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The Red & Black | Wednesday, January 16, 2002 | 3
Ben Epps
set to lose
its airline
By MELANIE HORTON
mhorton@randb.com
Mesa Airlines, which oper
ates in Athens as US Airways
Express, announced its deci
sion Monday to stop all flights
between Athens-Ben Epps
Airport and Charlotte, N.C. as
of April 14.
Airport Director Tim
Beggerly said federal officials
told him the government
would require Mesa Airlines to
continue its operation in
Athens until another air pas
senger service commits to
serve the area.
“It appears we will main
tain service in Athens indefi
nitely,” Beggerly said.
Also, he said Athens-Ben
Epps qualifies for federal
assistance through the
Essential Air Service Program.
Shelly Lopez, US Airways
Express customer service
manager at Athens-Ben Epps,
said Tuesday she is not sure
what the current situation is
in Athens.
“I was told (Monday) we
were discontinuing flights,
but I heard (today) that we
weren’t,” Lopez said. “I
haven’t heard any further
news.”
The US Airways’
corporate communications
director could not be reached
for comment Tuesday.
In recent years, the num
ber of passengers travelling
through the airport has
dropped significantly.
In 1994, 16,000 people
went through the airport,
while in 2001 the airport saw
a near 50 percent drop with
only 8,085 passengers.
Tom Jackson, associate
vice president for Public
Affairs said the Univer
sity encourages its employees
touse Athens-Ben Epps,
though he thinks the service
suffers because of its proxim
ity to Atlanta’s Hartsfield
International Airport.
— Contributing:
Associated Press
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By GREG BLUESTEIN
gbluestei@randb.com
With the advent of spring semester
also comes the tradition of Student
Government Association campaigns
and elections.
Thomas Wyatt, student elections
committee chairman, said candidate
packets will be available to SGA sen
atorial candidates and prospective
presidential teams Thursday.
Senate candidates must have at
least a 2.25 GPA, provide a photo,
sign a qualifying statement and get
signatures from either 100 students or
10 percent of their school by Jan. 24.
Presidential candidates must meet
all the above requirements of senator
candidates, have 2.5 GPA and a peti
tion signed by either 200 students or
20 percent of their school.
Wyatt also said the format for the
elections appeals process in address
ing potential campaign violations has
been changed.
“Last year, there were concerns
about the student elections commit
tee serving as the appeals commit
tee,” he said.
This year, the appeals panel will
include Wyatt and five campus
administrators.
Several hours after these hearings
are finished, the committee will
announce the SGA results.
SGA CALENDAR
Thursday, Jan. 17: Candidate packets and
petitions may be picked up in Room 151 in
the Tate Student Center
Jan. 24: Petitions are due
Jan. 30: Campaigning officially begins
Jan. 31: Candidate introductions
Feb. 5: Senatorial debate and Q&A session
Feb. 7: Presidential and vice presidential
debate
Feb. 12-13: Election days (vote on OASIS)
Feb. 14: Violation hearings and election
announcements
Outreach program targets middle schoolers
By DIANNA HILL
For The Red & Black
Middle school students from a rural Georgia
county visited the University yesterday as part of an
outreach program designed to peak their interest in
college and attract minority students.
The 76 middle schoolers were from Taliaferro
County, located southeast of Athens.
The University was contacted about starting a
program to boost the currently low high school grad
uation rates in the county, said JoAnn Marshall, an
education programs specialist with the University’s
College of Education.
Programs such as these could attract both
minorities and students from rural areas to the
University, neither of which are represented in large
numbers on campus, she said.
Tuesday’s activities included a walking tour of
North Campus and a trip to the Ramsey Center,
sponsored by the Visitor’s Center.
“All the kids that come really love it,” said Megan
Fisher, manager of the Visitor’s Center. “I think it
does, in a sense, kind of plant a seed to see that all of
these other people are going to college.”
The middle schoolers also got a look at the resi
dence halls, compliments of the Department of
University Housing, and spoke with several
University students about their experiences in
Athens during a lunch sponsored by the Office of
Minority Affairs.
1 “I think that talking to African American students
on campus helps dispel some of the myths (about
diversity),” Marshall said.
The visitors later left the campus with academic
planners donated by University Housing.
While the middle schoolers said their favorite
parts of the trip ranged from the “old buildings” to
the sports facilities at the Ramsey Center, many said
they were interested in attending the University in
the future.
Marshall said she has organized several other
opportunities for these students to return to cam
pus, including trips to the Butts-Mehre Building, the
Georgia Museum of Art and the College of Veterinary
Medicine.
She also is leading a similar program in nearby
Greene County, where some University students cur
rently mentor.
Sixty students from Greene County also will
MEGAN LOVETT | The Red . Buck
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