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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1995 » ATHENS, GEORGIA » VOLUME 103, ISSUE 39
MARK ADAMS/The Red and Black
Freshman John Stratman won the 50-meter Freestyle and helped the Swim
Dogs crush Emory 145-107 in Wednesday’s swim meet.
Swim Dogs
bite Eagles’
wings at
swim meet
By JON GALLO
Staff Writer
The No. 8 women’s and No. 14 men’s swim
teams experimented with different swimmers
in every race against the Emory Eagles and
still came away with victories Wednesday at
the Ramsey Student Center.
Unfortunately for Emory, Georgia’s effort to
keep the meet close was moot as the Swim
Dogs and Lady Swim Dogs drowned the
Eagles, 145-107 and 158-121.
“It was good for us to have a relaxing meet
and not worry about the score," Georgia head
coach Jack Bauerle said. “We swam pretty well
today. I didn’t think they would be this good
after such an emotional win over Florida.”
With both his teams holding well over triple
digit leads with six events left, Bauerle forced
his swimmers to swim exhibitions, meaning
they swam in the race, but received no points
while Emory was credited for all 19 available
points in each race.
Leading the Georgia women was junior
Anne Hanna who posted victories in the 100
Breaststroke and 200 Butterfly in one minute
and 8.05 seconds and 2:10.44, respectively.
“I have been training real well and running
on my own,” Hanna said. “And with (assistant
coaches) Harvey (Humphries), Steve
(Boltman), Gary (Binfield) and Jack Bauerle
helping me out, there’s no way you can go
wrong.”
On the men’s side, sophomore Wan
Abdullah swam to victories in the lopsided
win.
“It was my first time swimming the 400 IM
(individual medley) and it was tough for me,”
Abdullah said.
Next up for the Swim Dogs is the Minnesota
Invite in Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 17-19. The
meet will be held at the University of
Minnesota Natatorium where the Bulldogs
will take their first step in qualifying for the
NCAAs.
“We want our men and women to go after
the NCAA cuts,” Bauerle said. “There will be
competition there in Minnesota and Wisconsin,
who are both in the top 20, and the format is
the exact same as the SECs and NCAAs.”
Powell unwilling to
sacrifice for election
By BRANDON HADDOCK
Staff Writer
The presidential election process
has become so costly and scruti
nized that it may be discouraging
possible candidates from running,
according to Charles Bullock, a
University political science profes
sor.
“Because of the marathon you
have to run to get to office; you have
to want to be president more than
anything else in the world,” Bullock
said.
The election process claimed its
latest victim Wednesday when Colin
Powell said he would neither run for
the presidency nor accept a nomina
tion for vice president.
Powell, a retired Army general
and former head of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff under former president
George Bush, said running for office
would require him and his wife,
Alma, to make “sacrifices and
changes in our lives that would be
difficult for us to make at this time.”
A Powell candidacy would have
shaken the ranks of presidential
contenders. Powell is a black moder
ate with conservative economic
views, but with more liberal stances
on social policy. Polls showed that as
a Republican candidate, he could
have defeated Clinton, and that as
an independent, Powell could have
seriously threatened both parties’
chances.
The media's coverage of the pri
maries and the influence of special
interest groups of the far left and far
right make it hard for candidates to
remain moderate, Bullock said.
“In competing in these primaries,
you are competing for the votes of
people who are a bit more strident,
a bit more ideological, than the great
bulk of the American public,” he
said.
The amount of money needed to
campaign also could have affected
Powell’s decision, Bullock said.
“Most people aren’t used to beg
ging for money, and as a serious can
didate, you’re basically reduced to
that situation.” he said.
Powell’s refusal to accept a vice
presidential nomination favors
Clinton, since Powell could have
swung black voters to the
Republican ticket as the GOP’s vice
presidential nominee. Bullock said.
Students expressed mixed feel
ings about Powell’s decision.
“I thought Colin Powell was a
good candidate because he repre
sented a minority in the United
States," said Marisa Monroy, a
junior from Guatemala.
Powell’s success in the military
did not make him an attractive can
didate to some students.
“The fact that he was a good gen
eral probably is no indication that
he would be a good president," said
Bill Owen, a law student from
Hilton Head, S.C.
Olympic crowds
not expected to
be troublesome
Events estimated to
Atlantal996
attract less than
95,000 per day
By STEPHANIE DELUCA
Staff Writer
Students staying in Athens during
the Olympics may not be as inconve
nienced as once thought, according to
a University source.
The crowds aren’t going to be as
bad as many people are expecting,
said Richard Hudson, coordinator of
Olympic activities.
According to the University esti
mates, the crowds are estimated at
95.000 for each soccer game day. But
only 12,000 people are expected each
day of volleyball events, and 12,000 to
17.000 people are expected for rhyth
mic gymnastics.
