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WEDNESDAY
August 30, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 11 | Athens, Georgia
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SPIA class sizes increasing
By BRIAN HUGHES
bhughes@randb.com
For some, it’s a rung on the
ladder to law school. For oth
ers, it’s a cushion after being
denied to the Terry College of
Business. Perhaps it’s just a
fix for political junkies.
Whatever the reason, an
increasing number of stu
dents are pursuing degrees in
the School of Public
Administration and
International Affairs, accord
ing to school officials.
Any student can declare a
major in political science or
international affairs without
having to apply to the school
or take an entrance exam.
SPIA Administrative
Manager Paul Welch said
majors in the school won’t be
classified as high-demand any
time soon.
According to the
Academic Affairs handbook,
a major is classified as high-
demand when it receives or
expects to receive more appli
cations from rising juniors
than the program can accom
modate without diminishing
the quality of instruction
offered.
The Terry College, the
Grady College of Journalism
and Mass Communication
and College of Education are
labeled as high-demand.
According to the Office of
Institutional Research, 897
students were either intend
ed or active political science
majors last fall. International
affairs enrollment totaled
452.
In Fall 2006, numbers are
expected to increase in both
majors.
Welch said it would be a
contradiction of philosophy
to apply the same standard
to SPIA majors.
“The purpose of (the SPIA
undergraduate program) isn’t
to determine the best people
for the major,” he said. “It’s
designed to give (students)
the opportunity to discover
their interests.”
In response to the flux of
students, officials have been
forced to increase class sizes.
When professor Charles
Bullock began teaching polit
ical science at the University
close to four decades ago, he
lectured in front of fewer than
30 students, he said. He now
teaches more than 80 in his
class on the legislative
process.
“We have so much demand
that our hands are kind of
► See SPIA, Page 3
SPIA ENROLLMENT
Fall 2004:
International Affairs: 306
Political Science: 944
Public Administration and Policy:
136
Fall 2005:
International Affairs: 452
Political Science: 897
Public Administration and Policy:
141
Fall 2006:
(preliminary)
International Affairs: 561
Political Science: 825
Public Administration and Policy:
145
CHICK-FIL-UGGGGGHH
CAROLINE C. KILGORE | The Red & Black
A Eddie Geopp, left, watches as his friend Matt Kreis, right, eats one of the 80 nuggets he consumed Tuesday at the
Chick-fil-A on Alps Road. Kreis beat the record of the most nuggets eaten at once, 78, at that particular Chick-fil-A.
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A Sigma Nu's efforts to build a new house at this site
on Meigs St. have been halted by the “special use”
restrictions passed by the ACC on Aug. 1.
Frat explores
off-campus
living options
By JOE MASON
jraason@randb.com
A second fraternity may
pursue an off-campus hous
ing option rather than
accept a recent University
offer to build a multi
million dollar house on
campus.
“Right now we’re consid
ering several options,” said
Bobby McMillin, president
of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Sigma Nu may build a
new fraternity house on
property it owns at 399
Meigs St. near Prince
Avenue instead of accepting
the University’s offer to
lease a house that would be
built on River Road.
But new restrictions on
Greek houses in Athens-
Clarke County may limit
Sigma Nu’s off-campus
housing options.
The ACC commission
passed new “special use”
guidelines Aug. 1 that
require any new buildings
being built off campus by
fraternities or sororities be
approved by the ACC
mayor and commission.
Kappa Alpha, exempt
from these rules, is consid
ering building a new house
on land it owns on West
Hancock Avenue.
But Sigma Nu may not
be able to build off campus
so easily because it did not
act before the new ACC
rules passed.
“They didn’t have any
plans or applications sub
mitted with the building
permit department, so,
unlike Kappa Alpha, they
will be subject to the spe
cial use guidelines,” said
David Lynn, ACC District 5
commissioner.
Kappa Alpha is exempt
from the “special use” rules
because the fraternity sub
mitted its building applica
tions before a six-month
building moratorium on
Greek houses was passed in
February.
The temporary moratori
um was replaced Aug. 1 by
the “special use” restric
tions.
ACC District 3
Commissioner George C.
Maxwell, in whose district
the Sigma Nu property lies,
declined to comment on
what the “special use”
guidelines would mean for
the fraternity.
