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The Red & Black | Thursday, August 31, 2006 | 5A
Night
swims
annoy
police
By GREGORY SULLIVAN
For The Red & Black
After a night downtown,
some students find relief from
the heat in a pool, but their
fun may result in a fine.
According to Athens-
Clarke County Police Captain
Melanie Rutledge, people
caught swimming after hours
at a pool in an apartment
complex they don’t live in
could be charged with misde
meanor criminal trespass.
Rutledge said the charge
usually would result only in a
fine.
“If it’s on private property,
we don’t normally get
involved unless they ask us
to,” Rutledge said.
Steven Crim, a senior from
Athens, has become very
familiar with night-swimming
traditions.
“I got banned from an
apartment pool on Mitchell
Bridge Road for a year for
skinny dipping,” Crim said.
“A lot of people at night jump
fences to go swimming at
public and private pools.”
“As long as they aren’t
being loud, I doubt
security guards would
be very hard on any
college students who
trespass”
SCOTT SEXTON
Senior
from
Cartersville
Crim was banned from the
apartment complex pool by a
security guard who caught
him illegally swimming, he
said, and he hasn’t gone late-
night swimming since.
ACC solicitor general Mo
Wiltshire, who prosecutes
misdemeanors in the county,
said the maximum penalty for
a criminal trespassing charge
is 12 months in jail and a
$1,000 fine.
However, it isn’t likely
someone who sneaks into a
pool would receive the maxi
mum trespassing penalty, he
said.
“That’s not happened
since I’ve been in the office,
and I don’t remember a case
in Athens in the last 10 years
where that’s happened.”
Scott Sexton, a senior from
Cartersville, said apartment
complex security guards may
only go so far as issuing warn
ings to student trespassers
rather than turning them into
the police.
“As long as they aren’t
being loud, I doubt security
guards would be very hard on
any college students who
trespass,” Sexton said.
Meg Abney, a senior from
Macon, said security guards
shouldn’t be too strict when
finding a trespasser.
“I think they should say
something if you’re not sup
posed to be there, but they
probably shouldn’t go any fur
ther than that,” Abney said.
Many local apartment
complexes have begun issu
ing passes or keys to resi
dents in order to prevent tres
passing, and many of them
have also hired security
guards.
Monique Maddox, manag
er of Tara Apartments on the
Eastside, said their pool has
not had any serious problems
with security, and the apart
ment staff usually handles
pool security themselves.
“The residents have a spe
cial key, and guests have to
come get a pass,” said
Maddox.
According to Priscilla
Baird, a leasing officer at
Tivoli Apartments, the pool is
open to residents and guests
from 10 a.m. to sunset.
“We have our own security
officer on site 24 hours a day,
seven days a week,” Baird
said.
Tivoli issues one pool pass
for each bedroom, and two
guests are allowed per bed
room, according to Baird.
Baird said they have not
had problems at their fenced-
in pool, but would not be too
harsh if they found someone
there illegally.
“If there’s anybody that’s
there when it’s locked, we’ll
usually give them a warning if
it’s the first time,” Baird said.
POLICY: Fields to be cleaned FIELDS: Athletes worry
by Sunday, Bennett says al}0ut tailgating trash
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“What (the administra
tion is) doing, in a non-scien-
tific way, is putting their
hands over their ears and
saying ‘nyah nyah nyah,’
hoping we will go away,” he
said.
Student safety
SGA and intramural
sports team members said
they also are concerned
about student safety.
“There are certain pre
cautions the University has
to take in order to protect
students on intramural
fields,” said Johnson.
Elizabeth Johnson, a
junior from Leesburg,
also expressed concern
about the safety of the
fields at last Tuesday’s meet
ing.
“What about glass?” she
asked. “In lacrosse, you hit
the ground a lot.”
Bennett declined to com
ment to The Red & Black on
student safety issues.
A similar parking
situation is in effect at
Clemson University, but
Johnson noted that the play
ers there must clean the
fieldsa second time before
playing to get small pieces of
glass cleaning crews leave
behind.
Cleaning costs
Originally SGA and intra
mural sports were concerned
about the cost of cleaning
and repairing the fields after
games.
But administrators have
assured students that sports
teams will not cover all
costs. The money will come
from the University’s auxil
iary services.
