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people to talk about the bene
fits of public higher education
and the changes they wanted to
see. Protesters carried signs with
slogans such as, “Funk Budget
Cuts,” “Public > Private” and
“Educate Before You
Administrate.”
Speakers focused on several
common topics the decline in
funding for public higher educa
tion, the need for small classes,
not treating education as a busi
ness, focusing on education rath
er than job training, and the
importance of emphasizing aca
demics over administrator sala
ries and projects to beautify the
campus.
“UOA is part of a broader sys
tem of cutting public goods and
prioritizing private goods,” said
Boynton, who majored in inter
disciplinary studies. “Students
need to take claim of their educa
tion. They can’t just let adminis
trators tell them what to do.”
Although hard economic times
have brought about budget cuts
for the University, protesters said
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want people using random
peoples’ IDs,” he said. “If
you’re the one paying for
the ticket, though, you
should be able to do what
you want with the ticket.”
Shannon Easterly, a
sophomore from Roswell
said she let her roommate
use her ID for a football
game this year, and the ID
was confiscated inside
Sanford Stadium. Her
roommate, however, was
allowed to go into the game
without the ID.
“My roommate asked
whether she could just go
into the game with the ID,
but the lady said ‘No, it
doesn’t work that way. You
have to go into the game,
and I have to take the ID,”
Easterly said.
Easterly said she was
able to get anew ID, but
did not have her football
tickets replaced on it. She
said she doesn’t think the
system of confiscating IDs
is a good idea
“I’m not happy with it.
Asa student, if I have a
ticket and I’m not going to
a game, I should be able to
give it to someone,” she
said. “You should be able
to fill the seats. It’s bad for
the University to not have
people at the football
games.”
Claude Felton, associate
director for sports commu
nications, said the point of
the ID ticketing system is
to cut back on scalping of
student tickets.
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site approach.
“Especially in times of eco
nomic crisis, education higher
education is important,” said
Andrew Epstein, a first-year grad
uate student studying history.
“And what we’re seeing is higher
education being de-prioritized.”
Josh Delaney, president of the
University’s Student Government
Association, spoke at the rally,
criticizing the nationwide trend
of state legislatures not funding
higher education.
“Tuition and fees put an undue
burden on undergraduate and
graduate students, in-state and
out-of-state, all across the board,”
he said. He urged students to
vote in November for candidates
who prioritize education.
Bethany Moreton, an assistant
professor of history, spoke to the
crowd about the inequalities in
public and private higher educa
tion. Students who can pay for
the best education in the country,
she said, have smaller classes and
personal relationships with pro
fessors. She said she rejected the
concept of treating education like
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get tickets and basically
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Association's website
warns students that disci
plinary action could be
taken if they attempt
“fraudulent admission” to
a football game.
Felton said students
who don’t want to go to a
football game can donate
their tickets. The donated
tickets will be placed into a
pool and redistributed to
students who didn’t receive
full ticket packages.
Kathryn Swany, a senior
from Peachtree City, said
she has the LBAT this
weekend and is unable to
go to the game.
She was informed by the
Athletic Association that
she could donate her ticket
for the Tennessee game,
but she said she would
rather be able to give the
ticket to someone she
knows or be able to get a
refirnd for the ticket she
doesn’t use.
“It’s a convenient sys
tem, but how hard would it
be for them to take my ID,
swipe it, put my ticket on
my friend’s ID, and then
take $8 off of my account
and put it onto his?” she
said. “If they’re going to
make me pay the athletic
fee and pay for my tickets,
then there needs to be a
way that I can get a
refund."
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a business.
“These are not customers.
They’re not products,” she said.
“Students are people.”
So if tuition raises and a busi
ness-like approach to -education
are both undesirable, how can
the University continue to fund
quality education? The members
of GSPHE had several solutions.
First, the state legislature can
provide more money for educa
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than 75 percent of the spaces at Tailgate
Station are sold.
Moore said despite the economy he
thinks of the money as an investment
that will hopefully pay off in the future:
“If it retains value, I’ll be happy,”
Moore said. “If it gains value, I’ll profit.
And if it loses value, I’ll just say that I
enjoyed it for 20 years.”
Lindsey Megow, a sophomore from
Valdosta, said she lives in the Georgia
Gameday Condominiums and prefers
to walk to campus rather than park.
“Sometimes it’s just not even worth
driving, because there’s so much traffic
on game day,” Megow said.
Unlike Moore, Megow said she
doesn’t think students mind having to
follow parking regulations on game day.
“As far as making students move, I
don’t think anyone makes such a big
deal out of that,” Megow said. “I feel
like it’s hard to accommodate everyone,
but they do the best they can with the
situation.”
When Megow reaches alumna status,
will she also invest in a luxury-style
parking area such as Tailgate Park?
“Absolutely not,” she said. “I feel like
you can buy box tickets and a parking
pass and only spend about $3,000 for
two seats and a pass for the entire sea
son. I Just think there are much better
alternatives that are more economic.”
Even churches around Athens have
become football parking-friendly.
