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Want to win two free Corey Smith tickets? Page 6 WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM 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 sBl Wm Hi ifll Iff - l r ll - ' X. J ■ flHk MW mm mb mmhmß ■■ mm mum ■mmmm mm mm §|§ wIIIbr SHI Hi IMF *" HHI SR ■ aS sßßr W:sk, Jjflf §§11? ~. fpl§i w WWw JHwpgr S nWm WTUB mF gHB : <>• fli® eMBSMBIbmi-/^.. ™V*lßKlfll jfiEaarjjpmflj ftttv wa jv ...’• ‘ B Kflk |m 1 ’Q*’ MICHAEL HARMS TM Ru . But, >mAmb - •r. * */•- WffH 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. And Just like every year, Carlton Street will predom inantly feature BuUdog supporters gathering to Oil Partly cloudy. High 811 Low SI Ok- Where’s Mikey? ''Wt' President Adams will attend a 9 a.m. Board ol Regents meeting in Atlanta Waybe he'll engineer a plan to bring (W engineering degrees to UQA The Redxßlack s\n independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 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 food, the service lines wUI mp w Index Wednesday, October 13, 2010 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 UGA’S REIGN Do students think the coronation of the new Uga will help the football team win this weekend? Page 3 News 2 Opinions 4 In regards to the proposed engineering program at the University, Brantley emphasized Perdue wants more information See REGENTS, Page 5 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 See UNDERAGE, Pnge 2 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. APP ATTACK Variety 7 Sports 7 Michael Adams said engineering wilt increase federal funds available for the campus. \ : (JL ■sA 1 ! - I ASHLKE CULVOINOUH Tn Rid a Burn Check out which two apps we picked as our favorites for this week. Page 7 Vol. 118, No. 4a | Athens, Georgia ONLINE 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 Sep KING, Page B 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 CORNERED? @ Crossword 2 Sudoku 7 Georgia soccer’s senior Kelli Corless has a way out on page 8.