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Stadium renovation disturbs Reed
By NATHAN SORENSEN
The Red & Black
Bulldozers may be disturb the doz
ing of Reed Hall residents when heavy
construction on Reed Alley begins
next Monday.
The Office of University Architects
plans to expand the congested game
day corridor by excavating the what
is now elevated Reed Alley, leveling it
with the stadium entrance and con
cessions area.
The $8.6 million project is expect
ed to start on Feb. 15 and be com
pleted before the first home football
Plucking at the Heartstrings
CONCERT
What: The Athens Folk Music
& Dance Society Presents:
The Sweethearts Duet Hoot
Where: The Melting Point
When: 8 tonight
Price: Free
Couples play
special duets
By MICHAEL PROCHASKA
The Red & Black
Almost half a century
after Johnny Cash and
June Carter stood side by
side on a dimly lit stage,
lowering their heads into a
microphone and melodi
ously flirting with true
love, local musicians at
New Earth Music Hall will
recapture the magic that
accompanies love set to
music on stage.
“One thing that’s really
good for people in love is
to have something to do
together,” Page Campbell,
singer of Hope for
Agoldensummer, said.
Music is the common
interest of Page and her
boyfriend, Dan Donahue.
“We are going to per
form one of the first songs
we wrote, which was a love
song," Donahue said. “For
a while we weren’t in the
same place ... we would sit
on the computer and work
out songs. It definitely
brought us together and
helped the lonely times."
Campbell and Donahue
are only two of the many
couples that will sing of
the romantic zeal that
sparked their affection at
the third annual
Sweethearts Duet Hoot,
presented by the Athens
Folk Music and Dance
Society.
In fact, Campbell’s
father, alumnus Jimmy
Campbell of the early
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game in September.
Along with the 45,000 total square
feet planned for the northern corridor,
the Office of University Architects’
plans include easier access to East
Campus Road, additional stadium
restrooms and concessions, and space
for student group activities, University
programs and live music.
But some residents in Reed Hall
said they are unhappy about the con
struction that will be right outside
their walls.
“It’s terrible,” said Mark Kim, a
freshman from Marietta, whose room
is on the first floor of Reed Hall. “I
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musical acts by many couples, including Page Campbell and Dan Donahue.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Bulldogs defense leads to win over top-20 team
By NICK PARKER
The Red & Black
Georgia’s Jekyll and Hyde effort on
the defensive end continued Saturday
night in a 72-58 win over No. 20
Vanderbilt at Stegeman Coliseum.
Georgia still ranks No. 9 in the SEC
in scoring defense, but Saturday night
was progress.
After playing defense for only the
first half against Arkansas, Georgia
put together a full 40 minutes against
the Commodores, holding the second
best offense in the SEC to Just 33 per
cent shooting on the game.
“Everybody played hard, like the
whole 40 minutes,” said freshman
guard Vincent Williams. “We’ve been
practicing defense and that’s how you
win games: defense.”
wish they had told us before the fall
semester that they’d be doing con
struction."
Derek Schuber, architectural
designer, and Danny Sniff, campus
architect in the Office of University
Architects, met with the students of
Reed Hall in December and discussed
different challenges that could arise
during construction, such as noise
level and Reed Alley access.
The students were given the option
to either move to another hall or stay
for a discounted price, said Reed
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That practice paid off.
“We pride ourselves on defense, and
when we don’t play defense the right
way, it bothers us," said sophomore
forward Trey Thompkins. “Tonight we
came out and put extra emphasis on
it, that we were going to try to defend
to the best of our abilities.”
In Georgia’s previous three games
all losses the defense had allowed
its opponents to average 51 percent
shooting, and head coach Mark Fox
frequently lamented the Georgia
defense, saying it would be unable to
get wins until it could get stops.
Wednesday’s loss against Arkansas
epitomized that, as the Razorbacks
shot 64 percent in the second half to
erase a 15-point Georgia lead, beating
the Bulldogs 72-68.
So when Vanderbilt took the half
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▲ The Coca-Cola Refreshment Center in
Sanford Hall Is one of many indications that
the University is a ‘Coke-exclusive’ campus.
Coca-Cola is
king of pop
Company owns exclusive
rights to soft drink sales
By DALLAS DUNCAN
The Red & Black
It’s everywhere.
It's on the sidelines of Sanford Stadium. It's in
the dining halls. It’s on scoreboards and vending
machines, at golf lnvitationals and in the Terry
College of Business.
It’s always, Coca-Cola.
“I would say that Coke has a huge presence on
campus,” said J. Michael Floyd, executive director of
Food Services. “To my recall, I can never remember
a student asking for a non-Coke product.”
Floyd said Coca-Cola agrees to sell products to
Food Services for a certain price 74 cents for a
20-bunce bottle.
But Food Services operations are not the only
places where Coke has made its mark on the
University.
The Coca-Cola Refreshment Center in Sanford
Hall, for example, was named following a private gift
of $500,000 from the Coca-Cola Foundation given to
support the building’s construction, said David
Dodson, public relations coordinator for Terry.
Coca-Cola paid for a renovation and refurbish
ment of the lounge over the winter break, which
included installing fiat-panel screens for students to
use with their laptops, allowing them to work on
assignments on a larger scale, Dodson said.
“Coca-Cola Company was the logical corporation
to approach for a gift naming the lounge,” he said,
adding that the company’s CEO at the time was
1969 University graduate Doug Ivester.
Dodson said the gift was purely philanthropic,
not business related.
“There’s no quid pro quo, no contingency of ‘if
you do this for us, we’ll do this for you,’” he said.
But elsewhere on campus, both the University
and Coca-Cola benefit from contractual agree
ments.
“UOA is a Coke-exclusive campus,” said Bobby
Woodard, associate director of student affairs.
“Exclusive means that corporations like Coca-Cola
and Pepsi-Cola bid for the right to be the only bever
age soda and water sold on a particular cam
pus."
He said Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the two major play
ers, would bid based on the amount of money they
would give the University in return for the University
only selling its product.
Being “Coke-exclusive” also means the nearest
place to buy directly competitive soft drinks not
produced by the Coca-Cola Company is on Jackson
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time lead by three despite Georgia
being up by as much as 10 in the first
half —and increased its lead to eight
out of the gates, it looked as if Georgia
would succumb to the lackluster
defense that has plagued the squad in
its 11 losses this season.
Instead, the expected roles
reversed. Vanderbilt’s defense went
into hibernation, and Georgia scored
49 second-half points on 67 percent
second-half shooting. Georgia ran
with the lead behind its highest offen
sive output in a half this season.
“I was much more pleased with the
defense tonight. The other day’s game
made me nauseous, so I’m happy I’ll
be able to eat tonight,” Fox said after
Saturday's win.
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bus go ‘round for
Campus Transit
drivers. Page 3.
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BACK ON TRACK
The Gym Dogs returned
home Friday and posted a
performance worthy of a
standing ovation from
the crowd. Page 7.
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