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FREE THINGS TO DO
Athens offers priceless fun
Put away your wallet you don’t need cash
to have fan in Athens. The Red & Black scoured
the city for free attractions and asked students
how they spend their spare time without spend
ing spare change.
Whether you enjoy music, science, art, nature
or animals, all of these activities are right out
side your doorstep and free of charge. Keep
those pretty pennies in your pockets for text
books.
compiled by Adina Solomon
Bey HoHow Zoo
You can see more than just bears at Bear Hollow
Zoo. At Bear Hollow, woodchucks, alligators and. yes.
black bears, all live next door to one another.
Most animals are native to Georgia. There are also
rare and nocturnal animals, said Berkeley Boone, zoo
coordinator.
“You get to see some animals that you wouldn't see
otherwise.” he said. “It's often referred to as Athens’
best kept secret.”
The zoo also offers weekend tours from 10 to 11 a.m.
on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
Tours are led by a docent and meet at the front gate of
the zoo.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Located at 293 Gran
Ellen Drive. For more information, call (700) 613-3616.
Georgia Museum of Natural History
Insects, birds, live frogs and snakes, mammals,
rocks, minerals and the skeleton of a pygmy sperm
whale all greet you in the Discovery Room at the
Museum of Natural History.
Though not everything in the Discovery Room origi
nated in Georgia, Carol Hoffman, curator for education
and outreach at the museum, said many of the exhibits
and specimens did come from around the state.
“It gives you an introduction to the amazing diver
sity of things you can find in your own state,” she said.
Weekend hours are uncertain because of carpet
damage to the Discovery Room from a rainstorm a few
weeks ago. but the museum still opens its doors during
the week.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum is
located at the comer of East Campus Road and Cedar
Street For more information, call (706) 542-1663.
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Expansive gardens and five miles of walking
trails can make for a good time close to campus
at the State Botanical Garden.
“It’s ever-changing. You couldn’t go there
two days and see the same exact thing,” said
Connie Cottingham, public relations and spe
cial events coordinator at the gardens.
The gardens also provide free wireless
Internet, which is perfect for studying in a natu
ral and serene setting, Cottingham said. She
said many people will take their camera or
sketchbook with them to the gardens and prac
tice their craft.
The gardens also offer -Garden Rambles,
where visitors follow a guide through the gar
den and learn about the plants around them.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily until the end of
the month. Located at 2450 8. Milledge Ave..
For more information, call (706) 542-1244.
Study shows campus liberal bias
By JEN INGLES
The Red & Black
A study from
Campus Reform, org
released last month
reports a liberal bias at the
University.
The study was based on
evidence the site cited in
three key areas: student
life, faculty and university
policy.
The site, a part of The
Leadership Institute,
counted seven political
groups three of which
are conservative and four
liberal that are the basis
for their claim of a liberal
bias in the realm of stu
dent life here at the
University.
The Leadership
Institute provides training
programs for conservative
activists and guides con
servatives seeking careers
in politics or media.
Chairman of the
University College
Republicans Kristin
Moreaux said that she
could come up with a num
ber of conservative clubs
on campus higher than the
number found in the
report.
"I can count four con
servative student groups
just that I know of,” she
said, citing her organiza
tion, Young Americans for
Liberty, Dawgs for Life and
Dawgs for Israel.
The three conservative
student groups that were
named by Campusßeform.
org were the College
Republicans, Dawgs for
Oxendine, and the Law
Republicans.
Alex Foster, president
of the Young Democrats at
the University, said univer
sity campuses tend to be
more liberal.
“Athens has been called
a blue island in a sea of
red,” he said. “I think that
the University plays a large
role in that.”
There is a liberal bias
among faculty members,
the report claims, because
83 percent of contributing
faculty and staff at the
University during
the 2008 presiden
tial election gave to
Democratic candi
dates, according to
numbers from the
Hufllngton Post.
“That’s abnormal
because Georgia’s
considered a red
state,” Foster point
ed out.
Moreaux, a senior
majoring in political sci
ence, said that all the elec
tion donations didn't mat
ter, and what does count is
the way that a teacher
behaves in his or her class
room.
