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TUESDAY January 15, 2008 Vol. 115, No. 83 | Athens, Georgia O Sunny. High 51 | Low 24 ONLINE wwwjedandUack.com 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.” See COCAINE, htge 3 | 1 711 ilf UrjHf * a * & '< 1' ; 'H'-jW'S; *$’■ i > ,'■£&Vs vvr '-‘■i* ’ JAKE CLARK Tni K*r> •Hm k ▲ Loretta Brown, a cook at Weaver D’s Delicious Fine Food, waits to cross Dougherty Street in front of Detour Monday. Detour closed in December. Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3037 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 189 3, INDEPENDENT 1980 New building projects planned Construction begins in ’lO BY JULIA SEVY The Red & Biack A University commit tee discussed Monday several new building proj ects, conservation-friendly ROCK FOR A CAUSE r I . ( W ” ( 11? JggHBH HhLm I JFjl jfffflUf LINOY DUGGER Tm Km. .Hi a Drive-By Truckers members Patterson Hood and Shonna Tucker sing and play guitar Thursday night at the 40 Watt. 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 On the Web redandblack.com Go online to read the University’s 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 Secret Ingredient page 6 Hanna says adding this to your diet will help you both tone up and slim down just in time for spring break. 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 See DETOUR, /+/(/*' 5 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 Scr TENNIS, hi(/i 6 One bus where you’ll never have to hear gossip, iPods. NEWS, PAGE 3 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 See FACILITIES, fnf/r 3 ▲ 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. Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 5 Crossword 3 Sports 6 Sudoku r,