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Theatre gets high price facelift
By ALEC WOODEN
awooden@randb.com
It may be true that a penny saved is
a penny earned.
Good luck convincing Wilmot
Greene.
Since taking over the Georgia
Theatre in October of 2004, Greene’s
pocketbook hardly has taken a breather.
"It's definitely a labor of love,” he
said as he recollected the cost of repairs
completed during his tenure. "But I love
this room.”
A shortened list of the now complet
ed repairs includes painting and
installing new seats in the balcony,
painting ceiling tiles and the building
front, rewiring the power supply to the
stage, revamping the sound system,
adding a secondary lighting truss, and
revamping the bar area with new regis
ters, anew walk-in cooler, new ceiling
fans and new serving lines for beer and
Coke.
Those, combined with the newest
bathroom and carpet overhauls, have
hiked the maintenance bill to a tune of
close to $300,000.
"I hope that karma is on my side,”
said Greene. "My pocketbook tells me
I’m doing the wrong thing, but my brain
tells me I’m doing the right thing."
Not only the right thing, but some
thing that was becoming overtly neces
sary.
“When I took over, it was amazing
how much stuff in this building was lit
erally held together with duct tape and
Students read for fun in club
By MATTHEW QUINN
mquinn@randb.com
Drugs. Syphilis. The
Mafia Big Bird. All these
things are coming to the SLC
Jittery Joe's today.
Are the casts of "Sesame
Street” and The Sopranos”
going on a field trip?
Nope.
The Bulldog Book Club
will be meeting at 3:30 PM to
discuss Malcolm Gladwell’s
book “The Tipping Point.”
According to the author's
Web site, gladwell.com,
Gladwell uses a model in this
book based on disease epi
demics to examine social
trends, such as the fall of
crime in New York City in the
mid-19905, unknown authors
writing best-selling books
and the increased rate of
youth smoking at a time
when more than ever is
known about the dangers of
cigarettes.
Frances Teague, Meigs
Professor of English at the
University, founded the book
club last fall.
"I thought it would be
great for students to have a
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opportunity to ask questions
they typically wouldn’t
have, especially with the
police chief and district
attorney.”
While sexual assault con
tinues to be an ongoing issue,
Police Chief Jimmy
Williamson said, “We’re here
to help the students. These
are open forums to ask ques
tions and see how the law
applies."
Safe Campuses Now also
will offer self-defense classes
in March and April.
The group will wrap up
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WD-40,” said Greene.
Retracing old steps and correcting
old compounded mistakes was part of
Greene’s work.
“The old owner’s maintenance philos
ophy was to put a band-aid on it,” he
said. “My goal is to never fix anything
twice. If you’re gonna fix anything, give
it a 10 or 15-year fix.”
Greene's selfless policy of sacrificing
potential salary for the sake of the
venue has rubbed off on his co-workers.
"It’s been great to be part of such a
progressive situation," said booking
agent Scott Orvold. “To be a part of
booking in a room where we are growing
and making it better every single day.
that’s exciting.”
The latest renovations are sure to be
a hit at a venue that was beginning to
be known for things other than housing
great bands, Greene said.
“I know for a fact that a lot of people
refused to come here because of the
bathrooms," he said. “I’m glad that I’ve
finally been able to spend money on
things that people will notice.”
And notice they will, with the men's
and women’s restrooms being swapped
in location and doubled in size an
idea rooted in repeated grumblings that
Greene could hear nightly while sitting
in his office in between the old bath
rooms.
“It was time to do it,” he said. “I want
people to have a positive experience
when they come here.”
In Greene’s hands, the future of
Athens historic landmark and its con-
faculty member they could
sit with and talk about
books,” she said.
She said she hopes the
club will encourage students
to read for pleasure
“The University of Georgia
doesn't teach people for four
years, we teach them for the
rest of their lives. Someone
who has fun reading today is
more likely to have fun read
ing forty years from now."
Griffin Parrott, a senior
from Lovejoy, became
involved in the book club last
October after she spotted a
flyer in the SLC. She enjoys
reading, so she ordered that
month's book, read it and
attended the next meeting.
“My favorite thing about
the book club is its laid back
style,” she said. Professor
Teague does not pressure
members to contribute their
opinions on the book, and
she respects the opinions of
all who do.
"It is such a refreshing
experience from college
English courses, whose styles
are strict and ho-hum.”
"The Tipping Point" is
particularly interesting to
Kappa Alpha fraternities
from 5 to 10 p.m. on March 6
Students can try their
hands at dunking University
police in the “Dunk a Cop"
booth or don beer goggles
and attempt the golf cart
obstacle course.
“At 10 p.m., glow necklaces
with pedestrian safety infor
mation will be handed out,”
Sims said. “Last year, 400
were handed out in 45 min
utes.”
In addition to the safety
programs, members of Safe
Campuses Now will hand out
checklists on Thursday,
Friday and Monday to remind
students how to make their
dorm rooms or apartments
safe for Spring Break.
BULLDOG BOOK CLUB
Discussing The Tipping Point"
When 3:30 today
Where SLC Jittery Joe's
Parrott, owing to her back
ground as a psychology
major.
"There are a lot of expla
nations of how findings in
psychology and sociology aid
with marketing strategies
that have been used in the
past," she said
Students who cannot
attend Tuesday’s meeting
will have other opportunities
this semester. More "Tipping
Point” discussion will take
place on March 7 at the
Student Lounge in the Main
Library.
Other books to be dis
cussed this semester are
Bram Stroker's “Dracula" in
late March and J.K.
Rowling’s "Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix" in
early April. The book club's
meetings are Blue Card
events.
Black History
Month
In 1968 the Black Student
Union created a series of
demands for the University
involving their disregard for black
students' educational fulfillment,
led by Robert Benham. president
of BSU.
Demands included a creation
of Afro-American and African
Studies majors, active recruit
ment of black scholars and ath
letes. establishment of an all
black dormatory, and the request
for "Dixie" to cease playing dunng
University functions
the president of the University
dismissed the demands, saying
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▲ Wilmot Greene, owner of Georgia
Theatre, poses for a portrait in the
venue’s newly renovated restrooms.
The building received other repairs
that ran a bill of about $300,000.
certgoers seems safe and secure —a
responsibility Greene doesn’t take light
ly
“Somebody has the time of their life
in here every night, and that is just real
ly cool to see that,” he said. “To see that
look on someone’s face makes me so
happy.”
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