Newspaper Page Text
m —f)
ESTABLISHED 1898, INDEPENDENT 1980
WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM
Faculty hiring will proceed despite cuts
BY JULIA CARPENTER
The Red & Buck
President Michael Adams
recently approved a second
Faculty Hiring Initiative to begin
this fall in order to continue
expanding the ranks of University
faculty.
This follows last winter’s
announcement of a hiring initia
tive that eventually allowed 25
new positions in 12 colleges.
“The one thing I want to
emphasize is that the key is that
Day that launched 1000 bids
■" WBBB&Ke*z! Sifms, JSQO
m . flrafl VlfliHi £ jgs: iu*er §P
jy|Wß|^Ssj
• Pflrjfc iml SffisL* vm f tB IS
l \ air Jm jß wi m jr i^Wy
' jjj| { :
LCXI DCACEN | Tut Run * Bmc*
▲ Milledge Avenue was a colorful celebration as sorority members came out to celebrate their
newest recruits. The Panhellenic rush process ended with bids and excitement for the new girls.
By SARAH GIARRATANA
The Red & Black
Milledge Avenue played host to anew class of Greek
women Monday night as Panhellenic rush came to an
end.
After a week of waking up at 4:30 a.m., many of the
1.200 fall Panhellenic rushees ended their first day of
classes by accepting invitations, known as “bids,” to join
sororities.
“It’s tiring and a lot of work,” said Ali Waterson, a
freshmen from Acworth. “But I feel relieved, and it’s
worth it because I’ll have friends for four years and
beyond.”
To earn a bid, the students went through a week-long
selection process of visiting houses on campus, talking to
members and working with recruitment counselors to
try to find the best sorority for them.
Bulldogs loaded with experience at tight end
Coaches to consider
two-tight end sets
By RACHEL G. BOWERS
The Red & Black
Arthur Lynch calls Georgia’s
plethora of talent at tight end a
“good problem.”
That collection of talent has the
coaching staff toying with the idea
of using more two-tight end sets
on offense.
“I think it’s a good problem to
have," Lynch said. “I think if we're
sitting here like, ‘Dang, we got one
tight end who’s dependable.’ But
we got four guys. A lot of these
guys could play anywhere and start
anywhere in the country. I think
that kind of drives us to compete
but at the same time we support
thunderstorms.
High 851 Low 72
J Where's
1 Mikey?
You can catch a
glimpae of President
|0 Adams amongst the
cro*d-pteasmg North
HK Campus squirrels for
the re-dedication of
yiP) New College
■ at 2 p.m.
great universities bring together
outstanding faculty and out
standing students,” said Jere
Morehead, senior vice president
for academic affairs and pro
vost.
As in the previous initiative,
deans will make presentations
that lobby for new positions in
their college departments.
Departments demonstrating a
critical need for new faculty hires
will be awarded one or more of
the coveted tenure and tenure
track positions funded by the,
each other.”
Lynch, Orson Charles, Aron
White and Bruce Figgins are the
main components of Georgia’s six
man tight end unit, three of whom
registered catches last season and
accounted for seven of Georgia’s 22
receiving touchdowns in 2009.
With all four athletes now
healthy Figgins was out last sea
son following shoulder surgery in
January —and also more familiar
with the playbook than a year ago,
the Bulldogs’ offensive options
have expanded.
“I think it’s going to open up
some things for our offense to- be
more versatile,” White said. “At the
end of the day, we just have to
make sure as a tight end unit we’re
going out and doing the things
that show the coaches that we can
perform at the level they need to
JOB HUNT ING
Index 4
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
new initiative.
Sharron Hannon, director of
public relations in academic
affairs, said the tuition increase
partly allowed for the new initia
tive.
“When the tuition increases
were put into effect, there was a
promise made to students that
faculty hiring would be a priority
as well as quality instruction, so
this is carrying through on that,”
Hannon said.
John Maltese, department
head of political science, said the
ONLINE
See more photos and video of Bid Day fun
The recruitment counselors, known as Gamma Chi’s,
acted separately from their sororities to coach new
recruits through the recruitment process and uphold the
rules of Panhellenic rush, said Gamma Chi Jenny Brems.
