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Red&Black v^ WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Interest in Arabic peaks after terror attacks By UMARAH ALI The Red & Black Language-learning can mean more than just fulfilling a University requirement some times, it can lead to a more cul tured outlook. Initially, languages such as Quranic Arabic and Biblical Hebrew were taught at the S ! Vv... *•' ... ‘ -J. ‘ ' n r -! \ *. DEUNQUM Student crimes spike in Russell Hall : '"''"l By CAREY O’NEIL The Red & Black Editors note: Last year, The Red & Black began compil ing crime data to create an online crime map. For this semester-long series we took that crime data and found the 10 most crime ridden residential streets in Athens Clarke-County. With Jan. 1, 2010 as our starting date, we tallied the crimes on the streets of the University’s home county to create our list. Though not a street, Russell Hall, home to more than 900 stu dents, is fourth in the series. Conner Pawlowski knew he’d have to break a sweat if he was ever going to perfect his kickflip. Skateboarding outside Russell Hall on a humid August day, the freshman began to worry his perspi ration would damage his iPhone. “I set it down under neath a bench for a second, for literally no more than a minute, and it was gone,” the Russell resident said. Pawlowski’s story is not entirely unusual for the area. Since January, Russell has had 39 incidents requir ing police involvement, 15 of which have been thefts and burglaries. University Police Chief NEW MEDIA NEWS K V mrnmi mv . •^hb^^shi ICNNA WAtKfH iTnßimßu* Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) moderates a panel on the effects of new media in politics. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), radio host Neal Boortz and Dean Cully Clark joined the discussion. Story Page 2. O sunny. High 93 1 Low 67 J Where’s Mikey? Adams has invited new faculty * to join him a a Hb reception a the HR President’s House on Prince Avenue irPj ai 530 pm BS Sounds like.., fun. An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1898, INDEPENDENT 1980 University to teach students to read the Quran and the Bible in their original form. Soon after the programs began, demand for variations of the languages particularly Arabic increased. “After 9/11, Interest in Arabic languages skyrocketed,” said Alan Qodlas, co-head of the Arabic at the University. A sense of “Islamophobia" " S ’ iT ,? Ti • i iiiimr ni .as JP" 1 *o^®**wM WES BLANKENSHIP Tut Rbd a Black Nicole Ayers and Matt Hartman, both RusseH Hail residents, say students don’t always take the necessary precautions against crime in the dorm. Jimmy Williamson explained why he thinks these crimes occur at the rate they do. “People somehow feel that they’re immune to any type of criminal activity, so See photo galleiy, video, documents and timeline online. TV ROUNDUP Index Tuesday, Septmeber 21, 2010 began to spread throughout America after Sept. 11, Oodlas said, and more students were becoming interested in the lan guages of Muslims as a result. Oodlas said through learning Arabic, as well as other languag es of predominantly Muslim countries, people begin to get a clearer image of Islam. “By people learning these lan if they leave their room to go to the bathroom or go down to one of their other friend’s rooms, they’ll leave their door wide open and not think that another stu dent may take something ‘Vogue’ halts publication to feature artist Soundsuits react to movement By SHAWN JARRARD The Red & Black When Vogue magazine comes calling, you answer —as artist Nick Cave came to find out, you just don't answer “no.” “1 had just shipped out 20 new [Soundsuits] to a solo show in Sweden, and I. had no work to show them," Cave said. “They called the [New York] gallery per son and the gallery called me, and I said, ‘Well, yeah, I would be interested, but I don't have any work.’” Cave, who is professor and chairman of the Fashion Design Department at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, special izes in a concept he began craft Find out which shows will be premiering new episodes tonight on Page 6 News 2 Opinions 4 guages, ignorant biases can become dispelled,” he said. “If students at UOA can leam these languages, they can begin to talk to more Muslims and see past the bigotry." Along with Arabic taught by professors and Persian taught by an Iranian graduate student, See ARABIC, Page S from them," he said. “It’s more of an opportunity crime than someone going up around there looking to commit a crime." But with 975 students living in the dorm —a larg- ing in the 90s when he construct ed his first Soundsuit using twigs. “Well, the Soundsuit, the beginning of this was in '92 with the Rodney King incident,” Cave said. “That really sort of turned into me recognizing that I wanted to be an artist with a conscience. And then that moved into pro ducing a body of work that right now I’m thinking more about the role of performer in my work.” These “Soundsuits” Integrate performance art and fashion. Each suit is made to produce its own unique sound, which is exhibited by the movement of the wearer. “The materials continue to change quite often,” Cave said, “keeping in mind that we’re very interested in maintaining this sort of renew, recycled, reclaimed, the already-exists object or item that's out there, as part of the PARTY LIKE ITS 2007 PH HP Variety 6 Sports 9 See how the Bulldogs plan to turn the season around. Page 10 Vol. 118, No. a6 | Athens, Georgia , 1®? ... er population than many neighborhoods in Athens the high number of inci dents doesn’t necessarily indicate Russell is danger ous. With strict security measures implemented by the Department of University Housing, most all of the crime is student on-student. “When they hit a room in a residence hall they’re not cleaning it out of all the electronics like they may clean it out if they’re hit ting an apartment,” Williamson said. “If they go in there and grab an iPod but they leave the laptop behind, you know that’s more than likely a stu dent.” Many dorm dwellers say they feel safe in the resi dence hall. Russell resident Nicole Ayers said she loves living in her dorm, but still wasn’t surprised to leam of the large number of inci dents. Ayers said she’s seen people in her hall become increasingly comfortable with the community and ignore some basic precau tions. “I walk into rooms to talk to people and nobody’s there and it’s unlocked,” she said. See RUSSELL, Page 3 NICK CAVE LECTURE When: 5:30 tonight Where: Lamar Dodd Art School, room Si 51 Price: Free building and character of the work. It always comes out of that realm of reclaiming things that already exist.” What Vogue wanted was to give Cave and his Soundsuits a spread in the renowned September issue of the magazine, which this year boasts 726 pages of fashion. "So then [the gallery] called [Vogue] back and said, ‘Well, we just shipped out anew batch of work, and so Nick really has no work. Perhaps another time,’” Cave said. “I mean, that’s all we See SUITS, /hpe 9 GO FOR THE GREEN Crossword 2 Sudoku 9 Alan Oodlas said studying languages such as Arabic can give a clearer image of Muslim cul tures. Is your hall pulling its weight as the dorms compete to go green? Find out on Page 5