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MAN OF STEEL
THURSDAY
June 29, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 156 | Athens, Georgia
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VARIETY, PAGE 8
University deals with drought
Water restrictions
hit campus hard
By LAUREN MORGAN
lmorgan@randb.com
Summer is supposed to be a time
of rest and relaxation, but with a
statewide drought the University
Physical Plant is anything but
serene.
On June 21, state officials
declared a drought for all of Georgia
leaving the University to cope with
water restrictions for the 600-plus
acres of campus.
And despite heavy rainfall
Monday, June 26 the campus and
state are far from recovering from
the deficit.
“We’re having problems, not so
much with the turf but with some of
the landscapes with plant losses,”
said Dexter Adams, director of the
Grounds Department for the
Physical Plant.
“The plants aren’t dead but are
shutting down as a defense mecha
nism.”
To describe how the landscape
looks currently, Adams drew an
analogy to a mouth missing some
teeth where the grounds appear to
have holes in the landscape.
But Adams added that some
of the tree losses, which are
occurring all over campus, are
caused by stress from earlier
droughts.
Despite the size of the University
campus, Adams said Georgia water
restrictions already in place that
the University must comply with
are no more restraining than the
► See DROUGHT, Page 5
— Sources:
DROUGHT AREAS
Precipitation (inches) Jan.1 - Jun.26
Name
2006
Normal
Departure
1) Dawson
12.0
17.9
-15.9
2) Lake Seminole
13.0
28.8
-15.8
3) Rome
20.8
29.9
-9.1
4) Athens
20.8
24.6
-3.8
5) Savannah
19.2
22.2
-3.0
6) Atlanta
23.0
23.0
-2.5
7) Clarks Hill
22.8
22.5
0.2
DO Abnormally Dry
D1 Drought - Moderate
D2 Drought - Severe
D3 Drought - Extreme
H D4 Drought - Exceptional
www.georgiaweather.net, www.noaa.gov
CUBBY WEST | The Red 4 Black
Dooley remains a top dawg
By MARSHALL DUNCAN
mduncan@randb.com
When it comes to influential figures in
University of Georgia sports, there are few
more famous than Vince Dooley.
With more than forty years of involve
ment at the University with stints as both
head football coach and athletic director,
Dooley is a major reason why Georgia foot
ball and the other athletic programs have
become national forces.
Before Dooley arrived at the University in
1964 as a 31-year-old assistant coach from
Auburn, the University’s football program
was in a bit of a “drought,” including three
straight losing seasons.
“Looking at my credentials as an admin
istrator there is no way I would have hired
myself,” recalls Dooley. “But fortunately, I
didn’t know any better.”
Dooley would quickly prove his worth,
winning an SEC Championship in his third
season as head coach.
Even with his immediate success at
Georgia, Dooley never expected to be still
involved more than four decades later.
“I just came in and was fortunate to put
together a good staff. We were off to a good
start, and I was able to survive for 40 years,”
Dooley said.
While Dooley’s work as a coach and ath
letic director is now etched in Georgia foot
ball lore, sports were not his main priority
coming out of college.
“I did everything to stay away from
sports. I took business because it had no
security in sports,” said Dooley, who also
received two history degrees, including his
master’s, from Auburn. “I thought I’d try
coaching because I liked it. I think the final
analysis is that you have to really do what
you enjoy.”
It was Dooley’s coaching ability and com
petitive drive that fueled the football team’s
successful play on the field, but it was his
fashion sense that guaranteed they would
look good while doing it.
After hiring former Georgia player John
Donaldson (’48) as an assistant coach in his
first season as head coach, Dooley told him
about an idea to redesign the Georgia logo.
Donaldson then volunteered his wife, Anne,
to design it.
Mrs. Donaldson then drew the now
famous emblem, but there was a problem —
it was eerily similar to the NFL’s Green Bay
Packers’. However, the similarity turned out
to be a just coincidence: Mrs. Donaldson
had no idea who the Packers were at the
time.
Because of the similarity, Dooley asked
and received the Packers’ permission to use
>- See DOOLEY, Page 12
LEIGH AUERBACH | The Red & Black
A Vince Dooley signs autographs during a few minutes of his free time at his office
in the Rankin M. Smith Academic Center. Dooley finds time to sign memorabilia fans
leave for him at the Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall.
Ex-Dean sues
Pres. Adams
and Regents
By CRISTEN CONGER
cconger@randb.com
and
By JESSICA JORDAN
jjordan@randb.com
Former dean of Grady College John Soloski
filed a lawsuit Tuesday, June 27 against
University President Michael Adams, the Board
of Regents and the state for $1 million in dam
ages.
