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Drag queen flaunts mask
Theatre major creatively
hones alternate persona
By CHRIS DESANTIS
The Red and Black
Chianti Milan is known as the “Classic City
C***.” And that’s her name for a reason.
Thomas Wynne created the persona of Chianti
Milan in 2007 when he began performing drag in
the Athens community. Now a senior majoring in
theatre at the University, he and Chianti have
come a long way.
The drag community of Athens has been
around for more than 20 years, providing a cor
nerstone for the queer community. Like many
subcultures, this one gets little notice from peo
ple outside of its exclusive membership, which is
ironic considering its goal is to bring people of
different backgrounds together.
Boneshakers, Athens first queer bar, opened
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A University Sailing Club President Dave Shaw cheeks out the conditions at Sandy Creek.
Skimming the waves: Sailing club thrives
By RYAN BLACK
The Red & Black
Given the University's vast size,
it may sometimes seem like there
are as many clubs as there are
grains of sand on the beach.
And if you look out to the water
of the aforementioned beach, you
may spot another University
affiliated organization the
Sailing Club.
One of the biggest and most
passionate sailing aficionados on
campus is the club’s president.
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in 1993 and was the start of weekly drag perfor
mances in the community. The bar closed in
2005, but this has not stopped local performers,
who have found other venues to perform at
including Boneshakers reincarnations such as
Detour and Blur, as well as Little Kings on
Clayton Street.
Many people not familiar with drag might
wonder what makes it enticing to watch or par
ticipate in.
The truth is that drag facilitates basic needs
that people of all backgrounds share and can
relate to. Queer and heterosexual people alike
have practiced drag for centuries as a means to
shed their skin and become someone else.
“Right now I view my persona as a mask ...
When I put it on I become a character I man
aged to create,” Wynne said. “That character has
her own life, her own story, that’s completely dif
ferent from mine.”
Skyler Musgrove, a University student and
See DRAG, Page 8
junior Dave Shaw. Growing up,
Shaw played baseball and basket
ball, but during high school, he
started getting into more “adven
turous, non-traditional” sports,
such as rock climbing, rafting, hik
ing, exploring caves and now, he’s
added sailing to his list.
“I was playing frisbee one day
with my friend David Paulk [and
he was) wearing the sailing shirt,
and he told me that his firiend Will
Paschal was the [club] president,
so I came out on a daysail that the
club was having, and Will took me
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out on the water,” Shaw said. “He
showed me the ropes, and taught
me everything he knew...l immedi
ately enjoyed being out there, and
it’s just an awesome experience.”
The sailing teams’ boats are
docked at Sandy Creek Park’s
boat ramp, and along with Lake
Hartwell, Sandy Creek is the place
the team sails at most often.
Based on the dues collected
last year, Shaw estimates there
are between 150 and 200 members
See SAILING, Page 9
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Photo courtesy Killy Skylar Musgrove
A In 2007, University student Thomas Wynne began
performing as a drag queen with the alternate persona of
Chianti Milan, who has “her own life, her own story."
Regents want
alien students’
tuition verified
By POLINA MARINOVA
The Red & Black
On June 11, the Board of Regents issued a direc
tive that requires all public universities in the
University System of Georgia to verify if there are
any undocumented students in the fall applicant
pool and ensure they are paying out-of-state
tuition.
“The issue is that we want to make sure every
Georgia student, regardless of their citizenship sta
tus, is correctly cataloged as to their Georgia resi
dency," said John Millsaps, spokesman for the Board
of Regents. “So if you’re a US. citizen, we want to
make sure that you indeed qualify for in-state
tuition. If you’re an undocumented student, we
want to make sure we’re charging you out-of-state
tuition."
The Regents have asked schools to submit a
report reviewing specifically fall applicants' citizen
ship status.
Millsaps said that although the Regents are
focusing on new students, the Chancellor had
already instructed universities in the system to veri
fy all existing students’ status in a prior directive.
At the University, each applicant is asked a
See BOR, Page 2
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A Justin Knoll (left) watches the U.S. vs.
Algeria World Cup soccer action at the Royal
Peasant Pub in Five Points on Wednesday.
Futbol fanatics
By BETH POLLAK
The Red & Black
The schedules are posted. beer is cheap.
Breakfast is being served at 7 a*m.
So why aren’t students downtown for World Cup
games?
If the USA is not involved in the match, chances
are that the bars will be as empty in the morning as
if they were closed. But when the Yanks are up to
play, downtown is humming by 10 a. m.
“Americans love an underdog story,” said Ivy Le,
creator of “Classic City World Cup,” a blog outlining
places to watch the games in Athens. “We’re the
underdogs in the World Cup.”
Since the games are hosted in South Africa —■ six
hours ahead of local time on the East Coast this
year, matches are broadcast at 7:30 and 10 a.m. and
at 2:30 p.m. times when most students are at
See CUP, Page 9
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