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TUESDAY
January 9, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 78 | Athens, Georgia
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Dodd building on schedule
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anticipated
By JOE MASON
jmason@randb.com
Tate II plans have stalled,
but the new School of Art
Ramsey leak rains on intramural games
By PEARMAN PARKER
pparker@randb.com
The rain Sunday night may have
been a nuisance for students coming
back to the University, but for
intramural basketball players,
the weather was more than Just a
bother.
Due to multiple leaks in the central
gym roof, the intramural basketball
games were canceled around 8 p.m. and
will be rescheduled for Jan. 30.
"We closed the gym because we didn’t
Univ. student
reports rape
BY JESSICA LEVINE
jlevine@randb.com
A female University student told
Athens-Clarke County Police Sunday
that she may have been raped In a
motel on East Broad Street, said
police.
The 21-year-old told police she had
been drinking downtown with friends
Saturday night. While downtown, she
said two males followed her and her
friends to several bars.
According to police reports, the last
thing she remembered was playing
pool at Topper’s.
The female said she woke up in a
room at an East Broad Street motel
and believes she was raped while she
was unconscious, the report said.
The incident occurred between 4:30
a m. and 1 p.m. Sunday.
Police have two suspects, the report
said. No arrests have been made.
Police were not available for com
ment by press time.
This is the first rape reported this
semester and the fifth reported since
the last August.
Police dismissed the previous four
cases due to a lack of evidence.
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building is already taking
shape on east campus
"Everything’s looking
good,” said Danny Sniff, head
of University Architects.
The building should be
completed in the spring of
2008 and ready for classes
that fall, he said.
Construction crews began
pouring the cement founda
want to take the chance of someone
hurting themselves badly,” said Jane
Russell, director of the Department of
Recreational Sports. "We are always dis
appointed when programs have to be
postponed.”
The leaks may have been the result of
two projects that were completed over
the break, she said.
The central gym’s roof was replaced
and the skylights were reglazed.
Russell said she was not sure
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Local film debuts at Tate Center
By CHUCK GRIFFIN
cgriffin@randb.com
Last Friday, the Athens
community witnessed the
potential of outreach in the
face of adversity through
one phrase: “Darius went
West.”
Over 500 people arrived
at Morton Theatre for the
long-awaited premiere of
“Darius Goes West,” a docu
mentary which follows Cedar
Shoals High School Junior
Darius Weems and his
friends on a 7,000-mile cross
country road trip to reach
Los Angeles and convince
MTV'a hit show "Pimp My
Ride” to customize his
wheelchair.
“You could feel it in the
entire audience,” said Walker
Home, a graduate from
Clarke Central High Bchool
and longtime friend of those
involved with the “Darius
Goes West” Project.
“When the lights went
down and the film started
rolling, all of the hard work
and contribution became a
unified feeling of excitement
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tion in October 2006, and
the first elevated slab for a
floor is being poured now. he
said.
The 171,000-square foot
building about two-thirds
the size of the Student
Learning Center will bring
most of the school’s
departments together in one
building.
and achievement.”
Darius, the star of and
inspiration for the film, was
bom with Duchenne muscu
lar dystrophy (DMD),
today’s most common lethal
genetic disorder affecting
children.
The illness is marked by
progressive muscle weak
ness which starts in the
lower body and later affects
all other voluntary muscles
and the heart and breathing
muscles.
Darius' older brother,
Mario, passed away from the
same disease in 1999.
"I met Darius and Mario
while working at a summer
camp called project
REACH,” said Logan
Smalley, the director of
“Darius Goes West” and a
UOA graduate. “One of the
last things I told Mario was I
would watch out for Darius.’’
The rest of the cast and
crew included Davidson
College sophomore Andrew
Carson, MTSU alumni Jason
Hees, and UGA students
Daniel Epting (alum), John
Hadden (alum), John
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Georgia Strange, director
of the Lamar Dodd School
of Art, said the school
has sprawled across campus
as it has grown The school
has been housed in seven
buildings.
“Now we’re going to be
able to
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have caused changes in IM schedules.
UGA PREMIERE OF
‘DARIUS GOES WEST
When: 7 p.m. tonight
Where: Tate Theater
Price: $5
Harmon (junior), Sam
Johnson (sophomore),
Collin Shepley (sophomore),
Ben Smalley (sophomore),
Kevin Wler (alum) and
Dylan Wilson (alum).
Most of the “Darius Goes
West” crew are longtime
friends of Darius and Clarke
Central H.S. graduates.
Several crew members have
also worked at Project
REACH.
The $60,000 budget for
the trip and documentary
was raised primarily by plac
ing piggy banks around
Athens, selling movie credits
and receiving grants from
various foundations and
organizations.
“This was an idealistic
film,” Smalley said.
“Our three main ideals were
► See DARIUS. Page 7
Dooley in favor
of alternative
for DCS setup
By LAWRENCE CONNEFF
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College football’s nation
al championship may have
been decided last night In
Arizona, but according to
Vince Dooley, there was no
need for Michigan to be left
out of the title picture.
"The BCB (Bowl
Championship Series) his
torically has been a source
of real controversy in college
football," the former
Georgia football coach and
athletic director said. “Just
look at the past several
years.”
And while the current
system for determining the
national champion has
often provided more ques
tions than answers, there
also is little consensus on
how to remedy the problem.
Dooley said he knows the
answer, the so-called “plus
one” system. “Plus-one"
essentially amounts to a
four-team playoff that
would take place within the
current BCS bowl setup.
Strong passwords
to protect privacy
Deadline set
for February 1
By KRISTEN COULTER
For The Red & Black
Though there have been
no significant issues with
online security, University
technology officials said
they are requiring students
to make their MylD pass
words "strong” to avoid
potential problems.
Enterprise Information
Technology Services began
the security initiative Jan. 2,
requiring students to
update their MylD pass
words. All students must
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of the Journalism building Monday.
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“While I’m not in favor ol
a long playofT, I’ve long
advocated a true national
championship game after all
the bowl
games,”
he said.
“You
should
take the
top four
teams
and let
them play
it out.”
This
year,
under the
proposed
setup, Ohio State would
have played LBU and
Florida would have taken on
Michigan. The winners
would move on to play for
the ultimate prize in the
Fiesta Bowl.
Though “playoff” is no
doubt a word that makes
many a university presi
dent’s skin crawl, Dooley
said the term “plus-one”
► See BCS, Page 9
change their passwords by
Feb. 1.
“It is a preventative
measure,” said Bert
DeSimone, EITS communi
cations officer. “MylD is
being used more to access
more Information and serv
ices. It is becoming more
important to protect priva
cy.”
For a password to be
considered strong, it must
contain at least 8 characters
that are not a dictionary
word and include a special
character, such as a dollar
sign or exclamation point.
EITS Chief Information
Officer Barbara White said
in a press
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