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TUESDAY
February 13, 2001
Vol. 108, No. 103 | Athens, Georgia
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>- Comedian Trevor Williams performs
with the Comedy Club and produces a
show on Housing 12. RAGE 5
Reward offered for
robbery information
By SAMIRA JAFARI
sjafari@randb.com
A $1,000 reward is being offered
for any information on the recent
series of armed robberies involving
University students held up at
gunpoint.
Athens-Clarke County Crime
Stoppers, a local crime prevention
organization, set up the
reward Monday in hopes of
receiving information “leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
person (s) responsible for several
armed robberies that occurred
recently.”
A-C Lt. Mark Durham said
Monday that no new information
about the robberies has been made
available since the weekend,
though he said detectives are
investigating the possibility of the
holdups being related.
Police released official suspect
descriptions Monday given by the
victims.
The most recent robbery
occurred on Feb. 9 in front of apart
ments on China Street. Travis
Bach, a freshman from
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
Anyone with information about the
reported armed robberies should call
A-C police at 613-3337, University
police at 542-2200 or Crime Stoppers
at 613-3342.
Lawrenceville, and his friend
Patrick Wilson, a student at
Georgia Perimeter College, report
ed the incident to A-C police at
about 1 a.m.
Bach and Wilson handed over
their wallets to two gunmen —
they described one suspect as 5
feet, 11 inches tall with a large
build, wearing a black ski mask
and dark clothes, and the
other as 5-foot-6 and wearing a tan
coat.
Just an hour earlier and about
three miles away, Matt Hembree, a
freshman from Oakwood, and his
friend Russ Smith, a student at
Georgia State University, reported
being robbed by two gunmen in
front of Hembree’s Barrington
Drive residence.
The victims described one sus
pect as 6-foot-l to 6-foot-2, in his
mid 20s, also wearing a black ski
mask, green sweatshirt and dark
pants. Hembree and Smith didn’t
give a description of the second
suspect.
The Feb. 6 armed robbery of Joe
McLaughlin occurred on campus,
when two masked men, one with a
gun, took the graduate student’s
wallet in an employee parking lot
near the Physics Building. No other
description was given by
McLaughlin.
Durham said though other
armed robberies have occurred
involving Athens residents, includ
ing the Feb. 6 reported armed rob
bery of Athens resident Kenneth
Brown of Bonnie Lane by two
males, investigators think only the
three incidents of student hold-ups
are related.
“We looked at (Brown’s case)
and we currently don’t think
they’re the same people we’re deal
ing with here,” Durham said.
A-C police are working in con
junction with University police to
investigate the incidents reported
by University students.
Serve It Up
STEPHEN JONES | The Red * Buck
■4 Chad Carlson returns a serve dur
ing warm-ups at the indoor tennis
GQUrt before his first-seed start
against Arkansas in the doubles com
petition. Carlson later won the No. 5
spot. The men’s team beat Georgia
State on Friday and took another win
against Arkansas on Sunday, ending
Arkansas’ eight-match unbeaten
streak. This weekend, the men’s and
women’s tennis teams head to the
ITA Team Indoor Championships in
Seattle. Story, Page 8
Warrant issued for alleged stalker
By SAMIRA JAFARI
sjafari@randb.com
Phone calls and e-mail from an
alleged stalker to a Brumby Hall
resident violated his bond agree
ment with a Magistrate Court
judge, leading to another warrant
for his arrest.
Brent Michael Baxley, of
Martinez, was arrested Jan. 17 for
allegedly hitting the Brumby Hall
resident in the dorm’s lobby on
Jan. 14.
He originally was charged with
simple battery and stalking.
The victim told University
police that Baxley “struck her in
the face and pushed her out of a
chair” in the lobby. She said she
knew Baxley, who left Brumby
after the incident and “made sev
eral harassing
phone calls” to her
dorm room.
His $12,500
bond was set by
Magistrate Court
Judge Michael
Coleman — $2,500
for simple battery
and $10,000 for
stalking.
Baxley was
barred from enter
ing Clarke County
“except to attend court (or) visit
legal council,” according to the
agreement.
At the time of signing the bond
agreement, his arraignment hear
ing was set for March 22. No new
court dates were available at
press time.
The victim reported to
University police Friday that
Baxley e-mailed her twice the day
before and called her three times
during the evening.
By contacting the victim,
Baxley violated the bond agree
ment which states, “Rirther con
tact shall result in institution of
felony aggravated stalking
charge.”
Coleman signed a warrant
Friday for “aggravated stalking
based on Baxley’s actions” to
be served by police officers
from the Clarke County Sheriff’s
Office.
’Baxley hasn’t yet been arrest
ed, Clarke County jail officers said
Monday evening.
Baxley couldn’t be reached for
comment.
Appeals court rules
Napster violates
copyright laws
By JEFFERY WHITFIELD
jwhitfiel@randb.com
What once seemed like an impenetrable
fortress in pop culture is now fighting for its sur
vival in the eyes of the law.
Napstei; the popular online music-swapping ser
vice, was ordered by a federal appeals court
Monday to stop trading in copyrighted material
and could be held liable for copyright infringement.
The three-judge panel of the 9th District
Court of Appeals issued a ruling saying Napster
knew its users were violating copyright laws. But
the court allowed the company to continue oper
ating until a lower court could redraft an injunc
tion against it.
