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FRIDAY
August 18, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 3 | Athens, Georgia
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High 97 | Low 69 | Saturday 92
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SEC PREVIEW
>- See what the future
holds for fall football
FIRST & GOAL,
PAGE IB
Kappa Alpha may opt for move
ALL PHOTOS BY COLIN SMITH | The Red * Black
▲ Kappa Alpha purchased the Cobb Hill apartments on W.
Hancock Avenue and Sigma Nu purchased the Salvation Army
on Meigs Street. Neither fraternity has said whether it plans
to take the University’s offer on River Road.
Fraternity may
decline offer
from University
By JOE MASON
jmason@randb.com
After investing $3.3 million
in an off-campus apartment
complex, Kappa Alpha frater
nity may move there instead
of accepting an offer from the
University to build a new
house on campus.
“We’re moving forward
with the development of
Cobb Hill Apartments as if we
were going to begin construc
tion in the fall,” said Mark
Cross, chapter adviser for
Kappa Alpha.
Kappa Alpha bought the
property at 755 W. Hancock
Ave. in November 2005. It
now has the ability to choose
between building off-campus
or accepting a University
offer for a house on River
Road two choices no other
Lumpkin Street fraternity
may have.
The University has offered
to move Kappa Alpha and
four other Lumpkin Street
fraternities to vacant land
east of Sanford Stadium. The
University also offered the
deal to two former River
Road fraternities that are
currently without a house.
The Lumpkin Street fra
ternities must leave their
existing houses by June 2008
to make room for the con
struction of academic build
ings.
In the plan, the UGA Real
Estate Foundation would
take out loans to cover 85
percent of the costs to build
the new houses. Participating
fraternities will contribute
the other 15 percent and
would gradually pay back the
loans through room rent and
facility use fees charged
to members.
The loans could total $23
million if all seven fraternities
accept the offer and opt for
the larger of two possible
floor plans.
As at other on-campus
Greek houses, behavior
guidelines for the new River
Road fraternities would be in
line with the University’s
code of conduct, said Eric
Atkinson, assistant to the
vice president for student
affairs at the University.
The fraternities also would
be required to have a live-in
resident adviser, Atkinson
said.
“They will still be fraterni
ties,” he said. “There will be
more oversight by the
University as far as mainte
nance, upkeep and issues
dealing with the facility.”
Alumni advisers ultimately
will decide whether to accept
the offer for University-main
tained houses. The advisers,
with the input of current
campus fraternity members,
are now discussing which
housing choice will work best
long term, Cross said.
The actions Kappa Alpha
took before the University
made its latest offer may
affect the fraternities’ deci
sion.
Kappa Alpha must decide
if it already is too committed
to its Hancock Avenue prop
erty to turn back to an on-
campus option, Cross said
Kappa Alpha purchased the
property in November 2005
and filed a building permit
just before the Athens-Clarke
County Commission passed a
temporary moratorium on
the construction of new
fraternity houses off
>- See FRATS, Page 3A
Commission to change animal statutes
ACC returns
to former
stray policy
By BRIAN HUGHES
bhughes@randb.com
Wagging her tail inside a
cramped room, the tan Pit
Bull Terrier tried as hard as
she could to squeeze her
body through the metal gate.
Last Friday, the playful
dog was found roaming the
streets and taken to the
Athens-Clarke County
Animal Control Center, where
she joined a multitude of
other howling canines inside
the 30-kennel center.
With space running thin at
the facility, the 2-year-old ter
rier could have already been
euthanized.
In a unanimous decision
Thursday night, the Athens-
Clarke County Commission
voted to change the mini
mum number of days a stray
animal can stay at the center.
The ordinance change
means animals can be adopt
ed or euthanized after they
have been at the center for
five working days, not includ
ing the day the animal is
received.
In June the county altered
the ordinance already in
place and decided not to
include weekends when cal
culating the five-day total.
