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March 19, 2007
Vol. 114, No. 121 | Athens, Georgia
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ACC threatens happy hour
By AUDREY GOODSON
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Power hour no more?
If a proposal presented to
the Athens-Clarke County
Commission is passed, stu
dents packing downtown for
their favorite drink specials
will pay full price.
The idea was one of
dozens presented to the
ACC Commission last week
in a move to revise the local
alcohol ordinance, said
Mayor Heidi Davison.
The proposal would
require bar owners to charge
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▲ Freshman Daniel Averso participates in the men’s high jump during this weekend’s two-day track meet. During the
final day of the Georgia Relays, the University’s track and field teams earned eight NCAA regional qualifying marks.
Senior swimmer’s record
an historic achievement
By SAM STEINBERG
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MINNEAPOLIS - Over
Spring Break, senior Kara
Lynn Joyce received the
honor of being named NCAA
Swimmer of the Year for the
second consecutive season.
"I could not be more proud
of her,' Bauerle said "She is
one of the top two college
swimmers in the sport."
In her four year career,
Joyce has amassed the sec
ond most NCAA titles in his
tory. Joyce holds 18 titles at
the end of her college swim
ming time, only one behind
Jenny Thompson of Stanford.
Joyce won the 50 and 100
yard free events at the NCAA
Womens Bwimming and
Diving Championships, which
concluded at the start of
Spring Break. It was the
fourth consecutive year she
has won both events.
Joyce and the Lady
Bulldogs finished fifth at the
NCAA Championships, while
Auburn won the team title for
the second straight year.
Although Georgia s season
is done, Joyce and other
Georgia swimmers will be
competing at the 2007 FIN A
World Championships in
Melbourne, Australia
Joyce will reunite with for-
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the same prices for drinks at
all times of day, including
during happy and power
hours.
Other proposals present
ed include alcohol training
for all bar employees,
Davison said.
The training would be
"similar to the training they
would have taken if they had
gotten into trouble,” she
said.
Bar employees would
have to take online classes
that are currently required
only for workers who violate
the alcohol ordinance.
I THINK I POPPED MY BACK
Kara Lynn Joyce
Joyce has
won 18
titles the
second
highest
number in
NCAA
swimming
history.
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Kara Lynn Joyce's National Titles
50 Freestyle-4 times (2004-07)
100 Freestyle-4 times (2004-07)
200 Freestyle- 1 time (2006)
200 Medley Relay-2 times
(2006, 2005)
200 Freestyle Relay- 2 times
(2005, 2004)
400 Medley Relay-2 times
(2005.2004)
400 Freestyle Relay-1 time
(2004)
800 Freestyle Relay-2 times
(2005, 2006)
mer teammate Mary
DeScenza to swim for the
United States women.
Bauerle will be an assistant
coach on the team in
Australia on Sunday
heading straight from
Minneapolis. The world
championships started on
Sunday and conclude April 1.
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The changes were a series
of measures that ACC staff
has been working on for a
year and reflected the alco
hol-related issues that local
police have been struggling
to handle, she said.
Davison said she had a
“mixed reaction" to the set
of proposals.
“There are some in there
that I think are probably
necessary given there are
ongoing problems," she said.
Davison said she liked a
proposal that would make it
harder to get anew alcohol
license if a bar owner loses
Men get first postseason win in nine years
By TYLER ESTEP
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Georgia men’s basketball will
travel to Colorado Springs, Colo,
to take on the Air Force Falcons
(24-8) tonight in the second
round of the National Invitation
Tournament.
After Levi Stukes led the Dogs
(19-13) to a first round victory
over Fresno State with a season
high 30 points Wednesday at
Stegeman, Georgia has an even
tougher task tonight with Air
Force, a No. 1 seed and a team
many believe was snubbed from
the NCAA Tournament.
But Wednesday’s combination
of excellent shooting and perfect
execution have the Bulldogs
remaining confident going into
the game.
“I thought that the start we
got off to was a pretty good indi
cation that we were ready to
play,” Georgia coach Dennis
Felton said after the win. "We
were very, very much on point
with our game plan. And things
come a lot easier when you’re
making shots.”
