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TUESDAY
January 8, 2002
Vol. 109, No. 79 | Athens, Georgia
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PUMPING UP
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trainers help students
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Diving in
► Freshman
Todd Avery
took home a
second-place
finish at the
Swim Dogs’
2002
Georgia
Diving
Invitational
this weekend
at the
Ramsey
Center’s
Gabrielsen
Natatorium.
Avery, an
Athens
native, post
ed a final
score of
464.40,
more than
80 points
behind
Auburn’s
Matt Bricker,
who cap
tured first-
place hon
ors. Story,
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ALLEN SULLIVAN | The Red a Buck
Strikes may prevent border crossing
Bombs fall over suspected
Afghan training camp
U.S. warplanes continued airstrikes
near the Afghanistan-PaMstan border
Monday in an attempt to stop al-Qaeda
and Taliban members from crossing.
Planes dropped guided weapons near
what was suspected to be a terrorist
training camp. Marines found tanks
and armored vehicles in area caves.
The military presence in Afghanistan
became more apparent as hundreds of
military personnel arrived in Jalalabad.
CNN sources said U.S. vehicles and
helicopters were seen traveling into the
Tora Bora region. Villagers in Jalalabad
said areas in Tora Bora and the White
Mountains were bombed during
the weekend.
Afghan tribal leaders said the death
of Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class
Nathan Ross Chapman, the first U.S.
serviceman killed by hostile fire, may
have been the work of a 14-year-old
boy.
The suspected killer fled custody
today near the Afghanistan-Pakistan
border. Tribal leaders convened Monday
to determine whether they should hand
the boy over to U.S. forces.
Chapman’s remains will arrive in the
United States for burial.
A U.S. Senate delegation met with
Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai
Monday in Afghanistan. Following the
arrival of the nine-member panel,
British Prime Minister Tony Blair trav
eled to the country to discuss rebuilding
of Afghanistan. Blair said the interna
tional community has a long-term com
mitment to helping the area.
In the United States, Pentagon offi
cials remained silent on the number of
Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners current
ly in custody.
Officials also said they would stop
speculating where suspected terrorist
Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar may be.
Also on Monday, Singapore govern
ment officials said it has found and bro
ken up a group of militants after 15 sus
pected al-Qaeda officials were arrested.
The terrorists planned to target the U.S.
Embassy and American businesses.
— Compiled by Lena Panter
Contributing CNN and Reuters reports
UGA VS. GEORGIA UNIVERSITIES
State schools
attract more
minorities
By ROSANNE ACKERMAN
rackerman@randb.com
The University’s black
student enrollment is just
less than 6 percent; however,
at least two other Georgia
universities report signifi
cantly higher percentages.
The University has said
that it remains optimistic in
raising the ratio of
minority students on
campus.
Satellite admissions
offices have been set up
around the state by the
University, and an emphasis
has been placed on strate
gies to provide admissions
information to minorities
through middle-school 4-H
programs or pre-college
programs.
According to the Georgia
Southern University enroll
ment statistics, black stu
dents comprised 25 percent
of the school’s 14,371 under
graduate and graduate stu
dents for fall 2001 — almost
five times what the
University enrolled the same
semester.
“I think, generally, many
African-American students
in Georgia are first genera
tion students who want to
go to a school with personal
attention,” said Susan
Braxton, assistant director
of Georgia Southern’s
admissions office.
She also said Georgia
Southern visits almost all
high schools in Georgia.
Georgia Southern has a
minority advisement pro
gram (MAP) that pairs new
minority students with
minority upperclassmen,
she said.
“The mentor answers any
questions and plans
activities for (the
underclassmen),” Braxton
said.
Georgia State, with
25,745 undergraduate and
graduate students, reported
black students made up
approximately 27 percent of
its fall 2001 enrollment.
“I think something in
Georgia State’s favor is that
it is located in downtown
Atlanta and has a natural
draw for African-American
students,” said Diane Weber,
director of undergraduate
admissions at Georgia
State.
Approximately 8 percent
of the Georgia Institute of
Technology’s 14,804 gradu
ate and undergraduate stu
dents enrolled in fall 2000
were black students, accord
ing to Georgia Tech’s enroll
ment statistics.
“We would like to see that
number increase, said
Ingrid Hayes, assistant
director of Georgia Tech
admissions. “We primarily
concentrate our efforts on
recruitment since we can’t
make the distinction in the
admissions process.”
Hayes also said Georgia
Tech has awarded the high
est number of engineering
degrees of any school this
year to black students at the
undergraduate, masters and
doctorate level.
