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THURSDAY
April 27, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 149 | Athens, Georgia
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OUT & ABOUT
harsher
Punishments get
Univ. cracks down on drugs, alcohol
By SARA PAUFF
spauff@randb.com
University students will suffer
harsher punishments for drug and
alcohol offenses in order to improve
the University climate, University
administrators said Wednesday.
“We reached a pivotal point in
regard to student alcohol and other
drug abuse,” Vice President for
Student Affairs Rodney Bennett
said during a University Cabinet
meeting Wednesday.
The Cabinet approved changes
to the alcohol policy unanimously,
which include parental notification,
a mandatory alcohol awareness
class for first-time offenders and
suspension from the University on a
second offense. The new rules will
take effect July 1.
“It’s time to start dealing
more aggressively with a most egre
gious problem,” Adams said.
>- See CABINET, Page 6A
ALCOHOL RULES CHANGES
If you violate the University’s Alcohol and Other Drug Related Misconduct Policy:
The Office of Judicial Programs will notify your parents or guardians the first time and
every subsequent time you violate Code of Conduct policies on the use or possession of
alcohol or other drugs while under the age of 21.
Minimum Consequences for your first offense:
Alcohol awareness and probation for the remainder of the current semester and for the
next 2 semesters.
Minimum consequences for a second offense while on probation:
Suspension from the University for current semester and one subsequent semester (not
including summer semester).
These are minimum sanctions.
HITTIN’ THE HOOKAH
EMILY ANNE CRAWFORD The Red £ Black
A Valentina Tapia, left, a freshman from Argentina, and Cameron Hubbard, middle, a freshman from Lilburn, laugh as George
Ward, a freshman from Alpharetta, exhales smoke from a hookah in an Israel Day tent at Tate Wednesday afternoon.
‘Ninja’ seeks
apology from
ATF bureau
The firm representing
University student and
“ninja” Jeremiah Ransom
issued a letter Tuesday to
the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives asking for a
public apology.
Ransom was appre
hended by ATF agents
April 11 as he ran from
the Wesley Foundation to
Snelling Dining Hall
dressed as a ninja.
Paul Knott, Ransom’s
lawyer, wrote that his
client understood why he
was detained and se
arched under the circum
stances.
However, Ransom took
issue with the “unneces
sary and abusive” behav
ior the agents exhibited
toward him after he com
plied with their demands,
Knott wrote.
Ransom received med
ical treatment on campus,
which revealed a bruise
on his back, Knott wrote
in the letter.
In a telephone inter
view, Knott said he was
unsure of whether an
apology would be issued.
“I suspect they will be
reluctant to say anything
publicly,” he said.
The bureau doesn’t
want to admit liability, he
added.
ATF Special Agent in
Charge Vanessa Mc-
Lemore was unavailable
for comment as of press
time.
Ransom has not decid
ed what legal action he
would pursue if an apolo
gy is not given, Knott
said.
“If an apology were
issued, “that would be the
end of it,” he said.
— Brian Hughes
Fired adviser’s appeal reviewed
By ASHLEY FIELDING
afielding@randb.com
The University Grievance
Committee will meet Monday morn
ing to review the appeal of the
March firing — linked to racial dis
crimination — of a University
administrator.
Robert Bryant, former student
affairs counselor for Multicultural
Services and Programs, was fired for
failing to cooperate with an investi
gation of the MSP office regarding
the University’s non-discrimination
and anti-harassment policy.
The office came under scrutiny
after a white student-employee
came forward, citing discrimination.
Following a legal affairs investiga
tion, the office — which oversees
multicultural organizations such
as Black Affairs Council, Hispanic
Student Association and the Indian
Cultural Exchange — was found
to be in violation of the NDAH poli
cy.
Sandra Goolsby, an administra
tive assistant in MSR violated the
University’s NDAH policy for engag
ing in inappropriate discussions
regarding sexual orientation and
the sexual history of other employ
ees and/or students, according to
documents from Legal Affairs. Also,
Goolsby allegedly engaged in inap
propriate discussions about race,
color and religion.
Goolsby was suspended from the
University for three days without
pay for her violation of University
policy.
“Your cooperation and candor
during the investigative process
suggest that training, rather than
termination, will adequately correct
any past policy violations,” Andrea
Jolliffe wrote in a March 10 letter to
Goolsby.
