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TUESDAY
January 15, 2008
Vol. 115, No. 83 | Athens, Georgia
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Student
cocaine
charges
linger
Students face
Univ. action
BY STEPHANIE PERRETT
The Re[l & Buck
Two University students
arrested in November and
charged with felony pos
session of cocaine received
sanctions from the
University’s Office of
Judicial Programs, but
Athens-Clarke County
courts have not yet ruled
on the case.
Police arrested Timothy
Sanders Wallis, 22, and
Julianne Robbins Tamplin,
22. after midnight Nov. 3,
2007, at the Claissic Center
during a Kappa Alpha fra
ternity party.
Officer K. Beavers, an
off-duty police officer work
ing at the Classic Center,
wrote in the police incident
report he saw’ a small bot
tle with white powder
inside and recognized it as
a “device used to snort
cocaine.”
He also cited seeing and
hearing both students
snorting cocaine from the
device.
Beavers w’rote in the
police report Tamplin put
an object used to snort
cocaine to her nose, snort
ed and put it down But a
urine specimen drug test
given to Tamplin at 3:15
p.m. Nov. 3 shows she test
ed negative for any drugs,
including cocaine, accord
ing to medical records from
The Summit Healthplex in
Newnan.
Tamplin was contacted
by the Office of Judicial
Programs on Nov. 8 for
allegedly engaging “in drug
related misconduct when
she used and/or possessed
a narcotic (cocaine) and
knowingly condoned
another student’s use of
cocaine," according to a
letter addressed to Tamplin
from Assistant Dean of
Students Brandon Frye.
But because of Tamplin’s
negative drug test, the
Office of Judicial Programs
only found her responsible
for knowingly condoning
“another student's viola
tion of the Code of
Conduct.”
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Fine Food, waits to cross Dougherty Street in front
of Detour Monday. Detour closed in December.
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BY JULIA SEVY
The Red & Biack
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tee discussed Monday
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The band performed throughout the weekend in order to raise money for Nupi’s Space.
Tennis alum returns to team as new coach
BY JASON BUTT
The Red & Black
There was no other
alternative for Will Glenn.
His dream has always
been to stay home in
Athens.
Glenn, the men’s tennis
assistant coach is an
Athens native, who grew
up with an
affinity for the Bulldogs.
He began his tennis
career at the age of
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sanctions against Timothy
Sanders Wallis and Julianne
Robbins Tamplin who both face
drug charges.
activities and the possibil
ity of a science learning
center.
Adrian Childs, the
University Council
Facilities Committee chair,
led the discussion and
updated the group about
continuing efforts to con
serve energy and water.
Ralph Johnson, associate
vice president of the
Physical Plant, said within
seven at the Athens
YMCA.
Asa child, he partici
pated in former Georgia
tennis coach Dan Magill’s
Crackerland tennis tour
nament, and was a ball
boy for the NCAA tourna
ment when Georgia hosted
it.
When Glenn graduated
high school from Athens
Academy, he could have
played more somewhere
else, but had his heart
Athens’ LGBT bar closes doors
BY JULIE LEUNG
The Red & Black
The bar known as Detour should
be renamed Road Closed, as
Athens' only gay-oriented bar qui
etly shut its doors during winter
break.
The main causes of the club's
demise were diminishing profits
and the cost of the liquor license
fee, Rocky Williams, who had been
performing as Ecstasy in
“Pheromone Cabaret,” told The
Red & Black on Friday.
“Unfortunately, the city didn't
move quick enough to give it to
them after the cut ofT date. New
Year's Eve came around and they
didn't have it, so we’ve been closed
since Dec. 22,” Williams said. “The
money was there, but the owners
waited too long to get it and they
didn’t know there was a penalty.”
“Detour is permanently closed, if
they couldn't get the liquor license
within two weeks after New Year’s
Eve, there’s no way they can recov
er the losses,” he said. “Maybe they
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six months, all fixtures on
campus will be changed
to be more energy effi
cient, an effort that will
cost $450,000.
Water-saving measures
also have been imple
mented in the life sciences
building, a process that
will cost $50,000. These
measures will connect
the toilets to a chilled
water loop to eliminate
set on his hometown
Bulldogs.
“I always wanted to
play at Georgia,” Glenn
said. "But I knew I had to
walk on and I knew it
would be difficult."
Upon arriving at the
University in the fall of
1998, Glenn attempted
to walk-on to the team.
Diaz doesn’t remember for
sure, but likely advised
Glenn to look elsewhere
for a better chance at
aren’t sure what will ultimately hap
pen and don’t want to say anything
until they’re certain.
Boneshakers, the only other bar
which catered to Athens’ gay com
munity closed in August 2005 due
to diminishing profits.
The closing has been a substan
tial blow to the LGBT community,
Williams said. The sudden closing •
came as a surprise to many in the
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender
community.
The closing was a bigger shock
to the staff at Detour, many of
whom were not notified.
"Management’s choice to be
aloof with clientele and staff is a
disappointment,” said Isaac
McCalla, a 1992 University graduate
who DJed for Detour’s weekly drag
show, “Pheromone Cabaret," as DJ
Isaac M.
“It’s a huge loss. Though Athens
has become more progressive,
there's still not a safe space to go
dance with your boyfriend or
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wasted water.
Sean Rogers, director
of capital budgeting, dis
cussed additions to the
University.
A special collections
library will be built next
to the Hull Street parking
deck. Construction is
expected to begin in 2010
and should cost about s3l
million.
A science learning cen-
playing time.
“Most of the time I try
to convince them you
know most of these walk
ons train and invest and
they work so hard to get
to this level so I try to
convince them to go some
where else,” Diaz said “I
understand the impor
tance of being somewhere
where you play regularly.
This might not have been
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ter, also among Rogers’
plans, will serve as “the
student learning center
for South Campus” and
will feature teaching labs
and classrooms, Rogers
said.
Other proposals
include anew Family and
Consumer Sciences
facility, an international
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▲ Will Glenn is assis
tant coach for the
men’s tennis team.
Med school
proposes
new campus
BY BRIAN MINK
The Red & Buck
A report on the proposed
expansion of the Medical
College of Georgia will go
before the Board of Regents
today. It is expected to sug
gest expanding to Athens
and three other cities, accord
ing to media reports and an
advisory from the regents.
The University is working
to meet a 2011 deadline to
obtain the Navy Supply
Corps School property for a
proposed MCG expansion.
Daniel Rahn, president of
MCG, and Paul Umbach,
president of the firm Tripp
Umbach, will make the pre
sentation at the regents'
meeting at 10:45 a.m. in
Atlanta, the release said.
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