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TUESDAY February 27, 2007 Vol. 114, No. 112 | Athens, Georgia O Sunny. High 70 | Low 39 ONLINE: www.redandblack.coni AJ PASSMAN Tmi Kii . Bun R ▲ Head coach David Perno (right) holds a conference on the mound during Saturday's game against Purdue. Georgia lost 5-0. Perno rethinks Diamond Dogs’ infielder swap By JAMIE CWALINSKI jcwalinsk@randb.com Highly-touted freshman third baseman Luke Stewart's Bulldog career at the hot comer lasted all of four games. The team's experiment with junior Ryan Peisel at first base also lasted just four games. In both cases, head coach David Pemo admits it was four games too long. After watching the two infielders struggle to start the season, with five errors for Stewart and one for Peisel, Perno swapped the two’s positions prior to the start of last weekend's series with Purdue. The results proved suc cessful instantly. Both Peisel, who played third exclusively Spring break safety emphasized in events By CAROLYN CRIST ccrist@randb.com If students have wanted a chance to avenge the authori ties. they will have the oppor tunity to dunk a cop in water as part of Safety Week. Safe Campuses Now is sponsoring a series of on campus events to encourage safe Spring Break plans and to ensure that “getting there is half the fun.” “Every spring and fall semester, we have a safety week and put together a set of comprehensive programs," said Kathryn Keith Sims, executive director for Safe Campuses Now. “While these are safety issues we try to address every day, the spring program is geared toward Spring Break decisions.” Today a former Oglethorpe University athlete will speak about his experience in a car accident involving a drunk driver in Student Learning Center room 101 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday the annual Girls’ Night Out and Guys' Night Out programs will cover the issues of sexual assault, rape and risk reduc Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-30.37 Variety (706) 433-3°4i Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706)433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 The Red&Black An indenendvnt student newspaper serving the University of Geary ia community ESTABLISHED 18 93, INDEPE NI)K N T 1980 last season after seeing action at first as a freshman at East Carolina University, and Stewart appeared comfort able at their new positions and committed no errors the entire weekend. “It was one of those moves we did to take the pressure off Luke,” Peisel said follow ing Friday's win. "It seems like a quick fix. but it may be permanent the way we played." Pemo sounded more certain that the switch would continue as long as both Peisel and Stewart are succeeding, adding he "must have been a bad coach for the last six months" for not trying the switch out ear lier For both players, the ► St’t’ DIAMOND hint 8 tion. Susan Cash will tell of her encounter of being held at gunpoint and raped, and William Stuld will tell the men about his experience with unintentional statutory rape. “I think the personal sto ries drive home the point that this happens to real people," Sims said. “Women who hear Susan’s testimony about being shot, raped and left for dead will see that it’s not just something tragic you see on television.” The women’s program in the SLC room 101 will address relationship violence and dating safety. The men’s program in SLC room 248 will cover legal questions and misread signals. Both pro grams are from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Although there seems to be a stereotypical difference between the programs, Sims said they are relevant to the different audiences. “Nine out of 10 sexual assault victims are women, and that’s the reality," she said. “And the men's program isn’t accusatory. It's a casual ► See BREAK, l‘ii(/e 5 On the Web redandblack.com 63 percent of our respondents said the University should get rid of plus/minus grading. Check out our synchronized swimming and men’s basketball slideshows. Information systems dated Proposal calls for overhaul By PETER STEINBAUER psteinbau@randb.com Imagine OASIS available 24 n. Imagine registering for classes using only your Web browser. Imagine watching your name on a visible online queue for full classes. Imagine pie graphs that tell you where you stand in completing degree require ments. And imagine the University using random numbers, not Social Security Numbers, when identifying students. The University is consid ering updating and integrat ing its administrative infor mation systems, meaning a revamped system for stu dents. A University data man agement exploratory com mittee submitted a S4O mil lion proposal to University senior vice presidents in November 2006. The proposal’s long-term goal is to Integrate each of the four University admin istrative information sys tems financial aid, student, business and human resource records. Each system houses data necessary for running the University. “When you look at the student system, you have a system that's been put together over a long period of time," said University Chief Information Officer Barbara White. "It’s my understanding that some of that architecture is 30 years old. Different applica tions have been wedged together to make a complete system ” The four main University systems aren’t connected, White said “They don't talk to each other,” she said. Data present in both sys tems, such as total enroll ment numbers, are not con sistent. Also, when information is changed in one database, it is not changed automatically in another Most notable for stu dents. the system updates would allow OASIS to func tion in a true Web environ ment OASIS now functions as a screen scrape taking Univ. student lands role on MTV’s Road Rules By ABBI LIBERS alibers@randb.com LaMonte Ponder has no idea why he was chosen to be on MTV’s Road Rules. In fact, the 20-year old junior from Decatur attend ed the show’s casting call last October on a whim. "Really. I just went for the fun of it,” Ponder said. “I didn't have anything else to do.” After getting through the first round, Ponder found himself in Atlanta for the semi-finals and then Los Angeles for the finals. But it wasn’t until Winter Break that he got the news he made the show. “I Just started screaming and laughing hysterically." Ponder said. “I couldn't Back Phat? page 7 If you’re concerned about your figure for the upcoming Spring Break, find out how you can get your body fat checked. fl ion® ** - 1 ' Jr / GRAPHIC BY NICK CIAROCHI T.l ~. , Buc, information off a green screen from the University's main database and display ing it on a monitor The updates also would allow OASIS to be available 24 hours a day “(The proposal) supports efficiency, avoidance of duplication and potential ROAD RULES 2007: VIEWERS’ REVENGE When: 9 tonight on MTV More Information: Vote tor LaMonte at www mtvcom. believe they wanted me. I felt so blessed." Soon after. Ponder was off to New York to film the casting special, where he learned that during its two and-a-half year hia tus, Road Rules had gotten a makeover. For “Road Rules 2007: Viewers’ Revenge," MTV put Road Rules vet- PONDER erans Veronica, Abram, Kina, Adam, Susie and Shane on the RV, but each week they battle it ► See PONDER. hi{/< 5 •I ¥ for errors in entry,” White said. “Also, it enables a sin gle source of record and cre ates a consistent approach across campus in obtaining data information." According to White's office, the University is far behind comparable insti tutions in data and sys m atfjOr ||Lk f i ■ Jfc: ft ' bps I Tr* Ki a Bl*c ▲ Logan Gabriel, an animal caretaker at Riverbend Farms on South Campus, gives a calf, Norman, a quick inspection after a feeding. The caff is one of the many animals on the farm involved in veterinary research on the University's campus. Busted page 8 Find out what happens to football players who drink underage and then end up at the football team's training facility in the middle of the night. RENO 911 . 1 u ► Nair for short shorts. VARIETY, PAGE 6 terns management. A study conducted for the University by consultant Sungard Higher Education revealed 20 out of 25 comparable institutions surveyed already use an enterprise approach ► Srr SSN. Ptiye 3 HOLY COW Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 5 Crossword 5 Sports 7 Sudoku 7