FRIDAY
March 2, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 115 | Athens, Georgia
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Drug charges plague frat
By JESSICA LEVINE
jlevine@randb.com
Three Alpha Epsilon F*i
members were charged with
felony drug-related offenses
this week in two separate
incidents.
The following accounts
were taken from Athens-
Clarke County and
University Police reports:
Officers on the Western
Judicial Circuit Drug Task
F'orce served a search war
rant at Marc Rael Segel and
Michael Phillip Klug’s apart
ment on Magnolia Bluff
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Goalie comes out, reveals double life
By PETER STEINBAUER
psteinbau@randb.com
Joey Fisher lived in two
different worlds.
On a typical Tuesday
afternoon, the junior from
Athens would attend a
Lambda Alliance meeting, a
student organization aimed
at strengthening the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and trans
gender community in
Athens
Fisher, a sociology major,
would grab his goalie gear
and then hop into his car to
drive an hour or two to the
Atlanta Ice Forum for hock
ey practice with the Georgia
Ice Dogs, a club team affili
ated with the University.
For his freshman and
sophomore seasons, Fisher’s
teammates knew nothing of
Lyrics Sean McConnell’s main draw
By LINDSAY OBERST
For The Red & Black
If David Wilcox and Patty
Griffin went on a double
date with Jonny Lang and
Shawn Colvin, they would
sound like Sean McConnell.
At least, that’s how the
21-year-old singer/song
writer from Marietta
describes himself.
“There are many genres
represented inside of my
sound,” McConnell said.
"But with me, no matter
what the genre is, it’s always
about a strong and honest
lyric. People can see right
through fake songs. I don't
sing what I don’t feel.”
Fan Sarah Reed, a senior,
considers his music mostly
folk with undertones of rock
and country.
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Drive at 10:30 am. on
Tuesday. The task force
includes investigators from
ACC Police, University Police
and the Oconee County
Sheriff’s Department.
Arrest warrants were
taken out on Segel and Klug
on Wednesday
Segel is charged with
manufacturing marijuana,
possession of a schedule II
drug and a felony count of
possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute.
Klug was charged with
possession of a schedule II
drug.
his other world
"I pass pretty well,” he
said of being gay. “Most peo
ple aren't able to tell.”
But Fisher said he soon
grew tired of living the cha
rade.
He said teammates tried
to set him up with girls when
he went out with them
downtown.
Each time he replied with
an ambiguous statement
something like, “I’m in a
relationship ”
He likened his situation
those first two years to an
episode of Seinfeld the
one in which Oeorge
Costanza makes every effort
to keep his girlfriend sepa
rate from his circle of close
friends. In the episode,
Oeorge complains that his
two "worlds are colliding.”
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“I like him because he
sings with passion and is
honest and authentic with
his lyrics,” Reed said.
At the age of 7,
McConnell began playing
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A schedule II drug is char
acterized as having a high
abuse risk but also as having
accepted medical uses.
Schedule II drugs include
narcotics, stimulants and
depressants, such as cocaine,
morphine and methadone.
The police report did not
indicate which schedule II
drug Segel and Klug pos
sessed.
Alpha Epsilon Pi member
Brandon Adam Grant was
arrested in his East Campus
Village dorm room on Feb. 22
and charged with a misde
meanor count of possession
Fisher faced a decision:
either quit playing hockey, a
sport he had loved since he
picked it up in high school,
or come out to his team
mates.
“After living a double life,"
he said, “it’s really tough.
You have to censor every
word that comes out of your
mouth.”
Fisher, like Oeorge
Costanza, feared one day his
worlds would collide. He
logged onto Facebook last
summer and added previ
ously missing information.
"Interested In: Men,” his
profile now read.
A few days passed, and
nothing.
Finally a teammate
instant messaged him. The
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the guitar, and at age 11, he
wrote his first original songs.
He said he wants his
singing “to be one more
voice on the good side.”
"When I write songs, I like
to focus on the fact that we
are all the same and we are
all just searching for
answers and trying to make
sense of everything,"
McConnell said.
“It’s about exploring life
and celebrating truth when
you find it.”
This trip to Athens is not
the first for McConnell. He
already has played at the
Georgia Theatre and at Hot
Comer a few times.
