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BECK IN ATHENS
THURSDAY
June 15, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 154 | Athens, Georgia
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LEIGH AUERBACH | The Red & Black
A Georgia players, including senior outfielder Kyle Keen (No. 21) and senior second baseman Matthew Dunn (No. 7), rush
the pitcher's mound to celebrate their College World Series berth after beating South Carolina 11-6 on Monday night.
Twice is nice for Bulldog seniors
LEIGH AUERBACH | The Red & Black
A Senior Jason Jacobs gets a big
hug from his mom, Georgia
Jacobs, after the game, Monday.
By ALEX BYINGTON
abyington@randb.com
It’s a place where grown men get to feel
like small children again.
To a college baseball player, the word
“Omaha” elicits the same feelings a small
child gets when “Disneyland” is men
tioned.
This magical place is the famous
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha,
Neb., home of the greatest spectacle in
college baseball — the College World
Series, a double-elimination tournament
in which the best eight teams in the coun
try compete for the title of National
Champion.
And for the second time in three years,
Georgia is one of those eight teams.
This year’s Diamond Dogs, much like
the team in 2004, made their way to
Omaha thanks to the contributions of a
combination of upperclassmen leaders
and underclassmen upstarts.
Many of the older Bulldogs fondly
remember their experiences in 2004 when
they finished tied for third in the country
as just wee pups.
“It’s unbelievable — as soon as they
opened the gates, it was like water flow
ing,” junior left fielder Jonathan Wyatt
said of the 28,000-plus fans that flock to
Rosenblatt Stadium for the World Series.
“Everyone knows baseball, everyone
loves baseball — damn good fans,” senior
catcher Jason Jacobs said.
“That’s just a pure baseball city,” junior
center fielder Joey Side said of Omaha.
This year’s team, though often com
pared to the 2004, 2001 and 1990 squads,
seems to have a better sense of itself and
its mission.
“These kids are unbelievable. They did
it all year — they just willed it. It’s a spe
cial team,” head coach David Perno said.
And it was that never-say-die mentality
that allowed this season’s Diamond Dogs
to stave off elimination two weeks in a
row.
After losing 15-6 to No. 15 South
Carolina (41-25) in Game 1 Saturday, No.
7 Georgia came back and won the next
two games 11-5 on Sunday, and 11-6 in
Monday’s championship game.
The final game was a tale of one big
inning, as senior right fielder Bobby Felmy
came up huge in a seven-run seventh with
a lead-off home run and a two-RBI triple
in the same inning.
In another example of senior leader
ship, Jacobs had a great postseason, hit
ting .392 with two home runs, eight
> See OMAHA, Page 10
LEIGH AUERBACH | The Red & Black
A Tanesha Douglas, a sophomore from Newark, N.J.,
gives her input on Tate II at a focus group held Tuesday
by the MHTN Architects Inc.
Tate II firm
seeks input
By DAVID PITTMAN
dpittman@randb.com
Imagine having 100,000
square feet — about the
floor space of 21 basketball
courts or two football fields
— to fill a $40 million build
ing with few parameters on
exactly what to put in it.
That’s the task before
the University, Atlanta
architectural firm Cooper
Carry Inc. and the Salt Lake
City, Utah-based design
firm MHTN Architects in
planning the renovated and
expanded Tate Student
Center. The project is fund
ed by a $25 per semester
increase in student fees.
Starting this week, the
parties met with on-cam
pus services and students
to get an idea of the
amount of space certain
aspects will get in Tate II.
Associate Director of
Student Life Ed Mirecki
called it “programming” the
new building.
“It’s their chance to talk
to everybody in the building
and get their ideas on
what’s working and what’s
not,” Mirecki said.
On Tuesday and
Wednesday, the architects
and designers visited cam
pus for the first of three
rounds of meetings with
students and the various
campus services involved in
student life and activities
before the designs will be
finalized in August.
These meetings allow the
architects, the same group
that designed the Student
Learning Center, to get an
idea of how much space to
allocate for student lounge
space, meeting and office
space, a food court and
>- See TATE II, Page 5
STUDENTS’ IDEAS
-An expanded food court for
more on-campus dining options.
