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WEDNESDAY
January 16, 2002
Vol. 109, No. 85 | Athens, Georgia
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Recruiting Them Early
^ Karol Travis, right, a junior
from Augusta, fields questions
from middle school students in the
during an admissions recruitment
visit Tuesday afternoon at
Memorial Hall. Travis answered
students’ questions concerning
everything from academics to
dorm life. Lakalsh Scott, below, a
sixth grader from Taliaferro
County Middle School, peeks into
the basketball court at the
Ramsey Center during Tuesday’s
visit. Story, Page 3
MEGAN LOVETT | The Rid . Buck
UGA athletes
involved in
reported rape
By RACHEL VOTTA
rvotta@randb.com
The involvement of
University student-athletes
in a reported rape and
attempted rape of a woman
at a residence hall was con
firmed by an Athletics
Association official Tuesday. •
“There was an incident at
McWhorter Hall, and there
was student-athlete involve
ment,” Claude Felton, associ
ate athletics director, told
The Red & Black Tuesday
night.
The woman, a student,
told University police she
was raped late Monday night
by an acquaintance and was
almost raped by someone
unknown to her at the dorm.
Both alleged incidents
occurred between 9:30 and 10
p.m., but the victim did not
call police until Tuesday
morning, according to police
reports.
The police and Felton
declined to comment on pos
sible suspects or arrests as of
press time.
“Campus police and
Student Affairs are conduct
ing an investigation, and
we’re at the point of waiting
on their findings and results.”
University Police Chief
Chuck Horton said the inves
tigation is ongoing.
“We’ve been working all
day on this,” he said Tuesday.
The victim told police she
wants to press charges.
She was escorted to the
Athens-Clarke sexual assault
center for examination by a
nurse.
Horton said University
police do not receive many
reports of rape on campus.
“But that doesn’t mean
that when I get a report I
don’t take it seriously,” he
said. “One is always too
many.”
When a student is sexually
assaulted, the course of
action taken by that person
can vary, said Sarah Oswalt,
health educator for
University Health Services.
“They would want to con
tact a close friend ... seek
medical attention for any
injuries ... and then decide if
they would like to press
charges,” she said.
If a student is the victim of
sexual assault and is seeking
help, Oswalt said he or she
can contact the Sexual
Assault Center of Northeast
Georgia 24 hours a day at
353-1912.
Small growth in spending won’t impact tuition
By ROSANNE ACKERMAN
rackerman@randb.com
Although state spending on high
er education grew by the smallest
rate in five years, it win not
directly impact the Uni
versity’s tuition, a University official
said.
“Tuition wiU go up — it always
does — but (tuition) is not tied to
making up the short faU in state
funding,” said Tom Jackson, associ
ate vice president for PubUc
Affairs. “Tuition only pays about 12
percent of the budget,
and (the University) can’t
balance the budget on
tuition.”
Jackson said 41 percent of the
University’s total budget is from
state support.
State spending on higher educa
tion grew by 4.6 percent during the
2001-02 academic year, down from
annual increases of about 7 percent
a
“Our allocation (of funds)
has not kept face with the
increase of the student
body."
HANK HUCKABY
Senior VP for Finance and Administration
in the previous two years, according
to a Chronicle of Higher Education
report.
The University fared well in this
year’s report, with a 4.4 percent
increase in state support, compared
to the 3.5 percent increase in finan
cial support aUocated by the
Georgia Board of Regents in 2000-01
academic year.
One financial concern expressed
by a University official is the increas
ing number of students enrolled at
the University.
“Our allocation (of funds) has not
kept pace with the increase of the
student body,” said Hank
Huckaby, senior vice president for
Finance and Administration. “We
hope our appropriations will catch
up with us over the next couple of
years.”
Huckaby also said the Uni
versity, with 32,317 students
enrolled last fall, does not plan to
increase this number next year.
► See BUDGET, Page 2
Tension in India,
Pakistan will ease
By MITCHELL GRAHAM
mgraham@randb.com
Regional rivals India
and Pakistan, long at
odds over the divided
state of Kashmir, will step
back from the brink of
war once passions on
both sides recede,
according to University
professors.
