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September 7, 2007
Vol. 115, No. 16 | Athens, Georgia
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JULIA NORMAN | The Red a Black
A Michael DeLuca
attempts to walk in a
straight line for UGA
police Sgt. Tipton while
wearing goggles that
simulate intoxication
near the Tate Student
Center Thursday.
Volleyball Dogs face Tech, prep for SEC
By ROBINNS EXUME
The Red & Black
After seven games the Georgia
Volleyball team is a perfect 7-0,
starting the season with seven con
secutive shutouts.
Roughing up the likes of teams
such as USC Upstate, Stetson,
Presbyterian and North Florida, the
Bulldogs will face stiffer competi
tion today at the Georgia Tech
Classic in Atlanta.
The Bulldogs will face Western
Carolina (3-3) at 2:30 p.m. and the
Yellow Jackets (2-1) at 8 p.m.
Head coach Joel McCartney said
he believes this weekend will help
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Officials remind
tailgaters of policy
By BRIAN MINK
The Red & Black
For football fans, an
illegal procedure won’t
just result in a five-yard
penalty, it could land
them with a hefty fine or a
night in jail.
That’s the message of
Safe Campuses Now, a
local non-profit focusing
on crime awareness and
prevention. Members of
Safe Campuses Now were
stationed outside the
Tate Center Thursday to
inform students of
increased enforcement of
alcohol laws, such as
open-container, underage
drinking and DUI.
Keith Sims, the organi
zation’s executive direc
tor, said the organization
tries not to be preachy in
its message but hopes
VOLLEYBALL
The Georgia Tech Classic
► Georgia (7-0) vs. Western Carolina
(3-3) at 2:30 today
► Georgia (7-0) vs. Georgia Tech (2-1)
at 8 tonight.
prepare the team for the start of
SEC play.
“Georgia Tech will be our most
competitive battle of the season so
far,” he said.
“They provide the best opportu
nity to prepare us for SEC play.”
With two wins on Friday, the
Cows, coupons and lives touched
By PEARMAN PARKER
The Red & Black
The chopping of helicopter
blades through the air was heard
minutes before the drop.
As class ended and students,
entranced by their cell phones
and iPods walked to Tate Plaza
on Thursday, many of them stop
ped to look up at the sky.
Red and white parachutes with
tiny Chick-fil-A cows slowly drift
ed into the hands of students, the
first of 500 cows falling from a
hovering helicopter.
As many students turned their
heads in amazement at the glid
ing stuffed animals, others enjoyed
the inflatable slide.
On the Web
redandblack.com
Who was making it rain on
Thursday?
Watch video of UGA HERO’s
. event at Tate Plaza.
repetition will help stu
dents think about the
potential consequences of
their actions.
Representatives from
Safe Campuses Now, who
are collaborating with
University Police, will be
at Tate or East Village
Commons every Thursday
before home games from
1 to 4 p.m. providing lit
erature and demonstra
tions.
Amanda Smith, co
student director of Safe
Campuses Now, said she
joined the organization
after listening to the story
of a man serving a 13-year
prison sentence for DUI
and vehicular homicide.
“It really opened my
eyes to the dangers and
consequences” of using
alcohol irresponsibly, she
said.
team will pass the 1993 team for the
third-most wins to start a season.
So far this season the Bulldogs
have been able to exploit teams
that were not on its level.
But the Yellow Jackets and the
Catamounts, who have both won
three straight games, look a step up
from those teams.
McCartney said he knows his
team needs to play its best. Tech
has won eight of the last 10 match
ups with Georgia, and the Bulldogs
are 5-0 all-time against Western
Carolina.
“They are a very complete team
and are a serious challenge for us,”
he said.
The event was organized by UGA
HEROs. UGA HEROs offered stu
dents 500 free waters, Chick-fil-A
coupons and snow cones.
“We wanted everything in 5005,”
said Kevin Scott, executive director
and a senior from Kennesaw. “It rep
resents the 500 lives that are infect
ed with and affected by AIDS.”
Scott said UGA HEROs wanted
to create an event that was memo
rable for the kids that have been
forgotten for so long.
But, due to miscommunication
with University Police, the helicop
ter may have never left the ground.
“The proper approval had not
been obtained,” said University
Police Chief Jimmy Williamson.
“But, we made an exception.”
Tailgaters also should
be aware of police enforc
ing a variety of regula
tions instituted during
the last several years as
part of the University’s
Gameday Gameplan.
University Police Chief
Jimmy Williamson said
the University made no
changes to the plan this
year but is working to
better enforce some
aspects of it.
The majority of the
plan focuses on safety and
keeping a tranquil atmo
sphere for on-campus resi
dents, he said.
“If [tailgaters] can just
drink at a responsible
level and be mindful of
others, I think it should
be a great day for every
body,” he said.
See TAILGATE, Page 6A
Globe Trekking
page 5A
Over the river and through the woods
two students are going this semester.
Read their first-hand accounts of
experiencing different cultures while
hundreds of miles from home.
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Courtesy ‘Water’
A The Women Build Campaign of Athens Area
Habitat for Humanity are holding a screening of
‘Water’ tonight at Athens Cine for $lB to help
raise money to build a “green” house.
Screening to help
build green house
By CHELSEA COOK
The Red & Black
A house will be built in
October in the Athens
area using “green materi
als.”
Anyone can help
tonight by going to see a
movie.
The Women Build
Campaign of Athens area
Habitat for Humanity will
hold a screening of
“Water,” to raise money to
build a house using non
synthetic chemicals, ener
gy and water-efficient fix
tures and solar powered
lights.
“Women Build is a very
tangible way all of us
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Williamson
decided to make
the exception.
Williamson said
he was concerned with
the safety of the students,
including students running
out in front of buses to catch
the cows and debris from the heli
copter.
See HEROES, Page 3A
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ADVISORY
An SEC Titan invades
Athens, can Richt destroy him?
FIRST & GOAL, IB
By BRIAN HUGHES
The Red & Black
University student Cole Sidney Gray
had to register in May not for classes,
but as a Georgia sex offender.
Gray pleaded guilty to having sexual
intercourse with a 14-year-old girl in
Oconee County, according to court doc
uments.
Gray, 19 at the time of the incident,
also pleaded guilty to possession of less
than one ounce of marijuana, underage
possession of alcohol and failure to
maintain lane.
Yet, despite the preponderance of
public records the Oconee County
Sheriff’s incident report, court docu
ments, Gray’s listing as a sex offender
on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Web site he has no pending cases or
resolutions in the Office of Judicial
Programs.
His guilty pleas to the rape, drug and
alcohol charges are violations of the
University Code of Conduct.
So, how does Gray continue to attend
class without any sanctions?
University officials didn’t say they
knew of the incident, even though it
happened just 15 miles from the Arch.
Beginning in January 2006, Athens-
Clarke County police started sending a
weekly list of all 17-to-24-year-olds arrest
ed in the county to University Police
See OFFENDERS, Page 3A
make a difference in the
fight against poverty,” said
Sue Lawrence, a member
of the 2007 steering com
mittee of Women Build.
The organization consists
of all female volunteers
who work together to
build a house for someone
in need.
“Working together to
plan, raise funds and raise
the roof for the Habitat
Women Build gave so
many diverse women from
all across our community
the opportunity to com
bine our efforts to help a
woman and her family
have a safe, affordable
See HABITAT, Page SA
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Index
UGA Today 2A
Wire 2a
Opinions 4A
Variety 5A
Crossword 3*
Sports 6a
Sudoku 5A
