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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 I He . f . ’ ■ v ■. ■ ‘ Coiimn Becky Bajttbl ▲ 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. EJSy&J&Syi 199 Stone Mil! Run ? KVmT| Athens, CA. 30605 B W BH www.RivcfMillAthcns.coiii 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.” Mil limn ipriPinAi S2OO per person deposit on our townhouses and apartments at WhisUpbuga^W^gurd! * Waiktny disirinois LiOA 3nd downtown Aliens NEWS . ► 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 Hk. bob pyHI on Ciinpui Monday November 8 Tate Festival* 10AM-2PM* Tate Plaza consultations “Benefiting Cure International" Foundry Street Athens, GA 30601 • 706.546.0950 WWW.BOBSALON.COM The Red a Buck | Friday. November 5, aoio '-v ' P* jgggfr &••;•.*** • ■ W- •**' 'sk Mb BP BE fIL 4 ' pHßßatk jpir * mBL &■. * DINA ZOLAN I Thu Rkd * Black 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 (Ci M IJL 3A SOPHIE 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."