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TUESDAY
November 7, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 57 | Athens, Georgia
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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTIONS...
CAROLINE C. KILGORE | The Red & Black
A Doug Jones, left, and Fulton Burke, right, volunteer at the Democrat Headquarters in Athens on Monday night. Both called support
ers of Jane Kidd, who is running for State Senate seat 46, to remind them to vote in the elections on Tuesday.
Students not targeted in elections
By AUBREY SMITH
basmith@randb.com
It might be because of how
they were brought up. Maybe it’s
a confused sense of home. Or per
haps they just feel out of touch
with candidates.
These are some of the reasons,
political experts say, college stu
dents stay in on election day, and
why many politicians see them as
a lost constituency.
University political science pro
fessor Trey Hood said local candi
dates don’t target University stu
dents because most are not regis
tered to vote in Athens-Clarke
County.
Even state candidates, such as
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor and Gov.
Sonny Perdue, shy away from
campus. Hood said state candi
dates often choose to spend their
money elsewhere because most
college students don’t vote.
Hood said students’ “life cir
cumstances” keep them from
making it out on election day.
Many University students find
themselves “temporarily dis
placed” during their college years,
according to Hood.
“Most college students aren’t
from Clarke County but have lost
touch back home,” he said.
Hood said a town similar to
Athens — but without the
University — would see a higher
voter turnout because young peo
ple probably plan to stay in the
town longer.
Although he said he believes
most college students in Athens
>- See VOTERS, Page 7
Is voting important to you?
m
“No. I don’t believe in the
process of voting.
I don’t really agree with people
that stand to get elected and
that sort of thing. ”
Evan Cerwonka
Freshman from
Jacksonville, Fla.
“Yes. Every vote counts. ”
Zach Anglin
Freshman from
Habersham County,
DRIVING HOME TODAY
TO VOTE
>- See more responses on page 8
SEC remains toughest female conference to play
Lady Dogs to receive
competition fromLSU
By JAMIE CWALINSKI
jcwalinsk@randb.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 2006 NCAA
Women’s Basketball Final Four should have
felt like home for LSU, who survived to March
Madness’ last weekend for the third straight
year.
However, it would have been easy for the
Lady Tigers to look at their competition and
feel like outcasts.
LSU, the lone SEC team to reach the Final
Four, was outnumbered by emerging ACC
powerhouses Duke, North Carolina and even
tual champ Maryland.
For years, LSU, Tennessee and Georgia
have been among the best women’s programs
in the country, elevating the SEC as the
game’s dominant conference along the way
However, an SEC team has not hoisted the
championship trophy since 1998, when
Tennessee won the last of its three straight
titles.
The drought of SEC teams in March, com
bined with the emergence of the ACC and
other power conferences, has fans and pundits
questioning whether the SEC remains the pin
nacle conference in women’s college basket
ball.
In last year’s NCAA tournament, the ACC
had the most teams reach the Sweet 16 (four),
while the Big East matched the SEC’s three
teams there.
Nonetheless, despite the apparent uprising,
the SEC’s coaches and players maintained the
belief at the SEC Tipoff 2007 media days two
weeks ago that they still compete in the
>- See SEC, Page 10
Testing
requires
changes
Web site caused
trouble, frustration
By PEARMAN PARKER
pparker@randb.com
The server for the University’s required
online alcohol education course crashed
with students rushing to meet last
month’s deadline.
This was the first semester students
entering the University were required to
take an online course about alcohol and
pass a test on the content. The deadline
for students to complete the test was
Oct. 26.
The course ran into technical trouble
with the server when students rushed to
the site to meet the deadline, said Erin
English, alcohol and other drug health
educator for the University Health
Center.
The original deadline was extended a
week after the University had trouble
connecting to the server of
myStudentBody.com, the Web site for the
company that administers the course.
Students who did not take or pass the
course would have their student account
flagged, meaning they can’t register for
next semester’s classes. However, they
can still take the course, and the flag is
removed after 24 hours.
English said 1,818 students had yet to
take the course as of Sept. 29. She said
Monday the University doesn’t have fig
ures on how many haven’t taken the test.
“We know that information does not
equal behavior change,” English said. “It
► See ALCOHOL. Page 7
Punter to take
on FG kicker role
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
pkisubika@randb.com
This season, the Atlanta Falcons had
only one thing in common with the
Georgia Bulldogs — D. J. Shockley
Until now.
Beginning this week,
both teams will have
had placekicking
punters.
At the beginning
of the NFL season,
the Falcons had
Michael Koenen
kicking field goals,
punting and kicking
off because of his
strong leg.
Koenen proceed
ed to complete only
three-of-nine field
goals in the team’s
first two games,
which prompted the
Falcons to sign 46-
ANDY McFEE | The Red & Black
Gordon Ely-
Kelso will now
kick field goals.
year-old Morten Andersen to kick.
Georgia now will try a similar experi
ment, with senior Gordon Ely-Kelso
► See ELY-KELSO, Page 10
Reaching the
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Photo (706) 433-3046
On the Web
redandblack.com
News: Meet the candidates and
their issues under “News.”
Slideshow: See an audio slideshow
from last weekend’s basketball
game under “photo stories.”
Gamers Unite
page 9
A new Web site allows
you to buy and sell
games and talk to
other gamers. Is it
worth the effort of
checking it out?
Tennis
page 10
The Bulldog duo of John
Isner and Luis Flores go
to court — and bring back
a victory for the
University. Find out stats
and other highlights.
Index
UGA Today 2
Wire 2
Opinions 8
Variety 9
Crossword 9
Sports 10
Sudoku 9
