at Athens Regional Medical Center Dec. 20. Batteries were also reported stolen from two trucks, in addition to a battery charger and

pressure washer. All items were owned by Omni Source Dec. 27, and the total value was reported to be $1,500. A pizza oven, valued at $6,000, was also reported stolen from a Baxter Street location Dec. 26.

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Editor's Note: This is an ongoing series ana-lyzing students' strug-gles with sleep disorders and the options avail-able for those seeking treatment and relief. If you struggle with sleep and would like to tell your story, please email news@randb.com.

Brittany Barnhill had been awake for three days.

A University of Georgia senior from Thomson, Barnhill has struggled with insomnia since entering college. Her condition is cyclical, meaning she is sporadi-cally unable to sleep. But one of her worst experiences came dur-ing her sophomore year, when a night of study-ing for organic chemis-try turned into a three-day sleepwalk.

“I had a lot of trouble with organic chemistry. It was the bane of my existence for a very long time,” Barnhill said. “I had an exam coming up for it and so one night I stayed up to study for it and pulled an all-night-er. That was Monday night.”

Monday night bled into Tuesday morning, and Barnhill planned to sleep that night, but found herself unable.

“I couldn’t get to sleep because I was stressed out about the exam the next day,” she said.

Though she passed the test, Barnhill said the erratic sleep sched-ule of a college insomni-ac is hardly healthy.

“My roommates thought I was dead,” Barnhill said. “[Being tired is] like I’m walking through a haze. I won’t recognize people, things. I definitely shouldn’t drive. It feels like I’m swimming.”

Barnhill’s tale, while extreme, is familiar for college-aged students, who are more likely to experience sleep disor-ders than other age groups. The average col-lege student gets 6-6.9 hours of sleep a night, much less than the rec-ommended eight hours. Less sleep can cause increased weight gain, mental illness and auto-mobile accidents, while resulting in decreased academic performance, according to the University Health Center.

Students with sleep problems can find relief at the health center. If a student’s insomnia is cyclical, an assigned physician may prescribe sleep aids or advise altered sleep habits. But if the condition has psy-chological roots, the student may also seek aid from Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS).

“Sleep is probably one of the number one problems on campus, so it’s something a lot of students come in for,” said Liz Cheely, the case manager at the health center. “They need to do a phone screening, which takes about 15 minutes, where they tell us what is going on...after that, we get them scheduled for an intake [counseling session], which takes about an hour.”

A psychologist might then write a prescrip-tion for sleep aids or offer further psychiatric sessions.

Alexis Havrilla, a sophomore from Cumming, said her experiences with chron-ic insomnia led to a lost scholarship and disap-pointing class results.

“I lost [the HOPE scholarship] because I got two C+ grades in classes because of my sleep habits,” said Havrilla, who is working with CAPS to address her condition. “I didn’t get enough sleep. It affected study habits. I just felt like doing other things because I don’t like to sleep — I do have a sleep fear.”

Insomnia leaves stu-dents searching for answers. Insomniacs are advised by most physi-cians to avoid caffeine, maintain a regular sleep schedule and develop other sleep-friendly habits. But students report habit-changing techniques as only mar-ginally effective.

When the techniques work, they seem to only work for a short time. Even then, it’s difficult to change unhealthy habits while meeting the demands of college life. Potent sedatives and antidepressants, such as Ambien and Trazodone, provide a quick fix for sleepless-ness, but their addictive nature deters some stu-dents.

“It just seems like with the medicines and choices that are there, they aren’t very long term,” Barnhill said. “It’s all habit forming and you get dependent on it, and I don’t want to be stuck on that for the rest of my life.”

There is another option for students.

The Athens Sleep & Wellness Center, located on Prince Avenue, con-ducts overnight sleep tests to diagnose com-mon sleep ailments. The test, which costs about $150 for patients with insurance, provides answers to the uncer-tainty surrounding sleep deprivation.

Meredith Petry, the Sleep Lab Administrator at the center, said it was important to diagnose the root of insomnia, rather than mask symp-toms.

“The actual true, true insomnias are much more rare than you

think of,” Petry said. “Most students should not go on sleep aids, because it’s usually pretty clear that they have bad habits and that they can be cor-rected. You don’t want to just give them a sleep aid to knock them out when they want to go to sleep or try to go to sleep because it’s not that simple.”

The Southeast in particular struggles with insomnia, with 13.1 percent to 19.3 percent of adults reporting insufficient rest in the past 30 days, according to a study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The region’s higher reported rates of insufficient sleep could be traced to higher obe-sity rates.

“If you look at that map, with obesity and weight, it’s going to be very close,” Petry said. “There is much more of a weight issue in the Southeast than there is in the West. The more of a weight issue there is, it’s probably highly cor-related.”

Petry said students make up a low percent-age of the center’s patient base because most students don’t pri-oritize sleep.

“Maybe five percent would be students, if that,” Petry said. “But what it should be is at least 20 to 25 percent. There are a lot of stu-dents with these issues, but sleep gets put so low on the priorities.”

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Man promotes peace with 196-day trek across the United States

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A man passing through Georgia plans to walk from Virginia Beach, Va. to the West Coast of the United States in 196 days.

Javier Janik is walk-ing across the country, each day wearing a shirt with a flag from a differ-ent country in order to “promote universal love and peace.”

After the holidays, Janik picked up where he left off in Douglasville.

After his journey, Janik plans to research a positive news story from each of the 196 countries he represents. His end goal is to write a book chronicling his journey and focusing on the positive messages he reads from around the world.

Janik’s main goal is to offer positive infor-mation from around the world after his walk.

“Unfortunately, we get a lot of negative ste-reotypes through the media,” Janik said. “It’s a way to focus on the good that exists in the world, that’s the hope behind the walk.”

Janik said the idea for his trek came to him because of the stereo-types sometimes associ-ated with his mother’s home country of Colombia.

“Down there the large, large majority of people want nothing to do with drugs, nothing to with violence — just average Joes that want to go dancing on Saturday night or watch the soccer game with their friends,” he said.

Before his decision to trek across country, Janik majored in accounting and worked in the financial sector in Pittsburgh. He said he chose to complete a cross-country walk because of the idea’s uniqueness and ability to grab attention.

“It is something that isn’t too frequently done,” he said. “When people do, you hear about it; it’s something intriguing that captures people’s attention, and when it does they’re encouraged by the mes-sage.”

This journey has been made before. In 1979, author Peter Jenkins published his account of a trek across the country. And 57-year-old Teri Swezey passed through Athens in May, 2012 as she began her walk across America in honor of her mother.

Tina Rhoades, Janik’s former co-work-er, said she hopes other people will be inspired to have a “more worldly vision of what people go through” after seeing what Janik is doing.

Although Janik said his journey has yet to attract outside atten-tion, he is not discour-aged and has continu-ously updated followers through his blog and Facebook page through-out the walk.

“I didn’t want to go out and seek the atten-tion and make it look like this was about get-ting attention,” Janik said. “I just created the social media groups, and whatever comes of

that comes of that.”Rhoades said she

believes outside support will be greatly appreci-ated along the way.

“I think that it’s an endeavor that takes a lot of effort to say the least, and some-thing like that would not neces-sarily require, but would appreciate a lot of support,” Rhoades said.

Many people have tried to offer rides and sup-port, Janik said.

“I’d say on average a couple of times a day, people stop,” he said. “Even though I obvious-ly can’t accept the ride, the mere offer from somebody is encourag-

ing beyond words.”Janik said he hopes

to inspire positivity with his walk.

“In order to make progress in the problems that face this world, whether looking at the constant wars around the world, or the wide-spread inequality and poverty that exists, we must first learn to love each other as one,” Janik said.

He hopes to reach California when the 196 day mark arrives, but he has no exact destination.

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As a new semester dawns, students on campus are back to the grind. But the beginning of another school term —

which already seems routine — marks the slow ending to a semester of firsts for UGA freshmen.

August brought hoards of fresh faces to campus. They said tearful good-byes to par-ents and waited nervously for what was to come. Then classes actually began and fresh-men had to adjust quickly to keep up.

And adjust is exactly what they did. By September, everyone had settled nicely into their class routine. Rarely did they wind up late to class because of navigation errors. But just as everyone was finally getting settled, campus life threw freshmen for a loop: foot-ball weekends. As they were banished from their respective parking decks, freshmen donned their inaugural game day attire to face their first true Saturday in Athens.

Then October came, with its own set of highs and lows for everyone on campus. Freshmen took their first swing at midterms, narrowing down their favorite study spots and the Jittery Joe's beverages that keep them functioning longest. Ultimately, the countdown to the legendary Georgia-Florida game helped push them through. With new and old friends alike, freshmen joined in the pilgrimage to St. Simon’s and Jacksonville.

November was a time for freshmen to think about the future. Advisement and regis-tration for spring classes forced many to think of their time at UGA as a whole. Then elec-

tion day came along and many freshmen got their first opportunity to vote in a national election. In hindsight, November was the month we took charge of both our own futures and the future of our country.

But of course, December rolled in with a wave of finals that came crashing down on any leftover feelings of civic duty or accom-plishment. It’s hard to look upon the 16 credit hours you just signed up for with excitement when the impending doom of your current finals make you want to cry and go to sleep. Why would you put yourself through that ter-ror each semester? Because it was a pretty good semester learning how to be a Bulldog.

