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Candidates prepare for runoff
By JEN INGLES
The Red & Black
Athens-Clarke County residents will have a
second chance to vote for mayor in the runoff
between Nancy Denson and Owen O’Looney
Nov. 30.
Denson and O’Looney came in first and sec
ond place in the election Tuesday night, with
Denson winning 34 percent of the vote and
O’Looney taking 23 percent. But a candidate
running for mayor in Athens is required to
receive at least 51 percent of votes. If no candi
date does this, the first and second place vote
getters face off again in a runoff. The candidates
will continue to campaign this month.
Denson said she would appreciate more stu
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▲ University researchers assisted film crews from National Geographic
as they gathered footage of monarch butterflies for anew TV series.
Univ. butterflies star in series
By KATIE VALENTINE
The Red & Black
On Sunday, several small, orange mem
bers of the University community will
make their television debut.
Monarch butterflies and caterpillars
from the Odum School of Ecology will be
featured in the first episode of National
Geographic’s new series, “Great
Migrations," which premieres Sunday.
In June 2009, a film crew from National
Geographic spent three weeks at the
University to film the life cycle and preda
tion of monarch butterflies.
Sonia Altizer, an associate professor of
ecology, has done research on monarch
butterflies for the past 15 years. She said
producers contacted her about the series
last year. Once the camera crew arrived at
the University, Altizer said she was
amazed by the footage they shot.
“The film crew came with 20 large cases
filled with video and photography equip
ment,” Altizer said. "It was amazing the
footage they captured were things even I
had never seen before.”
No humans from the University are
seen in the footage, but Altizer, along with
two undergraduate ecology students and
a research assistant, helped film crews
identify locations to shoot footage, acquire
materials and build sets. They also pro
vided film crews with scientific expertise
Altizer could tell a cameraman, for
example, when a butterfly egg was about
to hatch.
Michael Maudsley, a research profes
sional in Altizer’s lab. helped during the
filming.
“It’s fun setting up different sets,
because we actually dug up dirt and put it
Adams to be on search committee
By MIMI ENSLEY
The Red & Black
University President
Michael Adams will serve
on the search committee
to find anew chancellor for
the University System of
Georgia.
The names of the com
mittee members were
made public in a news
release sent out Thursday
afternoon.
The search follows an
announcement from
Chancellor Erroll B. Davis
Jr. that he would retire
from his position on June
30.
Willis Potts, chair of the
Board of Regents, named
the 20-person team, and
Regent Kessel Stelling Jr.
will serve as the committee
chair.
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in this little trough, so when you shoot, it
looks like you’re out in the field but you’re,
not,” he said.
The first episode focuses on the annual
migration monarchs make from their envi
ronments along the eastern part of North
America to Mexico.
At the University, the film crew shot
footage of monarchs hatching from eggs,
turning into chrysalises and emerging
from chrysalises as butterflies. They also
set up situations with predators such as
praying mantises and fire ants. A praying
mantis would be placed on a plant in a
set. and a butterfly would be placed near
it. Film crews could then capture the
praying mantis striking at the butterfly.
“They really wanted to demonstrate
predation, to show how dangerous the
lives of these insects are and how only a
tiny portion of them make it to the adult
stage," Altizer said. “You do feel bad, but
you realize it’s a part of life.”
Altizer said working with the National
Geographic film crew taught her how
much work goes into acquiring the foot
age for TV shows such as “Great
Migrations.”
“Something that only flashes on screen
for a few seconds makes me think of the
three to four days involved to get those
few seconds,” she said.
In return for the filming space. National
Geographic made a small contribution to
Altizer’s lab.
Altizer said she is glad National
Geographic is creating the series.
“We all know animals migrate, but we
don’t really think about the whole stories
and journeys involved.” she said. “The
National Geographic special really just
tells these stories so vividly.”
In a letter posted on the
search committee's new
website, Stelling writes,
“You have my word that we
will locate the very best
leader to enhance the out
standing higher education
opportunities available at
our colleges and universi
ties, and to make them
even stronger."
Stelling also writes that
he welcomes input through
out the search, asking for
ideas, suggestions and even
the names of potential can
didates.
The USG chancellor
acts as the chief executive
officer of the University
System.
The future chancellor
will also work with the gov
ernor, the General
Assembly and other state
leaders and institutions.
dent Involvement in local government, and will
work to promote a business-friendly environ
ment that she hopes will encourage University
graduates to stay in town.
“I see students as part of the whole commu
nity, not as a separate entity,” she said.
O’Looney said she also hopes more recent
graduates will stay in Athens, and wants to see
the town become an “entrepreneurial magnet.”
“Young people, Just like everyone else in our
community, if they want to stay in Athens, they
want a good job market," O’Looney said.
Supervisor of Elections Gail Schrader said
early voting will likely start Monday, Nov. 15, the
week before Thanksgiving. Only those already
registered to vote in Athens will be able to cast
a ballot in the runoff.
In an earlier Red &
Black article, John Millsaps,
spokesman for the Regents,
said the board hoped to
have the job filled before
Davis leaves in June, but
he said that could not be
guaranteed.
And the chancellor
search committee seems to
have a big job ahead.
Stelling describes the
position as “one of the
most important leadership
posts in Georgia.”
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► Candidate
Nancy
Denson
watches the
election
results with
supporters
Tuesday.
Denson will
face Gwen
O’Looney in
a runoff
election on
Nov. 30.
MAN ON THE STREET:
Remember, remember...
Tonight people across the globe will
be chanting centuries-old rhymes, blow
ing up fireworks, hitting pihatas shaped
like humans and cooking up some tasty
black peas with vinegar.
This isn’t just some cultishfall bonfire
it's Guy Fawkes Night, one of the most
beloved holidays in British culture.
Every Nov. 5 Britain commemorates
the anniversary of a foiled assassina
tion plot. Guy Fawkes was caught in
1606 with a basement full of gunpowder
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ANGELA COKER
senior biology and
psychology major from
Atlanta
‘Usually in the past my
friends and I have
watched ‘V for Vendetta,’
but I actually have no
plans like that this year. I
didn't even realize it was
tomorrow."
SARAH
PHILLIPS
senior international
affairs and linguistics
major from Charlotte.
N.C.
‘I just personally don’t
believe in burning effi
gies. It's a waste of time
and money.”
ISAAC BROWN
junior marketing major
from Augusta
“I don’t have plans to
celebrate it. I've heard of
It but I just have a lot of
other priorities right
now.’
and a plan to blow up the Protestant
ruler, James I, to replace him with a
Catholic king.
Fawkes was convicted of ireason and
executed, and as per tradition, Brits
today bum effigies of Fawkes or other
controversial political figures on Nov. 5.
The Red & Black asked University
students about their Friday night plans
do you have any plans to celebrate
Guy Fawkes Night?
Julia Carpenter
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NGUYEN
senior international
affairs and linguistics
major from Peachtree
City
“I'm surprised we don’t
know about that. But this
is like what's happening
with people in the Middle
East burning effigies of
Obama, so why would
you want to bring that
here?"
ASHANTA
DOUGLAS
senior psychology and
child development major
from Sneltville
“Ooh, that sounds excit
ing. A bonfire? Mmmm.
That means s'mores. But
burning people in effigy?
Maybe not then.”
CLINTON
BURKES
senior finance major
from Alpharetta
‘I have heard of it. but
it’s just one of those holi
days that gets put in
there when I have a ton
of other stuff going on."