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Mischievous raccoon creates a campus catastrophe. Page 2 WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Officials explain Florida ticket miscalculation By KATIE VALENTINE The Red & Black Human error caused the recall of hundreds of student Florida tickets, according to the University’s Athletic Association. Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton said a miscalcula tion in determining which stu dents met the criteria for Florida tickets was made Friday. The mistake was discovered after an initial e-mail was sent to stu dents awarding them a Florida Search for dean gets new finalists By PAIGE VARNER The Red & Buck Five are out. Two remain. Rodney Bennett, vice president for student affairs, planned to hire a dean of students by June. But he said none of the five original candidates was the right fit for the University. “You know it when you see it,” Bennett said. He could choose between two new finalists as soon as the end of September, said interim Dean of Students Laura Dean. Acting as the primary advocate for students, the dean of students will super vise many student-related departments, such as Greek Life, the Office of Judicial Programs, the Department of Intercultural Affairs and the Tate Center. Student Government Association President Josh Delaney served on the screening committee that produced the two finalists. He said there was no clear front-runner from the previous five candidates. After attending the late spring student forums with the candidates, Delaney said some didn’t share his philosophy of excelling in student advocacy. Those who did had little experi ence with it. “We would have been OK with one of the candi dates,” he said. “But we deserve better than OK.” Delaney said the dean of students should be willing to work overtime, coming to campus organization meetings and making time See DEAN, Page 3 %■" ■* *■ : V v Wv : ;e* ,',>•. | v Hi \ , * <r ' -E** k* I Jk A I Bb -• b^i!HwKmml CiIOKU SfOBT* COMMt/fOCATIONS ▲ Chelsey Gullickson is set for her match against a childhood opponent No. I seed Caroline Wozniacki. Partly cloudy High 901 Low 65 Ck Tune Into 1340 AM to heflr Pre ** )nl i|Kn Adams on toe Tim B Bryant radio show Mff y between 9 and ||§|mßPP^ The£*\ Ited&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 ticket, and resulted in approxi mately 900 students receiving a second e-mail revoking their ticket. “It was human error on the original calculation, and human discovery of the mistake as well," he said. This year, students were required to have earned 54 University credit hours in order to receive a Florida ticket. This number was a drop from last year’s 73 required, and Felton said this decrease had to do with ■Rf I P backyarP l^ Crime doesn’t worry residents By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Buck First in the series. Editors Note: Last year, The Red & Black began compiling crime data to create an online crime map. For this series which will be featured every Tuesday for the next 10 weeks we took that crime data and found the 10 most crime-ridden streets in Athens Clarke-County. With Jan. 1 as our start ing date, we tallied the crimes on the streets of the University’s home county to create our list. Though crime is always happening, and the list may change over time, we begin the series with Florida Avenue. If its name hasn’t already made it the most hated street in town, maybe its 17 reported crimes will. Florida Avenue is situated on cam pus between Hull Street and West Broad Street. Not only does it run through an Athens Housing Authority neighbor hood, but the street is also the site of the Hull Street Parking Deck, where 873 people leave their cars every night. It can also be seen from many dorm room windows in Creswell, Russell, Brumby and the dorms in the Hill Community. Since January, Florida Avenue has hosted nine theft related cases, five batteries, one assault with a deadly weapon, one aggravated stalking and one drug possession. However, it has seen even more vio lent crimes in years past. A man was shot in the neck while walking on the street in June of 2009. According to the Athens-Clarke County Police report, a male “jumped out of [a] vehicle and shot two times then got S%l THE WINNER 15... Tjy Host Jimmy Fallon <\ and a dance number e top memorable X. moments at this year s Emmy Awards. Page Index Tuesday, August 31, 2010 the demand for tickets this foot ball season. “There was less demand for the game this year than last year,” he said. “The cjfedit hour minimum is tied to the number of requests for the game.” Brendan Ross, a Junior from St. Simons, said he thinks he met the 54 hour requirement, but won’t question the athletic association on why his ticket was revoked. “There’s nothing I can do about it it’s out of my control,” Police documents and news video on redandblack.com Gullickson to take on No. 1 seed in US Open Junior hyped up for big match By ROBBIE OTTLEY The Red & Black Last spring, junior Chelsey Gullickson walked out of the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens as the women’s singles NCAA champion. Tonight, she faces a decidedly bigger challenge: the No. 1 seed In women’s singles, Caroline Wozniacki, and the 22,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium in the first round of the US Open. “I’m going to be on Arthur News 2 Opinions 4 WES BLANKENSHIP I TANARUS Rio * But* Jeorge Terrell stands outside of Parkview Homes on Florida Avenue. back in and drove off.” A 19-year-old University student also fell victim to Florida Avenue last October when she and a friend were held at gunpoint and forced to surren der their wallets, cash and a cell phone, according to a University Police report. Though this is the kind of street most students like to avoid, because of construction associated with the new Special Collections Library, that is no longer an option for many. With the closing of part of South Hull Street, all t-affic, including anyone LOOKIN’ IN YO WINDOW Jump to Page 2 to find out if B BbPmJ Hfc someone was stalking in an Variety 5 Sports 6 he said. “It’s just a football game.” Approximately 4,000 students were awarded Florida tickets this year, Felton said. This number is about the same as last year’s number, and does not include the 900 students who had their tickets recalled. Felton said an e-mail would be sent out today to the students affected by the recall, which would make an apology on behalf of the Athletic Association and explain the mistake. All students who parks in the Hull Street Parking Deck, has been rerouted through Florida Avenue. Lindsey Richardson, an advertising major from Alpharetta who parks in the deck, told The Red & Black she has to be cautious when going to her car. “During the day I’m not worried,” she said. “At night I would say it’s a lit tle sketchy. It’s sort of isolated from everything else and if something were See STREETS, Page 2 Ashe. This is something that I feel everyone looks forward to and everyone wishes that they could do,” Gullickson said. “I’m going to go out there and have fun and play my game and enjoy the experience.” The match tonight comes after a busy week for Gullickson. including competition at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn. A bout with strep throat over the weekend certainly didn't improve the pressure on Gullickson, who will be fighting an uphill battle tonight in her clash with Wozniacki. Ranked as the world’s No. 2 player, Wozniacki garnered the top spot in the US A Vol, nB, No. is | Athens, Gborgia who were affected by the miscal culation will have their account credited for the amount of the Florida ticket by the end of today. Open draw after the withdrawal of Serena Williams ranked as the world’s top women’s player. But Gullickson says she’s look ing forward to her admittedly dif ficult draw. “Some people say it sucks get ting the No. 1 seed in the first round, but honestly I’m super excited about it,” she said. “I was talking to my coach and he (asked), ‘Who would you want to play: Wozniacki, center court, night match or someone ranked 100 on the back courts?' and I was like, ‘Of course Wozniacki’” Georgia's women’s head coach Jeff Wallace also remains See TENNIS, Pnge 8 ON THE WEB Crossword 2 Sudoku 5 Associate athletic director Claude Felton said about 900 tickets were recalled. We’re bursting with stories! Look online to see more from News and. Variety.