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WEDNESDAY
February 14, 2001
Vol. 108, No. 104 | Athens, Georgia
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► Dixon Greenwood, a
vice presidential candi
date running with Chuck
Richardson, gives his
answer to the question:
“If you could make one
concrete thing happen
on campus, what would
it be?” The candidates
debated the issues
Tuesday night.
STEPHEN JONES I The Red * Blaci
SGA VP candidates
face off in debate
By DENA LEVITZ
(Uevitz@randb.com
SGA DEBATES
Warrant issued for
lineman Haynes
By SAMIRA JAFARI
sjafari@randb.com
From keeping OASIS open longer to creating
scholarships for minority students, the eight vice
presidential candidates in this year’s Student
Government Association elections made a wide range
of promises at Tuesday night’s debate.
“We’re not much different as far as the ideas we’re
proposing,” said candidate Dixon Greenwood to
start off the debate. “But it’s not really about the
issues — it’s about whether or not you can get them
done.”
The theme of “getting things done” continued
throughout the debate as candidates responded to
questions delivered by moderator SGA President
Garrett Gravesen.
“Nobody has any idea what goes on within SGA,”
said Aaron Tullah, amending a statement he made
earlier that SGA has not accomplished anything this
/ year.
“We’re not going to promise anything we can’t
deliver,” he said. “George (Azih) and I are regular
guys so we bring an outsider’s view to SGA, which is
something that’s been missing.”
Citing her and running mate Haylee Vance’s “con
crete platform,” vice presidential candidate Allie
Smith said an SGA newsletter will increase student
voice.
“We have methods by which we can gauge student
input,” she said in her introduction to the small but
vocal crowd. “Chi Chi (Patrick) and Garrett this year
increased awareness of SGA. Now that we have stu
dents’ attention, we have to start dialogue.”
To vice presidential candidate Susan Maples, this
means working on safety, noting that Athens “feels
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“(Running mate Richard Butler and I) are proud
to be the originators of the North Deck plan,” she
said, referring to the pair’s plans to allow all students
with UGACards to park in the North Campus Parking
Deck for free on weeknights.
In outlining their platforms, candidates touched
on other campus issues like diversity, relationships
with administrators and SGA reform.
“Even though our platform is simple, these things
can be done,” said candidate Lisa Timmons. “We are
not concerned with winning and we don’t take our
selves too seriously.”
Candidate Trapper Key said he and running mate
Lhoris Wilson’s platform is their strength.
“Our weakness is whether we can get the students
to back us,” he said, “and we’re not completely in
control of that.”
An interactive Web site for students to voice their
concerns was candidate Taylor Hunt’s continual
focus in the debate.
Using online capabilities will also enable students
to be aware of all campus events, not just SGA-spon-
sored ones, candidate Daniel Carnegie said.
An arrest warrant for Georgia fullback Verron
Haynes, issued by a Magistrate Court judge Monday,
will charge the junior from Bronx, N.Y., for pushing
and stalking the alleged mother of his child.
The victim, a University stu
dent, told University police
Sunday night that at 2:30 a.m. she
allowed Haynes into her Family
Housing apartment to talk.
The discussion became heat
ed and Haynes allegedly pushed
the woman and threw her cell
phone at a wall.
Haynes left the woman’s resi
dence after she threatened to call
the police, according to a police
report. The victim said Haynes
called her eight times from the
parking lot outside her apartment building.
She told police she left her home — believing
Haynes was no longer in the parking lot — to visit
friends at the Marriott Courtyard hotel on Finley
Street.
Haynes allegedly followed the woman to the
hotel and attempted to force his way into the room
the woman and her friends were occupying.
The woman called 911, and Haynes was escorted
out of the building by security guards. Athens-
Clarke County police were called to investigate the
incident at the hotel.
Haynes had not been arrested by the Clarke
County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday, Clarke
County jail officers said. In addition to simple bat
tery and stalking, Haynes also will be charged with
family violence and criminal damage.
Haynes “is the father of (the woman’s child),”
according to the report.
Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton said
the Football Department had not been notified of
the incident until Tuesday afternoon.
“I think the only thing we could say at this point
is that (football head coach Mark Richt) is going to
talk to the player this evening,” Felton said
Tuesday. “Richt will get a copy of the police report,
collect the facts for himself and then make deci
sions on what appropriate actions to take from the
football team’s stand point.”
Felton said the three arrests of football
players this semester — running back Jasper
Sanks (who was later exonerated), defensive
back Terreal Bierria and defensive lineman
Charles Grant — are disappointing and an
important issue for the Athletic Department to
address.
“We have had several arrests in short period of
time, but look back on a three- or four-year period,
and the numbers and time ratio aren’t nearly as
concentrated,” he said. “I’m sure, while there is
some degree of coincidence involved, anytime you
have a player arrested — one, two, three — it is an
area of concern.”
Felton said Richt couldn’t comment on the inci
dent Tuesday due to attending staff meetings for
the upcoming football spring training.
“He is concerned about (Haynes’ case) and will
address this particular case appropriately,” Felton said.
Haynes couldn’t be reached for comment.
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► Robb
Dryden
gets a
rebound
during last
week’s
loss to the
Florida
Gators.
Dryden
and the
Bulldogs
take on
Vanderbilt
tonight at
Stegeman
Coliseum.
