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Vol. 107, No. 81 | Athens, Georgia
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An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community
ESTABLISHED. 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980
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LADY DOGS VS. LADY VOLS
Annual
faceoff a
tourney
forecast
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. Tennessee, : p m., Monday
BY LINDSAY RIDDELL
The Red a Black
There are too many to recap them
all.
They are the historical, monumen
tal, nail-biting and season-determin
ing games that thrust the No. 7 Lady
Dogs and the No. 2 Tennessee Lady
Vols headlong like two speeding
trains in a quest for the coveted
national championship every year.
“When you look at Georgia and
Tennessee, we’ve played more mean
ingful games than any two teams in
the country," Lady Bulldog coach
Andy Landers recently told WNGC
radio.
Monday, in a nationally televised
game on ESPN2, red and black will
meet orange and white at Stegeman
Coliseum in a game that is often a
major indicator of the post-season
picture.
The Lady Dogs have won big and
the Lady Dogs have lost big to the
most successful women's team in
NCAA history — and the rivalry is
always hyped.
“It’s an SEC game and a chance to
go on the road and play a tough
game,” Tennessee head coach Pat
Summit said.
Go back to 1994-95. The Lady
Dogs cruised to the Final Four with a
28-4 record, but suffered a 73-51 loss
to a third-ranked Lady Vols team on
its way to back-to-back-to-back
national titles.
In 1995-96, the Georgia squad
made it all the way to the
Championship game, where once
again Tennessee was waiting to cut
Georgia’s championship dreams
short.
The 1996-97 season saw unranked
Georgia upset No. 4 Tennessee 74-73
in overtime during regular season
play, but still the Lady Vols won their
second national championship in as
many years.
On the way to their third-straight
national championship, the Vols
slaughtered the Lady Dogs 102-43 in
1998 — Georgia's worst loss in the
history of the program.
“Georgia comes right at you,”
Summit said. “They create shots and
play well together. UT vs. Georgia is
always viewed as a very important
matchup."
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A George Spearing, left, and Mark Coyne, employees of the ACC Traffic Engineering
Dept., install a second lighted crosswalk on Lumpkin Street, which will begin opera
tion on the 20th of this month.
Lighting up Lumpkin
Second crosswalk installed, third to appear soon
By KATHLEEN BAYDALA
The Red a Black
Motorists and pedestrians
seem to have taken notice of the
blinking fluorescent lights gar
nishing the crosswalk on
Lumpkin Street between Cedar
and Baxter streets.
The first of three planned
lighted crosswalks, the path
across Lumpkin Street has
allowed walkers to cross away
from an intersection while warn
ing drivers of pedestrians.
This week, the second is
being installed on Lumpkin
Street between Wray and
Baldwin streets. The third is
scheduled to be installed near
the Classic Center.
The equipment for each
crosswalk is valued between
$18,060 and $20,000. Three
departments within the
University — the Police
Department, the Physical Plant
Division and the Environmental
Safety Division — split the cost
of equipment for the first cross
walk while the Athens-Clarke
Department of Transportation
and Public Works donated the
cost of labor.
The city will cover the entire
cost for the remaining two
crosswalks, said David Clark,
director of transportation and
public works.
“Athens-Clarke County
donated the labor for the first
crosswalk," Clark said. “It paid
100 percent of the other two —
installation and labor."
Clark said the lighted cross
walk on Lumpkin Street has
been well-received.
“I have received extremely
positive comments from both
motorists and pedestrians,”
Clark said
University Police Chief
Chuck Horton said he believes
the lighted crosswalk has been
effective.
“I think it’s the best thing
we’ve done to try to get people
to assist pedestrians," Horton
said.
However, some question the
effectiveness of the crosswalk.
Nancy Zechella, executive
director of Safe Campuses Now,
a local crime prevention organi
zation, said that she has seen
students cross when the lights
were not flashing. She said she
believes the students may be in
a hurry to cross the street and
not think to push the button for
the flashing lights.
Horton said some students
may not be thoroughly
informed, but the Student
Government Association did
“one heck of a job promoting
the crosswalk."
Jim Gillis, a junior from
Soperton, said he was almost in
a car accident because he was
startled by the bright lights.
“The lights don’t give enough
warning,” said Gillis. “You’re
building up speed when the
light is green and all of a sudden
you have to slam on your
brakes.”
Gillis also said he has seen
students push the buttons to
activate the flashing lights and
then not cross.
