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2A Friday, Octqbbk 8, aoio | The Red a Black RALIY: Protesters want education re-prioritized ► Frosts Pas* iA 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 IDS: Students ask for a better system ► From Pago 1A 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. “One of the issues we WHATITUATWY3SOUC.IT UMIPMT\ SUM to HCY/fH /...STOmUM! N, THINK \ SWOST TMC SHOWttUAWHtNWC CMJfTtTIN INFLIGHT WMbdMO/ F0 Of THE MOW. MW KTlttP FROM THE OU*PI*UTJ /rrilv//' \ CHEESECAKE. yCACOftES/ MOT IS COMICS. 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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 had with the hard tickets was that students could get tickets and basically scalp'them," he said. “We eliminated the hard ticket so we could eliminate tick et scalping.” The Athletic 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." |1 2 3~~ 5 6 lO 11 12 :|§pii |bk _ jp ~ 21 U 22 23 ~~‘IB|HH24~ 2S BP®"” |27 32 33 34 3^[ — TBB3e — ' 37 “jBB3B _ m> 42 — "" ”I I ' 45 40 ■49 " VS 57 K ~50 80 M _ ’■■B4 '||ho Ijpl rivano 20 Buzzing insects 21 Neighbor of India 25 Danger 27 Farm Imple ment 28 Tales 30 _ jacket; buoyant vest 31 Shortly 32 Folded lunch 33 Portable Apple media 34 beading trees sln land; refusing to be; realistic 6 _ about; approximately: 7 "Do you understand?* : 8 Mark of shame 9 Go astray 10 Waterfront 11 Carry 12 Gush forth 13*GroOvyf*to 1000/8 1(104 * jgg t ,Mb Ai - |J a * *r. - v I MICHAEL HARRIS | Tut Kid a Black ▲ Students gathered to protest the University budget cuts. 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 PARK: Eans usually cooperative ► From Page 1A 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 54 Intense pain 55 Statutes 56 Broadcasts 57 Word in the title of many high school names 59 African nation 60Mah-jongg piece 62 Source of heat and light 35 Clear the slate 37 Bouquet hold er 40 Athletic team director 44 Foretelling sign 46 Small bag of potpourri 48 Sidestepped 50 Devastation 52 Highways 53 "Little Women" or "Moby-Dick" NEWS score” their total lifetime contribu 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.” >▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼l ! 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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. Compiled by Tiffany Stevens Ask about our specials Cam<w'7o6-:ft)3-lltl Rti(nV(*c Apar Infonts §| r . H