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TUESDAY
February 20, 2001
Vol. 108, No. 108 | Athens, Georgia
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ANTHONY EVANS:
Dispelling the stereotypes
By JOSH KATZOWITZ
jkatzowit@randb.com
Anthony Evans is a walking
paradox.
Quick, think of a few athletic
stereotypes. Evans, Georgia’s 6-
foot-7, 265-pound senior forward,
dispels them.
Dumb jock? Wrong, Evans
was president of the Academic
Society at Neosho County (Kan.)
Community College before com
ing to play basketball at Georgia.
Rebellious son? Wrong, Evans
is a self-described “mama’s boy,”
and his ultimate goal is “to try
and take care of my mom.”
Selfish? Wrong, Evans is
involved with a number of local
charities, and for Christmas, he
dressed up in a Santa Claus out
fit — during finals week, mind
you — for the students of R.T.
Edwards Learning Center.
Come up with some more
ways to pigeonhole him as an
athlete, and Evans likely will
walk over them with his gargan
tuan calf muscles.
“He’s been one of my favorite
people, not just basketball play
ers,” said Kentucky coach Tubby
Smith, who recruited Evans out
of high school when he was
Georgia’s coach. “He’ll be a suc
cess in whatever he decides to do
because he’s such a focused
young man. He’s got the good-
deed awards and the citizenship
awards. His basketball is a reflec
tion of that.”
But excuse Evans, who leads
. the Bulldogs into action
Wednesday against Tennessee, if
he’s not exactly a gentleman on
the court. After all, he’s one of
the smallest big men — yet
another of Evans’ squashed
paradoxes — in the league, and
the only way he can compete
with the Udonis Haslems, the
Greg LaPointes and the Erwin
Dudleys is if he uses his mass in
the most physical of ways.
“I might be the smallest (post
player), but I might be the
strongest and most physical,”
Evans said. “I’m good at using
my butt, like (Charles) Barkley.
He’s got a big butt, and you have
to use it to get into position. I
have to cover up for my height. I
have to keep them out of their
comfort zone. That’s basically
what I do.”
That’s not all he does, though.
“Even though Evans didn’t
score a lot of points in the first
game we played, he was pretty
dominant,” said Vanderbilt
coach Kevin Stallings, whose
Commodores held Evans to eight
points Jan. 24 in Nashville and
five points last Wednesday. “He
can step out and shoot a 15- or
17-foot jump shot. He’s got a
great body, and he knows how to
use it. I think he impacts the
game whether he’s scoring a lot
of points or not.”
It didn’t always used to be
that way for Evans. Cut from his
junior high school team in eighth
grade — he failed to run a mile in
the mandatory seven minutes —
he also sat out his freshman year
at Southwest DeKalb High
School because his mother,
Evelyn, who now lives in Stone
Mountain, wanted him to get his
grades up.
It wasn’t the last
time Evans couldn’t play basket
ball because of academics.
Although he said his overall
GPA In high school was
good, Evans needed to score
a 900 on the SAT to qualify for
► See EVANS, Page 7
► Senior
Anthony Evans
defies the
stereotypes.
The 6-foot-7,
265-pound
forward
dressed as
Santa Claus to
entertain chil
dren during
the Christmas
season.
Evans
“impacts the
game whether
he’s scoring a
lot of points
or not,” said
Vanderbilt
coach Kevin
Stallings.
Tomorrow
night, Evans
will be on the
court at
Tennessee.
DANIEL HENRY | The Red * Buck
Frankly Speaking
DANIEL HENRY | The Red * Buck
▲ Tom DeFrank, Washington bureau chief for the New
York Daily News, delivers the Mingledorff-Lorimer lecture
at the Chapel Monday afternoon. Story, Page 3
The ‘drive’ for blood
Coaches on hand;
goal is 500pints
By JOHNNY OXFORD
joxford@randb.com
The University is hosting the
“Big Drive” to address the con
stant need for blood donations.
