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WEDNESDAY
March 7, 2007
Vol. 114, No. n8 1 Athens, Georgia
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Facebook pools against NCAA gambling policy
By SAMUEL STEINBERG
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The Athletic Association
has warned its student ath
letes, coaches and staff not to
get involved in any type of
gambling pool whether an
entry fee is required or not.
Yet some student athletes,
including men’s basketball
players, don’t seem phased
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A University Chief of Police Jimmy Williamson emerges from a dunk tank outside of the Chi Phi house on Lumpkin
Street during the Spring Break Safety Block Party Tuesday. The fraternity, along with Kappa Alpha and Safe Campuses
Now, played host to the program, which aimed to raise awareness for Spring Break safety and featured educational
events and safety demonstrations.
University woman up for ‘Hottest Girl’ honor
By ALEC WOODEN
awooden@randb.com
Sporting a modest turquoise polo
shirt and an unassuming smile, Tricia
Miller hardly has the edge of an aspiring
college model.
So it should come as a surprise the
University sophomore is now in the top
tiers of a nationwide amateur modeling
contest.
It came as one to her, too.
Bulldog recovered, ready to ‘re-establish himself
By MEGAN HARRISON
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Senior Sean Bailey is set for his last
year as a Bulldog and is hoping to make
the best of it after having to forgo his
first senior year due to injury.
But first he has to prove to his team
mates and coaches he can be back out
on the field for spring football.
“I’m excited. My knee feels great," the
receiver from Alpharetta said. “I’m Just
anxious to get out there and just re
establish myself.”
After injuring his knee during prac
tice for the Sugar Bowl in December
2005, Bailey underwent surgery to repair
the problem.
He missed all of last season while
recovering from the surgery and rehabil
itating his knee.
Since he sat out last season, Bailey
finally is able to partake in his senior
year and show the team a good example.
“This is what you come to Georgia for
... hopefuUy have a great season to leave
your legacy on,” Bailey said, adding he is
typically a quiet man who does not say
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by the National Collegiate
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and are participating in
Facebook’s Men’s College
Basketball Tournament 2007.
“We do reiterate the avoid
ance of pools and online even
if they don’t put any money
in,” said Eric Baumgartner,
the assistant director of com
pliance. Baumgartner said
athletes who participate in
DUNK-A-COP
When Miller received
a call from
Collegehumor.com, it
was her first inkling that
a practical joker of a
friend had signed her up
for the annual “Hottest
College Girl” contest,
which pits girls from
across the country in
head-to-head matches in
competition for the title.
much, but is now speaking out more and
making sure people know what to do.
And the coaches are looking for the
same qualities from him.
“Obviously you want him to set an
example on the field that the younger
guys can look at and try to emulate in a
positive manor,” wide receivers coach
John Eason said.
Not only is he a leader to the younger
players, but he can relate to rising senior
Thomas Brown and others about the
challenges of going through knee sur
gery and recovering for the next season.
And Bailey, now recovered, can see
the potential In other players who are
injured.
"Thomas is mentally strong,” Bailey
said. “He knows when to be patient and
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flanker Sean Bailey, who
missed last football season due to a
knee injury, ties recovered and is
ready to play again.
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Facebook’s pools risk violat
ing NCAA guidelines.
As of press time Tuesday
night, Corey Butler, Brad
Brizendine, Takais Brown,
Billy Humphrey and Josh
Stephens, who all play for the
men’s basketball team, have
signed up for March
Madness pools on Facebook.
Brown is Georgia’s leading
scorer, averaging 14 points
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per game, and Humphrey
averages 7.5 points per game.
When asked if he was
going to fill out a bracket
before Tuesday afternoon
practice, Humphrey shook
his head and said, "No.”
According to information
on Facebook, Humphrey was
in five tournament pools
before practice started.
Brown, who also is part of
“I said Oh my gosh, I'm in a real
modeling competition.’" said Miller,
adding the culprit is yet to confers. “I
was so mad."
So what kept Miller from withdraw
ing?
The first prize of a modeling contract
and SIO,OOO cash probably didn’t hurt,
but the ambitious biology major saw
other opportunities to use
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five Facebook pools, said he
would not be part of pools
that reward prizes.
“I don’t really do the
bracket thing,” he said.
The NCAA policy is clear
when it comes to any brack
ets in which participants can
win money, regardless of the
cost of entry.
“It is a violation for stu
dent athletes, coaches, as
SGA may support
tax-free textbooks,
party-free elections
By CAROLYN CRIST
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Students could see the
end of textbook taxes and
the party system in the
Student Government
Association under recent
movements in the Senate.
SGA senators approved
a resolution Tuesday sup
porting Georgia House Bill
141 to eliminate taxes on
textbooks. The bill could
save stu-
ff e n t s
approxi
mately S7O
on books,
said SGA
President
Ka t y
Bowers. She
has testified
at the
“The main reason
behind this is because
I want more people to
get involved in SGA. ”
capitol in approval of the
bill.
The SGA party system
also could see change under
a bill written by SGA
Attorney General Justin
Shepherd. The change only
allows the president and
vice president to run as a
party. Senators would be
prohibited from running
with executive members,
combining campaign
money, sharing logos or
endorsing fellow candi
dates.
“The main reason behind
this is because I want more
people to get involved in
SGA," Shepherd said. “In
my opinion, parties
help some people but dis
courage others from run
ning."
Everyone should have a
fair and equal opportunity
to run for a position with
University affiliates
to campaign for post
By KRISTEN COULTER
kcoulter@randb.com
With a professor and an
alumnus running, the
University is well-represent
ed in the race for the
Athens-Clarke County
eighth district commission
seat.
Andy Herod and David
Hamilton are competing in
the special election on
March 20 to fill States
McCarter's vacated seat.
Herod, an economic and
urban geography professor,
is promising to protect the
environment.
“I think that we need to
make sure we have smart
growth in our city,” Herod
said. "We do not want
sprawl.”
Herod said he has been
involved In local politics for
over a decade.
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well as administrators to par
ticipate in bracket contests
for monetary benefit gain and
sports wagering," said NCAA
spokesperson Stacey Osbum.
“A prize would be the same as
monetary gain.”
Osburn said it violates
NCAA rules even when ath
letes do not put money in to
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SGA, he said.
The Senate held its first
reading of the bill for con
sideration Tuesday.
Senators can debate and
vote on the bill during its
second reading after Spring
Break
Party policy is only men
tioned vaguely in the SGA
constitution, and there have
been many different inter
pretations of party
roles, said Ali Gibbons,
SGA vice
president.
“There was
a problem
because the
elections com
mittee kept
changing the
rules,”
Gibbons
said. “The
constitution and elections
code don’t support the
party system, but they also
don’t say anything against
i t
This gave the committee
the power to make deci
sions."
Although Gibbons
said there are flaws with
the party system, she
said she still supports the
idea.
“I won't deny that secre
cy and insider information
hinders those who
don't know what to do to
be on the right foot,” she
said. “But, I want the sys
tem to open up. It's helpful
to pool funds while cam
paigning."
Gibbons said she thinks
the party system is a good
idea because candidates
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He serves on the Athens-
Clarke County Planning
Commission, which he said
has helped prepare him for
the job of eighth district
commissioner.
Since the eighth district
commissioner is considered
a part-time job, Herod said
if elected he will continue to
work as a professor.
Hamilton, a University
graduate, also is running for
the open seat.
A former Snelling Dining
Hall dish washer, Hamilton
now owns Accurate
Insurance Agency.
Hamilton plans to "main
tain the same level of strong
representation,” he said
the eighth district has
enjoyed.
He said he has received
the endorsements of the
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