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/k ▼ WWW.RHDANDBLACK.COM ONLINE Documents Committee decides to increase student fees By POLINA MARINOVA The Red & Buck Though the recession is techni cally over, students may still need to pay a little more next fall. The Mandatory Student Fee Committee met on Friday and approved three funding requests to increase student fees by a total of sl2. The three proposed increases include $3 for the student activity fee, $3 for a transportation fee and $6 for the technolo gy fee. Campus Life requested a $3 increase to the exist ing $75 student activity fee. The fee would be used to supplement increas es in health insur ance and benefits for Campus Life employees as well as BURGKS the operating costs for the Campus Life Business Office and the Tate Student Center. The University Campus Transit System proposed a $3 increase to the existing $lO3 transportation fee. The fee would fund expected rises in the cost of labor, benefits and utilities as well as the operat ing expenses related to the system including covering the increasing costs of Athens Transit fare. The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services proposed a $6 increase to the exist ing sll4 fee for the replacement of See MONEY, Page 2 Soldier returns to college after deployments By KATHRYN INGALL The Red & Buck Editor’s Note: The nation celebrates Veteran's Day this Thursday, and The Red & Black has taken this opportunity to profile several University-affiliated veterans. We continue today with a profile of Brett Barton, a veteran who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Brett Barton graduates with a degree in political science two years from now, he will have experiences most undergraduates could not imagine. Since he entered the University in 2004, he has served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan not to men tion he is now a husband and soon to-be father. Barton Joined the Army National Guard in 2004 after his first year of coUege. After training, he was deployed to Iraq in May of 2005. The first half of his tour he was stationed in Yusuflyah, Iraq, an area known as the Triangle of Death. Asa tank loader on a nearly 70-ton Abrams tank, he encoun tered five IEDs, or improvised explosive devices. “It was just getting through the next day and doing my job. I had people counting on me,” Barton said. He was able to make phone calls to family and friends once a month. When he went to reapply to the See VETERAN, Page 2 a sunny. High 761 Low 43 Where's fH* Mikey? Regents meeting tor Adams Let s see if M : Wt|& he emerges from the 9 a m conference JfflPv I with a dearer idea for funding the program. The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1898, INDEPENDENT 1980 Regents approve engineering Some say vote was rushed By POLINA MARINOVA The Red & Buck Georgia Tech may now have some competition. At a meeting Tuesday after noon, the Regents voted 9 8 to approve the University's request to offer degrees in civil, electri cal and mechanical engineering in the fall of 2012. Though the University is cel 4 , J§ Complete Men's Basketball Preview It ’ - By MITCH BLOWER? pWL- AlMfe ||pi ; r-n K-. \-u, - ' ' * Trey iin ivrk:- Leslie don ' h-tv.- .