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MONDAY January 12, 2009 Vol. 116, No. 79 | Athens, Georgia D Sunny. High 541 Low 30 ONLINE www.redandblack.com mtm pSEP® jrrf t y i jH v : ’ y - ! 11 MB£L.Mr 1 VlMpi t „ im iBWHI ^ 0n ' * jF\ ■■ . SbH^ ; || ' k S 1 j* ■ jSjfi& r '-< ‘"i’- •’. A Hr *- . •■<.. JBH w %S®o: HHHmHHP ®*l Hi: r ■I- TgHHr __ ~*^ .j^jm x >, 1 v sp! ? Kw' sk&j|Hl pj, yt-' ’ .■ !,# ~ ,J||fe. ■.- r’ ■ - 'tMc' * T^isi , Bgj* * >!iBBk f , mh^wP& FRANNIE FABIAN | The Red a Biack ▲Shireen Judeh, president of Athens for Justice in Palenstine, protests in solidarity for Gaza. The protes tors marched from Woodruff Park to the CNN center. It was one of many protests calling for ceasefire. Demographics merge to end Gaza violence <n> l j 9 FRANNIE FABIAN] The Red * Black A Children protest the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. More than 880 people have been reported dead since Dec. 27. ON THE AIR Culture, tradition perseveres despite new location in Tate By LAURIE MCGOWAN The Red & Black As the birthplace of leg ends R.E.M. and DJ Danger Mouse, it’s no wonder WUOG is causing such a commotion, rehashing old memories as it packs up and relocates to its new home inside Tate. Indeed, the history of the station lends itself well to Athens’ fame, and some of the town’s distinction is actu ally because of WUOG’s long time on the air. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Memorial Hall had been the beloved home of 90.5 FM for 36 years mak ing this a momentous move. “WUOG’s No. 1 fan is a man named Richard Worley, who lives in the mountains of North Carolina and somehow magically gets WUOG,” said Jenny Peck, the general man ager of the station. “If I was 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 1893, INDEPENDENT 19 B'o CALLING FOR JUSTICE ever late to the station and it was not turned on before 8:15, I would get a call from Richard on the request line asking me why we were off the air.” It is sensible, then, to ask what has put this memorable venue into retirement? Well, the answer is actually quite rudimentary Memorial Hall will soon be the site of anew student services building, functioning much like the Bursar’s Office does now. It seems unfortunate WUOG should have to move, however, “the good thing is that Memorial wasn’t initially made to be a radio station we just had a DJ booth and built sound-proof walls,” Peck said. “But Memorial did have a character all of its own with stuff pinned to the walls and graffiti from bands and people who had passed through the new space is a bit corpo Queen Rollerball page 5 The Classic City Rollergirls are seeking women 18 and up to attend roller derby “boot camp.” The faint of heart need not apply. By TIFFANY STEVENS The Red & Black As the crossfire between Palestinian and Israeli forces continues, students on campus in support of both sides approach the conflict with different solutions for peace. Though armed conflicts have occurred between the two nations before, the most recent conflict occurred Dec. 27 when Israel began its attack against Hamas, a Palestinian political and military organization. More than 880 people have been reported dead since the initial attack, according to New York Times reports. Shireen Judeh, a senior from Duluth and president of Athens for Justice in Palestine, said the war in Israel affects her particularly because she is of Palestinian-American descent. Judeh said she feels she has a moral obligation to make her community aware of the Palestinians’ plight. “The most recent atrocities in the Gaza Strip have deeply affected anyone and everyone who has heard of them,” Judeh said. “At the [pres ent] time ... over 800 people in Gaza have lost their lives at the hands of the criminal Israeli war machine, one third of those people are chil dren, and over 3,200 people have been wound ed.” Yasmin Yonis, a sophomore from Lawrenceville, said her involvement in the fight for justice in Palestine stems from her commit ment to human rights, rather than from a dis like of the Israeli nation. “Without the U.S., [the conflict] would not be happening,” Yonis said. “My tax dollars are being used billions, billions and billions of dollars a year are being sent to Israel to fund genocide, to fund murder.” See GAZA, Page 3 FRANNIE FABIAN I Thk Red a Buck ▲ WUOG, a student-run radio station, moved from Memorial Hail to its new location in Tate Friday. rate feeling at the moment.” Yet fear not although the locale has changed, tradi tion has not. “Just because we are in a corporate space does not mean we’ll have corporate music. We are sticking to our music philosophy. We want to try to preserve the culture of WUOG,” Peck said. Sticking to tradition they are —and have been. As the place where it all began for Of A Montreal and R.E.M., Live in the Lobby still airs today. Ears were first privy to DJ Danger Mouse during the Halftime Hip-Hop Show, and it, too, remains on the air waves with host Akeeme Martin. In retrospect, members of WUOG view the move in a positive light as well. “It’s a newer bigger place in a better See RADIO, Page 5 Gym Dogs Woes page 6 Find out what troublespots created the Gym Dogs’ lowest all around team score since the 2005 NCAA Regional. ON THE WEB See what The Red & Black says about last weeks news. www.redandUack.com Students’ jobs at risk from low funds By RAISA HABERSHAM The Red & Black University students who have part-time jobs through work-study programs may lose their positions because of low federal funding. The Office of Student Financial Aid is changing the way it awards federal work study and “will no longer hold positions for returning students,” according to an e-mail sent early last week to all University federal work-study students. Federal work-study is given on a “first come, first serve” basis, and the office encourages students to complete the financial aid application as early as possi ble, even if they intend to return to the same department. “We anticipate that for 2009-10 Award Year those funds will run out even earlier, perhaps as early as March,” Sherryl Fern, the University’s federal work-study coor dinator, wrote in a Jan. 7 e-mail. The University averages between 365 to 375 students who are awarded and employed under the federal work-study program annually. There is no set maxi mum number of federal work-study stu dents per department. See JOBS, Page 3 i lisp 1 • - < *1 . HP® BMHWHIBIHPWiIIHHBH 1 1' 1 n 7^ jBBHMBHBWMBHKHWfc • I LANA MCQUINN I The Red Buck ▲ South Carolina’s Jewel May attempts to block Georgia’s Danielle Taylor during the game Sunday. Lady Dogs’ coach approaches lofty career milestone Junior playmaker aids in 799th victory By MANIK K. GUPTA The Red & Black Andy Landers is one step away from achieving a milestone that only four other Division I women’s basketball coaches before him have accomplished. Eight hundred victories. But, before the Georgia women’s bas ketball coach can celebrate number 800, he needed a big basket from his junior playmaker to save the day to get number 799. And Ashley Houts did not disappoint. With the score tied at 63 with 1:10 remaining in the contest, Houts scored six straight points to help lead Georgia (10-6, 1-1 SEC) to a 69-63 victory over South See HOOPS, Page 7 Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 5 Crossword 2 Sports 6 Sudoku 7