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Thursday, October 7, 2010 | The Red a Black
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Police Documents
Rape count increases to 16
A woman reported she
was raped around 1:30 a.m.
Wednesday, according to
an Athens-Clarke County
police report.
The 32-year-old told
police she had been riding
in a taxi with the offender
when the offender told the
taxi driver to stop so he
could take out money tor
the cab fare. The offender
got out, and the woman
followed him. The offender
dragged her into a parking
garage and raped her,
according to the report.
Police officers discov
ered the woman walking
down Vine Street around
1:55 a.m. It was apparent
she had been drinking,
according to the report.
The woman described
the offender as a tall,
short-haired, clean-shaven
black male in his mid
twenties.
This incident marks the
16th rape case reported in
Athens-Clarke County
since June.
On Oct. 4, a female stu
dent reported she was
raped in Me 11 Hall, On
Sept. 5, an 18-year-old
University student report
ed she was raped at an
unknown location after
getting into a taxi. On Aug.
10, a University student
reported a rape, which
police later determined to
be unfounded.
Student charged with
underage possession
A University student
was arrested and charged
with underage possession
of alcohol at 2:41 a.m.
Wednesday, according to a
University Police report.
An officer discovered
student Kelly Brodalski.
18, in the Founders
Memorial Garden after
finding her purse nearby.
According to the police
report, Brodalski said she
had been at a toga social
downtown and lost sight of
the person she was walk
ing home with.
She said she was wait
ing in the garden because
she didn’t know how to get
home. Brodalski was trans
ported to the Clarke
County Jail.
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ELECTION: Candidate says experience crucial
► From Pago 1
Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax has been
unpopular for many in
Athens, O'Looney believes
it is an effective way of
raising money for devel
opment projects in the
community, such as the
Oconee River Greenway
and the Lyndon House
museum.
“I will always support
SPLOST," she said. Fifty
percent of it is paid for by
people who come into
town and by students. It
is a great way for people
who are enjoying Athens
to help support the city.”
O’Looney supports the
public school system in
Athens and wants to
implement changes that
will increase graduation
rates and facilitate more
Athens students going
into post-high school
fields.
"School-to-work tran
sitions are important,"
she said. “I believe busi
nesses should help by giv
ing jobs to students, and I
want to increase local hir
ing."
Three drinks a day keep doctors away
By ADINA SOLOMON
The Red & Black
Taking shots could be the next
new health craze.
A paper published in the journal
‘Alcoholism: Clinical and
Experimental Research" entitled
“Late-Life Alcohol Consumption
and 20-Year Mortality” suggests
both heavy and moderate drinkers
live longer than non-drinkers.
Above all, moderate drinkers in the
study lived the longest.
Non-drinkers had an increased
risk of death of 51 percent com
pared to moderate drinkers. Heavy
drinkers had a 45 percent increased
risk.
The study, done over a 20-year
period, followed 1,824 adults aged
between 55 and 65 years old who
received outpatient care.
Moderate drinking is defined as
having one to three drinks per day
and heavy drinking is having any
more than that.
"I thought that the article was
interesting. It wasn't something I
had heard of before," said Deanna
Walters, alcohol and other drug pre
vention coordinator for the
University Health Center. “I knew
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She is also concerned
with the teen pregnancy
rate in Athens.
“I want to Increase the
amount of pre-teen and
middle school age stu
dents in afterschool pro
grams because they are
most in danger of becom
ing pregnant,” she said.
O’Looney said she
believes these after school
programs are vital to bet
tering the local school
system.
She also addressed the
increasing homeless pop
ulation in Athens. She
said the homeless are not
able to take advantage of
many of the services they
are eligible for, such as
mental health and veter
ans benefits, because they
do not have an address.
Even though there are
many organizations in
Athens who assist the
homeless, she said she
believes there are some
problems that are outside
the scope of these groups.
“We have a huge base
of resources for the needy
but there are some things
that need to be handled
by professionals," she
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ger than those who abstain, but I
didn’t know about the heavy drink
ers.”
Though she said the study was
well done and funded by a reputa
ble source, Walters and the study’s
authors all said variables may inter
fere with the conclusions.
“It's promising research in terms
of the risk factors, but I’d also like
to see it replicated several times
before it could be looked at as
pretty strong evidence," she said.
James MacKillop, clinical psy
chology assistant professor, also
said outside factors could affect the
results. For example, red wine is
beneficial not because of the etha
nol but because of its antioxidants.
