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The Red & Black | Friday, September i, 2006 | 3A
University law student reports garnet ring stolen
Aug. 29
Michelle Tarley reported
to Athens-Clarke County
Police her University law
school ring was stolen
between 8 a.m on Aug. 28
and 3:19 on Aug. 30 from
Fairfax Hall at 2085 South
Milledge Ave.
The silver ring with a gar
net stone and engraved with
her name and 2007 is valued
at $310.
She said she had been
expecting UPS to deliver the
ring. When she called UPS,
an employee said it was
CRIME NOTEBOOK
delivered and Tarley’s room
mate signed for it, the report
said.
Tarley said she has no
roommate. The UPS employ
ee then said a man named
Helton in apartment 213
signed for the the package,
the report said.
Tarley said she called her
property manager who said
no person by the name
Helton lives in the complex.
She said she also visited her
neighbors in apartment 213,
who said they did not sign for
a package.
Tarley told the police she
thinks a UPS employee
opened her package because
the return address was a jew
elry store.
Aug. 30
John Whitaker told ACC
Police that between 2 and 7
a.m. someone entered his
2002 red Ford F150 parked at
193 Marlin St. and took $180
cash, according to a police
report.
Athens-Clark County
police gave Xiao Ping Li and
Libo Zhad a criminal trespass
warning and barred them
from 125 South Milledge Ave.,
Suite G for two years, accord
ing to a police report.
Li and Zhad went to
Landmark Properties at 12:15
p.m. to get back a deposit
check.
The clerk, Jamie Burton,
told police the check she gave
them was for the full amount
they originally paid, but Li
and Zhad objected.
Nick Sheffield told ACC
Police that at about 5 p.m.
someone took a black Cobra
radar detector valued at $100
and $20 cash from his car
parked at River Edge
Apartments at 200 Sycamore
Drive, according to a police
report.
Sheffield left his red 1999
Honda Civic unlocked for
about 10 minutes while he
entered his apartment, the
report said. Three finger
prints were taken.
Aug. 31
ACC Police gave James
Ostenson a criminal trespass
warning and barred him from
the Phi Mu house at 250
South Milledge Ave. for two
years, according to a police
report.
At 3:02 a.m. Ostenson was
visiting a female resident of
the house when a security
guard asked him to leave.
When the house mother
knocked on the closed door of
the room he was in, Ostenson
jumped out of a window and
walked away from the house,
the report said.
— Compiled by Juanita
Cousins
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TOM O’CONNER | The Red & Black
A Matt Turner, a third-year microbiology major from Stockbridge, takes advantage of the
rainy weather to surf the mud created by a moped on the East Campus Village quad
Thursday. Turner and friends have been mud surfing for roughly a month.
GAMEDAY: Necessary steps
taken for safer tailgating
► Fans v
Saturday.
NEW GAMEDAY REGULATIONS
/ill not be permitted to tailgate before 7 a.m. on
► University established two "family-friendly” zones on cam
pus where alcohol will not be allowed.
► Fans no longer will be allowed to park their vehicles on the
sidewalks or on grassy areas. The University has opened the
three intramural softball fields for parking.
► Parking a vehicle and tailgating in adjacent spots is
prohibited.
“Blogs can enrich the debate in traditional media. I see them becoming
more and more prevalent. ”
BLOGS: Online forums could
influence campaigns of future
HEATHER FINLEY | The Red 4 Beack
A Johnathan McGinty, 28, poses for a picture in the
Georgia Museum of Art. The University alum is the
museum’s public relations coordinator and also writes a
blog that discusses local politics in his free time.
LOCAL POLITICAL BLOGS
> www.safeashouses.blogspot.com
Moderator: Johnathan McGinty
>- www.antidisingenuous.blogspot.com
Moderator: Hillary Brown
>- www.athenspolitics.blogspot.com
Moderator: “Publius”
>- From Page 1A
though people can play in the
space where their car already
is parked.
Police also will patrol the
intramural fields, where offi
cials plan to direct overflow
parking.
George Stafford, associate
vice president for Auxiliary
and Administrative Services,
said the fields can hold 1,200
to 1,500 cars.
“But the exact number will
vary by gameday,” Stafford
said in an interview
Wednesday.
Administrators say park
ing cars on the fields will free
up traffic on campus, and
emergency vehicles can get
through if needed.
