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Ground-breaking ceremonies
for new Habitat project tonight
The University’s chapter of Habitat for
Humanity will be breaking ground this evening on
their newest project at 71 Morrison St. In
WatklnsvlUe.
Habitat President Stacey Brock and represen
tatives from sponsor BellSouth will attend the
ceremony and speak to the attendants.
The volunteers Involved with the project will
work on weekends In cooperation with the Athens
Area Habitat for Humanity through the month of
April to build the house.
“The volunteers will be mostly University peo
ple, but BellSouth will also send some (volun
teers),” Brock said In a telephone Interview.
The house Is the University chapter’s third In
as many years.
"We have built two In the past two springs,"
Brock said. "We have also sent a few volunteers to
help with the Athens area chapter.”
The first house built by the University’s
Habitat chapter was put up In 1997 with the help
of over 700 students horn 35 different student
organizations.
The Watklnsvllle house will belqng to Leila Mae
Walters. The ground-breaking ceremony will begin
at 5 p.m.
Habitat for Humanity Is a charitable organiza
tion dedicated to the elimination of substandard
housing that has built more than 50,000 homes
worldwide since 1976.
— W1U Kiser
Rare book library temporarily
relocated for renovations
As a part of the $4 million renovation of the
main library's heating, ventilation and air condi
tioning systems, the Hargrett Rare Book and
Manuscript Library will be closed to the public
from Feb. 22 to March 5.
The special collections library’s permanent
home Is located on the third floor, and the tempo
rary location will be situated on the fourth while
the third floor renovation Is taking place.
The renovation Is expected to be completed at
the end of this summer.
The Hargrett Library Is a compilation of the
University's collection of rare books and
manuscripts, University archives and the Georgia
Room, which contains books by Georgians and
books about the state.
— Mark Anthony Thomas
Applications on the rise,
University accepting less
Renovation of Reed Hall
has its residents smiling
By NIKKI HARRIS
For The Red * Buck
Despite months of setbacks
and delays, the newly renovated
Reed Hall has quickly become
one of the most popular resi
dence halls on campus.
Ann Hoffman, the resident
life coordinator for the Reed
Community, has lived In Reed
for the past nine years and has
witnessed the drastic changes
that came along with the recent
renovation.
“It’s a night and day differ
ence,” she said. "We had no ele
vators, no programming space.
We’re now state-of-the-art as far
as UGA dorms are concerned.
Here, we’ve got It all.”
Residents seem to agree.
Elizabeth Stair, a Junior from
Roswell, said she Is enjoying the
convenience and many ameni
ties that Reed's location and
design have to offer.
“It’s kind of like the dorm you
see on a TV show, and you’re
like, ’It’s not real!,’ ” Stair said.
Mia Jackson, a junior from
Columbus, Is a CLASS Advocate
at Reed and said that Reed’s
central campus location plays a
huge part in Its appeal to stu
dents.
"It’s like In the heart of cam
pus,” she said.
Although the extra cost —
with some rooms costing $1,640
per semester, Reed is the most
expensive dorm on campus —
isn’t a concern for Jackson, due
to her CA position, she said it’s
well worth it.
‘Tve seen places at other
schools, and this Is like living In
the lap of luxury,” she said.
But there were concerns last
semester.
Many residents had to take
up temporary residence at the
Holiday Inn due to the late com
pletion of the renovation.
Reactions to this were mixed.
Jandi Brent, a senior from Union
City, stressed its Inconvenience.
“I couldn’t cook — there was
no kitchen,” she said.
Wesley Walker, a freshman
from Centerville, stayed at the
downtown hotel for about a
week before permanently mov
ing into Reed.
“At first, it was really annoy
ing with people coming and
knocking on your door all the
time,” Walker said.
Chris Wells, a senior from
Atlanta, had a different take.
“At $196 a night, if they want
ed to keep me In there the whole
semester, that would have been
fine with me,” Wells said.
In any case, all those who
were Interviewed said that once
they were settled in Reed, they
were happy with the finished
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A Reed Hall residents say
they are pleased with the
drastic changes the recent
renovations have brought.
product.
Jim Day, director of
University Housing, enthusiasti
cally agreed.
“Actual construction was
about 14 months," Day said.
“We’re still discovering things
that aren't quite right. However,
we’re really pleased with it."
Day said he views Reed as a
prototype for future dorms at
the University.
“Our Intent was that it would
be a cornerstone for our redevel
opment program,” Day said.
By MARK ANTHONY THOMAS
The Rid a Buck
Although applications for
admission have Increased this
year, the University Is planning to
admit a “slightly lower” number
of Incoming freshmen this year,
University officials said.
High school students have
submitted slightly less than
13,000 applications for next
year’s freshman class, which Is
up four to live percent from last
year, said Nancy McDuff, director
of undergraduate admissions.
Applications to the University
have risen the past few years —
with last year's high school
seniors submitting more than
12,500 applications.
“There’s a great demand to
come to the University," McDuff
said. "(The admissions decision)
Is a pretty sophisticated matrix.”
Many applicants with above-
average GPAs and SAT scores
were admitted on their first noti
fication, with the majority of the
applicants being deferred until
April.
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“Last week, we were
receiving about 100,150
applications a night (over
the Internet)."
nancy Mcourr
DIRECTOR OP UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
The final decision to accept an
applicant depends on the num
ber and quality of students who
apply this year, officials said. The
decision also depends on the
University’s evaluation of each
applicant's credentials — Includ
ing the difficulty of his or her col
lege preparatory curriculum and
the Information supplied on the
high school evaluation.
In addition to the overall
Increase of applications, minority
applications have Increased from
9 percent to 10 percent of all
applications, McDuff said.
Currently, the admissions
office plans to accept more than
8,200 applicants, down 200 stu
dents from last year. Last year,
4,280 freshmen enrolled, but the
University anticipates only 4,100
applicants will attend next year.
"Basically, we figure about 50-
51 percent will enroll,” McDuff
said.
This year, more than 10 per
cent of the applicants applied
over the Internet.
"Last week, we were receiving
about 100, ISO applications a
night (over the Internet),”
McDuff said.
McDuff said that the
University allows a two-week
grace period past the Feb. 1
deadline to submit late applica
tions.
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