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THURSDAY
July 24, 2008
Vol. 115, No. 161 | Athens, Georgia
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Budget cuts vary, will last two years
By GREG WILSON
The Red & Black
With the economy strug
gling, Chancellor Erroll Davis
has asked the University to
prepare plans for a possible
3.5 percent or 5 percent bud
get cut.
The plan submitted to the
Board of Regents last week
Athlete
stays
despite
2 arrests
A star player on the Georgia
women's soccer team is facing
University probation instead of a
year-long suspension despite
being charged with underage
possession twice
since January by
University police
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on July 19. In CORLESS
January she was
charged with
underage possession, providing
false information and possession
of a fake ID.
Under the University alcohol
policy. Corless would have been
suspended from the University
for the fall and spring semesters
—and for the entire soccer sea
son if found in violation a sec
ond time.
But Kim Ellis, associate dean
of student affairs, said the
University chose not to agree
with the charges brought by a
University police officer in
January.
“In our investigation, there
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ON THE WEB
See soccer star Kelli Corless'
police incident reports regarding
alcohol possession.
Freshmen join
group, connect
through music
By HELEN BURDETTE
Thk Rki> & Black
Anna Harms is a budding
media guru. The incoming fresh
man from Gainesville created a
mixtape music exchange group
on Facebook which, as of press
time, had almost 600 members.
The concept is simple:
Incoming freshmen who join the
group are encouraged to first
invite all of their friends who will
also be attending the University
in the fall.
Harms then randomly pairs
up members of the group by
posting their names together for
everyone to see.
The pairs connect on
Facebook, exchange addresses
and send each other their favor
ite playlist or mix CD.
“While not everyone’s musical
interests are the same, I do
think that music is something
we all have in common,” Harms
said.
But Harms’ musical taste is
something in which everyone in
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outlines how the University
would make due with less in
the 2009 and 2010 financial
years.
Each department and
budgetary unit was asked,
considering its core missions,
where cuts would be made if
it had to cut 3.5 percent or 5
percent, Provost Arnett
Mace said in a telephone
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a The UGA Majorettes perform at the 2008 Countdown to Kickoff Fan Day, hosted on the University’s practice
football field on Saturday, July i9. This Countdown to Kickoffs third annual event was created by past football play
ers Jon and Matt Stinchcomb.
Bulldogs
entertain
fans for
charity
By RYNE DENNIS
The Red & Black
Fifteen minutes before the
start of the third annual
Countdown to Kickoff Fan Day,
hosts —and former University
offensive linemen Matt and
Jon Stinchcomb are running
around, hugging former team
mates, greeting sponsors, and
doing anything they can to
make this event memorable for
players and fans alike. It is part
of the reason the event’s popu
larity has taken off in only three
years.
“I tell you what, Matt and
Jon have done an unbelievable
job of coordinating everything,”
said David Greene, former
Georgia star-quarterback and
co-host of the event. “The event
has taken off every single year,
it’s just getting bigger and big
ger and it’s just exciting to be a
part of it.”
The event, held Saturday at
the Woodruff Practice Fields, is
a benefit to raise money for the
Children's Healthcare of
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interview Wednesday.
“[The process] was a bot
tom-up. with budgetary units
providing information, then
the three senior vice presi
dents as well as the budget
office and the president made
the decision relative to the
information provided,” Mace
said. “This is a strong univer
sity, and we have a strong
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▲ David Greene signs a football for a Countdown to
Kickoff participant. Greene is a backup quarterback for
the Kansas City Chiefs.
Atlanta, Georgia Transplant
Foundation, the Children’s
Tumor Foundation and the
University of Georgia College of
Education's Pediatric Exercise
and Motor Development Clinic.
“Obviously Matt and I start
ed this to help out kids and just
have a Georgia day,” Jon
Stinchcomb said. “And it's real
ly blossomed into something
that's good for both fans and
the charities that benefit."
In addition to repaying the
fans and community of Georgia
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faculty. I am confident we
will get through these trying
times.”
Although the cuts will
affect departments and ser
vices across the board, Mace
is most concerned with
“being able to continue to
provide the quality of educa
tion that we have in the past.
This quality is demonstrated
football for their support, the
event’s charitable support is
why many past and present
Bulldog players come out and
enjoy the festivities.
“More than the fans, it’s for
the children and children’s hos
pital, that's first and foremost,”
former lineman Dennis Roland
said. "Whenever you can come
back and give back to the fans
who helped support you and
made playing at Georgia a
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by the number of national
awards [students] have
received over the past few
years.”
The budget cuts do not
spare campus safety and
security. With the 3.5 percent
cut, the University police will
.be forced to remove five
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An insurance company and
former track athlete sue after
her injury. NEWS, PAGE 3
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Check out the coverage of Georgia
during the SEC media days.
SEC Media
Days begin
with Florida
By TYLER ESTEP
The Red & Black
HOOVER, Ala. At least
there’s something Tim Tebow
doesn’t do well.
“He sings a lot. He likes to
sing, he loves country,” Florida
offensive lineman
Phil Trautwein ’’ M
said “Is he any
good? No. He’s
id"'il at running
the ball, but not
at singing.” :
SEC Football
Media Days
started on
Wednesday, with
the Gators head- •"EYfelf
lining the first
day group that included LBU,
Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.
Despite Florida head coach
Urban Meyer’s educated guess to
the contrary ("Like everything
else, he’s probably really good at
it"), the multi-talented Heisman
winner wasn’t bragging about his
set of pipes, either.
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