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FRIDAY
March 9, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 120 | Athens, Georgia
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Gym Dogs
celebrate
seniors in
last meet
By MEGAN HARRISON
mharrison@randb.com
For three gymnasts
tonight’s meet against No. 12
Michigan will be their last in
Stegeman Coliseum, and for
one of those it will be her
first too.
As the No. 2 Gym Dogs
take to the mats for the 2007
regular season finale, the
time is bittersweet.
“I am trying not to think
about it,” senior Ashley
Kupets said, adding she has
another year and a half of
school.
For seniors Adrienne
Dishman, Kelsey Ericksen
and Kupets,
this last
home meet
will mark the
end of their
various
careers.
Ericksen,
who started
at Georgia as
a walk-on
only to earn
a scholarship
after her
freshman
year, also will
mark her
return to the
all-around
tonight
after iqjuring
herself for
the first time
in her college
kupets
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ERICKSEN
career early in the season.
•'Kelsey has the most fight
and competed with more grit
than anyone I have ever
coached,” head coach
Suzanne Yoculan said.
Ericksen said she is glad
to recover, but the meet is
more about posting a team
better score to have a high
average heading into the
SEC Championship.
Kupets has competed
with chronic back pain all
four years at Georgia but
has never missed a meet.
Yoculan said the senior
has been clutch to the team
and has the biggest heart of
anyone she’s ever coached.
Yoculan added watching
any gymnast deal with
injuries is the hardest part of
coaching, but this season
both Kupets and Ericksen
have overcome their injuries
and learned leadership roles
“I was worried at the
beginning of the season,”
Yoculan said
“I worried they would
want to go out strong and
focus on the individual
aspect, but neither did and
were concerned for the
team.”
The final senior, Dishman,
will compete in her first
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Have a Southern St. Pat’s
By EMILY YOCCO
eyocco@randb.com
It's the greatest holiday
of the year the one that
involves green beer.
Having a memorable St.
Patrick’s Day doesn’t
require the luck of the Irish,
just a little research into the
festivities happening in your
area.
Columbia, S.C., home of
the Gamecocks, has been
home to the city’s annual
“St. Pat's in Five Points" cel
ebration for the past 25
years.
The event attracts over
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A Senior guard Levi Stakes drives past Auburn’s Archie Miaway during Thursday’s
SEC Tournament game.
Dogs to face Gators
after Auburn victoiy
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ATLANTA Senior Levi
Stukes and the Bulldogs
(18-12) shot their way to a
win Thursday night, top
ping Auburn 80-65 in the
opening round of the SEC
Tournament at the Georgia
Dome.
After Auburn (17-15)
pulled out to a 10-3 lead to
start the game, eight first
half assists from point
guard Sundiata Gaines and
Stukes’ hot shooting pow
ered the Bulldog offense.
“My main focus tonight
was to push our fast break
offense and (Stukes)
stepped up today and hit
big shots,” Gaines said.
Stukes set the pace for
Georgia, making four 3-
pointers on the way to 14
points in the first 10 min
utes of play.
The Bulldogs took the
lead with 11:39 left in the
30,000 people every year and
is the second largest St.
Patty's celebration in the
southeast, said Geah
Pressgrove of the festival’s
committee.
"We call it the party that’s
25 years in the making,” she
said.
The March 17 festival
includes a 5K run/walk at
8.30 a.m., a parade at 10 a.m.
and over 25 bands playing
on five different stages from
noon to 6 p.m.
Athens native Corey
Smith
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SEC SECOND ROUND
Georgia (18-12) vs. No. 6
Florida (26-5)
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: Georgia Dome. Atlanta
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half and never relinquished
it.
“We did an awful lot of
good things,” said Georgia
head coach Dennis Felton.
“I think shooting the ball
well from three made things
easier. It gave us rhythm
and confidence and fueled
the rest of our game.
Stukes shot 6-of-ll from
behind the arc on the way
to a game-high 21 points.
The Bulldogs had five
players in double-digits,
including 19 points and 13
rebounds from Junior
Takais Brown.