Now the law includes each
day the shelter is open,
except for the first day, when
computing the five-day total,
said Patrick Rives, animal
control superintendent for
the ACC Animal Control
Shelter.
Before the commission
meeting, Rives said in an
interview that he wanted the
law to revert to its old form.
“We’ve been close to
capacity or completely full
since the ordinance was
changed (in June),” he said.
As a result, the animals
have been more susceptible
to health problems, he added.
Bordetella, also known as
kennel cough, is a respiratory
disease common to animals
> See ANIMALS, Page 3A
HEATHER FINLEY | The Red * Black
▲ A dog at the Athens-Clarke County Animal Shelter looks
through his cage Thursday. The Athens-Clarke County
Commission held a meeting debating how long animals will
be kept in shelters before they can be adopted or eutha
nized. If you are interested in adopting an animal, contact
the ACC Animal Shelter at (706) 613-3540.
Sidelined receiver keeping his spirits high
Helps coach
younger team
players
By ALEX BYINGTON
abyington@randb.com
He sits watching on the
sideline. Just watching and
smiling.
Wearing his green non-
contact jersey, senior wide
receiver Sean Bailey can’t
help but agonize over being
sidelined for the entire sea
son, yet the smile
never leaves his face.
“If they see me
and I’m still high-
spirited, I come in
with a smile every
day and I come to
work, they can look
at me and say ‘Well,
he’s not even play
ing, and I have a
chance to go out
there on Saturday.
I’m going to give it
my all,”’ Bailey said.
“They see it as an opportuni
ty that can be taken away.”
Bailey has taken to coach
ing the younger
receivers looking to
fill his shoes after he
tore the ACL in his
right knee in practice
for the 2006 Sugar
Bowl.
Yet the drive in
him still brings a big
grin to his face.
“It makes you step
back a little bit when
you see your guys out
there competing and
you’re not out there.
You see them getting fired
up, and you want to be out
there and contribute,” Bailey
said. “But at the same time,
I’m living through them
because I get just as excited
as they do when they beat
one of our DBs (defensive
backs). I’m just as proud as if
it was me.”
Head coach Mark Richt
said of Bailey, “he’s kind of in
that mode, just trying to con
tinue to smooth out his game
and help others.”
Without Bailey receiving,
whoever starts at quarter
back for the Bulldogs will be
>- See BAILEY, Page 8A
BAILEY
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- U.S. News and
World Report
Univ. drops
in rankings
Georgia sinks two positions
in yearly magazine poll
By BRITTANEY CARTER
bcarter@randb.com
If you’re reading this,
chances are you attend the
21st best public university
in the country, according to
U.S. News & World Report.
Today, the magazine
releases its annual rankings
for “America’s Best
Colleges” — with mixed
results for the University.
The University dropped
two spots from last year’s
ranking and tied for 21st on
the magazine’s “Top
50 Public National
Universities” list with Miami
University of Ohio, Rutgers
and Texas A&M University.
The University placed
60th out of 124 schools over
all.
These figures may seem
like mumbo jumbo to some
college-bound high school
seniors trying to choose a
school — so what do
prospective students
include on their checklists
for the right
college?
For Chris Carlino, a fresh
man from Raleigh, N.C., last
year’s rankings were note
worthy, but not a deciding
factor.
“I didn’t seek them out,
but I did see them on Web
sites, in brochures and
different literature,” he said.
Carlino said he chose the
University because he
wanted to break from his
high school friends and “get
away from the crowd.”
“It’s a good school with
good academics. It’s just a
great place.”
Michelle Carroll consid
ered the University after she
>- See RANKS. Page 3A
FUNNY MAN
TOM O’CONNOR | The Red & Black
A Carlos Mencia performs live at Legion Field
Thursday night. Mencia was sponsored by
University Union as part of Welcome Week.
“Carlos is the man right now,” said Marc Lamotte,
the program adviser for the University Union.
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