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Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board
It’s about time...
The number of arrested football players
hits 10, and Richl has had enough.
Ten.
It’s not the number of wins we will have this
season.
It’s not the percent of students who still have
faith that we can beat Florida.
It’s the number of football players who had
to get arrested before Mark Richt proved he is
serious about athletes’ respect for the law.
After University football player Demetre
Baker was arrested and charged with a DUI,
Richt showed his sincerity in stopping this
son’s embarrassing string of athlete arrests by
kicking the 19-year-old off the team.
It’s about time.
There is a small group of student athletes
giving the entire football team a bad name, and
when Baker was arrested early Sunday morn
ing, it was just more salt in the wound.
The editorial board commends Richt’s deci
sion and hopes this decisive action will show
athletes the gravity of their decisions.
When it comes to being Bulldog fans, the
numbers on the scoreboard aren’t the ones that
will make the difference between cheers and
jeers it’s the number on the breathalyzer.
The freshman linebacker was also charged
with improper driving and underage possession
of alcohol.
Can you pass the salt?
Daniel Burnett for the editorial board
Give immigrants
a fighting chance
Thursday’s paper was
filled with miscon
ceptions about
immigrants and the cost
of tuition at a University
System of Georgia (USG)
school.
Many people agree with
the new USG policy to
deny qualified undocu
mented students admis
sion to the university.
“I don’t want somebody
else who just came in to
get HOPE.”
Before you assume that
immigrants are stealing
your tax dollars, make
sure you know the facts.
No undocumented
immigrants are receiving
the HOPE Scholarship.
No undocumented
immigrants are being
offered in-state tuition.
No “illegals” are steal
ing your tax dollars.
But how is this fair?
If a student from out of
state moves into Georgia
and attends a Georgia
high school their senior
year, they receive the
HOPE Scholarship and
are evaluated for admis
sion on an equal basis.
An undocumented stu
dent who has resided in
Georgia for 17 years,
attended Georgia public
schools throughout their
life, is willing to pay out
of-state tuition, and has
an excellent academic
record might not even be
granted admission under
this policy.
I adamantly disagree
with this new USG policy.
What’s the real solution
here?
Particular immigrant
students should be given
greater education oppor
tunities as prescribed by
the DREAM Act.
Under the DREAM Act,
an undocumented student
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would be granted tempo
rary legal residency if they
meet certain qualifica
tions. They must be
between the age of 12 and
35, arrived in the United
States prior to age 16,
resided continuously in
the United States for the
past five years, graduated
from a U.S. high school
and exhibit good moral
character.
After graduating from
college or serving in the
military for at least two
years, he or she would be
given permanent legal res
idency.
However, the DREAM
Act does not seem likely
this year. Tuesday, a
Republican-led filibuster
in the Senate blocked this
legislation.
Remember that many
undocumented students
were brought to the
United States as young
children, and have attend
ed school by your side for
a decade. They Just want a
fair chance to be admitted
to college.
Perhaps they haven’t
“cheered on the Bulldogs
since infancy.” Instead,
they have studied diligent
ly, hoping to pursue the
American Dream.
But for so many immi
grant students, the
American Dream ends
without an opportunity for
higher education.
Logan Krusac
is a Junior from
Smyrna majoring in
political science and
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SGA helps student representation
It’s almost October, and we’ve
been working since April
Student Government
Association is nearly halfway
through its administration.
We’ve been working hard. And
we’ve heard your concerns.
So, here’s a quick glimpse Into
what we’ve been up to.
We know that despite our team’s
performance, tailgating is still an
important issue to you.
Don’t worry we plan on advo
cating for more student friendly
compromises to the restrictions
when the Gameday Committee
meets to discuss plans for next sea
son.
These policies need to be pre
ventative, not punitive.
In the meantime, let’s continue
to show our love for a beautiful
campus on game days.
Let’s prove that students were
never the true problem.
We in the SGA also share a com
mon goal with Athletic Director
Greg McGarity we want to see
those student game day seats filled.
On that end, we are working with
the Athletic Association to iron out
Online journalism hinders communication
I always get a good feel
ing deep down when I
see someone read a
newspaper, especially if
they are reading one of
my stories.
Call me narcissistic,
but having a visual of
people reading the news
humanizes my profession.
Sometimes, people
who don’t even know
each other will start dis
cussing something they
read in the newspaper.
Sometimes, even com
plete strangers engage in
the art of cordial conver
sation.
