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Newspaper Page TextGO NUTS FRIDAY November 17, 2006 Vol. 114, No. 65 | Athens, Georgia O Partly cloudy. High 58 | Low 34 ONLINE: www.redandblack.com An independent stude7it newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 >• Drop your pants and watch Comedy Central online. VARIETY, PAGE 7 Students spend time playing the pauper Exercise shows frustrations By CAROLYN CRIST ccrist@randb.com It’s like the game of Life, only all the bad stuff happens. Tiffani Warren, a freshman from Cumming, had to pay for groceries, transportation, child care, rent, utili ties and health care with only few hun dred dollars. But only for a few hours. Warren and 30 other University stu dents decided to place themselves in the shoes of low-income workers in a poverty simulation in the Tate Student Center Reception Hall Thursday. The Roosevelt Institute and the Honors Program Student Council sponsored the simulation, in which participants took on a low-income identity within a family and addressed issues concerning life’s expenses. Roosevelt is sponsoring a month long initiative, Students Together Ending Poverty to educate University students about poverty in Athens. The group will write policy to be presented to state lawmakers and at its sympo sium in the spring. Students were grouped together in families that had to make it through several work weeks — each one about 15 minutes — living on only a few hun dred dollars. Before beginning the simulation and the first 15-minute workweek, families discussed who would work, go to school, pay bills and pawn household items. “We don’t have enough money to buy anything,” Warren said to her fami ly- The fictitious Chen family was com prised of Warren, Kevin Butte, a senior from Atlanta; Amulya Nagarur, a senior from Duluth; Minhyung Lee, a fresh man from Lilburn; and Stephanie Gossman, a senior from The Woodlands, Texas. Warren decided to pay bills and buy groceries while Butte went to work and Nagarur, Lee and ► See POVERTY, Page 3 Landers legacy: leading learning By TYLER ESTEP testep@randb.com In 1979, Jimmy Carter was presi dent, disco still reigned with the Bee Gees and Donna Summer and Herschel Walker was still setting records at Johnson County High School. That same year, the still-devel oping Georgia women’s basketball program got its first fulltime head coach. An ambitious 26-year-old from Maryville, Tenn., promised then-Athletics Director Vince Dooley he would “build (the pro gram) from the ground up into an immediate national power.” More than 27 years later, the same man is being named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame for his work at the University. Evidently, he’s made good on his promise. Now in his 28th season at the helm, head coach Andy Landers has created a national powerhouse in Athens. He has amassed an overall record of 659-208 at the University, taken the Lady Dogs to 23 NCAA Tournaments and five Final Fours, won 11 SEC Championships and coached 12 All-Americans, three National Players of the Year, two Olympians and 17 future WNBA players. Landers is also just five wins away from being the winningest col lege basketball coach in the state of Georgia’s history. But the four-time National Coach of the Year knows his legacy will be far more than numbers. “I hope that when we’re done here, we will have left a lot of play ers who take pride in what they’ve accomplished, in what they’ve done,” Landers said. “We coach players. We don’t coach games. People say you build a program. You don’t really build a program. You don’t have a program without players.” ► See FAME, Page 8 HEATHER FINELY | The Red & Black A After compiling a 657-208 record in 27 seasons on the Lady Bulldogs’ bench, head coach Andy Landers was elected into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame last weekend. ANDY LANDERS > Took over at Georgia in 1979 (27 sea sons) >- Four-time National Coach of the Year (1986, 1987,1996, 2000) > Three-time SEC Coach of the Year (1984, 1986, 1996) > Average 24.3 wins per season > 23 NCAA Tournaments >- Five Final Fours (1983,1985,1995, 1996, 1999) > 12 Kodak All-Americans >- 17 WNBA players, including eight active players Musicians give a variety of views on Athens venues By RACHEL WEBSTER rwebster@randb.com Downtown bar patrons often play favorites, starting off the night at one specific bar and ending it at another in a loose schedule of par tying. But musicians who frequent the Athens music scene also develop favorites — favorite venues. They know which venues have a sound that suits them, which light ing makes them look best and which locations draw the most enthusiastic audience mem bers. Take a tip from the experts and check out these Athens music hot spots. Georgia Theatre, Lumpkin Street The musicians repeatedly praised one popular venue — Georgia Theatre. “The best sound and the best lighting and everything is by far the Georgia Theatre,” said Steve Gagnier, guitarist for local band Beyond Tomorrow and a junior at the University. “It’s so clear, and you can actual ly hear yourself,” he said. Local musician Wesley Cook described himself as a fan of the Georgia Theatre because of the high-quality sound system and sound crew. The venue’s reputation and long history of shows also make it an attractive destination for perform ers. “You’re sharing the stage with people who I emulate and want to be,” Cook said enthusiastically. Gagnier agreed, describing the posters in the Theatre’s backstage area from shows past: R.E.M., Widespread Panic and “Dave Matthews when he was playing for, like, $3.” “Now he’s selling out arenas,” Gagnier said. “It’s like, ‘Hey, these guys started here and we can do that, too.’” 40 Watt Club, Washington Street Gagnier referred to 40 Watt and Georgia Theatre collectively >- See VENUES, Page 7 Service-learning classes on the rise Univ. follows national trend BY JESSICA LEVINE jlevine@randb.com For many students, class involves sitting and taking notes from a professor. But for increasing numbers it means heading out into the com munity and putting what they’ve learned into action. It’s called service-learning, and these types of classes are becom ing more common at the University. Service-learning is applying what is learned in the classroom to real-life needs and problems in the community. This semester, there are more than 30 service-learning classes — more than any previous semester, said Shannon Wilder, coordinator of service-learning at the University. “The last time we made a list, it wasn’t close to that many,” she said. The number of service-learning classes has officially been tracked since the opening of the Office of Service Learning in 2005. Wilder said that the University is not alone in its increase in serv ice-learning classes. “It’s definitely a national trend,” she said. “Universitiess are realiz ing that they are a part of a com munity and need to think about how they can help.” One class debuting next semes ter is the honors section of intro duction to American government (POLS 1105) taught by Patricia Sullivan, a public and international affairs professor. Twenty of her students will get the chance to take what they are learning about American govern ment and apply it three hours a week working with local nonprofits and schools. “I actually did quite a bit of > See SERVICE, Page 3 PHOTOS BY HEATHER FINLEY The Red * Black A (Above) Danny McDaniel, a senior at the Preformance Learning Center, does his school work during this downtime work ing at Jittery Joe’s. (Left) Univ. Student Josh Hendrick tutors Jennifer Stancil at the center. Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3037 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 On the Web redandblack.com Poll: Would you call the authori ties to help a dangerously drunk friend if it meant that you both would get in trouble? See the Bulldog Basketball blog. Spot on page 7 Target’s new line of clothes brings couture to the masses. Get the scoop on what is hot and what is not in Variety. TARGET Football fun page 8 Dude, where’s First & Goal? Don’t worry. Get all the football goodness you are used to without all the fuss of a whole other section. Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 3 Crossword 3 Sports 8 Sudoku 9

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