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THURSDAY
August 30, 2007
Vol. 115, No. 11 | Athens, Georgia
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“(After the tests, we would) e-mail him anything we could remember. I wanted to do it because he helped me out so much.”
-Chandler Greene, an alumnus from dunwoody
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JOSH D. WEISS | The Red a Black
▲ Shirley Zhang, a graduate student from China studying biochemical sciences, walks past the
Pharmacy Building located on South Campus.
Students defend professor’s review strategies
By PEARMAN PARKER
The Red & Black
Many College of
Pharmacy students and
alumni boast Flynn Warren
is the best professor at
the University. And over
the past five years, 514
pharmacy students 99
percent passed national
and state pharmacy exams
usually after his review
class.
Soon some returned the
favor, according .to stu
dents interviewed
Wednesday.
“(After the tests, we
would) e-mail him anything
we could remember,” said
Chandler Greene, an alum
nus from Dunwoody. “I
wanted to do it because he
helped me out so much.”
According to a civil case
in federal court, Warren
and the Georgia Board of
Regents are accused of
breaching the North
American
Pharmacist Licensure ’
Examination and the
Multistate Pharmacy
Jurisprudence
Examination.
U.S. Marshals seized
Warren’s materials and
► Lindsay Scott is
shown here on the
famous 93-yard
touchdown connec
tion from Buck
Belue in the 1980
Georgia-Florida
game. That Georgia
win (26-21) is one
of seven memora
ble calls made by
Larry Munson to
be featured on new
Stadium Series
cups scld at
Sanford Stadium.
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computers from the College
of Pharmacy, his home and
offices Aug. 6 as part of an
ex parte temporary
restraining order and sei
zure order from the federal
court of the Middle District
of Georgia Athens
Division.
Despite the investiga
tion, students still support
Warren.
“It’s pretty bogus,” said
Ezekiel Baker, an alumnus
from Summerville. “It’s
definitely a misconception
of what’s going on now.”
Baker said Warren’s
reviews were helpful and
never specifically gave out
the answers.
“He explains the for
mat,” Baker said.
Warren gave the stu
dents “sample questions
similar to what you would
expect on the exam,” Baker
said.
Greene, who took the
review course in June,
compared Warren’s course
to other review courses.
“I don’t think it’s any
thing different than taking
the Princeton Review or
SAT review,” Greene said.
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NAPLEX Test Passing Rates
Based on Five-Year Averages 2002-2006
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90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Percent Passing
Source: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
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Beat the heat with Dippin’ Dots ‘between the hedges’
Several additions have
been made at Sanford
Stadium for the upcoming
football season with con
cessions, merchandise and
photos that will serve to
enhance the overall game
day experience for fans.
Sanford Stadium will
become the first stadium
in the country to offer
Dippin’ Dots in school col
ors, according to the
University Sports
Communication depart
ment. The Dawg Dots will
be colored red and black in
lemon and strawberry ice
flavors. Fans will have the
option to order any Dippin’
Dots flavor in a mini replica
Georgia helmet.
Two new eateries also
are being added to Sanford:
Moe’s Southwest Grill and
McAlister’s Deli. Moe’s will
be located in the west end
zone and will serve chicken
burritos with chips and
salsa. McAlister’s will be
Another win?
page 6A
See if the Georgia volleyball
team was able to make history
Wednesday night against
Mercer by winning their first
four matches of the season.
By KRISTEN COULTER
The Red & Black
A University pharmacy
professor is a defendant in
a federal court case, in
which he is accused of col
lecting and disseminating
pharmacy test questions to
students, according to
court documents
obtained by The Red
& Black.
The National
Association of Boards
of Pharmacy filed the
case Aug. 3 against
the Board of Regents
and Flynn Warren Jr.,
citing copyright
infringement, misap-
propriation of trade secrets
and breach of contract,
according to the docu
ments
NABP has investigated
Warren twice for these alle
gations.
The North American
Pharmacist Licensure
Examination and Georgia
Multistate Pharmacy
Jurisprudence
Examination are tests
required to obtain a license
to practice pharmacy. The
NAPLEX is used by all 50
states’ boards of pharmacy,
and the MPJE “combines
federal and state specific
law items to serve as the
state law examination in 46.
participating jurisdictions,”
according to a NABP news
release.
At an Aug. 23 meeting,
the executive committee of
NABP decided to suspend
administrations of the
NAPLEX and the Georgia
MPJE beginning Aug. 25 in
Georgia.
NABF said in the news
release it has not decided
when to reinstate the
test.
“I cannot comment on
this, given the current
MORE ONLINE...
► View the NAPLEX pass rates for other
pharmacy schools across the country.
► Peruse court documents in the federal
civil case of The National Association of
Boards of Pharmacy v. The Board of
Regents of the University System of
Georgia and Flynn Warren Jr.
► Finally, would you trust a pharmacist
educated at the University? Share your
opinion in our online poll.
located on the 600 level and
will offer fans a choice of
turkey or ham cold deli
sandwiches with chips.
A special addition to
concessions this year
includes a set of seven
32-ounce Stadium Series
cups featuring memorable
calls of legendary football
announcer Larry Munson.
The calls on the cups
include Herschel Walker
over Bill Bates, Kevin
Butler’s last-second field
THE PERFECT MIX
Wanna make a mix? How
’bout best of this weekend?
OUT & ABOUT, PAGE IB
investigation,” said
University Provost Arnett
Mace Wednesday after
noon.
Warren, who was reached
at his home Wednesday
evening, also refused to
comment.
The College of Pharmacy
referred calls to Tom
Jackson, the asso
ciate vice presi
dent for public
affairs. Jackson
wrote Wednesday
in an e-mail, “par
ties have been
ordered by the
court not to com
ment on the mat
ter while it is in
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WARREN
litigation.”
While he would not com
ment on the investigation,
George Francisco, associ
ate dean of the College of
Pharmacy, said Warren has
taught the board review
course at the University
“for several years.”
Francisco said the class
lasts three days and is
available to both University
pharmacy students and
students at other institu
tions.
Warren is accused of
copyright infringement
because NABP owns the
copyrights on the ekam
questions. Court papers
say he asked students to
memorize NAPLEX test
questions and share them
with him. He collected the
tests’ contents and created
a review packet.
Warren is faced with
these accusations because
he was never “granted a
license ... to copy, sell,
distribute, prepare deriva
tive works from, or other
wise offered to transfer the
ownership of the copy
rights of the NABP
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goal to beat Clemson, Buck
Belue to Lindsay Scott to
defeat Florida, the “hobnail
boot” call against
Tennessee in 2001 and the
“sugar falling from the sky”
call against Auburn in 1982.
The 32-ounce souvenir
cups will be available at all
full-service stands and
selected portable stands in
Sanford Stadium.
-Georgia Sports
Communications
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Crossword 3A
Sports 5A
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