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Friday, August 31, 2007 | The Red & Black
UGA TODAY
► Registration Deadline
for ‘Eating Smart’ Class:
Sponsored by UGA Food
Services. Class begins Sept. 11.
Meets Tuesdays until Nov. 6.
Contact: 706-542-1256
► First Friday: Day with the
Dawgs. Sponsored by the Alumni
Association. Bulldog Breakfast
with Coach Richt kicks off this
event-filled day leading up to an
evening Pep Rally at Tate Plaza
from 7 - 8 p.m. Special guests
throughout the day include Damon
Evans, David Jacobs, Matt
Stinchccmb, Loran Smith, Dan
Magill, UGA Cheerleaders, the
Pep Band, Hairy Dawg and more.
For a full event schedule and to
register for the Association mem-,
bers-only Bulldog Breakfast, visit
the UGA Alumni Association Web
site at www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni
► Cross Country at the
Covered Bridge Open.
Boone, N.C.
► Campus Coffee Hour:
Sponsored by Amnesty
International. Students, faculty,
and staff from all over campus can
mingle over coffee, cultural pre
sentations and samplings of inter
national foods. 11:30 a.m. -1:30
p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom.
Contact: 706-542-5867,
careyk@uga.edu
>- Volleyball vs.
Presbyterian. 1 p.m.
Jacksonville, FI.
>- Dedication Ceremony:
Coliseum Training Facility.
Sponsored by the UGA Athletic
Association. Ribbon-cutting cere
mony and tours of the new S3O
million, 120,000 sq. ft. facility to
provide new practice space for the
men's and women's basketball
teams and for gymnastics. The
ceremony is invitation only. 4 p.m.
► Soccer vs. Texas
Tech. Pari of the Nike
Invitational Challenge. 7 p.m.
Turner Soccer Complex
Saturday
► Delta Prize
Nominations Dealine:
Sponsored by the Willson Center
for Humanities and Arts and the
Center for International Trade and
Security. The annual Delta Prize
sponsored by the University of
Georgia recognizes international
contributions to peace and coop
eration, and leadership in the solu
tion of global or regional conflict.
The nominations deadline for the
2009 award is Sept. 1,2007.
Information on the nomination pro
cess is at www.uga.edu/news/del
taprize. Contact: 706-542-3966
>- sth Annual ILA
Tailgate: Sponsored by the
Terry College of Business Institute
for Leadership Advancement.
Lunch and non-alcoholic beverag
es provided. Register in advance.
3:45 p.m. Herty Field. Contact
leadership@terry.uga.edu or
706-542-9770
Sunday
► Football vs. Oklahoma
State: ESPN2-TV. 6:45 p.m.
Sanford Stadium.
► Soccer vs. Wisconsin:
Part of the Nike Invitational
Challenge. 1 p.m. Turner Soccer
Complex
► Paintings: Environmental
Reverberations. Sponsored by
The State Botanical Garden of
Georgia. A series that illustrates
patterns in natural and man-made
environments. The paintings
reflect the importance of appreci
ating and protecting our environ
ment and owning responsibility for
the abundance of our waste.
Opening Reception Sept. 2 from
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Through
Tuesday, Sept. 25,2007. The
State Botanical Garden Visitor
Center. Contact: 706-542-6130,
villella@uga.edu
Monday
►UGA Food Services:
Limited Operation for Labor Day.
Bolton and Snelling open,
Oglethorpe and the Summit closed.
Contact 706-542-1256
►Labor Day holiday. No
classes. University offices closed.
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CORRECTIONS
In Thursday’s edi
tion, we failed to men
tion that the ban on
testing is nationwide.
Editor-in-Chief:
Juanita Cousins
(706) 433-3027
Managing Editor;
Matthew
(706) 433-3026
Pentagon disputes GAO’s report on Iraq
WASHINGTON Stung by the
bleak findings of a congressional
audit of progress in Iraq, the
Pentagon has asked that some of
the negative assessments be
revised.
Pentagon press secretary Geoff
Morrell said Thursday that after
reviewing a draft of the
Government Accountability Office
report which has not been
made public yet policy officials
“made some factual corrections”
and “offered some suggestions on
a few of the actual grades”
assigned by the GAO.
The Associated Press has
learned that the GAO report was
on track to conclude that at least
▲ Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual food
fight, the Tomatina, in the small town of Bunol, Spain, Wednesday.
