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THURSDAY
July 27, 2006
Vol. 113, No. 160 | Athens, Georgia
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VARIETY, PAGE 6
Drinking
laws may
allow for
amnesty
By LIZZIE HUMMA
For The Red & Black
On Aug. 1, a panel of
University officials will meet for a
third time to discuss pending
drafts of an alcohol-related
amnesty policy that may waive
suspension penalties for intoxi
cated underage students seeking
medical assistance.
“The policy as it stands is not
promoting a healthy environ
ment ... and we want to show
support and concern of student
safety and well being,” said Jamie
Peper, president of Student
Government Association.
The active policy stipulates
that students found in violation
of the code of conduct, including
anything from having a beer can
in their dorm room to a DUI, will
be given a minimum sanction of
alcohol-awareness classes and
probation for the remainder of
the semester in which they were
found in violation and for the fol
lowing two semesters while
enrolled at the University.
Probation extends through sum
mer terms, but they are not
included as a semester in the
probation process.
If a student acquires a second
offense while on probation, they
will be suspended from the
University for the current semes
ter and the following semester.
Summer semesters may not be
substituted for fall or spring
semester suspensions but will be
included in the suspension peri
od.
According to Jim Bove, the
assistant dean of Judicial
Programs, the active policy’s
minimum sanctions resulted
from several open forums in
which students voiced concerns.
But the current policy has
many students worried because
some think it may deter under
age students who have been
drinking from seeking medical
assistance for themselves or a
friend because of the Judicial
Program’s stiff penalties.
Now, if an underage friend who
has been drinking contacts a
University employee to aid a fel
low underage student with alco
hol poisoning, both students
could potentially be arrested.
SGA is working to change
these minimum sanctions in cer
tain circumstances.
Peper, who proposed the new
amnesty policy with Matt Suber,
SGA vice president, said the new
pilot amnesty policy would pro
tect intoxicated students who
seek medical attention and/or
those who helped them do so.
“I would never want someone
to not get help or suffer in judg
ment (for fear of a penalty),”
Peper said.
University Chief of Police
Jimmy Williamson explained that
amnesty only comes into play
with state law depending on the
individual officer’s decision in a
given situation, and many officers
abide closely with the law.
“I would hope all of us as indi
viduals would do the right thing
and take care of a friend who
needed help and then deal with
the consequences,” Williams said.
“We hope that people would not
put themselves in these situa
tions and drink responsibly.”
Bove said that students who
are arrested by police for under
age drinking first deal with the
state courts and then are
referred to Judicial Programs.
“We know what reality is, but
we want people to be smart, and
something as serious as a death
on your conscience is much
worse than a night in jail,” he
said.
However, Bove added that
even if the current policy is
revised, it would be at least a
year before an amnesty policy
would go into effect.
“There definitely wouldn’t be
one for another year,” Bove said.
* * *
For more information about
the University’s alcohol policy
and sanctions, visit www.uga.
eduljudicialprogramslcode.htm.
KEVIN BROPHY 1985-2006
By PETER STEINBAUER | psteinbau@randb.com
families without a son and broth
er.
All that remain are memories.
Memories of the Aussie kid who
didn’t like Chick-fil-A (it was
served too often at athletic func
tions) and didn’t like American
pizza (it wasn’t nearly as good as
the Australian version).
The only logical way to start a
look at his life is through basket
ball. He expressed himself with
basketball. Everything else came
second.
“The one thing he had that
stood out above everything was
this desire to play Division I bas
ketball, and nothing stood in his
way,” Savannah Memorial Day
athletic director Mark Sussman
said. “He did the dating and stuff,
but he did it in a way that it was
second place to playing basket
ball.”
Brophy, 21, attended high
school in the U.S. at Savannah
Memorial Day.
In any conversation about
Brophy, the memories inevitably
shift to him on a basketball
court.
There was that night his fresh
man year he knocked down 19
points against Vanderbilt. There
were those Saturday mornings in
high school when he’d borrow
Sussman’s keys and shoot
around the gym for a couple
hours and lift weights.
During the 2004-05 season,
Brophy took a lead role as a
freshman walk-on. He started
eight games. He averaged 32 min
utes (of a possible 40) per game
over the second half of the SEC
► See BROPHY, Page 10
The silence was
profound. Too pro
found.
A room filled with
Australian elementary stu
dents, usually quick to raise
hell, was struck speechless by the
spiky-haired ballplayer talking in
front. Oh, what a sight it was.
The speaker captivated his
audience for any number of rea
sons.
