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SARA GUEVARA | The Red a Black
▲ Sophomore Liz Felter signs a petition to
improve the ticketing process, handed to her
by SGA executive secretary Sara Golden at
Stegeman Coliseum Wednesday.
SGA aims to alter
ticket distribution
By CLAIRE MILLER
The Red & Black
This week, the Student
Government Association
started a campaign to
change the fobtball tick
eting process to ensure all
students receive tickets.
Katy Bowers, the presi
dent of SGA, said she
came up with the idea
earlier this week and
decided to get more stu
dents involved.
“(On Tuesday), I was
drafting a letter to the
Athletic Board, and I was
going to ask other stu
dents to write letters. But
then I thought that we
couldn’t keep this quiet,”
Bowers said.
SGA members will be
canvassing the campus
this week and next week
to get student signatures
on a petition, Bowers said.
SGA members also will
set up a table in the Tate
Plaza on Friday and dur
ing next week.
“We’d like to see a larg
er allocation to students
next year,” Bowers said.
Shayda Frost, press
secretary for SGA,
said efforts will extend
beyond campus as they
contact several media
outlets across the state,
including the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution and
AM 680 The Fan, to raise
awareness.
“We can obviously fit
EXAM: State suspended
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But, regardless of the
type of review, Greene is
gracious for the class.
“I couldn’t have passed
without it,” Greene said.
And for those students
who have yet to take any
of Warren’s reviews, they,
too, are affected.
“I’ve never heard of
him doing anything ille
gal,” said Evan Anderson,
a second year pharmacy
student from Jesup. “He’s
the greatest teacher I’ve
had so far and he’s given
so much to the pharmacy
school.”
Anderson said he didn’t
hear a lot about the case,
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all the students into the
stadium,” Frost said. “The
Athletic Association
knows the students are
unhappy and they haven’t
addressed the problem.”
“We’re aiming for 10,000
signatures,” Frost said.
The ticket policy states
students can register and
pick up tickets based on
their priority, which is
determined by hours com
pleted at the University,
according to the Athletic
Association’s Web site.
The policy also pro
vides information about
including as many stu
dents as possible in the
ticketing process.
“If the season ticket
demand by students is
likely to exceed the num
ber of full season packag
es available once the reg
istration period has
expired, there is a possi
bility that season packag
es may be split in order to
accommodate as many
students as possible with
tickets to at least three
home games,” according
to the Web site.
“The ticketing office is
swamped trying to get
ready for Saturday’s
game,” said Sharon Kelley,
the administrative assis
tant to the athletic direc
tor.
Efforts to reach a rep
resentative for he
University Ticketing
Office were unsuccessful.
because the University
was under a gag order.
Warren was awarded
Teacher of the Year in
2004 as well as the
Distinguished Service
Award. He was also
President of the Georgia
Pharmacy Association in
2003, according to the
College of Pharmacy’s
Web site.
Asa result of the alle
gations, the NAPLEX and
MPJE exams were
suspended Saturday,
meaning no one in the
state of Georgia can
take the test.
The reinstatement
date has yet to be
scheduled.
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By DIANA PEREZ
The Red & Black
New Orleans 15 still
regrouping after Hurricane
Katrina, according to inter
views with two students
with ties to the city and an
expert on the racial issues
in the city.
Seniors Shane
Vaiskauskas, from
Hampton, and Heather
Post, from Roswell, attend
ed Tulane University when
Katrina struck two years
ago. Vaiskauskas trans
ferred to the University and
said he still has friends
transferring out of Tulane
because of Katrina.
“My friends tell me that
the conditions there are
still not that great,”
Vaiskauskas said.
Post moved back to
New Orleans after attend
ing the University one
semester.
“[Adjusting] wasn’t dif-
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Examination Questions, to
which NABP has exclusive
rights,” the court papers
read.
Warren is accused of
misappropriation of trade
secrets because: “the
NABP Examination
Questions are original lists
of questions containing
technical information used
for evaluating the compe
tency of a candidate in the
field of pharmacy,” and the
questions “derive economic
and evaluative value from
not being generally known
and not being readily ascer
tainable by proper means,”
according to the docu
ments.
The breach of contract
charge stems from a 1995
settlement agreement,
in which Warren and the
University said they will
“cease and desist for
profit or otherwise from all
past, present and future
copying, transcribing or
other infringing use of
NABP copyrighted materi
als, including but not
limited to patient profiles,
sample questions, or
other copyrighted informa
tion.”
Francisco said he was
unaware of the 1995 settle
ment, and the pharmacy
school was not monitoring
Warren’s classes.
Last year, the BOR
offered to pay S4O million
for an addition to the
College of Pharmacy.
Professors at other schools
exposed exam study guide
According to a biogra
phy on the University’s
Web site, Warren has been
a pharmacy faculty mem
ber since 1985. Before his
July 1 retirement, he was a
clinical professor and the
college’s assistant dean for
student affairs.
Though he retired last
month, Warren still is
teaching elective classes
for the pharmacy school,
Francisco said.
This case arose after
Warren offered an annual
exam review course at
Samford University.
Alan Ray Spies, an assis
tant pharmacy professor at
Samford, said in an affida
vit that he learned Warren
was giving NAPLEX ques
tions to students. Spies
said he first found out this
information in May 2007.
“Specifically, I learned
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ficult for my roommates
and me in the same way
that it was for many people
who lost their homes. It
was, however, strange to
move back into a city with
no traffic lights, erratic
trash pickup and other
utilities, and lacking other
such things,” Post said.