Now, beaming with pride after a semester full of accomplishments, freshmen are ready to come back and face another semester (or seven) of the old routine and new adventures.

With a stomach full of home cooking and a suitcase full of new clothes and gadgets, it is high-time to return from winter break and take on spring semester's challenges.

— Laura Thompson is a freshman from Houston majoring in pre-journalism

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tAKe tHAt, fAt cAt: Notice anything about your latest paycheck? If you’re like most workers, it’s two percent smaller this year. You can credit the bigwigs in Washington for this development: the much-trumpeted “fiscal cliff” deal allowed the 2010 payroll tax cut to expire, raising taxes on 77 percent of Americans.

nO rest fOr tHe WeArY: Ready for classes to start again? No, you’re not? That’s a relief — we thought we were the only ones. After a too-brief respite, another semester is upon us. We’re just thankful to be back in Athens with friends and boundless opportunities for fun.

cApitAL WOn: On New Year's Day, quarterback Aaron Murray aired it out for five touchdowns against the No. 1 pass defense in the country; Georgia defeated Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl. Congratulations to the Bulldogs on their third-ever 12-win season, top-10 ranking and SEC Championship berth.

Wet BAnDits striKe AgAin: Students reported an alarming 25 burglaries over Christmas break, amounting to $32,232 in stolen property; at least two residences were ransacked. No word yet if Harry and Marv were behind the intrusions, but it might pay to have Macaulay Culkin house-sit next Christmas.

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We all love Facebook, Twitter and

Instagram. We’re obsessed with anything that allows us to stalk our peers in a way that’s socially acceptable.

Even though we have an unparalleled adora-tion for social media, some of its users lead to frequent headaches. Let me describe the three worst types of people to follow on social media.

First of all, you have the dreaded self-obsess-er — the masters of the “selfie.” You see them in mirror pics, you see close-ups of their tattoos and you see any meal they order at their fave restaurant. These people believe that their good hair day, their Crest whitening strips or what-ever frivolous cosmetic enhancement they’ve employed needs to be announced on their social media pages.

Then you have the chroniclers. Even if you have had zero contact with these people for weeks, you know exactly what’s going on in their lives. And I’m not even talking “big” stuff: you’ll know arbitrary details such as what they had for lunch on Wednesday and what show they’re watching during prime time. So entertaining.

Finally, you have the retaliators. These are the petty people whose only outlet of revenge is social media. They write pain-fully vindictive Facebook statuses and tweets to exact sweet revenge on whoever wronged them. Who needs maturity when you can tweet pas-sive-aggressively about your anger?

What did people do before social media, you ask? Certainly not adver-tise their every arbitrary thought to the world; absolutely not whine, complain and fuss to strangers about their every personal dilemma. Before social media, ran-dom thoughts, pointless drama and baseless grudges all were internal. Now you can share them with your grandma, your future boss and that neighbor you’ve never spoken to — all with a touch of a button.

Even though we’re all glued to our phones and computers, there will always be those people who make you want to delete your account for-ever.

— Amber Estes is a sophomore from Athens majoring in public rela-

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It’s Christmas day: a fire is burning in the fireplace and gifts have been

unwrapped. The whole fami-ly is together — and a hush has fallen over the living room. This is no awkward silence. This is the sound of six people sitting in a room and ignoring each other.

At first it was just me, the moody teenager texting my friends at all hours. But over the years, the technolo-gy spider has ensnared my entire family. My uncle now checks stocks on his phone during dinner and my grand-ma stalks social media for hours. As I sat with my fami-ly on Christmas, reading on my Kindle, I realized we were making few new memories.

Sure, we chronicle events more than ever. But with the technology overload we can hardly enjoy the

smiles on our friends’ faces as they open gifts. Instead, we waste those precious moments struggling to choose the most joy-inspir-ing Instagram filter.

Today we might all be in the same room, but the con-versation is dwindling, and staying “in the moment” is nearly impossible.

The scariest thought: the younger generation will never have the same kind of holiday memories we have. They will remember opening an iPad on Christmas morn-ing and playing with it for

the next 12 hours, but will they even remember who they were with?

There is no doubt that technology is here to stay — mobile devices are far-reach-ing. The whole conversation almost seems wasted in a world that only cares about something if it has an app.

But even if our lives have to be filled with texts, alerts and feeds, there must be some way for us to unplug. True, technology keeps any vestiges of boredom from seeping into our get-togeth-ers. But some of the best moments come from what we do with our time together when we are bored.

— Megan Ingalls is a senior from Dacula majoring

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A certain amount of holi-day crime was to be expected this Christmas season.

After all, student housing is particularly vulnerable to theft during school breaks.

However, the burglaries in Athens from Dec. 6, to Jan. 2 were shocking in both number (25 separate incidents) and net cost to students (an estimated $32,232 lost).

A popular apartment com-plex, the U | Athens, was hit particularly hard, with six apartments reported as “tam-pered with.”

Apartments along Crescendo Drive also reported four break-ins. Student resi-dents reported computers, televisions and even a car miss-ing.

Could these thefts have been prevented?.

The majority of burglarized apartments at the U showed few signs of forced entry. An official said the apartments were most likely invaded through unlocked windows. These thefts occurred despite the apartment complex's cour-tesy police office and mainte-nance staff, who were charged with keeping an eye out for suspicious activity.

It’s possible that student tenants didn’t lock up before they left for the break, leaving their homes exposed to exploi-tation.

However, the fact that cer-tain apartment complexes and streets accounted for the majority of break-ins suggests that some locations are more vulnerable than others.

Measures should be taken to increase security around vul-nerable areas. Apartment com-plexes should make it a per-sonal mission to ensure their customers’ property is protect-ed — for the sake of good busi-ness and good ethics.

For those students who returned to secure homes, a lesson can be learned. Too often in the helter-skelter world of modern day news, we read about the misfortunes of others and think that we are invincible to those same mis-fortunes. Reading about crime around us sometimes feels like watching a movie — the events portrayed are far away from our own lives.

But this should serve as a wake-up call for students who are living away from home for the first time. Take care to pro-tect your possessions and your own safety, even within the familiar confines of your apart-ment.

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I have little hope that the current debate about guns will produce anything worth celebrating. Because of the issue’s ties to basic human fears

about life, death and violence, there are few issues decided with as little rationality as massacre pre-vention. We sway in whatever direction the political winds pull us, quaking with fear and learning noth-ing from the mistakes we make.

In the 1980s and 1990s, people feared gun vio-lence and passed a historic wave of assault weapons bans and gun buyback programs that were intend-ed to reduce the supply of illegal weapons on the streets of America. The gun buybacks were an unqualified disaster, mainly because sellers could get money for anything that could be defined as a firearm. Municipalities that still participate mostly receive antiques that could only be considered high-powered in the 1700s.

Assault weapons bans were drawn so narrowly that they had nearly no effect on gun violence or even on the volume of assault weapons available to the public. All guns purchased before the ban were grandfathered into legality, and considering the durability of guns, the law might as well have been a sternly worded recommendation.

Additionally, gun makers were undeterred, pro-ducing guns with magazine capacities and speeds that just barely fell outside the definition of “assault weapon”. One of the most famous of these is the Intratec TEC DC-9, one of the primary weapons in the Columbine shootings.

In the wake of the 1999 Columbine shootings the pendulum swung in the opposite direction, but no nearer anything resembling intelligent policy. Open carry and concealed carry laws proliferated, allowing people to carry weapons in as many places as possible; in Georgia, this includes churches and bars.

Theoretically, these laws act as a deterrent to criminals because their potential victims may be armed at any time. There has been no evidence that this is true, however. Studies that show decreases in violent crime in carry jurisdictions often fail to account for general declines in violent crime that occurred around the country, including in states with more restrictive gun laws.

Today, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, we are focusing on mental health, even though psychologists will tell you we have no reli-able profile of mass shooters beyond vague descrip-tors: that shooters are often young, male, white and economically privileged, with notable exceptions.

There is also an uproar to arm teachers and train them in defense, despite the fact that teachers

don’t want the guns and many schools fail to pro-vide funding to fully train teachers for their actual jobs, much less as secondary security.

The National Rifle Association calls for guards in schools, even though Columbine had one on duty the day twelve students died, and Virginia Tech had a whole campus police department.

All of this to say: mourn and be ready to mourn again. There will be another Sandy Hook and the same bad ideas will surface.

We already know what weapons the killer will bring, we probably know what he looks like and we will stolidly ignore that information in favor of com-forting lies. We’ll run to the ends of the Earth in our fear, and I doubt we’ll care which end. I hope I am wrong, but I don’t hope much.

— Walker Smith is a junior from Decatur majoring in theater

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I’m really going to miss the 112th Congress,” said no

one ever.The members of

Congress sworn in after a 2010 Republican land-slide proved to be the least productive since 1947. And they went out with a bang of a whim-per last week, passing legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

As Jonathan Weisman said in the New York Times, the legislation eventually passed “would have been a Republican fiscal fantasy” back in the days of President George W. Bush. The legislation permanently extends the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans, only return-ing taxes to the Clinton-era rates of 39.5 percent on individuals making over $400,000 a year and couples making over $450,000 a year. If you had returned to 2003 in a time machine and told House Democrats that a decade later their votes would be necessary to save these tax cuts, they would have laughed in your face or punched you, or both. But House Democratic votes were necessary to save the Bush tax cuts.

