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WEDNESDAY
August 16, 2006
HALL OF FAMERS
>• University sports
personalities receive
eternal glory.
FALL SPORTS
SCHEDULES
FOOTBALL
9/1 First Friday
9/2 Western Kentucky
9/9 @ South Carolina
9/16 UAB
9/23 Colorado
9/30 @ Mississippi
10/7 Tennessee
10/14 Vanderbilt
10/21 Mississippi State
10/28 @ Florida
11/4 @ Kentucky
11/11 @ Auburn
11/25 Georgia Tech
WOMEN’S
SOCCER
8/19 Clemson
8/25 Jacksonville
8/27 Mercer
9/1 BYU
9/8 @ Virginia
9/10 @ George Mason
9/15 Furman
9/17 Georgia State
9/22 @ Mississippi State
9/24 @ Ole Miss
9/29 @ Florida
10/1 @ South Carolina
10/6 Arkansas
10/8 LSU
10/13 Vanderbilt
10/15 Kentucky
10/20 Auburn
10/22 @ Alabama
10/27 @ Tennessee
11/2 SEC Quarterfinals
11/3 SEC Semifinals
11/5 SEC Finals
VOLLEYBALL
Georgia Invite
8/25 v. UAB
8/26 v. Morehead State
8/26 v. Coastal Carolina
Georgia Tech
Invitational
9/1 v. Georgia State
9/1 v. Georgia Tech
9/1 v. Northern Iowa
9/5 Mercer
9/8 @ Denver
9/9 @ UCLA
9/9 @ Texas State
9/15 Florida
9/17 Auburn
9/22 @ Arkansas
9/24 @ LSU
9/27 South Carolina
9/29 Alabama
10/6 Kentucky
10/8 Tennessee
10/13 Mississippi State
10/15 Mississippi
10/20 @ Auburn
10/22 @ Florida
10/27 LSU
10/29 Arkansas
11/3 @ Mississippi
11/5 @ Mississippi State
12/10 Tennessee
11/12 Kentucky
11/15 @ South Carolina
11/19 @ Alabama
11/24 Winthrop
SEC Tournament
12/1 -12/2
NCAA Tournament
12/8 - 12/9
NCAA Tournament
12/15 - 12/6
Carlos Mencia to try luck at Univ.
SPECIAL | The Red & Black
A Carlos Mencia will perform Thursday at Legion Field. The
“Carlos Mencia Punisher Tour,” which begins in Athens, will
kick off a 50-city nationwide journey for Mencia.
By MANDY RODGERS
mrodgers@randb.com
Best known for his
Comedy Central hit televi
sion series, “Mind of
Mencia,” Carlos Mencia is
coming to the University.
Though only well-known
since the series began in
2005, Mencia has been mak
ing the rounds comedy and
television for quite some
time.
Mencia attended
California State University
in 1989 where he pursued a
degree in electronic engi
neering before quitting to
perform comedy.
In 1994, Mencia hosted
his first television series,
“Loco Slam” and went on to
have bit roles in television
shows such as “The Shield.”
He also provided give the
voice of Felix in Disney’s ani
mated television series “The
Proud Family.”
After a successful comedy
tour with Pablo Francisco
and Freddy Soto, Mencia
soon was given his own
series, “Mind of Mencia.”
“Carlos Mencia can cur
rently be seen in 87 million
living rooms nationwide
with his television series,
CARLOS MENCIA
When: 8 p.m. Thursday, August 17th
Where: Legion Field
Cost: Free with valid student ID, $15
for general public
More info: www.carlosmencia.com
www, myspace.com/carlosmencia
‘Mind of Mencia,’ which was
cable’s highest rated new
comedy series this summer,”
said Mencia’s official Web
site, www.carlosmencia.com.
“My roommate and I saw
a Mencia marathon one
Sunday and couldn’t stop
laughing for a long time,”
said Adam Bellazza, the cre
ator of “Carlos Mencia is the
Funniest Man Alive,” a
Facebook group devoted to
Mencia.
“We have always done a
major show for welcome
week. Usually a comedy
show and a band,” said
Marc LaMotte, program
adviser for University Union.
“But the supervisor and I
thought to just spend
money on one big one this
year.”
University Union, an
organization for students at
the University, has brought
a long list of entertainers in
the past, including Pablo
Francisco, Mitch Hedberg,
Dashboard Confessional’s
Chris Carrabba and
“Napoleon Dynamite” star
Jon Heder.
“Comedy is doing really
well this year,” LaMotte said
of the decision to invite
Mencia to the University.
“We just put our heads
together and looked at who
was doing really well.
Mencia is about to start
touring, so it was really
easy.”
The tour, officially known
as the “Carlos Mencia
Punisher Tour,” will kick off
this in Athens and head to
California to begin Mencia’s
50-city nationwide journey,
according to his Web site.
Mencia has been known
to offend and push people’s
buttons with his comedy
routines, but LaMotte
doesn’t think there will be a
problem.
“People have said some
pretty outlandish stuff
before. You deal with any
comic with that,” LaMotte
said. “Everyone is really
excited for the show,
though. We’ve heard a lot of
compliments.”
“I like to watch Mencia
for his blatant disregard for
any group of people, and he
makes fun of everyone,”
Bellazza said.
“I also like his improvisa
tion with the
audience members of the
show.”