Lynn said the mayor and
the ACC commission would
have to see any possible
building plans from Sigma
Nu before he could specu
late on whether the plans
would be approved.
Lynn said the plans
would be evaluated on their
merit.
>- See FRAT, Page 3
DE Charles Johnson
the ‘total package’
Heaven-sent bulldog stood in as wartime mascot
It is just a shame he has slipped through the cracks in history.
He is a part of the history of Georgia.
MARIE COLEMAN WILSON
Caretaker’s granddaughter
SPECIAL | The Red & Black
A Mr. Angel, the bulldog who represented the University during World War II, poses
with University cheerleaders during a home football game.
By ALEX BYINGTON
abyington@randb.com
All-American defensive
end Quentin Moses is the
team’s “Big Man on
Campus,” becoming this
football season’s
media darling.
But if you ask
him who he models
his game after, the
answer is not David
Pollack or other
great Bulldogs
from the past.
It’s Charles
Johnson, the guy
that lines up on the
other side of the
field.
“Charles, he’s
basically the total
package — he can do it all.
He’s got the power and
strength to run right over
you, the ability to finesse
you, (and) he’s elusive,”
Moses said. “As far as being a
complete defensive end, I
strive to be more like him.”
Johnson, who is just as
quiet and unassuming as
anybody on the team, refuses
to be taken in by his team
mate’s praise.
“I don’t feel like I should
be getting nothing. I haven’t
even started a game yet,”
said Johnson, a junior
preparing for his first season
as a starter.
Last season, Johnson
appeared in all 13 games
behind starter Will
Thompson, racking up four
sacks and 23 tackles.
In April’s G-Day game,
Johnson recorded five tack
les and two sacks en
route to being
named the “Best
All-Around
Defensive Player” at
the end of spring
practices.
Defensive end
coach Jon Fabris
refuses to start any
hype though, refer
ring to Johnson as
an “unproven com
modity.”
“If Charles does
well, everybody in
the stadium — everybody’s
grandma, everybody who
doesn’t know much about
football — will say ‘Who’s
that No. 99?’” he said.
“Charles hasn’t done it full
time. (It’s about) consisten
cy and how you do it over the
long haul — it’s a marathon,
not a sprint, and that’s what
I want to see.”
While Fabris takes a wait-
and-see approach, defensive
line coach Rodney Garner is
excited about the possibili
ties afforded to him with
Johnson lining up opposite
>- See END, Page 6
By SAM STEINBERG
ssteinber@randb.com
More than 60 years ago,
during the last years of
World War II, Mr. Angel
watched over Sanford
Stadium, much like Uga VI
will do this Saturday.
Like Uga VI, Mr. Angel
was a bulldog who wagged
his tail during his tenure
from 1944 to 1946.
Mr. Angel’s caretaker, Dr.
Warren A. Coleman, passed
away years ago, but his
daughter, Marie Coleman
Wilson, is on a mission to
bring Mr. Angel’s story out
from out beneath history’s
haze.
“It is just a shame he has
slipped through the cracks
in history,” said Wilson. “He
is a part of the history of
Georgia.”
Mr. Angel is not found
among Butch, Mike, all six
Ugas and even a goat in the
football media guide today.
The catalogue shows a gap
from 1894 to 1947 without a
mascot.
“I don’t know why he was
not written up,” said Wilson.
“He was there during the
war years, which were not
the happiest times to be at
school.”
Wilson, 81 and residing in
Lilburn, was a student at the
University from 1944 to 1946.
She remembers hearing the
names of students who
passed away in battles
against fascism and that Mr.
Angel provided a distraction
from the stresses of war.
“He was available and
eager to do it,” said Wilson.
“He was such a sweet dog, so
sweet.”
Mr. Angel served his post
during the war on the side
lines as a source of school
pride, much like his bulldog
successors Butch (1947-50),
Mike (1951-55) and the line
of Ugas who have served the
University since 1956.
Contrary to the media
guide’s neglect, Mr. Angel
was a part of University in
some capacity. Wilson pro
vided The Red & Black with
photographs of Mr. Angel at
football games and with
cheerleaders.
In addition, Mr. Angel is
pictured on the field during
► See ANGEL, Page 3
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