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WEDNESDAY
October 24, 2001
Vol. 109, No. 49 | Athens, Georgia
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ONE HECK OF A
ROAD TRIP
>- Find out who’s crazy
enough to bike down to
Jacksonville... every year!
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BROOKE MORRIS | The Red . Black
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The Landing
FILE | The Red a Black
Fbotball fans
flock to Florida
By RUSSELL McLENDON
rmclendon@randb.coni
As the Bulldogs head to Jacksonville this weekend to
settle one of the country’s most notorious college foot
ball rivalries, much of the focus will be on the game itself.
After all, this is an important game, and not only in
terms of bragging rights. The winner will have an inside
track to the SEC East title, especially if Tennessee beats
South Carolina in Knoxville.
But there is another aspect of this weekend, some
thing beyond football, that brings thousands to
Jacksonville year after year. It is a phenomenon often
taken for granted, but it’s an integral part of the rivalry
tradition.
As many University students make the long journey
to Jacksonville, what awaits them is like nothing they’ve
seen while tailgating for home games.
This phenomenon is the “world’s largest outdoor
cocktail party.”
It all takes place at the Jacksonville Landing, a down
town cluster of bars, restaurants and specialty stores
alongside the St. John’s River.
“It’s one of the most chaotic places I’ve ever been,”
said Chris Mays, a junior from Vidalia. “You honestly
can’t get from one side to the other in 15 minutes. But
it’s definitely entertaining.”
The T ending is infamous for the mass of people that
accumulates there for this weekend every year.
There is a stage near the middle of the area where
bands perform, and everything else surrounds it in a
horseshoe shape.
“It gets more and more crowded every year,” said Tom
Kessler, a senior from Marietta. “It’s like a sea of red and
orange where you can barely move.”
Kessler, who celebrated his 21st birthday at a past
Georgia-Florida game, added that while the crowd size
makes mobility a problem, the event is still a worthwhile
venture.
“The atmosphere is great right by the river,” he said.
“You’ll see things there you’ve never seen before.”
People say getting there is half the fun, and the trip to
Jacksonville is no exception. It has become a traditional
road trip for Georgia students.
The Landing is no place for the faint of heart,
however.
Tempers tend to flare any time fans of opposing col
lege football teams are crammed together in a confined
area. When the two teams are Georgia and Florida, one
can only expect the unexpected.
But while the event is no stranger to occasional vio
lence, Mays added that considering the circumstances,
the whole weekend is relatively civiL
“Everyone’s just down there to get drunk and have a
good time,” he said.
MORE INSIDE
>• An in-depth look at the Georgia-Florida game this weekend
in Jacksonville. 6 & 7
Six-week mark sees more blows to Taliban
U.S. military forces in Afghanistan
marked the six-week period since the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by deliver
ing more blows to the Taliban
frontline.
Tuesday, U.S. forces continued to
target Taliban forces 25 miles north of
Kabul. There the Taliban soldiers are
entrenched less than half a mile from
their opposition, the Northern
Alliance.
Tuesday also marked the third con
secutive day the Taliban frontline was
bombarded. Reports from the nearby
Bagram air base said mortar fire,
artillery and gunfire constantly could
be heard from along the front. Several
Taliban fuel depots were destroyed by
U.S. airstrikes.
Late Monday, Taliban’s ambas
sador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul
Salam Zaeef, claimed more than 1,000
Afghans have been killed since the
American-led attacks began.
“It is now clear that America plans
on intentionally targeting the Afghan
people,” Zaeef said.
He also said the strikes hit a hospi
tal in Herat and more than 100 people
died in the bombing.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfield said the Pentagon would
investigate this report.
Rumsfield also said the United
States was sensitive to concerns of
Muslim countries, but he was unsure
whether the United States would halt
its airstrikes for the holy month of
Ramadan.
Military history is “replete,”
Rumsfield said, with times when
Muslims have not stopped their cam
paigns to honor their own holy days.
On the homefront, thousands of
people in the Washington area are
being treated with antibiotics
because of the possibility they were
exposed to anthrax.
All Postal Service employees in
Washington have been placed on
antibiotics, said Dr. Ivan Walk,
Washington’s chief health officer.
That announcement came
Tuesday, one day after two postal
workers died of suspicious symptoms.
Homeland Security Director Tom
Ridge said the deaths were “likely due
to anthrax.”
Joseph Curseen Jr., 47, of Clinton,
Maryland died early Monday in a
Washington hospital. Another man
who worked at the same Brentwood
facility died later Monday. His name
has not yet been released.
Two other Brentwood employees
currently are in Washington-area hos
pitals and are being treated for possi
bly inhaling anthrax.
— Compiled by Leah Newman
Contributing: Associated Press,
CNN and Reuters reports
'Open Mic’
puts Mike
on the spot
By AMBER BILLINGS
abillings@randb.coin
University President
Michael Adams said although
progress has been made to
diversify the University popu
lation, there are still more
steps to be taken to increase
cultural awareness among
students.