"I think we have one of
the best groups of profes
sors possible for the politi
cal science department, as
far as not pushing their
own ideals, whether they
be liberal or conservative,”
she said.
To support its claim of
liberal bias in University
policy, the report points to
restrictions of free speech
on campus, citing the Free
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Athens Institute for Contemporary Art,
Inc. (ATHICA)
If you want to see a 30-foot sculpture
made out of skulls and crafted by a
University professor, ATHICA is the place
to go.
ATHICA is a nonprofit, non-commer
cial art space with four mgjor exhibits a
year; said Lizzie Zucker SaJtz. artistic
director and founder of ATHICA. It fea
tures both regional and national artists.
"Contemporary art gives you a rare
opportunity to think about issues that
are relevant to life through a different
lens,” Zucker Saltz said.
Hours: Thursday 8 to 9 p.m., Friday-
Sunday 1 to 6 p.m. Located at 160 Tracy
St., Unit 4. For more information, call
(706) 208-1613.
Concerts at the University’s
Hodgson School of Music
With performances including
bass recitals, string quartets and
opera, going to a concert is a
great idea for both date nights
and the entire University commu
nity, said Alan Flurry, public rela
tions coordinator at the School of
Music.
Most performers are also stu
dents and faculty at the
University.
“All of the performances are at
such a high level,” Flurry said.
“These people are so accom
plished as musicians.”
Next performance: Faculty
Chamber Ensembles tonight at 8
p.m. For more information, visit
http://www.music.uga.edu/.
Expression Areas at Tate
Plaza and outside
Memorial Hall, as well as a
section in the student
handbook defining “acts of
intolerance” prohibited by
the University.
The Free Expression
Areas are the only areas on
campus where students
are permitted to hold dem
onstrations.
The report called the
University’s policy con
cerning “acts of intoler
ance” ambiguous, and
stated that college admin-
istrators may use
such policies to
silence conserva
tives.
“When it comes
to political activity
on campus, I think
people would be
surprised how unit
ed the College
Republicans and
College Dems tend
to be,” Moreaux
MOREAUX
said.
She said the two groups
have a friendly working
relationship and had a
social for their members
last semester.
The only place Moreaux
said she saw any liberal
bias at the University was
with The Red & Black.
“I have been rather dis
appointed with some of
the recent cartoons,” she
said referring to editorial
cartoons depicting Sarah
Palin and Nathan Deal,
Republican candidate for
governor. “There Just
doesn’t seem to be equal
playing time.”
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MAN ON THE
STREET:
HOT PROFESSORS?
Swarthy Argentinean natives
teaching Spanish classes,
coquettish linguistics professors
pursing their lips, brawny kinesi
ologists pointing out how the
muscles move Just so the
University has some hot faculty
members.
But can pretty faces leading
the class actually be a detriment
to your education? Are you less
or more likely to pay attention
g
in class when every enunciation
or new assignment seems loaded
with sexual tension?
The Red & Black posed the
question to blushing University
students: What’s your classroom
experience been like virith a hot
professor? Do they even exist, or
are they Just attractive myths?
Julia Carpenter
AUSTIN COHEN
sophomore Internationa/
affaire major from
Marietta
‘I don) believe I have
one this year that could
remotely be considered
hot. Deep down I know
they exist somewhere
Maybe it’s my major? My
fear is that as I delve into
my major work and get
into more advanced
classes these hot profes
sors will dress in a more
Spartan manner due to
the serious nature of the
course. That’s my fear*
ELISE PAGE
sophomore accounting
and international affaire
major from Marietta
*1 haven) realty come
across that many hot pro
fessors Most ot my pro
fessors are girls. I'm sure
they must exist, though,
right?"
MORGAN
WILSON
freshman chemistry
major from Blue Ridge
"They actually hold my
attention better. Seriously.
I just came from one." _ ■
TORI REUNING
freshman biology major
from Blue Ridge
“We freshmen haven't met
that many yet, but I know
of one especially. I'd men
tion names, but...."
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RACHEL
MCDANIEL
junior journalism major
TrOfTi ACWOuTI
"I haven't realfy had one,
sadly. They're legends
around campus, though."
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