Although Bryant was not found
in violation of the University’s poli
cy, he was fired for interfering with
the March 1 investigation.
During the investigation, Bryant
did not answer questions consis
tently, Jolliffe said.
Bryant either claimed not to
know certain information or denied
facts that were not in dispute,
Jolliffe said.
“His answers were just directly
contradicted by other people I
interviewed,” Jolliffe said.
Jolliffe would not comment fur
ther on the record, because she said
she did not want her statements to
keep others who feel victimized by
discrimination from coming for
ward.
“I really want people to come for
ward and report these things,”
Jolliffe said. “I want them to know
we’re going to take these things
seriously — that the investigative
process is going to be a fair one.”
Although Jolliffe states she
believed Bryant hedged her ques
tions, Bryant said he answered
every question to the best of his
ability and recollection, in a letter
appealing his termination.
In his letter to appeal his termi
nation, Bryant claimed he was not
given clear direction on handling his
duties at MSP
“I should not be made the
scapegoat for the ineffective leader
ship within MSP or be the quick
solution to the Division’s desire to
quickly sweep this embarrassing
public relations situation away,”
>- See APPEAL, Page 5A
The wait is finally over:
NFL Draft this weekend
NFL DRAFT
FILE | The Red & Black
A Former Bulldog quarterback
D.J. Shockley is rated No. 12 at
his position by scout.com.
By RYAN CRAWFORD
rcrawford@randb.com
This weekend couldn’t come
soon enough for D.J. Shockley.
The former Georgia quarterback
said he is ready to be done with the
running, lifting and questioning he’s
had to endure since graduating.
He’s ready to know what jersey he’ll
be wearing next season.
But most importantly, Shockley’s
ready to get back on the field.
“Yeah, I can’t wait to get back
out there,” Shockley said in a phone
interview Monday.
“It’s a long process, but not a lot
of guys get to do this and have this
kind of opportunity.”
Shockley, along with several
other Bulldogs and hundreds of
football players across the nation,
enters the NFL Draft this Saturday
When: Saturday-Sunday
Where: Radio City Music Hall, New York
TV: ESPN, ESPN2
and Sunday to find out which team,
if any, he will be playing for next
season. Only 255 players will be
selected during the draft’s seven
rounds.
For Shockley, it’s been more than
four months since he suffered a dis
appointing Sugar Bowl loss after a
season of answering doubts about
his ability to play quarterback.
Shockley’s play as a backup left
questions about his accuracy and
decision making ability.
He responded by leading the
conference in passer efficiency
>- See DRAFT, Page 8A
Student attacked on Cedar
University Police sent out an
e-mail to all students late
Wednesday to announce a report
of battery on campus — something
the department normally doesn’t
do.
According to the University
Police release, a female student
said she was accosted at around
8:30 p.m. on Cedar Street between
Lumpkin Street and Sanford Drive
by a white male.
She reported being pulled into
the bushes and being struck sever
al times.
She described the assailant as
stocky, between 5-foot-10 and 6
feet tall with shaggy hair, and
wearing a red polo-style shirt,
jeans and sandals.
The release said University
Police would like to talk to anyone
with information about the inci
dent, but it stated the reason
police sent the information out to
students was “in the interest of
informing the University commu
nity and surrounding community
of this occurrence.”
— Brent Mosley
EMILY ANNE CRAWFORD The Red £ Black
A Junior Josh Morris hits a home run during Wednesday's win over
Georgia Tech.
Dogs dominate Tech
despite poor weather
By ALEX BYINGTON
abyington@randb.com
With rain clouds hanging over
head and the Diamond Dogs still
reeling from their loss to Western
Carolina on Tuesday, Georgia was
in need of something to brighten
their day.
The Bulldog bats provided the
lift as Georgia (25-16) demolished
No. 8 Georgia Tech (32-10) by a
score of 12-6 on a wet Wednesday
night.
“The way we swung the bats
tonight, we’re capable of doing
that every night,” junior first base-
BASEBALL
Georgia 12, Georgia Tech 6
man Josh Morris said after the
game.
Georgia scored early and often
as the game began with four con
secutive hits by the Bulldogs,
including back-to-back RBI-sin-
gles by Morris and freshman short
stop Gordon Beckham.
Junior center fielder Joey Side
>• See BASEBALL, Page 7A
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