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. January 7, 2008
' Vol. 115, No. 77 | Athens, Georgia
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Univ. policy
requires
employees’
disclosure
Background
checks in place
By BRIAN MINK
The Red & Buck
The University is requiring
employees to report any
arrests within 72 hours and
new hires to pass background
checks. University officials
said.
The policy change, which
does not affect most student
workers, comes after a recom
mendation from University
System of Georgia Chancellor
Erroll Davis. The change was
effective Jan. 1.
Current employees charged
with a crime other than a
minor traffic offense must
report the charge to the Office
of Human Resources within 72
hours of the arrest, according
to the policy.
Human Resources, assisted
by the Office of Legal Affairs
and the Provost's office, then
determines if any action should
be taken against the employee
until the charge is resolved.
Employees convicted of a
crime must report it within 24
hours of the conviction.
The Background
Investigation Committee,
which considers whether appli
cants convicted of misdemean
ors are eligible for hire, will
review the case of current
employees convicted of crimes,
the policy states.
It will “review the crime uti
lizing the same standards as it
applies in reviewing crimes
committed by a candidate for
employment, but may consider
other factors, including the
length of employment of the
employee and performance
reviews,” the policy reads.
The committee is made up
of a representative from
Human Resources, the
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Musical duo
bursts onto
Athens scene
By LINDSAY OBERST
The Red & Black
Experience the bright
sound of hopping along in a
peaceful pastel cartoon world
as you listen to the visual pop
recordings of Telenovela.
According to its MySpace.
com profile, this local band
sounds like “what ‘Yoshi’s
Island’ looks like.”
The indie-pop duo of
Zachary Smola and Stephanie
Clayton placed at No. 5 on
National Public Radio’s “Top
10 Great Unknown Artists of
2007.” Also, Flagpole recog
nized its album “Saffron
Songs” as the number one
local album of 2007.
“We thought comparing our
sound to something distinctly
visual would be the most
effective way to describe it,”
Clayton said, addressing its
“Yoshi’s Island” description.
Telenovela has a love of
drum loops and The
Carpenters, according to NPR,
while Flagpole writer Michael
Barthel says its album pro
vides “little bursts of sunshine
intruding happily on your
dreary day,” although he also
said that many of their songs
ask difficult aesthetic and
spiritual questions.
See TELENOVELA, hifje 5
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THE GEORGIA GYM DOGS BEG THE QUESTION: DO THINGS
THAT GO UP ALWAYS HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN?'
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Gym Dogs ask fans to ‘pink-out’ LSU
By KEVIN COPP
The Red & Black
The No. 1 Gym Dogs
unofficially opened their
2008 campaign for a fourth
consecutive NCAA National
Championship with a
Sneak-A-Peek being held
for the first time at
Stegeman Coliseum.
While the regular season
does not begin until Jan. 11,
the focus of Saturday’s
event from the outset was
clearly on the meet that will
take place in Athens at the
end of April the National
Championship.
Head coach Suzanne
Yoculan spent much of the
meet trying to cultivate a
home-floor advantage for
the rest of the regular sea
son and the April champi
onship.
The time in between rou
tines was centered on get
ting the spectators to join
in the cheers that the Gym
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▲ Sophomore Courtney MeCool performs on the balance beam during
Saturday’s Gym Dog Sneak-A-Peek season preview at Sftegeman Coliseum.
On the Web
redandblack.com
Think it’s total B.S. that the BCS
shorted the Bulldogs a National
Title chance? Well, that’s too bad.
But you can vote in our new poll
about the Championship that
actually will happen.
Dogs will use during the
regular season. Four •of
Georgia’s floor exercise rou
tines call for fan participa
tion, which was a concen
tration for the team in the
off-season.
“It’s always been a prior
ity of mine to try to do
crowd involvement,"
Yoculan said. “Definitely
because we’re hosting the
National Championship, we
want to get the crowd
behind the routines as
much as possible."
Yoculan also provided
instant feedback to the
spectators and the gym
nasts over the microphone,
critiquing and explaining
the scoring for each routine.
In each of the first two
events the vault and the
bars senior Katie Heenan
and junior Courtney Kupets
were the only gymnasts to
score a 9.9 or above.
See GYM DOGS, I'ni/e 9
So much drama
page 7
Does the Classic City have
more drama than “The Hills”
this semester? Check out Julie
Leung’s predictions for all the
song and dance to fill your
weeks this spring.
|| SCHEDULE i||
Utah: Friday, 9 p.m.
Stanford: Jan. 13 5 p.m.
Florida. Jan. 18,7 p.m.
LSU: Jan. 26,4 p.m.
Alabama: Feb. 01,8 p.m.
N.C. State: Feb. 08,7:30 p.m.
Auburn: Feb. 15,8 pm.
Kentucky: Feb. 23.4 p.m.
Arkanaat: March 01,4 p.m.
Michigan. March 07. TBA
UCLA: March 15,7:30 p.m.
lowa State: March 21,7 JO
p.m.
SEC Championship. Mar 29 at
KM). 6a. (Gwinnett Center)
NCAA Regionals, April 12
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24 to 26 at Athena, Ga.
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Student
reported
missing
Vast search continues
around Memorial Park
BY TAMARA BEST
The Red & Black
Authorities continue to search for a
University graduate student, first reported
missing on New Year’s Eve.
Cayle Bywater, 29 was last seen Saturday,
Dec. 29, around 6 p.m. That day, she also spoke
to her mother, Valery Bywater.
“In cases like this, you have
to get pictures out as fast as
possible, and we are hoping
someone will recognize her
photo,” said Bob Sleppy, an
employee at Nu?i’s Space,
where Bywater volunteers in
her spare time.
Neighbors became con
cerned about Bywater’s where
abouts after seeing her dog,
Oliver, running loose outside
her 2004 S. Milledge Ave. home.
According to a news release issued by police.
Bywater was last seen with her dog in Memorial
Park on the afternoon of Dec. 29. She did not
go to work that night or the following morn
ing.
Upon arrival at the house, police found the
back door open with her purse, wallet, keys,
cell phone and car at the residence, according
to a police report. Detective Dustin Smith,
lead investigator on the case for the Athens-
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SARA GUEVARA | The Red a Black
▲ Georgia head coach Mark Richt
hoists the Sugar Bowl trophy after the
Bulldogs’ 41-10 win Tuesday.
Sugar Bowl sweet
victory for Bulldogs
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
The Red & Black
NEW ORLEANS The red and black con
fetti had barely started to fall to the floor of
the Louisiana Superdome before talk of the
2008 season made its way into interviews with
the Sugar Bowl champion Georgia Bulldogs.
A 41-10 win in a BCS game added to 17
starters returning to an 11-win team next sea
son should equal the highest preseason rank
ing for Georgia since 2004, when the Bulldogs
entered the season ranked fourth.
“We're a pretty young team and we’ve got a
lot of guys coming back. Hopefully, some peo
ple will start paying us a little attention,” quar
terback Matthew Stafford said. He will enter
the 2008 season as the SEC’s most experienced
quarterback with 21 starts in his first two years
in Athens.
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TIP-OFF
Did the Lady Dogs keep it
perfect in ’08? Not so much.
SPORTS, PAGE 9
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