Riding the wave of a Tea Party-driven elec-toral tsunami into office in 2010, House Republicans still feel they have a mandate to cut government down to the bones. As such, the fiscal cliff deal is derided as a “surrender” by conservative colum-nist Charles Krauthammer, and Democrats were “slaughtering” Republicans according to conservative web presence Matt Drudge.

Based on compro-mise between President Barack Obama and House Republicans, cuts to government over the past two years have taken the form of a few billion dollars here and a few billion dollars there, enough to slow the growth of govern-ment spending but not

stop it. But Republicans like Krauthammer, Drudge and much of the House Tea Party caucus hope for a restructuring of government akin to Rick Perry’s infamous formulation: the com-plete elimination of the Departments of Commerce, Education and, uh, Energy. Many recently elected Republican representa-tives didn’t come to Washington to do any-thing short of a restruc-turing, and believe the country supports them in such an effort.

But the country that members of Congress have come together to govern remains out of step with these increasingly ideo-logical views.

With government debt approaching 100 percent of GDP and the feds running trillion-dol-lar annual deficits, it’s clear that the country needs to get its fiscal house in order. It’s time that members of the House Republican cau-cus recognize their out-sized power, reconcile it with their more legiti-mate goals and go about the business of actually solving our nation’s real problems.

— Robbie Ottley is a senior from Marietta

majoring in history and political science

Tea Party’s divisiveness threatens U.S. solvency

The Tea Party is not dead. In fact, it’s well on its way

to producing a lasting ideological change in the Republican Party, turning the GOP away from its “me-tooing” of the Democratic Party toward free markets, fis-cal responsibility and constitutionally-limited government.

If you only get your information from con-ventional news and political outlets, you have probably heard the narrative that the 2012 election cycle represent-ed the “death of the Tea Party.” Unfortunately for the Left, their cele-bratory headlines are premature. Their analy-sis stems from a funda-mental misunderstand-ing of the Tea Party and its mission.

The Tea Party’s mission was never to directly elect candi-dates. Its goal, as it has been since its earliest days, has been to funda-mentally change the nature of the Republican Party — no longer settling for a Republican simply because he is a Republican, and requir-ing that a candidate adhere to the principles of free markets, fiscal responsibility and con-stitutionally-limited government.

And to that end, it is making progress. Despite the attempt by Republican leadership to continue marching down the same losing path as John McCain, Mitt Romney and any other future Republican centrist, many Republicans are getting it right.

Case in point, the

recent fiscal cliff “com-promise” (or, more appropriately, the Democratic bill allowed to pass by Republican leadership) was rejected by the vast majority of Republicans in the House. Why is this important? Because approximately two-thirds of the Republican Party stuck to their guns and refused to pass a fiscally disastrous bill.

The Republican Party is changing — it’s breaking ranks, and for the better. Though the Tea Party is still too young to produce strong enough leadership in the House to unseat Speaker John Boehner, it is far from dead. It is changing the very nature of the Republican Party.

For the time being, the Democratic Party counts itself lucky to have such valuable allies as the Republican establishment granting them otherwise impossi-ble victories. If 2010 is an indication of any-thing, it is that both they and the Republican Establishment will have much to contend with come 2014.

— Brian Underwood is a junior from Evans

majoring in political science and history

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Scott Noakes was looking for mammoth remains when he found part of a jaw bone of a whale that died 36,000 years ago.

“It was actually mostly buried,” said Noakes, a research sci-entist in the University of Georgia’s Center for Applied Isotope Studies. “What was showing was probably less than a half of an inch sticking up and roughly 12 to 18 inches long underneath a ledge.”

Noakes and Ervan Garrison, a professor of archeology and geology at UGA, thought the bone might belong to a mammoth because the Georgia coastline would have been 60 miles east 10,000 years ago when mammoths were walk-ing around.

“We put it out to some people on the web, and we were just kind of casting around trying to find some help because we weren’t whale experts. So the people at the Smithsonian looked at it and said, ‘Oh yeah, that’s an Atlantic gray whale.’ Then we kind of got excited,” Garrison said.

Atlantic gray whales disappeared in the 1700s, Noakes said. While the Pacific gray whales appear skeletal-ly identical to the extinct whale, efforts to identify them as the same species have failed because no DNA con-nection has been made.

“The Atlantic popu-lation’s totally based on fossils, and so you can say that bone looks like that and this bone looks like that, and common sense tells you that if their skeleton is pretty much the same, then they probably looked the same,” Garrison said. “But that’s still not 100 percent proof, is it?”

Radio carbon dat-ing done by the CAIS proved the mandible was 36,000 years old . While that’s too old for human-caused death, it means that getting a DNA sample was impos-sible, Garrison said.

“We tried two labs in Canada, and the Canadians are really good at this stuff,” he said. “And they just said, ‘It’s too old, find something younger.’ And younger to them might be something like 8,000 to 10,000 years old.”

While the bone was initially discovered in 2006, it took until 2008 to completely remove

the find from the sea-floor, which Noakes said was 60 to 65 feet below sea level.

“It was, if I remem-ber right, around 120 or 130 dives total,” he said.

The bone was deliv-ered to the Smithsonian, which made a silicone mold and five casts of the mandible for dis-play, said Noakes. The original mandible and two of its casts have been returned to UGA.

“The art depart-ment is using it as a pattern to be able to duplicate the shading and different color-ations,” Noakes said.

He said he is hope-ful the two casts will be finished by the end of the spring semester. One will go to UGA’s marine extension at Skidaway Island, and the other will remain at the Athens campus

“The original bone will stay archived so it’s protected because it’s a one-of-a-kind,” Noakes said. “We really don’t want it handled any-more than it has to be, so it will most likely stay crated.”

Garrison said the hunt for a connection between Atlantic and Pacific gray whales doesn’t end with this fossil. The University of Florida plans to lend samples of Atlantic gray whale remains to UGA

for DNA and date test-ing. Garrison said he hopes to get a sample with enough DNA to compare with Pacific grays.

Another unan-swered question is why this particular whale was buried in Gray's Reef, Noakes said. While mammoths would have

been roaming on land in that location 10,000 years ago, 20,000 years before that, Gray’s Reef would have been a beach.

“Pacific grays migrate south in the winter to have their calves and usually do just spend the winter in warmer water and then

migrate back north,” said Noakes. “What we’re trying to decide is if there’s any further evidence to say this was an area of importance to the gray whale.”

BY JAMIE GOTTLIEB@jamiegott

On Jan. 8, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia will hold its first meeting of the semester to discuss requests made by the University of Georgia.

Specifically, the Board is considering approving the request made by Chancellor Henry Huckaby to reassign the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography to UGA, according to the BOR meeting agenda.

Supported by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Savannah State University, the reassignment will “streamline operations and enhance research efforts of both Skidaway and UGA’s marine and coastal pro-grams,” according to the proposal.

Depending on the Board’s decision, the reassign-ment would be effective on Jan. 8, 2013.

Additionally, the BOR will review a request to increase the project budget for the Veterinary Medicine Learning Center from $81,300,000 to $97,720,000.

The design professional and construction manage-ment firm selected by the BOR decided to “reincor-porate original program that was deleted from the project,” according to the proposal.

The modification of the center causes the cost increase of $16,420,000, which will be provided through private funding, the UGA Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital reserves and an internal loan from the UGA Endowment and Loan Funds.

The upcoming meeting will be the BOR’s first of 2013.

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BY EMILY sChOONEThe Red & Black

Ashley Stroud has been working as the full-time caregiver for her father, mother and grandmother since 2011.

She was awarded the Family Caregiver of the Year award on Oct. 25 at the Rosalyn Carter institute awards gala.

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter pre-sented the award to the UGA graduate student from Decatur who was nominated by Atlanta Regional CARE-NET.

Stroud’s first expe-riences with caregiving began with her father, who suffers from mental illness.

“When he would have some type of issue going on, I would work with his physician and psychiatrist,” she said. “I would negotiate and get information and work with him on his health.“

In March 2011, both Stroud’s mother and grandmother fell ill around the same time. While her mother was in pulmonary intensive care in a sedation coma, her grandmother was in

the gastrointestinal unit at Emory University Hospital.

“I was responsible for them as far as being their power of attorney and healthcare agent, but as well as in the physical sense,” Stroud said.

Stroud received training from the Atlanta Regional Commission, The Alzheimer’s Association and the National Alliance of Mental Illness on insurance information, health insurance literacy and legal information and navigating through the healthcare system.

“[They] trained me to go out into the com-munity and then edu-cate seniors or people that are aging or people that have mental illness or dementia,” Stroud said.

Stroud said she plans on continuing graduate school to earn her masters degree of social work in order to pursue a career in both prevention and health literacy in the aging population.

“People don’t have the opportunity to be

exposed to this popula-tion,” she said. “[I want] to just bring visibility to the students who may be interested in geron-tology.

“You may end of working with someone who’s aging or providing service for them.”

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After the holidays, you might be on sugar overload. But what’s more likely is that your sugar tolerance has risen, which can only be a good thing, right?

Here are a few recipes for those left still craving sweets. All necessarily include chocolate.

Fudge

Ingredients:12 oz. chocolate chips1 cup marshmallow cream2 cups sugar2 tbsp. butter3/4 cup evaporated milk1/8 tsp. salt1 tsp. vanilla1 cup chopped nuts

Grease 9x9 inch pan. Combine chocolate chips

and marshmallow cream, set aside. Mix sugar, but-ter, milk in pot, gradually bring to boil over low heat until sugar dissolves. When it starts to boil, stir constantly without touch-ing sides of pot for 5 min-utes. Pour over chocolate chips. Add vanilla and salt, then stir. Add nuts. Spread into pan and let sit at room temperature.

