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-■^"Red&Black” WWW.RBDANDBLACK.COM Hiring prospects look brighter for graduates By JULIA CARPENTER The Red & Buck The National Association of College and Employers has some good news for University seniors. More employers plan to increase their hiring rates in 2011, according to a survey recently released by the association. “Based on that survey, one would assume that we would Police demand quieter streets Ordinance stops drums By DREW HOOKS Fob The Red & Buck Every fall. Bulldog fans make their pilgrimage to Athens for the near-reli gious event held at Sanford Stadium. The streets of downtown are filled with football patrons visiting the shops, restaurants and bars that help make Athens’ downtown great. Intermingled with the hum of cheering crowds is the melody of street per formers competing for tips. One of these performers is bucket drummer Chris Harris, also known as “The Bucketman.” But this foot ball season, thanks to a noise ordinance violation, he may be silent. Harris, a resident of Tampa Bay, Fla., has trav eled to Athens every fall for the last 10 years in order to perform for the crowds downtown. His parents live in Covington, and he stays there during the fall in order to save money. Street performing is how he makes a living to help support his wife and baby, and he travels all over the Southeast to perform at different festivals and events. On Sept. 4, the opening game against Louisiana- Lafayette, Harris was tick eted by Athens-Clarke County police for a noise violation. This Is the first ticket Harris has received in Athens. Harris said he was play ing on the comer of College Avenue and Clayton Street downtown when a couple of police officers walked up to him and informed him he was violating a noise ordinance. They gave him a ticket, and told him he would have to leave. Harris said the noise ordinance is unfair to him and is in violation of his First Amendment rights. “All street performers have protection in freedom of speech,” Harris said. “There are court cases that have set precedence pro tecting street performers.” Harris' claim was further confirmed by University law professor Randy Beck. “The First Amendment protects freedom of speech which includes street musi cians,” he said. “Governments can set limi tations on the time, place and noise level of perform ing music as long as they See NOISE, Page 2 a sunny. High 94 \ Low 61 Where's HP Mikey? President Adams' schedule for today is literally empty so your J&f |T Ta guess is as good <*Bp - An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 have more employers actively recruiting students at the University of Georgia for this academic year,” said Scott Williams, director of the University Career Center. Of the employers who partici pated in the survey, 48 percent said they expect to hire more col lege graduates from the Class of 2011 than they did from the Class of 2010. |MUBW ““ Wmm i * Wk m IL 1 ftfc- Aha*. BSSrjt ■EL | ■ f % fTOe) WKS BLANKENSMP (BELOW) MCQNAN MTTMAN |TMtoßuc> (Top) Georgia’s defense struggled to slow down South Carolina’s freshman Marcus Lattimore. (Below) South Carolina's defense was able to hold the Bulldogs to six points. Georgia coaches to play more players along defensive line By RACHEL G. BOWERS The Red & Black It was night and day. It was home and away. It was a win and a loss. Now, with two games in the books and a 1-1 record, some of the Bulldogs’ flaws are evident after Saturday’s loss to South Carolina —a stark contrast with the team’s showing in its season opener. The defensive line couldn’t get penetra tion to stop the run. The defense struggled making clean tackles. The offense couldn't IfifipY News • 2 llltiex Opinions 4 Monday, September 13, 2010 Williams cautioned that these figures are merely projections. “There’s no way right now to say that for sure,” he said. “I think it’s a little premature.” Despite his reservations, Williams said 150 employers reg istered to attend the Career Center’s fall career fair an increase in participants from last fall “That’s a positive sign,” he OUT OF REACH FLIP-FLOP Are University students becoming more conservative or liberal? See Page 3 to find out FOOTBALL South Carolina 17, Georgia 6 run the ball efficiently. Receivers couldn’t get open. And a third-quarter Georgia fumble changed the game’s momentum. Remedying these problems defensively and recovering from a performance that left something to be desired starts with the defensive line or so said head coach Mark Rlcht. ALMOST FAMOUS of Variety 5 Sports 5 said. “I think that’s about a 15 percent increase. I don’t know if you’d call that a significant increase.” Moses Katz, a doctoral stu dent from Tuscaloosa, Ala. study ing historical linguistics, said he remains skeptical about employ ers’ prospective hiring. “As far as what I’ve heard, it’s bad all around,” he said. “The hiring rates have been steadily Freshman exposes weaknesses for Dogs Thirty years ago, leg endary Georgia announcer Larry Munson made his famous announcement when he said, “My God, a fresh man,” In calling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker’s first career touchdown against Tennessee. On Saturday, Georgia learned what it felt like to be on the victim side of a exceptional freshman run ning back, as South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore torched the Bulldogs’ defense for 182 yards en route to a 17-8 victory for the Gamecocks. “It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what Find out which bluegrass band has played for 30 years. Page 5 Vol. üB, No. so | Athens, Georgia poor. I don’t see a change, not for at least three years.” Williams said employment hopes for the Class of 2011 will most likely remain contingent on continued economic progress. “If the economy improves, likely the job market will follow,” he said. Williams also said different See HIRING, Page 2 t Parker the story of the game was No. 21 for them,” head coach Mark Rlcht said. “Marcus Lattimore was certainly the most domi nating player of the game.” It wasn’t supposed to happen like that, though. Not from a team with a perceived shaky offensive line and freshman running back. Stephen Garcia was supposed to be the biggest See POOR, Page 6 “After game one, we were jacked up. After game two, we know we have some work to do,” Rlcht said in his Sunday tele conference. “We’re still learning our players a little bit and where everybody fits the best and what’s our best lineup stilL” With nose tackle DeAngelo Tyson and defensive end Brandon Wood taking most of the work load at their respective posi tions, Rlcht said Abry Jones and Kwame Oeathers need to be incorporated more See LINE, Page 6 VOLLEYBALL FALLS Tt Crossword 2 Sudoku 5 Find out on page 5. See which rival Georgia volleyball fell to for the fifth-con secutive season. Page 5