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NO. 1 PARTY SCHOOL
Arrests increase after parly school title
By JACOB DEMMITT
The Red & Black
The cat is out of the
bag. And now many stu
dents fear their party days
may be limited.
After years of shotgun
ning beers, performing keg
stands and competing in
the Beer Olympics, the
Princeton Review has
named Georgia the No. 1
party school in the nation.
However, as the first
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Univ. facility closings restrict parents’ options
By PAIGE VARNER
The Red & Black
University employees sometimes wait
up to three years for their children to be
enrolled in the campus day care. Even
though some parents are frustrated that
the Child Development Lab is closed
about a week longer than last year, some
others are just happy their kids got in.
Last academic year, the day care at
the McPhaul Center in the College of
Family and Consumer Sciences was
closed 29 days, including 12 University
holidays. This year, it is closed 34 days,
not including five early dismissals.
New soccer coach brings championship pedigree
By MITCH BLOMERT
The Red & Black
He may be new to Athens,
but newly-hired Georgia head
soccer coach Steve Holeman is
nothing short of a veteran.
Holeman, who was hired in
April, brings a wealth of expe
rience to the Bulldogs for the
2010 season, having coached
for 17 years in the SEC lon
ger than the University has
even had a team.
Along the way, he started
two collegiate soccer programs
—one at Auburn in 1993 and
another at Ole Miss in 1995. He
coached the Rebels for 15 sea
sons and has four NCAA
Tournament appearances
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weekend after classes gets
underway, students majf
wonder if police will step
up their game as a result of
the new title. Should they
boast or be more cautious?
University Police Chief
Jimmy Williamson sat
down with The Red &
Black and laid many of
these concerns to rest.
“It doesn’t affect it,”
Williamson said of the rank-,
ing’s affect on his job.
“We’re going to do what we
Eleven of those days are professional
learning days, which director Amy Kay
said were implemented after teachers
said prior outside training didn’t meet
their professional needs.
Still, parent Vicki McMaken said
there has to be a way to limit the school
closings, which are not related to the
state budget crisis.
“I appreciate the training. It re-ener
gizes the teachers,” said McMaken,
assistant director of the Office of Global
Programs in the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences. “However,
I was disappointed that we lost so many
additional days of child care with the
under his belt.
Now Holeman has anew
chance to add to his legacy in
the conference with another
team, as he attempts to turn
Georgia into a contender this
season.
“For anyone who gets into
this business as a coach, you
dream about winning champi
onships,” Holeman said. “That
can obviously be done at
Georgia. It’s been done at just
about every sport here and It’s
going to happen in women’s
soccer."
Helping his cause are 18
returning starters from a 2009
Bulldog team that finished
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already do every day. I have
the same number of [offi
cers] this year as last year
and the year before. I’m
not looking at doing any
thing different.”
Although police say
nothing has changed, one
fact does remain more
arrests have been made in
the two Weeks following
the release of the rankings
than in years before.
Within two weeks of
Princeton Review’s release
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of these rankings on Aug. 2,
University police reported
23 drug- and alcohol-relat
ed arrests.
This number is up from
15 arrests during the same
time period in 2009, 13 in
2008 and 18 in 2007.
The University of Florida
saw a similar trend after it
was crowned the No. 1
party school in 2008.
The number of alcohol
related arrests surged from
63 in 2007, to 228 in the
new calendar.”
In comparison with other university
child care programs, the University of
South Carolina’s Children’s Center is
closed 15 days this academic year, with
seven early dismissals. The Georgia
State University Child Development
Program is closed 25 days.
Kristen Smith, lecturer in the Grady
College, sends her two children to the
University’s day care, and she is one par
ent willing to overlook the extra closed
days because she is happy with
McPhaul.
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year after the school
received the title.
However, when present
ed with these numbers,
Williamson warned of the
dangers of looking at short
term crime statistics.
“There may have been
external factors that I can’t
account for;” he said. “For
instance, people don’t like
to go out when the weather
is bad.”
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Mice plan checkpoints
to ensure driver safety
By MIMI ENSLEY
The Red & Black
Make sure you’ve got your designated driv
ers ready this weekend vehicle checkpoints
are planned for today and Saturday.
According to University Police Lt. Eric
Dellinger, the University and Athens Clarke-
County police departments are conducting
checkpoints to ensure the safety of drivers on
Athens’ streets and highways.
Last May, around the Cinco de Mayo holi
day, these vehicle checkpoints resulted in 23
people arrested on alcohol-related charges, 11
of whom were affiliated with the University
community.
With last spring’s St. Patrick’s Day traffic
stops came 45 alcohol-related arrests. Ten of
those were University students or staff.
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Student
commits
fourth
offense
BY JACOB DEMMITT
The Red & Buck
Following an arrest early
Thursday morning, University stu
dent Ashley Rose Council, 23, has
now found herself in trouble with
the law four times since her enroll
ment at the University in 2005.
Council has most recently been
charged with failure to maintain
lane and driving on a suspended
license after an officer observed her
swerving several times while travel
ing on Riverbend Road, according
to the University Police report.
Council’s legal
issues began when a
box containing
seven dead puppies
was found behind a
convenience store
on Sept. 8, 2007.
The box, which
had her address
printed on it, was
eventually traced
back to Council.
She was sen
tenced to two years of probation
after pleading guilty to seven ani
mal cruelty charges.
Less than a year later, Council
was arrested again for DUI and
possession of marijuana on June 27,
2008, according to documents
obtained by The Red & Black.
Associate Dean of Students Kim
Ellis said CouncU was -suspended
from the University foUowing this
arrest.
While serving her suspension,
Council was arrested and again
charged with DUI and possession
of marijuana on Feb. 21, 2009,
according to documents obtained
by The Red Si Black.
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