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Study abroad student waits out swine flu
By DALLAS DUNCAN
The Red & Black
Students studying abroad in
Mexico may return home earlier
than expected as the swine flu
sickens hundreds across the
country.
University sophomore Randall
Bourquin who is studying in
Monterrey, Mexico, said the
Mexican government closed all
public gatherings in the coun
try’s capital Saturday, and on
Sunday night closed all schools
until May 6.
Community adds three to list of 22 deceased
Memorial
‘means a lot’
By CAREY O’NEIL
The Red and Black
The North Campus
Chapel endures the noisy
crowds of football
Saturdays and the laugh
ter of alumni weddings,
but Tuesday it endured
something almost
unheard of— silence.
Only the faint chirping
of birds and the click
clack of footsteps could
be heard as the University
Air Force ROTC present
ed the colors for the
annual University
Candlelight Memorial.
More than 100 stu
dents, faculty, family and
friends gathered to
remember University stu
dents, faculty and staff
who passed away during
the last academic year.
As several family mem
bers stood by with grim
smiles, Hannah Hall,
widow of University stu
dent Isaias Ramos, said
she appreciated the
memorial.
“I think it’s great, UGA
really meant a lot to
[Ramos],” she said. “[The
memorial] means a lot to
his parents.”
In his opening address,
University President
Michael Adams acknowl
edged the community’s
loss, offering his condo
lences to those whose
lives had been touched
by the 22 people memori
alized during the service.
Adams also addressed
the recent deaths of three
Town & Gown Players.
“Our community has
been struck somewhat
hard in the last 72 hours,”
he said. “Right now we
are hurting, so we weep
and mourn ... In time, I
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“The last three or four days
[in Mexico], there’s been a lot in
the news about the flu,” he said
in a phone interview Monday.
“There’s this huge degree of
uncertainty of what international
students are going to do.”
The swine flu gained global
attention in the past week after
being linked to more than 1,300
illnesses in Mexico and 64 cases
in the United States, according
to the Center for Disease Control.
No victims have been reported in
Georgia as of Tuesday evening.
Bourquin, whose program is
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know we will find the
strength to laugh again.”
Melissa Gartrell,
daughter of late
University Food Services
worker Ruth Fleming,
said she thought the ser
vice was somewhat valu
able, even though it was
difficult to remember her
loss.
“It kind of makes you
sad,” she said.
As the ceremony con
tinued, candles were lit
for each of last year’s
deaths. While some
fought tears as the flame
was passed, the quiet
was broken only by the
toll of the Chapel bell,
rung once for each who
died.
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independent of the study abroad
office at the University, is living
with other international students
at the University of Monterrey
and said “no one really knows
what to do.” Some students have
left already, and others have
changed travel plans, he said. As
of Monday afternoon, he was try
ing to get in touch with the U.S.
Consulate in Mexico City to
determine if he could re-enter
the United States and stay in
Texas until May 6, when he hopes
the government will have made a
decision on re-opening schools.
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He is concerned about whether
he will receive class credit if he is
unable to return to Monterrey
and finish school, but he will
choose “health before credits,”
he said.
He has been keeping in touch
with both of his schools to keep
track of events, he said.
Bourquin does not know any
one who has been infected with
the swine flu, but knows of one
death in Monterrey so far.
Colleen Larson, a professor of
international affairs, is in charge
of a University-sponsored study
RIDIN’CRAFTY
Car manifests themes of religion, afterlife
By KATIE ANDREW
The Red & Black
Editor’s note: Every
Wednesday, variety writer
Katie Andrew profiles a
different local artist. This
is the final installment in
the series.
Most car-owners have a
blank canvas sitting in
their driveway and don’t
realize it. Four Athenians,
however, have unlocked
the full potential of these
automotive blank slates.
Chris Hubbard
“Most people react to it
with puzzlement and
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More than
100 students,
faculty, staff,
family and
friends attend
ed the annual
University
Candlelight
Memorial,
held at the
Chapel on
North Campus
Tuesday night.
The Chapel
bell rung for
each person
in the commu
nity who
passed away
this year.
shock, the same way they
would a punk rocker walk
ing down the street with a
bunch of piercings,” said
Chris Hubbard, owner of
the local “Heaven and Hell
Car.”
For those who haven’t
faUen victim to whiplash in
the wake of this automo
tive spectacle, Hubbard’s
vehicle is completely
adorned in objects and
text that exhibit a colorful,
cohesive theme of religion
and the afterlife.
“Whether it was
Michelangelo or Howard
Finster or Latin American
[religious art], I’ve always
liked it,” he said.
Hubbard credits his
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abroad in Monterrey. In a phone
interview Tuesday, Larson con
firmed that all universities in
Mexico are closed through May 6
and said “if [students] want to
come home, we’ll work with them
on that.”
She said the University of
Monterrey will be granting stu
dents who may decide to leave
the country early online access
to submit remaining coursework
for the rest of the semester.
Larson said the study abroad
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ZINKHAN
UPDATE
• A woman reported a red
Jeep matching the description
of George Zinkhan Ill’s parked
in a neighbor’s driveway in
Bogart Saturday.
Becky Stonecipher said she
saw the Jeep parked in Gail
and Michael Harsh’s driveway
between 2 and 3 p.m. Saturday,
according to the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
“We were here all day
[Saturday] and we didn’t see
any jeep, and it certainly didn’t
come down our driveway,”
Michael Harsh told The Red &
Black in a telephone interview
Tuesday afternoon.
Stonecipher gave the tip to
police Sunday morning and told
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday morning police had yet
to investigate her sighting.
But the police eventually fol
lowed up.
“[Police] have been here
and asked about it,” Harsh said.
“But again, I don't think there
was a red Jeep around here."
• Amsterdam’s Vrije
University plans on firing
George Zinkhan, a school offi
cial told Volkskrant, a newspa
per in the Netherlands.
The university posted a
message on its Web site, writ
ing in Dutch it was shocked by
the report and “we only can
guess at the motives of Mr.
Zinkhan that we know as a calm
and pardoned researcher.”
In 2006 he was guest facul
ty with the economic sciences
and business administration and
he was appointed in April 2007
as a part-time faculty member.
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managing arrangements for the
Bruce family and Bernstein
Funeral Home of Athens is
managing arrangements for the
Tanner and Teague families.
interest in statues and
imagery to a Catholic
upbringing. His car dis
plays hundreds of different
physical manifestations of
religious metaphors: tiny
wooden saints with clever
names, a “casket” luggage
carrier and quirky phrases
representing the dichoto
my between good and evil.
A self-described agnostic,
Hubbard particularly
eryoys watching public
reaction to his car.
“I like to celebrate my
interest in religious art,
even though I don’t prac
tice organized religion,” he
said. “I knew that some
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