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WEDNESDAY
November 15, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 63
| Athens, Georgia
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DANIELLE HUTLAS | The Red * Black
A Vandals pushed over or struck nearly 10 tombstones in Old Athens Cemetery, according to reports filed with
University Police. The cemetery is located on Jackson Street next to the Lamar Dodd School or Art.
Vandals strike Old Athens Cemetery
By KELLY PROCTOR
kproctor@randb.com
An investigation is continuing into
who pushed over and broke several
tombstones in a centuries-old University
cemetery.
Old Athens Cemetery, located next to
Lamar Dodd School of Art, is the final
resting place of several of Athens’ earli
est residents, including two
Revolutionary War soldiers and a former
University president, according to a his
torical marker at the site.
The grassy plot is also a favorite
haunt for students, some of whom gath
er to chat or draw.
“I think it’s threatened,” said Dexter
Adams, head of the grounds depart
ment, charged with keeping up the relic.
“It’s melting away before our eyes.”
The vandalism, which included nearly
10 tombstones, was reported to
University Police the day after
Halloween. During the night before, two
University students were arrested for
carrying weapons while pretending to
rob their friends in the cemetery.
University Police Capt. Lisa Boone
said police have not connected the
tombstone vandalism and the robbery
prank. Police Chief Jimmy Williamson
wouldn’t comment on the situation, say
ing it was under investigation.
On Tuesday, Adams toured the ceme
tery, showing how vandals had kicked or
struck tombstones, shattering a few and
> See TOMBS. Page 3
Study finds
students fear
getting help
Amnesty still
worked on
By KELLY PROCTOR
kproctor@randb.com
Most underage students
would hesitate to call for
help if they thought they, or
their drunk friend, could get
in trouble, an Student
Government Association
poll found.
But the findings didn’t
free up a logjam among
administrators and stu
dents who are still fine-tun
ing a policy that might pro
tect students who seek help
for their dangerously intoxi
cated friends.
“We are still at 30,000 feet
and still brainstorming,”
said Eric Atkinson, assis
tant to the vice president
for student affairs.
SGA’s alcohol policy sur
vey found that nearly 40
percent of the approximate
ly 230 students polled — all
under 21 years old — said
they’ve feared for the safety
of a drunk friend at the
University.
While nearly 100 stu
dents said they would call
for help regardless of the
fallout from the University
or parents, the rest said
they wouldn’t call for help if
they knew either they or
their friend — or both —
could get in trouble.
The majority of students
said they were most con
cerned with getting sus
pended or arrested in “alco
hol-related” situations, the
poll showed.
“People were very con
cerned what their parents
and the University
thought,” said Sara
Andrzejewski, an SGA
member who headed the
poll.
Andrzejewski said she
► See POLL, Page 3
Chi Phis charged
on multiple counts
By JUANITA COUSINS
j cousins@randb .com
A Chi Phi member
already on probation for
flashing pornography at
passers-by in September
was arrested early Tuesday
and charged with a felony
count of criminal damage.
University Police arrest
ed Chi Phi members Harris
Thomas Culley and Ryan
Andrew Smith at about 2:53
a.m. when an officer saw
them running from the
Baptist Campus Ministries
on Lumpkin Street after a
window of the building was
broken, a police report said.
This is the second time a
Chi Phi member involved
with the porn incident at
Tate has gotten into further
trouble.
Athens-Clarke County
Police arrested Drewry
Allen Littlewood Oct. 11
CULLEY
SMITH
and charged him with
underage possession of
alcohol.
The Office of Judicial
Programs found
Littlewood, Culley and six
other Chi Phi members
guilty of violating the
University’s sexual harass
ment policy in September
and placed them on one
year of probation.
>- See CHI, Page 3
Young Choreographer series
designed, produced by students
By EMILY YOCCO
eyocco@randb.com
Montez Nash has spent more time in
the University Dance Building than many
of her fellow performers — she’s even
crawled through windows to get to
rehearsal.
“You come here all hours of the night,”
the senior from Cartersville said, “and
there’s only one key floating around.”
However, Thursday night the doors to
the building will be unlocked to the pub
lic as Franklin College and the University
Dance Department present the Young
Choreographer Series Concert —
designed, choreographed and produced
entirely by Nash and fellow senior
Catherine Herrmann from La Grande,
Ore.
The concert is a thesis of sorts for the
two seniors, a final project that runs one
hour and must be carried out successful
ly for the girls to receive their degrees.
According to the Dance Department
Web site, the Young Choreographer
Series is a show of “student choreo
graphed, designed, stage-managed and
publicized studio dance productions.”
Or, in Nash’s own words, “The only
faculty involvement is making sure we
don’t screw up.”
The show will feature two eight-to-12-
minute pieces by Nash and Herrmann as
well as other performances by junior and
senior dance students.
The choreographers can choose their
own music as long as they give good rea
son for doing so in the 14-to 20-page pro
posal they turn in.
“We have ... to justify what we’re
doing,” Nash said. “You can’t just throw
something together.”
Although Nash and Herrmann have
prepared for their senior exit concert
over the years by participating in dance
organizations like the UGA Ballet
Ensemble and the CORE Concert Dance
Company, they have only been rehearsing
for this concert since August.
>- See DANCE, Page 5
Bulldogs blow late leads,
lose to Western Kentucky
DANIELLE HUTLAS | The Red * Black
A Sophomore center
Rashaad Singleton fights off
Western Kentucky defenders
during the game Tuesday
night. Georgia lost to
Western Kentucky 70-67.
By SAM STEINBERG
ssteinber@randb.com
Heading into Tuesday
night’s basketball game,
Georgia and Western Kentucky
each had momentum after win
ning their season openers in
impressive fashion over the
weekend
However, it was obvious
from the start that the
matchup was going to be the
first competitive contest of the
early season for both teams.
The score was tied heading
into the final minute of play,
but at the end of the night,
Georgia sacrificed a 10-point
lead for the second time in the
contest, falling 70-67 to the
Hilltoppers.
Western Kentucky only had
the lead for the final 19 seconds
of the game, but that was all
that mattered.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
WKU 70, Georgia 67
“It was a hard, physical,
tough win. I was really proud of
our guys’ effort,” Western
Kentucky coach Darrin Horn
said.
For Georgia, the loss put a
damper on an honor-filled
night.
After beginning the game
with a tribute to the late Kevin
Brophy, guard Levi Stukes
becoming the 36th player in
school history with more than
1,000 points in a career.
Nevertheless, the collapse
seemed to outweigh the posi
tive moments.
“I don’t really know what
happed right now,” Georgia
> See JUMP, Page 7
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