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TUESDAY April 18, 2006 Vol. 113, No. 142 | Athens, Georgia Partly cloudy. High 75 | Low 53 | Wednesday 76 ONLINE: www.redandblack.com An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 OPEN MIC >•Students get a chance to show off their skills. VARIETY, PAGE 6 Hearings set for students charged after Fish death Court dates set for today, Thursday Arraignment hearings will be held this week for five individuals arrested following the investigation into student Lewis Fish’s death as a result of alcohol, cocaine and heroin. The arraignment hearing for Thomas Carpenter — the Georgia College & State University student who was with Fish when he died — is still pending. Charges against Gene Milner were dropped due to insufficient evidence. — Caroline Ervin underage possession of alcohol. WILLIAM COWAN Tuesday 8 a.m. Furnishing alco hol to minors, possession of marijuana, MARK OLSEN Tuesday 8 a.m. Furnishing alco hol to minors, possession of marijuana, underage pos session of alcohol. JORDAN REDELLA Tuesday 1:30 p.m. Furnishing alcohol to minors, pos session of mar ijuana, possession of fraudulent identification, use of false identifi cation to purchase alcohol. I I GRAYSON GORDON J Tuesday I 9 a.m. Jm Possession of A marijuana, ^ possession of 1 fraudulent identification. 1 MICHAEL CROCKER Thursday 9 a.m. Furnishing alco hol to minors, possession of marijuana. Professor remembers Univ. of past By ANNA FRY For The Red & Black University professor Hardy Edwards Jr. remembers a time when the Ramsey Center was a dairy farm and the Hodgson School of Music was a poultry farm. “All that was chickens,” he said. Edwards, a poultry science and animal nutri tion professor, has worked at the University since Nov. 1, 1957, which makes his employment time the longest of any faculty or staff member still at the University, according to employee records manager Dickie Riggs. During his 48-year career, Edwards said he considered leaving Athens only once, when a vice president from a large company tried to “woo him” away. “I just decided I was happy,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of fun, and I’ve enjoyed it.” Edwards, 76, said he remembers a different time in Athens, when the campus was ultra-con servative. Ladies had to wear raincoats over their gym shorts on campus, he said. Recalling the landscape, he said he remem bered when the Psychology-Journalism Plaza was the basketball arena. Edwards said he went to almost every football game between 1957-1979 before deciding to give up his seat so others would have a chance to go. Pictures of former graduate students and doc toral candidates Edwards has mentored crowd the top of a bookcase in his office. “My students go out and they’re very success ful, so it makes you feel good,” Edwards said. Anastassia Liem, a graduate student from Indonesia earning a degree in poultry nutrition, said she likes Edwards’ sense of humor, experi ence and patience. She is applying in the fall to continue working with him on her doctoral degree. “He’s one of the nicest (professors) you’ll ever get,” she said. “He knows how to handle gradu ate students like they’re supposed to be treat ed.” Edwards said he was born in Ruston, La., in 1929 and earned a bachelor’s degree in agricul ture at Southwestern Louisiana Institute at a time when 85 percent of the students there spoke French. He then graduated with a master’s in agricul ture from the University of Florida before enter ing Cornell to work on his doctorate. At Cornell, Edwards met his wife, Aldies. Directly after graduating at age 23 with a doctoral >- See EDWARDS, Page 3 CHUCK THOMSON | The Red & Black A Hardy Edwards, a professor in the Poultry Sciences department, holds a picture of himself taken just months before he began teaching at the University in 1957. Edwards, 76, has been teaching at the University longer than any other University professor and says he has no plans to retire. “I still enjoy working,” he said. “That's obviously why I’m still here.” Pledge period to curb hazing Council hopes to manage risks By ASHLEY FIELDING afielding@randb.com A proposed restriction on Greek pledge periods may be an attempt to reduce hazing incidents. Brandon Frye, fraternity