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April 17, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 141 | Athens, Georgia
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investigate hazing incident
Police
Suspect group
not named
By CRISTEN CONGER
cconger@randb.com
University police are
investigating an alleged haz
ing incident reported to the
Greek Life Office last week.
Claudia Shamp, associate
dean for Greek Life, said she
received an anonymous
phone call at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday alleging a hazing
incident at a sorority either
late Monday night or early
Tuesday morning.
Shamp would not com
ment on the details of the
allegation since it has been
turned over to the University
police and all of the available
information about it is
contained in the police
report.
Once the University Police
completes its investigation,
the Greek Life Office will
conduct any necessary
follow-up, Shamp said.
University Police Chief
Jimmy Williamson is out of
town and could not be
reached for comment.
The University Code of
Conduct defines hazing as
“any intentional, negligent or
reckless action, activity or
situation that causes anoth
er individual pain, embar
rassment, ridicule or harass
ment, regardless of the indi
vidual’s willingness to partic
ipate.”
Hazing is a misdemeanor
under state law.
Panhellenic Council
President Sarah Dougherty
said she had no comment on
the alleged incident since she
did not know enough about
the situation.
Dougherty said to her
knowledge, there had been
no other reports of hazing in
sororities this year.
National Panhellenic
Council — the governing
body for black fraternities
>- See HAZING. Page 5
Men’s
tennis
sets
record
KRISTEN D. FAIRCLOTH The Red 4 Black
▲ Members of UGA Hillel, a Jewish student group, participate in the chocolate Seder meal at the Campus Center for Jewish Life on Milledge
Avenue Sunday afternoon. The traditional Seder is the retelling of the Jewish people’s difficulties escaping from slavery into freedom. The chocolate
Seder adds a sweeter twist to the celebration.
Softball sweeps Gators, win 13 in row
By TYLER ESTEP
testep@randb.com
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
Student
out for
lyear
By JESSICA LEVINE
jlevine@randb.com
A University student who
pleaded guilty to aggravated
assault with intent to rape
was suspended from the
University for one year start
ing May 10 at his hearing with
the Office of Judicial
Programs.
The Office of Judicial
Programs conducted a hear
ing for Joshua Clay Oliver, a
junior from Toccoa, to deter
mine if he had furnished false
information to the University.
Oliver has been on interim
suspension since the
University learned of his
criminal history.
He is allowed to finish his
classes for this semester and
will be eligible to re-apply to
the University for the sum
mer 2007 term.
Oliver pleaded guilty to
aggravated assault with
intent to rape in 2003 but
did not explain this situation
on his University application
when he applied in 2005.
There is a question on the
application that asks whether
the applicant has ever been
convicted of a crime, which is
then followed by two boxes
labeled “yes” and “no.”
Oliver checked the “no”
box after consulting his attor
ney, Mark Wiggins.
Wiggins said Oliver
was sentenced as a first
offender, and under Georgia
law, a first offender is not con
victed.
The Office of Judicial
Programs decided that Oliver
should have checked the
“yes” box and then used the
space provided to explain his
situation.
The brooms were out
again this weekend for the
No. 9 Georgia softball team
as they stayed hot and
pulled out a three-game
series sweep of No. 23
Florida in Gainesville, Fla.
The Bulldogs (41-9, 21-3
SEC) now have won 13
straight games and cap
tured 18 consecutive SEC
series, sweeping the last
four.
Sophomore Jessica
Doucette and junior Megan
By SARAH WHITMARSH
swhitmarsh@randb.com
A biocontainment facility
that allows research on
infectious diseases is near
ing completion.
The Animal Health
Research Center (AHRC,
pronounced “ark”) in the
College of Veterinary
Medicine contains laborato
ries for work with infectious
agents that can easily be
transmitted by air, termed
“Biosafety Level 3,” or
BSL3.
What sets AHRC apart
from other research build
ings is the animal holding
facility, which will allow the
study of infectious diseases
in the animals themselves,
said Harry W. Dickerson,
professor and associate
dean of research and gradu
ate affairs at the College of
Veterinary Medicine.
The space can hold ani
mal species from rodents to
cattle or horses, he said.