While debate goes back and
forth about the effectiveness of
Ughted crosswalks, Horton said
he hopes the city will install
more
“I’d like to see some installed
around the Georgia Center,
Cedar Street and Thomas
Street,” Horton said. “These
crosswalks are money well
spent.”
Suspects
sought for
harassing
Two cases reported by students
By CHANDLER BROWN
The Red a Black
University police are look
ing for two men they believe
have been harassing women
on campus.
The unidentified men,
whom women allege approach
them asking for help filling out
an employment application,
were spotted this week at the
Tate Student Center and at
Russell Hall.
One of the men approached
a female student at the
Russell Hall bus stop about
11:30 a m. Wednesday, accord
ing to police. Then, about half
an hour later, another man
was seen harassing as many as
five students at the Bulldog
Cafe in the Tate Center.
After several women com
plained at the eatery, which
was packed with the lunch
crowd, manager Brandon
Miller said he tried to ask the
man to leave.
The man apparently
slipped out before Miller — or
police —■ could find him.
“I think he caught on to
what happened,” Miller said.
“He got out of there pretty
fast."
A day earlier the same man
was spotted in the Food
Services office at Tate where
he asked for a part-time job.
Miller said.
Miller told him to go to the
Human Resources office on
South Jackson Street.
When the man returned
Wednesday, he had an applica
tion and asked several differ
ent women to help him fill it
out, Miller said. Once he got
the women talking, he began
to “grope" them and “make
them feel real uncomfortable,"
Miller said.
Although police were called
to the restaurant and the bus
stop, they were unable to
locate either man, said
University Police Chief Chuck
Horton.
The cases do not appear to
be related, Horton said.
Witnesses described the
suspect at Tate as a white
male in his late 30s or early
40s, weighing about 200
pounds with short black hair.
He was wearing dark pants
and a blue short-sleeved but
ton-up shirt with stars and
stripes.
The man at Russell Hall
was described only as a black
male about 40 years old.
If you have any information
on either case, call University
police at 542-2200.
Somebody’s Gotta Do It
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A Taking advantage of above-normal temperatures,
University Physical Plant employee Armando Diaz
paints a fence at the Founder’s Garden Thursday.
University group pays homage to comic great
By SUZANNE KAYES
The Rid a Black
While Jim Carrey may win an
Oscar for his portrayal of Andy
Kaufman, the University Comedy
Club will host a benefit in the name
of the hilarious legend.
Monday would have been
Kauftnan’s 51st birthday. To com
memorate his life, six comedians will
perform at Tasty World with all pro
ceeds going towards the American
Cancer Society, said Andrew Healan,
one of the event's coordinators.
With all the movie, hype and spe
cials on Comedy Central, Healan and
Roger Black, the other coordinator,
thought a tribute to Kaufinan would
be the perfect theme for a benefit.
“I’m a big Andy Kaufinan fan,"
Healan said. “He didn't want to be
known as a comedian. Kaufinan con
sidered himself a song and dance
man. He’s more like a performance
artist.”
The Comedy Club will perform
actual Kaufinan skits with their own
personal twists, Healan said.
Healan will resurrect the
"wrestling a woman" bit and Black
will assume the character of Tony
Clifton.
“I’m really excited about Roger’s
Tony Clifton," Healan said. “To me,
It’s the most legitimate character."
Black said that Clifton is one of
Kaufman's more abrasive, obnoxious
characters.
“People said Andy Kaufinan
marched to the beat of a different
drummer,” Healan said. “But that
doesn’t come close to it at all. Many
times, he was marching to the beat
of a different instrument, if to any
music at all.”
Trevor Williams, one of the come
dians scheduled for the Monday
KAUFMAN'BENEFIT
When & Where: Monday, Jan. 17 at
Tasty World at 10 p.m.
Tickets: $3 for those who are 21 and
over. It’s $5 for everyone else.
night benefit said that he’s seen all
the specials on Kaufinan. “They
come on Comedy Central six times a
day, so they’re hard to miss. I swear
I’m Andy Kaufman's illegitimate
child,“said the sophomore from
Chamblee.
“I think it would be good for peo
ple in Athens to come out and see
something different besides a musi
cal act,” Black said.
The coordinators chose the
American Cancer Society as their
charity of choice because Kaufinan
died of lung cancer. “It went hand in
hand,” Black said.
▲ Roger Black imitates Tony Clifton, a char
acter portrayed by the Infamous Andy
Kaufman, whose Me has recently re-entered
the spotlight due to the MHos Forman movie,
“Man on the Moon."
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