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MONDAY
May 2, 2005
Vol. 112, No. 153 | Athens, Georgia
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Many
express
concern
overSS
numbers
By SARA PAUFF
spauff@randb.com
Putting her Social Security number
on exams makes Tricia Flynn a little
wary.
“I think it’s a risk,” said Flynn, a
freshman from Savannah. “I think it
would be better to have some other
number.”
But on a campus where the nine-
digit numbers are used for everything
from registering for classes to record
ing grades, students don’t really have a
choice.
Registrar Rebecca Macon said
Social Security numbers for students,
faculty and staff are stored in
databases that are used for many
things on campus, including class rolls.
Students can’t use their UGA ID
numbers as identifiers on tests, she
said, unless the professor has those
numbers.
James Coverdill, associate professor
in sociology, said professors have no
choice but to use the Social Security
number as an identifier.
“It’s embedded in the system,” he
said.
Coverdill said he had tried making
up his own system of giving students
unique, three-digit ID numbers to put
on tests, but the process became too
complicated because no one could
remember their three-digit ID.
“I think it’s horrible that we haven’t
used student IDs,” he said.
Macon said the ID Management
Task Force has been formed to look at
the use of student ID numbers, and
members are contemplating the
possibility of eliminating Social
Security numbers as the main identifi
cation on campus.
► See SOCIAL. Page 6
KENDRICK BRINSON | The Red & Black
a Racers in the Women’s Pro Criterium speed through the rain around the corner of Clayton and Lumpkin streets Saturday
night at the Athens Twilight Criterium. The racers sped around a kilometer of downtown Athens’ Clayton, Lumpkin,
Washington and Thomas streets. The women’s race is 40 laps, or 40 km, and the men’s professional criterium is 60 laps.
Shannon Hutchison of Atlanta won first place in the the women’s race, and Vassili Davidenko of Russia won first place in the
professional men’s race.
Twilight cyclists ride through Athens
By MATTHEW BORENSTEIN
mborenste@randb.com
The 2005 Athens Twilight
Criterium was an adventure.
The roads were slick from early
rains, the race started an hour
later than in years past, the
speeds were fast and the field of
100 riders was top-notch.
For winner Vassili Davidenko
of the Navigators Insurance
team, the Saturday night race
was even more of an escapade.
He made the 850-mile drive
from his home in New Jersey after
taking a few days off after com
peting in the Tour de Georgia six-
day stage race.
Just getting to Athens was an
adventure, said the winner, who
finished the 60-kilometer main
event in 1:17:56.
“It’s a short race. It’s better to
go early,” said Davidenko, who
attacked the field throughout the
entire race and was in front for a
good portion of the race.
He was alone and had time to
salute the crowd before crossing
the finish line.
Davidenko, a 13-year pro, was
able to use the wet course, which
caused some riders to be more
cautious and changed racing tac
tics to his advantage, he said.
“I know how to use my bike
(on wet roads),” he said, adding
he used a slight incline on the
back of the course to his advan
tage before accelerating down the
backside of the incline.
Teammate Marty Nothstein,
the only other Navigators rider in
the field, was impressed but not
surprised with his teammate’s
performance, considering the two
were going up against teams with
several riders.
“He made a bunch of men look
like a bunch of boys,” said
Nothstein, who was unable to
ride in the lead group of about
15 riders with Davidenko after he
crashed early in the race. “When
you’re as strong as Vassili, he was
riding like 10 men.”
Ivan Dominguez of the Health
Net Pro Cycling team was second,
four seconds behind and
Alejandro Action of Team SBR
was third, finishing in the same
time as Dominguez.
► See TWILIGHT. Page 6
Pitchers
don’t bring
much relief
JASON GETZ | The Associated Press
i Georgia first baseman Josh Morris (33) takes the throw as
Alabama’s Evan Bush (14) dives safely at Sewell-Thomas Stadium
in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday. Georgia defeated Alabama 4-3.
By DAVID PITTMAN
dpittman@randb.com
As the Georgia baseball team’s
starting pitching has started to
return to the same form that carried
it to the College World Series last
summer, the Bulldogs’ relief pitching
has cost the team several wins at a
critical point of the season.
Georgia’s relief pitchers have
blown four leads in its last seven
games.
The Georgia bullpen blew the two
games Georgia lost in its weekend
series at No. 13 Alabama.
In Sunday’s 11-9 loss, three
Georgia relief pitchers combined to
give up six runs in the bottom of the
eighth inning, which Georgia entered
leading 9-5.
