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THURSDAY
July 13, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 158 | Athens, Georgia
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The Co|t of
Orientation
New students are getting
tons of free stuff but
who’s footing the hill?
By MICHELLE FLOYD
mfloyd@randb.com
Each incoming freshman goes
home from orientation with some
handouts, full stomachs and
maybe a UGA koozie or two.
But multiply that by 5,000 and
all of the papers, folders, bus
trips, meals and other “freebies”
add up.
Summer orientation is almost
a half-million dollar project.
And everything in orientation
must be paid for by somebody,
whether it’s the attending stu
dents, their parents or a sponsor
ing University group.
“It has to break even,” said
Nancy McDuff, director of admis
sions. “It doesn’t generate rev
enue for anybody, and there’s no
state money.”
The expected total expense for
this year’s orientation is $460,000.
The expected total income is the
same, since there are about 5,000
incoming freshman paying a $95
orientation fee.
The total income may vary
according to the actual number of
those attending orientation and if
parents decide to stay overnight
and eat, but it typically will all
balance out in the end because of
how the system is set up.
Eric Johnson, director of orien
tation, said the orientation fee
was raised to $95 this year, up
from the $85 that was charged in
the past few years, since the old
fee wouldn’t cover this year’s
expenses.
In return, students get a night
in the dorms, four meals, folders
and handouts. Parents only
ANDY IVICFEE | The Red & Black
i Courtney Brown, an orientation host for the dining halls, hands new students pamphlets about
food services as they head to lunch at Snelling. The expected cost of the pamphlets and folders, bus
rides, meals and a night in the dorm for each new student this year adds up to about $460,000.
receive information and a conti
nental breakfast, but they may
pay extra for a stay in the dorms
and other meals.
The fee also covers bus service,
postage, printing, the rental of
the Tate Student Center, dorm
rooms and anything else that may
be needed to provide a complete
orientation experience.
A sponsoring University organ
ization or other group that may
want attention may also cover the
costs of some material.
“With the folders one year, the
alumni magazine provided them,
so they put their logo and infor
mation on there for promotions,”
McDuff said. “We don’t want
► See FEES. Page 5
Program
inspires
Latinos
BY AUBREY SMITH
basmith@randb.com
Wednesday marked the end of the
beginning for Diana Rodriguez.
“I wanted to do something for myself
and my community,” said Rodriguez, a
participant in the Latino Youth
Leadership Program from Forest Park
High School.
This week’s opening of the yearlong
LYLP program was the initial phase in
which participants became acquainted
with each other as well as planned their
required community projects.
The Latino Youth Leadership
Program, coordinated through the
University’s Panning Institute, started
four years ago to develop leadership with
in the Latino community and to educate
high school students about college possi
bilities.
“The most challenging issue facing
Latino youth is for Latinos to stay in
school,” wrote a participant in one of his
six LYLP application essays. “There are
only few Hispanics that are able to make
it into college, and there are fewer who
reach a doctorate degree.”
Darlene Rodriguez, the Fanning
Institute faculty member in charge of the
program, said by 2025, Latinos are esti
mated to comprise 25 percent of the
Georgia population. Consequently, she
said the program is important to let the
fastest-growing minority in the nation
know they can go to college.
“Right now is a very critical time for us
Latinos,” said Jorge Atiles, associate dean
of Family and Consumer Sciences and
one of the University’s highest ranking
>- See LATINO, Page 5
JULIA NORMAN | The Red & Black
▲ The Multi-Modal Transit Center, which has been in the works since the
early ‘90s, will include service from both Athens Transit and Campus
Transit systems. The facility, which is scheduled to open Aug. 14, will be a
future hub for alternative transportation and a station for a potential com
muter train linking Athens to Atlanta.
Athens finally finishes
its transportation huh
By AUDREY LEWIS
For The Red & Black
Getting around Athens will be a lit
tle easier this fall semester.
A new phase in Athens transporta
tion will begin soon with the opening
of the Multi-Modal Transportation
Center behind the Classic Center, slat
ed for Aug. 14.
Authorities hope the facility —
which will be the new home for Athens
Transit — will be a future hub for
alternative transportation and a sta
tion for a commuter train linking
Athens to Atlanta.
The Multi-Modal Center, which has
been in the works since the early ‘90s,
will include service from both Athens
Transit and Campus Transit systems.
Bike lockers will be available to rent
and overhead covering for weather
protection also will be offered in the
facility.
“I am really happy and excited
about the new center opening up,”
said Denise White, an Athens Transit
bus driver.
“I know that it will bring in a lot of
revenue, especially with the new night
service,” she said. “The center is going
to benefit both the Athens and UGA
communities tremendously.”