“People think we are going to have
100.000 people every day, but that is
just not going to happen,” Hudson
said.
The University released estimates
Wednesday of the crowds for each
Olympic event in Athens.
Samantha Hales, a sophomore
from Marietta, said crowds won’t
deter her from possibly staying in
town to take classes next summer.
“The only big crowds I’ve seen here
are at game days and Twilight, and I
like crowds,” Hales said. “Parking is
going to be bad, but there is going to
be a lot of diverse people, and it’s
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going to be a lot of fun.”
Jennifer Jouanet, a sophomore
from Marietta, said she isn’t going to
be living here over the summer but
will probably visit during the
Olympics.
“I think it’s going to be scary,”
Jouanet said. “The traffic right after
classes is bad. I can’t imagine what it
will be like during the Olympics.”
Spenser Simirill, a sophomore from
Atlanta, said he will be at the
University for summer school in 1996.
“It’s not going to be like football
games,” Simirill said. “People aren’t
going to be drunk all of the time. We’ll
respect them and they’ll respect us.”
The largest crowds will be during
the week of soccer, Hudson said.
“If the game is at 6 p.m., the com
munity can function as normal from
about 3 to 3:30 p.m.,” Hudson said.
He said summer quarter will be
handled similar to fall quarter.
“It’s going to be like fall quarter
where we are closed a week for
Thanksgiving and coming back to take
finals,” Hudson said. “July 29 through
Aug. 2 there will be no classes, but the
University will be open.
“We want everyone to have a good
time," he said. “But our mission stays
the same; we are an educational insti
tution."
Man charged with several sex crimes
By BETH MACFADYEN
Staff Writer
An Athens man was charged Wednesday
in the Sept. 10 rape of a University student
while already being held in jail and facing
charges in the sexual assaults of three
Athens women, one of whom he confessed to
raping.
Paul Wingfield, 25, was charged with one
count aggravated assault, one count rape,
one count burglary and two counts aggra
vated sodomy in the Sept. 10 rape, said Lt.
Alan Brown of the Athens-Clarke County
Police Wednesday afternoon.
The incident involved a 20-year-old stu
dent who was raped in her northwest Athens
apartment, according to police reports.
Brown said fingerprint comparisons led
to the charges being filed against Wingfield
in the case.
Wingfield is being held without bond in
thf> ACC Jail, according to Brown.
Wingfield was arrested last month and
charged with public indecency, burglary,
simple battery and theft in a Sept. 8 incident
involving a University student.
A woman reported to police she saw a
man in her apartment with his pants down.
After the man left, she ran to a roommate’s
room.
The woman identified Wingfield in a
police lineup.
Wingfield also was charged with aggra
vated sexual battery, burglary and battery
for an Oct. 6 attack of a woman at her apart
ment at Villa Apartments.
A woman reported to police a man
crawled into an open window and sodomized
her as her children slept beside her. The
man fled when her son woke up and began
crying.
Wingfield also faces charges of rape,
aggravated sodomy and burglary in the Oct
19 attack of another resident of Villa
Apartments. This is the only incident to
which Wingfield has admitted.
A woman reported a man posed as a secu
rity guard, convinced her to let him into her
apartment to use the phone and then raped
her.
Fingerprints lifted from the crime scene
led to the arrest of Wingfield in this incident,
according to police.
Auburn tailback has Bulldogs growling
By NORM WOOD
Staff Writer
When All-America candidate senior tail
back Stephen Davis comes to Athens with
the Auburn Tigers this Saturday, the
Georgia’s defensive line won’t roll out the
red (and black) carpet for him.
Bulldog defensive coordinator Joe Kines
acknowledged that Davis will be one of the
Dogs' most difficult defensive assignments
this season. He said he believes that Davis
may be the best of the outstanding crop of
backs in the SEC.
“He’s as good as you’re going to see in
this league," said Kines. “He’s one of the
best in the country. Of course, we face a
great back every week.”
The defensive line will need to overcome
the injuries that continue to plague them.
Sophomore nose guard Travis Stroud’s sta
tus is currently in doubt for this weekend’s
final home game between the hedges. After
recovering from a sprained left knee sus
tained five weeks ago in the Clemson game,
Stroud sprained his right knee in practice
last Thursday.
In addition to Stroud’s knee injury,
junior nose guard Keith Drayton broke a
finger in Tuesday’s practice, but will be
available for Saturday’s game.
“Drayton’s going to play if he’s got a bro
ken finger or a broken arm,” said Georgia
junior defensive tackle Jermaine Smith. “It
doesn’t matter, he’s going to be there.”
Smith will be making his fourth consec
utive start at the defensive tackle position
for the Dogs. In nine games, he has collect
ed 32 total tackles, including three tackles
for a loss and a quarterback sack.
“I’ve grown comfortable (to the starting
position) through hard work," said Smith.