In Friday’s 5-3 loss, Georgia was
up 3-1 when Alabama’s Evan Bush
hit a grand slam in the bottom of the
eighth off closer Will Startup to give
ANALYSIS
the Tide the lead.
“(The relief pitchers) struggled
tremendously,” head coach David
Pemo said in a telephone interview
after the game. “It’s been unfortu
nate that we haven’t had any room
for error.”
Georgia is not alone.
The Bulldogs are not the first
team to blow late leads to Alabama.
Sunday’s victory was the Crimson
Tide’s 20th come from behind win
this season.
> See BASEBALL, Page 8
Bulldog lineman arrested Saturday
Darrius Swain was arrested
Saturday night and charged with
driving with a suspended license and
following too closely, according to
Clarke-County jail logs.
Swain, a defensive lineman from
Decatur, was booked at 8 p.m. He
was released at 10:11 p.m. after post
ing $2,000 bond for the two charges
— $1,500 for the suspended license
charge and $500 for following too
closely.
Both charges are misdemeanors.
“Coach (Mark) Richt is aware of
it,” said Claude Felton, a senior asso
ciate athletics director. “I’m not
expecting anything from him today
(Sunday) on what, if any, action he
may take of a disciplined nature. I’m
sure (Richt will) address it whenever
he gets a chance to talk to anyone
and has all the facts.”
This was not the first violation for
the 6-foot-2, 330 pound senior.
On Feb. 23, Swain was arrested by
University police after being caught
driving with a suspended license and
speeding.
He was also released from jail on
March 9 after being charged with a
probation violation.
Swain had been on probation
since April 23, 2004, after he pleaded
guilty to the charge of criminal tres
pass.
In his first three years at Georgia,
Swain has recorded a total of 85 tack
les in 38 games played.
— Sean Lamprey
Commissioners believe
smoking ban will pass
By BRIAN McDEARMON
mcdearmon@randb.com
Students can expect to leave
their smokes at home when they
go downtown next semester, two
Athens-Clarke County commis
sioners said Sunday.
ACC commissioners Carl
Jordan and Tom Chasteen said
Sunday they believe the commis
sion will pass an all-out ban on
indoor smoking over the summer
that would be in place by the
start of fall semester.
Last year the commission — in
a split vote broken by Mayor
Heidi Davison — passed a partial
smoking ban in bars and restau
rants between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.,
after rejecting a complete ban —
also by a split vote.
Chasteen said if the commis
sion voted on the ban today, he
believes it would pass seven to
three votes.
But Chasteen and Jordan said
many of their constituents have
been asking to have an around-
the-clock ban put back on the
table.
“Virtually everywhere I go,
individuals are indicating they
want that to happen,” Chasteen
said.
Jordan said he continues to
hear complaints from people
wondering why their smoke-free
lifestyles “cannot be accommo
dated by a 24-hour ban.”
Jordan asked to have the full
ban considered in February, but
Davison refused to put the item
on the commission’s agenda at
the time, saying she wanted to
wait until the ban had been on
the books for at least a year.
Davison could not be reached
for comment as of press time
Sunday to say when she would
consider rehashing the proposed
ordinance.
Commissioner David Lynn said
he is against a total ban, but that
he expected it to come up again
after the one-year mark since the
first law went into effect.
“I think the compromise is
working,” Lynn said.
Last month, the General
Assembly considered a full
statewide ban but ended up pass
ing a weakened version with
exceptions for bars and restau
rants that only serve patrons
older than 18.
However, the bill’s fate is still
in the air, since Gov. Sonny
Perdue has expressed hesitation
about signing it into law.
Perdue spokesman Shane Hix
said Friday the governor is “near
ing a decision” on the bill.
“He is also concerned about
the other side of the issue and
that would be the impact on the
rights of businesses,” Hix said.
If Perdue does not sign the bill
by May 10, it will become law.
Chasteen said the need for the
legislation will become even
greater if Perdue passes the bill
because many restaurants that
serve a bar crowd at night could
be at a disadvantage to bars that
serve only alcohol and, therefore,
do not admit minors.
Chasteen also dismissed the
idea that businesses in ACC
would lose clientele to nearby
counties if the county enacted a
comprehensive ban.
“People won’t drive any dis
tance at all to go to a place where
they can smoke,” Chasteen said.
Calls made to other ACC com
missioners Sunday were not
returned as of press time.
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