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Primaries urge
student voting
BY JULIA SEVY
The Rel> & Black
With the national election on
the horizon, campus groups are
increasing awareness about
voter registration.
Student organizations such
as the Young Democrats and
College Republicans provide
voter registration forms and
absentee ballots at their meet
ings to encourage members to
register to vote in Athens-
Clarke County.
“Students live here now,”
said Nick Solari, executive
director of Young Democrats.
“The national elections are
what most people are excited
about, but the local elections
have more of an impact on stu
dents.”
To encourage students to
register to vote locally, the
Young Democrats will host
“Get Out The Vote" at Tate
Plaza around the time of the
Georgia primary election on
Feb. 5.
There will be representatives
for each nuyor candidate, along
with signs, bumper stickers and
pins to remind students to vote,
Solari said.
CRIME: Police say slain hiker,
missing woman not connected
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Published reports have
questioned the possibility
that Bywater's case could
be linked to Meredith
Emerson, the 24-year-old
University alumna whose
body was found Monday
evening. Emerson allegedly
was abducted and murdered
by Gary Hilton while hiking
alone with her dog in Vogel
State Park Jan. 1.
A memorial service for
Emerson will be held today
at 2 p.m. at the Central
Presbyterian Church on Alps
Road. Peggy Bailey,
Emerson’s godmother and
family spokeswoman, said.
The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reported the
ACC Police are talking to
the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation about a possi
ble connection.
According to information
on findcayle.blogspot.com. a
Web site run by Bywater's
family, authorities informed
the family Monday there is
no link between the Bywater
and Emerson cases.
Another organized search
for Bywater is planned for
Saturday morning at
Memorial Park. Volunteers
are asked to check findcayle.
blogspot.com for details.
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The Young Democrats also
will have a poster where stu
dents can sign their names as
their pledge to vote. The day of
Georgia’s primary, the Young
Democrats have planned a
viewing party for those inter
ested to see the election’s
results.
Cora Wright, elections assis
tant for the Athens-Clarke
County Board of Elections, said
that there is no way to tell how
many registered voters in the
county are students.
But, Wright said, with the
deadline to register for the
Georgia primary Jan. 7, the
ACC Board of Elections
received an influx of registra
tion cards.
“Many students don’t realize
that when they register to vote
in Athens-Clarke County, it
takes away their registration in
their home county,” Wright
said.
Wright said this is a common
question and advised students
to register to vote in the county
that they are most involved
with, she said.
A representative from the
College Republicans could not
be reached.
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▲ Hillary Hunter, a junior from Albany, notices a
sign about missing student Cayle Bywater as she
walks into Off-Campus Bookstore Thursday.
Anyone with any informa
tion is asked to contact ACC
Detective Dustin Smith at
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Senior
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"It’s too much of a
hassle to transfer
my registration
here. I feel more in
tune to the issues
at home than the
issues here
because I can talk
about them with
my family. ”
“I'm registered
here. When I had
to switch my
license from
Florida to
Georgia, I just
checked the box
to be a registered
voter here. It was
very easy. ”
“When I was a
freshman, I
registered for
the first time in
Athens-Clarke
County, so it
was easier to be
registered here. "
Univ. research team awarded grant
A team of University
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ed multiple grants total
ing $9 million to improve
the quality of substance
abuse treatment.
More than 23 million
Americans age 12 or older
need treatment for sub
stance abuse and addic
tion. Less than 10 per
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NEWS NOTEBOOK
development will speak
at the University’s con
ference on black issues in
higher education.
John L. Taylor,
University of Arizona
professor of educational
leadership, and Penny
Ralston, Florida State
University professor of
family and child science,
are speaking at the Feb.
1 conference.
The event also will
include three panel dis
cussions with University
faculty members. The
discussions will address
blacks in higher educa
tion leadership, grant
writing and dissemina
tion of research results
and teaching at a
research university.
The conference will
take place at the Georgia
Center from 9 a m. to 4
p.m.
Famous author
displays artwork
Award-winning author
and University alumna
Mary Padgelek’s artwork
will be on display in the
College of Education's
Office of Information
Technology through
“ I’m not
registered to
vote at all. I
really don’t
care too
much about
politics. I
don’t know
enough to
vote. ”
"I’m registered
in my home
county. After
four years, I’m
just going to go
home anyway
since it’s just
20 minutes
down the
road.’’
“I'm from
here, so I’m
already
registered
to vote
here. ”
Photos by Richard Hamm
Aug. 31.
The paintings, inspired
by Padgelek’s memories
of her late mother-in-law,
include pictures of
gardens and old Athens’
store fronts.
Padgelek earned her
master’s degree in
art education in 1988
and her Ph D. in art
in 1998 from the
University.
Prof, co-hosts
wildlife TV show
Karl V. Miller,
University professor of
wildlife management, will
co-host “Quality
Whitetails,” anew televi
sion show airing weekly
on the Outdoor Channel.
Miller s show is devel
oped and produced by
the Quality Deer
Management
Association, a whitetail
conservation organiza
tion.
The program will offer
an "innovative” format
featuring “a unique blend
of deer biology, deer
management and deer
hunting,” according to
the Outdoor Channel
Web site featuring the
show.
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