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Campaigning results in sanctions
By PAIGE VARNER
The Rep & Buck
As voting in the Student
Government Association
election starts today, the
Green Team faces sanc
tions, and The Snapshot
party fields opinions about
what the SGA adviser calls
its “questionable taste.”
The Green Team’s sanc
tions, The Snapshot’s
warning
The Green Team is on
probation for receiving
three sanctions and a pos
sible fourth from SGA’s
elections committee on
Friday.
The party received
sanctions for seeking
endorsements before cam
paigning began, obscuring
other organizations' post
ers on campus bulletin
boards and using poten
tially litter-causing glitter
on a campaign sign.
HAZING HABITS
Problem may be rooted in organization traditions
lHjp|hough the University has zero tolerance for hazing, there
which resulted in the suspension of the
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| i defined as "any intentional, negligent or reckless action, activity
situation that causes another pain, embarrassment, ridicule
or harassment, regardless of the individual’s willingness to par
ticipate.* Paddle swats, forced consumption of alcohol and acts
*** v * of servitude for members in the organization are some of the
*;• acts falling under the categoiy of hazing.
See HAZING, Page 3
Seniors reach 100-win mark as a class
By LISA GLASER
Tut Red_& Black
The seniors on the Georgia
men’s tennis team were the
last ones on the court Sunday.
With matches finished on
courts one, four and six, the
competition against No. 16 Ole
Miss was to be decided by
seniors Jamie Hunt, Nate
Schnugg and Christian Vitulli.
The Bulldogs got the 5-2
win, with all three seniors win
ning in their third set.
The win marked this senior
class’s 100th win together,
bringing their win-loss ratio to
100-11.
“We had three great play
ers, three veterans, three expe
rienced guys that had been
through a lot of tough match
es, and we were as equipped
with those three guys out
there as we possibly could
have been. If I had to take
three guys to be out there,
those guys certainly have been
through a lot,” head coach
Manuel Diaz said.
While fellow senior Alex Hill
cheered from the sidelines,
Schnugg finished first of the
three. Schnugg won 7-6, 4-6,
6-3 on court two, after junior
Javier Garraplz lost on court
one, junior Drake Bernstein
won on court four and fresh
man Bo Seal won on court six.
The win was Schnugg’s sec-
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The Green Team is fac
ing a possible fourth sanc
tion for chalking, or using
chalk to advertise messag
es, on Milledge Avenue. If
the team provides docu
mentation from Athens-
Clarke County by 5 p.m.
showing it was given per
mission to chalk, then it
will not be sanctioned.
With three sanctions,
the party is on probation,
which means it cannot vio
late any more SGA or city
codes or else The Green
Team will be suspended
from campaigning.
“We do plan to appeal
the sanctions as to causal
ity and jurisdiction ques
tions,” said Cameron
Secord, Green Team presi
dential candidate. “After
the appeal, we'll respect
the elections committee’s
decision.”
Jack Boland, a junior
from Richmond, Va., said
because the sanctions
don’t affect the student
KMMMCMACL SULLIVAN | Tu R * Buck
▲ Jamie Hunt won His last home match as a Bulldog.
ond in a row, after going 2-4 in
the six matches prior. He said
his attitude has changed on
the court, and said he thinks
he may have hit his stride.
'Tve had some bad losses,
some tough losses, but now
I'm getting the confidence
back to where I was the previ
ous three years. I'm going out
on the court and expecting to
TENOR TRACKS
One University alumnus
is saying "guten tag" to
the next step in his
musical career - his
first GD. Page 3
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Monday, April 5, 2010
body, they don’t affect the
Green Team’s character.
“I don’t think it’ll neces
sarily affect the way they
run,” he said.
The Snapshot party
received a warning for its
behavior at the Ramsey
Center on April 1.
The party registered
under the name “Sigma
Gamma Alpha” to have a
table for promoting the
SGA election. Joshua
Delaney, the presidential
candidate, said it was a
joke, given that when the
party registered for the
space, it hadn’t yet come
up with a name and the
Greek letters spell “SGA.”
The Ramsey Center
employees who com
plained said they didn’t
think the table would pro
mote a specific party.
Party members also
didn’t stay behind the
table, as per Ramsey
Center policy. The
Snapshot was reminded of
MEN’S TENNIS
Georgia Ole Miss 2
win every time,” Schnugg said.
Vitulli clinched the match
on court five with a 5-7, 7-6
(7-5), 6-2 victory. It was only
See WINS, Page 7
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the policy, but employees
saw members walking
around again later.
The elections commit
tee advised The Snapshot
to mind University poli
cies, but since the team
didn’t break SGA policies,
it only received a warning.
Delaney said he takes
warnings very seriously,
and he and his team will
write an apology letter to
the Ramsey Center.
The Snapshot’s ‘Snap
Shots’
The Snapshot party has
been promoting tequila
shots called “Snap Shots”
at several bars downtown.
At many participating
bars is a poster with The
Snapshot’s logo, telling
patrons to vote for them,
to “have fun tonight” and
to get the “Snap SHOT.”’
The campaign adviser,
See SGA, Page 2
Football player jailed
and released from team
Montez Robinson
repeat offender
By CAREY O'NEIL
The Red & Black
Following his third arrest,
Georgia defensive end Montez
Robinson has been dismissed from
the football team, head coach
Mark Richt said in a press release
Sunday.
“Montez has not been able to
conform to some condi
tions and stipulations that
were placed on him as a
result of previous off-field
issues,” Richt said in the
release. “I think this deci
sion is in the best interest
of everyone.”
The Clarke County
Magistrate Court issued an
arrest warrant for Robinson
Saturday morning on a
misdemeanor charge of
battery/family violence. Robinson
then turned himself in to the
Athens-Clarke County jail Sunday
afternoon.
He will remain in jail until a
bond hearing, the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reported. The hear
ing will likely take place Monday.
Robinson had already been sus-
Look inside to see how
some bungling burglars
attempted to elude police
and break into a student’s
home. Page 2.
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Opinions 6
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PAIGE VARNER 1 TANARUS Ru> * Buck
▲ Though not facing sanctions, The Snapshot’s
shot strategy was of “questionable taste.”
> In the past 3 year* only 1 non-Greek, non-varsity sport
got sanctioned for hazing.
> 69 percent of students said they were aware of hazing
behaviors.
> Nine out of 10 students who have experienced hazing in
coliege do not label their experience as such.
PROMOTING PERMACULTURE
It only takes 801
people to break
the bloody
world record.
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pended for the two opening games
of the 2010 season. The suspension
came after Robinson was arrested
by Athens-Clarke County Police
and charged with simple battery,
criminal damage and underage
possession of alcohol last
December.
The December arrests followed
two incidents earlier in 2009 —one
involving a fight between Robinson
and a female University student in
which witnesses told The Red St
Black that Robinson threw the
student against a trash can. In the
other incident, Robinson
broke the tail lights of the
same student’s car.
Robinson’s Sunday jail
ing comes right on the heels
of an apparently unrelated
report that four football
players hit and threatened
the life of a University male
and sexually propositioned
his wife, saying they would
“gang bang” her, according
to the Athens-Clarke
ROBINSON
County Police report.
Football coach Mark Richt said
Saturday he was aware of the
report and looking into it.
“I believe by Monday well have
all the information needed,” he
said. “There’s things I’d like to say
about it, but I won’t. I’ll wait until
Monday.”
One local group is
freeing sustainability
from its produce aisle
cage and spreading it
out culturally. Page 4.
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