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The win was the
Bulldogs' first in the confer
ence tournament since
2004, and it earned them
the dubious honor of facing
the defending national
champion Florida Gators
tonight in the second round
of play.
Florida (26-5) was
ranked No. 1 in the nation
for several weeks earlier in
the season before strug
gling to a 2-3 mark in its
last five games.
The Gators beat the
Bulldogs 71-61 in their last
meeting on Feb. 7 in
Athens.
A win against the Gators
could give the Bulldogs a
shot at making the NCAA
Tournament.
“I don't necessarily
believe (a win would get us
into the NCAA
Tournament)," Gaines said.
“But it’s a big opportuni
ty to help us out with our
bid.”
Administrative
decisions ignite
heated debate
By AUDREY GOODSON
aßoodson@randb.com
A handful of University
professors expressed concern
with the way two upper-level
administrators were hired at
a heated Executive Council
meeting of the University
Council on Thursday.
“There seemed to be no
provision in these searches
for the broader faculty to
have input,” said John
Morrow, president of the
University chapter of the
American Association of
University Professors.
Morrow presented a letter
to the committee questioning
the decision to hire Jere
Morehead as the vice presi
dent for instruction without
conducting face-to-face inter
views with any other candi
dates.
Morrow said he has been
part of several searches at
other institutions, and the
University and broader facul
ty input usually was request
ed before prospective candi
dates were hired.
“It’s a question really of
inclusion and the faculty feel
ing excluded from the deci
sions that affect them and
the jobs that they do,” he
said.
Susan Mattern, chair of
the Executive Committee,
noted the vice president for
finance and administration,
Tim Burgess, was hired in a
similar manner.
Arnett Mace, senior vice
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Chkk-fil-A on Epps Bridge Parkway in preparation for its
grand opening. The first 100 customers won free meals.
Year of free chikin
draws cow crowd
By ALEXIS GARROBO
agarrobo@randb.com
The coupons for a year’s
supply of Chick-fll-A No. 1
combo meals quickly were
claimed by the first 100
patrons at the new Chick-fil-
A before dawn Thursday.
The first 100 customers
gathered in tents, sleeping
bags and chairs outside the
Epps Bridge Parkway loca
tion between 4 a.m. and noon
Wednesday, but people were
not allowed to officially regis
ter their place until 6 a.m.
The 72-year-old man hold
ing the first place spot trav
eled from Raleigh, N.C.
By nightfall Wednesday a
city of tents surrounded the
Chick-fll-A.
Chick-fil-A enthusiasts
waiting for the opening
watched movies, played
games of soccer and four
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president for academic
affairs, defended the efforts of
the search committee that
recommended Morehead for
the post.
“Every national search is
unique,” Mace said. “Every
one has a character of its
own.”
Mace said the committee
seriously considered only one
other candidate, who Mace
interviewed over the phone.
After the phone call, Mace
said he no longer was inter
ested in hiring the second
candidate and told the search
committee about the phone
call.
The search committee
then selected Morehead as its
choice.
“I am not going to play
games with people’s lives,”
Mace said. “I am not going to
invite people to campus for
an interview if I have any rea
son to doubt that I’m going
to hire them for the position,”
Mace said.
Both Morehead and
Burgess were University
employees when they were
hired for their new posts.
Morehead previously
served as interim vice presi
dent for instruction and vice
provost for academic affairs.
He was hired to be the per
manent vice . president for
instruction on Feb. 1, 2007.
Burgess served as the
associate vice president and
budget director before taking
over his new role on July 1,
2006.
square and a nugget eating
contest broke out during the
night. A DJ was hired to con
duct a karaoke event.
Many University students
were among those camped
out.
Kelley McCallum, a senior
from Atlanta, just missed
making the list at 101.
“It was kind of last
minute,” she said.
“We were waiting for peo
ple to drop out.”
Julie Bowcutt, a represen
tative of CP Communications
and Chick-fil-A, said the cor
poration's management is
surprised at the showing for
grand openings.
“It’s kind of turning Into a
cult following,” she said.
Bowcutt said there are
Web sites, clubs of people
that go to openings and
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