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2 Thursday, October 14, aoio | Thb Red * Buck Campus has little faith in religion study By NATHAN SORENSEN The Red & Black Questioning your faith? You may want to ask an atheist for help. Atheists, Jews and Mormons scored the highest averages on a recent survey concerning Americans’ religious knowledge, but the results shouldn’t be taken as the word of any god, said one University religion professor. “You have to ask yourself, is this really the most appropriate test for gauging how much people know about religion in general or other religions?” said Sandy Martin, University professor and head of the religion department. “Someone who gets the answer wrong is not totally ignorant of that religion." The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center, contained a 32-question quiz on the basic tenets and history of the world's FAKE: Police stop must be based on ‘specific’ facts ► From Page 1 discovered and what the offender is doing with it, Greene said. It's not always illegal to possess a fake ID if it’s not “being presented as an official state identification or driver’s license” and the offender is not “trying to identify themselves” as someone or an age they are not, according to Greene. “If you’re trying to represent yourself as someone or a different age than you are, it could fall under obstruction or giving a false name,” he said. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said he feels University police officers also use discretion in charging, but people don’t hear about it. The best way to avoid an arrest, however, is to simply never be approached by police. According to a 1968 United States Supreme Court case, Terry v. Ohio, which set the stan dard for investigative stops, an officer can legally approach any individual on the street and begin asking questions. The court’s opinion from this case goes on to say the person “may refuse to cooperate and go on his way.” However, Williamson said he would not advise students to do this. “They may say, ’I don’t want to make any statement.’ They can do that. That's definitely within their rights," he said. “But that doesn't mean that they’re not going to get arrested. I don’t know if I would advise everybody of that. If you've done something wrong, maybe that’s the stance you take. If you haven’t, answer a few questions and you may be sent on your way.” The suspected individual may, however, be briefly detained if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime is being committed. This suspicion cannot be based off a hunch, but rather “specific and articulable facts.” according to Terry v. Ohio. “The question bouncing around the down town area has been is it reasonable suspicion just because someone appears youthful and has been drinking.” said Matt Karzen, an Athens criminal defense attorney. “There’s no way that's enough, in my opinion.” Pearls Before Swire* *y Stephan Fastis HWOI ttttttlTY JIOUMCV'I WUKJUSTMWTtW.I flOCon fwJ 1.l THU COUtO 1C A mmy,w snxr withyov. tnccatemSKood FATFACF i Now Open! . <3(#ITAL MOM wwvy TheCapitalßoom.com T TMNSfTVETSOPOUTnN PIZZA ❖ PASTA ❖ PAN IN IS OUTDOOR PATIO / FULL BAR UPSTAIRS VOTED ATHENS' BEST PIZZA THREE YEARS RUNNING Previous puzzle's solution :li 11 ai b iK * glsUc.^^ oi * 1 i£i f 1 f 1 i iJEfi s & pin iMt a v iTsMH u ITa rlololrMf Ix'elPiTMT Tie m i wm ACROSS 1 TV anchor's program 5 Blazing 10 Bridge crosser’s fee 14 Give off 15 Strong winds 16 Mixture 17 Light & breezy 18 Book of maps 19 Entreaty 20 Vine sup port 22 Liza's mom 24 Charged atom 25 Check recipient 26 Cowboy's rope 29 VP Quayle 30 Noted British racecourse 34 “Hell _ no fury like a woman scorned" 35 Flower ring 36 down; topsy-turvy 37 “Car 54, Where You r i 38 Novelty i 40 Pass away 41 Evening i parly i 43 Enemy i 44 Nuisance < 45 Building i wing 46 Play on words 47 Bismarck, Dakota 48 Wall paint ing 50 Even score 51 Wiscon sin's capi tal 54 Of a wed ding cere mony 58 Prophetic sign 59 Desert ref uoe major religions, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. After administering the survey to 3,412 Americans, results indi cate atheists, Jews and Mormons answered three to four more ques tions correctly than white evan gelical Protestants or white Catholics. One question on the survey asked when the Jewish Sabbath began, for which the correct answer was Friday. Many partici pants in the survey probably answered Saturday, which meant they were aware and not totally ignorant of Judaism. Martin said. On average, Americans answered 50 percent, or 16, of the questions correctly. Atheists and agnostics scored highest on the survey, with a score of 20;9 out of 32. 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Connor and Nicholas Dillon are examples of two such students who were stopped by an ACC police officer after legally crossing a downtown street. According to the report, the officer “observed two white males with youth ful appearances, in addition to appearing intoxicated, stagger across the street.” In another case, Lauren Danielle Tharp, 20. was approached by ACC police on Sept. 4 after she was seen “staggering on the side walk,” according to the report. 