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TUESDAY
January 8, 2008
Vol. 115, No. 78 | Athens, Georgia
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Policy elicits mixed reaction
BY BRIAN MINK
Thk Red & Buck
Some University employees
remain unaware of anew policy
requiring them to report arrests
and convictions to the
University.
Phone calls by The Red
& Black to professors and top
administrators in several
departments revealed some
employees are unclear on
their obligations under the
policy, which went into
Search
awaits
evidence
Police asking for
any information
By TAMARA BEST
The Red & Black
Police obtained Monday a picture
of missing University graduate stu
dent Cayle Bywater, taken the day of
her disappearance.
The photo of Bywater, 29, was taken
by an undisclosed per
son in Memorial Park,
where she was last
seen Dec. 29, accord
ing to a news release
issued by the Athens-
Clarke County Police
Department.
The picture, taken
at roughly 4 p.m.,
shows Bywater stand
ing in the background
near a swing set with
her dog. Oliver. This picture is avail
able on The Red & Black's Web site.
Bywater is 5-feet-3-inches, has red
curly hair and weighs about 115
pounds. She was last seen wearing
glasses and a blue sweatshirt or jacket
with a red stripe across the sleeves
and chest, blue jeans and slip-on Van
brand shoes, according to the photo.
“If we get additional information,
we will expand our search, but at this
time, we don't have any specific infor
mation on other possible search
areas,” said ACC Det. Dustin Smith,
lead investigator on the case.
Police have searched the wooded
areas and lake of Memorial Park, the
release said. They also have searched
the trails of the University’s intramu
ral fields.
Smith asks anyone who visited
Memorial Park Dec. 29 or 30 to con
tact him at 706-613-3888, ext. 795.
MORE INFORMATION
Vital Stats: 5-feet-3-inches, 115 pounds,
curly red hair
Wearing: Blue sweatshirt or jacket and
blue jeans
Last seen: Dec. 29, Memorial Park
Contact: ACC Det. Dustin Smith.
706-613-3888, ext. 795
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▲ This photo was given to ACC
police by an anonymous woman
who was at Memorial Park the
day Bywater went missing.
Bywater is in the background
wearing a red and blue sweater.
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effect Jan. 1.
A professor who was arrested
Friday would not speak for
attribution, but said he did not
know he was required to report
his arrest to the University.
It had not been 72 hours
since his arrest at the time of
the interview Monday, and
he had not yet informed
University administrators of the
incident.
The policy, first introduced
by the Board of Regents,
requires employees to report
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▲ Students walk the aisles as they look for textbooks at the Off Campus
Bookstore Monday. Bookstores around the Athens area experience an influx
of customers at the beginning of the semester and often have to hire tempo
rary help for the book rush.
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BYWATER
Some Animal concludes band’s run, looks ahead to future
BY LINDSAY OBERST
The Red & Buck
Roy Coughlin read the writing *
on the 40 Watt bathroom wall.
"It was graffiti, it was written,
‘Some Animal, I don’t remem
ber,”’ Coughlin, lead singer and
guitarist of local band Some
Animal, said of the quotation
that inspired the name.
Though the band’s six-year
reign as an “Athens supergroup,”
according to their MySpace.com
profile, will end after its last show
Tuesday at Tasty World, it isn’t
over quite yet.
“At this point, it just seems
like the right time to put it to
rest and start something new,”
Coughlin said.
Oabe Vodicka, who also plays
guitar for the band, said he has
enjoyed his time with Coughlin,
Fritz Oibson, who plays bass and
James McOaw, who plays drums
and percussion.
"Roy writes some really great
songs, and It's been fun playing
them as a four-piece, really
expanding them and transform
ing them Into stuff that's more
dynamic and rocking,” Vodicka
said.
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arrests to the University within
72 hours and convictions within
24 hours. It also submits all
new hires to background
checks.
Employees who are arrested
or convicted will receive sanc
tions from the University on a
case-by-case basis, said a top
lawyer in the University’s Legal
Affairs office, who requested
anonymity.
Joseph Ri, head of the math
ematics department, said
employees in his department
BOOK RUSH
Coughlin said everyone in the
band is ready for a change, espe
cially him.
“I want to focus more on play
ing guitar and writing less serious
songs," he said.
“I was in An Epic at Best for a
couple years, and I really loved
the freedom and challenge of
being the guitar player and not
the main songwriter. I’d love to
start a band playing noisier stuff
that I don’t have to think about
quite as much.”
This last performance of Some
Animal will be with the full back
ing band, although Coughlin
often plays alone.
“It has mostly been a solo
affair.” he said. “Although I
played a number of shows as a
duo with Dan Nettles from
Kenosha Kid and with at least
one previous version of a full
band.”
Someone once told Coughlin
that the old Some Animal duo
sounded like a mix between 10-fi
band Songs: Ohia and Karate, he
said.
“At times I’d say that’s not too
far off,’’ he said.
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Too Little, Too Late
page 3
Susan Little, director of the
Office of Student Financial Aid,
announced her plan to retire
this spring. Read about the
University community’s
reaction inside.
have discussed the new policy
on several occasions. F\i said
his employees likely are
aware of the policy by now
but might not know its specif
ics, such as how many
hours they have to report an
arrest.
Martin Kagel, head of the
department of Germapic and
Slavic languages, said his
department has not had any
issues with the policy but all
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KRISTIN BOYD I Tm Rid a Buck
▲ Lights decorate the door of Tasty World, where
Some Animal will be playing their last concert
tonight at 10 before calling it quits. The Athens
band will be breaking up after six years together.
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Athens fashion has a few
resolutions to make this year.
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Photo Courtrsy or Jessica Winton
A A pooch pounces on a
plush Michael Vick dog toy
created by University alumna
Jessica Winton and founder
of Headline Pet Toys. The toy
debuted in December 2007.
Vick-inspired
toy combats
animal abuse
BY JASON BUTT
The Red & Black
Bailey and Bentley are two
Shih Tzus that were looking for
revenge.
So when they saw what looked
to be former Atlanta Falcons
quarterback Michael Vick, they
pounced on him like two hungry
lions in the jungle. What ensued
was a tug-of-war battle between
two canines fighting for which
one would eat the admitted dog
fighter. Little did Bailey and
Bentley know that the figure they
were mauling wasn’t actually Vick,
but a 13-inch plush toy replica.
The toy was created by
University alumnus Jessica
Winton, who played soccer for the
Bulldogs from 2001-2003. She cre
ated this toy for a business she
started called Headline Pet Toys.
The Vick plush toy is the first item
on her Web site, www.headlinepet
toys.com.
“I really wanted to do some
thing involving animals,” Winton
said. “I have two Shih Tzus so I
thought this would be fun.”
Bailey and Bentley have lived
with Winton since her days in
Athens.
“It’s so funny to watch them
carry (the) Vick (toy) in their
mouths," she said. “(Bailey) will
have his legs and (Bentley) will
have his head, and all you can see
is No. 7."
The Web site’s life debuted on
the Internet in the first week of
December 2007. Winton said that
in the process of starting her own
business, she wanted to help
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Wire 2
Opinions 4
Variety 6
Crossword 3
Sports 7
Sudoku 7