“I love playing in college
towns. The college folks Just
seem to bring the energy
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Stakes is back
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After the Dogs’ painful
loss to Kentucky,
Coach Felton is
putting guard Levi
Stukes back in the
game for Senior Day.
of mtp-ijuana and a felony
count of intent to distribute.
Klug, Grant and Chad
Borer, president of Alpha
Epsilon Pi, declined to com
ment.
Efforts to reach Segel
were unsuccessful Thursday
evening.
ACC Lt. Mike Hunsinger
said the task force is looking
for illegal activity, not target
ing specific individuals
because of their group affilia
tions.
"We are not interested in
whether they are Greek or
not,” he said.
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▲ Joey Fisher, goalie for
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to teammates last summer.
Athletes ‘united’ through faith
Editor’s Note: This is a
semester-long series on how
University students exercise
their religious beliefs.
By CLAIRE MILLER
cjmiller®randb.com
The Butts-Mehre build
ing’s Team Meeting room
has it all: black leather
chairs, movie theater-style
seating and a wide screen in
the front for showing videos.
A massive depiction of
Uga VI adorns the far left
wall next to the slogan
“Finish the Drill" in bold,
black lettering.
This might not seem like
a typical worship setting,
but the members of Team
United use the room every
Thursday night at 8:30 to
discuss Christianity and
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▲ Christy Marshall and the rest of the Lady Dogs head to
Duluth for the SEC Tournament Saturday.
Lady Dogs will
‘peak’ at SEC
By TYLER ESTEP
testep@randb.com
The conference tourna
ment begins for the No. 10-
ranked Lady Dogs basketball
team this afternoon in
Duluth, and a number of cir
cumstances have them look
ing optimistically toward this
weekend.
After compiling an 11-3
record in league play, the
Lady Dogs earned the second
seed in the tournament and a
first round bye.
The team feels they are
getting closer to their full
potential with every game.
"We’ve started peaking at
the right time, still are peak
ing at the right time,” said
junior forward Tasha
Humphrey.
“If we keep playing right
and playing hard and playing
smart., I think the ball is in
our court.”
The tournament is at the
Arena at Gwinnett Center,
where Georgia potentially will
have a home-a way -from
home feel, and where they
beat Florida State earlier in
the season.
"I think everyone’s going
to bring their fan base, but I
feel like being in Duluth we're
going to bring out a lot of
Georgia fans,” said freshman
Ashley Houts.
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grow in their faith.
Team United is a combi
nation of Athletes in Action,
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes and Georgia
Athletes Outreach Inc., said
Scott Shepherd, the
Athletes in Action director
for the University.
These organizations help
student athletes to incorpo
rate God into their sports
and daily lives, he said.
This help takes many
forms, including general dis
cussions, videos and mission
trip plans.
Each meeting is differ
ent, said Kevin "Chappy"
Hynes, University football
team chaplain and a Team
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SEC Tournament
Kentucky! 19-12,6-8 SEC) vs.
Georgia (24-5,11-3)
When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Arena at Gwinnett Center
TV: FSN
Note: Postgame updates will be
posted on The Red & Black's
Web site throughout the week
end.
In addition, the bracket
places perennial powerhouses
Tennessee and LSU, who
Georgia went a combined 1-3
against during the conference
season, on the opposite side
of the field.
Landers is far from broken
about that fact.
“I’m tickled to death,” he
said. “They deserve each
other. They can put them
in a different tournament
somewhere else if they want
to.”
But it won’t be all advan
tages for the Lady Dogs.
Georgia will face Kentucky
in its first action today, the
seventh seed and a team who
took the Lady Dogs to over
time before losing on Feb. 15
and dominated South
Carolina 72-57 Thursday in
the first round of the tourna
ment.
United leader. '
“Sometimes we have wor
ship music, sometimes we
don’t,” he said. “We don’t do
the same thing every time
we like to mix it up."
Students and leaders who
attend these meetings usu
ally wear Jeans and sweat
shirts with team logos, and
they greet each other with
high fives.
Generally, the weekly
meetings begin with
announcements from the
leaders or from students.
This Includes dates and
times of upcoming sporting
events at the University,
mission trip information and
other opportunities to get
involved.
For example, leaders Jill
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