That injunction, issued by District Court
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, was cited as being too
broad.
The court said Napster must lock out users
who exchange music for free while the injunction
is retooled or risk being liable for copyright
infringement.
But the court did not place the entire burden
on Napster, saying recording companies must
first warn the firm that copyrighted work is on
• the service before Napster can be held liable.
Later Monday, Napster attorney David Boies
announced the company would appeal the deci
sion, citing that he would like the entire panel of
nine judges to hear the case.
John Mackert, a freshman from Augusta, said
he was disappointed and surprised by the ruling.
“I guess you kind of take it for granted, but
I’ll definitely give some other services a try,”
Mackert said.
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“It's a sign of the continued growing
regulation of Internet and people’s
choices of what they’re doing with it.”
STEVEN CARROLL
Student On Napster Ruling
Steven Carroll, a senior from Douglasville,
also expressed frustration at the ruling and said
he thinks the judgment curtails freedom of
expression.
“It’s a sign of the continued growing regula
tion of Internet and people’s choices of what
they’re doing with it,” Carroll said.
Adria Negelow, a senior from Lawrenceville,
said that while she previously used the service,
she thought it was ethically questionable.
“It’s technically not fair or right for the
artists,” Negelow said. “I’d want to get paid for
my work.”
The legal saga against Napster has been
ongoing since the company was founded by
Shawn Fanning in 1999. The five largest record
labels — Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal
— sued as soon as the company took off.
In October, Napster made agreements with
one of its former foes, Bertelsmann AG,
the parent company of BMG, to start a subscrip
tion-based service in exchange for capital.
Such a business alliance would pay artists’
royalties.
Contributing: The Associated Press
< Wes Stoner,
who plays
Schaunard, and
Kendall Marie
Kookogey, who
plays the female
lead in Puccini’s
tragic comedy
“La Boheme,”
pose in their
costumes on the
stage of the
Classic Center.
The play, which
is showing
Friday and
Sunday, tells the
story of a
romance
between poet
Rudolfo and
seamstress Mimi
in 19th-century
France. Story,
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STEPHEN JONES | Thi Rid * Buck
Hitting The High Notes
Azih, Tullar vow to make SGA ‘unified voice’ of students
Editor’s Note: This is the third
story in an eight-part series of
features profiling the candidates
for Student Government
Association president and vice-
president. Elections will be held
Feb. 21-22.
By JAMAR LASTER
jlaster@randb.com
“Know Your People” is the
slogan that Student
Government Association presi
dential candidate George Azih
and his running mate Aaron
Tullar have adopted to make
SGA the “unified voice” of the
student body.
As part of the campaign,
Azih, a junior from Norcross,
and Tullar, a junior from
Morrow, stress a platform
that centers on student involve
ment — calling their campaign
SCHEDULE OF PROFILES
► Richard Butler, Susan Maples —
Friday, Feb. 9
► Asma Anwar, Lisa Timmons —
Monday, Feb. 12
► George Azih, Aaron Tullar —
Tuesday, Feb. 13
► Lhoris Wilson, Trapper Key —
Wednesday, Feb. 14
► Chuck Richardson, Dixon Greenwood —
Thursday, Feb. 15
► Haylee Vance, Allie Smith —
Friday, Feb. 16
► Timothy Chen, Taylor Hunt —
Monday, Feb. 19
► Tundd Ezekiel, Daniel Carnegie—
Tuesday, Feb. 20
“solution-oriented.”
One of the ways the duo said
they plan to promote involve
ment is by forming a committee
composed of current presiden
tial candidates to incorporate
their ideas and not alienate their
respective supporters.
Another focus of their cam
paign is campus parking. They
plan to submit a proposal that
will add approximately 400 pre
existing parking spaces to the
commuter parking plan.
Because these lots are near the
Intramural Fields, Azih said
extended bus routes or a new
bus route may be in order.
Safety is another leg of the
pair’s platform. Students need
to be better informed of the
locations of call boxes on cam
pus, Azih said.
They said they will include a
safety tour at orientation so new
students can learn about the
location and function of the safe
ty boxes.
“People should be able to see
a call box from any location on
campus,” Azih said. “People
don’t know what they are or how
to use them.”
They also plan to place safety
pamphlets at different places on
campus, such as the Tate Center,
Ramsey Center and buses.
These jfamphlets will map the
location of the boxes and explain
how they are used.
“It’s more an issue of educa
tion than anything else,” Tullar
said.
Azih also said that, if elected,
he will seek to host a radio show
that will serve as a forum for stu
dents to call in and discuss prob
lems at the University and solu
tions to those problems.
The forums will be called
“Grumble With George,” mod
eled after the “Fireside Chats”
made popular by former U.S.
President Franklin Roosevelt.
Regarding diversity, Azih and
Tullar said they will focus on
why minority students choose
not to attend the University.
Tullar said he and Azih sup
port the initiatives started by
current SGA President Garrett
Gravesen and Vice President Chi
Chi Patrick.
“We want to continue
what Garrett and Chi Chi
started,” Tullar said. “We’ll help
propose ideas and we can
be a guiding hand for the
administration.”
They don’t just want to
encourage people to vote for
them, but to encourage SGA
involvement in general, Azih
said.
“We want increased student
participation in SGA and we
would like students to look at
the candidates that are running,
see the ones they identify with
the most and vote for them,”
Azih said.
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