Each year tens of thousands of people hurl truckloads of tomatoes
at each other, sending knee-deep rivers through the small Spanish
town. Local lore says it began in the mid-1940s with a food battle
that broke out between youngsters near a vegetable stand on the
town square in Bunol.
Concertgoer files lawsuit against
rapper LiT Wayne for impairment
BALTIMORE A
woman has filed a law
suit alleging she was
trampled by a frenzied
crowd after a large
amount of cash was
thrown into the crowd
during a performance
by rapper Lil’ Wayne at
Morgan State University
last October.
Tyrique Layne was a
17-year-old freshman at
Morgan State when she
attended the show.
According to the law
suit, someone either
Lil’ Wayne or members
of his entourage
threw money into the
crowd during the rap
per’s performance, a
stunt known as “making
it rain.”
Layne alleges in the
suit, filed Tuesday in
Baltimore Circuit Court,
that she was trampled,
lost consciousness and
suffered a “serious
closed head injury” that
required hospitalization.
She has suffered since
from memory loss, laps
es in concentration and
frequent and severe
headaches, according to
the complaint.
Along with Lil’
Wayne, whose given
name is Dwayne Michael
Carter, the suit names
Universal Records Inc.,
Cash Money Records
Inc. and Young Money
Touring Inc. Layne is
seeking $1 million in
damages.
Angelina Jolie
visits Syria, Iraq
DAMASCUS, Syria
Angelina Jolie saw first
hand the plight of refu
gees stranded in the
The Wire
13 of the 18 benchmarks set to
judge the Iraqi government’s per
formance in the political and secu
rity arenas haven’t been met.
“We have provided the GAO
with information which we believe
will lead them to conclude that a
few of the benchmark grades
should be upgraded from ‘not
met’ to ‘met,’” Morrell said. He
declined to elaborate or to spell
out which of the benchmark
grades the Pentagon was disput
ing.
In preparation for an expected
decision next month on whether
to prolong the U.S. troop buildup
in Iraq, President Bush planned
to visit the Pentagon on Friday to
TOMATO TOSS
MORRIS BERNARD | Associated Press
A Angelina Jolie, left, talks to a wheelchair
bound woman, one of some 1,300 people
trapped at the makeshift Al Waleed refugee
camp inside Iraq, unable to leave the coun
try for neighboring Syria, Tuesday.
NAMES & FACES
blazing desert near
the Syrian-Iraqi border
in a visit this week
to highlight their
ordeal.
The American
actress, who is a good
will ambassador for
the U.N. High
Commissioner for
Refugees, traveled to
Syria and Iraq on
Monday and Tuesday,
the agency said in a
statement. Jolie also
separately visited U.S.
troops in the area.
“I have come to
Syria and Iraq to help
draw attention to this
humanitarian crisis
and to urge govern
ments to increase their
support for UNHCR '
and its partners,”
Jolie was quoted as
saying by the Geneva
based agency on
Tuesday.
NEWS
She headed home
from Syria on
Wednesday, UNHCR
officials said, after a
visit wrapped in secrecy
and with no media cov
erage.
The 32-year-old star
of the movie “Mr. and
Mrs. Smith” traveled to
the al-Waleed refugee
camp on the Iraqi side of
the border and spoke to
some of the 1,200 refu
gees stranded there,
prevented from entering
Syria, UNCHR said.
“It is absolutely
essential that the ongo
ing debate about Iraq’s
future includes plans for
addressing the enor
mous humanitarian con
sequences these people
face,” she said.
The camp is in a no
man’s land between the
two countries, one mile
from the Iraqi border
post and 4.5 miles from
the Syrian border.
Associated Press
TOP STORIES FROM AROUND
THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD
hear the views of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, a Joint Chiefs spokesman
said.
Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock,
director of operational planning
for the Joint Chiefs, told reporters
this would be the Joint Chiefs’
opportunity to “provide the presi
dent with their unvarnished rec
ommendations and their assess
ment of current operations” in
particular, the situation in Iraq.
At the White House, officials
argued the GAO report, which
was required by legislation
President Bush signed last spring,
was unrealistic because it assigned
“pass or fail” grades to each
benchmark, rather than assessing
Prosecutor in Duke
case faces charges
DURHAM, N.C.
Disgraced former prosecutor
Mike Nifong pleaded not
guilty Thursday to criminal
contempt charges stemming
from his failure to turn over
complete DNA testing
results during the now-dis
credited Duke lacrosse rape
case.
