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6 I Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | The Red & Black
NEWS & VARIETY
Rose helps Univ. community cope with tragedy
By CHRISTA COFFARO
For The Red & Black
Rick Rose deals with a lot
of thorns, but the assistant
vice president of Student
Affairs is blooming with
advice.
“I love to help someone
who’s stressed figure out
what to do that will get them
through a tough time —
that’s neat,” Rose said.
Rose’s schedule is booked
solid every week, every day.
Some of his many respon
sibilities include phoning fac
ulty members about student
issues, writing letters on
behalf of students who are
undergoing a crisis, talking
to a student whose wallet
was stolen and attending
meetings with the
Department of Counseling.
Rose’s assistant, Linda
Hedge, said Rose is the best
person she has ever worked
with.
“He will bend over back
wards to help students if he
can,” she said.
Rose spends some days
visiting students in hospitals,
talking with families who
have lost loved ones and
attending student funerals
on behalf of the University.
Rose said in his first year
on the job, in spring 2000,
there were 11 student deaths
in eight weeks.
“It can
be painful
and hard,”
Rose said,
“but
everything
rewarding
is.”
He said
he gets
through
some of
the more
difficult
times by trying to have some
fun in the office.
“We get along great
around here,” Rose said.
Rose’s office shelves are
filled with many quirky gifts
from colleagues, such as
happy and sad faced dolls
and the book “Alexander and
the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day.”
There also is some shell
art (a gag gift, he explained)
and many play posters.
The theater once was a
large part of Rose’s life, and
he still enjoys it when he gets
the time.
Rose, originally from Anna
Maria Island in southern
Florida, received his bache
lor’s degree in English and
his master’s degree in the
ater from Florida State
University.
In 1970, Rose moved to
Gainesville College to teach,
where he also did set design
and stage building.
He came to the University
in 1982 to get his doctoral
degree, and has been here
ever since.
Over the years, Rose has
continued to be actively
involved on the board of
Town and Gown Theatre,
where he once taught acting
classes and performed in
several plays with his wife,
Janice.
Although Rose said he
loves the theater, he said he
will remain at the University
until he retires.
“I really feel blessed to
find myself working with peo
ple, for people who are just so
good at what they do and fun
to be around,” Rose said.
Lauren Petrella, a sopho
more from Tucker, said she
remembers working with
Rose last year.
“You feel like he is really
listening to you, which is
hard to come by in adminis
trative people today,” she
said.
Students who need to
withdraw from a class,
receive absence verification
or are in a crisis, can find
Student Affairs in the
Holmes-Hunter Academic
Building on North Campus.
“I feel very privileged to be
the one to represent The
University of Georgia,” Rose
said. “This is my home.”
ROSE
University poultry club to roast their own in chicken-que
By DARRELL KINSEY
dkinsey@randb.com
Birds of a feather sell chicken
together when the University’s Poul
try Science Club hosts its annual
chicken-que.
Tickets are $6 and are on sale
now. They may be exchanged for a
plate of barbequed chicken at the
Poultry Science Research Center on
South Milledge between 4 and
6 p.m. Thursday.
Lindsay Bowers, a senior from
Conyers and member of the poultry
science club, said her fellow club
members are responsible for cooking
the birds.
“They will get up early in the
morning to start the barbeque pit,”
Bowers said. “Usually the guys hang
out around the pit to add special
seasonings,” and although, the chefs
will be surrounded by poultry,
Bowers said they usually “talk a little
bull.”
In addition to chicken, the plates
will include potato salad, baked
beans, chips and dessert.
Bowers said the potato salad and
beans are going to be commercial
products.
“It’s just safer to depend on one
brand than have seven different peo
ple making the same dish, which all
taste different,” she said.
The dessert will be cookies. “The
more culinary-inclined members will
make their favorite varieties,” Bowers
said. “Hopefully, the more kitchen-
challenged members will pull theirs
from a grocery store shelf.”
Either way, Bowers promises the
food in general will have a delicious
and homemade flavor.
“The chicken will taste like some
thing Aunt Bea spent hours prepar
ing. It’s chicken. Mmmm,” she said.
In fact, Bowers suggested that the
food will be so good, it will alter the
decision-making processes of its
consumers.
“It’ll be so tasty and filling, you’ll
want to change your major and join
the poultry science crew,” she said.
The tastiness of the food also has
contributed to the club’s decision to
serve the chicken plates in
Styrofoam boxes.
“We have to avoid sensory over
load by placing it in a typical, white
to-go box,” Bowers said.
While the Poultry Science depart
ment has plenty of chickens at its
disposal, the birds that will be
cooked are coming from a different
source.