Students for the American
Red Cross (SARC) are organiz
ing the campus-wide, two-day
drive. The drive is being held
today in the Memorial Hall
Ballroom, and again on
Wednesday in the Georgia Hall
at the Tate Center.
The goal of the Big Drive is to
obtain 500 pints of usable blood,
which can save the lives of up to
1,500 people, said Helen Wenner,
Red Cross recruitment represen
tative for the University.
The Red Cross is rebuilding
its supply of blood after low
donations in December, Wenner
said. She said there is a great
need for certain blood types.
“We can use all types of blood,
but types O and B are in critical
need,” she said.
Marc Sonenshine, SARC pres
ident, said he hopes this blood
drive will exceed the success of
one held in October.
“We got 350 pints of blood in
October, and we should hopeful
ly beat that amount (in the next
two days),” he said.
Wenner said blood from col
lege-aged students is important
because of its availability for
younger patients’ use.
“Most students test negative
to cytomegalovirus (CMV),” she
said. “Because most students
under 21 have been unexposed
to CMV, it makes their blood the
only blood available for young
THE BIG DRIVE
When & Where: today from noon to 6
p.m. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom and
Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. in the
Georgia Hall at the Tate Center
patients. It also helps prevent
problems with transfusions and
surgery.”
The University Greek System
is encouraging its members to
donate and volunteer. Tau
Epsilon Phi fraternity is sponsor
ing the snack stand, and Sigma
Pi fraternity members will volun
teer and donate.
Michael Chapman, philan
thropy chair of Sigma Pi, said
the fraternity is helping out to
benefit the community and the
Red Cross, especially with the
low blood donations from
November to February.
“We try to help out however
we can, especially during those
months,” he said.
Blood drive participants will
receive a coupon for a free Chick-
fil-A sandwich, and Papa John’s
will provide pizza for students
following their blood donations.
University coaches and Hairy
Dawg also will be on hand for
pictures and autographs.
Men’s basketball coach Jim
Harrick will be present today at
Memorial Hall from 1-2 p.m.
Hairy Dawg and head football
coach Mark Richt will be at
Georgia Hall on Wednesday.
Hairy Dawg will be available
from 4-5 p.m, and Richt will be
there from 5-6 p.m.
Students should get involved
because the life they save by
donating may be their own, said
Jonathan Duckett, a sophomore
from Conyers.
“You never know when you’ll
need (blood) personally,” he said.
Greek Park’s
impact on
environment
questioned
By DENA LEVITZ
dlevitz@randb.com
Approximately 20,000 people
would be affected if Oconee
Forest Park was chosen to host
a Greek housing complex,
according to Park Manager Dan
Williams.
The 16-acre section of the
park — which the University has
identified as one of four possible
locations for a Greek Park — is
home to the park’s only dog-
leash area, as well as half of
Oconee Forest’s bike trail,
Williams said.
If University officials choose
to build the Greek Park on the
site, these attractions “would
have to be removed or relocat
ed,” he said.
The Office of Recreational
Sports also maintains a ropes
challenge course within the pro
posed area, and a dendrology
course uses the land to study
native trees, Williams said. He
said both programs would need
to be uprooted.
He said the area University
officials are considering for the
Greek Park is the only non-
forested part of Oconee Forest
Park, a 60-acre park which the
University has owned for the
past 20 years.
The other possible sites being
considered for the housing vil
lage include areas next to the
Women’s Athletic Complex, at
the western end of Lake Herrick
and adjacent to Brumby and
Russell residence halls,
Associate Vice President for
Public Affairs Tom Jackson told
The Red & Black Wednesday.
But it’s too early to say which
site, if any, will be chosen,
Jackson said, noting that the
Greek Park isn’t definitely going
to happen.
“It’s a solution to safety and
structural concerns,” he said.
“But we are also looking at other
options.”
Student Affairs officials will
meet with Greek leaders and
anyone else who wants to voice
their opinions on the Greek
Park in April, Jackson said.