MacKillop said individuals
abstaining from drinking may have
pre-existing health conditions or
less money, which would lead to
lower-quality health care.
“Abstinence from alcohol may be
a red herring,” he said.
Elizabeth Wilson, a junior from
Atlanta, said the study's results are
stunning.
“I don’t think the health benefits
outweigh the consequences of
underage drinking, but for those of
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▲ Athens mayoral candidate Gwen O’Looney
spoke to the Young Democrats Wednesday.
said.
O’Looney said her
experience in the Athens-
Clarke County govern
ment separates her from
the other candidates.
"Experience is needed
in a tough time,” she said.
“I can start on day one
because I know how the
government works and I
know what it can do.”
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and author of GAPolitico.
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O’Looney’s talk.
“She did a good job
addressing the issues in
front of us,” he said.
Peyton Palmer, a first
year history major from
Dahlonega who will be
voting in Athens for the
first time this year was
also pleased.
“I was very impressed
with her as a candidate,”
she said. “She was very
knowledgeable.”
age, it shouldn’t be viewed nega
tively," she said.
MacKillop said it’s “surprising”
that heavy drinking could be
thought of as beneficial.
What could cause such a conclu
sion?
The study’s authors suggest
there are psychological benefits to
drinking. For example, those who
do drink are likely doing so with
friends. MacKillop and Walters both
said they agreed with this hypothe
sis. Walters said drinkers may be
more social and form more connec
tions with people.
“Not only do they have a net
work of support, but they also have
a network of people to call on when
something goes wrong,” she said.
“Abstainers could not have as big a
social network.”
As for heavy drinkers. Walters
said she would want further studies
looking at the college-aged popula
tion.
“It could change the way that we
approach drinking habits and per
haps take away the stigma of peo
ple who have more than three
drinks in a day.” she said. “I’d like
to track it and see what happens
out of this."
ENGINEERING:
Programs
to increase
research
► From Page 1
"Without engineering
and medical schools, UGA
has been unable to tap into
the expanding federal
funds for engineering and
medical research, the two
major sources of research
funds for most academic
institutions.”
The need for research is
what Agan Tankersley, a
senior agricultural engi
neering major from
Swainsboro, said was one
reason the University
should already have an
engineering school.
Tankersley said the pro
posed majors could mean
significant changes for stu
dents already in the engi
neering programs.
“Depending on the cur
riculum for those majors, I
do think they will affect the
numbers of people in ag
engineering,” he said.
Miles Keeney-Ritchie, a
fifth-year agricultural engi
neering major from Atlanta,
said the curriculum now is
very broad, but the small
program size limits the
opportunities students
have outside of the class
room.
“What the program does
now is give us a sort of
really broad base. Many
engineers who graduate
from UGA work in fields
where they didn’t get their
degrees in,” he said. “In
one sense, we’d be losing
some of the breadth of our
program, but in another
we’d be going more in
depth in the field we actu
ally want to work in.”
Keeney-Ritchie said if
he were at the University
when the majors were
implemented, assuming
they get approved next
week, he would “definitely”
change his major to
mechanical engineering,
instead of pursuing a
mechanical emphasis.
“I actually don’t have
much of an interest in ag
engineering,” he said.
“Though I find it fascinat
ing, it’s not what I really
want to do.”
Tankersley, however,
said he would not change
his major if he had the
opportunity.
“However, if I were a
freshman just entering
UGA, I would change my
major to civil engineering,”
he said. “When I say what
my rmyor is. I get, ‘Ag engi
neering? What’s that?’”
Had Tankersley whose
emphasis is natural
resources —and Keeney-
Ritchie been University
students 180 years ago,
they would both have had
the opportunity to major in
mining, mechanical, elec
trical or civil engineering,
all of which were offered
beginning in 1830 and when
the University had its
School of Engineering in
1880.
Agricultural and biologi
cal engineering undergrad
uate degrees were not
added until 1920 and 1993,
respectively. All other engi
neering programs were
transferred to Georgia
Tech in 1932.
“1 really, really enjoy the
department and the pro
gram. and I don’t think ill
of it in any way,” Keeney-
Ritchie said. “Our program
is a lot smaller and doesn't
have the resources that
Tech has. ... It limits the
ability of students to excel.
I wish there was a UGA
school of engineering
already.”
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