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See new coach Mark Fox's plan for this seasons basketball team. Page 5 WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Theft tops crime list on university campuses By CAREY O’NEIL The Red & Black More prevalent than the swine flu, more costly than parking tickets and more traumatizing than game day vomit, theft has been the biggest problem at sev eral universities for years. The police departments of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Mississippi, University of Florida at I ißilt t, -liajgji. PHOTOS BY JAKE DANIELS Thk Red * Buick (Clockwise from top left) Erika Rickson, Mary Joyce, Erica Strout and Mandy Branch, members of Incendiaries. Incendiaries better able to ‘focus on the music’ By CHRIS MILLER The Red & Black The name Incendiaries implies something explosive and loud. Though that doesn’t describe the road the band has taken during the course of its formation, it is without a doubt a per fect fit for the sound that comes out of the speakers. Richt has to answer unfamiliar question Football coaches have 'concerns' By FLETCHER PAGE Thi Red & Black Georgia head coach Mark Richt, sitting in the customary chair at his weekly press confer ence Tuesday, answered an unfamiliar question regarding the state of his program. After losing two consecutive Southeastern Conference panics and the Bulldogs out of the polls with a 3-3 record, Georgia athletic director Damon Evans said in an e-mail to the Atlanta Journal- Constitution he had “concerns” about the team. Richt said those “concerns” Q&A WITH QUEERS Set- what the audience asked about the myths ’fr LGBT community. ** www.redandblack.com if rain- High 621 Low 52 The Redixßlack An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 Gainesville, and University of Georgia all list theft as the number one problem on their campuses. “The top five crimes would be theft, theft, theft, theft and theft,” said UF Police Captain Jeff Holcomb. “All crimes are our concern, but that’s what we’ve dealt with.” BOOM, BOOM, POW! “Sometimes you see all female bands, and [they’re]. quieter,” said vocalist and guitarist Mary Joyce, also of not-quiet local acts Maximum Busy Muscle and Shitty Candy and the Circus Peanuts. “That’s the assumption, that it’s going to be a folk duo. So we have a good time being really loud.” FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK were about the season, not the program, and that he shares the sentiment with Evans. “I have concerns about the season, of course, with the way we’ve played,” he said, with the tense sort of look you’d expect from a coach who has never lost more than four games in a sea son. Richt pointed out the No. 2 final ranking in 2007 and his team’s finishing in the top 10 for six of the past seven years. However, previous success wasn’t making the chair Richt perched in any more comfort able. “That’s the past, I under stand that,” Richt said. “But when you start talking about a program, I think you have to Index Wednesday, October 14, 2009 MWJAIMSON UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said his department fights thefts by edu cating students and faculty. “Our biggest deterrence to crime is getting students, faculty and staff to think crime can hap pen here,” he said. “[As] with everything in crime prevention, it’s a partnership between police ; WA r — ttt- — im mk (k j When you think Incendiaries, you shouldn’t just think “girls with gui tars.” The band cites influ ences such as Erase Errata and Drive Like Jehu and has been playing heavy math rock in Athens for three years. Incendiaries began as a project between Joyce and guitarist/vocalist Erica start looking at where we’ve been in the recent history here.” To think Richt would field a question regarding the state of Georgia football seems alien, considering his two SEC cham pionships, last season’s No. 1 preseason ranking and a cur rent roster packed with premi um talent But the negativity is here and now. “The other thing is the sea son is not over it’s just not over,” Richt said. “When some of your main eroals not neces sarily fall by the wayside, but become less attainable, it’s tough on everybody. We are very concerned about how this season has gone, and we are battling as hard as you can See RICHT, Page 5 CORAL REEF IN GEORGIA? How did one University ' student find a rare form in Georgia? Find out on page 3 News 2 Opinions 4 and the community.” Randy Young, informa tion specialist for the UNC Department of Public Safety, said education is also his university’s main theft defense. “We have a dedicated community response unit on campus that really tries to work with student groups and get out and be more visible than some of See CRIME, Page 3 Strout. The two would write songs independently before coming together for practic es. They added Mandy Branch of Down With the Woo on bass and cycled through drummers until coming across Erika Rickson. “This line up now really See BAND, Page 2 ADORABLE ADOPTIONS RENEE AYLWORTH | Thk Rri> a Black ▲ Forgotten Friends held its first adoption day Tuesday at Tate Plaza. The event, which was held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., brought ACC Animal Control and several of their adoptable puppies and dogs to campus. Variety 2 Sports 5 Sexual Assault Burglary Alcohol & Weapons Offenses Drug Law offenses’ Violations 5 9 45 373 13 0 0 27 47 1 1 6 49 430 10 rgj 10 12 17 215 5 ’doesn’t include public drunkenness Students’ father runs for governor Sons talk about life in the spotlight By DREW WHEATLEY The Red & Black #• For University students Guyton, Inman and Asa Porter, politics is a family affair. Their father, Dußose Porter, is the minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives. He has represent ed Dublin in the House since 1982, before any of his sons had been bom. But things changed slightly this April when Porter announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination I in the 2010 Georgia I'Sp gubernatorial election. I ft; fl “Dad’s been in poli tics since before we were born.” said Inman Porter, a sophomore Fl finance major. “But this is a lot, grander scale. It’s not just Laurens County or Dublin it’s PORTER a big statewide election. It’s a lot more exciting and a lot more work.” The three brothers, along with their oldest brother Stephen, a 2007 University graduate, have spent con siderable time during the last several months traveling to localized political events on behalf of their father’s cam paign, where they have been speaking to voters and handing out “thousands” of bumper stickers. “We’ll go there, wear our [Dußose Porter] T-shirts, and talk to people and let them know what Dußose is about,” said Guyton, a senior English major. The three brothers said they recog nize that their actions at the University are likely under increased scrutiny, but they aren’t too worried about mud slinging being directed toward them. See SONS, Page 2 DAWGTOBERFEST Even though there aren’t free flu shots, this year’s Dawgtoberfest still has plenty to offer. Page 3 Vol. 117, No. 42 [ Athens, Georgia Crossword 2 Sudoku 5