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THURSDAY December 7, 2006 Vol. 114, No. 76 | Athens, Georgia Mostly sunny/wind. High 54 | Low 21 ONLINE: www.redandblack.com An independent student newspaper serving the Un iversity of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 R&B PICK ’EM >• The Red & Black staff projects bowl season SPORTS, PAGE 7B :<4esWf odes 1 1 'i serious f { unrepcrted in PHOTOS BY AJ PASSMAN The Red £ Black ▲ Jeff Morris (above) and Ian Carlson (right) participate in a demonstration on Baldwin Street by the English and Drama departments Wednesday. Accidents prevalent, incite demonstration By JOSH WEISS jweiss@randb.com The light turned green, yet the glowing pedestrian in the display box still encouraged pedestrians to cross the Baldwin and Lumpkin inter section. Two weeks ago, assistant professor Antje Ascheid was hit by a car while crossing the street outside the Fine Arts building, a familar scene for the faculty and students of the University’s drama department. On April 23, 2004, drama professor Farley Richmond was thrown 30 feet after being hit by a car at the intersec tion of Baldwin and Lumpkin streets. Richmond suffered a fractured kneecap and wrist from the accident. Ascheid suffered a concussion and had to receive several stitches. “The intersection has been a prob lem for as long as anyone can remem ber,” said drama department head David Saltz. “Students have also been hit, and it seems like every day someone else is almost hit.” Ascheid’s accident two weeks ago resulted in a concerted effort by the drama department, located in the Fine Arts building at the intersection of Baldwin and >- See DRAMA, Page 2B YIELD T0p'$ P*DESTRIAN|g^< ON TURNsWI Gym Dogs to give Sneak-a-Peek Open season over holidays FILE | The Red & Black ▲ Junior Audrey Bowers performs a routine on the uneven bars at a Gym Dogs meet. The Gym Dogs will perform an intra-squad Sneak-a-Peek meet Sunday. By MEGAN HARRISON mharrison@randb.com Winter break is not only about the holidays and time off from school for the Gym Dogs. It’s about what the team will be able to do on the apparatuses — such as the moonwalk junior Nikki Childs made famous on beam last year. The preseason No. 1- ranked Gym Dogs will begin its break with the Sneak-a- Peek competition for the stu dent body before opening its season against No. 8 Stanford at Stegeman Coliseum on Jan. 6. “I haven’t even discussed Stanford with the girls yet,” head coach Suzanne Yoculan said. She added that right now the team is focused on the Sneak-a-Peek, which will take place at Ramsey on Sunday, since it is the last practice prior to the two-and-a-half week break for the holidays. The Sneak-a-Peek is an intra-squad meet where the team is randomly divided into a black and a red squad that will compete against each other. The competition is open to the public. Yoculan said Sunday’s competition will show where the gymnasts are mentally and who is prepared to com pete. She added that this team has strong chemistry. “People will see a team that has a lot of love and affection,” Yoculan said. She also said the >- See GYM, Page 8B Univ. male arrested for battery By AUDREY GOODSON agoodson@randb.com A male University student has been arrested and charged with aggravated sex ual battery. Athens-Clarke County Police arrested Peter Edward Case, 22, Tuesday afternoon when a judge issued a bench warrant three weeks after a female University student reported she was raped, a police report said. The female told police she was raped in her Athens residence at an undisclosed location on Nov. 4. Alcohol was involved with the inci dent. It is unclear if the female and Case are acquaintances. The indictment stated Case “did intentionally pene trate the anus” of the woman with his finger without the woman’s consent. The woman reported his hands or fists were used as a weapon in the incident. Police also listed two University students who wit nessed the incident in the report. Efforts to reach Case on Wednesday were unsuccess ful. Univ. sued by Christian organization By KELLY PROCTOR kproctor@randb.com A Christian fraternity filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against University administrators and the Board of Regents. The fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi, or BYX, alleges the University did not let the group register on cam pus because members are selected on the basis of reli gion. University officials declined to let BYX register in November because the group requires its members and officers to share the group’s Christian beliefs, according to an e-mail release from the Christian Legal Society, one of the groups representing BYX. BYX, also known as Brothers Under Christ — a fraternity of Christian male college students — can’t access meeting spaces or advertise on campus because it’s not registered, said the e-mail release from the legal society. University spokesman Tom Jackson said the fra ternity couldn’t register because it refused to adhere to University rules. “They declined to sign the non-discrimination policy, ► See LAWSUIT, Page 2B Uppers can affect heart, stress level By PEARMAN PARKER pparker@randb.com It’s that time of year when students are in need of a fix to get them through the day. While caffeine helps many stu dents stay awake through exams, too much can be deadly “Any time you consume a lot of caffeine, you can have heart palapa- tions and anxiety,” said Alice Bender, nutrition educator and registered dietician at the University Health Center. Bender said a lot of caffeine for her body is 300 mg. The average person needs only 150 mg to stay alert. An overdose of caffeine includes symptoms of mus cle twitching, hallu cinations, dizzi ness, fever, breathing difficul ties, vomiting and even death, according to MedLine Plus, health informa tion from the National Library of Medicine Web site. Matt Lamb, a junior from Dalton, relies on Vault when he “starts to nod off.” He said he would probably consume more drinks if he did not know the bad side >- See DRUGS, Page 3B Hackensaw Boys bring bluegrass to downtown By DREW HALL For The Red & Black The twang of a steel gui tar, quick picking on a banjo and the sweet melody of a mandolin are just a few of the great sounds you could hear at a Hackensaw Boys show. This Friday at the Georgia Theatre, the Hackensaw Boys will per form some bluegrass melodies you’ll never forget. The soft vocals com bined with some well-writ- ten songs can relax you into a slow dance or speed up the pace into a real knee slapping, whiskey-drinking hoedown. The band started out in Charlotte,svillc.Va., in 1999. Jesse Fiske, better known as Baby-J the bassist, grew up there, and the rest of the band ended up there. Many of the original members are gone now, and new members have been introduced through friends and musical experi ences. They’ve been touring for almost six years, with quite a line-up change. Five of the 10-member band will be playing Friday at the Theatre, but Fiske assured fans it won’t be any less of a show than if all 10 band members were there. Fiske also said they were more likely to take a set break in Athens because of the no-smoking ordinance. People might lose interest in other towns with a set break because they’ve been smoking the entire time and have nothing to do during the breaks. He said smoking general ly enhanced the mood dur ing the show, but some things you just can’t help. If the no-smoking ordi nance doesn’t hinder you but you aren’t a bluegrass fan, you could hear some music which might allude to other genres. The Hackensaw Boys > See BOYS, Page 5B 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 Bubble-icious Faculty Fury redandblack.com page 3B page 2B View “2006: A Year in Review” — Worried about those The University beats the a retrospective of all the year’s tough finals you’ve got ' 1 • national average pay for most popular stories. on Friday? female faculty, but many Poll: How do you feel about teachers complain that Georgia going to the Chick-fil-A Have a cookie. women still are paid less bowl? than men. Index Opinions 4B Variety 5 B Crossword 5A Sports 7B Sudoku 7B