Tate officials said there is a need
and desire to have a mix of local
vendors, like the Jittery Joe’s in the
SLC and national ones, like the
Chick-fil-a in the Tate Center.
J. Mike Floyd, director of food serv
ices, said he’s heard the most
desire for a Mexican or Chinese
food option added to the Bulldog
Cafe, but it will be early fall before
the final vendors are known.
-More convenient study space
as an alternative to the SLC.
While Tate officials and designers
said they don’t want to duplicate
the intentions of the SLC in Tate II,
Andrew Gladden, chairman of the
Tate II student advisory board, said
any study space in Tate II would
likely be multi-use and semi-casual.
He said rather than designing an
area solely for studying, Tate II
would be designed as a place for
socializing and studying.
-Increase the office space for
the more than 450 student
organizations on campus.
In Tate II, the space could be in a
more centralized area where
organizations can promote their
presence and on-campus purpose.
-Add a place to relax or take a
break between classes.
“The SLC has become more of a
student center than our current stu
dent center is,” Peper said.
- Increase the size of the
Georgia Hall (the largest open
space on campus) from its cur
rent 700-person capacity to 1200.
Renovations to begin for campus housing
By LAUREN MORGAN
lmorgan@randb.com
Bring on the wrecking ball
because one of the oldest
dorms on campus is getting a
makeover.
The historic Reed Quad
soon will have a new resi
dence hall, and Payne Hall
will no longer be used as stu
dent housing.
On June 6, the Board of
Regents authorized the $57
million construction and ren
ovation plan that will revamp
one of the older parts of cam
pus.
The quad, consisting of
Reed, Payne and Milledge
Halls, will be closed off by a
new dorm, according to John
Schramski, director of resi
dence facilities.
“We need to replace the
bed space after renovating
Payne Hall,” Schramski said.
University officials are still
trying to determine what pro
grams Payne Hall will house
after being closed to student
housing.
The new dorm, which will
house about 175 students, is
yet to be named, and con
struction plans are still in the
schematics stage, Schramski
said.
After receiving a thumbs
up from the Regents, the
University has entered into
the project planning stages.
Though the University has
only recently received
approval from the Regents,
Schramski said they have
consulted more than 150 stu
dents, faculty and staff about
the changes to the quad.
“We talked to students
who lived in the existing
buildings and the Residence
Hall Association,” Schramski
said.
Construction and renova
tion will begin in spring 2007
and ideally be completed by
August 2008.
The Regents have
approved the schematics, but
they have not selected an
architectural firm for the
project.
The renovation projects
will include two other dorms
outside of the Reed Quad —
Mary Lyndon and Rutherford
Halls.
The new dorm also will
compensate for bed space
that will be lost in renova
tions at Rutherford and Mary
Lyndon because the renovat
ed rooms will be larger
>- See HALLS, Page 5
VOTER REGISTRATION
When:
Monday, June 19
What:
The deadline to register to vote in the July 18 gener
al election primaries. These elections will determine
the candidate from each party who will run against
each other in the Nov. 7 general election. In
Georgia, a voter does not need to register by party
to vote in the primary.
Why:
This fall, Georgians will vote on a number of elected
positions including Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State, 13 U.S. Representative seats,
Attorney General, State School Superintendent,
Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of
Agriculture and Commissioner of Labor.
How:
Voter registration forms are available at:
► www.sos.state.ga.us.
>- Holmes-Hunter academic building
Mail to:
► Cathy Cox
Secretary of State
1104 West Tower, 2 Martin Luther King Drive, S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1505
> OR to your local county board of registrar’s
office. The address can be found at
www.sos.state.ga.us
Keep in mind that mailed forms must be postmarked
by June 19.
People also can register in person at their local reg
istrar’s office.
► Those wishing to vote in a new county must re
register by the June 19 deadline as well.
- For more information, visit www.sos.state.ga.us
DOT PAUL | University op Georgia Public Affairs
A Members of the Redcoat Marching Band enter a sta
dium in Chengdu, China on Sunday, May 21. The 300
member marching band made stops in Kunming,
Xiamen, Nanjing and Shanghai. >- Seepage 3 for story.
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