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a A iAjß^S^lack .y An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community V f ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 WWW.REDANDBLACK.CCTf^ ; "vii a ._ Sf a ■ * * * . $0; - m 1 t . •I'--': Wffc.ll , ARREST To diarn’e or not to (*hai*go: the (jiiestion facing piilice By JACOB DEMMITT | The Red & Black Editor’s Note: This week. The Red & Black investigates fake ID use at the University. Check back Friday to get the perspective of bouncers downtown. You’re downtown, drunk, underage and have a fake ID burning a hole in your pocket. What do you do next? Asa freshman, you were taught the rules of downtown Athens don’t sit, stumble, jay walk or look at a police officer the wrong way or you’re likely to be featured in the next day’s Crime Notebook. However, there may be much more to these downtown directives. Statistically, if you’re going to get stopped, you want it to be by anyone other than University Police. Of 85 students charged with possession of a fake ID last year, 63 were charged by University police officers. Although almost every offender found **’’* y\ in possession of a '-gnAfIKCMRBi BY fake ID by University ~ Ifcl tjM Police is charged K 1 accordingly, Athens- Clarke County Police routinely find IDs on offenders but do not add the ID to the list of charges. Athens-Clarke County Police May. Carter Greene said this is because of a combination of discretion on the part of police officers as well stringent laws concerning when someone should be charged. “It could be discretion or it could be that they haven't used the ID in an illegal manner,” he said. “It just depends ... Being in possession of a fake ID that says you’re a different age than you are is not a crime in of itself.” It depends heavily on what kind of ID is See FAKE, Page 2 Athens’ bus stops get musical makeover By SHAWN JARRARD The Red & Black Everyone knows that around Athens, the music never stops even when the bus does. The Athens Area Arts Council, in concert with the Unified Government of Athens- Clarke County and the Athens Transit System, recently installed its fourth of eight planned music-themed bus stops at Broad Street and Minor, entitled “Beat A Drum.” “They made us open up [one] side so that the bus could see who was inside,” Arts Council President Laura Nehf said. “They claimed that the drums on both sides blocked their view. When you’re doing these kinds of projects, func tionality is of the highest impor tance. The art is the great add windy. High! A | Low AS i Where’s Mikey? President Adams * at a tribute dinner V for Falcone owner ■ Arthur Blank. Don't ■ give up on our la football team yet, m Mike... we're playing Vandy this week! hw — —Tj — li ▲ Students are often charged with fake ID possession downtown. ACC Police Maj. Carter Greene said being in possession of a fake ID isn’t a crime itself, but it becomes a crime if underage stu dents are'rep resenting themselves as someone they are not. on that makes the functionality fun and inspirational, but they still have to be functional.” This spirit of collaboration between the county, transit sys tem and arts council made the effort a reality, as funding for the project marked the first public/private partnership between the three. “The public match is that the bus shelters are paid for by the county up to the price that they would pay for every other green-wire bus shelter that you see out on the streets,” Nehf said. “Then the arts council raises through private and cor porate donations the artists’ fees and the design fees for the bus shelters and the additional materials. That's about $5,000 per shelter that the arts council raises above and beyond what the county pays for. The county FEVER Homecoming week is really heating up with a parade and cook-out. Page 9 Index Thursday, October 14, 2010 PHOTOS BY ASHLEY NA I The Red a Blac* pays $9,160. The total bus shel ter cost is about $14,160.” Serving to provide an inspi rational experience to the Athens community, the bus stops came out of a project called “You, Me and The Bus." The overall theme of the endeavor is “Art Rocks!” “I think we’ve had a lot of positive feedback," Nehf said. “The artists were designing around a musical tribute to Athens. That’s why we have the ‘Bus Shelter That Rocks’ and a piano over one of them. Piano keys and treble clefs and music notes it was all about music.” When the time came to accept design submissions, the arts council decided to go big. “We had a nationwide call for art in both rounds,” Nehf said. See BUS, Page 9 News 2 Calendar 4 WASILLA NATIVES, UNITE! aSm JR f ■ ;: € ; Opinions 6 Variety 8 Undocumented students can no longer apply By BRIANA GERDEMAN The Red & Buck A policy approved by the Board of Regents Wednesday means undoc umented students will no longer be accepted to the University beginning fall 2011. The board heard and approved four recommen dations by the Residency Verification Committee, which are meant to help universities properly clas sify students for tuition purposes. Starting in fall 2011, college application forms must make students aware of the penalties for knowingly providing false information on the form. Applications will also require applicants to state whether they seek in-state or out-of-state tuition. The other two recom mendations that were Caleb King case sent off to SEC No time table on decision By ZACH DILLARD The Red & Buck Georgia Athletic Director Greg McGarity confirmed Wednesday the Athletic Association took the next step in handling a potential NCAA violation by football player Caleb King. McGarity, in a brief telephone interview, said his office submitted the information pertaining to King to the Southeastern Conference office. The inquiry to the league office is in reference to whether King —a redshirt junior running back violated NCAA rules by accepting a SSOO loan from a female “friend,” as was stated in an April police report. "Basically, we are running this through the proper channels and at some point in time we will basically have some information,” McGarity said. McGarity said the issue was being handled by Eric Baumgartner, Georgia's assistant AD for compliance, and that there is no time frame for the league to offer an answer. Baumgartner was unavailable for comment on Wednesday. When asked about the circumstances surrounding King being sent to the SEC office, head coach Mark Richt responded he was unaware of the situation. BIG (BAD) DOG ON CAMPUS ' .V. ylr ytm f w J Photo Coubtmv Daunt Whitt ▲ llga VIII, registered as ‘Big Bad Bruce/ will begin his reign as the University’s new mascot with a ceremony before Saturday’s homecoming game against Vanderbilt. Find out which Alaskan band Sarah Palin shares a connection with. Page 8 5p0rt5...,.,.. 9 Crossword 2 ItchiiT for some tunes? The Week just got a makeover. Pages 4&5 Vol. 118, No. 43 I Athens, Georgia approved involved chang es in policy. Public insti tutions in the University System of Georgia must now verify that applicants are lawful U.S. residents, and if they are applying for in-state tuition, that they are Georgia resi dents. Public colleges and universities that have turned away any academ ically qualified applicants in the past two years will not be allowed to admit students who cannot pro vide proof of legal resi dency in the U.S. The Residency Verification Committee was formed to address three concerns that the University system may be swamped by thousands of undocumented students, that those students were taking taxpayer dollars through in-state tuition See BOARD, Page 3 BARRING GUNS? Could you carry your handgun with you in your favorite bar? Page 7 ■"€ Sudoku 9 &jjf 111 MCGARITY