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MONDAY
November 6, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 56 | Athens, Georgia
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MEN’S B-BALL
V See how the team did
in their first exhibition
game. SPORTS, PAGE 7
Univ. to implement heating cuts
Lower heating bills desired on campus
By JOE MASON
jmason@randb.com
As the weather turns cold, the
University is cooking up new ways
to cut back on heating costs and
energy expenditures.
The University has allocated
almost $400,000 for programs to
reduce energy use on campus. Next
month, the University will imple
ment its annual holiday heating
reductions. And public relations
students have joined the effort to
get the word out about energy con
servation.
On the Office of Energy Services’
Web site, students, faculty and staff
can submit suggestions for conserv
ing energy on campus or report
instances of energy waste they see
on campus.
The annual budget for utilities on
campus is $28 million.
The University set aside $395,000
for new programs the administra
tion expects will save the University
money on its energy and heating
bills, according to an Oct. 12 press
release.
The University will spend
$150,000 of that money to conduct
energy audits of campus buildings
like pilot audits conducted in the
Ecology Building last spring and the
Driftmier Engineering Center this
semester.
An engineering faculty member
will plan and oversee the audits at a
cost of $60,000.
A new “energy engineer” position
to coordinate campus conservation
was created with $75,000 of the
funds. Ken Crowe, assistant director
of Utilities for the Physical Plant,
was appointed to the job.
The University will use another
$75,000 to install meters to monitor
and control the use of utilities in
buildings.
The University will spend $35,000
to research renewable fuels for
campus vehicles and further diversi
fying fuels for campus heating by
using a combination of wood bio
mass and coal at the central steam
plant.
Pipelines from the central steam
plant provide the sole form of heat
for 65 percent of the campus’ build
ings, Crowe said.
The central steam plant, built
in the 1940s, is next to the Statistics
Building on Cedar Drive. Railroad
cars bring loads of coal for
the boiler that heats water into
steam heat for distribution across
campus.
The Baxter Street residence
halls and almost all the buildings
between Lumpkin Street and
East Campus Road are on the
centralized steam system, Crowe
said.
Buildings east of East Campus
Road, such as the Ramsey Center,
have their own boilers for heat.
But the University plans to
extend the centralized system to
these buildings in the next 2-3 years
>- See ENERGY. Page 3
TOM O’CONNOR | The Red & Black
A The central steam plant, locat
ed next to statistics, provides
heat for most of campus.
BLUEGRASS BUMMER
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A Kentucky fans celebrate their 24-20 homecoming victory over Georgia by storming the field and tearing
down the goalposts. The win was the first for the Wildcats over the Bulldogs since 1996.
Dogs struggle to handle shocking loss
By PETER STEINBAUER
psteinbau@randb.com
LEXINGTON, Ky. — How low will
things go?
The Georgia football team is in
jeopardy of having its worst season
in 10 years.
The Bulldogs (6-4, 3-4 SEC) play
at No. 5 Auburn this week and then
finish the season at home against
No. 19 Georgia Tech.
Losses to each of those teams
would give Georgia six losses for the
first time since former coach Jim
Donnan’s first season in 1996.
After losing to Kentucky 24-20 on
Saturday, a loss to Auburn this week
would place the Bulldogs in the bot
tom half of the SEC East — quite a
change of pace for the team that
won the division three of the previ
ous four years.
“Boy, that seems like a long time
ago,” head coach Mark Richt said of
last December’s SEC Championship.
“I’m not totally disappointed in
this team in how they’ve handled the
adversity,” he said. “I’m actually
pretty proud of how they’ve kept
their poise and their class. They’re a
pretty unified bunch.”
“Have we done what it takes to
win? No. But we also have not self-
destructed. There’s still a strong-
bond and strong unity in these play
ers that’s a little surprising at this
point.”
It’s the first time since 1973 that
Georgia lost to frequent SEC door
mats Kentucky and Vanderbilt in the
same season, and players were visi
bly frustrated.
Center Nick Jones exited the
► See LOSS, Page 6
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A Center Nick Jones hangs his head in disap
pointment. The Bulldogs must beat Auburn to
avoid a losing SEC-season record.