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Jewish Americans also scored high on the test, according to the survey results. “Asa Jew, it’s important to know about the world around us and take an interest in other reli gions to help build bridges to other communities,” said Mami Bronstein, director of social jus tice and awareness for Hillel at UOA. And of the seven questions focused on knowledge of the Bible, Seniors! by Oct. 15 to be | nHlflO ized as an i Applications at wwwaiga.edu/pandora UCA^— i * ■ ' de uga edu * • fjf fyt The Univcreityot Cicorgia M ill. 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However, education and other demographic traits were equal, the report said people who do not live in the South scored higher than Southerners. But for Martin, the results of the survey should not be taken as a definitive result of American religious knowledge. “Asa matter of principle, a test or survey is only as good as that test or survey take it with a grain of salt,” he said. tions to questioning someone of a certain race, on a certain block, at a certain time of day simply because statistics say they are probably committing a crime. Although he wasn’t present for these arrests, Williamson said he trusts his officers acted properly. He also said many stops are made in order to protect students. “If we go downtown and stand at 2:30 [a.!n.] and watch people leave, we will all agree we see a lot of staggering. But there will be some other people we see that we know are just way over the top. They’re just bad,” he said. “Do we just look the other way and not do anything and then we wait for them to get raped or robbed or step out in front of a car?... Tell me what you think I should Just walk away from, and I’ll walk away from it. But don’t hold me accountable for when it goes bad too.” Although officers may be trying to protect students, these stops are - often cited as the reason charges should be dropped. After Thomas Hale Avery was arrested and charged with possession of a fake ID on April 3, 2008, his lawyer submitted a motion to sup press the evidence because the stop was made “without a reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity." Asa result, the motion claimed all evi dence, including the ID, was not admissible because it was “the product of an illegal stop, detention, frisk, search and arrest." Although the courts never made a formal decision on this motion, Solicitor-General Carrol R. Chisholm submitted “amended accusations" which did not include the fake ID charges a short time later. Although Athens has been home to debate on what constitutes a proper stop, the Supreme Court defined it pretty simply in its opinion on Terry v. Ohio. Anything short of “specific and articulable facts” which indicate an indiscretion “would invite intrusions upon constitutionally guar anteed rights based on nothing more substan tial than inarticulate hunches, a result this Court has consistently refused to sanction," the opinion reads. CRIME NOTEBOOK Boggs Hall bandit ! Between Oct. 5 and Oct. 7, S4Q-worth of food merchandise was nabbed from a vending machine in Boggs Hall. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said the company that owned the machine claimed the items were missing and devel oped the potential time frame of the theft. Douglas Ross, director of Auxiliary and Administrative Services at the University, said vend ing machine break-ins are not common, but are not impossible. “I’m aware there have been a few of them on campus,” he said. “It’s like the old police saying if somebody wants to break into a house, a business or a vending machine, they’ll find a way. [The machines] are certainly designed to make it difficult, but it does happen.” Ross said his depart ment was cooperating with University Police and stu dent judiciary to help track down any potential offenders. “You know you’re steal ing. This is not an acci dent. You know you’re per petrating a crime,” he said. “This is not something we just overlook.” Ross said stealing from a vending machine was no different than shoplifting and said the cost of the items stolen wasn’t the only thing an offender might have to pay for in the event he or she is caught. “If there’s damage caused to the machine, that is totaled up and added to the value of the theft,” he said. Harassing phone calls University student John Binamira was arrested and charged with aggravated stalking on Wednesday afternoon, according to the University Police Department. Binamira was also wanted in relation to a harassing phone call com plaint. The complaint was reported by a female stu dent in Oglethorpe House Tuesday. “This female student has had incidences with this individual in the past,” Williamson said. “She’s filed complaints with us in the past and he’s been arrested by us in the past.” Underage possession An arrest warrant was issued for University stu dent Caroline Wingate on Tuesday. Wingate is charged with underage possession. “If there’s a warrant issued it usually means the person can’t be arrested at the time," Williamson said. He said these circum stances usually involve the need for medical treat ment, but he was unable to comment on the specif ics of this case. “I don’t know if she’s turned herself in or not,” he said. Wingate declined com ment. Compiled bp Dallas Duncan CORRECTIONS The Red <6 Black is committed to journal istic excellence and providing the most accurate news possi ble. Contact us if you see an error, and we will do our best to correct it. 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