University Union has a
full semester planned with
Dawgs After Dark on Friday
nights and upcoming visits
by comic Godfrey from
VHl’s “Best Week Ever” and
producer/musician Butch
Walker.
“The best thing to say
about Carlos is he’s definite
ly not afraid to make fun of
anybody,” LaMotte said.
“He’s not afraid to step
over lines, which is a great
thing about comedy.”
COULD HE BE THE ONE?
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A Senior Joe Tereshinski III, is among four quarterbacks vying for the starting position.
Although Head Coach Mark Richt has yet to make a decision, Tereshinski is widely consid
ered the front-runner in the race.
Quarterbacks refuse
to snap under scrutiny
By MEGAN HARRISON
mharrison@randb.com
Starting at quarterback
for the University of Georgia
is ...
Well no one knows just
yet, but it has been perhaps
the most burning question
on the minds of Bulldog fans
for the last eight months.
The names Joe
Tereshinski III, Blake
Barnes, Joe Cox, and Matt
Stafford all are well known
to Georgia football fans, and
maybe even more to the
press.
The quarterbacks and
the rest of the team have
spent the last eight months
facing questions about
the quarterback decision,
although it is only one of
several jobs up for grabs this
fall.
“Every player comes up
and says that everyone’s
asking ‘Who’s playing quar
terback?’ ‘How’s everything
going at practice?’ They’re
saying they are sick of hear
ing about it,” said Cox, a
www.redandblack.com
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redshirt freshman.
Some things are certain,
though. The hype is every
where, and it won’t go away
until Richt comes to a deci
sion. Players are beginning
to feel it is an unnecessary
distraction.
“Definitely overblown.
It’s not even hype, it’s just
like we have competition at
every position, not just the
QB position,” said center
Nick Jones. “But it just
seems it’s paparazzi. It’s
blown out of proportion.”
With all the attention
surrounding the position,
the quarterback candidates
seem to be taking the pres
sure and questioning well.
“Sometimes it gets a lit
tle much,” said Tereshinski,
a senior and the only one of
the four who has started a
game for Georgia. “But
overall it makes you under
stand that this job is very
important.”
“The quarterback is the
focal point of any program
whether he deserves it or
not,” said quarterbacks
coach Mike Bobo.
However the competition
still burns among the quar
terbacks, each still looking
to get the job by opening
day.
“I think all four of us, if
we had our way, would like
to play right away,” said
Stafford, a freshman from
Dallas, Texas. “If you’re a
competitor, that’s what you
want. You want to play to
try and help the team win.
That’s the way any guy
would like it to happen if
>- See HYPE, Page 6B
Diver tours world,
returns victorious
Colwill wins
several meets
and titles
By MEGAN HARRISON
mharrison@randb.com
It has been a long sum
mer in a busy year for senior
diver Chris Colwill and
Georgia diving coach Dan
Laak.
That’s not to say that it
has been a bad summer. It
simply did not allot much
down time for the two.
The diver and coach
have spent the last few
months traveling and com
peting in national and inter
national competitions and
proving to the world that
Colwill has improved since
the last time he was in an
international event.
In Changshu, China at
the XV FINA Diving World
Cup held in July, Colwill
earned a bronze medal on
the 1-meter springboard
behind two Chinese divers
and finished fourth on the
3-meter springboard.
“I just wanted to
improve on how I did last
year,” Colwill said, alluding
to not placing in the top
three at the 2005 event.
Not only did Colwill rep
resent Georgia in China,
but Laak attended as one of
Senior
Diver Chris
Colwill won
both the 1
and 3-
meter
national
titles.
three coaches for the
United States team
and saw firsthand the
impression that Colwill is
making on the diving world.
A week later at
the Kaiser Permanente
National Diving Champ
ionship in Indianapolis, the
senior took first place in
both the 1-meter and 3-
meter springboards.
Though Colwill was tired
from the journey across the
globe, he managed to recov
er and eventually win.
“It was awesome,” said
Colwill. “I didn’t quite take
it all in right then but
eventually I knew (I had
won).”
All this after Colwill
swept the diving competi
tion at the SEC swimming
and diving championships
in February and then won
both the 1-meter and
3-meter and placed second
on platform at NCAA in
March, estab-
► See DIVE, Page 8B
Menace lurks in
murky river depths
By CHRIS HOMER
chomer@randb.com
Since the early 20th cen
tury, a massive threat has
been building for small fish,
snails, crayfish, frogs and
insects. This underwater
terror came from Hawaii
and is known as the Asian
swamp eel.
In 1994, local marine
biologists’ worst night
mares became a reality
when the mucous-covered,
dark-bodied eels were
found in three ponds along
the Chattahoochee River.
These ponds give the eels a
perfect entrance to the
river.
Since 1994, the popula
tion of eels has grown
rapidly, as they bide their
time, waiting for the day
when they will wreak havoc
on the Chattahoochee.
Nobody is sure how
these eels came to live in
the Atlanta area. Some sci
entists suspect they were
released from an aquarium,
perhaps by some third-rate
international terrorist, or
they were brought as food
and then escaped, the lat
ter being the likely answer
according to a press
release.
One thing is known — if
the eels are not stopped, it
could mean devastation for
the food chain of wildlife in
the Chattahoochee.
Although the eels are
not harmful to humans —
because they usually hide
in mud — they could com
pete with the
Chattahoochee’s native
species for food.
To prevent the eels from
taking over the food chain,
four men
>- See EELS. Page 2B