“I got used to everything
that was going on in the
city because it was all I saw
for several months. After a
while, I got excited about
new traffic lights, and
the re-opening of gas sta
tions and fast food restau
rants. They were all small
victories for the city,” Post
said.
Since Katrina, Tulane
has cut several programs,
Post said.
At the “Rumors, Race,
and Hurricane Katrina”
lecture Wednesday, Patricia
Turner, author of
African-American culture
books, talked about the
that Mr. Warren’s course
materials include, among
others, a series of ques
tions, some 2,700 in num
ber, that appear to be very
similar, if not verbatim, to
questions asked on the
NAPLEX,” Spies said in
the affidavit.
Spies said he talked with
some of his students about
Warren’s course in the affi
davit.
“It soon became appar
ent to me that individuals
who had just taken the
exam were sending Mr.
Warren questions which he
in turn was forwarding to
students who had not yet
taken the NAPLEX.”
Spies said he sent the
information he found in an
e-mail to Steven Pray, a
pharmacy professor at
Southwestern Oklahoma
State University.
In his affidavit, Pray dis
cussed his view of the
importance of exam secu
rity for the NAPLEX.
“The knowledge base
required to become a com
petent pharmacist is vast,
taught via hundreds of
hours of lectures, laborato
ries, and practical experi
ences,” Pray said.
In the affidavit, Pray
also discussed his thoughts
about the extensive conse
quences for the exam if the
questions have been com
promised.
“A loss of hundreds or
thousands of items, as it
appears, has occurred
through the activities of
Mr. Warren, will force NABP
to endure a loss of millions
of dollars and will necessi
tate a radical overhauling
of the examination pool,”
he said. “If this is required,
the .nation’s pharmacy
graduates cannot be
licensed until anew,
uncompromised NAPLEX
can be created.”
As he further researched
the issue, Pray said in the
affidavit that he found an
online forum where stu
dents discussed Warren’s
course.
“This Web site also dis
cussed an individual named
‘Flynn,’ who offered a
review course and notes on
passing the NAPLEX,”
Pray said in the document.
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▲ Former Tulane student Laura Custer, from
Roswell, enrolled as a University student after
Katrina caused cutbacks in Tulane faculty.
victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
“There are a lot of sto
Web site suggested that
prospective examinees
review the comments sent
to ‘Flynn’ by other stu
dents, and another provid
ed his address at the
University of Georgia.”
Pray declined Wednesday
to speak for attribution
about the case with The
Red & Black.
Professionals feared news
would ‘impair confidence’
According to court doc
uments, Pray sent the
information to Carmen
Catizone, executive direc
tor of NBAP
In his affidavit, Catizone
said Kerri Hochgesang, a
lawyer for NABI] bought
Warren’s course materials
on July 31. In her affidavit,
she stated, “a true and
correct copy of my pay
ment receipt from the
‘UGA Pharmacy Cont ED,
Pharmacy Building’ for the
course materials” was given
to her for SIOO.
According to Catizone,
the materials contained at
least three PDF files. On
the NAPLEX REVIEW 2007
disc included in the materi
als, the files were labeled
“NAPLEX MATERIAL
PART 2, 2006 INFO FOR
NAPLEX, and NAPLEX
SAMPLE TEST W
ANSWERS.”
Catizone reported his
analysis of this material
, “revealed at least 633 ‘sam
ple’ questions contained in
Warren’s ‘review course’
and/or were made available
by Mr. Warren to candi
dates who gave him their
e-mail addresses.”
He also discussed his
concerns about the value
of the test if the allegations
against Warren are true.
“The extent of the forgo
ing breach in the confiden
tiality of NAPLEX exam
questions calls into serious
question the integrity of
the exam,” Catizone said in
the affidavit.
Efforts to reach Catizone
Wednesday were unsuc
cessful.
According to an Aug. 6
NABP news release,
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said.
Pharmacy and the offices
and home of Flynn Warren,
Jr.”
“NABP is disappointed
and appalled that the
public trust and health
were victimized, the secu
rity of the NAPLEX and
MPJE breached, and the
integrity of the licensure
process compromised,”
Catizone said in the news
release.
On Aug. 3, NABP
motioned to file the case
under seal, citing potential
public panic as a result of
the case.
“If the facts of this case
are covered in the media or
are otherwise publicly
available, there is a signifi
cant chance that the confi
dence of the general public
in pharmacists and the dis
pensation of pharmaceuti
cals will be impaired,”
NABP stated in the docu
ment.
“This case involved
copyright infringement and
misappropriation of trade
secrets in highly confiden
tial testing materials used
in the licensure of pharma
cists in many jurisdictions,
and reproduction of the
testing materials is required
in order for Plaintiff to
prove its case. Making this
information publicly avail
able will further compro
mise the licensure of phar
macists.”
Warren filed a motion to
stay Aug. 21, citing a lack
of subject matter jurisdic
tion.
On Aug. 27, the court
“provided the parties with
a limited opportunity to
conduct discovery related
solely to the jurisdiction
issue,” according to court
documents.
The court also stated,
“there have been no final
factual determinations by
the court and no findings
of liability on behalf of any
defendant. Furthermore,
the court has made no find
ings that would question
the quality of education
provided by the University
of Georgia College of
Pharmacy.”
Alexis Garrobo,
Juanita Cousins and
Brian Hughes contributed
to this report.
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