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THURSDAY
November 16, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 64
| Athens, Georgia
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ROCK THE TOGGLE
>• Athens’ champion air
guitarist reviews Guitar
Hero II. PAGE IB
Prof, reveals
speaker’s lies
By BRIAN HUGHES
bhughes@randb.com
Bamboozle, dupe, sucker
— that’s what a part-time
journalist did to at least six
colleges across the country.
Until he landed a gig at the
University.
David Gilbert, a former
stringer for WCBS News
Radio in New York, toured
the country over the past few
years, delivering a pro-Israeli
message to the University of
Pennsylvania, Princeton
University, George
Washington University and
other top-notch universities.
However, he continually
relied on a fib.
At these speeches, he iden
tified himself as a CBS News
Foreign Correspondent, not a
stringer — a part-time jour
nalist who is not on payroll.
Amy Berelowitz, chair of
Dawgs for Israel, booked
Gilbert to give a speech pro
moting a pro-Israel message.
Gilbert admitted to her in
an e-mail Tuesday night that
he had exaggerated his cre
dentials.
“Although you had no
knowledge of this, I claimed
to be something that I am
not, that is, a full-time Middle
East Correspondent for CBS
News,” he wrote. “You were
duped by me and for that I
am truly sorry. There is no
excuse that I can offer — all I
can do is take full responsibil
ity and ask for your forgive
ness.”
He did not answer repeat
ed calls made to his cell
phone.
The truth was uncovered
by University journalism pro
fessor and former NBC news
correspondent David
Hazinski, who had his doubts
about Gilbert’s career claims.
He said he could not
understand why Gilbert
would deliver a politically
motivated speech on campus,
since correspondents are
required to remain neutral.
>- See CAUGHT, Page 3A
ONLINE: Read David Gilbert’s
apology in the News section at
www.redandblack.com
HEATHER FINLEY | The Red £ Black
▲ Senior point guard Janese Hardrick (14) drives around
her defender in the Lady Bulldogs' 89-35 win over North
Carolina A&T. The team is now 2-0 to start the season.
Small rotation does
not hinder Lady Dogs
By TYLER ESTEP
testep@randb.com
The No. 8-ranked Lady
Dogs basketball team
dressed just seven players for
the second straight game
Wednesday night.
Once again it didn’t seem
to matter, as the team
trounced the North Carolina
A&T Aggies 89-35 in its home
opener.
Five Bulldogs ended the
game in scoring double fig
ures, led by senior Cori
Chambers’ 22.
Her six three-pointers fell
one shy of the Lady Dogs
record for most in a game,
and she is now just 46 from
the school’s career record for
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Georgia 89, N.C. A&T 35
threes.
Junior forward Megan
Darrah coupled her 21 points
with 11 rebounds to chart her
first career double-double.
“They passed it, caught it
and shot it well,” head coach
Andy Landers said of his
team, which tallied 23 assists
on 43 field goals.
“It’s nice to know that
there’s more than one person
that can score, but it’s even
better to watch them pass it
>- See BALL, Page 5A
Police worry weapons on rise
By JUANITA COUSINS
jcousins@randb.com
University police said they
are concerned about the
unusually high number of
weapons recently found on
campus.
In the past two weeks,
seven students have been
arrested and charged with
felony possession of a
weapon on school property.
That is two more than the
total number of weapon-
related arrests University
Police made last year, Capt.
Lisa Boone said.
Police educate incoming
freshman at orientation each
summer and sent out an e-
mail to University students
in October, outlining the
“zero tolerance” Georgia law
that prohibits a weapon on
or within 1,000 feet of any
school-owned property,
Boone said.
Yet they still have had
three cases since Oct. 30, in
which students have had a
BB gun, airsoft guns and
sling shots on University
property.
“We do what we can to
make people aware, but ulti
mately it is their responsibili
ty,” she said. “Anything that
is designed to propel a
missile or projectile is
considered a weapon.”
Many objects con
sidered legal off cam
pus, such as paintball
guns, also are not per
mitted on school
grounds.
She said students’ confu
sion may arise over what
could be considered a
weapon because under state
law, a baseball bat is consid
ered a weapon when not
used for athletic activities.
“If you even think it may
(have) been an issue, then
call us and ask — but please
don’t bring it on campus,”
Boone said.
> See WEAPONS, Page 3A
BANNED FROM CAMPUS
Source:
Georgia Code
16-11-127
Weapons include:
> paintball guns
> sling shots
> nunchaku
> oriental darts
> tasers
> knives with blades more
than two inches long
> explosives
> poison gas
For more information about what
could be considered a weapon on
campus, visit
www.police.uga.edu/weapons.html
or call (706) 542-5813.
Two people charged with Univ. thefts
University Police issued
warrants for the arrests of
William Andrew Towe and
Julia Maria Towe.
William is being charged
with 17 felonies and four
misdemeanors, including
entering auto, financial
transaction card theft, theft
by deception and theft
by receiving.
Julia is being charged
with two felonies and one
misdemeanor, including
theft by receiving and theft
by deception.
The Towes are accused of
taking nearly $7,000 in mer
chandise, including $5,275 in
golf equipment, five
University parking permits,
a purse, an amplifier and a
satellite radio among other
items between Oct. 16 and
Nov. 13.
Cars parked at East
Campus parking deck, North
Campus parking deck and
the Intramural Fields were
entered.
ACC Police said they
found some of the items in a
car belonging to the Towes
after executing a search war
rant when it was impound
ed.
Both accused are not
University students, and it is
unknown if they are related.
— Juanita Cousins
Student flight instructor gets sky-high seating
By BROOKS BECKER
bbecker@randb.com
Although Juan Sanchez is
a loyal Georgia football fan,
he’s only made it to one
game this season.
While 92,746 fans pack
into Sanford Stadium to
cheer on the Bulldogs at
most home games, he is at
work — flying over the stadi
um in a single-engine plane.
Sanchez, a senior market
ing major from Jacksonville,
Fla., works as a certified
flight instructor at Firefly
Aviation, a flight school at
Athens Ben Epps Airport.
He often flies with students
on Saturday afternoons,
which gives him a unique
perspective of Sanford
Stadium.
“There’s nothing cooler
than flying over Sanford
Stadium on gameday,”
Sanchez said.
“It looks like everyone in
the stadium is wearing red.
From the sky, I even thought
we were winning the
Colorado game.”
Sanchez decided to pur-
BROOKS BECKER | The Red & Black
A Juan Sanchez stands next to a plane owned by Firefly Aviation at Athens Ben Epps
Airport. Sanchez has been a certified flight instructor for more than a year.
sue a career as a pilot follow
ing an internship with ASA
airlines in Atlanta. He moved
back home to Jacksonville to
attend flight school last
spring, earning his commer
cial pilot’s license and
becoming a certified flight
instructor.
Teaching at Firefly
Aviation allows Sanchez to
improve his flying skills and
earn money doing something
► See INSTRUCTOR, Page 3A
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Bye, Toney
page 6A
The Red & Black
speaks with junior
guard Channing Toney
on his decision to
transfer to another
University.
GEORGm
They’re back
page 5A
Still reeling for the upset
victory, the Georgia
Bulldogs headed back to
practice on Wednesday.
Get the lowdown on the
injury plagued Dogs.
Index
UGA Today 2A
Wire 2A
Opinions 4A
Variety 1B
Crossword 3A
Sports 5A
Sudoku 5A