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Saving the * lives of Jft Athens’ wiidisfe^ WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM FOR UNIVERSITY QUEENS, BEAUTY IS . MORE THAN SKIN DEEP ■F& - jJsF . ~ ll! nir Miit m mßm aJHHp $ a JHH ■* ? '& . f jft w' ,,|flp| pjL £>' * : mUmulml uIBBSI ; •* ,''.JH jtO % .:|j|P' m,. - ,■ $> * filmt I * ,t '||^ v f|fWJ|Wi Wfflp j; fIHHr Jj||p DANIEL SHIREY | The Red a Black By CHELSEA COOK The Red & Black Bless his heart. Miss Gwinnett County has a boy friend. He may not have realized there are some responsibilities that come with thgt .title; “We call them pageant boyfriends,” said Jessica Black, the title-holder and University senior from Garfield. “Because there are some guys that get it and some guys that don’t. He holds my little marker when I have to sign auto graphs and takes pictures and stuff. He’s really sup portive, I really appreciate that about him.” Miss Gwinnett County also has a part-time job as a pharmacy technician for CVS, five finals next week, six more games where she’ll cheer on the Diamond Dogs as a Diamond Darling, bingo nights at a nursing home twice a week, gradu ate school applications to be a physician’s assistant and she still doesn’t have her dress picked out for the Miss Georgia pageant this summer. She’s not the only one. University students have 14 reigning pageant queens among their peers for 2009 half of them will go on to the Miss Georgia pageant, whose queen could be crowned the next Miss America. Between media appear- ON THE WEB The semester is ending, HHHK but we’ll be in session _ gW f all summer long. Stay Spjll!?'' up-to-date with local and campus news at redandblack.com. sunny. High 801 Low 60 Theirs liliMlviaillKlUl Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 !#& $q ffi| § -'’A.jv "\os ” 1 *v *' iB/ pt Iks >1 HL SV - j >jr '• ■ 1 >’• IsßSmjSSßm HflSju vid Pr ' lit.' H| r • 9H| Jf ft, ’ft • WyMm w mk Jft k^g* yft* BBwWfcY vgfljwßfr i DANIEL SHIREY | The Red a Black ► (Right) Miss Warner Robins, Channing Wood, is majoring in biology and works in the poultry science iab. (Below) Georgia Watermelon Queen, Lindsay Mann, plays the harp and piano for weddings and other events. They are two of 14 reigning pag eant queens at the University. DANIELLE MOORE ! The He i, . Bea, k ▲ (Above) Miss Gwinnett County, Jessica Black, works as a pharma cy tech at CVS. (Right) Miss Black & Gold Georgia, Tiffany Hobbs, is a Ramsey fitness instructor. ances and 8 a.m. classes, interview coaches and all night study sessions, these 14 women hardly are run ning on empty. They are on the con trary mastering their time management and using every aspect of their busy lives as fuel for their journey. Friday, May i, 2009 jhf ' pBR& suW J i 1 ...| W .u,T- *■ % • % W f|| _ % %, w aSB 9Hw|, jKAji* taV tBI 7* 7* 7* Miss Southern Heartland, Laura Stone, just recently got into pag eants because she was “freaking out about pay ing for college.” This sfeems to be a common sentiment among the women —and even in . GETTING OUT OF A FUNK Index WAITES LASETER | The Red * Black the most dismal econo mies there is a lot of scholarship money that comes with the crown. “I’m going to college for free this semester,” Black said. “I paid for See QUEENS, Page 5 Coming off a second loss to Jacksonville State, the Georgia baseball team is looking to regain its form and play like a top 10 team. See Page 11. News 2 Opinions 4 Zinkhan: the man behind the manhunt By DANIEL BURNETT The Red & Black Before he was George Martin Zinkhan 111, the alleged murderer, he was Martin the smart and likable kid from the Boys’ Latin School of Maryland. That smart, likable kid eventually grew into a polished professor at the University of Houston. William Locander was on the team that hired Zinkhan as a marketing professor there. He said he remem bers Zinkhan as a prolific scholar and a family man. “He liked to get out with his kids from his first marriage,” Locander said. “He was very devoted to his children.” For Locander, memories of Zinkhan are not com prised solely of mug shots and police tape. There are picnics, social events with families —- images of a man with a genuine interest in listen- ing to people. “This is an absolute, total shocker,” Locander said. “People [who knew him] just can’t believe it was George.” Locander said Zinkhan enjoyed badmin ton in the backyard and had an indescrib able sense of humor. He added that Zinkhan, intently focused on establishing his career in marketing research, was also student oriented and generous with his time See ZINKHAN, Pane 2 e jMjT'.IBUMWBK - | JIM DIFFLY | The Red & Black ▲ Senior Ross Ridgewell hopes to leave his name “etched in the record books and be remembered.” Aussie races clock to score track title By ZACH DILLARD The Red & Black Roo is determined to leave a legacy. Ross Ridgewell, affectionately dubbed “Roo” by a former coach, was destined to make a significant difference somewhere even if he had to make one on the opposite side of the world. The native Australian has nestled his way comfortably into the University’s community in his three years in Athens, as well as in the Georgia track and field record books. Asa senior middle distance runner, Ridgewell holds the fourth-best time in Georgia history in the outdoor 800-meter run, and he understands he has only a few more chances to break the mark and win an SEC and NCAA 800-m title. “I have been here [at Georgia] for three years now and have absolutely fallen in love with this place,” said Ridgewell, named an All-American after his junior indoor season. “I would love to leave my name etched in the record books and be remembered here for a long time.” The conference and national titles have proven to be elusive for Ridgewell in his ten ure on the track. In his junior indoor See RIDGEWELL, I'age 12 SECRET GARDEN f Variety 6 Sports 10 Page 8 Vol. 116, No. 149 Something is blooming on top of the geography building. One University class built a rooftop garden that is helping to feed the hungry in Athens. Check out our Web site for the story. Crossword 2 Sudoku 11 Athens, Georgia George Zinkhan in college.