Granola Clusters

Ingredients:16 oz. almond bark1 cup granola cereal1/2 cup salted peanuts or sunflower seeds1 cup diced dried apricots1/2 cup raisins

Mix dry ingredients. Melt almond bark in microwave one minute at a time, stirring between intervals, until melted.

Mix the two together. Drop spoonfuls on wax paper. Let cool.

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Mix all ingredients. Shape into balls the size of walnuts or smaller. Melt 2 cups chocolate chips in double boiler, add 1/4 block of parafin wax. Coat peanut butter balls in chocolate. Set on wax paper to cool.

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Justin Townes Earle sounds like home when he sings.

“I think my music sounds like a Friday night in a troubled Southern household,” Earle said.

And Earle is proud of that.

A Southern boy in his blood and in his music, he’s proud of the legacy he has inherited.

That legacy is most-ly one of culture. Earle plays country folk music and takes his style from old Southern music leg-ends like Lead Belly.

But, another legacy Earle has to uphold is that of his name. His father, Steve Earle, is a three-time Grammy-winning country music artist.

Mostly, Earle focuses on modernizing the his-tory that has inspired him.

“I’m a Southern music preservationist,” Earle said. “I mean, we do hold more of a right to music than anyone on earth.”

Earle holds onto all the musical styles that developed in the South — country, the blues, bluegrass — like they are his own children, raising them each day.

“Those that came before me, they push the edges of those that came before them, and that’s what I do,” Earle said. “I pay attention to all the old stuff and history, and I think smart people notice that.”

In such a volatile profession such as music, Earle has looked back at his own history and seen that he owes his success to chance.

“It doesn’t matter how good you are,” Earle said. “You know, Nashville is filled with people who are as good or better than you. So a good portion of this is luck — blind, dumb luck.”

That’s why Earle is so grateful for his suc-cess.

He played the Grand Ole Opry in 2008 and received the 2009 Americana Music Award for “Emerging Artist of the Year,” and his most recent album, “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now,” was included in Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Albums of 2012” list.

Feeling the need to thank someone for his luck, Earle honors those who came before him. And he’s committed to doing that for quite a while.

“I’ve never had a moment when I ever sec-ond-guessed what I’m doing,” Earle said. “It fulfills everything for me.”

Earle has someone else to thank though.

“I have a mother that worked her ass off to raise me,” he said. “Now she needs help, and I’m in a position to help her, so I’m going to buy her a house.”

Along with his soft spots, Earle has a wild side. He has a goal onstage to never let the room go quiet.

“My grandma always said I was a live wire,” Earle said.

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Christopher Rimby combines fitness, night-life and smartphone culture.

However, when he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1998, he didn’t know the role that would play in his future.

“I guess college prepares you for the

real world in a myriad of different ways,” Rimby said, “even if you don’t take classes spe-cifically in line with what you end up doing.”

Now he serves as program director for FIT Radio.

A smartphone app that streams DJ-engineered playlists that are designed to enhance listeners’

workouts, FIT Radio considers the tempos of tracks and the transi-tions between them to create the mixes.

“Music is your motivator,” said Lexi Bellassai, the vice presi-dent for the Atlanta-based company. “If you have a song that’s 140 BPM, and then the next song you hear is 120, it’s gonna slow you down. But with FIT Radio, it stays with that consis-tent BPM, which will keep you going and push you harder throughout your entire workout.”

Of course, mixes don’t make themselves. Rimby manages the app’s 30 genres and sta-tions and considers mix submissions.

“It’s unique in the job world,” he said. “It’s actually a job that requires lots of listen-ing.”

Also the resident disk jockey at Opera Nightclub in Atlanta, Rimby is experienced in creating mixes.

A self-proclaimed health nut, he once longed for better work-out playlists.

“Most people don’t have time to go seek out good DJ mixes,” he said. “All this stuff is a lot of effort for the aver-age person. Our cus-tomers — all they have to do is push play and go.”

Now the FIT Radio app is working its way up in the fitness world. The company has embraced social media, spreading the word about its product with Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr.

The free app has increased in popularity, the company will begin charging a monthly fee for its services.

No students con-tacted were able to

comment on the app, but the FIT Radio crew has already benefited from it.

“I just finally start-ed going to the gym the last two months,” Bellassai said. “Going with FIT Radio has

really made it fun. This is the first time, I think, in my entire life, that I’ve actually stuck with it.”

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BY HANNAH REISSThe Red & Black

Getting to know fellow students from around the United States in college isn’t enough for some.

Late in October, University of Georgia junior Yuliya Bila trav-eled with a student group to Cluj-Napoca, Romania for a week to meet new people.

As president of the Association for the International Exchange of Students in Economics and Commerce, Bila attended an interna-tional training confer-ence for president-elects of 2013 across North America and Europe.

“Basically the way that AIESEC operates is that it’s a social enterprise, and we have conferences to build that network,” Bila said.

While at the con-ference, she and the five other delegates from the United States met to discuss intern-ship opportunities with delegations from other countries. The United States delegation met with Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary and Ukraine

among others.“You can [network]

over email, but it’s easi-er face-to-face,” Bila said.

But while in Romania, Bila did more than network profes-sionally.

“From a personal level, it was so powerful to have 40 countries represented and to be able to converse and make connections and figure out what their realities are – not in terms of AIESEC but in terms of life,” she said.

The conversations between nationalities facilitate mutual under-standing.

“It’s facilitating dialogues that would not have happened otherwise,” Bila said. “People are very local-ized, and they don’t always understand that on the other side of the divide, even within the same country, are peo-ple just like them. Even if they have a different religion and their par-ents fought on the opposite side, at a basic, fundamental level we are all human.”

Hearing these types of experiences has convinced Bila of the power of AIESEC to bring people togeth-er regardless of culture.

“That kind of thing you’re not going to get sitting in a classroom,” she said. “I mean, you will learn it from a pro-fessor but it’s com-pletely different when you hear it from some-one whose uncle had his arm shot off in the war.”

In addition to Romania, Bila has trav-eled to national confer-ences in Chicago, New York City and regional conferences in the Southeast.

“I came into col-lege and I was really shy – I had like three friends, maybe four,” she said. “AIESEC pushes you outside of your comfort zone on a daily basis. At AIESEC conferences, you get to give inspirational speeches at three in the morning to people you’ve never met before but who become your best friends.”

Bila said she thinks that AIESEC’s mission can help students interested in almost every field.

“An international background on any level will be really ben-eficial,” she said. “People want to see that you’re well-trav-eled, that you’re open-minded, and that you can get along with dif-ferent kinds of people.”

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TuesdayThe Hobohemians

– This eclectic band will play away from down-town at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar. The group performs music from the early 20th century with a wide variety of instruments. If you are looking for something new, this is the show to go to.

Justin Townes Earle and Cory Chisel – Justin is the son of country music legend Steve Earle, who is known for his country ballad “Copperhead Road.” From Nashville, Tenn., Justin has estab-lished his own folk style

and is signed to Bloodshot Records. Opener Cory Chisel is from Wisconsin and performs an Americana mix of country and folk music. Both groups will perform at The Melting Point.

Roadkill Ghost Choir – Hailing from Deland, Fla., the group is stopping in Athens on its tour of the Southeast. The band released its EP, titled “Quiet Light,” in September, and its style of folk rock should light up Green Room.

WednesdayDial Indicators –

These Athens locals are relatively unknown. They perform jazz music with a tenor sax-ophone and guitar. For a better explanation,

check them out your-selves — for free — at Farm 255, between 8 and 10 p.m.

Carl Lindberg & Friends – Another local act, Lindberg will per-form originals and cov-ers at Green Room. He is a jazz bassist.

Teddy Geiger and Ryan Cabrera – The Melting Point will bring in the big hitters Wednesday night, with New Yorker Teddy Geiger and Texan Ryan Cabrera. Geiger is a singer-songwriter known for his 2006 sin-gle “For You I Will (Confidence).” Cabrera is a blast from the past who had a strong year in 2004. His singles “On The Way Down” and “True” hit the American Top 40 charts that year, and the album “Take It All Away” reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart. Tyler Hilton and Spencer Simmons will open.

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most influential albums of the year. The albums were not selected by total sales or radio plays, nor are they in order from best to worst.

These albums had you shaking it as if it was 2012 at a house party/bar/night club. They had you in contemplative thought over the love of your life, drinking your tears.

This list, my friends, is not only the future of pop music, it is what shapes pop culture. You can complain all you want, but it is out of your control. These individuals control the ebb and flow of the music industry.

— Damien Salas

Kendrick Lamar ‑ “good kid, m.A.A.d city.”

First, we have a troubled youth’s tale from low-rent juve-nile crime to juvenile crime with more money. This golden boy of rap pushes out clever verses, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the release of Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter.” Also seen in the tapestry of teen angst is the use of sym-phonic chords, such as in “The Blueprint” franchise given to us by the great Jay-Z and quick verses delivered in the style of Dr. Dre. The beauty of this album, however, is that it is a new generation of rap. Neither Wayne, nor Jay is in direct competition with Lamar. This youth grew up on these icons of rap music and is now interpreting his knowledge.

