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#1 DlllflSl WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM 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 \ ■ tiH X ■ > r-‘: f/'\ s&’ v? Wsiilkji i B™ 3 fZrt rag V' vhm* 'WM 'Slf. H ■ C ÜBI ariiltCin .1 * -IL y fff mfcirS i g|gHp|p fgg£ If ii' Wi r ii ■ JBk //||; m \ ' ’'-wv., ■ " LAURA MCCRANIE I Tu Rid * Buci 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. /N BOOZE, BOOZE, BOOZE! Drinking, driving and ffiP peeping, oh my! Check jflH out the crime notebook www.redandblack.com % n %pk 95 1 Low 73 The £“y Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 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 i m i px I Hue A Thursday, June 24, 2010 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 BOOTY, BOOTY, BOOTY! News.. 2 Athfest 4 Find out who else is rockin’ everywhere at Athfest with our online coverage all weekend long. On the web The Week 6 Variety 6 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 WES BLANKENSHIP ! Tnlbtci Buci 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 BOOBIES, BOOBIES, BOOBIES! The rumors about Sarah Palin’s "*■ a^e ßed breast enlargement is just the tip of the iceberg. Page 7 Opinions 7 2 Sports 8 Crossword Sudoku 9 From the deserts of Iraq to the Classic City, check out the lineup for this year’s Athfest. Pages 4-5 Vol. 117, No. 157 | Athens, Georgia