People discover the
importance of social con
tact through news.
The anniversary of 8/11
just passed and I’m sure
it was difficult to escape
the inevitable question
“where were you?”
Wherever you were,
the world stopped, and
almost everyone was
glued to the television.
I'd imagine a good
number heard the news
from people they didn’t
know and in the time of
crisis interacted with peo-
Mailbox
E-mail and letters from our readers
General admission at football games
better than printing student tickets
In regards to Ms. Taylor’s article on Sept. 22, gener
al admission student seating has Its faults, but It Is
still better than printing tickets.
When tickets were printed, "tans” would skip class
to line up for good tickets on distribution day, leaving
worse seats for those who went to class. Then, those
same “fans” would often drink themselves into stupors
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pie just as shocked and
traumatized as them.
The heinous event
brought our nation
together as a collective
community —with the
help of the media.
Now, imagine a world
in which breaking news is
a headline on a computer
screen in a dark room.
You immediately share
it with a friend on
Facebook chat. But the
room is still empty and
you’re still alone.
I believe that one day
probably during my
career all newspapers
are going terminate print
ed news and adopt an
exclusive online format.
Newspapers are forced
to terminate print publi
cation for various rea
sons, including a lack of
advertisement, lack of
readership and changing
technology.
Our Staff
Mm Josh
Delaney
the kinks in the card ticket system.
As for the plus/minus system
it’s still not perfect. But plans are
set to finish the drill with the
C-minus elimination by the end of
this semester.
Hey, we’ve also got your back
during finals.
A proposal is set to go through
this fall that will save students from
taking three final exams within a
24-hour period.
Tired of missing that bus?
Good news we’re moving for
ward with Campus Transit on a bus
GPS tracking system. Soon, you’ll
be able to track the exact location
of your bus from a computer or
your iPhone.
Say goodbye to overcrowding on
your ride to North Campus.
But we like to have fun too.
Along with Georgia Tech, we’re
hosting the Higher Education
I understand the rea
sons, but as a journalist,
it’s disheartening.
Readers will become sta
tistics.
It’s great to have an
online subscription of
30,000 —but can you put
a face to the people read
ing your work?
No.
If I were a musician,
I’d gladly perform in front
of an audience rather
than spend all my time in
the studio. If I were an
artist, rd put my art in
galleries. So, why can’t
journalism be the same
way?
Eventually, I won’t see
the people reading the
news I give them. I won’t
see an open jaw, startled
eyes, a smile or overhear
a chuckle or laugh.
Of course, if iPads and
Kindles gain popularity, I
could potentially observe
those physical reactions
and expressions from
readers.
But then again, they
might also have ear buds
protecting their ears from
the annoyances of the
before managing to stumble to the stadium at kickoff,
to kick people who had been there for two hours out of
their seats.
General admission allows people who will go to
class, then show up early and be loud on Saturdays, to
have their rightful spots.
Finally, overcrowding wouldn’t happen If security
gave out the correct number of wristbands. Every
week at kickoff, the end zone looks half empty,
because more people than can fit have crowded sec
tions 109 to 112.
Students who can’t leave their tailgates on time can
sit in the end zone.
LAUREN LAZARUS
First year, Duluth
Law
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Gubernatorial Debate.
We’d love to have you join us. It’s
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Our priority is first and foremost
to represent you.
As the SGA president,, I’ve tried
to live up to the responsibilities of
this campus and wishes of its stu
dents.
When you elected me in April I
made a promise to fight for stu
dent representation.
That’s my plan —and the plan of
every SGA officer.
We haven’t let you down. And we
won’t stop working until you get
what you need.
I won't say it hasn’t been a tough
road.
But as you can see, we’re stick
ing to the plan.
Josh Delaney is the president
of the Student Government
Association
general public.
I miss meeting people
at Blockbuster and talk
ing about movies.
I miss going to music
stores and finding people
that have the same taste
in music as I do. A ran
dom conversation at CD
Warehouse started a few
of my friendships.
So, does it matter
whether reading news is a
public or private engage
ment? Does online Jour
nalism contribute to
social isolation?
We can rent movies
online, get music online
—and now read the news
online and alone.
I have said farewell to
public movie rentals. I
have said adios to store
bought music. I have said
au revoir to print media.
But so did the soclally
lnept, obese characters in
WALL-E you saw how
those people turned out.
Michael Prochaska
is a junior from Marietta
majoring in magazines
and a staff writer for
The Red & Black
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