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High school location not factored in admissions
By DREW HOOKS
The Red & Black
Sometimes the University
seems like a colony where stu
dents from the Atlanta area
migrate for higher education.
The top 15 high schools that
sent students to the University
in fall 2009 were all from the
greater metro Atlanta area,
accounting for about one-fourth
of the freshman class. Of the 103
Georgia high schools that sent 12
or more students, only 35 were
from outside of the greater metro
Atlanta area, according to the
University’s 2009 Pact Book.
Because of these demograph
ics, many students think there
are quotas from each school in
the state that either limit them
or grant them automatic admis
Students to take on Florida
in moot court debate contest
By MARY WALKER
The Red & Black
Bulldogs are just as vicious in the
courtroom as they are on the football
field.
Friday marks the 30th Annual Hulsey-
Kimbrell Florida/Georgia Moot Court
Competition.
The two-hour tournament brings
together law students from the two uni
versities to debate Supreme Court issues.
“Moot court assumes that you have
lost a trial," said David Ballard, a third
year law student representing the
University. “It assumes one side has lost
in front of the judge and they threw out
the case."
Students are chosen for moot trial
teams after their first year of law school.
They also have an option to try out at the
beginning of their second year.
Ballard and Erik Chambers, also a
third-year law student, will represent the
petitioner's counsel. They are the only
two representing the University at the
competition.
“Different moot trial teams compete in
different tournaments this is the one
tournament we will compete in this year,”
Ballard said.
Ballard will debate against a voucher
program which gives a distinguished high
school student money to attend a school
outside his district.
He is arguing that the case violates the
Establishment Clause in the First
Amendment.
“Basically it involves an exceptional
student that did well on standardized
tests and wanted to get out of a bad pub
lic school,” Ballard said.
Chambers will debate the issue of
school speech whether the First
Amendment protects a student’s right to
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students from their school apply
ing to the University.
Kaley Lamon, a sophomore
from Moultrie, said in her town
getting accepted to the University
was an achievement.
“It was a pretty big deal
because not many people from
my high school get in," she said.
Lamon said her high school
offered only a few Advanced
Placement classes and was one
of the lowest-ranked schools in
bfic state
“I feel like it put us behind,”
she said. “Some people didn’t
even bother applying. They
thought of the University as far
off and unattainable because our
school was not as high quality as
those from Atlanta.”
Lamon said most people in
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The two teams will present their argu
ments before a panel of judges. Members
of the panel include U.S. District Judges
B. Avant Edenfield and Lisa Godbey Wood
both from Georgia Senior U.S.
District Judges William Terrell and Harvey
E. Schlesinger, both Floridian, and Susan
Black of the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals.
The panel will judge the students on
how well their arguments are presented.
For the last month, the two students
have been preparing hard.
“This competition does not require a
brief, but we do lots and lots of legal
research and we do practice rounds with
professors and practitioners,” Ballard
said. “They give us some of their time and
their feedback.”
The competition was started in 1980 by
two attorneys Mark Hulsey, a graduate
of the University of Florida Levin College
of Law and Charles Kimbrell, a graduate
of the University’s School of Law.
Smith Hulsey & Busey, a Jacksonville
based law firm, sponsors the event.
Ballard said this will be the final
Hulsey-Kimbrell competition.
Ballard and Chambers said they are
proud to represent the University for the
last time.
“I feel very honored to participate in
this. It’s been a great tradition for our law
school,” Ballard said. “I’m a little nervous,
but mostly excited.”
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one year dress up as
a packet of ketchup,
and I’m not sure that
had all the requisite
clothing included.”
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her area would apply to agricul
tural and trade schools instead
of the University because they
felt like they had no chance of
getting accepted.
But according to the admis
sions blog run by the University’s
Office of Admissions and written
by senior associate director of
operations and selection David
MOOT COURT
person in the room.
“Nobody dressed up, so
I guess they didn’t want to
take me up on it,” he said.
Though the offer can
sometimes be problematic,
some students say that
they look on the idea of
dressing up for credit
favorably.
“I think it’s pretty fUn,
and harmless,” said Ryan
Schulze, a sophomore from
Dunwoody. “I probably
won’t do it, and probably a
lot of people won't do it,
but it will be fun for the
people who do.”
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These fruity energy drinks come in
multiple flavors, cost less than $3 each
and contain 12 percent alcohol —and
they’re becoming increasingly popular
with college students.
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equivalent to consuming three beers, one
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Graves, there are no quotas for
specific areas of the state.
“I always laugh when I hear
this myth," he wrote. “Even if we
wanted to (and we do notl), we
would not be able to actually
make the kind of decisions this
myth suggests ”
Graves wrote that the individ
ual student is measured in com
parison to the whole pool of
applicants and the decision to
accept or reject an applicant is
dependent on the student’s
achievement, not his or her high
school, city, county or state.
Still, some students think high
school must play a factor.
“They only accept so many
from an area," said Chris Kwasny,
a senior from Alpharetta who
went to Chattahoochee High
School. “I think the rates are
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freshman psychology
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YASMEEN
FREIGHTMAN
freshman undecided
major from Atlanta
"I’ve never had it but
friends say it gives them a
lot of energy, like it gives a
boost to their personality'
better statistically for people
who came from areas with less
applicants.”
Kwasny said because his high
school was competitive, he had a
chance to attend the University,
but he never felt Uke being
accepted into the University was
a guarantee.
“There was this competitive
nature where I wanted to go to a
school that at least felt and
seemed equal to my peers,"
Kwasny said.
Even after a year at the
University, Lamon said because
of where she’s from, she feels she
has been granted an opportunity
that is undeserved.
“Sometimes I wonder why I
am here,” she said. “I guess they
had to have some of us from a
podunk town.”
This month Ramapo College in New
Jersey banned cajfeinated alcoholic bev
erages such as Pour Loko after similar
drinks sent 23 people to the hospital.
The Red & Black asked University
students what they think of the popular
drink is Pour Loko dangerous?
Should it be banned?
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freshman accounting
major from Norcross
Tm not really good for that
kind of stuff I had one sip
of beer one time, and it
was just bad."
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JOSHUA BUCE
sophomore broadcast
news major from
McDonough
*1 tried it, but I didn't really
find it appealing. I know a
lot of women fike it It’s
cheaper."
JAKE HARRIS
senior finance major
from Atlanta
"I love Four Loko. They're
good, but you crash after
you drink them I don't
think they should be
banned, though They're a
lot of energy, but they’re
kind of fun."