“I worked mainly with about 18 girls through recruit
ment and had a great time with them because they were
all excited about the process,” Brems said. “The week’s
been really exhausting but fun. It was great to meet all
sorts of girls from different sororities, and it was neat to
see another side of recruitment.”
Equally excited about the new recruits are the upper
classman sorority members, such as the women of
Alpha
See BID, Page 3
be able to do those things week in
and week out depending on the
game.”
Tight ends coach John Lilly has
seen his young unit grow on the
Held since last season, saying the
guys are harder on themselves this
preseason camp than last year.
Lilly also said this preseason camp
is more about “refining” the play of
his tight ends, whereas last year
they spent a large portion of their
time “trying to learn what to do.”
But with a year of experience
under the tight ends’ belt, Lilly
said the 2009 campaign was just a
preview of the unit’s potential.
“Far as spreading the ball
around, I think last year is a good
example,” Lilly said. “Some games
it seemed like Orson was a hotter
Sep TALENT, ISigp 11
One former
Georgia tennis
player is moving
on to another
SEC squad. See
who on Page 12.
new initiative may help his
department to recover from bud
get crisis damage as well as to
accommodate a growing student
population.
“Given the large number of
undergraduate majors that we
have, and given the large number
of graduate students that we
have this year, we need replace
ment teaching for that,” Maltese
said.
Keith Bertrand, department
head of animal and dairy science,
said his department is also grow
NUTRITIONAL PEACE
•Mr
Variety 8
Sports 11
Work-study
gains jobs,
cuts workers
By ADINA SOLOMON
The Red & Buck
Even as the school’s Federal Work-Study
Program adds posts, more and more stu
dents are denied these jobs.
FWS is a financial aid program where
University students work part-time, mostly
in office jobs in the campus libraries and aca
demic departments. In order to be eligible
for FWS, students must complete the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid, or
FAFSA, and then meet financial need-based
requirements.
In the 2009-2010 year, the office gave jobs
to 400 students, though a few thousand
applicants clamored for the spots, said Jay
Mooney, associate director for operations at
student financial aid. This leaves thousands
of students denied from FWS.
“UOA’s student body has definitely felt
the effects of the economy,” Mooney said.
Mooney explained how FWS has recently
hired more students than in previous years
but still turned down others from the pro
gram.
Mooney explained the seeming contradic
tion of more posts but more jobless stu
dents.
About two years ago, 3,400 students
applied for FWS. Last year, that number
jumped to 5,000, an almost 50 percent
increase from the year before.
The application process for this year is
still open so the final numbers aren't in, but
more than 5,000 have applied so far —and
this figure keeps rising as the days go by.
Mooney attributed this to more students
meeting the need-based requirements of
FWS as a result of the weak economy.
“More people are eligible,” Mooney said.
“Demand goes up. someone won’t be offered
the work-study.”
When Congress passed the stimulus pack
age in 2009 amidst the economic recession, it
approved more money to go to FWS across
the country. Consequently, the University’s
FWS received a bump of $190,000 in 2009.
Mooney said with this money, the FWS
office hired 30 more students during the
middle of the 2009-2010 school year.
The program still had leftover money, so
they used it to hire more students than usual
this academic year. Their 2010-2011 budget
See WORK, Page 5
|F, *
mam
mSmBKKBKKSS
JHHBV
_———— ; —
WCft BLANKENSHIP | Tu Red a Black
▲ Junior Aron White is competing for playing time at
Georgia’s loaded tight end position.
Veganism,
flashy video and
peace have
never tasted so
good.
Page 9,
What happens when
religious beliefs and
Job duties clash?
Page 6
Vol. 119, No. 2 | Athens, Georgia
ing at a rate that makes the new
initiative especially welcome.
In 2004, 134 students majored
in animal and dairy science, but
there are now 270 students are
majoring in the area.
As in political science,
Bertrand was unable to replace
recent retirees because of the
budget crisis.
"We’re doing the best we can
under the circumstances, but all
the departments on campus will
need to hire back,” Bertrand
said.
MOVIE SHOWDOWN
Crossword 2
Sudoku 11
How does Tom
Cruise match
against the
heart-throbs of
‘•Twilight”?
Page 8