Police will use six pur
chased mobile message
boards and six donated all-
terrain vehicles, given to the
University this summer by
Polaris Industries, a company
that manufactures recre
ational vehicles.
The ATVs will be used to
enforce the new gameday
rules.
“They are a way to cover a
lot more area with less per
sonnel,” Williamson said.
The vehicles are smaller
than golf carts and easier
than motorcycles to ride, he
said. Law enforcement is also
permitted to drive ATVs on
highways.
Six University police offi
cers received a four-hour
training session on the vehi
cles, he said.
Inside the stadium, the
show will go on as usual, said
Matthew Brachowski, assis
tant athletic director for
event management.
“The Athletic Association
is in the stadium overseeing
the game,” from customer
service to ticket takers,
Brachowski said. “We leave
enforcement to the police
department.”
Beginning with the Sept.
16 game against the
University of Alabama —
Birmingham, Athens-Clarke
County Recycling Division
and University police will
hand out bags for regular
trash disposal and recycling
to tailgaters, Williamson said.
“I feel pretty confident
that we are in good shape,”
Williamson said, adding he
wasn’t sure what’s in store for
this weekend.
“But I hope we can evalu
ate quickly and make the nec
essary changes early,”
Williamson said.
— Contributing: Kelly
Wegel
> From Page 1A
only jumps into the binary
fray if his candidate is being
misrepresented.
Once or twice a week
someone will call to alert
Culpepper, candidate to
replace state Rep. Jane
Kidd in District 115, of perti
nent blog discussion.
Hicks posted an exten
sive reply to an
AthensPolitics thread con
cerning what he believes to
be false tax evasion accusa
tions against Culpepper,
who is running as an inde
pendent.
“It is, however, important
for candidates and the pub
lic to remember that many
of the controls and rules
that govern traditional
media do not apply to blogs
— incorrect information,
rumor, opinion and hearsay
are easily presented as fact.
So you have to have a pretty
good filter when reading
online,” Hicks said in an e-
mail.
“Blogs can enrich the
debate in traditional media.
I see them becoming more
and more prevalent,”
Hicks said in a later conver
sation.
McGinty shares Hicks’
belief that blogs should only
enrich traditional media.
“I don’t think it is replac
ing the traditional media. I
don’t even think we’re in
competition because we’re
so small,” McGinty said.
“We relate existing news
and write about what we’re
thinking,” McGinty added.
Charles Bullock, a
University professor and
>- From Page 1A
service, community interac
tion and integrity into their
trainees.
“Success is based on the
creditability of our word,” he
said. “There is no option
other than telling the truth.”
Next is an hour meeting
with the Student Incident
Response Panel, a group of
University faculty and
administrators who discuss
health and risk issues about
students.
He doesn’t stop to eat.
His lunch break consists of a
walk into the Bulldog Cafe
for a bottle of lemon flavored
Dasani. Williamson knows
everyone’s name, and they
know his.
political expert, said cam
paign staffers are “looking
for any opportunity they can
get (to advertise their candi
dates), especially ones that
don’t cost anything.”
Bullock said blogs offer
candidates the ability to
connect with a portion of
their constituency not
“Hey, Jimmy,” several
cafeteria workers called out.
Before he became police
chief two years ago,
Williamson said he was run
ning four miles during his
daily lunch break.
“Now I’m lucky if I can get
in a run at least three times
a week,” he said.
The University alum
began working at the
University Police
Department in 1988 while
getting his bachelor’s degree
in agriculture. Police work
paid the bills while he was in
school.
When he graduated in
1990, he said he weighed the
benefits between staying at
the station or moving to
work at a golf course. He
reached by signs or flyers,
particularly the younger
demographic.
“Is it going to move a
massive amount of people? I
doubt it,” Bullock said,
adding that candidates will
still pay attention to blogs
for their potential to make
marginal difference.
chose the former.
“The hardest part about
my job is trying to convince
people why we are trying to
do something,” said
Williamson, who was also
police chief at Middle
Georgia College for two
years.
Williamson usually works
until 5:30 p.m. and occasion
ally longer when he is
needed to speak to student
organizations or at
other University related
events.
Thursday he retired early
to host a cookout with his
wife and two children at his
Oconee County home.
It’s Williamson’s favorite
part of the day, he said.
“Going home.”
POLICE: Williamson enjoys job, life
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