In the suit filed in a Fulton County Court,
Soloski is seeking $1 million in damages from
Adams, the regents and the state for breach of
contract and “severe emotional distress, its
physical manifestations and the resulting harm
done to his reputation and career.”
A letter submitted by Soloski’s lawyer,
Brandon Hornsby, to the regents and the state
stated that the claims arose from “harms
caused ... by state employees who have mali
ciously and intentionally injured Dr. Soloski
during his service as an employee of the
University of Georgia.”
It further claims Soloski was “systematically
and unlawfully targeted,” after Soloski’s refusal
in 2005 to write a letter of support for Adams
during his split with the University Foundation
concerning an audit of his expenditures.
However, the lawsuit states that Soloski did
not comply because he “ethically could not take
sides in this political dispute, fearing it would
harm the University’s and Grady College’s aca
demic reputation.”
In addition, Soloski is seeking his “right to
due process” for an impartial hearing regarding
accusations of sexual harassment. The com
plaint was filed against Soloski by a Grady
employee on May 18, 2005, and resulted in his
resignation from the deanship, following what
the letter called a “sham investigation.”
Soloski, according to the lawsuit, claimed he
wasn’t permitted to confront his accuser or
defend himself during the University’s hearing.
Also, separate appeals to Adams and the
regents for an additional hearing were denied.
“From day one, Soloski has wanted a fair
hearing — he’s been denied that — and that’s
primarily what this case is about,” Hornsby said.
When Soloski resigned last summer, it was
under the agreement that his salary after July 1,
2006, would be no less than the highest-paid
Grady professor. However, according to the suit
his salary will be $130,015, while the highest-
paid full professor within Grady College will
receive $190,000.
Bike lockers lack
adequate funds
By MICHELLE FLOYD
rafloyd@randb.com
University cyclists may have to wait at least another
year for University Parking Services to find a way to
fund bike lockers designed for bikes to be stored on
campus.
Parking Services brought up the issue again earlier
this month after sending out a survey about the lock
ers being placed on campus.
Of the 664 housing staff and Alternative
Transportation Program members surveyed, 58 per
cent said they would use the lockers. But only 22 per
cent of those said they would pay to use them.
This reaction could cause a delay for the storage
units.
“Parking Services does not have (the money for the
lockers) in the budget next year, and unless we come
up with some other revenue streams, we are projected
to have a shortfall,” said Diane Hale, manager of
Parking Services.
Cycle Safe, a company Parking Services is working
with, charges $7,000 for one unit of eight lockers.
“We kind of wished we could have had two or three
(units),” Hale said.
But she said she wants to talk to the Cycle Safe
president further because he has programs through
out the country to help with funding.
SPECIAL | The Red & Black
A Bike lockers like these could be seen all around
campus if Parking Services is able to find funding
for the multiple $7,000, eight-locker units.
She also will have to bid on multiple bike locker
companies before anything is finalized.
In addition, Hale said she wants to look into other
funding options, such as subsidies and federal money,
because the University community will have to pay for
the lockers unless she can find a donor.
“We have charged all we can,” she said. “We’ve
charged visitors, vendors, contractors and athletics,
not just for football, but for basketball and gymnastics
and others too. That’s the reason parking hasn’t gone
up in five years.”
She said Parking Services’ budget is simple: if an
expenditure is added, something gets cut somewhere
else.
“It’s not like we’re going to milk you,” she said
about Parking
>- See BIKES, Page 5
STAY SAFE ON THE
FOURTH
Georgia Fireworks Laws
>- Legal: Sparklers up to 100 grams each, fountains up to 200 grams
total for multiple tubes or 75 grams for each individual tube,
snakes, glow worms, snappers and party poppers.
>- Illegal: Firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, roman candles,
bombs, balloons with fire underneath to propel and sparklers over
100 grams each.
>- Fines: A fireworks violation in Athens-Clarke County carries a
$115 fine.
>- Risks: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated
that in 2004, 9,600 people were treated in hospitals with fireworks-
related injuries, according to the National Council on Fireworks
Safety (www.fireworkssafety.com).
>- Safety Tips: The National Council on Fireworks Safety offers
this advice for avoiding fireworks-related injuries:
— Use outdoors only.
— Never relight a ‘dud’ firework. Instead, wait 15 to 20 minutes and
then soak it in a bucket of water.
— Always have water handy — a garden hose and a bucket.
— Light only one firework at a time.
— Never throw or point fireworks at other people.
— The shooter should always wear protective eyewear and never
have any part of the body over the firework.
— Dispose of fireworks by soaking them in a bucket of water and
then put them in a trashcan.
— Don’t drink alcohol and use fireworks.
>- Alternatives: For those who want to see a fireworks display but
don’t want to risk getting their face blown off, check out the Star
Spangled Classic at Bishop Park at 9:30 p.m.
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