While the animal holding
facility on the first floor will
be completed at the end of
the summer, Dickerson said
the BSL2 and BSL3 labs on
the second floor are ready
Game 1: Georgia 8, Florida 5
Game 2: Georgia 8, Florida 3
Game 3: Georgia 12, Florida 6
McAllister, last week’s SEC
Player of the Week, powered
the red-hot Georgia offense
through the weekend, going
a combined ll-for-21 with
four home runs and 13
RBIs.
In game one of
Saturday’s series-ending
doubleheader, the Bulldogs
for researchers to move in
next week.
The second floor will
house the new Center for
Disease Intervention, a
multi-disciplinary platform
to assist viral emerging-
fell behind early, but fought
back in the late innings to
pull away with a convincing
8-3 win.
Senior Ashley Godfrey
created a stir in the sixth
inning with a two-run
homer to center field to tie
the game at 3-3. The home
run was also the 39th of her
career, marking a new
Georgia softball record.
The Bulldog bats came
to life again in the final
inning, producing five runs
on RBIs from Courtney
Knight, Chelsea Cantillo,
Doucette and McAllister
infectious disease research,
wrote Ralph Tripp, profes
sor and Georgia Research
Alliance chair at the College
of Veterinary Medicine, in
an e-mail.
Tripp, who will head the
and sealing the win and
series victory.
After falling behind 5-0 in
game two, another sweep
seemed doubtful. But the
Bulldogs got four runs in
the fifth inning, and after
Doucette’s game-tying two-
run double in the seventh,
sent the game into extra
innings.
In extras, Georgia quick
ly squelched all hope of the
Gators salvaging a win. The
Bulldogs scored six runs on
five hits in the eighth,
>- See SOFTBALL, Page 7
CDI, wrote that AHRC will
allow his lab to develop
therapeutic drugs and vac
cines for emerging infec
tious diseases in humans
>- See RESEARCH, Page 3
Disease research facility almost completed
PAUL EFFLAND | University of Georgia
▲ The Animal Health Research Center will contain the animal holding facility, which
will be used to study infectious diseases that could be easily transmitted from animals
to humans. The center is locate on South Campus.
By SAM STEINBERG
ssteinber@randb.com
The No. 1 Georgia (22-0,
11-0 SEC) men’s tennis team
went to Knoxville, Tenn.,
Saturday
and accom
plished a
feat no
Bulldog
team had
ever done
— they
complete
an unde
feated reg
ular sea
son.
The
Bulldogs
did so with a 5-2 win over
Tennessee (9-10, 3-8).
“It was not easy. The regu
lar season
is a grind,”
head coach
Manuel
Diaz said in
a phone
interview
following
the match.
“This
part of our
year has
come to
an end.
Nobody
can take away from us what
we have accomplished,” Diaz
said.
Georgia is the 10th team
since 1977 to post an unde
feated season and the fourth
in the past four years. Last
year, Baylor went undefeated
before losing the NCAA
Championship match to
UCLA.
“We’ve got to attack the
post-season the same way we
attacked the regular season,”
Diaz said.
Senior Colin Purcell made
more history Saturday with
his 7-6, 6-4 win over David
Baxendine. Purcell extended
his match winning streak to
15 and has won 30 consecu
tive sets. He is the first
Bulldog to do so since Mikael
Pernfors in 1983.
“I stayed focused and
stuck to my game,” said
Purcell.
Sophomore Luis Flores
clinched the match with his
6- 3, 3-6, 6-2 win.
Junior John Isner and sen
ior Antonio Ruiz also won in
singles.
Despite the win, Georgia
players felt they did not play
their best tennis of the year,
with three matches going to
three sets and Isner fighting
off two tiebreakers to win 7-6,
7- 6.
“All of our guys were a bit
sluggish,” Isner said.
Purcell said it was hard to
get motivated early in the sin
gles matches despite having
the undefeated season on the
line.
Georgia went into the sin
gles round up 1-0 after all
three of its top 25 doubles
duos won their matches.
Georgia has won 20 out of 21
doubles points on the year.
Georgia begins the post
season Friday in Tuscaloosa,
Ala., as the top seed in the
SEC tournament.
DIAZ
PURCELL
MEN’S TENNIS
Georgia 5, Tennessee 2
Georgia completes its first
undefeated regular season.
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