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The Red & Black | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 | 3
SGA to induct committee chairs
By AMY LEIGH WOMACK
awomack@randb.com
Newly inducted Student Government
Association committee chairs are invit
ing students to attend their first meeting
tonight at 7.
“Our biggest concern is that people
don’t know they can participate in SGA
without being a senator,” said SGA
President Latham Saddler, a sophomore
from Charlotte, N.C. “Any student can be
active in SGA through committee meet
ings.”
The meeting will begin in Room 141 of
the Tate Student Center.
After a large group meeting, the com
mittees will disperse into smaller groups
to discuss projects and activities.
“We have so much stuff on the table,
I’m sure there’s something for every
body,” Saddler said.
Committee chairs were approved at
SGA’s Senate meeting in March.
Matt Josephson, a freshman from
Augusta, will serve as chair of the
External Affairs Committee.
It is not known who will chair the
Internal Affairs Committee and serve as
SGA Pro-tempore, said Vice President
Ginny Barton, a junior from Chapin, S.C.
A vote is scheduled for April 1 to
decide between two individuals nomi
nated for the position.
Barton said she will continue to serve
as Internal Affairs chair until the vote.
Ashley Rudolph, a freshman from
Savannah, and Ben Mayer, a freshman
from Marietta, will chair the Student
Life Committee.
The Academic Affairs Committee will
be chaired by Natasha Chua Tan, a
freshman from Salt Lake City, and Darcy
Ryan, a freshman from Duluth.
Ashley Johnson, a freshman from
Gainesville, and Sundeep Sood, a sopho
more from Peachtree City, will
serve as chairs of the Minority
Affairs Committee.
The International and Scholarship
Committees are under the responsibili
ties of the Minority Affairs Committee,
Barton said.
“As much as there still is a need for
these committees to exist, there just
isn’t enough manpower to make it hap
pen,” she said.
Barton said the two committees will
be treated as sub-committees for the
2003-2004 term and project chairs will be
appointed to direct their activities.
The Public Relations committee will
be chaired by Colleen Farrell, a sopho
more from New Orleans, and Joby
Young, a sophomore from Douglasville.
Miles Garrison, a sophomore from
Charlotte, N.C., will chair the
Technology Committee.
Jana Dopson, a freshman from
Atlanta, also was approved as secretary
and Michael Lage, sophomore from
Roswell, as treasurer.
U.S. moves ahead with Iraq resolution
By LAURA NEWSOME
lnewsome@randb.com
In the wake of strong for
eign opposition, the United
States will not call a United
Nations Security Council vote
today on the new United
States-Britain resolution —
calling for a timetable for war
with Iraq.
The new resolution propos
es March 17 as a deadline for
Iraq to either show it has dis
armed, or face war.
The proposal calls for Iraq
to give U.N. inspectors all
weapons prohibited under pre
vious U.N. resolutions, as well
as provide evidence and infor
mation regarding previously
destroyed weapons.
The United States and its
allies are hoping to gamer at
least nine security council
votes for the new resolution.
Although the United States
and Britain already have the
support of Spain, several
members of the Security
Council have said they will not
allow the new resolution to
pass.
Over the weekend, Russia
announced it would use its
veto power to block the
March 17 ultimatum vote.
“It’s an interesting situation
the Russians are in, given the
past, the Cold War, they can
take a much stronger position
and get away with it,” said
Scott Jones, a senior research
associate at the University’s
Center for International Trade
and Security.
After leading the interna
tional community’s opposition
to war, without threatening to
veto a U.S.-British war
resolution, France formally
announced yesterday that it
would use its veto power to
stop such a resolution.
After becoming aware of
the strong European dissent
to the resolution, the Bush
administration has said they
are willing to change the word
ing of the resolution, and pos
sibly the March 17 deadline.
Convinced that war is
inevitable, Iraq said it is
preparing for war. Iraqi presi
dent Saddam Hussein also
said he regards U.N. weapons
inspections to be completed
and is asking the U.N. Security
Council to lift the sanctions
that have been in place for 12
years.
Hussein called for a
Security Council resolution
banning weapons of mass
destruction throughout the
Middle East and eventually in
the United States.