If found in contempt,
Nifong could face up to 30
days in jail and a fine of up
to SSOO. As Durham County
district attorney, Nifong led
the investigation into a
woman’s allegations she was
raped at a 2006 lacrosse
team party where she was
hired as a stripper.
He won indictments
against three lacrosse play
ers, but eventually recused
himself from the case, and
state prosecutors dropped
all remaining charges, saying
the players were innocent
victims of a “tragic rush to
accuse.”
Defense attorneys for the
three falsely accused young
men asked a judge to punish
Nifong for initially telling the
court he had turned over all
DNA test results when he
knew, and failed to disclose,
that genetic material from
Taliban members free
last Korean hostages
JANDA, Afghanistan
Taliban militants on
Thursday released the
final seven South Korean
captives they had been hold
ing, bringing an end to a six
week hostage drama, wit
nesses said.
The captives were handed
over to Reto Stocker, head of
the International Committee
of the Red Cross delegation
in Afghanistan, in two
stages on a road in Ghazni
province in central part of
the country, an Associated
Press reporter at the scene
said.
Two men and two women
were released first. Hours
later, two women and one
man who were covered in
dust walked out of the des
ert, accompanied by three
armed men, and also were
turned over to waiting ICRC
officials.
None of the freed South
Koreans made any com
ments.
The Taliban originally kid
napped 23 South Koreans as
they traveled by bus from
Kabul to the former Taliban
stronghold of Kandahar on
July 19.
Indian tribal kings,
chiefs honor Al Gore
GAUHATI, India Tribal
kings and chieftains in a
remote comer of India that
is one of the rainiest places
on Earth chose former Vice
President Al Gore as the
winner of their first “global
award” for bringing atten
tion to the dangers of cli
mate change.
More than 3,000 kings,
chieftains and elders from
Meghalaya, a northeastern
state, decided to honor Gore
after watching his Academy
Award-winning documentary
film, “An Inconvenient
Truth.”
“We consider Al Gore a
champion for putting the
issue of climate change on
the world’s radar,” said
Robert Kharshiing, a law
maker who chairs the
Grassroots Democracy
Advisory Council.
“We want the world to
know that our tiny state
can face disastrous conse
quences too.”
whether the Iraqis have made
progress toward reaching the
benchmark goals.
“A bar was set so high, that it
was almost not to be able to be
met,” White House deputy press
secretary Dana Perino said.
“On the other hand, one of the
things it does not take into
account, which is not on the
benchmark list, is the cooperation
of the Sunni tribes, who have
decided to fight back -against al-
Qaida.”
The administration said it
agreed Iraq had not reached the
objectives.
Associated Press
NATION
multiple men was found on
the accuser —but none from
any lacrosse player.
Nifong’s attorney, Jim
Glover, said Nifong never
intentionally tried to mis
lead the court. He believed
he was being truthful when
he told the judge he had
given the defense all the
DNA testing results, though
he didn’t always know the
specifics in every report,
Glover said.
Nifong was disbarred in
June for more than two
dozen violations of the
state’s rules of professional
conduct during his prosecu
tion of the lacrosse case.
During a hearing last
month, he apologized and
acknowledged there was “no
credible evidence” the three
formerly charged players
committed any of the crimes
in his accusation. He said
then: “It is my hope that all
of us can learn from the mis
takes in this case, that all of
us can begin to move for
ward.”
Associated Press
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▲ A freed Korean hos
tage looks out of a vehi
cle after being released
by the Taliban in
Afghanistan, Thursday.
WORLD
U.S. accuses alleged
traffikers in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia The
U.S. government on
Thursday froze the assets of
four Colombian paramilitary
leaders, accusing them of
being major drug traffickers.
The action could compli
cate the government’s
already fragile efforts to
tame the illegal militias by
convincing their leaders to
disarm in exchange for
reduced sentences and other
benefits. The Treasury
Department’s Office of
Foreign Assets Control put
the four on its list of “spe
cially designated narcotics
traffickers.”
That freezes any assets
they have in U.S. jurisdic
tions and bans Americans
from doing business with
them or their front compa
nies listed as a real estate
agency and health clubs.
Two of those named
Thursday are taking part in
a peace deal with the gov
ernment that has them dis
band their militias in
exchange for eased prison
terms and a promise of no
extradition to the United
States.
Associated Press