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SPELLING BES WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Proposed coal plant contested Public hearings in progress By LEILA MATTIMORE For The Red & Black Students and residents in the state have until Oct. 27 to voice their opinions concerning the con struction of a $2 billion coal-fired power plant proposed for Washington County. Proponents of the plant say it will reduce power prices and cre ate jobs in the state, but adversar ies worry about the potential costs to the environment and local com munity. One student is joining the cam paign to stop the approval of the proposed plant, Plant Washington. lan Karra, a freshman from Roswell, is a member of Georgia Youth for Energy Solutions. “There comes a point when we have to evaluate whether the ener gy needs that our power compa nies are telling us we have are worth sacrificing our air quality, our water quality and the econom ic well-being of other communi ties,” Karra said. Power4Georgians, LLC, a group of electric membership coopera tives (EMCs), has proposed to build the plant in Washington County, just northeast of Sandersville —and about 100 miles south of Athens. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division is responsible for ensuring that the plant com plies with air, water and a number of other environmental regula tions. Power4Georgians submitted its application in January of 2008. The EPD reviewed the application and released draft permits in August of this year. “The air and water impacts of Plant Washington will not be lim ited to Sandersville,” said Mary Carr, renewable energy coordina tor for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. “This is really a statewide issue. Even areas like Augusta will be hit hard, because See COAL, Page 3 v > ’w r ‘ i _ - ' L_j& ,r . \tHmk ‘ ‘ v - aT 11" M flp%t nfe--,H '•* a fflfew #■e-. ,: n \ My f *B®/ 1 ;a HRh| :; ♦• i jis • HHliliiflf?4* U *;• k ■B ■>, RENEE AYLWORTH The Keh * Buck ▲ Cast members rehearse “The Grapes of Wrath" at the Steney-Stovall Chapel on Monday night. a.m. drizzle. High 741 Low GO Thef\ Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 ll f* Y|l jaw, ' wmdir '*2l HP * || m /di <. .w' Jft - iSBk. - -?rtraiysßßii' 1 -• t, '- # —■*at Mm JAKE DANIELS | Tm Kit. * Bulk ▲ Davd Hazinski, right, explains how the newsroom in the Grady College's TV station, WNEG, will work once construction is complete. A large screen behind the main anchor desk will take the place of a physical set. Univ. TV station WNEG has its ups and downs WHAT YOU MISSED: When Dean E. Culpepper Clark interviewed for his position at Grady College, he brought along the idea of the TV station in 2006 after start ing one at the University of Alabama in 2001. Funded through ass million grant by the University of Georgia Research 'Foundation, the station will retain the 32 reporters and sales representatives from Toccoa. After a four-month delay in construction, the dollege just acquired a temporary certificate of occupancy a few weeks ago. Final installation should be complete by December. ON THE WEB Who was talking to a credit card like it was a cell phone? Find out in this week’s Crimewatch. www.redandblack.com Index Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Dirtiest play in town MATT EVANS The Red & Beach After the University the ater’s production of “The Grapes of Wrath,” audience members will probably fore go a night on the town for a shower. If all goes according to plan, anyway. Stifled by the absence of a budget, director George Contini chose to make the set of his production com pletely out of other people’s discarded junk. However, to Contini, the trash-props aren’t just the result of a lacking budget, but are also accurate portrayals of the novel’s imagery. “When I was doing my research, I found these refer ences where Steinbeck described the camps that they used to sleep in as look ing like junkyards," Contini said. “At the same time, my neighborhood was having foreclosures. All of these people were just dumping their belongings in their yard before they left, which inspired me to create the entire set out of junk.” From there, Contini pro posed the idea to the cast. “[I advised them to] start News 2 UGA Today 2 STAY TUNED By CAROLYN CRIST The Red & Buck “We’ll see.” That’s the theme of conver sation about most aspects of the University’s new TV station WNEG which is housed in the first floor of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. David Hazinski, a telecom munications professor, chuck led when he used the phrase several times, giving a tour of the area to be occupied by the Toccoa staff and sets in December. But students at Grady are raiding attics, cellars and farms to get old and rusty items,” he said. But only after receiving tetanus shots. Much to Contini’s sur prise, the cast delivered, bringing in 250 props found either at thrift stores or as discarded trash. “We would grab things in rehearsal and say, ‘Hey what can this be?’ and then make something from it,” Contini said. In fact, the main prop of the play, the jalopy-truck, is entirely composed of trash-items, including the tires, steering wheel and bed. The transformation of trash into props, by defini tion, makes this production a concept play, as the set symbolizes the concept of the characters fighting to overcome poverty. Still, the cast initially found it hard to interact with the junk-props. “In the beginning, [the props] looked to us like a bunch of junk, but as the weeks progressed we really began to see what they rep resented,” said Allison Perfetti, a theater major from Morristown who plays See GRAPES, Rige 2 FAULT? The men’s tennis team has not been performing up to its expectations this season. See what the team thinks. Page 6 Opinions 4 Variety 2 ON THE WEB A video tour of WNEG not laughing. Despite big plans for the future, construction delays and financial problems pushed back the opening of the studio and completely disrupted class plans for many Grady stu dents. Without a studio or news room to produce a broadcast, the capstone production class wasn’t able to produce Newsource 15 the student run show that appeared on Bulldog baseball player arrested over weekend By DANIEL BURNETT Thf. Red & Black Levi Michael Hyams, the starting shortstop for the University baseball team, was arrested and charged with underage possession, giving false information to an officer and possession of a fake ID early Saturday morning. According to the University Police report: Around 12:53 a.m., Hyams, 20, was found lying in bushes after being spotted attempting to scale a fence at the Campus Transit facility on Riverbend Road. When the officer asked him why he was in the bushes, he responded that his friends had left him and he just wanted to sleep. The officer noticed he had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. Hyams said he went downtown, and gave the false name of “Michael Fischer” to the officer, who could not find a Sports 6 Crossword 2 See which organizations are holding spelling bees at www.redandblack.coni Vol. 117, No. 40 | Athens, Georgia Channel 15 at 5 p.m. through last spring. “This is what I call the Tost class of Grady,’” said Faraz Ahmed, a senior majoring in broadcast and finance. “This was my year to be in the pro duction class. I tried it for a week and then dropped it.” Throughout the semester, students were still in the dark about the future of the stu dent-run show. Only at an “Open Mic” meeting on Oct. 1 did students begin to demand answers. “Will we be notified of the See WNEG, Page 5 ON THE WEB Police Documents driver with the name and birth date provided on the fake Virginia driver’s license. After several requests for his real name, the officer opened Hyams’ wallet and HYAMS batting .263 with five home runs and 24 runs batted in. Under Athletic Association rules, Hyams’ arrest will pull him from 10 percent of the games in the spring or five to she games out of the Bulldogs’ 56-game schedule. Hyams declined to com ment when contacted Monday by The Red & Black. MAN ON THE STREET What do students think of President Obama winning of the Nobel Peace Prize? Page 2 Sudoku 5 pulled out a debit card with Hyams’ name on it. Hyams confirmed the card was his and he was placed in custody. Hyams began playing for the Bulldogs last season, replacing Gordon Beckham when he went pro. Hyams played in 61 games,