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TUESDAY
September 4, 2007
Vol. 115, No. 13 | Athens, Georgia
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KELLY WEGEL I The Rid * Black
A Sgt. Gregory (left), Sgt. Page (right), and
Sgt. Tipton (middle, in van), members of the
University Bomb Disposal Unit, demonstrate the
use of the bomb disposal robot on Wednesday.
facility
concerns
residents
DANIEL O’CONNOR
The Red & Black
Bringing a facility to Athens that
would research bio- and agro-terror
ism threats has some locals con
cerned.
About 75 Athens residents attend
ed a question-and-answer session at
the Georgia Center on Thursday con
cerning environmental issues hosted
by proponents of placing the National
Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in
Athens.
Audience members directed their
questions to David Lee, the
University’s vice president for
research.
One of the concerns about the
facility, which would be operated by
the Department of Homeland
Security, was government secrecy.
“This seems to be a military thing”
coming out of the Bush administra
tion, Matt DeGennaro said.
The facility could be used to devel
op biological weapons, he said.
Lee attributed much of the con
cern to the facility’s name.
“It’s a terrible, name,” Lee said.
The name, National Bio- and Agro-
Defense Facility, makes it sound scary,
but the facility is designed to do
research, he said at the meeting.
The facility’s research is aimed at
emerging infectious diseases that
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R&B editor
amid arrested
EDITOR’S NOTE: The administrative
office for the Athens-Clarke County
jail was closed Monday. Therefore,
The Red & Black was unable to
obtain a mug shot.
By CAROLYN CRIST
The Red & Black
Although police arrested more
than 130 people between Friday and
Sunday evenings, it was not unusual
for a football weekend said Deputy
Spratlin of the Athens-Clarke County
Police Department during a phone
interview Monday.
Of those arrested, 33 were
University students or
■ staff.
Most of the
University-related
arrests were alcohol
related, including 17
for underage posses
sion, five for driving
under the influence
and five open contain
ers. The remaining
GRAFF six were vehicle-relat
ed charges.
Among those arrested was
Christina Graff, po-chief copy editor
for The Red & Black. Graff, 20, was
charged with open container and
underage possession of alcohol
Saturday afternoon.
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JOSH D. WEISS | The Red a Black
A Knowshon Moreno, a redshirt freshman, rushes down the field during the third quarter of Saturday’s game
against Oklahoma State University to pick up 35 yards. Moreno led the team with 20 carries for 73 yards.
Coaches debate mistakes despite ‘solid’ game
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
The Red & Black
Though Georgia’s 35-14 win
over Oklahoma State on
Saturday might have sent
Bulldog fans into a frenzy of
optimism about the new sea
son, players and coaches were
quick to point out they have
much work to get done.
“We still have a lot of ques
tion marks. It’s still the first
game,” senior safety Kelin
Johnson said. “We had a lot
Dragon*Con costumes color Peachtree Street for 20th year
By RUSTY BAILEY
The Red & Black
Downtown Atlanta
flooded with costumed
enthusiasts as Dragon*Con
kicked into full swing
Labor Day weekend.
Jedis, Klingons,
Hobbits and Wizards
attended the 20th annual
science fiction and fantasy
convention.
Hundreds of people
slaved over costumes so
they could march in the
Dragon*Con parade on
Saturday.
The parade involved
hoards of pirates, zombies
and aliens, and ended with
the 501st Legion, a collec
tion of the bad guys from
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Squad ready to defend
Robot used to
diffuse bombs
By CAROLYN CRIST
The Red & Black
The bomb is ticking
should the red wire or the
blue wire be cut?
University police said
they avoid the action-mov
ie situation by sending K-9
dogs and a bomb robot to
investigate bomb threat
calls.
The dogs scan the build
ing for an explosive device
and locate the object.
GAME ANALYSIS
of mistakes.”
It was a performance that
head coach Mark Richt repeat
edly called “solid” in his post
game press conference.
For a program that is usu
aUy so rich with experienced
players, the football team that
Georgia fielded Saturday cer
tainly had an influx of youth.
“I remember one time in the
the Star Wars movies,
most notably a regiment of
nearly 50 Stormtroopers.
One 14-year-old boy,
dressed as Cloud from the
video game Final Fantasy
VII, said he wasn’t brave
enough to march this year,
but he worked hard
enough on his costume
with his dad that he would
like to next year.
“We had to do it during
the night too, so it took
three days,” said Aaron
Bradsher, a high schooler
from Durham, NC.
There’s more to do at
Dragon’Con than just play
dress-up.
The convention was
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Technicians then send a
robot with cameras, a
microphone, an X-ray sen
sor and extendable append
ages to recover and disable
the device.
“We’ve never had any
serious calls on campus,”
said Sgt. Lance Tipton, a
bomb technician. “The
University is a safe area.”
In Oct. 2005, a bomb
disposal robot responded
to a call at the Student
Learning Center about a
suspicious brown paper
bag. The bag contained
muffins and a negative note
about the government.
The team was created in
Survival of the
non-athletic, page 5
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from two Red & Black writers.
1999 to serve the campus
quickly in case of emerge
cies.
“Before 1999, we had to
evacuate classes and wait
several hours for the
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation to arrive and
assess the situation,” said
Major Bernard Thomas,
deputy of the bomb
squad.
“Now we have the equip
ment on hand to respond
to the scene in 15 minutes
and disable the device
within an hour,” he said.
And the team investi
gates more than University
threats. Working in con
LASSOED
huddle, someone said, ‘Damn,
there’s five freshmen in the
huddle,”’ senior center
Fernando Velasco said.
Twelve Bulldog players
started their first college foot
ball game Saturday, including
true freshmen Trinton
Sturdivant at left tackle and
Bruce Figgins at tight end.
Overall, Georgia played five
true freshmen and 16 redshirt
freshmen this weekend.
To hear it from Richt, the
decision to play so many young
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SARA GUEVARA | The Red a Black
A Participants in the 20th Annual Dragon*Con parade walk
down Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Saturday. Participants in
the parade ranged from children fiction literature characters
to the Wasabi anime characters pictured here.
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junction with the GBI and
Georgia Emergency
Management Agency, the
team serves more than 20
counties in north Georgia.
“Many of the calls occur
when people find old muni
tions while cleaning houses
after relatives have passed
away,” Tipton said.
K-9 handler Sgt. Rusty
Williams and dog Marco
have responded to some of
the recent incidences.
“We’ve addressed calls
at Wachovia on Mitchell
Bridge Road, a ceramics
plant in Macon and
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players was made out of neces
sity.
“I don’t know if we had a
choice,” Richt said. “We played
a lot of young guys and that
was tremendous.”
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