Likewise, Ron Hamlin, manager of
Campus Transit, said that the inclu
sion of Campus Transit routes to the
center should make it easier for stu
dents to get downtown and take
buses that may not circulate on cam
pus.
Despite the change of venue, no
new routes are proposed at this time,
but there are bus schedule changes
for both services.
The Orbit bus will leave the center
at 6 a.m. and will continue its service
until 7 a.m., when the Family Housing
route will take over. That route will
operate until 6:30 p.m., when the
Family Housing night route will go
into service.
Athens Transit also will extend the
service of routes 1, 2, 5, 9, 20 and 25
from 6:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. While the
center will close at 7:30 p.m. each
night, it will provide dispatch services
for the night routes on Pound Street.
Julia Penning, a senior from
Athens, said she sometimes rides the
bus to conserve gas and is pleased
with the new operating hours.
“I have had a lot of night exams,
especially during finals. It would have
been nice to have the option
>- See CENTER, Page 3
Fbrmer Bulldogs return for charity
By MARSHALL DUNCAN
mduncan@randb.com
Many Bulldog football players
move on to bigger things after
their collegiate careers, but they
never forget where they came
from and the help they received
along the way.
For this reason, more than 15
former Georgia greats will return
to Athens to interact with fans
and help raise money for three
important charities.
Brothers and former Georgia
players Matt and Jon Stinchcomb
organized the “Countdown to
Kickoff” event, which will take
place at 3 p.m. Saturday at
the Woodruff practice fields. The
event will include a host of cur
rent and former Bulldogs meeting
with fans on a personal level.
“It’s like coming home,” Matt
Stinchcomb said of returning to
Athens. “We’re UGA Alumni just
like anybody else, and a lot of us
were UGA football fans before we
were players.”
“Part of the reasons we were
able to play football (at Georgia)
is that there is a fan base,” he
said. “(It) helps make that
University of Georgia football
team the success that it is, so you
MATT AND JON STINCHCOMB
can’t help but have an apprecia
tion for what the fans contribute
to your experience as a football
player.”
The Stinchcombs are joined by
fellow Georgia alumni Charles
Grant (a New Orleans Saint along
with Jon), Jermaine Phillips (a
retired Tampa Bay Buccaneer
and ex-teammate of Matt) and
David Greene (a Seattle
Seahawk). Though Greene
helped, he will be unable to
attend because he is on his hon
eymoon with high school sweet
heart Veronica Clark.
The event will raise money for
the College of Education’s
division of the Arch Foundation,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
and the Georgia Transplant
Foundation.
“It hits close to home for us,”
Matt Stinchcomb said of the
inclusion of the particular chari
ties involved.
“My dad is on a heart trans
plant list, and he knows he’ll
never get a heart. We’ve been
doing things with (the Georgia
Transplant Foundation) for the
last several years,” Stinchcomb
said.
The Foundation is an organiza
tion committed to helping those
needing transplants. Today, more
than 1,600 people are waiting for a
transplant in Georgia, including
67 candidates living in Athens.
Money raised from
“Countdown to Kickoff” will be
used to help alleviate the “astro
nomical” $415 million price tag
transplants are expected to cost
in Georgia this year alone. On top
of that, recipients also pay more
than $60,000 in follow-up costs for
continued wellness.
Stinchcomb said the
Foundation is, “instrumental in
getting (both recipients and
candidates) back on their feet”
with scholarships, mentoring,
information about the transplant
► See EVENT, Page 10
Tennis star competes in the big league
By NICK WOMACK
For The Red & Black
This summer, Georgia tennis
star John Isner is taking a break
from his amateur collegiate
career to play amongst the pro
fessional ranks.
Since being named to the
United States Tennis Association
Summer Collegiate Team in late
June, Isner has been competing
on the USTA pro circuit.
Though he is playing in profes
sional tournaments, Isner is not
putting his amateur status in
jeopardy.
“As long as I don’t accept any
prize money, I am not considered
a professional,” Isner said.
Though he will not be a profes
sional, Isner can earn points
toward an eventual professional
ranking.
The USTA Summer Collegiate
team was started in 1996 to give
collegiate stars a chance to gain
exposure and experience against
professionals during the offsea
son.
In the 2006 Shasta
Orthodontics Men’s Professional
Tennis Tournament in Chico,
Calif., on July 2, Isner played his
way into both the doubles and
singles finals.
Isner then lost a tough
three-set match (7-6, 9-7, 7-5)
in the singles final to the 23-year-
old Mexican professional tennis
sensation simply known as
Echagary.
“I should have won that
match,” Isner said.
Isner said he plans to play in
two to three more tournaments
► See TENNIS, Page 10
SPECIAL | The Red & Black
▲ Georgia tennis player John
Isner was named to the USTA
Summer Collegiate Team.
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