Search under way for
associate dean of students
By ERIN SELLERS //
esellers@randb.com * ®
Retailers against additional bars
Clayton Street
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MEGAN LOVETT | The Red a Black
▲ A sign in the window of Heery’s reflects the owner’s protest
against a new bar appearing on Clayton Street.
The office of Student Affairs is
conducting a national search to
hire an associate dean of stu
dents to work with Minority
Services and Programs.
Joseph Jones, Sr., who former
ly held the position, resigned last
week to pursue other career
options.
Jones announced his resigna
tion last month after working at
the University for one year, said
Rodney Bennett, dean of
students.
“People find other opportuni
ties,” Bennett said.
Attempts by The Red & Black
to reach Jones were unsuccessful.
Bennett said many employees
at other universities try to
find jobs near the end of a
semester.
The position will be advertised
nationally and the process will be
lengthy, Bennett said.
It could take months because
the hiring process requires
reviewing applications, interview
ing the applicants and students
meeting the potential candi
dates, he said.
“I hope there are many appli
cants,” Bennett said. “The
University of Georgia is a won
derful place to work.”
Jones worked with the
African-American Cultural
Center and Minority Services.
Bennett said he and Associate
Dean of Minority Services
Vanessa Smith will make sure
quality programs don’t suffer
during the search.
“The African-American
Cultural Center and Minority
Services are a vital part to the
University,” Bennett said.
“Jones was able to accomplish
“I hope there are many
applicants. The
University of Georgia is a
wonderful place to work. ”
RODNEY BENNETT
Dean of Students
his goals and the University and
students have learned from him,”
he said.
Smith said in the future,
“there will still be evidence of his
work on campus.”
Jones continued to work with
African-American Cultural
Center and Minority Services
even after announcing his resig
nation, she said.
While the vacancy will affect
Minority Services and cultural
programs, Smith said she has
hired new staff members.
“I am just going to have to
pick up the responsibility,” she
said. “Students do a lot of the
work anyway.”
Some students involved in
Minority Services and Programs
and the African-American
Cultural Center are concerned
about the amount of time it will
take to find a replacement.
“I think it’s unfortunate and
unfair because Vanessa Smith
will be the only person to cover
Minority Services and that’s a
lot,” said Jamelia Outlaw, a junior
from Decatur. “There is only so
much one person can do.”
However long the application
process takes, Bennett said the
position will be filled by the
beginning of the summer
semester.
“We need luck on our side and
a special person,” he said.
Moratorium on liquor
licenses not reached
county commission
By JEREMY CRAIG
jcraig@randb.com
A proposed moratorium on issu
ing liquor licenses to new bars in
Athens has been discussed since
November, but still has not reached
the tables of the Athens-Clarke
County Commission.
“It’s been brought up in conver
sation but we haven’t discussed it
collectively,” “ said County
Commissioner States McCarter
(Dist. 8).
“Historically, the commission has
not been in favor of moratoria,” he
said.
The proposal originated after the
leasing of the former GAP location
on Clayton Street to the Gardner
family who owns Toppers and
Insomnia.
The Gardners plan to convert it
to a new frozen drink bar named
Bourbon Street, according to
November staff reports.
The family wasn’t available for
comment Monday.
Ann Shepherd, owner of Chick
Piano on Clayton Street and presi
dent of the Downtown Council,
which represents many retailers in
the downtown area, said she
thinks retail businesses are dimin
ishing in downtown and that adding
another bar would upset a balance
between daytime and nighttime
businesses.
“I feel like we’re going to have to
do something about it,” Shepherd
said.
“The commissioners raised the
alcohol tax, which many people
thought was supposed to help the
problem, but that hasn’t happened,”
she said.
The odor from garbage that bars
generate also detracts from the
area’s attractiveness, Shepherd
said.
“It’s very disturbing for a retailer
to walk up to their store and have to
clutch and hold their nose,” she
said.
Jay Baumgartner, owner of Mean
Mike’s, a bar on Clayton Street
across from the former Gap loca
tion, said he has tried to be respon
sible about one of the main causes
of the downtown stench — clogged
gutters.
“I spray out the gutters and do
what I can if they’re clogged up,” he
said.
Baumgartner said he doesn’t see
how another bar would be a prob
lem for the downtown area.
“What retail store can afford the
rent there?” he said. “This is free
enterprise. I think (the new bar) will
bring new business downtown and
not really hurt us.”
Art Jackson, director of the
Athens Downtown Development
Authority, said the proposed mora
torium was one alternative being
considered to resolve the
debate between bar owners and
retailers.
“We’ve also looked at zoning solu
tions,” he said. “I’m not sure what’s
going to happen.”
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