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▲ Fourteen months after a devastating fire
forced the Georgia Theatre to close, rebuilding
has been cleared and should finish by next April.
Georgia Theatre
to begin steps in
reconstruction
By EVA VASQUEZ
The Red & Black
The day the Georgia Theatre burned was one of the
worst days of owner Wilmot Greene’s life, but now he is
only looking forward, with construction of anew and
improved theatre in the works.
In early July, Greene received all of the final permits
needed from city, state and federal levels to finally begin
construction and get the Georgia Theatre back and fully
active.
“It was a real pain in the butt,” he said. “We have
been building since then.”
Greene and his team are currently working on the
building’s foundation, which is “by far the trickiest and
most time consuming part,” he said.
In the next few weeks, they will start on the steel
package that attaches to the foundation, Greene said.
By late December, the theatre should look finished to
people walking by, which will be an odd sight for those
who have never known the theater as anything more
than the half burnt down building off Clayton street.
All that will be left in assembly at that point is detail
work such as security systems and doors, he said.
Despite all of the donations for the rebuilding of the
theatre, there is still not enough money for everything
that goes into creating a masterpiece like the Theatre.
“We have enough to finish the building,” Greene said.
“We don’t have enough to fUmish it, like lights and
sound.”
Such essentials as lights and sound are key to a
venue looking to compete with the likes of the 40 Watt
and the Melting Point, but Greene is committed to con
tinuing production.
"We are just taking this huge crazy risk, but the more
people donate the better mid sooner it will be done,” he
said.
One of the ways Greene will raise more funds is with
a benefit concert Oct. 23 at Spring Valley Eco Farms.
1320 Records will present STS9, Mimosa, Two Fresh
and Michal Menert.
“It is going to be crazy,” Greene said. If all goes as
planned and the funds permit, the Theatre will be fin
ished in April, he said.
The Theatre will have a renovated interior with the
same historic exterior.
“We are trying to build a legacy," Greene said. “It was
there for a 120 years, and my goal is to make it last for
another 120 years.”
In addition to overseeing construction, Greene has
kept busy promoting shows and planning his wedding
to flanc4 Susan, which will occur this weekend.
South campus’ secret garden finally exposed
By DANIEL CURRAN
The Red & Black
Romantic comedies push the idea
to the point of cliche immense
beauty hidden in plain sight, practi
cally unbeknownst to all.
Fortunately for the University’s
own Trial Gardens, which is tucked
away from sight and mind on South
Campus, today will serve as an
opportunity to get the serene loca
tion the attention it deserves.
“We have people from Athens that
have been here for 30 years didn’t
even know it was here,” said Allan
Armitage, professor of horticulture
at the University and founder of the
gardens. “[lt] is hard to find, it truly
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When: 530 • 730 tonight
Where: Trial Gardens
More Information: Live music, refresh
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is. It’s absolutely Impossible to find
if you don’t know it’s here.”
“An Evening in the Garden,”
which will take place tonight behind
the pharmacy building, offering stu
dents and Athenians alike the
chance to enjoy the gardens in a lav
ish way, with both refreshments aqd
live music available for those in
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Grad service to prevent suicides
By ADINA SOLOMON
The Red & Black
Nationally, the number
of suicides among gradu
ate students Is significant
ly higher than among
undergraduates —and the
University wants to help
any frazzled graduate stu
dents needing to get a grip
on their mental health.
According to the Big
Ten Student Suicide
Study, graduate students
have the highest rate of
suicide among all college
students.
A 2004 paper by the
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▲ Greg Gokey, a senior at the University, placed 479th in the world’s most prestigious
poker tournament the World Series of Poker which earned him $27,519.
Finance major cashing in with poker
By DANIEL CURRAN
The Red & Black
It was unlike any poker
tournament Greg Gokey had ever
participated in.
For about five years, the bulk of
Gokey's experience with the popu
lar card game had taken place at
his desktop.
Now, instead of a computer
screen and opponents he could
not see, he was surrounded by
television cameras and some of the
best players the game had to offer.
It was the 2010 World Series of
Poker In Las Vegas the pinnacle
of professional gambling —and
Gokey was at the center of It all.
“I walked in on the first day and
attendance.
“We’re going to have a little jazz
band here and hors d’oeurves and
some beverages,” Armitage said.
“Sonny Got Blue," a jazz quartet,
will be performing while Armitage
takes those interested on tours
around the garden, teaching them
about the various flowers and telling
stories about the plants.
“We did this last year [and] we
had nearly 200 people,” Armitage
said.
“They’re gonna see it, and they’re
gonna go, ‘Wow,’ and even if they
don’t like plants, who cares? It
doesn’t matter, it’s a pleasant place
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Suicide Prevention
Resource Center states
graduate students use
mental health services on
campus more than under
graduate students.
Counseling and
Psychiatric Services and
select University profes
sional schools are teaming
up to address the high
level of stress for graduate
students.
However, CAPS was
unable to provide specific
statistics on suicide coun
seling at the University.
Kelly Case-Simonson,
assistant director of con
I was taken aback by the number
of players there,” said Gokey, a
senior finance major at the
University. “And I go to receive my
seating assignment and was imme
diately directed to the featured
table.”
After being randomly selected
for the table, he competed for the
next several hours under the
watchful lenses of ESPN's camer
as.
“It was kind of nerve-wracking
at first, but it ended up being a
really fUn table,” Gokey said. “Lots
of guys were goofing around and
we had a few drinks. It ended up
being a really cool experience.”
Despite having played in just a
handful of live tournaments, Gokey
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CAPS, said the joint pro
gram Is still In progress,
but It will teach
graduate students
stress manage
ment, self-care and
ways to balance
work and personal
life.
“Just giving
them skills to work
through things
before they become
a problem,” Case-
Simonson said.
She said gradu
ate students have “unique
struggles,” such as under-
finished the tournament in 479th
place out of 7,319 participants, an
impressive feat according to good
friend and fellow poker aficionado
Jordan Kukler.
“It may not sound like much to
a lot of people,” said Kukler, a
University senior. “But when you
consider the number of people
competing and the skill level of a
lot of them, just cashing is pretty
incredible.”
And cash in he did to the
tune of $27,519.
But this wasn’t the first round
of bets for Gokey.
Before his success at the World
Series, he had performed
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perks of tonight’s event in the Trial Gardens,
where people can see unusual plants.
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going a tougher curricu
lum and paying for their
own —and usually costly
tuitions.
CAPS is only
working with the
Medical College of
Georgia and the
CollegeofVeterinary
Medicine on mental
health programs
right now, but the
future could bring
even more.
“We’re hoping to
expand that, but it
depends on
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