Break a move with DanceFX’s week of fun
By EMILY YOCCO
For The Red & Black
So you think you can
dance?
Then slip on your dancing
shoes and shimmy on over to
one of the DanceATHENS
2006 events held each day
this week.
The DanceFX studio is
hosting the events to cele
brate DanceATHENS week
from Nov. 5 to 12 with a con
cert and finale next Saturday,
Official Athens Dance Day.
The week is filled with fun
and inexpensive dance activi
ties, and Saturday night’s
culmination, the two-hour
concert “Songs of the Body,”
promises to sell out quickly,
said Jenny Broe, project
coordinator for DanceFX.
“It’s one of the most
entertaining shows you’ll see
that isn’t on Broadway or
costs $50,” Broe said.
She is one of three full
time staff members at the
dance studio.
In addition to the
DanceATHENS concert,
DanceFX studio is hosting a
Moulin Rouge Extravaganza
at Tasty World downtown on
Thursday night. The show
will feature performances by
strip aerobics, belly dance
and break dance students,
Broe said.
The week’s event calendar
boasts an activity almost
every night.
The University’s Dance
Department will host a
Young Choreography Series
on Monday. Floorspace will
hold an Introduction to
Modern Dance
► See DANCE, Page 8
Student abuse
of prescription
drugs on rise
Drugs used
as study aid
By ALLISON LOUDERMILK
For The Red & Black
College students are
turning to a new type of
drug to get high.
Although alcohol and
marijuana remain the sub
stances most likely to be
misused by college students
at 87 and 49 percent respec
tively, prescription medica
tions are close behind at 31
percent.
The annual Monitoring
the Future study, regarded
as the gold standard for
tracking drug trends among
American students, reports
14.4 percent of college stu
dents misused Vicodin or
some other prescription
narcotic at least once in
2005, up from 13.8 percent
in 2004.
Misuse of tranquilizers or
downers, such as Xanax,
jumped to 11.9 percent, up
from 10.6 percent in 2004.
Use of the stimulant
Ritalin dropped, from
4.7 percent in 2004 to 4.2
percent in the past year.
Doctors often prescribe
Vicodin, a narcotic
similar to Percocet and
OxyContin, to patients with
severe pain. Xanax, a cen
tral nervous system depres
sant, is often used to treat
anxiety or panic attacks.
Ritalin and Adderall are
commonly prescribed for
attention deficit hyperactiv
ity disorder or ADHD. All
possess the potential for
abuse.
“This is a rising
epidemic,” said Dr. John
Knight, founder of the
Center for Adolescent Sub
stance Abuse Research
at Children’s Hospital
Boston.
“Everyone is a little
unclear on how to deal with
this,” Knight said in Atlanta
on Oct. 8 during a speech to
the American Academy of
Pediatrics.
Although University
health officials don’t
>- See RX, Page 3
Meet the candidates
for Nov. 7 elections
SONNY
PERDUE
>- Promises to increase the
state’s meth force.
>- Advocates spending lot
tery funds exclusively on
HOPE scholarship and Pre-
K.
>- Wants to encourage pri
vate insurance plans for
families and is against Mark
Taylor’s proposed
PeachKids program.
>- Encourages job creation
by restoring education cuts.
MARK
TAYLOR
>- Wants to return cuts to
HOPE he said were led by
Republicans.
► Proposes GeorgiaRx,
which would use the state’s
buying power to lower the
cost of prescription medica
tion.
>- Proposes Peachkids, a
program to offer state-fund
ed health care to every
child in Georgia.
>- Check out the rest of the candidates’ profiles for
Mayor, Senate, House, and more. NEWS, PAGE 5
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Poll: Do you plan to vote on Tuesday?
Slideshow: See photos from last
weekend’s football game under “mul
timedia.”
Variety: The Lanier Speaker series
hosts Tim Conley to speak about
James Joyce.
Basketball: Audio
slideshow available at
redandblack.com
under “Photo Stories”
... Check it out.
Gameday Violence:
When do we have the
most fights ... after we
win a game or lose it?
Swimming and Diving:
teams swept home meets
this weekend — check
out the details.
Index
UGA Today 2
Wire 2
Opinions 4
Variety 8
Crossword 5
Sports 6
Sudoku 7