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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY January 13, 2009 Vol. 116, No. 80 | Athens, Georgia Mostly Cloudy. High 531 Low 26 ONLINE: wwwjedandblack.com Univ. reduces academic journal ‘cut list’ Final list created from feedback By CAITLIN BYRNES The Red & Black The University administra tion and library staff managed to save 1,000 of the academic journals up for cancellation, however, 600 journals will still be cut this month. In a Friday e-mail to all University staff, faculty and stu Athens native • pursues golf dream By NICK PARKER The Red & Black As Leigh Crosby perused over the col umns of Golfweek magazine last spring, she couldn’t believe what she was read ing. With a number of players graduating or transferring, the Georgia women’s golf team was in desperate need for players for the upcoming season. Crosby, a home sick Athens native who played her first two golf seasons at the Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., was already planning to move back home to explore other colle giate golf possibilities closer to this area. “I had read articles and at the end of the semester, I talked to my parents and I really wanted to move,” Crosby said. “I loved Orlando, but knew I wanted a change.” She is now a junior at the University. After requesting her release from Central Florida, she eagerly initiated con tact with women’s golf coach Kelley Hester to explore the possibility of play ing for her dream school. “It was the end of the semester, and I called Kelley and asked her if she was interested and from there it was perfect,” Crosby said. “It was not much work by either of us since I was already planning on moving home, and I live five minutes from home, so it was an easy move.” And her coach couldn’t be anymore pleased with the way it has turned out. “Well, I think, since Leigh is from Athens, she obviously loves the University and Athens,” Hester said. “We have one other Georgia [native] player [named] Tess Fordham, but she’s a freshman. So I think in recruiting and being around other girls, it’s great to have someone that has such a great appreciation for Athens and UGA.” For Crosby, who didn’t start playing golf until the late age of 14, it’s been a long journey. But she couldn’t be more excited to finally be playing for the home town school as the spring season approaches. See GOLF, Page 6 Junior Leigh Crosby off Athens joins the Georgia women’s golf team this season after transferring from Central Florida. Performer creates music with bugs By JESSICA BROWN The Red & Black For anyone who cannot choose what job they want to pursue in the future, take a cue from Irene Moon. Instead of sacrificing one avenue for another, she combined all of her loves music, lectures and bugs into one passionate and eccentric lifestyle. Originally named Katja Seltman, Moon studied entomology at the University during the early ’9os. During her 10 years in Athens, she performed various acts around town and as record ed her first album in 1996. “(I performed) a DJ Cabaret act, called ‘Very Nice,’ and started doing shows with the lectures and Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3037 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 dents, Associate Provost of libraries William Potter said the University was able to save many j oumals thanks to the President’s Venture Fund and a redistribu tion of the library budget. “I think we can all take some consolation in the fact that the list has been significantly reduced/’ Potter’s e-mail said. The subscription cuts to jour- Home on the (golf) range IRENE MOON Accompanied by: World Provider, Kevin Blechdom When: 6:30 tonight Where: Flicker Theatre and Bar Price: $5 slide shows.” She has since toured all over the United States and Europe with “noise music” bands, making famous her lectures that are given while insect sounds and electron ica music play in the back ground. Moon will be performing in the Flicker Theater and Bar tonight with Kevin Blechdom. Blechdom is something of a kindred spirit to Moon, as another artist to have Fight for the right page 3 T\vo students filed a constitutional lawsuit against the government after being issued a noise ordinance last January. Get the update inside. The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 198 0 u J& mKitag ii 4k/ • ? •, 'Mb&I tfkh *•-a' -• ' I- tmih r r,*i ii V jgMßißMtew- -t-w bHv; . Wk 4 l fr'Ykiiiri i BB | H / Wmmm SH m ggH b n ‘ JBH /.V §1 : f|||§f| ? 9 ./4S iff''*! 1 1 S Wr’ I I m BLAKE LIPTHRATT | Thb Red a Black nals like Advanced Critical Care and Africa Confidential will save the University $700,000 annual ly- The final “cut list” was created based on faculty and student comments received September to December of last year. changed her name— Kevin is actually a female origi nally named Kristin Erickson. Moon and Blechdom have “performed together for the past few years,” Moon said. “We both pres ently live in Tallahassee.”. Tonight will result in a different kind of music from what both women are used to performing. “(We will perform) kind of zany, silly, bluegrass types of songs ... using traditional and non-traditional instru ments ... (such as) heavily processed instruments like the banjo.” Alongside this bluegrass music, “we will be tap dancing ... it will be very See BAND, Page 3 “I really want to stress that we appreciate the faculty input,” Potter said in an interview Tuesday. “They are read by the University and its students. If there is damage done, it is to instruction and research.” There were nearly 5,000 responses regarding the original “cut list,” 40 percent of which came from University students, Potter said. “It’s a shame to cut any jour nals,” said Malcolm Adams, a professor of mathematics, in a POTTER H wHi W ** w: g fIH iiiiiiiifiiiitiitlit-' .. BBBtS ~>•• * 1 , W* BrlHr* Sh 191 Wm \ w 1 \sm 1 /i . f 8v Ml SCOTT YOUNG | Thr Red a Buck A Students bike down Lumpkin Street Monday. Despite warm weather during the day, temperatures fell to 33 degrees. Legendary Landers page 6 Lady Bulldogs’ coach Andy Landers is one win away from becoming the fifth women’s basketball coach to acquire 800 wins, but how does he compare to other famous Georgia coaches? phone interview Tuesday. “That’s how we live and it’s our main research tool. But I think it is something we need to do in gen eral see what we need and don’t need.” However, not everyone is happy with the way the journals are being cut. “You never know which jour nal you are going to need,” said Matthew Tanner, a computer science graduate student from See JOURNALS, Page 3 TAKE A STROLL The Georgia Museum of Art is showing Hitchcock films. VARIETY, PAGE 5 MORE INFORMATION For more information about sex ual assault and prevention, con sult the following resources: Larry Gourdine, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator Office of Violence Prevention: 706-542-7233 Kathryn Keith Sims, Executive Director of Safe Campuses Now 706-354-1115; kksims@safe campusesnow.org ACC Police: 706-613-3345 UGA Campus Police: 706-542- 5813 Female reports Sunday rape By CAITLIN BYRNES The Red & Black A black female in her early twenties reported she was raped Sunday between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. in the Riverbend Apartment complex. According to the Athens Clarke-County police report: Officer John Jennings met with the victim at St. Mary’s Hospital where she described the event. The suspect is a white University Ph.D student who goes by “Mike.” The incident was alcohol related and there are seven documented witnesses. The victim can identify the suspect and intends to press charges, according to the report. Efforts to reach ACC Police for clarification were unsuccessful as of Tuesday night. In the last year, there have been five rapes. Last semester, there was only one. Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 5 Crossword 2 Sports 6 Sudoku 5

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