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FRIDAY
January 18, 2008
Vol. 115, No. 86 | Athens, Georgia
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STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY Adams aims to raise ‘mountains of cash’
BY BRIAN MINK
Thk Red & Black
“2007 may very well have been the best
year ever” for the University, President
Michael Adams said Thursday to a crowd
of predominantly faculty members at his
State of the University address.
Among the chief accomplishments.
Adams said in his annual speech at the
Chapel, was surpassing the Archway to
Excellence fundraising goal of SSOO million
14 months ahead of schedule.
Adams also expressed excitement about
the progress of bringing medical school
courses to the former Navy Supply Corps
School site on Prince Avenue, a develop
ment furthered Tuesday at the Board of
Regents’ meeting.
Adams outlined four of his chief goals
for 2008:
NOT LIKE
THE OTHERS
The case of murdered law student
Tara Baker lives on as the family
seeks to end a seven-year nightmare.
BY BRIAN HUGHES | The Red & Black
Meredith Baker is 22 going on 40.
She walks into a coffee shop Tuesday evening, sporting a pink T-shirt and plaid
pants, a casual combo she immediately apologizes for.
There is a soothing ambiance to the room interrupted by the occasional grind
ing of caffeinated delight.
None of this distracts Baker.
Not the student aimlessly searching for a power outlet, nor the couple at the
next table recording our conversation with prying glances.
Her voice is quiet, steady. Her eyes never waver but look tired, almost sad, as if
they are too washed-out to produce any riiore tears.
“My friends say I act like I’m 30,” she said. “Sometimes they’ll even call me 40.”
Who can blame her?
To the nosy duo probing for juicy bits of information, the conversation may
have seemed like another run-of-the-mill chat heard at any other coffee shop.
But for Baker, this is all too commonplace.
It’s seven years later and here she is again answering questions about the .
unsolved murder of her only sister, 23-year-old University law student
Tara Louise Baker. i L
And to think, she started the conversation with an apology. '
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Multitalented artist hosts NYC designers
BY MANDY RODGERS
The Red & Black
Michael Lachowski has
many roles in Athens local
band Pylon’s bass player, pro
ducer of the magazine Young,
Foxy & Free, modeling agency
Natural Purity and graphic
design company Candy and
trained photographer.
Now, add tour guide to that
long list.
Dan Donahue of Krush Girls
took what he learned from
Lachowski s design company
and began work in New York
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► INCREASING ACCESS TO EDUCATION
The University should better reflect the ethnic profile of the state, Adams said, noting that
this year's freshman class is the most ethnically diverse and academically prepared in the
history of the school.
"Real success will have been achieved only when the percentages
are such that, frankly, we are able to quit calculating them each year and
fretting over slight changes," he said. “Frankly, we are not there yet."
One key to ensuring universal access to education is providing mere
financial support for lower-income students.
Ethnic minorities make up 21 percent of this year’s freshman class,
he said. Blacks are the largest minority, at 8.2 percent.
► IMPROVING THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE
More tenure-track faculty need to teach first- and second-year courses, senior faculty
need to teach undergraduates and the school needs more endowed faculty, Adams said.
These, along with improved resources for the library and more Honors and freshman
seminar offerings, will further the University's academic mission.
“There is simply no way around it - we will have to continue to raise mountains of cash"
to make those goals happen, Adams said.
City. He mentioned Young,
Foxy & Free to his new design
er friends of the Loden Dager
men’s clothing line.
“(Loden Dager) was think
ing of doing a road trip to the
South to do some photographs
for their spring and summer
clothing advertisements,”
Lachowski said. “The idea was
that I would have them all
hang out at my house.”
In addition to taking pic
tures around Athens, the
group wrote a blog about the
experience for The New York
Times’ style magazine T. The
On the Web
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YOUNG FOXY FREE
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• httpi/lhemoment.bloos.rrytimes.
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• yffmag.com
• lodendager.com
magazine picks guest writers
for its blog called “The
Moment” and asked Loden
Dager to participate.
“We broke it into three days
in Athens,” Lachowski said. “I
ended up assisting in finding
See FOXY, Pane S
Meet Liza
page 5
This pharmacy school student
chowed on doughnuts before
the Miss University of Georgia
2008 pageant and still was able
to perform a dance and twirl
routine and win the crown.
► IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
The University ranks ninth in the country lor international education. Adams
said 30 percent of graduating seniors participated in a residential study abroad
program during their college career. But, Adams recognized, 70 percent did not
study abroad.
The key to increasing that number is providing more core classes at study
abroad locations to ensure students, particularly sophomores, do not fall behind
while going abroad.
“We yet need to establish year ; round opportunities for UGA students in
Asia, Africa and both a German- and French-speaking locale,’ he said.
► ENHANCING RESEARCH
The University must attract a strong population ol graduate students and
aggressively pursue grant monies, Adams said.
As evidence of success in 2007, Adams pointed to a S2O million biofuels
research grant for the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and research at
the Georgia Cancer Center.
“The state and the nation depend on the creativity and discovery that ema
nate from" research institutions, he said. “It is an obligation, not an option."
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FILE PHOTO ' Thi Rrd * Black
(Above) Tara Baker’s family attend a memorial at
the Arch in 2006.
(Below) Baker was murdered at 160 Fawn Drive
in the Deer Park neighborhood, where most of
the* houses look the same.
Gym Dogs under pressure
to prolong winning streak
BY TYLER ESTEP
The Red & Bi.ack
The now-second-ranked Gym
Dogs opened their season last
weekend with meets at No. 3
Utah and No. 5 Stanford, drop
ping a close decision in Salt Lake
City Friday before winning at
Palo Alto Sunday.
The road to a fourth consecu
tive national title doesn't get any
easier in Gainesville today, as
A SAD GOODBYE
Bill Richards publishes his
last cartoon in The Red &
Black. OPINIONS, PAGE 4
Georgia faces its third straight
top-5 opponent, the Florida
Gators.
All of this comes before the
Gym Dogs host their home open
er. After starting the season atop
the rankings, the Gym Dogs will
meet Florida with the teams 1-2
for the second consecutive regu
lar season.
“Honestly, we don’t really know
See GYMDOGS, Piige 6
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Crossword 3
Sports 6
Sudoku 9