“Local poultry companies donate
chicken to the club,” Bowers said.
“Companies such as Goldkist and
ConAgra have been great supporters
for the poultry science club.”
Proceeds from this chicken-que
will help raise funds for both the the
Poultry Science Club and the
community.
“We use the money for our com
munity service programs like a
Thanksgiving meal for a needy family
and an Easter egg hunt for a govern
ment-funded daycare,” Bowers said.
To purchase a ticket, contact any
Poultry Science Club member, or call
542-1351.
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Multi-function carabiner not for climbing
By DARRELL KINSEY
dkinsey@randb.com
The Eddie Bauer seven-
function carabiner seems to
be specifically designed for
use as a keychain rather than
as a climbing apparatus. It is
made of plastic.
The seven functions
include an LED flashlight, a
compass, a digital clock, a
ballpoint pen tip, tweezers, a
high-pitched safety whistle
and a carabiner latch.
The LED flashlight is acti
vated by holding down a rub
ber button. The light is tinted
red, and letting go of the but
ton means the light no
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longer shines.
Therefore, the light is only
useful for pretending to be an
ambulance driver or attract
ing customers of prostitution.
The compass sticks.
I was driving toward down
town from Five Points on
Lumpkin Street the other day.
The compass told me I was
driving north, and everything
seemed fine. It was not until I
turned left on Broad Street
that I realized the compass
was faulty.
The sun was setting in my
eyes, and I had to put my
visor down. I looked at the
compass, and it still told me I
was headed north. It took
some shaking and tapping to
get the needle to creak on
over to the W.
The digital clock is difficult
to set. The instructions rec
ommend using a paper clip to
poke into tiny holes on the
side. Other than that, the
clock seems to keep time fair
ly well. The only other prob
lem is that it is impossible to
see at night. The LED flash
light is no help either because
it is red and points the wrong
direction.
The ballpoint pen tip is
exactly that — a tip. It is
around an inch and a half long
and is extremely difficult to
remove from the carabiner.
The good news is that if
the pen runs out of ink, Eddie
Bauer will replace the pen for
free.
A customer service employ
ee, said, “Just call in, and we’ll
send it to you.”
Like the pen, the tweezers
are difficult to get out, but I
have no use for tweezers.
The high-pitched safety
whistle is the most important
feature of the seven-function
carabiner. Of course, it would
be good in the event of an
emergency because police are
always especially alert to
whistles.
For everyday use, however,
the whistle is good for calling
dogs and attracting the atten
tion of women.
Basically, the carabiner is
an urban tool. To an out-
doorsman, a rock climber and
even Inspector Gadget, I rec
ommend that it only be used
as a keychain and, in daylight
hours only, a clock.
For $9.99, it is an expensive
keychain. It includes a battery
and a warranty. It does not,
however, include a keyring.
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Theatre offers class a
Creative writing students will
present their poetry at Flicker
By BRENT MOSLEY
For The Red & Black
The beauty of a slug, the looming mass destruction of cor
porate globalism, the cold loneliness an old man feels inside
when he loses a loved one and the simple story of boy and girl
all will be heard tonight.
The thoughts and emotions hiding in the dark corners of
the imagination will be the topic of Brian Henry’s advanced
creative writing class’s poetry reading tonight.
Students will have the rare chance to express themselves
freely through words to an audience with undivided atten
tion. Tonight, nothing matters but imagination.
Traditionally, University creative writing classes hold a
poetry reading at the end of each semester to allow students
the opportunity to freely open up their emotions and be
heard.
This spring, though, Brian Henry’s advanced students
have decided to get an early start on self-expression.
place to read material
The place to be tonight is the Flicker Theatre and Bar on
Washington Street downtown. Readings of the creative pieces
will start at 6 p.m.
The bar has a cozy performance stage located opposite the
bar from which the writers will belt out their epics and
descriptions of emotion.
“The theatre will hold about 40 people,” said Robin Dare, a
non-traditional student from Athens. “Last semester, we had
our reading at the Flicker Theatre, and we definitely had a
full crowd.”
Dare is one of 11 students who will be reading their pieces
tonight. She said, “I plan to read two or three of my own
poems that I have written at the University this year.”
The subject matter of the poetry is completely open and
free, so poems will quite possibly range from tales of lost love
and broken hearts to touching nostalgic pieces of memories
and wild descriptions of rabid mammals.
The poems will range from short and simple displays of
words to long and complex depictions of unrestricted
creativity.
With no restrictions on subject, a quiet and cozy bar, the
open ears of an audience and the creative imagination of
eleven clever students, Henry’s class’s poetry reading looks to
be a promising night of literary magic.
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