Lana Del Rey ‑ “Born to Die: The Paradise Edition”

This collection of songs will make you want to party at the Chateau Marmont with Marilyn Monroe circa 1956. Not only is the music stunning, Lana Del Rey makes short films based on classic American stories, such as her Kennedy-inspired "National Anthem" video for “National Anthem.” And Del Rey is a Tinseltown bad-girl. “Cola” and “Yayo” reveal her drug-inspired aesthetic. “Video Games” brings you back to a careless summer fling you wish never ended. The poetic verses sung in a cigarette-softened voice will have you reminiscing over a destructive relationship, wishing you were still in it.

Marina & the Diamonds ‑ “Electra Heart”

All the way from the U.K., this record is pop on fire, inspired by ‘90s grunge. The heartbreak-inspired dance records are what carry this album. If you recently broke up with a girl or gay man, they were probably dancing alone in their rooms to “Radioactive,” and “How to Be a Heartbreaker.” “Homewrecker” puts a spotlight on the unique vocals of this artist, which separates Marina from her pop predecessors, but “Sex Yeah” makes very clear the evolution of pop music from the Britney Spears era. This album is a statement of female empowerment, set to a techno beat.

Ellie Goulding – “Halcyon”

Halcyon marks the triumphant return of U.K. favorite Ellie Goulding. Despite each song’s root to a breakup, Goulding never once comes off as angry. “Only You” is a profession of love-hate — that thing we only feel in our most successful, enduring relationships. Goulding’s combination of dub-step beats and a soft yet powerful voice are a kick-ass sound. The sad tone will not prevent you from listening to this record from start to finish.

Calvin Harris ‑ “18 Months”

I dare you to listen to this star-studded album, and not dance. Scottish artist Calvin Harris makes every effort to impress on “18 Months,” and wins hard. Most noticeably, this record contains the smash hit “We Found Love,” featuring Rihanna, but that is only the icing on the cake. If you haven’t listened to it by this point, stop what you are doing, and turn it on, then turn it up.

Ke$ha ‑ “Warrior”

Hear me out on this one, guys. Okay, so it is still shallow music, but this album features a heavy serving of rock-pop. It's like the classic rock music your parents listened to during your conception had a beautiful, blonde daughter. If you needed another visual of your parents getting weird, “Gold Trans Am” is about that muscle car your dad won't get rid of. It'l make you want to grow a mullet and slap on weathered denim. Have no fear though, Ke$ha is still up to her old tricks.

Nicki Minaj – “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re‑Up”

You know this summer, you were dancing to “Starships” and “Pound the Alarm” — admit it. What most listeners overlook is Minaj’s real tal-ent: quick-witted, foul-mouthed rap. This album gives you a taste of the not bubblegum-pop side.It’s a pop culture upheaval, as well as an industry commentary. The multifaceted capabilities of Minaj are as varying as her wig collection.

If you have not immersed yourself in these records from start to finish, you are missing out. The year is over, but the records list-ed above will carry over to 2013 and beyond. Their collaborations and commercial appeal will be what you are listening to in 20 or 30 years at reunions. Your children will ridicule you for listening to it repeatedly while reminiscing about your glory days.

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Of Georgia’s draft-eligible non-seniors, only four were expected to make an athlete's dream decision — stay at Georgia or go to the NFL.

Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree have already made the decision to go

to the next level.Aaron Murray made

his long-awaited deci-sion to stay Sunday night. And, Kwame Geathers has yet to make a decision.

Here's a look into each of the four deci-

sions:

Aaron Murray

This has been the burning question in Athens for a while now.

Would Murray make the switch or would he come back to add one final season to his illus-trious career as Georgia’s quarterback?

On Sunday night, Murray made the announcement via Twitter that he would come back for his red-

shirt senior season. Statistically, it made-sense to leave. He has the numbers, and many Bulldog records to boot. The 2013 quarterback class is weak — only Matt Barkley is a pro-jected first-rounder — so teams in need might have taken Murray early, even if it would have been a stretch.

Unfortunately for Murray, his size raises some question marks, as does his ability to perform in big games, though the Alabama game slightly helped extinguish that stigma.

The gut feeling was that Murray would stay in Athens for a final sea-son, boosting his Bulldog legacy in hopes that his senior perfor-mance would elevate his draft stock to the next level. Ultimately, that was the route Murray chose.

Jarvis Jones

Georgia fans will be sad to see him go, but on Friday night, the All-American outside line-backer confirmed that he would be declaring

for the NFL Draft. It had been a forgone

conclusion for some time, and with good reason. Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. has Jones as the top available player on his draft day Big Board.

With few offensive playmakers in the 2013 draft class, it would be shocking to see Jones drop out of the top three picks.

Though teams may have concerns about Jones' long-term health — due to his prior neck injury — Jones’ play since the injury shouldn’t allow him to fall further than five.

Alec Ogletree

The junior inside linebacker made his decision immediately after Georgia’s bowl vic-tory over Nebraska, choosing to jump from college to the pros.

With lethal combina-tion of size and speed, he is an NFL defensive coordinator’s dream.

He started out as a safety — giving him pass coverage ability — but he isn’t afraid to get

physical up the middle, as well.

He is projected as a late first-rounder, early second-rounder, but if his combine results are impressive, which should be the case, then don’t be surprised to see Ogletree as a top-20 selection in March. The tape tells the tale, and scouts love athleticism.

Kwame Geathers

At 350 pounds, there is little doubt that Geathers will one day have a future on an NFL defensive line.

He certainly has the potential to play at the next level, and his size probably would allow him to be NFL-ready

now, but another year could boost his draft stock immensely.

Expect Geathers to stay for his senior sea-son, and help lead a Georgia defense that will have a lot of youth in 2013.

BY BENJAMIN WOLK@benjaminwolk

Here's a quick look at five of the 13 early enrollees:

John Atkins (DT/Thomson)

The 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive line-man from Thomson was originally commit-ted to Georgia in the 2011 recruiting class. However, after a tran-script issue, he failed to meet academic require-ments. There was spec-ulation that the issue was ongoing, but it was confirmed that Akins

was cleared to play.

Tramel Terry (WR/Goose Creek, S.C.)

Simply put, Terry is fast. He has been clocked with a sub-4.4 40-yard dash. Unfortunately, it may be some time before Bulldog fans get the chance to see him.

The 6-foot, 190-pound wide receiver tore his ACL on the opening play of the Shrine Bowl last month. Terry was expected to come in and have an instant effect on an already established receiving corps, but that might have to wait until 2014.

Tray Matthews (S/Newnan)

Matthews has been one of the more vocal members of the 2013 recruiting class. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound safety is often associat-ed with undecided recruit Reuben Foster. Matthews believes that Georgia has a strong chance of getting Foster because of their relationship. Matthews has an impressive com-bination of size and speed that could give him the opportunity to see the field immediate-ly, filling the hole of Bacarri Rambo and Shawn Williams.

Brice Ramsey (QB/Camden County)

Ramsey played along fellow early enrollee J.J. Green at Camden County, win-ning the Georgia AAAAA state title as a junior.

He has incredible arm strength, and has the ability to make some plays with his feet, as well.

The 6-foot-3, four-star has strong leader-ship skills, but his three interceptions in tonight’s Under Armour All-American game shows that there are some necessary adjust-ments to be made.

Jonathon Rumph (WR/Holmes CC)

Rumph could be the unlikely steal of the 2013 Bulldog recruiting class.

The 6-foot-4, 200-pound wide receiver — originally from Cayce, S.C. — has spent two years at Holmes Community College in Mississippi.

The two years at Holmes have given Rumph some fine-tun-ing of his route running.

With Tramel Terry perhaps being out for 2013, Rumph could be the newcomer that will have the biggest influ-ence on the offensive side of the ball.

Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree are expected to be first-round draft picks. Aaron Murray announced Sunday he'd come back for his senior year. C.B. SCHMELTER/Staff

To stay or to pro?Jones, Ogletree to NFL; Murray to stay for senior year, Geathers undecided

First glances at Georgia’s 13 early enrollees

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JOHN ATKINSThomson

POSITION: DTWEIGHT: 310 lbsHEIGHT: 6'4"

Atkins

TRAMEL TERRYGoose Creek, S.C.

POSITION: WRWEIGHT: 190 lbsHEIGHT: 6'0"

Terry

BRICE RAMSEYCamden County

POSITION: QBWEIGHT: 195 lbsHEIGHT: 6"3"

Ramsey

JONATHON RUMpHHolmes CC

POSITION: WRWEIGHT: 200 lbsHEIGHT: 6'4"

Rumph

TRAY MATTHEwSNewnan

POSITION: SWEIGHT: 200 lbsHEIGHT: 6'1"

Matthews

JOSH CARdIELLOBuford

POSITION: OTWEIGHT: 280 lbsHEIGHT: 6'2"

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J.J. GREENCamden County

POSITION: CBWEIGHT: 170 lbsHEIGHT: 5'9"

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REGGIE CARTERSouth Gwinnett

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Mark Richt’s words proved to be prophetic.

In his final press conference before last Tuesday’s Capital One Bowl, Richt pointed out even though the bowl is the capper to Georgia’s 2012 season, it is actually played in 2013, and as such, serves as a beginner of sorts for “next year, too.” Georgia’s perfor-mance in its 45-31 win over Nebraska embod-ied the identity many expect the team to take when next season kicks off seven months hence. As in, an explo-sive, high-powered offense bailing out a mediocre defense.

