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THURSDAY
November 30, 2006
Vol. 114, No. 71
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OUT & ABOUT, PAGE IB
Player suspended
for alcohol arrest
By MATTHEW
BORENSTEIN
raborenste@randb.com
Backup offensive lineman
Ian Smith was suspended
indefinitely after he
was arrested on
alcohol-related
charges for the sec
ond time this year,
head coach Mark
Richt said in a
statement late
Wednesday.
Smith was
arrested for under
age possession of
alcohol on campus
early Tuesday
morning, according
to police reports.
He was released later in
the morning on a $500 bond,
according to the Clarke
County Sheriff’s Web site.
“Certainly it’s very disap
pointing, but I’m continuing
to gather information on the
incident before reaching any
final decisions involving disci
pline,” said Richt, who was
out of town recruiting.
In February, Smith was
arrested for public
intoxication, under
age possession and
giving false informa
tion after he was
found passed out in
a downtown bath
room. He was sus
pended for the first
two games this sea
son.
He played as a
backup in all 10
games he was eligi
ble to play.
With the gradua
tion of Nick Jones, Smith was
the team’s only experienced
returning center. Kevin Perez,
who redshirted this year, is
listed as Georgia’s only other
center.
SMITH
SCOTT CHILDS | The Red & Black
A After returning from suspension, junior forward Tasha
Humphrey (34) attempts to score off a rebound in the sec
ond half of Wednesday night’s 95-46 win over Memphis.
Humphrey returns
in win over Memphis
MEMORIAL BLOOD DRIVE
PHOTOS BY DANIELLE HUTLAS The Red & Black
A (Above) ROTC volunteer Garnett Decosimo works a table at the blood drive in the Tate Center Wednesday. Army
ROTC sponsored the drive in memory of 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson Huff, who was killed in Iraq in September.
(Below) ROTC Cadet Tim Fredericks gives blood at the drive.
ROTC honors
fallen soldier
Alum organized past drives
By CAROLYN CRIST
ccrist@randb.com
A few raindrops didn’t
stop students from donating
blood Wednesday in honor of
a University alumna.
The University Army and
Air Force ROTC sponsored a
blood drive in the Tate
Center to honor 2004 gradu
ate 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson
Huff, who was killed Sept. 19
when a vehicle-borne impro
vised explosive device deto
nated near her convoy in
Iraq.
“It’s a great honor to host
a blood drive for someone
who was a blood drive coordi
nator herself during her sen
ior year,” said Erika Lowe, a
senior Army ROTC student
from Roswell who organized
Wednesday’s blood drive.
“Ashley was a senior when
I was a freshman. She was
such an inspiration to me
because it can be hard to be a
girl in ROTC. She was a
leader, a mentor and one of
those personable people
everyone wanted to be
friends with,” Lowe said.
Huff coordinated blood
drives for the University and
was in the Sigma Kappa
sorority. Sorority sisters
donated blood Wednesday,
and soldiers with the
group Support Our Troops
showed up to the drive in
uniform.
“We had no trouble reach
ing our goal,” said American
Red Cross donor recruitment
manager Janet Jarrett.
“The goal was 73 units,
>- See BLOOD. Page 3A
Flu season approaches, students prepare for battle
Tips for avoiding winter woes
FLU FACTS
By TYLER ESTEP
testep@randb.com
It was an eventful night at
Stegeman Coliseum
Wednesday, as the eighth-
ranked Lady Dogs (6-0) had a
surprise season debut, a sin
gle-game record tied and a
career milestone matched
during their 95-46 trouncing
of Memphis.
All-American forward
Tasha Humphrey made a sur
prise appearance in the sec
ond half, scoring 11 points
and pulling down six
rebounds.
Humphrey’s debut came
just shy of the completion of
her suspension originally set
at six games by head coach
Andy Landers.
“She made a mistake,
which was not good,”
Landers said of his forward.
“But the way she handled the
consequences was very
good.”
“It felt good to go out
there and play with my team
mates,” said an emotional
Humphrey. “A lot of people
say that it’s a one-man team
but so far we’ve proved that
it’s not.”
Two-sport athlete Maria
Taylor netted five points in
her first action since the end
of the volleyball season.
The Lady Dogs single
game record came from fresh
man guard Ashley Houts,
whose 10 steals tied the mark
held by two other Bulldogs.
She added 16 points to tie
senior Cori Chambers as the
leading scorer for the game.
The victory also tied
Landers with Roger Kaiser
for the most career victories
by a head coach in the state
of Georgia at 663.
As always, Landers points
to his players as the cause of
his success.
“It is what it is,” he said.
“It’s the kids on these walls.
It’s a lot of great players who
wanted to win.”
By JACQUELYN
GREENWOOD
For The Red & Black
Between 10 and 20 per
cent of Americans will get
the flu this year, and more
than 100,000 will end up in
the hospital because of the
virus.
These statistics are
according to the University
Health Center Web site,
which also contains tips to
keep students from becom
ing part of them.
Liz Rachun, University
Health Center communica
tions coordinator, said flu
season is upon us, and
there are steps students can
take to safeguard their
health.
“Usually in Georgia, the
flu season is sporadic
between November and
December,” Rachun said. “It
really hits hard in January,
and the hardest in February
and March.”
The flu is highly conta
gious and easily spread once
it becomes airborne, usually
through coughing or sneez
ing. The best protection
against the virus is getting a
flu vaccination, available at
the Health Center for $20.
Many people are skeptical
of the vaccination because
they think they can catch
the flu from it, but this is just
a myth, Rachun said.
“Flu shots don’t give you
the flu because the vaccine is
a dead strain of the virus. It
may make you feel achy for a
day, but you won’t get the
flu,” she said.
Rachun said another
myth is that vomiting is a
symptom of the flu. True
influenza comes with a high
fever and aches — it also can
Common flu symptoms
> High fever
>■ Severe headache
> Body ache
> Extreme exhaustion
> Cough
How it spreads
The flu is spread when a person
who has the flu coughs, sneezes or
speaks, sending the virus into the
air, and other people inhale the
virus. The virus enters the nose,
throat or lungs of a person and
begins to multiply, causing flu
symptoms.
cause fatigue, congestion
and sore throat.
For students who opt to
take their chances this win
ter by just avoiding the vac
cine, there are other ways to
prevent catching the flu or to
reduce recovery time.
Sometimes the flu is spread
when a person touches a surface
that has the virus on it, such as a
door handle, then touches his or
her nose or mouth.
If you catch the flu
> Take medication to reduce the
symptoms
> Avoid using alcohol or tobacco
>■ Drink lots of fluids
> Get plenty of rest
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“The Health Center offers
medications that can short
en the duration of the flu,
cutting it down to three or
four days,” Rachun said. “If
you think you are getting the
>- See FLU, Page 3A
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