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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1997 » ATHENS, GEORGIA • VOLUME 105, ISSUE 6
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Students, Uga,
UJams attend
si. Campus rally
1 ANDREA JONES
aff Writer
S tudents got a chance to get
up close and personal with
new University President
Mike Adams at the
“Welcome Back Students”
lly held Friday on the North
impus quad.
Adams, University Athletic Director
nee Dooley and mascot Uga V were
1 on hand at the event, meeting and
eeting the more than 200 students,
culty and alumni that came out for
e rally.
The rally was sponsored by the
»orgia Athletic Association and the
umni Association.
“We are here to welcome the stu
nts back and to show our support,”
id Dooley, president of the Athletic
isociation.
Many students who attended the
ent were excited to meet the new
esident.
“I’m looking forward to seeing how
■esident Adams will run the
liversity,” said Ben Russell, a sopho-
ore from Fayetteville.
Adams had photos taken, answered
estions and chatted with students
d alumni.
“He’s really sincere about wanting
help students,” said Steve Nunn, a
nior from Martinez. “This is a great
ly to start his term at the
liversity.”
Now that the president has been
re for three weeks, Adams said his
jgest challenge will now be to settle
to his routine.
“It’s been really busy and exciting,”
lams said. “I feel like I have shaken
ery hand in Georgia.”
But Adams wasn’t the only reason
me students came out for the rally.
“We got a new president?” said
ike Woodrum, a senior from Hilton
Above, new University President Michael Adams talks with students at Friday’s “Welcome Back
Students" pep rally on North Campus. Below, Uga V takes a break from the festivities.
Head, S.C. “I came to see Uga V.”
Photos of the famous dog were
taken as he ripped into a bag of ice,
and some students seemed a little put
off by Uga’s indifference toward his
fans.
“My dog Buddy tried to get Uga’s
autograph, but he was a real prima
donna,” said Travis Knupp, a senior
from Littleton, Mass.
In addition to the rally’s honored
guests, WPUP-FM (Rock 103.7) and
the University’s Derby Band provided
entertainment for the event.
Rock 103.7 broadcast from North
Campus quad for the duration of the
party, and D.Js were hopeful that the
rally would help to build the
University’s fan base.
“We’re here to show spirit for the
Dogs,” said W.C. Davis, the station’s
overnight DJ.
Many of the party-goers were alum
ni who also seemed hopeful for
President Adams’ term.
“He’s out here, and that’s impor
tant,” said Stacey Robinson, a 1997
graduate from Norcross. “I wish they
had had something like this when I
was in school.”
Heather Layfield, a senior form
LaGrange, summed up the general
consensus on the avent.
“Free food and seeing Uga?” she
said. “What more could you ask for in
one day?”
Scieszka
trial date
may move
By TY BROWN
Staff Writer
Only weeks after a court date was set for the trial
of John Alexander Scieszka, accused of four rapes in
the Five Points area, the trial date may be post
poned today.
Scieszka, 46, is to appear
today in Athens-Clarke
County Superior Court,
reportedly because his
lawyers want more time to
prepare for the trial.
Scieszka’s court-appoint
ed lawyer, Jo Carol Nesset-
Sale, assistant director of the
University’s Legal Aid and
Defender Clinic, made a
request to Superior Court
Judge Lawton Stephens for a
delay in the trial, slated to
begin Dec. 1.
Nesset-Sale took over
Scieszka’s case after Fletcher Griffin III, the lawyer
Scieszka hired, withdrew from the case.
Prior to withdrawing, Griffin did not file motions
in the case, and on July 25 Griffin asked that his
client be declared indigent because Scieszka had
failed to pay for legal fees accumulated since his
arrest in January.
On Aug. 5, Scieszka pleaded not guilty to all 17
felony charges against him at his arraignment in
Clarke County Superior Court.
At the arraignment, Stephens also granted
Nesset-Sale 30 additional days to prepare and file
motions in the case.
Scieszka was arrested Jan. 30 and charged with
the July 1995 rape of a University of Florida student
in Gainesville, Fla.
He was linked with the Five Points rape cases by
Athens-Clarke County Police through the use of
DNA evidence, police said.
On Feb. 19, a Clarke County grand jury indicted
Scieszka on three counts of rape and 14 other felony
counts including aggravated assault, burglary,
aggravated sexual assault and aggravated sodomy.
The charges came in connection with a string of
reported sexual attacks on students in the Five
Points area between March 18, 1995 and March 17,
1996.
Scieszka
rs a
logs carry momentum,
tart since ’88 into bye week
CAL POWELL
aff Writer
By SCOTT HARTMAN
Staff Writer
The official attendance for
Saturday's game was reported as
74,113, a number that might sur
prise anyone who actually attend
ed Georgia’s 42-3 win over
Northeast Louisiana.
Even with a far less-than-capac-
ity crowd, the decibel level was
impressive.
The student section was packed
for the first half, with the rest of
Sanford Stadium aglow because of
the glare coming off the unoccupied
metallic bleachers.
