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WEDNESDAY
January 24, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 88 | Athens, Georgia
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BIRC enhances medical research
By ALEXIS GARROBO
agarrobo@randb.com
University researchers and
graduate students now have
the tools available in one facili
ty to gather more information
about the brain and what
affects it.
The Bio-Imaging Research
Center in the Paul D. Coverdell
building hosted its grand open
ing Tuesday.
The research center, which
began operating in November,
integrates technology only one
or two other facilities in the
Southeast have under one roof,
said Stephen Miller, director of
BIRC.
“It will give a more advanced
kind of imaging” with exquisite
Kentucky
game key
for men’s
success
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
pkisubika@randb.com
Sometimes when a team
sees an inferior team on their
schedule, they overlook
them. But when you see
Kentucky on your schedule,
you can’t overlook the
Wildcats.
“We’re looking forward to
a very, very challenging game.
Kentucky has a very good
team and a great coach,”
Georgia coach Dennis Felton
said during Monday’s tele
conference.
“(Kentucky) Coach
(Tubby) Smith has done a
good job of putting this team
together, and I think we’re
both hungry to get an SEC
win.”
The Bulldogs (11-6, 3-2
SEC) return home, after
playing their last two games
on the road, to face a Wildcat
team that's won nine of their
last 10 games.
Georgia will be looking
for its first win over Kentucky
since 2004, when Felton's
first Bulldog squad complet
ed a regular-season sweep
of the Wildcats. The
latter of those two came in
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Chicago Afro-beat Project set to perform funk, jazz in Athens
By WHITNEY KESSLER
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For a type of music that
originated in Yoruba, Africa,
Afro-beat has come a long
way to have reached the
Chicago area. Now the Jive is
heading south, as the
Chicago Afrobeat Project
comes back to Athens’ own
Georgia Theatre.
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picture and detail that was not
previously available to
researchers at the University,
said Miller.
“It's an incredible gift here at
the University,” he said.
University President Michael
Adams, in his dedication
remarks, said, "This is really a
part of the plan that I had to
make us a fuller player in bio
medicine and research, to
develop a higher and higher
profile.”
“I have no doubt that we’ll
point to BIRC as one of the
places for insight to how to
improve health in Georgia,” he
said.
The center only, housing two
offices, is designed as an inter
disciplinary research center
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Johnson said Omega-3 foods can help
blood vessel flow in addition to improving
vision, brain function and overall health
Examples of Omega-3 foods include
salmon, herring. sardines, said
Ashley Webb, a clinical dietician at Athens
Walnuts are another good source, as well
as ground flax, which has a plant-based
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sume foods such as tofu and soy milk.
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Drummer Marshall
Greenhouse said the tour
would start in Athens due to
the good experience they had
playing here last summer
“We wanted to come down
south for a long weekend.
Growing up in Georgia, I had
always dreamed of playing
the Georgia Theatre. This
past summer with
Dubconscious was amazing.
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where varied research can be
done simultaneously.
Researchers from Franklin
College of Arts and Sciences,
the College of Education and
the School of Veterinary
Medicine, among others, are
using the south campus facility
for research.
The center of the facility is
the new Magnetic Resonance
Imaging machine, which cre
ates images of tissue, muscles,
bones and the processes
within the body. The
three-tesla magnet used in
the MRI is twice as powerful as
those normally used in
medical facilities and gives a
more distinct and detailed
image.
Researchers can view mag
so when the opportunity
came for us to headline we
had to build a tour around
it," he said.
Having been a fan of funk
and Jazz music for a while.
Greenhouse said Afro-beat
just made sense to him.
“We run this band without
the support of a label and
with no one working for us
besides ourselves,”
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netic fields that result from
visual, audio or other stimuli
with the
Magnetoencephalography tech
nology.
Electrical activity is meas
ured using a swim cap-like net
placed over the head, the
Electroencephalography
machine, to show where
certain processes, such as
hallucinations, occur in the
brain.
The data from these
machines then can be compiled
to show where, how and what
occurs in the brain and body.
The technology offers informa
tion in real time, giving
researchers information about
exactly where and
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Oreenhouse said. “Everyone
takes on different Jobs.”
Greenhouse said support
ing the Afro-beat movement
is easy because it makes peo
ple happy. The Project has
played to all ages, from 5-
year-olds to seasoned jazz lis
teners, but found Athens to
be true to its fame.
“Athens is one of the best
music cities in the country
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dent, explains the Magnetoencephalography
machine's use at the opening of the Coverdell
Research Center Tuesday.
for a reason the musicians,
the fans,” he said.
The Project got started
when Greenhouse and the
guitarist Dave Glines’ former
band broke up. They began
playing with different percus
sion bands and members
Kevin Ford and Sly O’Jama
were added to complete
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Police
to host
academy
on crime
By JESSICA LEVINE
jlevine@randb.com
University students now
have a chance to learn about
crime and police work
without having to break any
laws.
Athens-Clarke County
Police will begin its 17th
session of the Citizen
Police Academy on Jan. 30.
During the 12-week
course, participants
spend three hours each
week discovering the inner
workings of the police
department.
“With the Citizen Police
Academy, we create a
repertoire with people and
learn about the most
important problems in the
community to them,” ACC
Assistant Chief Alan Brown
said.
Citizens learn how each
unit within the police depart
ment works and tour the dif
ferent facilities.
Participants also do a
ride-along with an officer and
learn about the
different weapons police offi
cers use.
“Fighting crime is a
shared responsibility,” Brown
said. “We have to have citizen
support.”
However, participants
are not authorized to make
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ACC CmZEN POLICE
ACADEMY
When: 12 weeks, beginning
on Jan. 30
What: Learn how each unit
operates and tour the
facilities
More Information: Contact
Capt. Tim Smith at
706-613-3330, ext. 254
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▲ The Chicago Afro-boat
Project will play tonight at
the Georgia Theater.
Tickets are $5 admission
is 18 and up.
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