There can be no sugar-coating how much Georgia’s defense underachieved in 2012.

For a unit brim-ming with pro talent at nearly every position, it too often played only one good half; more often than not. Tuesday was just another example of the defense’s hit-or-miss play.

While Jarvis Jones’ and Alec Ogletree’s departures will be felt, they are far from the only players the Bulldogs’ defense must replace before it begins the 2013 campaign.

The cupboard is not bare, though. There will be some talent returning, with Damian Swann, Garrison Smith, Jordan Jenkins and Amarlo Herrera taking on larger roles.

But the obvious rawness of the unit is easily discernible to the naked eye.

Irrespective of Murray’s decision, Georgia will likely fea-ture a more run-heavy approach in 2013. And why not?

In Todd Gurley, the Bulldogs boast one of the best running backs

in the country and a legit contender for next season’s Heisman Trophy. Keith Marshall isn’t too shabby, either.

The passing game will no longer have the services of two of its most experienced pass-catchers, as Tavarres King and Marlon Brown are moving on.

But the receiving corps is nothing if not resilient.

The offense will be the least of the team’s concerns heading into next season. In the meantime, Bulldog

defenders will have to get used to questions regarding their lack of experience, much the way the offense did this past season.

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"As long as we win it all next year, I can have two yards, total, and it won’t matter to me,” Gurley said.

All joking aside, Gurley gaining only two yards next season is one of the most unlikely sce-narios imaginable, bar-ring an injury or some other unforeseen cir-cumstance. Instead, Gurley will be on the shortlist of preseason favorites for the Heisman Trophy; with Florida quarterback Tim Tebow winning as a sophomore in 2007 and Texas A&M quarter-back Johnny Manziel capturing it as a red-shirt freshman last month, the glass ceiling for underclassmen has been lifted. Talk of bringing the bronze, stiff-armed trophy to Athens for the first time since Walker won it in 1982 was a topic Gurley didn’t shy away from.

“It’s about time for a running back to win that again,” he said. “The last one to do it was (Alabama’s) Mark Ingram. ... But hopefully I’ll do very good (next season). Maybe I’ll get it.”

Gurley taking cen-ter stage with the dis-cussion of his Heisman aspirations meant Keith Marshall was relegated to the background once more. As has been the case all season, Marshall was overshadowed by his good friend and fel-low North Carolinian. Though Marshall came in as the more highly-touted half of the run-ning back duo and got a jump-start with the team after enrolling early last spring, it became readily appar-ent Gurley would become the featured player in the backfield. It took all of one game, with Gurley rushing for 100 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries — along

with the aforemen-tioned 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown — to make Gurley both the coaches’ and the fans’ favored son. Despite not sharing equal billing with Gurley, Marshall still carved out a nice sea-son for himself. Marshall finished with 759 rush-ing yards in 2012, the seventh-best total among Georgia fresh-man running backs. And at least in one department, he edged his freshman counter-part, averaging 6.5 yards per carry (on 117 attempts) compared to Gurley’s 6.2 per rush (on 222 attempts). Further, it was Marshall — not Gurley — who started against the Cornhuskers, marking the first time in his career he earned the distinction.

Though his final numbers weren’t stellar (eight carries for 36 yards; three receptions for 39 yards and a touchdown), Marshall’s acrobatic touchdown grab proved to be one of the game’s pivotal plays. With the score tied at 31-all to begin the fourth quarter, the outcome was still in doubt. Marshall’s touchdown served as the go-ahead score of the Bulldogs’ 45-31 vic-tory. Perhaps the most impressive part of Marshall’s touchdown had nothing to do with the catch itself, though.

It was the fact Marshall made some-thing out of a broken play.

“I was supposed to run a shallow wheel route, but when I turned my eyes around, I saw (quarterback Aaron Murray) scram-bling,” he said. “So I turned upfield, because that’s what they teach us to do. And he just threw a great pass.”

Murray scrambling and tossing the ball his way was “just a coinci-

dence,” Marshall said. As many times as he had practiced that par-ticular play, Marshall noted he had never got the ball before. The man who actually dialed up the call, Bulldogs offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, explained how the play developed from his vantage point.

“We were trying to work a high-low strong to Chris Conley and Tavarres King, and (Nebraska) did a great job of covering it,” he said. “Murray broke out of the pocket and Keith was on the sideline and does what he’s sup-posed to do — he turned upfield. Murray did a nice job of throwing him a ball he could handle and the guy made an unbelievable catch. And then to stay inbounds, it was just a great play.”

If nothing else, it was a play Marshall hoped would encourage coaches to incorporate him in the passing game more prominently next season.

“I feel like I have great hands, and I think I showed the coaches in this game a little bit,” he said. “So I hope I’ll get a little more of that next year.”

It’s not difficult to deduce what both Gurley and Marshall want for 2013: a nation-al title. After falling just yards short of playing in the BCS National Championship game this season, Gurley said the team won’t be rest-ing on its laurels. The Bulldogs made strides in 2012, winning 12 games for only the third time in school history. But if they want to bring the long-awaited national title back to Athens for the first time since 1980, Gurley was well-aware of what lies ahead. It’s not going to be easy, but he never thought it would be. He doesn’t work under false assumptions.

“It’s going to be the

little things now during the offseason,” he said. “You’re going to be pushing even harder, because you know came so close to going to a national championship.

It’s not like we got blew out or anything. So while we’re working hard, we need to think about the little things, because that could be the outcome of getting

those five yards to make it to the national cham-pionship next year.”

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It’s getting late and Andy Landers probably wants to go home.

The Georgia wom-en’s head basketball coach politely answers questions for reporters after his team’s 77-46 victory over Missouri.

It’s almost 10 p.m. and Landers is preparing to leave.

Then the topic of freshman Shacobia Barbee and her contri-bution this season comes up. A smile creeps across Landers’ face. It is apparent this is a topic he is well-versed in and enjoys discussing.

“She does all the stuff that a lot of her teammates could do, but don’t,” Landers said. “She does the stuff that doesn’t get noticed. It shows up on the stat sheet, but nobody cares. Assists, steals, deflections, rebounds. She’s a play-maker. On both ends of the floor she’s a play-maker. She’s a compet-itor.”

It’s easy to see why Landers is such an admirer of Barbee.

The 5-foot-10 guard-forward combo is a prototype for Landers’ style of play, one predi-cated on tempo, defen-sive pressure and creat-ing turnovers.Barbee has started 14 of 15 games this season. She is tied with senior Jasmine James for the team lead in steals at 2.7 per game, entering Sunday's game against Tennessee. She averag-es 5.1 points per game. She leads the team with 3.5 assists per game and a 1.77 assist-turnover ratio. Her 3.3 defensive rebounds per game leads the team and she is second, only to pre-season all-SEC selec-tion Jasmine Hassell, in total rebounds per game. Simply put, Shacobia Barbee does everything.

“The most impor-tant thing is to be a complete player,” Barbee said. “Don’t just settle for one thing. You need to do all the things your teammates need

you to do.”James said the

team recognizes what Barbee is doing for them, but doesn’t know if the public does.

“Shacobia has been huge for us. I don’t even know how to explain it,” James said. “The things that she does, no one understands. It’s not things that show up on a stat sheet. She’s one of the most unselfish players we have. She can come down and have a wide open shot, but she’s going to drib-ble it around a little and find someone who has an even better shot.”

Barbee is currently seventh on the team in points per games, but she says scoring isn’t as important to her as contributing defensive-ly.

“I’d rather get defensive stats,” she said. “Rebounds, steals, deflections. I’d rather be a team player than score. But if they need me to score then I can score, too. It’s an all-around thing for me.”

Landers went as far

as to say Barbee “would literally rather pass than shoot.”

James said Barbee could become a top scorer on the team.

“I definitely see her taking on more of a role trying to score,” James said. “As SEC play con-tinues and she contin-ues to build her confi-dence and be able to score points in the game, I think she’ll be fine. I can see her scor-ing even more points and being a bigger con-tributor.”

Barbee said there has been a learning curve jumping from high school to the col-lege game. Things became more compli-cated when she came in and discovered she would be playing multi-ple positions.

“They have me at two positions, so some-times it’s just really hard to learn plays,” she said. “I get frustrated, but my teammates help me out a lot. But I think it’s settling down now. I’m getting up to speed. I think I’ve made the

adjustment pretty well.”Barbee has adjust-

ed masterfully to post play, as evidenced by being one of the teams’ top rebounders.

“Coach just says crash,” Barbee said. “The harder you crash the easier it is for you to get a rebound. Go in the paint and box out. You might be undersized, but you’ve got to just go up there and get it.”

Landers said he plays her at multiple positions because hav-ing a player that can play guard and post effectively is too valu-able to pass up.

“When you have versatile players it’s like having two players instead of one,” he said. “She can play a guard position, she can rebound, she’s physical, she’s tough and she’s got enough size that she can play the for-ward. It’s like having two players.”

BY YOUSEF BAIG@YousefBaig

There were ceratin-expectations in place for Nemanja Djurisic coming into this season.

The 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward started 12 games as a freshman last season and was the third-leading returning scorer with seven points per game.

He averaged 7.7 in league play during his first year as a Bulldog.

Djurisic was expect-ed to be a complement to shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the 2012-13 campaign.