“Late touchdowns were cheered
on by literally tens of fans," said
Josh Cattie, a senior from Atlanta
Still, Northeast Louisiana did
provide an opportunity for the
Dogs to gain confidence as they
continue to whip the teams that
they should, one of the first steps
in being a successful program.
Moreover, judging from the
noise, the fans did seem to enjoy
watching the Dogs’ offense drive
methodically over the Indians.
Georgia racked up 42 points, the
most it's scored in a non-overtime
game since 1996.
"They’re playing great this
year," said Heather Wright, a
freshman from Marietta.
After pleading for coach Jim
Donnan to go for it on fourth-and-1
from the Indians’ 3-yard line, the
Bulldog faithful definitely got their
way, and Donnan’s offense came
through, setting up senior Selma
Calloway’s one-yard rumble for the
game's first touchdown.
By halftime most fans had seen
enough, and with the Dogs firmly
in control 28-3, many filed out dur
ing the third and fourth quarters.
“People used to complain that
we didn’t win, and now we’re win
ning, and everybody leaves at half
time,’ said Alisor. DeShaw, a junior
from Lawrenceville.
The stadium reached its fullest
for about 10 minutes in the middle
of the second quarter
Saturday’s attendance did have
advantages though, keeping traffic
light and helping fans drive home
in a more orderly fashion than has
been the norm on game days.
If the fans take away anything,
they should recognize that the
Bulldogs are now 3-0 for the first
time since 1988. That year resulted
in a Gator Bowl win over Michigan
State.
“It’s nice to see the Dogs headed
in the right direction early in the
season,' said freshman Amy
Nesaler, a pre-journalism major
from Augusta.
runaway
The only question raised over
lorgia’s first three games has
en how long it would take head
ich Jim Donnan to pull his first-
im offense.
But after Saturday’s 42-3
iwout of Northeast Louisiana,
■orgies starters can expect to get
lot more work over the next few
mths.
With the exception of the annual
tson-ending clash with Georgia
ch Nov. 29 in Atlanta, only
utheastern Conference teams
main on the horizon for the
illdogs, who moved up six spots
is week to No. 19 in the
sociated Press poll and 20th in
e ESPN/USA Tbday coaches poll.
The Bulldogs will have two
eks to prepare for their first hur-
!, an Oct. 4 home date with
ssiasippi State. Now Donnan's
<k will be maintaining the
imentum his team has built in its
st 3-0 start since 1988.
“With the way (the coaches) run
-weeks, I don’t think we’ll lose
y momentum,” sophomore nose
ard Brandon Miller said. “It will
just like getting ready for game
y. I believe it will give us more
ne to get prepared because
ssiasippi State likes to run a lot
trick plays and the defense likes
blitz a lot. All in all, 1 don't think
fi off-week will hurt us. I think it
II be to our advantage to have
a off-week."
The Bulldogs scored three touch-
wns in the first quarter
turday, including a 72-yard
ike from quarterback Mike Bobo
Corey Alien. After being over-
adowed by Bobo and running
ck Olandis Gary in the first two
mea, receiver Hines Ward
rained the spotlight against the
iianB. The senior caught five
Georgia
running
back
Olandis
Gary
(also
shown
above)
rushed
for 71
yards.
‘Tens of fans’ stayed till game’s end
Benny Careen, a junior
from Marietta, cheers.
passes for 99 yards and a touch
down, while rushing for 66 yards on
three carries, which included a 63-
yard sprint on a fake punt.
Bobo ended the day with 229
yards and three touchdowns in hia
ll-of-17 performance.
Allen had two receptions for 81
yards and a touchdown, while Gary
led all rushers with 71 yards and
two touchdowns on nine carries.
Senior linebacker Greg Bright
again spearheaded the defense
with nine tackles, including one for
a five-yard loss. Comerback Ronald
Bailey, linebacker Brandon Tblbert
and safety Larry Mann each had
interceptions in the win. Georgia
held the Indiana to a mere 140
yards of total offense.
"We had an off-week right before
the South Carolina game, and
everybody came out probably a lit
tle too excited because we started
cramping and everything," Bright
said. "If anything, the off-week’s
going to make us more excited,
because we’re going to have that
taste for game week two weeks
from now."
Defensive coordinator Joe Kines
said the off-week shouldn't affect
his squad’s performance either. In
fact, Kines said the off-week will
benefit the defense, as Glenn Ford,
Emarloe Leroy and Quentin Davis
Georgia's Hines Ward finishes off a 62-yard touchdown
run after a third-quarter screen pass from Mike Bobo.
are all recovering from injuries.
“You just have to play them like
they’re dealt," Kines said. “The off-
week comes now when we're mak
ing some progress. The thing we've
got to do is just keep working, and
this group’s been good at that all
year.
"That could happen (losing
momentum),' he said. “But these
guys, I would think, if it was going
to happen, it would have happened
this week.
“We’re going against a team that
you really have to be ready to play.
They’ve got an excellent defensive
package, and their offense has done
enough to win. I would like to play
this week, but that's the cards we
were dealt."