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TUESDAY November 14, 2006 Vol. 114, No. 62 | Athens, Georgia Mostly sunny. High 70 | Low 44 ONLINE: www.redandblack.com An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 LICENSE TO STEAL 19 ’ (Hi rgiii * P 3 QL 80947 • COBB -fc l " * >• Have you checked the back of your car lately? NEWS, PAGE 3 Univ. submits plan for site Health sciences campus priority By JOE MASON jmason@randb.com The University’s proposal to use land at the Navy School site may conflict with a need to help Athens’ home less. The Local Redevelopment Authority received nine pro posals in its public outreach campaign, said Holly Reed, the base reuse coordinator for the authority. Seven of the nine proposals were homeless assistance submissions. Some proposals asked for parts of the Navy Supply Corps School’s property. But the University’s proposal asked for the entire 58.5-acre site. The University would work with the Medical College of Georgia and Athens Technical College to create a health sciences campus using the Navy School’s property. In the proposal, the University said it needed the entire site to accommodate projected growth. The University would maintain existing historic buildings for administrative use but construct new build ings on the north end of the campus. The authority ended its public outreach phase Wednesday. It now has about nine months to come up with a plan for how to use the land, which will be available in 2011. The federal government decided to close the school last year as part of its Base Realignment and Closure process. The authority could divide the land between different users, such as the University Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services and local homeless shelters, Reed said. The site now is a mixed-use property with offices, training facilities, housing and shop ping. Hank Huckaby, special > See NAVY, Page 3 CAROLINE KILGORE | The Red & Black ▲ The University submitted plans to use the Navy School's property on Prince Avenue to create a health sciences campus with the Medical College of Georgia. By SAM STEINBERG ssteinber@randb.com One of the first times Georgia center Albert Jackson learned to play bas ketball was in a Dennis Felton basketball camp at Western Kentucky. “He was new to the game, and you could tell,” Felton said. “He was big and awk ward.” Jackson, originally from Earlington, Ky., first met Felton and basketball in eighth grade. “It was my first camp ever, first time playing basketball. And he was there watching me,” Jackson said. Back then, Felton was coach of the Hilltoppers and guided another big lanky front court player, Chris Marcus, to Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year awards in 2000 and 2001. At the camp, Felton began to notice Jackson’s size and potential talent and saw a young Marcus in the mak ing. Felton found some time to give advice to the young Jackson. “He just told me that I had a lot of potential and a chance to be good. That kind of motivated me a little bit,” Jackson said. As the years moved forward, Felton became head coach at Georgia, and Jackson became a highly recruited national prospect. “(At the) beginning of my junior year, he just started recruiting me hard,” Jackson said. Jackson admitted that Georgia was not even on his top-10 list of ► See BBALL, Page 7 HEATHER FINLEY | The Red is Black A Forward Albert Jackson (34) goes for a dunk in Friday’s opener against Southern. Coach Dennis Felton began recruiting Jackson at a middle school basketball camp. Player found talent under Felton Albert Jackson revealed skill at sports camp ‘Warcraft’ provides a world of entertainment By MILES MOFFIT mmoffit@randb.com Pretend you’re on Jeopardy, and the answer is a 2004 role-playing game tak ing place in the world of Azeroth. Do you know the question? It was central to South Park’s 10th season premiere, there’s a movie deal in the works, a trading card game, more than 7 million subscribers, it’s destroyed countless relationships worldwide and yes, it’s even been on Jeopardy. Ever asked yourself what is up with “World of Warcraft”? “It literally is a world itself,” said Matt Joines, founder of a Facebook group dedicated to uniting players at the University. Known in short as WoW, the game is part of a growing category known as MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games). Like the genre cornerstone “Everquest,” players log into an online realm populated by millions of fellow adventurers, participate in quests and explore the extremities of the virtual world together. While other games have used similar formulas to great success in the past, this game is by far the most popular the genre has ever seen. No other MMO has ever garnered such media involvement as mentioned above, so what’s so spe cial about it? “ (WoW) is unlike most games on the market today in the amount of variety it brings. To actually complete dungeons and kill dragons is ► See WOW, Page 5 SPECIAL | The Red & Black A In this ‘South Park’ parody of ‘World of Warcraft’ viewers were exposed to the consequences of spending too much time playing PC games. Broadway star Rapp to discuss ‘Rent’ at Tate By ABBI LIBERS alibers@randb.com If you are certain that 525,600 minutes measure a year and you know every word of “La Vie Boheme” by heart then you may be considered a “Rent-head.” Known as those obsessed with the musical “Rent,” true Rent-heads will show their loyalty tonight at the Tate Student Center’s Georgia Hall, where Anthony Rapp, who played the original Mark Cohen, will speak. “He’s supposed to talk about his life on Broadway, doing ‘Rent’ and his book,” said University Union Division Coordinator for Ideas and Issues Rebecca Belou, who invited Rapp to speak tonight. Rapp originated the role of Mark Cohen, the unlucky-in-love filmmaker and narrator, in both the 1994 off-Broadway produc tion and the original Broadway show, which began its run in 1996. Then, last November he reprised the role for the film version of the musical. Although most famous for his role in “Rent,” Rapp also has appeared in the films “Adventures in Babysitting,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Road Trip” and “A Beautiful Mind.” Other Broadway credits include the recent revival of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and John Guare’s “Six Degrees of Separation.” Belou said tonight’s show will be the last big event sponsored by University Union this year, and she’s expecting a good turnout. Tickets were made avail able Nov. 1 and Victoria Reynolds, a first-year grad uate student from Metter, was among the first to get one. A self-proclaimed “Rent” fanatic, Reynolds created the Facebook group “We love Anthony Rapp!” last July after learning of his scheduled appearance at the University. Reynolds said she be came hooked when she saw >- See RAPP, Page 5 Univ spokesman calls horse tests standard, humane By JUANITA COUSINS jcousins@randb.com The procedure of poking an animal’s eye that University researchers were planning to perform on the two abducted horses before they were taken is the “most humane” way of con ducting research, a University spokesman said. The horses were taken from their Watkinsville farm this summer by a University professor whose attorney said he was trying to spare the horses from the proce dure. Tom Jackson, vice presi dent for Public Affairs, called eye catheterizations a “standard procedure,” and said a metal rod placed in the horse’s eye doesn’t poke the pupil or hurt the animal. University professor Richard Fayrer-Hosken was arrested Thursday and DANIELLE HUTLAS | The Red & Black A This Watkinsville barn was home to the horses stolen this summer. charged with two felony counts of livestock theft. 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