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TUESDAY
October 23, 2007
Vol. 115, No. 48 | Athens, Georgia
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Bomb threat causes SLC evacuation
By CAROLYN CRIST
The Red & Black
Students expressed concern
Monday after officials did not
inform the University community
of a bomb threat that closed the
Student Learning Center for two
hours.
“Since Virginia Tech, I think we
should have been forewarned that
it was just a threat and sent anoth
er e-mail that nothing was found,”
said Susan Bell, a sophomore from
Athens.
Vice President for Public Affairs
Tom Jackson told The Red & Black
the incident was not reported to
students because it was isolated
and not an imminent threat.
“E/eryone who was involved had
been notified, and the situation
was being handled,” Jackson said.
“If something had been found, of
course we would have sent an
advisory.”
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▲ Members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team cheer Sunday before their match against Hufflepuff on the
Myers Quad. Team seeker Ty Smith, a freshman from Duluth, raises a Halloween decoration he said serves
as their mascot. Quidditch is a magical sport played by characters in the Harry Potter series.
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PHOTOS BY KELLY WEGEL ! The Red * Buck
▲ Golden snitch Kristin Foxworth (left) flies to a
hiding place while Ravenclaw seeker Derek Colbert
and Slytherin seeker Jake Chastain watch before
Sunday’s Quidditch match on Myers Quad. Foxworth
carries a cell phone to alert the referee when she is
found, marking the end of the game.
QUIDDITCH AT GEORGIA
> On the field at one time there ought to be seven players of each
team, including two beaters and five chasers.
> There will also be one seeker per team.
> There will be a single snitch per game who must not have any affilia
tions, personal or professional, with either team playing.
>• The snitch is released three minutes prior to the start of the game.
>• Game play ends when the snitch capture is called in to the referee.
>■ A goal is worth 10 points, the snitch is worth 150 points.
>- The team with the most points upon the snitch being caught wins.
- University Quidditch Team Facebook Group Page
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Bomb threats usually were not
reported to the community in the
past because they spawn copy cat
incidents, he said.
The University tested in
September UGA Alert, an emer
gency notification system that
sends out text messages, e-mails
and calls to its registered users
when triggered by administrators.
The system was not used Monday.
“We only want to use UGA Alert
when there is an incident that can’t
be contained and everyone needs
to take action,” University Police
Chief Jimmy Williamson said. “If
we used it for everything, people
would not pay as close attention.
The system is effective when it
causes you to hit a level and take it
seriously.”
Williamson said Breon Releford,
a senior from Conyers, was walking
into the Lumpkin side of the build
ing when a male student told him
there was a bomb inside. Releford
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told SLC security who called
University Police at 8:10 a.m.
Police described the person who
stated there was a bomb in the
building as a man between 5-foot-7
and 5-foot-9, with shoulder-length
blond hair and wearing a red shirt
and jeans at the time.
“If anyone knows him or had a
class where there was a - test or
paper due, please let us know,” he
said. “This person unnecessarily
caused fears and concerns when
society already is troubled.”
Spanish instructor Anne Rutter
Sekanina stood outside the build
ing with her morning classes.
“My class was reviewing for a
test when an SLC staff member
walked in around 8:30 and said we
needed to stay calm but evacuate
because of an emergency situation.
We all got up and walked out but
had no idea what was really going
See SLC, Page 3
Lack of magic doesn't
stop Quidditch players
By TYLER ESTEP
The Red & Black
Kristin Foxworth is a shiny
golden ball with wings. Sort
of, anyway.
Foxworth, a freshman from
Ellaville, is a golden snitch in
the University’s Quidditch
league, an amalgamation of
students who created then
own version of the beloved
Harry Potter sport.
“(To be a snitch I) have to
be kind of sneaky and good at
hiding in things that won’t
expose my yellowness,”
Foxworth said of her duties as
an elusive flying sphere. “I’m a
pretty fast runner, but I tend
to hide more because when I
run sometimes I trip.”
With the obvious disadvan
tage of Muggledom restricting
their use of magic, eo-founders
got together and created a
Quidditch game that their
Facebook group says “brings
together elements of ultimate
frisbee, dodgeball, and
X-treme scavenger (sic) hunt
ing.”
“Chasers” attempt to throw
a frisbee through one of three
hula hoops mounted on FVC
pipes, following the general
guidelines of ultimate frisbee
while dodging the assault of
balls from the opposing team’s
two “beaters.”
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SARA GUEVARA i The Red a Black
▲ University police officer Baughns directs students
away from the SLC Monday. University police were
informed of a bomb threat at 8:10 a.m.
“It was the love of Harry
Potter, and the crazy idea that
this might work (that made us
start this club),” Erin Wilson,
a co-founder and Hufflepuff
captain, said before a
Slytherin-Ravenclaw match
Sunday. “We were kind of like,
‘Hey, this may work.’ And we
made a Facebook group, and
people thought it was cool.”
Nick Passarello, a chaser
for Slytherin, pointed to a love
of ultimate Msbee as his rea
son for being there.
“The people that founded
it, I guess they’re big Harry
Potter fans. But me, not really
I stopped reading after the
fifth book,” he said.
Sundays are typically
Quidditch days on the Myers
Quad. Ten points are awarded
for each goal, and 150 for cap
turing the snitch, who is
released three minutes prior
to the game’s start. A success
ful capture of the yellow
clad compatriot ends the
game.
“(Snitches) are allowed
anywhere between Lumpkin,
Sanford, Carlton and Cedar
(Streets),” said Maggie Kantor,
the usual Sunday referee.
“They’re allowed anywhere
outside and on the first floor
of the parking garage, and we
See GAME, Page 6
Politics a
laughing
matter
Political analyst
speaks on 2008 race
By KRISTEN COULTER
The Red & Black
Political consultant Paul Begala
expressed optimism about college stu
dents’ opportunity to shape American pol
itics. The CNN commentator, adviser to
former President Bill Clinton and Carl E.
Sanders Political Leadership Scholar,
spoke Monday night at the Chapel.
By injecting humorous lines, Begala
kept the audience laughing throughout
much of his hour-long speech.
Speaking to students, Begala said the
2008 presidential election “is not only inter
esting and fun ... it’s also going to be con
sequential.”
He said young people need to get
involved in politics, because many of the
issues politicians are discussing affect stu
dents throughout their lives.
Begala discussed the 2008 presidential
election in depth. While he is a Democrat,
he complimented candidates from both
parties and called the group “the most tal
ented field I’ve ever seen.”
While campaigning, Begala said both
major political parties make mistakes. He
cited Democrats’ fault as assuming intel
lectual superiority, and Republicans’ error
is claiming moral superiority.
Begala said he made a “huge mistake”
by writing the book “Is our children learn
ing” during the 2000 campaign, because it
set low expectations for Bush. He said
Republicans are making the same mistake
with Sen. Hillary Clinton by calling her a
witch and mocking her laugh.
“The Right is setting the bar for Hillary
so low, that all she has to do is show up at
the debates and not be riding a broom.”
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JOSH D. WEISS | The Red a Black
▲ Paul Begala, an advisor for Bill
Clinton and a regular on CNN’s “The
Situation Room,” speaks Monday
night at the Chapel.
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