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The Red & Black | Friday, September 16, 2005 | 5A
Students assisting hurricane animal rescue
By JOHN CALDWELL
jcaldwell@randb.com
Relief efforts have relocat
ed most people left in the
wake of Hurricane Katrina,
but this week a Mississippi-
bound group focused on aid
ing other victims — animals.
Don Hamilton, Don
Shurley, Curt Lacy and Bill
Thomas — of the College of
Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences —
were part of a 12-member
team that left for
Hattiesburg, Miss., on
Monday.
Overwhelmed veterinari
ans in the state requested
help from other areas of the
country in providing care and
coordinating relief efforts,
said Lisa Ray, spokeswoman
for the Georgia Emergency
Management Agency.
“They have treated and
rescued more animals than in
Hurricane Andrew in 1992 —
just since they’ve been down
there,” Ray said. “That gives
you some idea of the scope of
the problem.”
University graduate Paul
Williams, a veterinarian with
GEMA and a team member,
reported he had been working
14- to 16-hour days since
arriving, Ray said.
The Georgians’ role is part
of an effort to shift from initial
emergency response to recov
ery, according to a news
release by the Georgia
Department of Agriculture.
Workers have aided scores
of dogs and cats as well as
about 50 horses, Ray said.
Communication with
storm-affected areas contin
ues to be difficult, and there
has been limited contact with
the team, said Faith Peppers,
public relations director for
the college of agriculture.
The team is expected to
return in the middle of next
week, after workers from New
Jersey arrive to fill the same
role.
Students
By JESSICA JORDAN
jjordan@randb.com
With football season well
under way, signs advertising
student tickets abound on
campus, raising questions
about a possible solution to
ticket scalping.
“I don’t think students
should scalp tickets for
ungodly amounts of money,”
said Heath Hollandsworth, a
junior from Grayson, of the
$100 a friend paid for a
Georgia-Florida student tick
et last year.
As of 2001, ticket scalping
was made legal in Georgia as
long as tickets are sold
at least 1,500 feet away from
the event’s venue. The seller
is required to be licensed and
is subject to specific regula
tions, according to the
Georgia House of
Representatives Web site
(www.legis.state.ga.us).
“It’s been several years
since we’ve arrested someone
for scalping, students or non
students,” said Captain Lisa
Boone of the University Police
Department.
Boone said ticket scalping
is a misdemeanor, but the
University Police’s first priori
ties are the injured or sick on
game days.
“It’s not that we don’t look
at it as being a crime, but
we’re more concerned with
the overall safety of
the patrons at the game,”
JOBS: Hard
to come by
in Athens
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Drew Page, president of
the Athens-Clarke Economic
Development Foundation,
said spring graduates could
have an added challenge in
their quest for a local job.
“We’ve been getting calls
from people on the Gulf
Coast,” he said, referring to
those affected by Hurricane
Katrina. “Graduates are
going to be in competition
with those people.”
Students also have to con
sider whether or not Athens
provides jobs related to their
fields of study.
The government job sector
has an major presence in the
city because of the University.
Education and health care
are two other industries that
provide a significant portion
of employment in the city,
said Rich Cary, director of
economic development for
the Athens Chamber of
Commerce.
The Athens-Clarke County
school district has been the
primary employer of
University graduates for the
last five years, according to
the results of annual gradua
tion surveys administered by
the Career Center.
“We have to have jobs that
are commiserate with college
graduates,” Cary explained.
He said life science and
biotechnology research at the
University can lead to new
start-up companies, which
would provide more opportu
nities for math and science
majors.
Mays said she plans to stay
in Athens one year after grad
uation and save money to
attend graduate school.
Page, who said he felt
Athens relies on student
graduates as a “significant
part of the labor mix,” had a
different opinion.
“If you look at the region,
and not just Athens-Clarke
County, I think you’ll be a lot
more successful,” he said.
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scalping tickets a
she said.
Auburn University imple
mented a paperless ticket
system in 1997 that
allowed students to enter
football games using their
student ID.
“We really had problems
with scalping when we had
paper tickets ... it’s nearly
impossible to stop,” said
Tim Jackson, executive asso
ciate athletics director at
Auburn.
Computers are used to reg
ulate the Auburn ticket sys
tem, where ID cards
are scanned to designate
entry into the stadium’s stu
dent section through the
16 student gates. Once stu
dents leave the student sec
tion, they are not allowed re
entry.
Jackson said that the sys
tem allows students the flexi
bility to temporarily sell their
ID for a game because they do
not check photos, but since
the “TigerCard” can be used
as a credit card as well, stu
dents are often reluctant to
sell their ticket (and hence
their ID) to someone they do
not know well.
“The students have really
loved it. If someone paid $150
for an ID and it was no good,
then we have the student’s
name and can discipline
them,” Jackson said.
Kelley Lawrence,
University student ticket
manager, said he is concerned
about scalping and said he
keeps a file on students who
have been found selling over
priced tickets on eBay or
WebCT.
Ticket scalpers may be
prevented from purchasing
tickets for next season.
Scalping can be reported to
the main ticket office.
Lawrence said the
University has considered
implementing an electronic
ticket system similar to
Auburn’s, but the large num
ber of students at the
University requires a larger
student entrance for the
scanning of ID cards.
The University admits
approximately 4,000 more
students per game into
Sanford Stadium than
Auburn does, and Lawrence
said he is concerned that long
lines could result.
“The thing about scanning
on game day is that it backs
up lines at the stadium wait
ing for people to scan their
cards to get in. With our cur
rent gate structure, it would
be pretty tough to do.
“We don’t want students at
the gate who are probably
intoxicated pushing and
shoving each other because
they’re mad they are missing
kickoff,” he said.
Lawrence said that the
University would like to
change the ticket format, but
would have to wait until the
next construction phase of
problem
the stadium to build a mas
sive gate with 20 to 25 lanes
that would be able to accom
modate students.
The stadium’s unique cen
tral location on campus pre
vents a new student entrance
from being constructed
because of its close proximity
to Memorial Hall and the
Sanford Drive bridge.
“In an ideal world it would
be great, but with our current
gate structure we cannot
accomodate 18,000 students
in a two-hour time period,”
Lawrence said.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE FOLEY The Red & Black
▲ The University has considered turning to an electronic
ticketing system to alleviate scalping problems on game
days, but no official plans have been made.
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