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March 5, 2003
Vol. 110, No. 120 | Athens, Georgia
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COLE ACCUSATIONS
Basketfoal prevails under pressure
Harrick denies farcing
Cole to sign documents
◄ After a one-
point victory
against Florida,
fans rushed the
basketball court
at Stegeman
Coliseum to con
gratulate
Georgia head
coach Jim
Harrick and the
Bulldogs for
defeating the
No. 3 Gators in
the last home
game of the
season. Jarvis
Hayes banked
the game-win
ning shot to add
to his 21 total
points scored in
this game.
dan McLaughlin i the red & black
Gators run out of time; Bulldogs claim victory
By BRADLEY
HANDWERGER
bhandwerg@randb.com
Former basketball player
Tony Cole’s allegation that
he was forced to sign a docu
ment was disputed by
Georgia head coach Jim
Harrick following Tuesday
night’s basketball game.
Cole said he was forced by
assistant coach Jim Harrick
Jr. to sign a document say
ing he was financially sound.
“That came out of our
lawyer’s office,” Harrick said
about the document.
“All the kids sign a docu
ment like that. That’s from
the NCAA. How can you
make anybody do some
thing.”
Tuesday afternoon
Harrick also told ESPN that
former basketball player
Tony Cole did attend a class
in which his son, assistant
coach Jim Harrick Jr.,
taught.
Cole had told ESPN on
Thursday that he never
attended the class on bas
ketball coaching, but still
received an A.
Two Georgia basketball
players already have been
questioned in conjunction
with the scandal blowing
through the basketball pro
gram, Georgia Athletics
Director Vince Dooley told
The Red & Black
Tuesday.
Starting forward Chris
Daniels, a junior, and start
ing point guard Rashad
Wright, also a junior, were
questioned during Monday’s
practice about a basketball
coaching class they had
with Cole in 2001, Dooley
said.
Investigators were look
ing into the class, which
both Wright and Daniels
were in, he said.
Dooley said he didn’t
think it was common for a
coach to be teaching a class
at the University, but he did
cite several instances in
which members of the
Athletics Association had
taught at the University.
Annie Daniels, Chris
Daniels’ mother, told The
Red & Black Tuesday that
her son never mentioned the
class he was enrolled in with
Cole and Daniels.
She also said her son’s
recruitment to the
University three years ago
was nothing but clean.
“The normal things — let
ters, calls,” she said. “They
never offered anything.”
She also said her son has
not talked to her about the
ongoing investigation even
though they talk two times a
week.
“He’s not that type,” she
said. “He never says
anything.”
Annie Daniels said the
last time she talked to her
son was on Sunday.
Attempts to contact
Wrights’ parents on Tuesday
went unanswered.
By BRADLEY HANDWERGER
bhandwerg@randb.com
Florida and Georgia just
seem to like close games.
The 25th-ranked Bulldogs
won Tuesday night’s game 82-
81 with less than 20 seconds
left to play, sending a sold-out
Stegeman Coliseum crowd
into a frenzy as they rushed
the court in celebration.
On Jan. 11, Florida fresh
man Anthony Roberson nailed
a 3-pointer with less than one
second on the game clock
to beat Georgia 66-63
in Gainesville.
Tuesday night, it was junior
guard Jarvis Hayes’ turn for
glory. With 14 seconds to play,
he banked in a shot from just
outside the lane, giving
Georgia a one-point lead.
“It had to go in,” Hayes said
of what he was thinking as he
took the game-winning shot.
“Coach called my number.”
With less than 10 seconds
left, freshman Matt Walsh
slipped as he dribbled toward
the Florida bench. He never
regained possession, and the
clock ran out.
Hayes would finish the
game with 21 points.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
^ 82 <S81
“That was a heavyweight
bout out there tonight,” said
Georgia head coach Jim
Harrick. “It was a great college
basketball game.”
With the NCAA investiga
tion into possible violations
moving forward on Monday,
Georgia (18-8,10-5 SEC) didn’t
have the look of a worn down
team.
All it took was a timeout to
get the Bulldogs and the
crowd back into the game
against Florida (24-5, 12-3
SEC).
With 15:54 left to play,
senior Ezra Williams nailed a 3-
pointer in front of the Bulldogs
bench, and junior forward
Jonas Hayes took a perfectly
placed pass and put the ball in
the basket to cut the Gators’
lead to three points.
“I wasn’t going to be denied
playing my last game at
home,” Williams said.
On senior night, Williams
finished the game with 20
points.
Students still fearful despite terrorist’s capture
By LAURA NEWSOME
lnewsome@randb.com
Although Khalid Shaikh
Mohammed, the alleged mastermind
behind the Sept. 11 attacks, has been
apprehended by U.S. authorities,
many students said they do not feel
any safer.