Men:
Georgia (18-13) vs. Air Force (24-8)
When: 9:05 tonight
Where: Colorado Springs, Colo.
TV: ESPNU
Radio: WSB-AM 750 and WPUP-FM
103.7
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It’s like academics
AND athletics! Only
without the downtown
arrests and the
plus/minus grading
system.
his or her license.
Several of the recommen
dations were also aimed at
making the county’s law
comply with state law,
Davison said.
The proposals will be
looked at by the full ACC
Commission before being
presented to the community
for input.
Then the commission will
make its final decisions,
Davison said.
She said it would be “at
least a few months” before
any of the proposals would
become law.
The Bulldogs shot 59 percent
on the way to their first official
postseason victory since 1998.
Before topping Austin Peay in
the first round, the Falcons had
been on a four-game losing
streak, but have won 55 of their
last 57 home games.
In the NIT, the higher seed
plays host to the lower.
Excluding a second-round
loss to Florida in the SEC tour
nament, Stukes and forward
Takais Brown have been on a
tear.
The inside-outside duo com
bined to average 46 points in
Wednesday's win and the
Bulldogs’ win against Aubum in
the first round of the conference
tournament.
“I’m just excited to have
another chance to play,” Stukes,
a senior, said. “I'm a competitor
and I just love playing the game
and any time I have the chance
to play I just want to leave it all
on the court.”
This season's NIT marks the
first time the Bulldogs have
made it to postseason play in
four years.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Woman:
No. 3 seed Lady Doga (26-6) va. No. 6
seed lowa State (26-8)
Whan: 8 tonight
Where: Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.
TV: ESPN® and ESPNU
Radio: Magic 102.1 FM
Activists push
for single stalls
By CAROLYN CRIST
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Students could soon find it
easier to locate a bathroom
on campus thanks to anew
subcommittee of the
University's Lambda Alliance.
The group. Students
Advocating Gender
Awareness, is locating and
promoting single stalls on
campus as unisex bathrooms
for students who do not iden
tify with the sex with which
they were assigned at birth.
“A girl with short hair may
feel harassed or uncomfort
able in a women's bathroom
because others see her as a
guy,” said Shawna Scott, the
committee’s chairman. “In
this case, she could be alone
Girl scout cookies
a dieter’s downfall
By CHELSEA COOK
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There is a group of indi
viduals in our society who,
for too long, have gone unrec
ognized. They are some of
our nation’s heroes Clad in
humble uniforms, these indi
viduals spend every weekend
serving our country. They are
here for upstanding values.
They are here for leadership.
They are here to ruin your
diet plan.
In their 90th season of
cookie sales, the Girl Scouts
of America have officially hit
the streets armed with some
of our country’s most danger
ous weapons against calorie
counting: Samoas, Thin
Mints and several new addi
tions.
While we can hate these
cookies’ deadly combination
of irresistibility and high fat
content, we can't hate Little
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▲ Levi Stukes (right) led the Bulldogs' 88-78 win
over Fresno State in the first round of the
National Invitational Tournament Wednesday,
March 14. Stukes scored 30 points.
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and lock the door.”
The group wants single
stall bathrooms to be marked
as unisex and would like to
see new buildings include sin
gle-stall rooms. The gender
neutral rooms can help all
students, not just gender
non-conforming students,
Scott said.
“These rooms can benefit
people with disabilities, espe
cially those with an opposite
gender caretaker,” Scott said.
“And we all know how long
women's lines are.”
Members of the group
wander the campus each
week to locate each of the
single-stall bathrooms. They
are creating a map for the
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Brownie Bakers they’re
trying the best they can.
This is the first year that
each cookie claims to be
trans-fat free.
Kimberly Hawkins, com
munication specialist for the
Northeast Girl Scouts, said
the change has not affected
the taste of the cookies.
“You wouldn’t be able to
tell if I hadn’t told you.” she
said of the removal of the
trans-fat.
The New York Times, how
ever, finds the claim deceiv
ing. In an article published
on Feb. 21, the publication
revealed that although the
cookies provide that there
are zero grams of trans fat in
the nutrition facts box, there
is a small amount of trans fat
in the cookies.
The pseudo-zero trans fat
claim isn’t the only way that
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