“I think it’s fair to say
that (the border between
India and Pakistan) is the
most dangerous place in
the world right now,” said
Loch Johnson, Regent’s
professor of political sci
ence. “But I think cooler
heads will prevail, because
both sides have so much
to lose from war.”
The latest stand-off
between the two nuclear-
armed countries, which
has led to a large military
buildup on the border, is
an extension of their
“long and troubled histo
ry,” he said.
Kashmir was divided
between Pakistan and
India in 1947.
Three wars have been
fought over the state, and
the group that attacked
the Indian parliament in
December — sparking the
current crisis — fights to
liberate Kashmir from
Indian rule, said Kavita
Pandit, professor of geog
raphy, who is from
Bombay, India.
Predominately Muslim,
Pakistan has supported
these groups in the past,
Pandit said, because most
of groups fighting for lib
eration are Islamic, as is
Kashmir’s population.
“Pakistan feels this is a
genuine, grass-roots
movement being sup
pressed by the Indian mil
itary. India says they are
terrorists,” Pandit said.
“One man’s freedom
fighters is another man’s
terrorists.”
These conflicting per
ceptions elicit deep emo
tions on both sides, said
Gary Bertsch, director of
the Center for Inter
national Trade and
Security.
“India is rightly con
cerned about the
Pakistani complicity in
terrorism, particularly in
the Kashmir region,” he
said. “It’s true that
Pakistan has supported
terrorism that has result
ed in death and destruc
tion in India for decades.”
Since Sept. 11, he
added, Pakistan has
made a commitment to
fighting terrorism by sup
porting the United
States.
“Pakistani authorities
have arrested thousands
of suspects, they’ve
closed hundreds of offices
that may be associated
with terrorism,” Bertsch
said.
The danger now, he
said, is extremists on
either side, in pursuit of
their own agendas, might
act to heighten tensions.
Walker charged with
plot to kill a national
American Taliban fighter, John Walker, has been charged
with “conspiracy to kill a U.S. national,” sources told NBC News
Tuesday.
Sources said the 20 year old had been charged in U.S.
District Court and has been transferred into the Justice
Department’s custody.
The maximum penalty for the charge is life in prison.
U.S. officials said the investigation of a kidnapped U.S. citi
zen in Afghanistan was under way Tuesday.
Pentagon sources said Clark Russell Bowers flew from
Turkey into Kabul, Afghanistan. He called his wife to say he had
been kidnapped and was being held for ransom.
State Department officials said the department is taking the
situation “seriously,” but other U.S. officials said the case is
“spotty.”
Also in Afghanistan, U.S. military personnel uncovered
weapons placed in caves and tunnels Tuesday near the
Kandahar airport where war detainees are being held.
After discovering several intruders, the Marines discovered
the arsenal — mortar fuses, ammunition and grenades.
U.S. Marines blew up the cave and tunnels and plan to
expand the perimeter.
Also on Tuesday, the number of detainees residing at the
U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rose to 50 after a
second group of prisoners arrived.
A detainee recently received medical assistance on his arm
after being shot in Afghanistan.
He was discharged from the hospital Monday and returned
to Camp X-Ray.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said British citizens
captured in the war on terrorism must be dealt with according
to international law.
Three Britons are among the detainees held in Cuba, he said.
According to a recent assessment by the United
Nations, it will cost almost $15 billion to rebuild war-tom
Afghanistan.
City government representatives met with Tom Ridge, U.S.
homeland security director, on Tuesday to ask for federal aid for
security efforts.
The FBI and U.S. Postal Service plan to announce
Wednesday an increase in the reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for
mailing anthrax-laced letters after Sept. 11.
The reward will increase from $1.25 million to $2.5 million,
sources said.
— Compiled by Lona Panter
Contributing: CNN and MSNBC reports
BROOKE MORRIS Tn Red * Buck
A The baggage check at Athens-Ben Epps Airport
stands empty Monday, following a decision to indefi
nitely cease all U.S. Airways Express flights between
Athens and Charlotte, N.C. Story, Page 3
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