“I think it is unlikely that
this will be taken seriously
because Saddam’s political
future is precarious and his
leadership might be over in
a matter of weeks,” said
Anupam Srivastava, executive
director of the India Initiative
and a senior research associate
for the University’s Center for
International Trade and
Security.
In the midst of other
demands, Hussein asked the
Security Council to order the
removal of Israeli troops
from the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip, thus
ensuring Palestinian
self-determination.
“This idea is not very prag
matic, given the strong U.S.-
Isreali diplomatic ties,”
Srivastava said. “But
(Hussein) may be trying to
appeal to the larger Muslim
and Arab community beyond
his own country.”
— Contributing:
Associated Press
Students showcase photo talents
By AMANDA KERR
akerr@randb.com
A picture is worth a thousand words
or so the saying goes, and for the next
month students can go to the Tate
Center Art Gallery and find out for
themselves.
The Department of Student Activities
is hosting the 16th annual student pho
tography show, running from now until
April 10.
Out of 220 submissions 75 to 80 were
picked to be displayed, said Willie Banks,
assistant director of Student Activities.
“The photography show is a great way
for students to showcase their work,”
Banks said. “The submissions we
received were from really talented
students.”
Cash prizes will be awarded at an
opening reception held tonight in the
Tate Center Art Gallery from 6 to 8.
Prizes will be awarded in several cate
gories including best composition-color,
best composition-black and white por
traits/people, best depiction of move
ment, best use of light and landscape
and nature.
The prizes will be awarded by three
judges from the Athens community.
“The show is a great opportunity for
students to see different techniques and
strategies for taking good pictures,” said
Gamer Dewey, a participant in this
year’s show and a Ph.D. student in occu
pational studies from Costa Rica.
Dewey, who has been involved in pho
tography for ten years, said he was
involved in the show last year and want
ed to get involved again.
“The show is a great opportunity for
amateurs to show their work,” said
Halyee Vance, a participant in this year’s
show and a senior political science major
from Marietta.
“Students should come and check out
the show and support their fellow
students,” she said. “If you are interested
in photography it would be a good
experience.”
The exhibit can be seen in the Tate
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▲ Josh Crews, a senior from
Statesboro, examines some of the
photographs at the student pho
tography show at the Tate Center.
Center Art Gallery from 8 a.m to mid
night seven days a week. Both the exhib
it and the opening reception are free and
open to the public.
Libertarians protest affirmative action
By KATIE REETZ
kreetz@randb.com
A group of University
students is taking a sweeter
approach to fighting affirma
tive action.
The University
Libertarians sponsored a
protest bake sale Monday
afternoon and charged
students different prices
based on their gender and
ethnicity.
University Libertarian
Chris Leonard, a freshman
from Suwanee, said the pur
pose of the bake sale was to
show the fundamental flaws
of affirmative action.
Prices for the bake sale
started at $.25 for blacks
and Hispanics, $.50 for
Indians and Asians, $.75 for
white women and $1 for
white males.Reaction to the
bake sale was mixed, with
some students voicing
support and others eager to
debate the merits of
affirmative action, Leonard
said.
“We even had someone call
us racist pigs,” he said.
Leonard also said he
watched two white men give
their money to a black friend
so they could buy the cookies
for a cheaper price.
Brad Northenor, a junior
from Warner Robbins, said he
thought the protest bake sale
got the Libertarian’s point
across.
“They made their point — I
understand what they are try
ing to get say,” he said.
Not all students who saw
the bake sale reacted posi
tively to the Libertarian agen
da.
Rufin Tshinanga, a senior
from Decatur said his
initial response to the bake
sale was surprise that
the group felt white
males suffer from affirmative
action.
“I couldn’t understand the
logic that white males are suf
fering at the expense of
minorities when white males
are still the ones controlling
campus,” he said.
Until the playing field is
better balanced, Tshinanga
said he feels affirmative
action is still needed.
Alex Drazdowski, a junior
from Warner Robbins, said he
thought the bake sale was
unfair.
“If you’re going to have an
event like that, you should
charge the same prices for
everyone,” he said.
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