“There’s been a lot of guys who told me that
last year’s game against Auburn was a dog
fight. I guarantee you, we’re going to fight
to the end this year.”
Georgia (5-4 overall, 3-4 SEC), currently
the fifth seed in the conference, will have to
produce more than just an impressive per
formance on Saturday.
With a win over Auburn. Georgia would
be in the No. 4 spot. The fourth seed in the
SEC could bring Georgia a possible berth in
the Peach Bowl on Dec. 30 at the Georgia
Dome.
If the Dogs end the season as the fifth
seed in the conference, the Independence
Bowl in Shreveport, La., would host
Georgia on Dec. 29. Another bowl possibili
ty for the Bulldogs, if they fall to the fifth
seed, is the Carquest Bowl in Miami, Fla
on Dec. 30.
All bowl reservations by the Dogs will be
voided if they don’t win at least one of their
final two games against Auburn or Georgia
Tech.
The NCAA mandates that a team must
have at least six victories against Division
I-A competition to gain a bowl bid.
Addison Blue won’t be
blue with new record
■ CONCERT PREVIEW
By ANDY BATTAGLIA
Staff Writer
If you like rock ’n’ roll and free records,
you need to scoot on down to the 40 Watt
Club tonight. Local band Addison Blue is
holding a record release party for a two-
song 7-inch single that can be yours, for
free, if you go wearing your rocking
shoes.
Addison Blue moved to Athens in 1993
after forming at Young Harris College.
Originally an acoustic outfit, the band
moved on to a full-on electric attack that
has had rock writers handing out adjec
tives such as “energetic" and “soulful”
like they’re candy
Even with the band’s success in and
out of town, an Addison Blue show is not
exactly a weekly event in Athens.
“We don’t want to make everybody
choke on us (or to) shove ourselves in
everybody’s faces," guitarist Hank
Beaver said. “We are trying to play out of
town more, and we just got started play
ing in Atlanta. It seems like most of the
music in Atlanta is really typical, though.
Luckily, Athens has been poisoned by
WUOG.”
Addison Blue has released its own
brand of melodic, lyrically driven rock on
a pair of tapes and a contribution to the
local “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Let Out the
Cat" Replacements tribute album. The
single to be released tonight includes two
tracks, “Deception" and “Vision Why,"
with the B-side featuring a hidden mes
sage courtesy of some crafty backwards
dubbing.
On stage, Addison Blue shows off the
energy and soul so often attributed to its
live set.
“All of our songs are about things we
feel very strongly about,” singer Nina
Williams said. “We want to really show
that these things are important to us, but
we also want everybody to have a good
Addison Blue will be playing
tonight at the 40 Watt.
time. (I hope) people can have fun at the
show and then listen to a tape at home
and realize that our music can be more
than just a good time.”
Smith signs Fla. hoops center
By CJ. JOHNSON
Sports Editor
Speculation, rumor and guessing games
surround any recruiting season. But Georgia
head basketball coach Tubby Smith began to
put an end to those questions with the sign
ing of 6-foot-8 power forward Badi Oliver.
Oliver, signed Wednesday on the first day
of the early national signing period, plays cen
ter for Cardinal Newman High in West Palm
Beach, Fla., but Smith said he plans to work
him in at the power forward position.
“I project him as a power forward and even
tually a small forward in the future," said
Smith. “He has all the tools necessary to
become an outstanding player in the SEC."
Oliver has led his team to a 57-12 record in
his two years as the starting center and aver
aged 15.5 points and 12 rebounds per game
last season. Oliver may be expected to play
immediately next season since the Bulldogs
will lose eight seniors
While Oliver has officially committed, the
verdict is still out on where most of the
nation's other top prospects are headed.
Anthony Dent, a 6-9 forward from Edison, ha3
expressed interest in Georgia, but has yet to
officially commit. Dent, the younger brother of
former Kentucky center Rodney Dent, is
ranked by one recruiting service as high as
No. 23 in the nation.
Those who have expressed interest in
Georgia, among other schools, are
Monquencio Hardnett of Middle Georgia
College, one of the nation's top junior college
guard prospects, and Eric DeYoung, a 7-foot
center from Pasco Hernando (Fla.)
Community College.
Also mentioned of those considering
Georgia are Michael Brooker, a 6-6 forward
from Sandersville, C.J. Black, a 6-8 center
from Brainerd High in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Julius Robinson, a 6-2 guard out of Selma
High in Selma, Ala., Laver Postell, a 6-4
guard from Westover High in Albany, Mark
Kimbrough, a 6-5 forward from Terrell
County High in Dawson and Randy Hughes, a
6-9 forward from Swainsboro.
With eight players leaving next season,
Smith realizes the importance of signing play
ers early.
“The best players usually go early," Smith
said. “Signing players early is important to
establish a reputation that we are a team that
is going to compete for the best players."