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FRIDAY
November 10, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 60
| Athens, Georgia
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW
HEATHER FINLEY | The Red & Black
A Caroline Dallas, a sophomore English major from Athens, observes responses from hospitals around Georgia as part of the Center
for Mass Destruction Defense’s test of readiness for an avian bird flu pandemic in Barrow Hall on Wednesday.
Georgia hospitals perform flu drill
Computers hand
out scenarios
By BRIAN HUGHES
bhughes@randb.com
The moment many feared has
arrived — bird flu is here.
Masses are rioting, breaking
into hospital pharmacies in
search of medical supplies.
As a hospital administrator,
what do you do? Bulk up securi
ty? Move the supplies? And
where are all the patients going to
sleep?
Luckily, this is just a drill.
From the basement of Barrow
Hall, University officials posed
similar questions this week to 129
hospitals, 85 percent of all hospi
tals in Georgia.
The Center for Mass
Destruction Defense, a University
department within the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention, gave hospitals simu
lated situations to test their
readiness for an outbreak of avian
flu.
The CMADD researches how
to prepare the medical communi
ty to respond to situations with
massive casualties.
This week’s test was the first
statewide simulation conducted
in the country, said Cham Dallas,
director of CMADD.
Using a computer network
called LiveProcess, basically a
sophisticated message board,
CMADD officials gave hospitals
simulated situations to gauge
their readiness for a pandemic
outbreak.
These situations were contin
gent on the number of casualties
each hospital could reasonably
expect if avian flu
were to spread into their commu
nities.
For example, a hospital in
Atlanta would receive far more
casualties than an Athens hospi
tal and thus would be forced to
maintain a higher supply of beds,
respirators and other medical
supplies.
In the event of a pandemic flu
outbreak, a larger hospital in
Atlanta could expect thousands
of patients in less than a month,
Dallas said.
An Athens hospital might
receive hundreds of patients in
just three weeks, he estimated.
Hospitals will be graded on
how they responded to the given
situations. Full reports will be
released next spring, said
CMADD manager Michael
>- See FLU, Page 3A
Warrant
issued for
horse thief
PHOTOS BY CAROLINE C. KILGORE The Red & Black
A An exhibition of clothing from the ’20s and ’30s section of vintage clothing at the Lyndon House
Art Center. The exhibition, “A Million Memories,” is made up of Beverly Bourgeois’ private collection
Artist alters vintage threads for show
By JUANITA COUSINS
jcousins@randb.com
A warrant has been issued
for the arrest of a University
professor for the theft of two
University-owned horses,
police said.
Richard Fayrer-Hosken is
being charged with two
felony counts of livestock
theft.
The two horses were
reported missing July 12
from a University farm in
Watkinsville but were recov
ered in October, the police
report said.
The incident was reported
to Oconee County Police, but
its investigation was turned
over to University Police.
University Police spokes
woman Capt. Lisa Boone was
unable to comment on the
incident and its investigation
Thursday.
Efforts to reach Fayrer-
Hosken were unsuccessful
Thursday afternoon.
The Red & Black reported
last year on Fayer-Hosken’s
development of a contracep
tive for elephants in South
Africa that could be adminis
tered with a blow dart.
— Contributing:
Staff reports
By MICHELLE FLOYD
mfloyd@randb.com
Beverly Bourgeois doesn’t care
that Halloween is over — she
always likes to dress people up in
different outfits, no matter what
time of year.
“I have it in my blood,” she
said.
She grew up in the late
Depression era.
“My grandmother remodeled
everything,” she said about her
maternal grandmother, who
made clothing for Bourgeois and
her mother.
“My mom is very short, so she
had to have all of her clothes
made,” Bourgeois said.
Some of Bourgeois’ grand
mother’s clothing, including a
flapper dress and a wedding
dress made for Bourgeois’ moth
er in the ’40s, is featured in an art
exhibit, “A Million Memories,”
at the Lyndon House Arts
Center.
The exhibit, which has been
up since September and was
recently extended to be up until
>- See RAGS, Page 5A
Course
changes
create
questions
By KELLY PROCTOR
kproctor@randb.com
Some professors say they’re nervous
proposed changes to the University’s core
curriculum might deny students exposure
to valuable classes they otherwise might
not take.
The curriculum changes, which passed
through the University Council last week,
lopped three hours off social studies
requirements but doubled a section called
“World Languages, Culture, Humanities
and the Arts” from six to 12 hours.
The changes to the University’s 42-hour
core curriculum next have to be approved
by the Board of Regents and might be in
place Fall 2008 at the earliest.
But some professors — namely in social
sciences — argue that their classes might
lose students and interest in the long run
if classes such as sociology, anthropology
and others aren’t on the required menu.
William Finlay, head of the sociology
department, said he
>- See CORE, Page 3A
Univ. delivers
Navy School
proposal
By SARA PAUFF
spauff@randb.com
The University’s School of Public
Health could be expanded if the institu
tion acquires the land of the soon-to-be-
deactivated Navy Supply Corps School.
Hank Huckaby, who represents the
University on the public-
private board that will
decide what happens to
the land, submitted a pro
posal for the Prince
Avenue site Wednesday.
The 12-page proposal
states that the University
would use the property to
create a health sciences
campus in collaboration
with the Medical College of
Georgia’s Nursing School
and Athens Technical College.
The School of Public Health is housed
in multiple locations on campus, and mov
ing the college to the Navy School proper
ty would consolidate it in one facility,
according to the proposal.
The proposal lists several other pro
grams the University would be able to
establish if it gets the property:
► Hospital Administration and Public
Health Administration programs, provid
ing training to hospital administrators and
public health directors
>- A University Health and Risk
Communication Center, focusing on the
relationship between health and commu
nication professionals
>- A Health Sciences Branch Library
Establishing these programs would
require use of the entire site, according to
the proposal.
The University is requesting it get the
land for free through Public Benefit
Conveyance. The University is one of eight
organizations that submitted proposals to
the Local Redevelopment Authority, a 16-
member group in charge of deciding how
to reuse the school, the Athens Banner-
Herald reported.
The school was slated for closure last
year as part of the Pentagon’s Base
Realignment and Closure program and will
move to Rhode Island.
The University is “an ideal reuser” for
the site, which will become available for
development in 2011, because of its educa
tional mission, the proposal states.
Huckaby did not return phone calls to
The Red & Black Thursday.
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First & Goal
page IB
Can the Bulldogs
rebound from this
year’s disappointment?
Find out in this week’s
edition of First &
Goal.
Recruits
page 6A
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people to the playing
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teams got athletes and if
any big names will call
the University home.
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