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A Freshmen returned to the dorms over the weekend after the three week holiday
break. For many, the experience was a chance to catch up with family and friends and
feel weird being back home for the first time.
Freshmen adjust to life
as guests in own home
By PEARMAN PARKER
pparker@randb.com
Returning home after the
first semester in school was
much like a welcome home
party for freshman.
"Anything I wanted, they
gave me," said Mark Allen, a
freshman from Cordele.
As the oldest child return
ing from his first semester
at college, his parents lav
ished him with attention and
care.
If he didn't want to get out
of bed, his parents would
bring him a drink without
having to ask, Allen said.
Allen wasn't the only one
enjoying extreme pampering.
Lucas Brown, a freshman
from Cedartown, said his
mother took extra care of
him and was always eager to
say, "Let me buy you some
thing."
Another student’s mother
wanted to hang out as if they
were girlfriends.
Christian fraternity
continues with suit
against University
By PETER STEINBAUER
psteinbau@randb.com
Although University
administrators said they will
exempt a Christian fraternity
from the religion portion of
the anti-discrimination poli
cy, a lawsuit against the
University by the fraternity is
still pending.
Beta Upsilon Chi Christian
fraternity sued the University
in December after it wasn’t
recognized as a campus
organization.
The fraternity's require
ment for members to be
Christian was not aligned
with the University's anti-dis
crimination policy, said Tim
Tracey, an attorney for the
Christian Legal Society,
which represents the fraterni
ty.
The University also said it
will discuss permanent
changes to the anti discrimi
nation policy, which currently
requires student organiza
tions to promise membership
to students without regard to
“age, ethnicity, gender, dis
ability, color, national origin,
race, religion, sexual orienta
tion, or veteran status.”
Tracey said the lawsuit will
remain pending until verifica
tion of the policy change.
"What we have right now Is
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classes in Colorado, and all
criminal charges relating
Milner to the incident were
dropped.
Milner returned to classes
at the University later in 2006
According to the report,
police have visited his resi
dence in response to noise
ordinance violations in the
past.
On Dec. 15, 2006, police
were responding to a call of a
house party when partygoers
went Inside the house and
shut the door, according to
the report.
Milner identified himself
and told the officer that he
lived at the residence.
"My mom gave up all her
plans to hang out with me,”
said Gentry Baum, a fresh
man from Alpharetta.
"But I just wanted to lay
around."
As for the rules once held
while she was in high school,
she said they were practically
nonexistent.
“They would go to bed and
trust that I’m gonna come
home," Baum said “It was a
lot more laid back."
Amidst the catering par
ents, the holiday season was
just another thing on the list
that many students had to
do.
"It didn’t really feel like
Christmas,” said Sara
Poythress, a freshman from
Sylvania.
She said her parents didn't
even have a tree up when she
came home.
She had always organized
Christmas, and they just
wanted to do it when she got
there, Poythress said.
a one time pass,” Tracey said.
A total policy change will
not allow the University to
not recognize Beta Upsilon
Chi as a campus organization
in future years, Tracey said.
Several leaders of other
campus religious organiza
tions said changing the anti
discrimination policy would
not effect how their organiza
tions handled membership.
Bilal Yousufzai, president
of the campus Muslim
Student Association, said his
club will continue granting
membership to students of
any faith.
“The MSA's never had a
policy like that,” he said. “And
I don't think we ever will.”
Philip Neiheisel, an execu
tive member of the B ahai
Student Association, said his
organization has always wel
comed active participation
from students of any back
ground
“Most of the association’s
activities this year have been
oriented toward encouraging
participation of students of
diverse ethnic and religious
backgrounds,” he said.
The lawsuit filed by Beta
Upsilon Chi cited the B'ahai
Student Association, saying
the club required its mem
bers to be of the B'ahai faith.
Neiheisel disputed the claim.
Milner asked permission to
put his dog inside and then
went into the house, stood
and folded his arms. The offi
cer repeatedly asked Milner
to come out of the house.
When he did not respond,
the officer approached Milner,
who attempted to slam the
door.
The officer said in his
report that Milner was “very
intoxicated and extremely
loud.”
"Somewhere during this he
(Milner) asked if I had arrest
ed him here before and was I
out here the night he escaped
by running and getting into a
canoe -and going down the
river,” according to the
ACC report.
They finally got around to
putting a tree up less than a
week before Christmas, she
said. i
Despite the Christmas tree
delay, she enjoyed seeing all of
her high school friends.
“It’s so good to go back,"
Poythress said.
Aside from rekindling high
school memories, some stu
dents enjoyed just being in
their hometowns.
Alicia Haire, a freshman
from Sylvania. said she
missed a lot of the commer
cialism of Christmas in her
small town.
Haire said she returned
home late and could not epjoy
the parades and events that
started Immediately after
Thanksgiving.
Regardless of their time at
home, many students are
excited about being back in
Athens
"I'm really glad to be
back." Baum said “I love
Athens.”
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remained unconcerned.
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building,” he said. "The
architects are coming up
with creative ways to Include
everything."
University President
Michael Adams signed off on
the list of project priorities
compiled by the board in Fall
2006, including a multi-pur
pose auditorium, expanded
retail and lounge space and a
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Gladden, a senior from
Atlanta, said the advisory
board will meet with the
architects from Cooper
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to make sure everything gets
completed on time,” he said.
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completed in December 2007
with the entire project
being completed in February
2010.
Sniff said It is not uncom
mon for University building
projects to stray from their
building schedules, but
because Tate II Is a building
for students and paid for by
students, It has received
more attention.
“We’re just taking a little
longer to design it. It’s not
that unusual,” he said. “We
really want to build It the
right way.”
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