If the decision from the meet
ing is to build, Seth Wenger, a
conservation ecologist, said the
ideal place is any previously
developed area.
“Any new development has
the potential for environmental
impact,” he said, citing poor ero
sion as one side effect. “Any
addition of impervious surfaces,
which can be roads or sidewalks,
... can carry pollution.”
The Oconee Forest Park spot
involves converting green space
to developed land, Wenger said.
“The loss of that open area
would be a shame,” he said.
“There are few parks in Athens.”
Wenger said University offi
cials also need to take into
account the impact on the region
around the proposed area.
In the case of the park, “you
have to ask yourself whether
people would be as comfortable
coming there” if there was a
complex in the middle of the
land, he said.
Director of University
Housing Jim Day said Housing
officials weren’t involved yet
with the planning process, so he
declined to comment.
Heavy Weights
ALLEN SULLIVAN The Red * Buck
▲ Champion powerlifter Matt Goldin deadlifts 555 pounds
at the Ramsey Center while his brother Ryan, a national
bench press record holder, looks on. Story, Page 7
Carnegie aim to focus on Athens community
Editor’s Note: This is the conclu
sion of an eight-part series of fea
tures profiling the candidates for
Student Government Association
president and vice president.
Elections will be held Peb. 21-22.
By DENA LEVITZ
dlevitz@randb.com
They’re not going to promise to
alleviate parking problems or get
all students football tickets within
a year.
While Student Government
Association presidential and vice
presidential candidates Tunde
Ezekiel and Daniel Carnegie —
running with the Touchdown Party
— said they will work on these
issues if elected, their focus is on
community.
Ezekiel, a junior from
Philadelphia, Penn., said they plan
to unite the campus and improve
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
► Tundri Ezekiel, Daniel Carnegie —
Tuesday, Feb. 20
the University’s relationship with
the Athens community.
“There’s an unsaid resentment
for the most part from the people
of Athens toward students,” he
said. “We want to heal those
wounds. If we have a good relation
ship with the community, there’s
nothing we can’t do.”
The duo plans to start an SGA-
endorsed scholarship for a local
Athens resident. The money for
the scholarship will be raised by
setting up depositories around
campus in which students can
deposit spare change, said
Carnegie, a sophomore from
Douglasville.
They also will arrange for mem
bers of SGA to serve on the Athens
Junior Chamber of Commerce, “so
when decisions about Athens are
being made, we will have input,”
Ezekiel said.
Within SGA, a service and com
munity committee — which will
perform community service pro
jects in Athens — will be added.
“There’s an External Affairs
Committee in SGA, but no com
mittee which does volunteer work
for the community,” Ezekiel said.
“If SGA leads by example, stu
dents are going to feel more moti
vated to do the same.”
The addition is part of the pair’s
plans to restructure SGA, which
include having project-based
committees.
Carnegie said SGA’s main prob
lem is that students are either apa
thetic toward SGA or unaware of
what’s going on within what many
see as an exclusive organization.
“Right now, the ‘government’ in
Student Government Association
is in bold, but the ‘student’ part of
the word is what should really be
emphasized,” Carnegie said. “SGA
should be a student liaison for
everyone.”
Ezekiel said they plan to tackle
diversity by working to unite the
campus in addition to recruiting
minorities.
“UGA has a diverse student
ELECTION ACTIVITIES
What: 2001 Election Rally
When & Where: today from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at the Tate Center
What: SGA Debate
When & Where: tonight from 7-10 at
the Tate Center Theater
body in a sense,” Carnegie said.
“But there is no interaction among
different students.”
To increase interaction, they
said they plan to meet periodically
with the leaders of other organiza
tions to talk about campus issues.
There will also be a link added to
the University’s Web site with a cal
endar of all campus social events.
Another component of their
platform is honoring University
traditions.
For complete information on
their platform, go to (www.arch-
es.uga.edu/~teze).
I7TEETTHE
2001
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EZEKIEL
CARNEGIE
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