Johnson has his doubts.
“Financially, they’re pay
ing for it, but I would argue
as to who is really paying,”
he said, adding intramural
sports will lose valuable
practice time to clean up the
fields before playing.
Stafford thinks repair of
the fields will not even be an
issue.
“If we thought cars were
going to create that much of
a problem, we wouldn’t be
doing this,” he said.
If there is heavy rain
before Saturday, the fields
won’t be used to park cars,
Bennett said.
Bennett said he hopes
students will “at least give
the plan a chance.”
“Give (those in charge of
repairing the fields) an
opportunity to do what they
say they will do.”
“I have received assur
ance without a doubt that
the fields would be made
whole,” Bennett said at the
SGA meeting Tuesday
“If there are problems
Sunday, I will lead the
charge” against continued
use of the fields, he said.
SGA President Jamie
Peper said she was glad
other SGA members got a
chance to to hear Bennett’s
reassurances.
“He made his promise in
front of 200 people,” she
said.
Bennett “has definitely
felt the pressure on him to
make sure the clean-up goes
according to plan,” she said.
Johnson and Peper said
SGA and intramural
sports team members will
be on the fields throughout
the day Saturday taking
pictures of any damage and
tailgating violations that
may occur on the fields, and
will be ready to show those
pictures to Bennett.
Police and parking atten
dants also will be present on
the fields throughout the
day.
Bennett offered students
and fans another option:
“Just because the fields are
made available doesn’t
mean people have to park
there if they feel so strongly
about it.”
— Contributing:
Kelly Proctor
ARNOLD
Brandon Arnold, a senior
political science major from
Marietta, playing football on
field #3:
“It’s a good idea to try to
accommodate the changes,
but this is not the most
appropriate place because
people use it for recreation.”
CURL
Matt Curl, a senior real
estate major from Marietta,
playing football on field #3:
“What happens when it’s
sunny at game time but then
begins to rain during the
game?”
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GOLDFARB
Sarah Goldfarb, a junior
pre-journalism major from
Charleston, W. Va., practicing
for intramural flag football on
field #2:
“There’s no way you can
repair the fields overnight.”
ROSENSTEIN
Sam Rosenstein, a sopho
more landscape architecture
major from Atlanta playing
toli on field #1:
“I think the consensus is ...
people feel negatively about
it, but you won’t really be
able to tell until it happens.”
CRIME WATCH
Aug. 22
Sid Singh reported to
Athens-Clarke County
Police that his French text
book and workbook valued
at $150 were stolen at about
11 p.m. when he left them
at Bar Code on E. Clayton
Street.
According to the police
report, Singh received a
phone call from a woman
who said she had the books
and wanted to return them.
Singh saved the number in
his cell phone.
When Singh called the
number later, a man
answered and told him they
would meet on campus.
Singh said he called the
number again to find out
the location on campus to
meet. The same man
answered the phone, but
said he knew nothing
about the missing books,
the report said.
Aug. 25
Bingqian Xu told ACC
Police that he lost his dark
brown wallet, valued at
$20, in or outside Lowe’s
Hardware on Lexington
Road.
Its contents included a
Visa credit card, a Bank of
America card, his driver’s
license, Social Security
card, UGA ID and a phone
card.
Joelle Patricia Prine told
ACC Police she dropped
her University parking pass
valued at $360 at about
7:30 p.m. in the parking lot
of Willow Wood Square on
Lexington Road.
According to the report,
the pass was gone when
she returned to the parking
lot.
Aug. 27
Jared Grachek reported
to the ACC police that
between 2:30 a.m. and 5
a.m., someone damaged his
black 2004 Toyota Corolla,
left at 846 South Milledge
Ave.
The top of the vehicle
and driver’s side door were
scratched. The front
bumper was dented and
scratched. Police found
footprints on the bumper.
Aug. 28
Brandon Johnston
reported to ACC Police
that between midnight and
4:30 a.m., someone entered
his 1992 Honda Accord
parked at Deer Park apart
ments on Fawn Drive.
The right and driver’s
side windows were dam
aged.
He reported his JBL
amplifier valued at $150,
12-inch speakers valued at
$150 and Pioneer CD player
valued at $600, missing.
Police dusted and found
two fingerprints.
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