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MONDAY October i, 2007 Vol. 115, No. 32 | Athens, Georgia O Sunny. HighB2 | LowsB unuriL www jeoanQ D4acK.com Adams’ 10 th Anniversary = Class sizes rise, faculty decline By KRISTEN COULTER The Red & Black Since University President Michael Adams arrived at the University in 1997, the size of the student body and the administration have increased, but the number full time faculty has not. The number of undergraduate, graduate and professional students has increased by 3,297 over the decade, according to the 2006 UGA Fact Book. However, the number of full time faculty decreased by 42 individuals from 1997 to 2006, according to the fact books. Adams attributed this decline to budget shortages during the 2004-2005 recession. “We had to lay off and not hire,” Adams BULLDOGS ROUGH UP REBELS J; W MjT ■ LINDY DUGGER | The Red Buck ▲ Georgia tailback Thomas Brown scores Georgia’s only third-quarter touchdown in Saturday’s 45-17 win over Ole Miss. Bulldogs win over Rebels ‘far from a blowout’ By TYLER ESTEP The Red & Black On paper, a 45-17 score invokes imag es of Georgia rolling over Ole Miss en route to a bigger and more important game at Tennessee this week. So do 328 rushing yards and four touchdowns from the ground game. But for two-thirds of the game, the end result was anything but certain. Bulldog coaches and players alike know the contest was, in truth, far from a blowout. “The score absolutely does not show what happened, I think we all know that that watched the game,” head coach Mark Richt said. “Because it wasn’t on All-girls flat track roller derby league new to Athens By TRICIA PURSER The Red & Black The idea of roller-skating usually takes college students back to a middle school memory of slowly skating around a rink, holding hands with a special someone and listening to the latest Boyz II Men song plays on speakers. However, for the Classic City Rollergirls, Athens’ new all female flat track roller derby league, roller * skating is a competitive race where knocking down the opponent is the norm. Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3037 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 The£\ Ra&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 said Thursday. “But it’s still our goal to get back where we were before.” He said the University hired more than 20 faculty members last year, and is receiv ing fewer compiaiints about class availabili ty. Vice President for Instruction Jere Morehead echoed Adams’ comments. “In the last few years, a significant effort has been made to add back to the faculty,” Morehead said Friday in a telephone inter view. He also said to accommodate demands for classes, the class sizes have increased. Two professors in the School of Public and International Affairs said they agree. “I am not teaching more classes... but the enrollments in my classes have grown,” § FOOTBALL UGA 45, OLE MISS 17 TV, I’m sure people look at it and say we just whooped Ole Miss, but that’s not the case at all.” After a fumble on the one-yard line ruined what could have been a 14-0 Rebel lead, and a roughing the passer penalty lead to a Georgia touchdown, Ole Miss came roaring out of halftime. An 18-play, nine-plus minute drive left the game tied at 17 and kept the Bulldogs fighting into the end of the third quarter. “They’re for real,” sophomore comer back Asher Allen said of the same team “Roller derby is basically a full contact race on wheels,” said Brett Buckelew, a senior speech commu nications major from Dawsonville and one of the original members of the all-female team. “It’s a mix of offense and defense, which makes it interesting figuring that dynamic out.” The object of the sport is for a skater to make it around a circuit track while opponents try to prevent her from passing them. The league began earlier this year when Buckelew and several friends went to Atlanta to watch a roller Water Saving Tip Think at the Sink When washing dishes by hand, don’t let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water. - Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County Charles Bullock, a political science profes sor, wrote Friday in an e-mail. “That, I believe, has been the experience of most, if Wr not all, faculty in the School If ■m of Public and International |s , S Affairs.” Bullock said he teaches || i upper division political sci- f. ence electives. He said five ly ' years ago. he would have |ff taught about 65 students. Now, his classes draw ADAMS between 85 and 95 students. “My enrollments have skyrocketed,” Loch Johnson, an international affairs See ADAMS, Page 3 that came close to beating Florida two weekends ago. “They have all the intan gibles needed to win a game. You saw it out there, they can run and pass. It’s amazing what they can do.” While sophomore quarterback Matthew Stafford has a solid day behind center, the biggest story from the back field was senior running back Thomas Brown, who ran for 184 yards and three scores. “It was awesome just seeing (Brown) See GAME, Page 6 Check out Instant Replay for the full game analysis. SPORTS, PAGE 6 derby competition. They were interested, but didn’t want to have to make the commute to Atlanta and decided to form their own team, Buckelew said. “It was basically three or four girls putting on skates and figuring out how to skate again,” Buckelew said. “We definitely looked to Atlanta for help, because we didn’t know what we were doing.” The small group has now expanded into two teams, See ROLLER, Page 5 The Funnies page 5 A University alumnus Scott Selsor pioneers a college-themed comic strip in a Los Angeles studio inspired by his adventures in the Classic City. Slack on inside. 11 1 1 ’ • mm w 'tte&LtncSk mm . as dm 1 i. & |L | I i I LANA MCQUINN I The Red* Buck mmm ; *- ; ! 'jpUP GOAL Find out how the soccer team fared this weekend. SPORTS, PAGE 7 Student struck by bus given citation By CAROLYN CRIST and VALENTINA TAPIA The Red & Black A 19-year-old University female who was hit by a campus transit bus Friday morning was released from Athens Regional Hospital that afternoon. But police cited Sakura Faye Yamazaki, who was struck just after 10 a.m., for walking into the path of a vehicle, said University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson. Yamazaki, an international student from Japan, was cross ing Baldwin Street from the Fine Arts building toward Joe Brown Hall. “I didn’t see her get hit, but as we were stopping I heard this noise,” said KC Georges, a soph omore from Marietta who was on the Orbit bus. “Everyone turned their heads, and the girl was crumpled on the sidewalk. It took a second to register that we hit her.” Many passers-by then dialed 911 on their cell phones, Georges said. Sgt. First Class Jeff Thompson with the University ROTC was the first to help. Thompson, who arrived on campus last week and has served three tours in Iraq, worked quick ly with other members of ROTC to stabilize Yamazaki. "She was bleeding from the back of the head, and I was able to cut her bookbag off and try to steady her head and neck,” Thompson said. “She was seizing up and going in and out of con sciousness.” Sophomore Allison O’Shea, who was waiting at the bus stop during the accident, said Yamazaki first tried to cross Baldwin while the bus slowed down as it approached the stop. Yamazaki hesitated and then attempted to cross again, O’Shea said. She was struck by the front right comer of the bus. “Her eyes opened and kind of rolled back, her head was bleed ing,” O’Shea said. “Another stu dent held her head, we told her not to move. She was breathing.” The bus remained at the scene until about 10:45 a.m., when Campus Transit Operations Manager Chris Baker removed it. “No one was moving on the bus, even at 10:10 a.m.,” Georges said. “After people started help ing her, I decided to go to class and had to push my way to the front of the bus. I wanted to give the girl space because she was lying next, to the back doors of the bus.” Police said the bus driver was not at fault. “He has not been charged with anything and will not be,” said Ron Hamlin, the University cam pus transit system manager. Yamazaki is recovering with back pains and many bruises, said friend Ching Er, a sopho more from Malaysia. “I talked to friends who are close to her, and she needs to rest,” she said. ◄ Pam Enlow, a Junior from California also known as “Dirty Hippie,” skates for the “Dames of Maim” squad of the Classic City Roller Girls. She practices speed laps at the Skate-A-Round on Sept. 24. 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