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Engineering proposal tabled
By POLINA MARINOVA
The Red & Black
Gov. Sonny Perdue advised
the Board of Regents to “slow
down” and reconsider the
University's request to offer
degrees in civil, electrical and
mechanical engineering Tuesday
afternoon.
“IPerdue] didn’t encourage
them not to approve the pro
posal,” said Bert Brantley, direc
tor of communications for the
Governor’s Office. “But he
encouraged them to slow down
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Editor’s Note: This week, The
Red & Black investigates
fake ID use at the University.
Check back Thursday for a
look at the different charges
associated with having a
fake.
Stegeman Coliseum modernized by sl3 million upgrade
Betters game
atmosphere
By ZACH DILLARD
The Red & Black
Seasons for both
Georgia basketball and
gymnastics are fast
approaching, and fans will
soon flock to the Stegeman
Coliseum once again.
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Carlton Street will predom
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and at the very least consult the
Legislature and the Governor’s
Office before making the deci
sion.”
The Regents voted to table
the agenda item and bring it for
ward at the board’s next meet
ing in November.
“I have great respect for the
governor and for the office,"
University President Michael
Adams told The Red & Black. “I
understand where he’s coming
from, and if the Regents want to
spend 30 more days looking at
this, it’s fine by me.”
By MIMI ENSLEY
The Red & Buck
His name was Scotty.
He was an average height, an average weight.
His face was unremarkable.
He looked like everybody. He was nothing spe
cial just a normal guy.
UntU the day he lost his driver’s license and
changed freshman year for Ben Jones and his
group of friends Uving in Athens in 1987.
On that day, Scotty’s 21-year-old driver's
license opened the doors to bars that the group
of friends wouldn’t have been able to experience
for years to come.
“The joke was that everybody looked like
Scotty,” Jones said. “Just, anybody who wanted
the University’s 10,523-
seat, multi-purpose arena.
But a difference will
exist for those in, atten
dance in fact, it already
does.
Asa part of a $23.3 mil
lion renovation project that
Includes upgrades to both
Stegeman Coliseum and
Reed Plaza, the arena is in
the process of receiving
both an interior and exte
rior facelift.
“We’re going to have four
new concessions. We’re
going to provide you with
much more opportunity for
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At, the governor’s address,
Perdue said there was a lack of
communication between the
Regents and the state
Legislature.
“What has happened with
this process is that they’re mov
ing forward on their own with
out coming to the governor and
presenting the reasons for doing
it,” Brantley said. “If you look at
any agency that will make a
change like this, it’s a
good idea to get input from the
people who approve the budget
every year.”
be much more accommo
dating, the quality of what
you get will be better," said
Charles Whittemore, the
assistant athletic director
for facilities. "We renovated
the four old bathrooms but
we also added new bath
rooms taking advantage
of what used to be office
spaces. What’s going to be
different about this also is
that we’re adding more
concourse area that used
to be outside the coliseum
under the roof. Now that’s
all going to be inside. [The
additional 10,000 square
feet of concourse area) will
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In regards to the proposed
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University, Brantley emphasized
Perdue wants more information
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to pick up that ID and go get into a bar, every
body looked like him. So, that was the big kind of
running joke 'Hey who’s got Scotty tonight?’”
But Jones said fake IDs were actually pretty
rare in his day, and young students would usually
just have their older buddies purchase alcohol
for them.
"Once you got over that freshman year when
you really didn't know anybody, you got to know
enough people who were old enough, that could
buy it,” Jones said. “And you Just worked that
out.”
Those who did have fakes would rarely get
them made on a computer.
Jones said only about one out of every 100
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allow you to spread out
more outside in the con
course.”
Although the initial
financial backing for the
sl3 million project was not
on his watch, new athletic
director Greg McGarity
reiterated the improved
experience the enhance
ments will provide.
See STEGEMAN, Page 7
► The Coliseum’s
upgrades feature glass
paneling on Its exterior
and newer bathrooms.
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Michael
Adams said
engineering
wilt increase
federal funds
available for
the campus.
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Police Documents
King could
face NCAA
violation
By ZACH DILLARD
The Red & Black
Caleb King is facing a two
game suspension from head
coach Mark Richt, but may have
bigger problems with the NCAA.
King is facing troubles due to
failing to appear in court for a
speeding ticket, but his troubles
dating back to late April have
raised a more worrisome issue
for Georgia foot
ball.
In an article
published in The
Red 81 Black on
Tuesday, a past
police report filed
against King on
April 28 stated
that the redshirt
junior running
back accepted a
SSOO loan from a 23-year-old
female student and “friend.” The
woman claimed she had lent the
money to King in order to pay
bills, lending him S2OO cash and
depositing S3OO into his bank
account, according to the police
report.
According to NCAA rules, the
acceptance of such financial aid
could place King under direct
NCAA violation for receiving
improper benefits.
Under NCAA bylaw 16.02.3,
“An extra benefit Is any special
arrangement by an institutional
employee or a representative of
the institution’s athletic
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Students
scalping
free tickets
By MARIANA HEREDIA
The Red & Buck
You know it got sold out.
After only two days on sale,
the 4,200 tickets available for the
Ludacris homecoming concert
were gone, and some University
students were left with no other
choice but to skip the show or
buy tickets elsewhere.
Elyse Ford, a senior at the
University, said she was greeted
with multiple “Sold-out” signs at
Tate only a day after the free
tickets were available. She had
Just missed the last of them.
"At about one o’clock, they
were already sold out,” she said.
“[A friend of mine] said she was
See TICKETS, Page 2
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soccer’s senior
Kelli Corless
has a way out on
page 8.