adviser for the Interfraternity Council, said the changes in pledge periods may help reduce the risks involved in Greek organizational events, such as hazing. “We asked ourselves — when do most issues arise in fraternities? During new member education,” Frye said. Last week, the University Council’s Student Affairs committee proposed limiting pledge periods for University Greek organizations to eight weeks. Frye said the new policy would not stop all risks asso ciated with Greek events. “You can never eliminate risk from any event,” Frye said. “You can only manage it.” Frye said many national organizations have shortened their pledge periods, and the N orth-American Interfraternity Conference mandated that pledge peri ods are less than 12 weeks. FIJI has a semester-long pledge period. The pledgeship lasts from the beginning of Fall semester to the beginning of Spring semester so new pledges’ grades can be reviewed before initiation into the fraternity. For members taking 12 hours of classes, the fraternity requires at least a 2.7 GPA; for those enrolled in 15 hours, the fraternity requires a mini mum of 2.5 GPA, said Eddie Goepp, former president of the FIJI fraternity. Goepp said the proposed changes in pledge periods may affect the quality of FIJI’S pledge class. “We’re going to have to ini tiate guys that aren’t up to the academic quality we like,” Goepp said. “I hope we get guys that are smart enough to make the grades.” Frye said the shorter pledge periods do not neces sarily mean fraternities will end up with the short end of the academic stick. Greek organizations still can hold their pledges to an academic standard without waiting until the end of the semester for grade reports, >- See GREEKS. Page 5 Diamond Dogs uneven on the road LAUREN FELTEN | The Red & Black A Georgia pitcher Ben Jeffers attempts to tag out Gardner-Webb runner Jon Crockett during a March 4 game. Crockett successfully scored a run, but the Bulldogs held on to win 9-4. By ALEX BYINGTON abyington@randb.com This year’s baseball season has had more ups and downs than a roller coaster. The Diamond Dogs have gone 9-6 against top 25 teams and 6-9 against SEC oppo nents. Despite the hot-and-cold play of his team, head coach David Perno said he is not worried, preferring instead to take everything in context. “That’s why you play the whole season,” Perno said. “You go through the tough times and how you respond to the adverse conditions early in the year is what type of team you are late in the year.” The last two weeks, the Bulldogs have played against BASEBALL Georgia (22-13) vs. Mercer (25-17) When: 7 tonight Where: Foley Field Starters: Georgia RHP Brooks Brown (Jr., 3-3, 4.56 ERA) v. Mercer LHP Shawn Barrett (Sr., 3- 3, 5.91 ERA) three nationally ranked teams on the road, coming away with a 3-4 record. So far, Georgia is 7-8 on the road, with two series wins against SEC opponents No. 12 Arkansas and No. 17 Mississippi State. “We got a good team with a chance to win on the road. We were in all those games. It was a good challenge for us at the right time, and I think our kids weathered the storm,” Perno said of his team’s per formance on its recent seven- game road trip. A big reason the Diamond Dogs have stayed competi tive is the play of junior cen ter fielder Joey Side who leads the team with a .373 batting average. “He’s hitting the ball to all fields. He’s doing a great job setting the tempo for our offense,” Perno said of Side. “We just need some other guys in the lineup to follow his lead.” Also playing well is junior first baseman Josh Morris who leads the team with 11 home runs and 36 RBIs. The up-and-down season has been reflected in the per formance of the Bulldog pitching staff, which amassed a high 4.90 ERA and ranks 11 out of 12 in the SEC. Despite what he called a blown save last Saturday and the poor pitching last Sunday, Perno still believes his pitchers can perform when it counts. “We’re gonna lean heavy on our starters and (reliev ers) Rip (Warren) and Joshua (Fields), and hopefully get A- Mac (Adam McDaniel) going again,” Perno said. Tonight the Diamond Dogs (22-13) will face off against a very strong ► See BASEBALL. Page 6 INSIDE TODAY | News: 2 | Opinions: 4 | Variety: 6 | Sports: 6 | Crossword: 5 | Sudoku: 7