“I don’t really feel safer because
I’m sure he’s got a whole terrorist cell
behind him, which is just as capable
of planning attacks as he is,” said
Bethany Williams, a senior history
major from Columbus.
Mohammed, who is being held at a
U.S. military base in Bagram,
Afghanistan, was apprehended over
the weekend in Pakistan.
During a session of Congress on
Tuesday, Attorney General John
Ashcroft said Mohammed’s arrest
could destabilize the worldwide al
Qaeda network.
Mohammed also is believed to be
responsible for the USS Cole bomb
ing and the 1993 attempted bombing
of the World Trade Center.
“To respond to (al Qaeda’s) terror
ist threat, the U.S. needs to appre
hend the key players in the network,
and (Mohammed) is one of those key
people,” said Gary Bertsch, director
of the University’s Center for
International Trade and Security.
Despite the significance of the
arrest, it is not likely the Department
of Homeland Security will lower the
terror alert from elevated to guarded.
“The terrorists who are out there
doing their work will continue, and
some may be motivated to become
more active because of this arrest,”
Bertsch said. “But in the long run,
one would think that the terror
alert would be lowered as the
al Qaeda plans and infrastructure
are infiltrated.”
To date, U.S. officials have
detained more than 3,000 suspected
al Qaeda members and supporters
worldwide.
Like other detained Taliban sup
porters, Mohammed is considered an
enemy combatant, and, therefore, is
not subject to the due process guar
anteed under U.S. law. He also is not
protected by the same anti-torture
safeguards granted to other interna
tionally recognized prisoners of war.
But Chip Robeson, a junior from
Marietta, said he thinks torture is an
inherent violation of human rights.
“In America, we’re supposed to
stand for (the value of) ‘innocent
until proven guilty,’ so something
about denying due process seems
wrong on a moral level,” he said.
— Contributing: The Associated
Press
Police extend reward for clues in robberies
By AMY LEIGH WOMACK
awomack@randb.com
The $1,000 reward offered by Crime
Stoppers for information regarding the
string of nine robberies in the
Athens-Clarke County area has been
extended to include two weekend armed
robberies.
A man held employees of the CVS
Pharmacy, located at 196 Alps Rd., at gun
point Saturday at about 9 a.m., Athens-
Clarke County Police said in a news release.
An undetermined amount of drugs
was stolen.
The man was last seen near Lanier
Gardens, located at 801 Riverhill Dr.
He has been described as a five-foot six-
inch to five-foot nine-inch tall white male,
between 23 and 28 years old, with medium
length dark blonde hair.
The man was last seen wearing a baseball
cap, a gray fleece pullover and black nylon
pants with a white stripe.
Employees of the Golden Pantry, located
at 3495 Atlanta Highway near Timothy
Road, also were held at gunpoint while the
store was robbed.
A man entered the store at about 10 p.m.
Sunday and stole an undetermined amount
of money.
He has been described as a five-foot ten-
inch to six-foot tall white male, weighing
between 150 and 170 pounds, with short
hair. The man was last seen wearing a base
ball cap, a dark top and dark pants.
Anyone with information regarding these
or the other seven robberies is asked to con
tact the ACC Police at 613-3330.
Individuals who would like to remain
anonymous are asked to call the Crime
Stoppers Tip Line at 613-3342.
Zingg shows Bulldog pride
By EMILY KIRBY
ekirby@randb.com
MEGAN NADOLSKI | The Red & Black
▲ Paul Zingg, a candi
date for provost, speaks
during an open forum
session held Tuesday.
Stronger ties with student
governance and his love for his
alma mater were discussed by
University alumnus and candi
date for the position of senior
vice president of Academic
Affairs and provost, Paul Zingg.
At the student open forum
held Tuesday, Zingg talked about
his cultivation of the strong ties
that exist between the adminis
tration and the student govern
ment association of California
Polytechnic State University,
where Zingg has been provost
and vice president of Academic
Affairs since 1995.
With the help of the student
government association and the
student body, Zingg said he insti
tuted two tuition fee increases to
create a $250 million endowment
for California Polytechnic — as
the state of California faced a 40
percent budget deficit.
Zingg said he sees the same
cooperation coming to the
University by cultivating the ties
between the administration and
SGA.
“I love what I do, and it is
because everyday I’m involved
with students,” Zingg said.
Latham Saddler, president of
SGA, said he was “really
impressed that Zingg was able to
unite the student body at
California Polytechnic.”
The University is close to
being mentioned in the top 20-25
research universities in the coun
try, Zingg said, and he would like
to help make that step.
“I appreciate the University’s
strengths,” Zingg said, “and I
know that I have a track record
of bringing universities to the
next level.”
Dressed in red and black,
Zingg stressed his deep love for
the University and the South.
“It’s more than the sweet tea
that draws me to the South, it is
that the best days are ahead for
this University,” Zingg said.
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