Tom Granum, director of music at
First Presbyterian Church in Athens,
said the church charges S3OO for season
passes. The proceeds help finance youth
mission trips and help support a soup
kitchen and a program for homeless
families.
The Athletic Association controls
approximately 4,000 parking spaces on
game day, but does not sell individual
parking permits. The permits are allo
cated using a point system, which
requires a minimum donation of $2,500
to qualify for a parking permit this year.
Parking lots are assigned to each indi
vidual according to their “cumulative
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tion amounts.
In terms of regulation, the Athletic
Association checks reserved lots at 6
a.m. on game day and tows approxi
mately 50 vehicles per game.
Parking Services charges S2O per
home game on a first-come, first-serve
basis at the Carlton Street Deck and
the Performing Arts Center Deck, but
generally manages nearly 6,000 free
parking spaces on campus, mostly con
centrated in East Campus, said Don
Walter, manager of parking services.
“People are generally really good
about parking where they’re supposed
to," Walter said. “We don’t see people
tailgating in empty spots. Fans have
been cooperative in making sure they
follow the rules.”
In order to keep things running
smoothly on game day, Walter said
Parking Services hires students to help
direct people to parking spots and
sends out e-mails reminding fans of
parking regulations before each game.
University Police Chief Jimmy
Williamson said vehicles in violation of
those rules are towed.
“The thing is that people who park
illegally are creating problems, and tick
eting them doesn’t fix the problem,”
Williamson said. “For instance, if they're
parked in a disabled space, giving them
a ticket does not help the disabled per
son get a space.”
Moore said stricter parking regula
tions around campus led him to Tailgate
Park.
“The parking regulations have got
ten to the point where it’s really unfair
for fans and students,” Moore said.
“Quite frankly, I don’t have to put up
with that now because I’ve got these
places or otherwise I’d probably be in
an uproar like other people are about
the parking.”
But Williamson does not think game
day parking is too problematic.
“For the most part, people are pretty
flexible and considerate,” Williamson
said. “We have a few who could be a lit
tle more courteous, and those are the
few we end up dealing with.”
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tion by raising taxes for people
with incomes of more than
$200,000, Boynton said.
In addition, University admin
istration can soften the effects of
budget cuts by taking pay cuts to
their own salaries instead of cut
ting budgets for academic instruc
tion.
“If we need to do it, the first
place to do it is chop from the
top,” Epstein said.
CRIME
NOTEBOOK
Evidenoe found of some
one sleeping in Biology
building
Officials reported evi
dence of criminal trespass
in the Biology building on
Wednesday, according to a
University Police report.
Kim Treadwell, building
manager for the Biology
building, told officers that
it appeared a person had
been sleeping on the sixth
floor of the building and
had left several personal
belongings.
Officers found 20 assort
ed textbooks, an accordion
binder and a bag of assort
ed clothing in the north
west stairwell on the sixth
floor.
In addition, a bag of
assorted toiletry items
were found in the north
west stairwell of the eighth
floor.
Items were placed in an
evidence locker to be
returned to the owner.
Failure to wear seat belt
leads to drug and alcohol
arrest
A University student
was arrested on drug and
alcohol charges after an
officer observed him driv
ing without a seat belt on
Wednesday, according to a
University Police report.
Michael Justin Boylan,
19, was pulled over at
about 10 p.m. near Macon
Highway after officers
observed him driving with
out a seat belt on Milledge
Avenue, according to the
report.
The officer reported
smelling the odor of burn
ing marijuana while talking
to Boylan.
Boylan was also found
to be driving while using a
license suspended
December of 2009 for fail
ure to appear, according to
the report.
After officers asked
about the odor of marijua
na. Boylan admitted to
having a bowl in the cup
holder behind the front
seats. Officers found and
confiscated a fake ID, less
than an ounce of marijua
na, prescription drugs out
side of their original con
tainers, half a bottle of
Jack Daniel’s whiskey, a
grinder for preparing mari
juana and a glass pipe.
Boylan was charged
with underage possession
of alcohol, possession of a
fake ID, less than an ounce
of marijuana, drug related
objects, prescription drugs
not in original container
and possession of an open
container of alcohol in a
vehicle, according to the
report.
He was then transport
ed to Clarke County Jail.
Running red light leads to
arrest
Two University students
were arrested on charges
of DUI and underage pos
session Thursday after
running a red light on East
Broad Street, according to
an Athens-Clarke County
police report.
Katelyn Ashley Sullivan,
21, and Jessica Lin Brewer,
20, were arrested at about
1:30 a.m. after officers
pulled Sullivan over for
running a red light at the
intersection of East Broad
Street and Hickory Street.
After Sullivan declined
a breath test, the officer
approached Brewer to see
if she was capable of driv
ing. The officer reported
smelling alcohol on the
student’s breath. Brewer
denied repeatedly that she
had anything to drink, and
declined a breath test,
according to the report.
Both were recorded
admitting that they had
consumed alcohol while
Inside the patrol car,
according to the report.
Sullivan received DUI
charges. Brewer was
charged with underage
possession of alcohol.
Bdth students were
transported to Clarke
County Jail.
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