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v jhSHIL WW.RBDANDBLACK.COM Car crashes into store front No injuries result from brake failure By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Black A University student said he drove his red Dodge Neon through the store front window of Half-Moon Outfitters located near Five Points Monday around 5 p.m. after his brakes malfunc tioned. Although no one was injured, an employee and customer were standing only feet from the car’s final resting position when the Dodge entered the store. “It sounded like a train coming through," Half-Moon employee Katherine Hodges told The Red & Black Monday. “I was ringing someone up behind the counter and the car ) MMim P CHANGE^^ I Neighborhood is better than years ago 1 By DALLAS DUNCAN The Red & Black 1 M '■ ,r ~' > §|||§§ WU BLANKKNSWe ! TMbtilua Residents of Westchester Drive say crime Isn’t as common In the neighborhood as H used to be. Editor's Note: Last year, The Red & Black began compiling crime data to create an online crime map. For this semester-long series toe 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. Here is the ninth entry, Westchester Drive. Though the well-kept town homes, apartments and houses don’t show It, it’s been a long year for the Westchester Drive area l7 batter ies, nine assaults and more than 20 cloudy. High 831 Low 67 JWtoe’s Mikey? Adam It having lunch M at the Piedmont M& Driving dub in Atlanta today. We alwayt thought he ■0 preferred Hying... . An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 came through the window... We heard it come through, so we ran to the other side of the room. By the time we stopped to look, there was a car in the middle of the store.” The driver, who declined to provide his name, told The Red & Black he was coasting down South Milledge when he tried to stop for traffic in front of him. “I went to put on my brakes and it didn’t work,” he said. “I pushed with both feet. My brakes did not work whatsoever.” The driver said he then swerved into the store parking lot to avoid hitting the cars in front of him. “I turned into this parking lot and tried to hit something to make my car stop,” he said. The car went through a kayak dis play, concrete barrier; store window and interior product display before See CRASH, Page 2 other incidences since Jan. 1. Residents, however, say it’s not really a crime-filled locale. “I know statistics don’t show it, but if you live over here it’s really not that bad,” said Tricla Cure, who lives on Westchester with her family. “Everybody keeps to theyselves around here. I mean, you have the little kids In high school that get Into fights, but It’s nothing that serious to be honest.” Terrell Cure said the family has lived In the area for several years, and mentioned TBllassee the road Westchester branches off of— “used to be rough.” Now, he said, crimes aren’t nearly as common. Photos, video and crime timeline online. ON THE WEB -m Looking for Selection analysis? Check out our website to see our projections. Index Tuesday, October 26, 2010 News 2 Opinions 4 I in.— AHbH u JK. ajHH MKnuN mrmu. t.,..h... . ▲ A University student drove His car into the front window of Half-Moon Outfitters Monday. No one was injured in the crash. “I ain’t seen no crime,” Cure said. “It don’t bother us. We stay to our selves. As long as they don’t bring trouble here, what they do Is they business. When they bring trouble to [our residence] then It’s our busi ness. That’s how I feel what goes on out there goes on.” He chalked up the potential for crime to kids In the area not having much to do during their free time. “There’s a bunch of kids and there ain’t nothing to do, no park or noth ing around here to play. You have to go all the way to Bishop Park,” he said. Neighborhood teens who did not See STREET, Page 3 MAY OR MAY NOT \ Georgia needs a returnee revert to win ningways. Page Variety 5 Sports 6 Feeling competitive? Grab your friends and play darts tonight for a good cause. Page 5 Vol. üB, No. 41 | Athens, Georgia Barring new laws, illegals ban stays By POLINA MARINOVA The Red & Black The Board of Regents will lay off on undocumented students. Since June, the Regents have been active in dealing with the issue of undocumented students attending University System of Georgia schools. They recently passed a policy deny ing admission to undocumented stu dents in five institutions, including the University, which have turned away academically qualified applicants in the last two years. John Vanchella, director of strategic communications for the Board of Regents, said the Regents are done for now. “I think the Regents have gone as far as they intend to go at this point,” Vanchella said. “I think they’ve addressed the concerns here. I can’t really say It’s going to go any further, but if there’s a change in state law, we will abide by state law, of course.” In late September, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle appointed a special Joint committee on Immigration reform to look at issues on immigration. The committee’s first meeting will be on Thursday morning. Though no law has been passed pre cluding undocumented students from applying to state colleges, the Board of Regents has had to directly address the issue this year. Vanchella said the Regents Initially just wanted to verify that all students documented and undocumented were paying the cor rect tuition amount. “I think what they really responded to was they Just wanted our Institu tions to analyze their admissions,” Vanchella said. “They were looking at residency first.” Georgia isn’t the only state to deal with Issues regarding undocumented students. The issue of immigration laws attracted national attention after students began advocating for mea sures such as the Dream Act and pro testing illegal Immigrant restrictions. After an analysis of admissions, See BAN, Page 2 STAGES OF ATHENS Fresh interior planned for historic Theatre By CHRIS MILLER The Red & Black If you don’t remember it, you must have heard about It. June 19, 2009, early morning, smoke billowing upward from the comer of Jackson and Clayton. The Georgia Theatre, a temple In the Athens music Mecca for the better part of the last 100 years, was burning. “I tried to run In the building. The fire marshall had to tackle me. I thought I could put lt out somehow,” said Wllmot Greene, owner of the 121-year-old building since 2004. After being turned away from the doors, he stood on the comer in front of the Bank of America building and watched, helpless. Backtrack to the summer of 2004. Athfest time has come, the yearly week-long celebration of all things Athenian: beautiful art, loud music and a lot of beer. Wllmot Greene Is back In Athens for the weekend, on vacation from his res idence in Charlotte, N.C., where he works as a cartographer. He received his bachelor’s and mas ter’s degrees from the University a few See STAGE, Page S DON'T FACEBOOK ME Find out why | iHHHsome students m : <Jon * have JP Facebook profiles. Page 2 Crossword 2 Sudoku 5