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MONDAY
March 10, 2003
Vol. 110, No. 123 | Athens, Georgia
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FAKE ‘N’ BAKE
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ning beds to prepare for
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COLE ACCUSATIONS
Felony warrant
issued for Cole
‘GENERATION STOLEN'
The CORE
Concert
Dance
Company per
forms “Stolen
Generation”
at their annu
al dance col
lection. This
piece, reflect
ing a mass
kidnapping of
Aboriginal
children in
the early-to-
mid-20th
Century, pre
miered this
spring at the
University
while most of
their other
pieces have
been
performed
previously.
COLIN OWENS | The Red & Black
Dogs recover points in overtime
By BRADLEY HANDWERGER
bhandwerg@randb.com
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Junior
Jarvis Hayes got his first dou
ble-double of the season while
leading No. 25 Georgia to a BO
SS victory over South Carolina
in overtime Sunday.
Hayes scored 19 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds, no
rebound more important than
with 54 seconds left and the
Bulldogs leading by just one
point in overtime.
On the next possession,
junior forward Steve Thomas
layed in the ball with 15 sec
onds remaining, putting
Georgia (19-8,11-5 SEC) up by
three and sealing the win.
“We didn’t want to lose,”
Hayes said. “We wanted to end
on a good note, go into the
tournament playing pretty
good ball.”
Georgia now has won six of
its last seven games and two
in a row going into this week’s
SEC Tournament in New
Orleans.
The win over the
Gamecocks (12-15, 5-11 SEC)
gave the Bulldogs a chance to
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Georgia 60, S. Carolina 55
escape the NCAA investiga
tion swirling around the bas
ketball program.
Over the weekend, the
Providence Journal revealed
several more allegations of
improper benefits and aca
demic fraud from when
Georgia head coach Jim
Harrick Sr. coached at the
University of Rhode Island.
“This situation has bonded
them,” Harrick said. “We beat
Florida and I gave them the
day off. At about 2, here they
come, over to my house. We
watched the game on TV, a
tape of the game.”
“The off-the-court situation
is off-court,” Hayes said of the
effects of the investigation on
the team. “Harrick’s fine.
We’re in his comer. We’re a
family on this team. We’re
gonna stick together.”
It didn’t look like Georgia
was going to escape the
Carolina Center with anything
more than questions mid-way
through the second half and
at the end of regulation.
South Carolina, down four
at halftime, went on a 26-10
run to begin the second half,
going up by as many as 11
points on Georgia at one
point. With 12:50 left to play,
senior guard Ezra Williams left
the game with bruised ribs, an
injury that originally occurred
in the Florida game Tuesday
night. He wouldn’t return, fin
ishing the game with only five
points.
“It’s not something that’s
gonna heal overnight,” said
Williams of his injury. “I didn’t
want to take any more
chances.”
Senior guard Richard
Wehunt stepped in for
Williams, hitting two big 3-
pointers. The first one cut the
Gamecocks’ lead to eight
points and began the
Bulldogs’ ascent back into the
lead.
Georgia would outscore
South Carolina 23-10 from
that point.
Georgia won’t play again
until Thursday, when it takes
on Arkansas in the first round
COLIN OWENS | The Red & Black
▲ Jarvis Hayes, seen
here during the Kentucky
game, helped lead the
Dogs to victory over
South Carolina by scor
ing a combined 10
points along with Steve
Thomas during overtime.
of the SEC Tournament in
New Orleans.
An Athens-Clarke County
judge issued a felony arrest
warrant against Tony Cole on
a bad check charge last week,
and the check in question
was made out to an apart
ment complex owned by the
UGA Real Estate
Foundation.
Cole, the former Georgia
basketball player who
sparked controversy by
charging the athletics
program with a laundry list of
NCAA violations, was
charged with bouncing a $578
rent check to College Park
Apartments. The check was
written in December.
The UGA Real Estate
Foundation — which operates
as a separate entity from the
University — purchased the
apartment complex in August
2001. An employee of the
complex confirmed Sunday
that it is still under the foun
dation’s ownership.
Managers at College Park
asked for the warrant
Thursday. They said the tim
ing of the charges was
unrelated to the ongoing
controversy.
“He knew that he owed it,”
said assistant property man
ager Melissa Gary, who
applied for the warrant.
“We filed this in the time
that was allotted,” said prop
erty manager Wanda Ellis.
Any bad check above $500
is considered a felony. If Cole
remains in Louisiana, he
would only be arrested on
this charge if he were stopped
by police for any other reason.
Then he could face extra
dition to Georgia.
“We’ll treat it just like any
other warrant,” Edwards said.
Cole previously faced a
felony in Clarke County, when
he was charged with aggra
vated assault with intent to
rape. The charges were later
dropped.
“Just like any other war
rant, we’ll try to serve it,” said
Clarke County Sheriff Ira
Edwards on Friday.
Georgia basketball coach
Jim Harrick also faced new
allegations this weekend from
Christine King’s lawsuit
against the University of
Rhode Island. King, was a
secretary for URI when
Harrick coached there.
King’s lawsuit — which
centered around allegations
of sexual harassment by
Harrick and URI’s former
assistant coach Mike Wilson
— was settled last month
with with King receiving
$45,000 and URI admitting no
guilt.