His air of confidence and natu
ral likability may have done it
alone. That is, after all, why
Georgia men’s basketball coach
Dennis Felton expected him to
captain his team next year.
Maybe that endearing little
half-smile captivated them, just
like half the girls at Georgia.
Then again, maybe it was his
nonjudgmental approach with
people. It’s one of the reasons
why best friend and roommate
Dave Bliss said he was a leader of
men.
Whatever it was, on that day,
Kevin Brophy earned himself a
classroom chock-full of new
admirers.
“The teacher said, ‘I have
never seen them this quiet
before,’ ” said Brophy’s girlfriend
Molly Ramage, who accompanied
Brophy on a trip to his native
Australia last May. “He was talk
ing to them about motivation and
saying, ‘If you know what you
want, you have to work at it.’ We
sat there for half an hour and
signed autographs afterwards.”
Brophy’s July 20 death in a car
accident left the men’s basketball
team without the player ready to
lead it. It left a girlfriend without
Associated Press her soul mate. And it left two
Kevin was loved
every player
on the team’
University memorial remembers ‘Broph’ fondly
By CRISTEN CONGER
cconger@randb.com
When University basketball
players Dave Bliss and Kevin
Brophy met two years ago as
new roommates, they initially
were unsure about each other.
Brophy, a spiky-haired guard
from Australia seemed like an
unlikely match for the Wisconsin
native, Bliss said.
Bliss’ stories about Brophy
elicited laughter and tears at the
University Chapel on Monday,
July 24, where a capacity crowd
gathered to honor the life of the
rising junior who died Thursday,
July 20 in a car accident on Ga.
Highway 15 near Greensboro.
Since their meeting, Bliss and
Brophy — or “Broph,” as many
friends called him — spent much
time together playing basket
ball, hanging out with friends
and going downtown.
“He was always smiling,
laughing,” said Ali Champion, a
junior from Marietta.
University President Michael
Adams, Athletic Director
Damon Evans and men’s basket
ball coach Dennis Felton, among
others, spoke about the many
aspects of Brophy’s life as a
player, student, friend, son and
boyfriend.
“Kevin literally was loved by
every player on the team, top to
bottom,” Felton said.
Brophy’s father and surro
gate mother from Savannah also
recalled his devotion to his
friends, love of his family and
relentless dream to play top-
notch basketball.
The emotional crowd in the
chapel attested to the number
of lives Brophy touched.
“Look Broph, a full house,”
said associate head coach Pete
Herrmann, looking a large pho
tograph of him on the stage.
“Just what you always wanted to
play in front of.”
Like many others in that
crowd, for Juliette Anclra, who
met Brophy in Australia, the
memorial service was only the
first step in moving forward
from Brophy’s unexpected
death. “He was just one of those
people everyone loved,” Anclra
said.
LEIGH AUERBACH | The Red & Black
A. Athletic Director Damon Evans speaks at Kevin Brophy's memorial service
in the University Chapel on Monday. “Brophy epitomized what it means to be
a Georgia Bulldog. From every perspective, Kevin was a winner,’ said Evans.
Center doesn’t have a hand in quarterback decision
By PETER STEINBAUER
psteinbau@randb.com
and
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
pkisubika@randb.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Center Nick Jones sat
behind a table as a group of
40 reporters peppered him
with questions Wednesday
at the SEC’s annual presea
son media day.
First came the inevitable
quarterback questions,
which were no surprise to
him.
“I guess you could say
Joe T’s the front runner,”
Jones said. “He’s the most
experienced. He’s been here.
He’s number one on the
depth chart. That’s some
thing for Coach Richt to
decide though. I deal with
all of (the quarterbacks). I
feel very comfortable with
either one at quarterback. I
think all of them bring
something to the table. All
of them can do the
job.”
Jones was then
asked if he’s
received any special
treatment from
quarterbacks trying
to win him over to
get a starting job.
“It’s the typical
quarterback/center
situation (with all of
them),” he said. “I
haven’t received any
treatment.”
Jones, who is a
third-year starter,
will anchor an
offensive line that
figures to be a team
strength.
Richt said Jones
was chosen over
more recognizable
offensive names
because he’s
become a leader.
“He’s always
special been a dependable guy, and
he’s a guy that we’re really
RICHT
counting on for his produc
tion, but also as a leader,”
Richt said. “Nick’s a great
representative of our pro
gram.”
Richt didn’t indicate that
he would change the cur
rent quarterback depth
chart before preseason
practice. As it stands now,
Joe Tereshinski III is first.
Blake Barnes is second. Joe
Cox is third. Matthew
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