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Winter weather flurries cancellation rumors BY CLAIRE MILLER The Red & Black If predicted inclement weather hits Athens this week, the University is prepared to make a deci sion on its daily opera tions. The National Weather Service’s Web site advises Northeast Georgia resi dents, including those in Athens, of “the potential for accumulation of sleet and freezing rain” between late Wednesday and early Thursday. This could affect whether the University opens Thursday. The University’s inclement weather policy WHAT WILL YOU DO IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER? KRISTIN RULISON Political Science Marietta JAY MOORE Speech Communications Columbus, Ohio Students confront negative black stereotypes’ in media BY LINDSAY OBERST The Red & Black Tiffany "New York” Pollard may have conquered Flava Flav and gotten her own show, but she still doesn’t represent black culture as a whole, some stu dents believe. Now the Freshman Advisory Board of the Black Affairs Council wants to address what one member. Bridgette Burton, a theater from Stone Mountain, calls “the next big thing” African-Americans must deal with. The organization will hold a forum, “America’s Next Top Scandal: The Media’s Depiction of Black Culture,” at 6 p.m. Thursday in room 101 of the Student Learning Center. The name of the forum plays on reality TV because the media’s —and especially television’s presentation of African-Americans causes fill r.igh7^^^oß^9HHHHpi every night specials... • $4 long Island • $1 Miller Lite Draft • $2 Domestic Draft • $4 Call Drinks (Includes Terrapin) • $ 4 Peach Bombs Don’t Miss Out!! Royal Oaks Townhouses 2 BR/2.5 BA Townhouses Pool and Volleyball $685.00 /As. JOINER 706-353-6868 9 MANAGEMENT For Floor Plans and Pictures GO to www.joinermanagement.com allows the University to decide between three alternatives on such days: the school will remain open and fully operating, it will delay in opening or it will close, according to the University’s news Web site. Tom Jackson, vice president of public affairs, said the decision-making process on inclement weather days begins at 5 a.m. “I consult with the police chief and the man ager of the physical plant to see what campus con ditions are like,” Jackson said Tuesday in a tele phone interview. Jackson said many “If I'm going to school, I'm just miserable. I can’t even remember the last time it rained! 1 would probably take a long shower because I don’t feel bad using so much water (on a snow day).” “First things first. I check my Chia pet and see if there's any growth. Then l flip on the Food Network and watch 'Emeril. ’” negative stereotypes to form, Burton said. While discussing possible ideas to fill the group’s education requirement, discussion of VHI, MTV, BET and the media's coverage of Hurricane Katrina continued to come up. Burton said. “We all agreed that the media wasn’t giving a good representa tion of how African-American culture really is,” she said. She said she often watched reality shows and laughed at them. But. she said, her behavior was not OK, and now is the time for college students to develop and grow as adults and to realize that imitating or supporting neg ative TV behavior is wrong. “Reality TV shows like ‘I Love New York' present the wrong idea about blacks,” Burton said. Three main points developed by the board members will be addressed at the forum. people think the decision to remain open or closed is made based on the weather forecast, which is only one part of the deci sion. “We close based on conditions on the ground,” he said. The National Weather Service and other police chiefs in the area are con sulted. Then, Jackson said, they make a recommen dation to University President Michael Adams, who makes the final deci sion by 6 a.m. Jackson also said the University tries not to close because professors schedule their semesters tightly. 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The message also is broadcast on University Cable Channel 15, AM radio stations 880, 960 and 1340, and several FM radio stations, including 88.9, 90.5, 91.7, 97.9, 102.1, 103.7 and 106.1. “We notify the Atlanta media outlets, but we don’t depend on them,” Jackson said. “Athens radio stations give us pri ority.” Campus Transit also “I’d sleep in and make a fire in the fireplace. ” “Hell yeah I'll be out in the snow! Even if we have class. I’m skipping to play in the snow!” ‘AMERICA'S NEXT TOP SCANDAL: THE MEDIA'S DEPICTION OF BLACK CULTURE’ A forum by the Freshman Advisory Board of the Black Affairs Council When: Thursday. 6 to 9 p.m. Where: SLC. room 101 The first issue, “the media defining a black man’s hustle,” confronts that the majority of black males in the media are athletes and hip-hop stars, depriving other worthy profes sions of recognition. The second issue is “a black woman’s values: the great com promise." “Women, including Asians and Latin women, have to compro mise to become recognized by the media,” Burton said. tie I 991 Hawthorn* Tonight Ij tL 706-548-4261 aflL N Th: !lm 10pm - Fri SL lUat 10:10pm Jgffl has a policy when winter weather strikes. According to Campus Transit’s Web site, the transit system closes its operations on days when the University officially closes. Buses and vans oper ate for one hour after the official closing time when the University closes early. Similarly, the buses and vans start service one hour before the official opening time when the University is delayed in opening. With plans in place and inclement weather possi bly coming to Georgia, the fate of classes will be up to administrators. .... Real Estate Atlanta A PAIGE JANN Political Science Marietta “The media’s burning of the family tree” illustrates the last issue, concerning a recent shift in the family structure of TV shows. "TV shows like ‘The Cosby Show’ used to present stable families,” Burton said. “But now single parents and adoptions are what everybody watches.” Anyone with an interest, despite year or race, is invited to participate, said Yasmin Yonis, an international affairs and newspapers major from Lawrenceville and Freshman Advisory Board project leader. Yonis wants to create aware ness through discussion and interaction. “I hope this forum gives people a platform to speak about a subject they would usually not have the opportunity to do so otherwise,” Yonis said. “African-Americans are not just those shown constantly in the media." Save up to S4O OFF your 2007 Tax Preparation fees S4O off tax prep for clients who did not have their taxes prepared by H&R Block last year. S2O off tax prep for existing clients Expires April 15, 2008 The Rid a Black | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 “I play on my Macßook Pro with the 26-inch screen, and then move to the big screen TV to play my Wii all day. ” “I'd probably stay in and have a movie day and lounge around with my friends. ” NEWS NOTEBOOK Students to engage in lecture University students plan to participate in Focus the Nation, a national teach-in focused on global warming solutions. The event will last from Jan. 30 to Jan. 31. On Jan. 30, the national event will begin with a Web cast at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Hall Ballroom. There will be a lecture at 2 p.m. Jan. 31 given by Janisse Ray, an author. The Charter Lecture will be presented by National Geographic executive edi tor Dennis Dimick at 3:30 p.m. Both speeches will be in Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Funds awarded for volunteer work Students majoring in child and family develop ment or education may be eligible for a $2,200 per semester scholarship. The students must agree to work with children from birth through age five in inclusive preschool or kin dergarten classrooms or in early intervention pro grams after graduation. Students selected for the program will spend part of each semester work ing with the children in addition to their regular classes. To be eligible, students must be rising juniors with a 2.7 grade point average. Music guru offers ‘Digidesign’ skills John Keane, an Athens music producer and engi neer, will teach a series of four-day workshops focused on the use of Digidesign’s Pro Tools, the music industry’s standard for digital recording. The workshops will be based on Keane’s book, “The Musician’s Guide to Pro Tools,” which provides a foundation in the basics of Pro Tools for home recordists and aspiring audio producers. Keane has worked on gold and multi-platinum albums, and his Athens studios have hosted record ing artists such as R.E.M., Indigo Girls and Widespread Panic. The workshop will be offered March 17-26, Aug. 18-27 and Nov. 3-12. Registration is limited and will cost S7OO, which includes instruction and the use of Apple iMacs equipped with Mbox and Oxygenß MIDI controllers and Pro Tools software. It will cost SIOO for those who provide their own supplies. —University News Service 5