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WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Student football tickets available Sales start,at noon today By MITCH BLOMERT The Red & Black • Students looking for access into Sanford Stadium on Saturdays this fall are only a few mouse clicks away, as of today. Registration for student tickets begins today at noon and remains open until noon Friday at the University ath letic department’s official website. The registration process remains the same as last year. Students can request a sea son ticket package, which, if awarded, will be loaded to their student ID card, thus granting admission to Georgia's 2010 home games. Student tickets are $8 each. Once registration closes Friday, there will not be another chance to buy stu dent tickets. “You don’t have to go online exactly tomorrow right at 12 o’clock.” assistant tick et manager Wendy See TIX, Page 8 INSIDE See more crime on page 2 Student hit by vehicle, no injuries By KELSEY BYRD The Red & Black With anew school year comes confusion, traffic and the occasional accident. Early Tuesday morning, a pedestrian University stu dent was struck by an oncoming vehicle as he tried to cross at the comer of Baldwin and Jackson streets. He was later issued a cita tion for failure to yield to a vehicle that had the right of way. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said a third-party witness saw the incident and notified the police. The event took place at 9:33 am. Williamson said the wit ness said the student did not look before stepping out into the road right in front of the vehicle. The student suffered min imal injuries that were treat ed on the scene and was issued a citation for “failure to yield the right of way” before being released, Williamson said. “We always see an increase of accidents in the beginning of the semester,” he said. “People need to be watchful and mindful that there are more people on campus now.” Williamson said that the names of the students involved, including those of the witnesses, could not be released. isolated t-storms. High 891 Low 74 Where's Mikey? SpotMkeyashe continues to show afijK his dedication to dedications at ded'cation o< /mSmmM Building 1516 near iwHHPn Eas! Carn f>' JS Vll, age vy ■■■ at 10a.m. The£\ Refl&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1&80 Study shows oil spill worse than thought By DALLAS DUNCAN The Red & Buck Four months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explod ed in the Gulf of Mexico, data and numbers about oil, oxygen and methane have begun spilling in, but the question remains how much oil is still in the Gulf? Between 70 and 79 percent, according to members of the University’s Sea Grant program. “No one’s standing up here saying this is a doom and gloom scenario, but no one’s saying all the oil’s gone, either,” said Samantha Joye, University marine science professor, in a news conference Tuesday. Joye showed two oil budgets, WHAT’S OLD IS NEW i 1 A * -I . u 4ML sßflßWk Ji 1 ' ' tfl , St I I uV | Historic building revived after improvements, discoveries By NATHAN SORENSEN The Red & Black After much construction and restoration, New College on North Campus is looking Just that —new. Tuesday in the University Chapel, administration and the public witnessed the rededica tion of the more than 180-year old New College the third oldest building on campus. During the early phase of the $4 million restoration project, campus architects uncovered remnants and artifacts of previ NO GRAY SKIES It has been a k long road for „ ■ l-ogan (.ray, (nil WW the future looks bright for the junior. Page 11. Index News 2 IU . Opinions 4 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 ON THE WEB Oil research findings or breakdowns of the amount of different types of oil near the location of the spill. , One budget, put together by the National Incident Command, comes to the conclusion that only 26 percent of “residual” oil remains in the Gulf. The rest was either dissolved or evaporated, naturally or chemically dispersed, skimmed, burned or recovered. The recovered oil never made it into the Gulf to begin with. "The problem with these num bers is the recovery is really the only one that’s constrained and that was never really in the Gulf,” ous structures dating as far back as the 1820s, including an under ground chamber with evidence of bum marks from an 1830 fire. “I don’t know when I have felt more a part of history,” said University President Michael Adams at the rededication cer emony. “It really had an emo tional impact on me, thinking that maybe this was the spot where the first young people who attended a public college in America were educated.” Adams said he experienced these emotions after taking a tour of the underground cham f> NORDIC INVASION A Swedish phenomenon has landed in Athens. Get fired up to read something other than textbooks on page 7. HOW MUCH OIL IS LEFT IN THE GULF? According to University Sea Grant Program According to the National Incident Command •Al • lngMow tm 70% il i low-tots rtu 79% Joye said. “It’s a tremendous amount of oil in the system, and it’s very difficult for me to imag ine that 50 percent of the oil is gone.” The solution? Reevaluate the —-it- ■ - .. . ■■■■ l **. jfvJife* .Jp* PHOTOS BY WES BLANKENSHIP Tut Rtn * Bute. University President Michael Adams spoke at the rededication of New College Tuesday. New College was originally construct ed in 1822, and rebuilt in 1832 after a fire. The last major improvements to the building occurred during the 19505. ber beneath the college. As archaeologists and histo rians are unsure of the original purpose of the chamber, the entrance has been blocked off in hopes of future excavations. “We can’t make a good assumption about what the chamber was used for,” said Scott Messer, a project manager for Campus Architects. “It will be a mystery for awhile, but maybe in the future we ll be able to figure out what it is.” Several of the artifacts dis covered beneath New College dated back to the beginnings of Variety 6 Sports 8 What do Trolls, green drinks and horrible cinematography have in common? Page 6 Vol. üB, No. 3 | Athens, Georgia numbers and make anew bud get. Charles Hopkinson, the admin istrative director of Sea Grant, Sef OIL, Page 2 AGAIN the University and will be on display in New College. Of the historical discoveries uncovered, the most notable included a legible basketball ticket, a wallet, an ink bottle, a handmade key and a Native American pottery bowl dating back to the Lamar Period —■ 1350-1600 A.D. "The artifacts remind you of the primitive lifestyle back then,” said Nash Boney, emeri tus professor of history. The history of New College See NEW, Page 5 HOOPS! HERE IT IS • Georgia’s non-conference schedule has been released. See who they face on page 9. Crossword 2 Sudoku 11