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THURSDAY January 17, 2008 Vol. 115, No. 85 | Athens, Georgia Rainy. High 38 | Low 32 ONLINE- wwwjedandbtack.com STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY Students and faculty can expect to hear about this year’s University goals during the State of the University given by University President Michael Adams at 2 p.m. today in the Chapel. Besides upcoming plans, Adams will address the past year’s highlights and big announcements, said Chuck Toney, a speechwriter, in a telephone interview Wednesday. “[Adams] will address issues of con cern areas we need to continue to focus on and the University needs to continue to put resources toward,” Toney said. Here’s a recap of Adam’s key points from last year’s State of the University address and what has happened since. Jo Ann Anderson Routers delay Univ. socializing BY CLAIRE MILLER The Red & Black Students at universities across the nation using campus servers lost a day of social net working on the Web site Facebook.com during a router error Wednesday. Students at the University, Kennesaw State, Georgia Tech. Clemson and Georgetown report ed problems accessing the site on campus. Bert DeSimone, associate director of Enterprise Information Technology Services, said the University is not blocking the site. “There's no conscious effort to block Facebook at the University,” DeSimone said Wednesday in a telephone interview. “There’s a problem outside of the University System of Georgia with the Internet routers that route messages between domains ... but it’s down stream from us, so to speak.” John Vanchella, special assistant in the Board of Regents office of media and publica tions, said the problem is related to the connec tion between Peach Net and Facebook. The Office of Information and Instructional Technology “is aware of this problem but doesn’t know much about it,” Vanchella said. Peach Net is the state’s communications net work for all of the state’s institutions. But John Millsap, Board of Regents commu nications director, said he didn’t know about the site being inaccessable on some servers. “That sounds like an institutional issue,” Millsap said. Matt Meador, a University student from Lawrenceviile, said he and his friends tried to access Facebook during class Wednesday but couldn't. Later that day, he spoke with his friends at Kennesaw State and Georgia Tech, who were having similar problems. Then he tried to access the site through a different server and instantly connected to the site, he said. “We went to a proxy server online while we were still on campus and we could access every time,” Meador said. Facebook began working on campus late Wednesday, about 24 hours after it stopped. Georgia ► guard Sundiata Gaines looks to pass around Alabama guard Rico Pickett during the game - Wednesday night. The Bulldogs defeated the Crimson Tide 61 to 54. Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3°37 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 The Rfid&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 mSBHk fltKk 4MBI KRISTIN BOYD |Tm Ran aßu > ‘Jeopardy!’ 7:30 tonight on myATL University student Nick Rolader buzzes in tonight on the game show “Jeopardy!” Read of his journey through the world of trivia in our archives at www.redandblack.com. INCREASE SALARIES ► HE SAID: Adams focused on increasing faculty salaries in his 2007 address. ► WHAT HAPPENED: The University budget allocated a 3 percent increase in salary for faculty and staff effective Jan. 1, according to the 2006-2007 Annual Report of Institutional Progress. The salaries of the lowest paid University employees were increased to $20,000, an increase from $12,790 in 2002, according to the report. UNIVERSITY EXPANSION ► HE SAID: Adams expressed a need for building expansion for the art museum and the pharmacy school. ► WHAT HAPPENED: The art museum reached its fundraising goal of S2O million towards a 30,000 sq. ft. extension to the Georgia Museum of Art. The pharma cy school’s expansion will be completed in summer 2009. ► HE SAID: Adams called for future University expan- — mm WHOM I 11 MF * . % riR. ' m M’ .. .. ' k SARA GUEVARA | Tni Rkd * Black ▲ 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Tretheway cheers on the Dogs before reading from her poetry book. Tretheway is a former captain of the University cheerleading squad. Alumna returns to read prize-winning poetry BY ALEX BUSKO The Red & Black Poets may no longer be celebrities in America, but 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and University alumna Natasha Trethewey stood before a crowded lecture hall on Wednesday to read from her latest collection. “Native Guard.” A woman on the front row stood to take Trethewey’s coat as she entered the room. Several others approached her, shaking her hand and praising her work. Flashes from three different photog raphers flooded her with pulses of light. Trethewey, who earned a Resurgent Bulldogs rip Tide to pieces BIY LAWRENCE CONNEFF The Red & Black The Georgia men’s basketball team finally got it right against Alabama Wednesday night at Stegeman Coliseum, holding off a late game rally to get its first SEC win of the season in a 61-54 final. The Bulldogs (10-5, 1-1 SEC) blew a ten-point lead in the final four minutes in Tuscaloosa last year capped of by a controversial buzzer-beater —and again let the Crimson Tide (11-7, 0-3) creep back into the game. Georgia led 55-43 with four minutes Dogs on Ice page 6 Are you freezing today? These University student athletes drive an hour from campus to practice and play in the cold. President Michael Adams set to address issues of concern and top priorities . sion, which included proposed changes for the Navy school site. ► WHAT HAPPENED: In partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, the University proposed to turn the Navy school property in Athens into a medical school by 2012 or 2013, according to a Tuesday news conference. The University submitted its proposal for the Navy school property, and the Board of Regents approved a plan for the site. bachelor’s degree in English, was also the captain of the University Cheerleading Squad. After completing her post graduate studies, Trethewey held teaching positions at Auburn University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. She holds the Phillis Wheatley MEN’S BASKETBALL GEORGIA 61, AIABAMA 54 mj m DELICIOUS ART Anew ATHICA exhibition combines food and art. OUT A ABOUT, SECTION B INCREASE ENROLLMENT ► HE SAID: Adams called for more graduate enrollment in his 2007 speech. ► WHAT HAPPENED: According to the University’s Office of Institutional Research, there were 6,699 graduate students enrolled at the University in the spring semester of 2007 and 6,214 in the fall semester of 2007. The numbers are similar to the enrollments of 6,679 and 6,918 in the spring and fall 2006 semesters. Distinguished Chair and is a professor of poetry at Emory University. The reading was spon sored by the Georgia Review. Stephen Corey, the publica tion’s editor, gave opening remarks and introduced Trethewey to the audience See POET, l\ige 3A remaining, but a late flurry of turnovers allowed Alabama to cut its deficit to four on a pair of Mykal Riley free throws with 1:42 remaining. But junior guard Billy Humphrey responded with a 3-pointer that put the Bulldogs back up by seven with 1:14 left. Immediately after, Sundiata Gaines and Corey Butler forced Riley to turn it over on the other end to thwart the comeback attempt. “We were in a little drought,” Gaines said. “They came back, got a couple See BASKETBALL, Pnge 6A Index UGA Today sa Wire 2a Opinions \\ Variety ab Crossword 3A Sports 6a Sudoku gA