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WEDNESDAY
December 5, 2001
Vol. 109, No. 74 | Athens, Georgia
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Honor Code: A rather serious matter
By LEAH NEWMAN
lnewman@randb.com
aid JASON ALEXANDER
For The Red & Black
When students apply to the
University, they must be mindful
of the pledge they sign.
“I will be academically honest
in all of my academic work and
will not tolerate academic dishon
esty of others,” the pledge states.
For violating this simple
phrase found on their applica
tions, students can be failed, sus
pended or even expelled.
The student Honor Code is
printed on the admissions appli
cation, and all students must sign
it before their applications are
processed. Students later found
in violation of University policies
can face serious consequences.
“Every student has the respon
sibility to read and comply with
the Honor Code,” said Deborah
Bell, who handles academic hon
esty and educational affairs in the
Office of the Vice President for
Instruction.
The current University Honor
Code was enacted in March 1999,
replacing one that was decades
old. The new code added harsher
punishments for those found
guilty.
The current Honor Code was
written based on a Student
Government Association resolu
tion in the summer of 1998. It was
met with only a handful of
dissenters.
Today, the University defines
academic honesty as “performing
all academic work without plagia
rism, cheating, lying, tampering,
stealing, receiving unauthorized
or illegitimate assistance from any
other person, or using any source
of information that is not com
mon knowledge.”
► See HONOR, Page 7
THE ADMISSIONS DEBATE
Will new
policy hurt
diversity?
LEAH GIVENS | The Red a Black
▲ Kelley Jensen, left, pauses before the Family and Consumer Sciences Building Tuesday night to pass the Olympic flame to fellow
Atlanta resident Doug Pikis. The torch relay began in the true Classic City — Athens, Greece.
NEWS ANAIYSIS
By ROSANNE ACKERMAN
rackerman@randb.com
The University needs to prove its commit
ment to diversity and follow through with it,
said R. Baxter Miller, director of the
Institute for African American studies and a
professor of English.
“I think what we’re doing is very dubious
from the academic
perspective,” Miller said
of the University’s new
admissions policies. “But
we need to look at
exactly what this aca
demic perspective is.”
The University is
admitting the freshman
fall 2002 class solely on
academic achievement,
without regard to race,
gender, socioeconomic
status, legacy or geography, University
President Michael Adams said in a Nov. 29
statement.
In the new admissions formula, students’
standardized test scores will be weighted
heavier — one-third of their overall score.
High school grade point average will count
for two-thirds of the total, Adams said.
But using standardized test scores to pre
dict future success at the University is still
debatable.
“For some universities, grades count a lot
more, and for some, SAT scores count more,”
said Jeremy Kilpatrick, previous chair of the
SAT committee and University Regents pro
fessor of mathematics education. “I was sur
prised to hear that the SAT weighed one-
third (of the admissions formula).”
u
“We need to show (minorities) that
we are personally interested in them
and that we want them. ”
R. BAXTER MILLER
Director of the Institute for African American Studies
ADAMS
Rock rolls into Athens with Olympic torch
By CHASE THOMAS
cthomas@randb.com
Athens residents had a unique
chance Tuesday to view the most
cherished Olympic symbol, and
they got to rock as well.
It was just after 6 p.m. when
Peter Andressin carried the torch
down Thomas St. to the Classic
Center, but the festivities had
started much earlier.
Two bands hit the stage to
prepare the crowd for the night’s
main attraction.
Local band Flat, Broke, and
Busted started things off.
“They were really cool and got
things fired up,” said Roy Kite, a
junior from New Orleans.
Flat, Broke, and Busted’s lead
singer, Conner Rand, felt honored
to play this festival.
“It’s fun to come out on a pret
ty day and play music,” Rand
said.
Drummer Adam Blatt said the
concert gave his band great expo
sure.
“It’s always nice to have the
support of the Athens communi
ty,” he said.
Flat, Broke, and Busted were
followed by the duo, Millei; which
consists of Jess Brown, a junior
from Atlanta and Allen Huggins,
a senior from Nashville, Tenn.
Miller, regulars at the Birddog
Tavern, pleased fans with a set of
acoustic covers that included
tunes as disparate as Men At
Work’s “Land Down Under,” and
Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get
It On.”
“They really set the mood for
the evening,” Kite said.
As the torch made its way to
an impromptu platform in front
of the Classic Center, the Coile
Middle School Band shifted
musical gears with a melange of
Christmas songs and patriotic
hymns.
Finishing off the night’s enter
tainment was Stewart Winfield, a
roots rock band originally out of
Savannah.
Like all the evening’s bands,
Stewart Winfield’s involvement
was due in large part to the
event’s organizer, Summer
Williams.
“Everybody's been great,”
Williams said. “No one got paid
for any of this. All the bands vol
unteered.”
Stewart Marshall, vocalist for
Stewart Winfield, expressed a
sentiment shared by all the
bands.
“We just hope that everybody
had a good time,” Marshall said.
Aside from a blind admissions process in
which race is not taken into account, the
University is looking to build a diverse
student body.
These strategies are multi-faceted and
aimed at minority applicants.
Among these ideas, the Office of
Undergraduate Admissions wants to
increase personal contact with minority
students.
Another strategy is training minority stu
dents currently enrolled at the University for
the “Back to High School” program, in which
they return to their high schools to encour
age other top students to attend the
University.
Miller said although he thinks these are
effective strategies, they are less effective
than targeting minorities for scholarships to
the University.
“We need to show them that we are per
sonally interested in them and that we want
them,” he said.
Greene named SEC freshman of the year
Three other Dogs make Associated Press’s All-SEC first team
By GRAHAM GARRISON
ggarrison@randb.com
Georgia redshirt freshman quarter
back David Greene has been named
Southeastern Conference Freshman of
the Year by the Associated Press.
Greene set a school record by pass
ing for 2,789 yards as a freshman, with
17 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
He surpassed former Bulldog quar
terback Quincy Carter’s freshman
mark of 2,484 passing yards in 1998,
and he’s second behind Kentucky
quarterback Jared Lorenzen’s all-time
freshman record in the SEC.
Greene went 8-3 as Georgia’s
starter, including a 26-24 come-from-
behind win at Tennessee and a 31-17
victory over Georgia Tech.
“Each week I’m trying to get better
and better and cut down on my
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“I’ve got a long way to go to
where I want to be. The thing
is, I’ve just got to stay patient
and just keep playing hard. ”
DAVID GREENE
Redshirt Freshman Quarterback
OTHER AWARDS
First team: Tim Wansley, Jon Stinchcomb
and Randy McMichael
Second team: Curt McGill and Charles
Grant
Honorable Mention: Fred Gibson, Tony
Gilbert, Jonathan Kilgo and Jermaine
Phillips
mistakes,” Greene said after the
Houston game.
“I’ve got a long way to go to where I
want to be,” he said. “The thing is, I’ve
just got to stay patient and just keep
playing hard.”
Three Bulldogs made the AP’s All-
SEC first team.
Senior comerback Tim Wansley
earned his second first team SEC
honors, while junior offensive linemen
Jon Stinchcomb and Randy McMichael
also made the list.
Georgia senior center Curt McGill
and junior defensive end Charles Grant
made the second team.
True freshman wide receiver Fred
Gibson, junior linebacker Tony Gilbert,
junior punter Jonathan Kilgo and senior
safety Jermaine Phillips won honorable
mentions.
MEGAN LOVETT The Red a Black
A David Greene’s record-setting season impressed
fans and the selection committee alike.
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