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September 10, 2007
Vol. 115, No. 17 | Athens, Georgia
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KELLY WEGEL | The Red a Black
▲ Redshirt freshman receiver Tony Wilson lays on the field after dropping a potential game
winning pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford in the Bulldogs’ 12-16 loss Saturday night.
Spurrier leaves town cocky
By MARSHALL DUNCAN
The Red & Black
It was a long night for Georgia
and the entire Bulldog nation as
Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks came
into Athens and beat the Bulldogs
16-12.
The Gamecocks (2-0, 1-0 SEC)
took the lead early on a nine yard
Cory Boyd rush into the endzone
with 3:25 left to play in the first, a
lead the Gamecocks would not
relinquish.
Georgia (1-1, 0-1 SEC) had
moderate success on offense but
were unable to ever get across the
goal line. For the first time since
2001, when the Gamecocks last
beat the Bulldogs, Georgia was
held without a touchdown.
“It was a game of missed oppor
tunities,” said Richt after the
Local band vies for spot in music festival
By MANDY RODGERS
The Red & Black
One of the five finalist bands to
perform at this year’s Austin City
Limits Music Festival is from
Athens.
Blue Flashing Light is competing
against four Texas-based bands
Wednesday night.
“This is the moment we’ve been
working for,” said lan Schwarber,
the band’s lead singer.
Blue Flashing Light found out
about Austin City Limits through a
friend and began the campaign for
“The Sound and Jury” battle of the
bands.
The competition begins with an
online profile to get as many votes
as possible in a month. The top 100
bands go to the next round where
judges choose the top 20 groups to
move on. The last bands partake in
another round of online voting to
secure a spot in the top five, but
this time it lasts a week.
“We were making crazy phone
calls, going door to door to frats and
sororities,” said Joshua Schwarber.
“After that, you have to let the
cards fall where they may. We were
just stoked about making it through
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game. The Bulldogs had several
chances to put the ball in the end
zone but were just three of 18 on
third-down conversions.
Senior kicker Brandon Coutu
got plenty of work Saturday. After
missing a 48-yard attempt wide
left in the first quarter, Coutu con
verted his next four field goals to
put up the only 12 points the
Bulldogs would score on Saturday.
Redshirt freshman Knowshon
Moreno had a personal best as he
gained 115 yards on 14 carries,
including a 50-yard run in the third
quarter. However, the team was
unable to convert on the following
the celebrity judging.”
On the last day of voting, Blue
Flashing Light finished in second
place.
“They posted it, and we finally
got the call,” said Joshua
Schwarber. “We were overjoyed but
breathing a big sigh of relief.”
After the results were announced,
a documentary crew from Dell
Lounge came to Athens to film the
band in their natural surroundings.
“They filmed a lot. We don’t know
what they’re up to,” said Cattie. “I
think the winner will get a longer
documentary, but they were really
cool, the documentary guys.”
“They got to see highlights of our
city. We have just as cool a town as
they do,” said lan Schwarber.
Blue Flashing Light took the
camera crew to the Shokitini, 40
Watt, Tasty World, The Globe and
Jittery Joes.
The band was formed by
Schwarber after his previous band,
Turn, broke up.
lan’s brother, Joshua Schwarber
(keyboards) and Ryan Cattie (gui
tars) were both in the previous
group and signed on for the new one.
See BAND, Page 7
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set of downs, including a fourth
and short that ended in a Matthew
Stafford sack.
Stafford added 213 yards
through the air but was just 19 for
44, including a drive-ending inter
ception that sealed the Bulldogs’
loss.
“We just wanted to execute. We
just needed to make a big play and
we weren’t able to do that. That
was pretty much it,” Moreno said.
Despite being down most of the
game, the Bulldogs stayed opti
mistic. “We all felt like we were
gong to win the game. You run
that one-minute drill in practice
and we’ve been successful all
through fall camp and so everyone
just knew we were going to win
the game,” said receiver Sean
See GAME, Page 6
RICHARD HAMM | The Red a Black
▲ Adam Monica, guitarist for
Blue Flashing Light, rehearses
for a gig at Pig Pen studio in
Athens Thursday.
Construction Man
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Univ. plans
WebCT end
for Fall ’OB
By ELYSE BEASLEY
The Red & Black
Fall 2008 will be the last
semester University stu
dents can log onto WebCT
accounts. After that, the
University will use anew
learning management sys
tem, although which sys
tem is still unclear.
“We’re investigating
learning management sys
tems in general, as to
what’s the best direction
to go toward in the future,”
said Bert DeSimone, IT
associate director.
The current version of
WebCT will not be avail
able after December 2008,
and the Learning Mana
gement System Executive
Committee consisting
of representatives from
Enterprise Information
Technology Services, the
Center for Teaching and
Learning and various
University support staff—
is now researching replac
ement products.
The committee nar
rowed the search to Sakai
and Blackboard Vista and
is testing the programs in
University classes, includ
ing introductory biology
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LINDY DUGGER | The Red * Buck
▲ University President Mike Adams and
University Athletic Director Damon Evans talk
to event guests during UGA Legislative Day
on Saturday.
Politicians gather
on Legislative Day
for gameday event
By SAM STEINBERG
The Red & Black
Football, education
and politics came togeth
er Saturday for Legislative
Day.
The Office of Gover
nment Relations brought
more than 350 political
leaders and their families
from around the Peach
State. The fourth floor of
the Student Learning
Center was transformed
into a tailgaters’ delight
with a buffet and two big
screen televisions.
“The Dogs are quite an
attraction 92,000
strong. Even legislatures
love the Dogs,” said
republican Gov. Sonny
Perdue.
“It is a great venue and
it is a festive occasion and
it enables people to come
together, have a lot fun,
watch the Dogs, cheer on
the Dogs and learn about
the University,” Perdue
said. “I think the
University uses it well in
helping to showcase what
University President
Michael Adams has big
plans for your campus.
Find out which building
projects he’s been
involved in. and learn
what’s next on the plate
for the University’s
architects.
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and chemistry.
Blackboard Vista, for
merly WebCT Vista, is the
“latest and greatest in the
WebCT line,” according to
Sherry Clouser, chair of
the LMS-Executive com
mittee.
Thirty-three out of the
35 institutions within the
University System of
Georgia use Blackboard
Vista, and the University
System, which has the
license, would determine
the cost of upgrading to
Blackboard Vista for the
University.
Sakai, recently adopted
by Georgia Tech, is an
“open source” or “commu
nity source product,”
according to Clouser,
meaning each institution is
able to program it accord
ing to its specific needs.
Feedback from stu
dents testing Sakai and
Blackboard Vista will be
considered at the mid
point of the semester and
again at the end of the
term. The LMS-Executive
committee will then sub
mit a report to the
Committee for Academic
and Instructional Techn
ologies in January.
goes on, on-campus.”
Democrat Ed Tarver, a
state senator of the 22nd
district from Augusta,
graduated from the
University’s law school in
1991 and brought his fam
ily out to the game.
“I am a big Bulldog
fan,” Tarver said while sit
ting down to enjoy his
meal. “For me, I would
come to the University
gameday or not, but I am
sure that there are those
who don’t have ties to the
University that would
have reservations about
coming.”
The annual border
battle game between the
University and the
University of South
Carolina only helped the
turnout at the event.
“I think it brings peo
ple together in a nice way
and it unifies the campus.
It has value in more than
just the game itself,”
University President
Michael Adams said.
See TAILGATE, Page 3
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