KENDRA WAYCUILIS | Thi Rid * Buci
Bulldogs need win over Vandv tonight
By JOSH KATZOWITZ
jkatzowit@randb.com
With five games remaining in the regular season,
Georgia will step into Stegeman Coliseum today at 7:30
p.m. against Vanderbilt in desperate need of a victory.
Win, and the Bulldogs’ hopes for an NCAA tourna
ment bid brighten just a little bit more.
Win, and the Bulldogs end their four-game confer
ence losing streak.
Win, and many of the ills the team has suffered lately
— including injuries, sickness and a few demoralizing
losses — will quickly fade away.
“I think we’re fine,” said Georgia coach Jim Harrick,
whose Bulldogs (13-11, 6-5 SEC) beat the Commodores
(15-8,4-6) 82-73 on Jan. 24. “I’ve been through this hun
dreds of times. It’s nothing a win wouldn’t cure.”
Said DA. Layne, Georgia’s leading scorer at 16.5
points a game: “We need to come out and take it one
game at a time. It starts with Vanderbilt. If we get a win
and then have a break (the Bulldogs don’t play again
until next Wednesday), that’s great for our confidence.
If we get a loss and then don’t play for a while, it’ll real-
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ly hurt us as a team. It’s a must-win situation for us, and
that’s the attitude we’ll bring to the court.”
The same will be true for a Vanderbilt team that’s in
a similar funk.
After starting their SEC schedule 3-2 — including a
63-61 win at Florida — the Commodores have dropped
four of their last five conference games and are coming
off a 70-65 loss to South Carolina at home.
But that’s not even the worst news for Vandy, which
dropped into last place in the SEC East after its loss to
the Gamecocks. Instead, the biggest reason the
Commodores season is running ashore is the bad back
of center Greg LaPointe.
LaPointe, who leads the team with 11.8 points a
game and who dropped 22 on the Bulldogs in Nashville,
didn’t play against South Carolina because he’s still
experiencing pain from back surgery he underwent this
summer to repair two bulging discs.
“I really didn’t think it would get to this point,”
Vandy coach Kevin Stallings said. “This was my worst
fear, of course. We don’t know what his status is for our
next game. As has been well-documented, we suffer
when he doesn’t play because of his experience and the
fact that he gives us a big, strong body inside.”
Robb Dryden, however, said if LaPointe — who didn’t
practice Monday and is questionable for tonight —
doesn’t play, it won’t be a huge gain for the Bulldogs.
“I wouldn’t say it’s that big a loss for them,” Dryden
said. “What are they going to have, (Matt) Fretfe in
there without them?”
Indeed, Freije, a freshman forward who averages 10.8
points and 4.5 rebounds per contest, is a force inside for
the Commodores.
But the experience of a senior like LaPointe isn’t
going to replace a freshman who’s making just his sixth
SEC road trip.
“That Freije is playing real good, but anytime you
miss one of your players, it hurts you,” Harrick said.
Wilson, Key have ‘key to change at the University’
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in
an eight-part series of features pro
filing the candidates for Student
Government Association president
and vice-president. Elections will
be held Peb. 21-22.
By LACEY WHITE
lwhite@randb.com
For the past two years, friends
of Lhoris (pronounced Lor-ece)
Wilson and Trapper Key have told
the duo they were ideal candidates
for Student Government
Association office — friendly, out
going and hard-working.
A year later, the two have taken
their friends’ advice and say they
are committed to finding the key
to change at the University.
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
► Tund6 Ezekiel, Daniel Carnegie —
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Wilson and Key, candidates for
SGA president and vice president,
credit the current administration
with influencing them to run.
“Watching Chi Chi (Patrick) and
Garrett (Gravesen) was really
inspiring,” said Wilson, a junior
from Panama. “They proved you
can make a difference.”
And making a difference is
something Wilson and Key said
they too hope to do.
While Wilson and Key’s platform
includes working on parking, foot
ball tickets, campus safety and
extending OASIS’s drop-add
hours, they said that if elected, the
student body — through a ques
tionnaire — will determine the pri
mary area the two will channel
their energies toward.
Wilson and Key, advocates for
extending the size of the proposed
South Campus Parking Deck, also
want to limit to one the number of
sets of football tickets a single stu
dent may get.
Under the current system, one
student is allowed to pick up two
sets of tickets, provided they have
a second ID.
“It’ll be a hassle, but a lot more
students will get tickets,” said
Wilson, referring to the roughly
3,000 freshmen that didn’t get tick
ets last fall.
Other issues to which Wilson
and Key said they would pay par
ticular attention include diversity
and campus safety.
Even though only 6 percent of
the University’s student body pop
ulation is black, Wilson doesn’t see
diversity as a major problem.
“I’m Hispanic, and I don’t see a
problem with minority numbers on
campus,” Wilson said. “But there
does need to be more interaction
between students.”
To improve safety, Wilson and
Key believe additional lights and
call boxes should be installed on
North Campus. Increased police
presence on the outskirts of cam
pus near Broad Street also is
something the two would like to
see by the end of their term.
Although neither Wilson nor
Key has prior SGA experience,
they say that shouldn’t determine
the election.
“People assume responsibility in
lesser forms,” said Key. “I think I
can do it.”
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