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THURSDAY
June 8, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 153 | Athens, Georgia
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Diamond Dogs go to Super Regionals
By ALEX BYINGTON
abyington@randb.com
All season long, the Georgia
baseball team has been compared
to the magical 2004 squad that
rode a late hot streak in the regular
season and finished tied for third
place at the College World Series.
The similarities are apparent —
the ’04 team compiled a 13-2 record
in the second half of SEC play,
while this year’s Diamond Dogs
almost matched that feat, going 12-
3 in the last five weeks of the SEC
schedule.
And after defeating Florida
State (44-21) in dramatic fashion
this past weekend at the NCAA
Athens Regional Tournament, No.
7 Georgia (45-20) is looking to take
on SEC foe South Carolina this
weekend in the best-of-three
Athens Super Regional at Foley
Field for the right to go to the
College World Series.
To say the Diamond Dogs are
familiar with the No. 15 Gamecocks
(40-23) is an understatement.
They have faced them four times
this season, compiling a 4-0 record,
including a three-game sweep at
Foley Field in March and a thrilling
come-from-behind 16-10 victory in
the SEC Tournament. In that
game, they were nine runs down
after the first inning.
“Hell, they were ahead of us 9-0,
and we came back,” senior catcher,
and team spark plug, Jason Jacobs
said.
“(But) they got some sticks,
they can hit the ball. I don’t think
any lead is ever comfortable with
those guys. We just happened to
play better than them four times,
and we’ll just have to do it two
more.”
Even before they were thinking
about the chance to beat South
Carolina six times in one year, the
Diamond Dogs had to get through
a tough regional tournament
against the likes of Florida State,
Jacksonville and Sacred Heart, the
Northeast Conference champion.
In the games against
Jacksonville and Sacred Heart,
Georgia was much in control, out-
slugging the Dolphins 15-8 and
shutting down the Pioneers 11-0
respectively.
But it wasn’t until the Seminoles
defeated the No. 7-nationally seed
ed Bulldogs 6-4 on Saturday, send
ing them one loss away from elimi
nation, that Georgia really turned
up their competitive juices, fighting-
back from the loser’s bracket to
squeak by Florida State 3-2
Monday night in front of a season-
high crowd of 3,612.
“It basically boils down to who
has more guts,” Jacobs said,
regarding his approach to what
could be his final game as a
Georgia Bulldog.
“I know my tank’s gonna be on
> See BASEBALL, Page 10
TOIVI O’CONNER | The Red & Black
A Bobby Felmy, a senior from Sunbury, Penn., celebrates Georgia’s 3-2 victory over FSU Monday. The
victory puts the Dogs just two wins away from the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Student unexpectedly dies from hemorrhage
Stricter
hiring
policy
returns
By DAVID PITTMAN
dpittman@randb.com
The University is returning
to the more restrictive hiring
practice it used during the
lean budget years of two and
three years ago due to a
significant rise in energy and health
care costs.
The announcement, made by
Provost Arnett Mace and Senior
Vice President for Finance and
Administration Hank Huckaby in a
letter to members of the University
administration, may lead to more
classes taught by part-time and
temporary faculty and graduate
assistants rather than tenure-track
professors.
Despite the University’s recent
recovery from nearly $35 million in
state-funded budget reductions,
one of three senior vice presidents
must approve any action regarding
vacant faculty and staff positions
after a request is made, Mace said in
the letter dated April 25.
“Each request must provide jus
tification,” Mace said.
“I look at each of those very
closely.”
Some University officials said it’s
too early to tell how many of the
requested positions will be
approved. However, Mace said, as of
Wednesday morning, 850 approvals
have been granted.
But a majority were staff posi
tions and graduate assistants.
“Most of these are not faculty,”
Mace said.
This practice also was used in
2003 and 2004 when the University
was in the midst of having its state-
allocated money cut from $442.2
► See FACULTY, Page 5
Adams aims
to fulfill
Academic
Rigor plans
By CRISTEN CONGER
cconger@randb.com
In one year at the University,
student Richie Petzel from
Suwanee, who died last Thursday,
left a lasting mark on the student
community.
