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A car crash, a chomp, a choir hymn and the cops? Read about this fiasco on page 2. 'WW.REDANDBLACK.COM University pays $68,000 for Ludacris show By MARIANA HEREDIA The Red & Black What docs Ludacria require at nis typical concert? One box of Tfpjan Magnum condoms, one Pack of Fruit Roll Ups, three XXL white T-shirts, one iron and ironing board and six bottles of the finest liquors, among other items. Jerry Anthony, the assistant director of Campus Life at the University, said last week’s Ludacria performance was one of the most expensive the University has ever sponsored. Dropouts unusual among students Most return for year two By KATHRYN INGALL The Red & Black Anew study shows that though colleges across the country are struggling to graduate students, the University is performing well. The study by the American Institutes for Research found federal and state governments spent more than $9 billion between 2003 and 2008 on the education of students who do not return for their second year. The Institute also launched a website where viewers can search for data on an individual college or findings statewide and nationwide. “This is an area the University is doing well in,” said Tom Jackson, vice president of public affairs. The number of students who returned to the University after their first year was 93 percent, which puts the University in the 92nd percentile among all colleges nationwide. The average first year retention rate for all colleges nation wide was 78.4 percent. The graduation rate was 77 per cent compared to a nation al average of 57.8 percent. Jackson said first-year retention is an issue most affecting two-year colleges. The main concern from the research in high drop out rates is the high cost See RETENTION, Page 5 c§p|Sff .. PPPHa * ( 4iilißifli Wk( r' SSBuUmlm m ''mUtT^* MICHAEL BARONE | Tm Rid * Buci A Now in its fifth location, the 40 Watt has hosted huge musical acts such as Nirvana, R.E.M. and The Killers. ja% partly cloudy. High 831 Low 54 J Where’s ■ Mikey? * Adams w* attend a'proclamation tM ceremony at to* H9e Navy School today B at 10 a.m It’* been a navy school since HMK two score and 17 ■ years ago- Th e ~ Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 The items mentioned above were not actually paid for by the University since many of them were struck out of the contract. However, the University did pay Ludacris Disturbing tha Peace Inc. SBB,OOO for a perfor mance that had to be at least an hour long. Anthony said the SBB,OOO came from the University Union’s Homecoming budget, which Is funded by the required student activities fee. “This show Is more on the high end In terms of the cost because of the popularity of the ‘STAY IN THE HOUSED Batteries and burglaries raise crime numbercT^^^ By PAIQE VARNER The Red & Black Editor’s Note: Last gear, The Red & Black began compiling crime data to create an online crime map. For this semester-long Tuesday series we took that crime data and found 10 of the more crime-ridden residential streets in Athens-Clarke County. With Jan. 1 as our starting date, we tallied the crimes on the streets of the University's home county to create our list. We continue with Reed and Firewood streets. Quamesha Shack doesn't leave her house much. Outside her house, after all, are two streets that have been the sites of at least 55 crimes since January. “I know there’s a big crime rate,” Shack, 31, said, “but I knew if I just stayed to myself and don’t try to get involved in this and that, I knew I’d be OK.” The crime rate is due primarily to bat tery and burglary there are 17 battery related and 14 burglary-related charges on Reed and Firewood streets, located off Lexington Road near Wal-Mart. Shack said she’s heard about robberies and break-ins around the neighborhood, though she hasn’t been a victim since moving to Reed Street in February. One resident of an adjoining cul-de-sac was not as fortunate. The Reed Court residence of Deant wone Tabias McDowell was burglarized Oct. 2 when he wasn’t home. The burglar made off with McDowell’s Playstation 3, Xbox 360, cell phone and some cash all worth more than S6OO. Reed Street resident Larry Gray, 60, is a maintenance worker for 10 area homes. He said his neighbor’s house was bur glarized, but neighborhood criminals have given him a break because they know him and think twice about messing with him. “I’m that big. tall, long-haired, hippie lookin’ dude,” he said. But when he moved there a few years |^yj| Index Tuesday, October 19, 2010 ON THE WEB Contract with the University performer," Anthony said. “In the Atlanta area, those tickets cost SSO to $60.” He also explained the high cost could have been reason for the University Union executive board to charge students a small fee for the tickets. “We let students put as much Input into that as possible. They do factor in whether or not they can make it totally free," Anthony said. Photos, documents, video and crime timeline online. 40 Watt remains Classic City music staple Venue focuses on diversity By ADAM CARLSON The Red & Black Nineteen years ago, Kurt Cobain walked Into the 40 Watt —and didn’t find a full house waiting for him. The show hadn't sold out, the first In a week to do so, and he and his band decided they had something to prove. “Everyone was kind of raging that night, but in a good way,” said Barrie Buck, a University alumnus and the club’s owner since 1987. HEADACHE? Rough morning after a fun night downtown? See page 3 to find out if there is a cure for a hangover. News 2 Opinions 4 QM| - * '' - bLbHlj ‘. ... 'WBr ” m Sw rl '’' WES BLANKENSHIP Tn Ru • Burn ▲ Larry Gray, a resident of Reed Street, said rocks have been thrown at his house, but it hasn’t been broken into. He said he feels safe overall. ago, hif home was christened with flying rocks, he said. Gray said those stones were thrown at his house because he is a white man in a black neighborhood. He said about eight months ago, neigh borhood boys as young as 8 years old tore shingles off his roof. But he feels safe overall. He said his house has never been broken into. PRACTICE REPORT <Q> Variety 6 Sports 7 He said the board reasoned that the student activities fee was enough of a charge to stu dents. The original contract between the University and Ludacris had various addenda, which changed many of the original specifica tions of the contract. Among these were dressing room, transportation, equipment and complimentary tickets speci fications. For example, Ludacris’ normal contract asks for 60 See SHOW, Page 3 “Knock on wood,” he added. Plus, he’s got a pit bull out back. Thursday afternoon, a police car drove down Reed Street. Young women chatted outside, men congregated across the street and young children crowded around adults while they walked the intersection of Reed and Set REED, Pngr 2 Soon enough, before the set had finished, Cobain threw him self offstage, grabbing onto a projector screen as he did so. After that, the crowd began to rage along. Nearly 20 years later, the club still remains at the center of the Athens music scene and all that time has left behind more than just memories. There are Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling, glow ing all year long. Chinese lanterns mix with store-bought stars, all twirling around a disco ball whose light glints across two faded floral couches below, halfway between a Tiki bar, a pool table and a velvet painting of fried chicken. See our website for Monday’s scoop on what footbaU was up to at practice. Vol. 118, No. 46 | Athens, Georgia I ITEMS LUDACfcfS USUALLY REQUESTS FOR A SHOW •Box of Fruit floitup* •3 XXL White T-Shirts •1 Bottls Dow body wash - •IHk Brush •1 Small Secr*t Deodorant •Jiffy Pwnut Sutter (Cmamy Only) •1 Box o Trojan Magnum Condom* Note: items ar* marked out of the contract Ludacria made with the ynjYwsiiy -toum-. HoopMy (Ww tar ladwt* In one bathroom, a giant pineapple covers the wall. Backstage, messages have been scrawled over many years in as many markers. Now in its fifth location, it seems like nothing that has been moved into the 40 Watt has ever moved out again. “It’s just a mix of things you find, things you inherit and things you rescue from the dump,” Buck said. The eclectic objects that dot the walls, hang pinned from the ceiling and fill far comers are evidence enough of the years spent with a venue frill of peo- \ pie, musicians and all they bring See VENUE, Pnye SHOW AND TELL Kind out which controversial issue Dan Choi jf A addressed on Monday. Page 6 Crossword 2 Sudoku 7