“We’re all better off when
we understand each other
better;” Adams said to more
than 80 University students,
faculty and staff Tuesday at
the African-American
Cultural Center in Memorial
Hall during “Open Mic with
Mike.”
Some minority students in
attendance said they were
unhappy with the student
population’s lack of participa
tion in multi-cultural
activities.
In response, Adams told
them interest probably would
be sparked if the University
could increase the number of
minority students on campus.
He also asked them to go
back to their communities
and promote the University to
attract more minority
students.
“People (in the past) have
maintained their own culture,
but they go out there in the
world. That’s a mark of educa
tion,” Adams said. “Even if
you don’t agree with some
one’s background, you have
to rise above your own biases
and get along with others.”
Adams also addressed the
lack of on-campus student
housing.
He said his administration
hasn’t decided whether stu
dents living in Myers Hall will
have to move out due to reno
vation next semester; which
would cause more students to
be turned away from housing
contracts.
“It’s going to get worse
before it gets better,”
Adams said.
Another issue raised was
on-campus parking, and that
some University seniors are
obtaining parking passes for
graduate student lots.
Adams said he had not
been aware of the situation.
“I’ll check into that,” he
said. “I’ve never heard of that
until now. If it’s true, I want
(the Office of Student Life) to
look at it.”
Students also were con
cerned about the price of
parking and the inconve
niences caused by tailgaters.
One student said he was
frustrated with tailgaters set
ting up camp next to his dorm
and sometimes entering resi
dence halls.
Adams said all students
should take precautions dur
ing game weekends, such as
not allowing strangers into
the dorms.
“Ninety-eight percent of
people who come here com
port themselves very well,” he
said. “(But) a few students
and alumni think this is an
‘anything goes’ atmosphere.
“I’ve been to all the away
and home games this year.
The issue is everywhere.”
Jillian Williams, a sopho
more from Las Vegas, said she
was dissatisfied with the
results of “Open Mic with
Mike.”
“I was very disappointed
with his response and opin
ions concerning minority
issues,” she said. “He said he
is not biased, but I felt that he
is.”
Another student said he
was impressed with Adams’
professionalism during the
forum.
“I think Dr. Adams pre
sented himself in a personal
manner today,” said Sean
Muserallo, a senior from
Thomasville. “He’s started a
lot of good stuff. I hope he
keeps it going.”
MEGAN LOVETT | The Red a Black
▲ University President Michael Adams’ ‘Open Mic
with Mike’ won the usual mixed reactions Tuesday.
Dogs work on better
relations with Tigers
By GREG BLUESTEIN
gbluestei@randb.com
The University threw a
bone to some of its fiercest
rivals Tuesday.
Better Relations Day, which
started more than 15 years
ago, hosted top students and
administrators from Auburn
University as a goodwill mis
sion between the University
and Auburn.
“It’s a chance to enhance
relations (with other universi
ties),” said Pat Daugherty,
director of Student Affairs. “It
is important for students to
meet other students; adminis
trators to meet their counter
parts.”
More than 30 administra
tors, Student Government
Association members, Greek
system representatives, drum
majors, cheerleaders, Arch
Society members and mem
bers of the media — represent
ing both institutions — min
gled as they discussed issues
like public safety and good
sportsmanship.
University Police Chief
Chuck Horton advised fans —
Bulldogs and Tigers alike — to
be careful during the game
and to pass his advice back to
fans in Auburn.
“Security will be tough,”
Horton said. “We usually throw
out between three and four
hundred people during these
games.”
► See RELATIONS. Page 3
MIKE TAK | Tie Red * Buck
▲ Paula Acree, left, a member of the
Arch Society, and Lauren Bricken
(Miss Auburn) admire a display at the
Sports Museum in the Butts-Mehre
Building during Better Relations Day.
Abduction, rape reported
By MELANIE HORTON
mhorton@randb.com
A woman reported to Athens-
Clarke County police she was abduct
ed and raped while downtown early
Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old woman told police
a man approached her and grabbed
her by the arm some time before
2:40 a.m.
According to police reports, the
woman said she had been drinking all
day Sunday.
The woman said her alleged
attacker led her down the street to a
car where another man was waiting
in the driver’s seat, according to
police reports. Shen told police she
didn’t know her attacker or his
accomplice.
The woman told police the man
pushed her into the backseat of the
car and took her to a trailer home in
an unknown location, where she
was raped.
She told police she called 911 three
times while in the home and hung up
each time in hopes police would
respond. Records from the A-C 911
Communication Center did not show
any calls made from the same location
three times, police reports stated.
The woman said after she was sex
ually assaulted the men took her back
downtown and dropped her off at an
unknown location.
The woman described her alleged
attacker as a 20- to 30-year-old black
male about 6-feet tall and weighing
more than 200 pounds. She told police
the man was bald, wearing glasses
and was wearing a dark T-shirt and
blue jeans.
Hilda Sorrow, the A-C spokeswom
an, said the case is under investiga
tion and that the department had no
information to release.
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