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Student attempts to smash adult store glass
By JACOB DEMMITT
The Red & Black
Many college-aged men
fantasize of throwing rocks
through the nearest glass
door.
For University student
Anthony Tat Lung Lo, this
fantasy almost became a
RISE
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Shayla
Worley has
arrived.
By MICHAEL
FITZPATRICK
The Red & Black
Shayla Worley’s world, it
seemed, had come crash
ing down.
On the eve of the selec
tion of the 2008 U.S. wom
en’s gymnastics Olympic
team in July, Worley frac
tured her right leg during a
balance beam routine and
saw her lifelong Olympic
dreams evaporate in an
instant.
“My main goal was to
make the U.S. Olympic
team, and I did everything
possible to make it, I left
no stone unturned and my
body Just couldn’t take it,”
Worley said. “It was really
devastating, and it felt like
the world was ending
because that was my main
goal and I didn’t put much
thought into anything after
2008 or after the Olympics.
“But I realized that life
goes on, and now I’m here
at Georgia and this is the
best thing that has ever
happened to me, being a
part of this team.”
A year and a half later
Worley —as “injury free" as
a gymnast can be— is com
ing off the best meet in her
young collegiate career.
She earned a 39.5 in the all
around the second high
est score in the nation
and has adapted to life as a
Gym Dog. One of the great
est challenges that fresh
men collegiate gymnasts
face, in addition to classes,
is being a part of a team. In
club level, gymnasts com
pete for themselves, but
Worley had no trouble
See WORLEY, Page 7
Athens’ Roller Girls not afraid of tough hits
By ADAM CARLSON
The Red & Black
It comes down to two things:
the hitting and the skating.
In roller derby, it’s all a matter
of moving quickly on skates. And
when someone gets in your way,
just roll right over them.
For the Classic City Roller Girls,
the physical contact their sport
allows is something unique.
“It’s different from anything else
I’ve ever done,” said Rachel Blair,
who’s been in the league since
2007. “It’s a really, really good
workout."
Each skater trains to become
faster and stronger because when
it comes to competition, they
don’t play.
And when their bouts get going.
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According to Athens-
Clarke'County Police, Lo,
21, was arrested and
charged with felony crimi
nal attempt to commit
burglary on Feb. 5 after
surveillance cameras cap
tured him throwing a rock
at the front door of
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they skate hard, too: there is a
five-foot distance separating the
audience from the rink.
The closest seats even require
those who sit there to be 18 or
older —and for good reason.
"I have definitely gotten my
wheels tangled up in the audi
ence,” said Ashley Helton, who’s
been with the league since 2006.
Separated into two 30-minute
halves, each bout is made up of a
series of “Jams,” none lasting; lon
ger than two minutes. During a
Jam, each team of five skaters tries
to outmaneuver the other. This
boils down to four blockers trying
to get their Jammer past the other
team’s blockers. For every oppo
nent the Jammer skates past, the
team gets a point.
“A lot of people don’t think it's a
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Elatlons, an adult-themed
store on Lexington Road.
*1 wasn’t going to take
anything,” Lo said.
“I Just wanted to throw
a rock at a window and see
what it did.”
“If I was sober, it prob
ably wouldn’t have
occurred. I was making
sport,” said Morgan Felts, a
University law student and rookie
roller girl. “Maybe it’s not tradi
tional, but it’s still a physical
sport. We work hard, and we train
hard.”
The training involved to Join a
league is pretty extensive: before
tryouts, every potential skater
must go through a two-week “boot
camp.” And after they’ve made the
team, it still takes months before
they’re rink-ready: Blair didn't
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▲ Classic City Roitergirls
practice on Wednesday, Feb.
3 at Skate Around USA off of
Atlanta Hwy In Athens.
These girls are ready for a
tough workout.
poor decisions and picked
up a piece of asphalt and
threw it at the door.”
"The door was made of
plexiglass, though, so it
Just bounced off. It didn’t
break the door but it was
enough to set off an
alarm.”
Although a surveillance
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camera got a clear view of
the offender, police origi
nally could not identify
who it was.
However, Lo was later
recognized from the video
when he visited the store
again on Feb. 5.
Police were called, and
Lo was voluntarily trans
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ported to the police
department where he was
questioned about the inci
dent.
After Initially denying
his Involvement, Lo even
tually confessed and said
"it was his intent to get
See CRIME, Page 3
Regents
approve
athletic
upgrades
By BRIANA GERDEMAN
The Red & Black
It’s official Reed Hall resi
dents can look forward to some
early morning bulldozers.
Improvements to athletic facil
ities at the University got the final
stamp of approval at Tuesday’s
Board of Regents meeting.
The Regents approved renova
tion to Stegeman Coliseum and
upgrades to Reed Alley near
Sanford Stadium and behind
Reed Hall.
Together, the projects will cost
$23.3 million 521.3 million of
which will come from the
University’s Athletic Association.
The remaining $2 million will
be funded by the University
through the Physical Plant.
“They’re basically enhancing
visitor and spectator accessibility
at both facilities,” said John
Millsaps, spokesman for the
Regents, about the additions.
The improvements to
Stegeman Coliseum will include
renovations of 35,000 square feet
and construction of an additional
10,000 square feet, including new
lobbies which will be added on
the northeast and southwest
sides.
At Reed Alley, the ground will
be leveled, and a 7,000-square
foot building will be constructed
to house additional concessions
and restrooms.
The Regent’s Business and
Finance Committee also dis
cussed the HOPE Scholarship
the number of students receiving
the scholarship, the money spent,
where the money goes and how
the scholarship program has
grown.
But Millsaps said any possible
changes to the HOPE Scholarship
would not be the Regents’ deci
sion.
“If any action is taken on the
HOPE program in terms of chang
ing it, that would be the General
Assembly’s purview, and I have
not heard any talk to that,” he
said.
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