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The Red & Black | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 | 7 A
PITTMAN: Tor a college paper, it is good’
► From Page 1A
was a profile on this track
athlete. Her name was Hyleas
Fountain. She wound up
almost making the Olympics
later that summer. That was
April of 2004.
Q: What work have you
done at The Red & Black?
A: I’ve covered women’s
soccer, baseball and football.
Primarily, my time at The
Red & Black has involved
sports writing, but I’ve also
done some news writing.
Q: What’s the most inter
esting article you’ve written?
A: It was about this girl
who went to the Peach Bowl.
She went to the game, and
when she was sitting in the
Georgia Dome, a bullet fell
through the roof and landed
in her leg. She didn’t want to
get (the bullet) out because it
would make too big of a scar,
and she was also planning on
going skiing, and if she got it
removed she couldn’t have
gone skiing. So she left the
bullet in her leg — this, like,
nine-millimeter bullet.
Q: What’s the biggest
thing you want to change
about the paper this semes
ter?
A: I would like to have
more enterprising reporting,
more in-depth, well-report
ed,and researched stories
rather than just a two-source,
daily event story.
Q: What about the paper
do you want to keep the
same?
A: Nothing’s perfect.
Everything can change at
least a little bit.
Q: Why should students
read The Red & Black every
day rather than just flipping
to sudoku?
A: It’s the definitive source
of information about the
news and life of the
University of Georgia. You
have to take it with a grain of
salt and say okay, this is a col
lege paper, ultimately. And for
a college paper, it is good.
Q: What’s an aspect of the
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▲ David Pittman, the Editor in Chief of The Red & Black, manages the newsroom
Tuesday night in preparation for the first paper of the semester. Pittman is a fifth-year
senior from Woodstock majoring in chemistry and newspapers.
University that’s been under
covered?
A: South Campus issues
like scientific research and
health and medical studies.
There’s a lot that goes on, but
it’s not reported very well.
That’s an easy question.
Q: What do you anticipate
will be the biggest challenge
for you as editor in chief?
A: Making the tough deci
sions about whether or not to
run stories because it may or
may not be fair to this person
or come across the right way.
Q: Is there anything new
to look forward to in the
paper this semester?
A: We have a lot of special
sections planned for football.
One will run on Friday entire
ly about the SEC football sea
son. And the week after that,
it’s an eight-page section
about Georgia football.
Q: What journalism expe
rience do you have outside of
the The Red & Black?
A: Last spring, I interned
for Morris News Service. I’ve
been a stringer for the
Anderson Independent-Mail.
And I worked at a small,
weekly paper in Edgefield,
S.C.
Q: So what do you do when
you’re not in the newsroom?
A: I like watching TV. I
watch a lot of different stuff.
Q: Any guilty pleasure
shows?
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A: I watch Bravo a lot.
“Project Runway,” “Tabloid
Wars,” “Blow Out.” There’s a
lot of stuff on VH1 that’s crap,
but it’s just addicting to
watch.
Q: Who’s your favorite
writer?
A: Gary Smith at
Sports Illustrated.
OXFORD: Security
makes students
feel more at ease
>- From Page 1A
from Beaumont, Texas.
“You had to check every
single thing. I had to throw
my eye drops for my con
tacts away.”
The students went
through three separate
security checks, two of
which included full physical
pat-downs.
Passengers were asked to
take off their shoes and
carry their passports and
the contents of their wallets
in clear freezer bags.
After security personnel
checked every bag, the
students boarded the
planes only to wait three
hours while officials in the
United States verified pass
port numbers of all passen
gers.
Once all the passports
cleared, the students left
Gatwick Airport in London
around 10:30 a.m. Eastern
Standard time on Friday
and arrived at Hartsfield-
Jackson International
Airport around 8 p.m.
The students had to go
through extensive security
checks before finally leaving
the airport around 9 p.m.
Kirkpatrick said the new
security measures boosted
her confidence that all
would be well on the flight.
‘You had to check
every single thing. I
had to throw my eye
drops for my contacts
away. ’
BETHANY
KIRKPATRICK
She said she was afraid
at first, but had faith that
the University wouldn’t
allow them to fly unless it
was safe.
Judith Shaw, associate
provost for the Office of
International Education,
said the University has
very strict policies for such
crises and that much
planning goes into keeping
students safe before they
even leave the United
States for study abroad pro
grams.
Kirkpatrick said despite
the initial shock of the ter
rorist plot, she would study
abroad again.
“It’s not going to do us
any good to be afraid,” she
said. “I really enjoyed
England, and if anything,
the experience makes me
want to travel more.”
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ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980
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Governing Statement
June 8, 2006
Who we are:
The Red and Black Publishing Company, Inc. is an independent, private,
not-for-profit corporation established in 1980.
How we got here:
Founded in 1893, after 87 years operating under the University of Georgia
umbrella, independent status was approved by the State Board of Regents in 1980.
Finances and how we operate:
The Red and Black newspaper is operationally and financially independent from
the University of Georgia. The paper receives no student activity fees or other
funding from UGA. The paper is self sufficien t through the sale of advertising.
Our purpose:
Our two-fold mission is: to provide a training ground for students interested in
gaining experience in various aspects of newspaper publishing and to produce
a high quality daily newspaper for the University of Georgia community.
Who owns us:
As a 501 (C) (3) not-for-profit corporation, The Red and Black is governed
by the following volunteer board of directors:
Elliott Brack, President, Chairman of the Board, Norcross, Georgia
Charles Russell, Vice President, Athens, Georgia
Ed Stamper, Secretary, Norcross, Georgia
Amy Glennon
Atlanta, Georgia
Bill Krueger
Raleigh, NC
Kent Middleton
Athens, Georgia
Harry Montevideo
Treasurer, Publisher
Don Carter
Sea Island, Georgia
Ron Lane
Athens, Georgia
Alexis Scott
Atlanta, Georgia
Liz Thorington
Atlanta, Georgia
Who runs the show:
The board of directors appoints the publisher, student managers and
editors to carry out the day-to-day duties of publishing the newspaper.
A staff box of current employees runs daily on the Opinions page (usually page 4).
How to reach us:
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