But that didn’t hap-pen — at least not right

away.“Nemi, he really

started the year off on — I wouldn’t say the wrong foot — but he didn’t start off well, and then he lost some confi-dence,” head coach Mark Fox said.

After losing the third game of the season to S o u t h e r n M i s s i s s i p p i , Djurisic went on an eight-game stretch in which he averaged only 5.5 points and 2.3 turnovers per game.

Georgia went 3-5 in that span.

His struggles really began to take over in

December as Djurisic managed to score a total of 14 points.

Additionally, he totaled 10 turn-overs in the first four games of the month.

The sopho-more from P o d g o r i c a , M o n t e n e g r o , turned to his head coach for an answer.

“I talked to him when I had a

lack of confidence and he was very supportive, he was very patient,” Djurisic said. “He just said, ‘Keep going and keep fighting. It’s going to come.’”

Then, Florida A&M

visited Athens on Dec. 29, and Djurisic found his game once again.

He scored 21 points and tallied seven rebounds on his way to becoming the first play-er not named Caldwell-Pope to lead the team in scoring this season.

Eight days later, in the very next game, he tied Caldwell-Pope with 17 points to lead the Bulldogs to their fourth consecutive victory against George Washington.

He came up with two of the biggest bas-kets of the game in the final minutes that ulti-mately secured the vic-tory for Georgia.

Djurisic said he just needed to see the ball go through the basket so he could regain the confidence to get his game back to where he knows it should be.

“I had to wait a lit-tle bit until the buckets started going in, and I started going back to the old me,” he said. “Now I’m getting confi-dent, especially the last two games, making some easy plays which I didn’t do back in the middle of the season.”

With conference play set to begin this week, Fox hopes his young forward is ready to reassert himself back into the offense and develop some much-

needed consistency.If Djurisic does, he

— as well as the team — could see a substan-tial improvement.

"The last couple games, I think he’s been able to get some of that back and realize he’s still a good player,” he said.

“I thought it was important that he played well [against Florida A&M] and got some balls to go in. [The George Washington game] started well, so hopeful-ly he’s got the momen-tum going in the right direction.”

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On fourth-and-9 — 1:08 remaining in the contest — Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez took the snap, and was quickly met by Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree for the sack.

It was Georgia’s fi-nal defensive play of the game, and it would also mark the final moment of Ogletree’s career in a Bulldog uniform.

Following the game, he announced he was set to enter the 2013 NFL Draft.

“Yes, it was my last play here,” Ogletree said.

The tone in Ogle-tree’s voice was one of excitement for the next stage of his life, yet there was a sense of sadness in what he would be leaving.

“I had a great time while I was here,” Ogletree said. “I love everybody that I came to know. It’s going to be a tough one to leave behind, but you know, I feel like it’s the right decision for me.”

Defensive coordina-tor Todd Grantham, only slightly caught aback by his lineback-er’s decision, spoke numbers about the

legacy Ogletree would be leaving behind at Georgia.

“He’s a guy that can go sideline to sideline,” Grantham said. “He started out as a safety, and he’s a guy that can finish the game with a sack there at the end. He’s a pretty dynamic player; I love the guys. He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do.”

On Friday, fellow junior linebacker Jarvis Jones joined Ogletree and declared for the NFL Draft.

“This has been a difficult decision, and one that I have talked over with my family and coaches,” Jones said. “I want to thank my fam-ily, teammates, coaches and support staff and the Bulldog Nation for everything over the last three years. There is nothing like the Bulldog fans and I will forever be proud to wear the ‘G’. I think this decision comes at the right time for me and my family and I look forward to seeing what the next level holds for me. Go Dogs!”

The 6-foot-3, 241-pound Columbus native played in 26

games over his two seasons as a Georgia linebacker, starting in all of those contest.

His collegiate career ended with 28 sacks — tied for third in school history.

He also recorded 44 tackles for loss,

155 total tackles, nine forced fumbles and an interception during his tenure at Georgia.

— Benjamin Wolk

The No. 6 Georgia women’s basketball team was upset 70-59 by Illinois Dec. 28 at Assembly Hall in Champagne, Ill.

The loss came as the Lady Bulldogs (12-1) were looking for their fifth ever 13-0 start in the 34 years under head coach Andy Landers.

Forward Karisma Penn led Illinois (7-5) in scoring, with 27 points, eight more than her season average of 19.2. She also hauled in a monster 19 rebounds. Penn is averaging a double-double this season with over 10 rebounds per game.

After beginning the game evenly, Illinois went on a 12-1 run. The stretch was started by a pair of Amber Moore threes, midway through the first half to extend its lead to 24-12.

Georgia closed the gap towards the end of the first half after a 13-2 run helped it finish

the half down 36-29.The Illini’s first-half domi-

nance was sparked by their on-ball pressure and commanding the tempo.

“They forced us the play fast,” Andy Landers said. “They extended us and picked us up beyond the three-point line, and we allowed them to affect us. Now we’re run-ning the offense further out on the floor than we have all year long. We sailed balls out of bounds when people were open. We were looking at looks we wanted, but we couldn’t make the passes because they’d pushed us so far out.”

Georgia turned the ball over 16 times in the first half, almost three more than the 13.2 they have been averaging per game this season. The Bulldogs fin-ished with 26 turnovers.

Georgia was able to fight back early in the second half and tie the game 53-53 with 6:27 remaining.

However, with four and a half minutes left, Illinois had three-point plays on back-to-back

possessions. The second caused Georgia’s best post player — Jasmine Hassell — to foul out.

Jasmine James and Khaalidah Miller led Geor-gia in scoring with 17 points each.

Georgia’s 12-0 start before the upset loss to Illinois was tied for the fifth best in school history.

The Lady Bulldogs opened Southeastern Conference play Jan. 2, defeating Missouri 77-46 in Athens.

— Cy Brown

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Junior Alec Ogletree announced his NFL future immediately following Georgia's bowl victory. Jarvis Jones followed suit on Friday. C. B. SCHMELTER/Staff

The Georgia men’s tennis team is ranked No. 6 in the first team rankings of 2013 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), who released the rankings Thursday.

The Bulldogs return three lineup regulars from last season’s NCAA quarterfinal squad that ended the year ranked No. 5 by the ITA. Additionally, three Bulldogs have been ranked in the singles poll, as well as two doubles teams.

Senior KU Singh comes into spring ranked No. 8 in the country after a successful 6-3 fall campaign.

Last spring, his first season at Georgia, Singh posted a 25-5 record, including a 22-3 mark in dual matches and 8-3 in SEC play with nine ranked wins.

The senior received his first career All-America honors finishing in the top-10 of

the final ITA poll as an individual.

Junior Hernus Pieters was ranked 16th, his career best, after going 9-3 in the fall. Pieters reached the finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships and the quarterfinals of the ITA Southeast Regional.

Sophomore Nathan Pasha earned a No. 19 ranking, giving the Bulldogs three players in the top-20. Pasha’s fall campaign saw him post a record of 15-3 with four wins over ranked opponents.His highlight came at the All-American Championships in Tulsa where he won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw, Pasha then won a main draw match over Jonas Lutjen of Ole Miss.

In doubles, Georgia’s team of Pieters and freshman Ben Wagland rose from No. 35 in the preseason poll to No. 5 after their

11-2 fall campaign. They won the

consolation draw of the All-American Championships to earn an automatic qualifying bid to the prestigious USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships in New York City, where they rose to the finals.

The No. 6 Bulldogs start the 2013 spring season Jan. 18-21 in

Palm Springs, Calif., for the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. Dual match play begins in Athens Jan. 25 vs. Vanderbilt as part of the ITA Kickoff.

— Austin Vaughn

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Opponent Date TimeRutgers 11/11 57-51WPresbyterian 11/14 66-38WS.CarolinaState 11/16 62-46WBelmont 11/18 70-38WSavannahState 11/20 94-57WSt.Bonaventure 11/23 84-48WNewMexico 11/24 72-42WFurman 11/28 83-47W@GeorgiaTech 12/02 60-50WMercer 12/04 80-38WLipscomb 12/16 93-42W@TCU 12/19 72-59W@Illinois 12/28 70-59LMissouri 1/03 77-46W@Tennessee 1/06 79-66L@Alabama 1/10 9p.m.SouthCarolina 1/13 1p.m.@Arkansas 1/17 8p.m.TexasA&M 1/20 5p.m.Florida 1/27 1p.m.Alabama 1/31 7p.m.@Kentucky 2/03 2p.m.Auburn 2/07 7p.m.@LSU 2/10 1:30p.m.@Florida 2/17 1p.m.Arkansas 2/21 7p.m.@OleMiss 2/24 2p.m.@Miss.St. 2/28 8p.m.Vanderbilt 3/03 1:30p.m.