■ Ik •* 4 ‘ \ §S§HB. They i / . ‘" \i,'4VVv|pb4 dents / I.' don't have to be o.liege r,.,- K* Jfiypi- gj h&& ' fastball players They and ■ V 11* haw to be amateurs BHk -t now, the two could be W V W A in the NBA. get- H I I r ■ \ fIRRMaHHKg* ting paid the salaries ■ I 1 ■ V * round draft picks They could W 4 1 in other cities, signing any • St v ,thing from basketballs for fans ■nHHHHnHL 3| ' tofacrative shoe contracts. W r H| Wf' Ilk , fjjs'But they aren’t. And they m m f I H SSH Sf, couldn’t be happier H The two junior standouts I w I B ■ waST I put their professional careers ■ El. - | II If Mi ® f possible stardom on hold Ht H Thompkins and Leslie chose m 001 t 0 enter the 2010 NUA ;5Js mm Draft this past offseason, eleet uig to return to the University ,**> HF 1 m to continue their college V $ • W M careers. Vfa *&k Suddenly, a Bulldog team lA that went 14-17 a year ago and WRaPVZBMHHaPMIiaMMBRBBZ finished dead last in the SEC it. East, for the fifth time in six ■ seasons had something to look Wk forward to: four returning mm. starters, two NBA-caliber play *’T > H I|K%. ers —and a chance to make a M‘ w . difference in the SEC. ~ aSf-’-*" ** * f / ifc 'fMfcjLp- Heads of the sports world Wk# .f: turned to Athens for reasons }J- tBmMW. other than football Second sf , £t r 'SBmhH* 81 ’ head coach Mark Fox ~ in-state recruiting. A K Cry Stegeman Coliseum JL Ml' ' Itr altolved a face-lift. f- When SEC Preseason Media ■4. T Day rolled around in October, JBnßHni ■- head coaches Billy Donovan of ■5 ’■ Korlda. Bruce Pearl of Tennessee and John Calipan jm&BßMjm o{ Kentucky all SEC East T\ , .?■*” . I ... opponents said the same ; v ■ -of' 7. >v ’ '*:'?<??"y: thing about Georgia The ’ -m'T : ~,V I*. M&f, ■ Bulldogs were a team to watch ' | “ with ..mi l <->.iie ;]p| r ‘%f When the Pteseason All Wt'JW' ' ® b... SEC selections were released M. |YW there were Thompkins and ■;A\ V /mß* Leslie again, both named to vßßßSKr&r&'ttUf Lap the First Team Thompkins "■’MfrW W* v, MjM. was also named Preseason PF 4r m ‘' * Gg|. mdk Player of the Year. That same f/ r~ BB m J I 4:Jr aL ■ 80UP Of pollsters also picked • -JR W* \ the Bulldogs to finish third in mk /JHk jM R UkTIM Jr \ the BSC East, including two . W fS BMMMBfc. F * W | votes to win the entire confer ■Jt f 0 m* AIF f:v4 H W w \ * PkA Now Thompkins and a ' j .< > it JmßMm t decision makes sense . y DUO, rag, 4 ritr i Tn Rkd • Bum FOOTBALL The Bulldogs are preparing for Auburn’s Cameron Newton, despite recent NCAA violation allegations. Page 7 Index Wednesday, November 10, 2010 ebrating the addition of the new degrees, the state Legislature is not as thrilled. Last month, the Regents tabled the University’s proposal after Gov. Sonny Perdue advised them to “slow down” and con sult the Legislature before vot ing. Bert Brantley, director of communications for the Governor’s Office, said his office received a report from the Regents less than a week before Tuesday’s meeting. “I think what you see is you have legislators who are raising concern, and you have almost News 2 Opinions 6 FREE MONEY jtr v a^ ▼r Variety 7 Sports 4 the majority of the board that are concerned about It,” Brantley said. “It really just seems like it was a rushed deci sion. It was almost as if they were saying, ‘We’ve gotta go ahead and vote on this because if we ask anyone on their input, we won’t be able to get it passed.’” Following the Regents’ deci sion to table the University’s proposal, University Prvaident Michael Adams addressed the issue at an “Open Mic with Mike" Q&A session. “To play the game as a major research university, we’ve been Find out about mysterious TVitter user @Anonym_us. Page 3 What happens when zombies attack... Page 2 Vol. üB, No, 51 | Athkns, Georgia playing sort of with two hands behind us no medical school, no engineering school,” Adams said. “One of the things I’ve tried to do during my time here Is fill In the spots where we as a flagship are deficient. I think we need a full-scale engineering college.” At the session, Adams said there were “clear cost issues involved,” but he has spoken to some of the Regents and to Gov. Sonny Perdue about the University’s plans to ftind it. “It’s not a huge amount of See BOARD, Page 2 ELECTROCUTED JAMS il ill ii ill •J • •J S 111 * I I • ftjJjL,; Crossword 2 Sudoku 7 4 Which Canadian jam band spiced up its music with catchy synth? Page 8