The Providence Journal
reported Saturday that court
records detail sexual harass
ment charges and allegations
that Harrick changed some
players’ grades and arranged
for players’ term papers to be
written by other students.
According to the docu
ments cited in the newspa
per’s report, King said she
witnessed the following,
among other offenses, while
working at Rhode Island from
1997-98:
► Harrick arranged for
players to receive cars, hous
ing and money from universi
ty boosters.
► Harrick falsified expense
reports, an offense the coach
was fired for at the University
of California at Los Angeles.
► He paid a member of the
women’s basketball team to
cover up an assault on her by
one of Harrick’s players. Ella
Lapciuck was allegedly paid
$250.
► A player used cars and
lived in a house owned by a
booster, who also paid some
of his bills. Also, Harrick and
his staff told players to seek
out specific boosters to
receive illicit compensation.
► Jim Harrick Jr., an assis
tant coach at Rhode Island
from 1998-99, used a receipt
book to falsify hotel and meal
receipts for recruits who
never visited the campus.
— Contributing: The
Associated Press, ESPN.com,
staff writer Hilary Hilliard
Diploma’s value unaffected by recent scandal
By KATIE REETZ
kreetz@randb.com
Despite the ongoing investiga
tion of the Bulldog basketball
program, many students and faculty
said they remain optimistic the
University’s reputation will not be
permanently tarnished.
Jeffrey Springston, associate
public relations professor, said he
thinks the administration is taking
the charges seriously and must con
tinue to do so in order to avoid dam
age to the University’s credibility.
“Any time there are questions
about academic integrity, (it) is not
a plus,” he said.
Springston said the University is
u
“Public opinion of the
sporting situation wouldn’t
enter into any business
decisions. ”
ROBIN MCCULLUM
Spokeswoman for Wayne Farms Processing
LLC
very strong overall and described
the current situation as a “bump
along the road.”
Although the nationwide publici
ty the incident has generated may
be harmful to the University in the
short-run, Springston said, he does
not think it will directly
affect students.
“I have every confidence that the
students’ interests will be main
tained,” he said.
Kristen Wagner, a senior from
Augusta, said she is not worried
that the University’s bout with bad
publicity will damage the value of
her diploma when she graduates in
May.
“I don’t think it will affect my
degree,” she said. “It’s something
separate with sports.”
Scott Williams, executive director
of the Career Center, echoed
Wagner’s sentiments that graduat
ing seniors would not be adversely
affected by the situation.
“I think the general public fully
recognizes the actions of a handful
of people involved in potential
NCAA violations certainly are not
representative of the integrity and
academic excellence of the
University,” he said.
Williams said he has not been
contacted by any employers
expressing concern about the
University’s reputation.
“I feel that the publicity from this
incident will not have any bearing or
damaging repercussions for any of
the majors offered at UGA,” he said.
A spokeswoman for Wayne Farms
LLC, a poultry processing company
which regularly hires University
graduates, said the company has no
plans to alter its relationship with
the University.
“Public opinion of the sporting
situation wouldn’t enter into
any business decisions,” said
spokeswoman Robin McCollum.
“Students credentials are what
matter,” she said.
As she prepares for graduation
this May, Tara Luke, a senior from
Marietta, said she is not concerned
she will be directly affected by the
situation.
“If allegations are proved to be
true, then it will certainly decrease
good attention from the University,”
she said. “However, it will probably
not have any direct affect on the
value on my diploma.”
Tifton dentist organizes fight club
Program teaches
self-defense basics
By JESSICA LEE REECE
jreece@randb.com
A new program is emphasizing
a technique that teaches
Americans how to build confi
dence and face intimidation:
Fighting with their bare hands.
Last weekend, 40 Georgians at
the University’s Tifton campus
learned basic hand-to-hand com
bat techniques to increase their
confidence in an emergency.
“It gives people a series of
responses that they can do even if
they’re not in great physical
shape,” said Sherrie Gossett,
director of Public Relations for
Survive A Violent Encounter
(S.A.V.E.!) “It’s down and dirty
fighting.”
Travis Smith, a local dentist in
Tifton, organized S.A.V.E.! — a
program for men and women from
all walks of life.
Doctors, teachers and house
wives attended. There was even a
local bartender, a chiropractor
and a repairman.
Smith said everything from
rapes to burglaries to orange ter
ror alerts is causing concern,
which is why he decided to
become an instructor.
“I’m very concerned that my
patients have an underlying level
of fear,” Smith said. “I know I can
train these people ... It’s just
amazing how they come out the
other side.”
In reference to sexual assault
allegations, he said the program
would make University students
more aware of their environment.
“If any of those students had
been trained in this, that (sexual
assaults) wouldn’t have hap
pened,” Smith said.
The S.A.V.E.! program was
derived from aspects of martial
arts, and it incorporates “animal
fighting,” Gossett said.
The program teaches people
how to adapt and take charge of
any situation through a series of
responses, Gossett said.
► See SELF-DEFENSE, Page 2
CASTING CALL
COLIN OWENS | The Red is Blac]
▲ Anna Troupe, left, a University graduate, holds her audition
number for a mug shot Saturday at the auditions for ‘“@lien,”’
an independent film to take place in Athens. Patrick Carey,
right, an Athens resident, tries out for his first audition ever.
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