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Grad student’s threats lead to rumors of guns
By CAREY O'NEIL
The Red & Black
A University graduate student
was thought to be seen brandish
ing a gun at the Dean Rusk
Center after leaving threatening
voice messages for one of his
teachers.
University Police were alerted
to the situation around 10:40 a.m.
Thursday, and roughly one hour
later they determined no gun
man was on campus and the sus
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Tailgating
restraints
to remain
for season
By POLINA MARINOVA
The Red & Black
Say goodbye to unrestricted tail
gating on North Campus for now
at least.
University President Michael
Adams told The Red & Black no
changes will be made to the new
tailgating restrictions on North
Campus until next year.
“If it’s not working, we’ll tweak it
at the end of this season," Adams
said on Thursday. “I’d like to wait
until we get through Tennessee and
Vanderbilt at home
coming before we
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meet with Adams
and other members of the adminis
tration to discuss the tailgating
regulations.
. “We have been on them about
making sure we’re going to be in
that room,” Delaney said. “We’re
going to be very vocal and very
adamant with our point.”
Delaney said the frustration of
the student body stems from the
fact that there was no student
input when formulating the new
tailgating regulations. When decid
ing to implement the new tailgat
ing restrictions on North Campus,
Adams appointed a committee
with members representing the
environmental, administrative and
security needs of North Campus.
However, there was no student rep
resentative on the task force.
“I definitely think there’s merit
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STAYING SAFE DOWNTOWN
Rape connected to binge drinking, officials say
By TIFFANY STEVENS
The Red & Black
Deciding to have only one or two
drinks downtown may feel limiting to
students, but it could prevent them
from becoming victims of rape,
according to University and law
enforcement officials
Jimmy Williamson, University chief
of police, said many rape cases Involve
alcohol and might have been pre
vented if alcohol use was not pres
ent.
“I’m not blaming the victim,
because the victim is not to be
blamed,” he said. “We try to remind
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pected student was already in
Clarice County jail on unrelated
charges.
Police are in the process of
obtaining arrest warrants for the
student, who attended classes
during the summer but is not
enrolled this semester.
University Police Chief Jimmy
Williamson said the weapon
report was most likely made after
rumors of the student’s threats
spread.
“It’s sort of like the little
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people to drink in a responsible way.
because if you overconsume, you can
make yourself more appealing to peo
ple who want to commit a crane.”"
Fourteen rapes have been report
ed in Athens Clarke-County since
June. One of the Incidents involved a
University student who said she was
raped at an unknown location after
getting into a taxi downtown.
ACC Police Capt. Clarence
Holeman told The Red it Black alco
hol was involved in the incident
involving the student.
Larry Gourdlne, relationship and
sexual violence prevention coordina
tor at the University Health Center;
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example we have in school, when
you line everybody up and whis
per something in one ear and get
to the very end and see what it
Is,” he said. “I think what hap
pened was people were talking
about the Issues between the
student and the faculty member
and as people talked about it,
being in the world that we live in
today, it eventually grew on us.”
University President Michael
Adams said threats such as the
one that lead to the report are
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also said alcohol was the most com
mon contributing factor to rape in
Athens.
“There are other drugs that are
out there, like rootles, and those are
out there in Athens and downtown,
but the main one is alcohol,” he said.
“That can be applied to both men
and women, but the majority are
women.”
University President Michael
Adams has also taken note of the
number of rapes in the county, and
he urges students to be cautious.
“I particularly would appeal to
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not entirely unheard of.
“There are threats out there,
there had been some threats in
this case,” he said. “I get threats.
Unfortunately, sometimes faculty
members do."
No matter the number of
threats, Adams said safety is
always one of the University's
top priorities.
“We are serious about provid
ing as protective an environment
as we can,” he said. “I have a lot
of confidence in the University
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Police."
Though officers were deployed
to deal with the reported shooter,
the area was not evacuated and
no UGA Alert was issued.
Williamson said not evacuat
ing is standard practice in such a
situation.
“If we said to evacuate, I might
have led them right into his
arms,” he explained.
A UGA Alert was not issued
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Fire-twirler
leads team
at nationals
By MICHAEL PROCHASKA
The Red & Black
Graduate student Karrissa
Wimberiey keeps winning as her
baton remains spinning, but it
would be a mistake to say she’s
on fire.
After almost 10 years of soak
ing her baton in kerosene the
night before performances, her
worst injury to date has been a
mere blister.
“All it does is singe off my arm
hair," Wimberiey said. “One time
I caught the baton between my
fingers and I got a blister, but
nothing ever tragic happens. I’ve
had a pretty good success rate
for all the times I’ve been
ablaze.”
Wimberiey is the featured
majorette for the Redcoat
Marching band and a member of
the competitive auxiliary team.
She recently flew back from
Norway’s world championships in
baton twilling with a silver
medal, marking the first time in
30 years that an American
woman has done that well.
Norway wasn’t Wimberley’s
first abroad performance, nor is
it likely to be her last.
With talent coveted by twirlers
all over the globe, Wimberiey
constantly gets asked to teach
her tricks overseas.
She racks up as many frequent
flier miles as a diplomat, and in
some ways it’s as if she is an
ambassador of twirls.
“You learn so much firsthand.
I’ve gotten to go to Japan,
Australia, Italy and Holland,” she
said. “When you spend a week or
so with them, you start to learn a
couple words from their language
or just things like their traditions
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