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Rose Bowl Jan. 16.Stanford20,Wisconsin14

Fiesta Bowl Jan. 34.Oregon35,5.KansasSt.17

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Sugar Bowl Jan. 2

21.Louisville34,3.Florida23

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01/18-21NationalCollegiateTennisClassicPalmSprings,Calif.AllDayITAKickoffWeekend1/25vs.VanderbiltAthens2p.m.ET01/26/13ITAKickoffWeekendvs.VCUorMinnesotaAthens,Ga.2:00p.m.ET01/31/13vs.ClemsonAthens,Ga.4:00p.m.ET02/03/13atOhioStateColumbus,Ohio12:00p.m.ET02/08/13atGeorgiaTechAtlanta,Ga.4:00p.m.ETITANationalTeamIndoorChampionships02/15-18ITANationalTeamIndoorChampionshipsSeattle,Wash.TBA

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Opponent Date ResultsOklahoma 1/5 L@Arkansas 1/11 8p.m.Auburn 1/18 7:30p.m.Stanford 1/21 2p.m.MetroplexChallenge1/26 8p.m.(featuringLSU,Oklahoma,OregonState,WashingtoninFt.Worth,Texas)Alabama 2/2 4p.m.@Kentucky 2/8 7p.m.Florida 2/16 4p.m.@Missouri 2/22 7:30p.m.@LSU 3/1 8p.m.Utah 3/9 6p.m.@N.C.State 3/17 1p.m.

TeamResults

1.Oklahoma–196.4502.Georgia–195.425

GeorgiaIndividualResults

Vault(49.300):ChelseaDavis–9.625;SarahPersinger–9.825;LindseyCheek–9.825;BrittanyRogers–9.850;CatHires–9.925;BrandieJay–9.875

Bars(49.150):LindseyCheek–9.850;CatHires–9.825;ChristaTanella–9.775;Brit-tanyRogers–9.800;ShaylaWorley–9.800;ChelseaDavis–9.875

Beam(48.975):LindseyCheek–9.800;CatHires–8.975;BrittanyRogers–9.750;ChristaTanella–9.725;ShaylaWorley–9.900;KaylanEarls–9.800

Floor(48.000):KaylanEarls–9.850;ChristaTanella–9.825;CatHires–9.075;SarahPersinger–9.375;ShaylaWorley–9.775;BrandieJay–9.175.

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PassingEfficiencyRating

1.A.J.McCarron(AL) 173.12.AaronMurray(UGA)172.43.ConnorShaw(SC) 156.94.JohnnyManziel(A&M)155.85.TylerBray(UT) 146.36.BoWallace(MISS) 144.27.TylerWilson(ARK)143.88.TylerRussell(MST) 140.49.JordanRodgers(VAN)140.210.J.Wallace(AUB) 139.611.JeffDriskel(FLA) 136.012.DylanThompson(SC)134.913.Z.Mettenberger(LSU)129.614.JamesFranklin(MIZ)123.615.C.Berkstresser(MIZ)101.4

PassingYards

1.TylerBray(UT)33872.AaronMurray(UGA)34663.JohnnyManziel(A&M)34194.TylerWilson(ARK) 33875.BoWallace(MISS) 28436.TylerRussell(MST)27917.A.J.McCarron(AL) 26698.Z.Mettenberger(LSU)24899.JordanRodgers(VAN)243110.ConnorShaw(SC) 173211.JamesFranklin(MIZ)156212.JeffDriskel(FLA) 147113.C.Berkstresser(MIZ)105914.DylanThompson(SC)91015.KiehlFrazier(AUB)753

ReceivingYards-Per-Game

1.CobiHamilton(ARK)111.22.JordanMatthews(VAN)105.23.JustinHunter(UT)90.24.MikeEvans(A&M)85.25.DonteMoncrief(MISS)79.06.ChadBumphis(MST)75.37.AmariCooper(AL) 68.88.RyanSwope(A&M) 67.49.EmoryBlake(AUB) 65.810.TavarresKing(UGA)65.111.C.Patterson(UT) 64.812.ChrisBoyd(VAN)63.013.OdellBeckham(LSU)56.114.MalcolmMitchell(UGA)47.715.BruceEllington(SC)47.0

RushingYards-Per-Game

1.JohnnyManziel(A&M)98.42.ToddGurley(UGA) 96.93.MikeGillislee(FLA)92.04.EddieLacy(AL)90.95.ZacStacy(VAN)86.26.L.Perkins(MST) 85.57.KendiLawrence(MIZ)85.48.TreMason(AUB)83.59.T.J.Yeldon(AL)76.910.JeffScott(MISS) 75.311.M.Lattimore(SC)73.612.RajionNeal(UT)70.213.JeremyHill(LSU)63.114.DennisJohnson(ARK)63.115.BenMalena(A&M)62.7

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The No. 11 Georgia gymnastics team was leading No. 4 Oklahoma through three rotations, until three botched floor routines turned the competition around Saturday afternoon.

Freshman Brandie Jay, junior Cat Hires, and sophomore Sarah Persinger each made major mistakes in their routines, causing the Gym Dogs to give up their .175 lead going into the final event.

“We’re disappointed we lost, and not even the loss, just more the drop in energy,” Georgia head coach Danna Durante said. “Up until the last little bit — obvi-ously I wanted our girls to finish strong — but I think it gives us some-thing to work on.”

After having to count Jay’s 9.175 and Persinger’s 9.375 on floor, the Gym Dogs fin-ished with a final score of 195.425 to Oklahoma’s 196.450.

Although they tapered off at the end, the team’s first three events were solid — something Durante says is “incredibly encourag-ing.”

“For some of the ones like Christa [Tanella], it was great,” Durante said. “I know this was meet one, but it felt like it could have been nationals for her. It was so exciting to see her compete the way that she did after working so hard and fighting inse-curities.”

Even for junior Lindsey Cheek — who didn’t compete until the end of the season last year — the meet was a success.

“Cheek coming in on three events after not having done much last year up until nationals is very encouraging,” Durante said. “I think those things are really the wins in this.”

Cheek said it was great to be able to con-tribute after being out for most of last season.

“It’s exciting to be out there for not only my team but the entire Gym Dog nation,” Cheek said. “It’s amaz-ing every time I go up.”

The Gym Dogs start-ed off with a solid vault rotation, highlighted by junior Cat Hires stuck Yurchenko full for a 9.925.

Senior Shayla Worley also scored a 9.9 on the balance beam for the

high score of the meet.Even though the

competition didn’t end the way they wanted it to, the Gym Dogs weren’t disappointed with their efforts.

“I don’t think it was disappointing because there were a lot of great things and just because one event doesn’t go the way you want, doesn’t mean that the whole meet was a disappoint-ment,” Cheek said. “Yeah, we struggled here and there, but I think that it was a suc-cess overall getting out there and being out there in front of 10,000 fans again.”

The main problem was a lack in confidence.

“Floor has just been an event where we’ve struggled a little bit with depth,” Durante said. “We have great performers there, but we need to just continue to get a little stronger there. It’s not like we were way off base, so we’re not worried about it. It really looked like a lack of confidence from some of them instead of really lighting it up, which they did for sure on the first two.”

Gym Dogs lose to No. 4 Sooners

Through three events, the Gym Dogs were poised to knock off Oklahoma. However, after the floor routine, the Sooners edged out a victory. EVAN STICHLER/Staff

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TEAM SCORESA perfect team score for any

given competition is 200 (five scores out of a possible 10 points count times four events).

A good score for a team is 196+, meaning the team averaged a 9.8 for each routine.

197 — averages of 9.85 for each routine — is a great score and something that all top teams should be producing by the middle of the season. A 198 — averages of 9.9 for each routine — is the coveted team score in collegiate gymnastics, a score every team shoots for at every competition.

STARTING OFF Division-I colle-

giate gymnasts are the best of the best. Every athlete on the Georgia gymnastics team was once in the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic pro-gram.

The JO program consists of 10 levels starting with level 10 being the highest. The majority of D-I gym-nasts competed as level 10s before going to college. The remaining athletes competed at the elite

level — one step above level 10. Elite gymnasts are the ath-letes you watch on TV at the World Championships and Olympic Games. Gym Dogs Chelsea Davis and Shayla Worley were both internation-al elite gymnasts before arriving at Georgia.

College gymnas-tics is very similar to level 10, which is why so many JO gymnasts thrive in the environ-ment. The scoring sys-tem and requirements in a college meet are

the same as in a level 10 meet. The only dif-ference is the feeling of competing as a team and not just as an individual.

At a typical col-lege competition, there are two teams competing against each other. During any given rotation, each team will put up six gymnasts on an event to compete.

Once all six ath-letes have completed their routine, the top five scores are added together.

INDIVIDUAL SCORING

Individually, the scoring system is pret-ty straight-forward. Every gymnast starts from a 10.0. Throughout the rou-tine, the judges deduct points, tenths, and even hundredths for mistakes in execu-tion. Once the routine is over, the final score is tallied and the result is posted. For D-I programs like Georgia, anything in the 9.7 range would be considered only OK whereas a 9.8 would be considered an average score. 9.9s are great scores, usu-ally meaning the gym-nasts only had one or

two very minor mis-takes in their routine like a single step or flexed foot. However, every gymnast shoots for the perfect 10.0.

During a routine, the judges will take deductions throughout the routine for flaws in the execution of the skills. Execution is the form of technique of a skill. Things like steps on landings or flexed feet can range from .05-.1 off, depending on the severity of the mistake. Large steps can count off as much as .3 in deductions. Falling is more costly and counts of half a point from the gym-nast’s total score. On bars, missed hand-stands are normally

.05-.1 of a deduction, depending on the amount of degrees away from vertical the gymnast was.

Every once in a while, you’ll be enjoy-ing a Gym Dog meet and someone does what you think it great routine, but the score is posted and seems low. One of the rea-sons for this could be start value. Start value is the starting score that the judges will take deductions from. Originally, every collegiate routine starts from a 9.5 and .5 or more bonus is added.

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