“He had a big impact on a lot of
people,” said Josh Golden, a junior
from Lawrenceville and vice presi
dent of Petzel’s fraternity, Phi
Kappa Theta.
“His infectious smile and his
eyes — when you saw him, he made
Richie Petzel
from
Suwanee
died last
Thursday in
Athens
Regional
Medical
Center.
you smile,” said Phi Kappa Theta
adviser David Stooksbury.
Intramural chair of the fraterni
ty, Petzel, as quarterback, would
lead flag football games and rally
pigskin tosses in the fraternity
house’s front yard. Golden said, “If
nobody was open, he’d take (the
ball) and run it himself.”
But the Phi Kappa Theta yard
has been a bit quieter the past
week.
Petzel died June 1 at Athens
Regional Medical Center after suf
fering a brain hemorrhage while
playing video games with his frater
nity brothers on May 26.
His funeral was held June 5 at
Cumming First United Methodist
Church.
No drugs or alcohol were
involved, according to a press
release from Stooksbury.
Petzel had a condition known as
arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
— something he was born with, yet
his family was unaware of until he
was taken to the hospital.
In a letter released by Petzel’s
parents, Cindy Garner and Matt
Petzel, Garner wrote that she lost
one son, but she has in return
► See PETZEL, Page 5
Beck quickly sells out two shows
By MICHELLE FLOYD
mfloyd@randb.com
Somebody might want to roll
out a red carpet at the Georgia
Theatre.
Beck has sold out shows
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
and it looks like it’s going to be a
star-studded VIP event with major
celebrities predicted to be present.
“There’s going to be lots of
famous people,” said Wil Greene,
owner of the Georgia Theatre.
And he’s not talking only about
the local personalities — most of
whom tend to show up to big
Classic City events. He didn’t want
to name names, but he did say he
had big stars from out of state call
ing him up for tickets.
He might have given a few of
them tickets, too.
“If someone from the 40 Watt or
R.E.M. or somebody else calls me
up and asks me to hold tickets for
them, then I’m going to do that,”
Greene said. “The show is open to
the public, but some people aren’t
the general public.”
Beck’s management also held
an unknown number of tickets, but
Beck and his management weren’t
available for comment.
Greene said some people think
the shows are a scam or a conspira
cy and that general public tickets
never existed. But he said those
people are wrong.
“The only difference with this
show is that more people want to
come to this one,” he said. “I
haven’t done anything different
with this show than with any other
show.”
He said he wishes more music
fans would come to the Theatre
every night.
Tickets to both shows sold out
instantly, but more tickets were
available later because of how the
Georgia Theatre online ticketing
system works.
When users log on to the
Georgia Theatre Web site, they are
prompted to enter how many tick
ets they would like to purchase.
SPECIAL | The Red & Black
▲ Beck will perforin two sold-out
shows June 13-14 at the
Georgia Theatre.
The system holds the selected
amount of tickets for 10 minutes.
The site then asks users to enter
credit card information. If
> See BECK, Page 6
By LAUREN MORGAN
lmorgan@randb.com
The veto is a rather complex
creature. It is not simply a “no” or a
“because I’m the boss” type of being
but an opening for tolerance and
understanding.
At least that was what President
Michael Adams was aiming for when
he vetoed a University Council reso
lution in late May.
Although Adams has been in
office since 1997, that was the first
time he has used his power to veto a
resolution passed by the University.
After the spring semester ended,
Adams decided to veto the manda
tory pledge period for fraternities
and sororities approved by the
Council.
In its last meeting of the year on
April 25, the Council voted to limit
the new member education period
to only eight weeks.
“We think this can have a positive
effect on the academic environ
ment,” said Student Affairs
Committee chair Richard Dunham,
whose committee proposed the
restriction.
Dunham cited aspirational
schools like the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke
University that limit their pledge
periods while maintaining a superior
example of academic rigor.
Three organizations, Beta Theta
Pi and Fiji fraternities and Chi
Omega sorority, pleaded with
>- See ADAMS, Page 3
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