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2 Wbdnbsday, November iq, aoio | The Rkd a Black VETERAN: Student uses experience to help teach ► From Page 1 University alter his tour, he had a hard time even registering for classes. “It’s a pain when you're over seas and have no phone, no Internet,” Barton said. It was also difficult to go from the strict schedule of the military to a student’s life where he had to set his own schedule. "It wasn’t easy. I think most everybody who came back had some difficulty,” Barton said about the fall semester he returned. After that semester, his battal ion was called up to serve in Afghanistan. This time, he would be a sergeant and his primary job would be the oversight and train ing of five police stations. But he didn’t leave before mar rying his wife, Mari, who will grad uate in December from the University. “She’s awesome. She’s made me the happiest I’ve ever been and she's a big part of my motiva tion now,” Barton said. The cou ple is expecting a daughter, to be named Samantha, in January. Mari also would like to pursue a career in the military in either aviation or in JAG, the legal branch of the military. The couple met through mutu al friends and got married in April before Barton left for Afghanistan. “It was horrible and extremely lonely,“ Mari said. “It wasn’t so MONEY: Activity fee increase elicits debate ► From Page 1 the OASIS system with anew student infor mation system. The $6 will not be charged if students do not support the replacement ini tiative, according to the proposal documents. The University will decide whether it wUI move forward with replacing the OASIS sys tem sometime later in the spring, said Tim Burgess, senior vice president for finance and administration. Students now pay transportation, activity, recreation, athletic, health, facilities, technol ogy, green and institutional fees —a total of $833. With the proposed fees, the new total would be $845. All fees, except the S2OO insti tutional fee, are set by the University. The Board of Regents set a special institution fee of SIOO in the spring of 2009. Then, in November of 2009, the Regents approved an additional SIOO increase to the institutional fee in order to cover budget reductions. The three new proposed fee increases are pending approval from University President Michael Adams and the Board of Regents. If the Regents approve the fees, they will be effective next fall. The technology and transportation fee increases were unanimously supported by the students on the committee, and three out of four students voted for the student activity fee increase. Josh Delaney, SGA president, said he was “on the fence" about the issue. Pearls Before Swtnt* n Irnmn Fastis *AT MAS'PCA#W A MAP W.' \[~#o/l MAVSWO \ AMUfiHT. Ijl HOM TOUT I JUST THEM H WAVE MOTIHf O F> T t ' 'A naaruPOMu / ,Wkt.u S * y,-j:y r „ ? 1 I U ** KTA * P ,!. 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"There were several wives in Brett’s unit who were my age and who also go to UGA,” Mari said. “We would go to different restau rants with each other Instead of having date nights with our hus bands.” Barton said he looks forward to pursuing a career in the Army when he graduates in two years. “It’s something I’m good at, it’s something I enjoy, and I have the opportunity to serve my country," he said. “I really like being in the military and like the people." On Veteran’s Day, Barton said he would just like people to recog nize the service of those in the military, remember them, pray for them and maybe even send a care package. “I think the people at home have been really supportive,” Barton said. “Everywhere you go, when people see you’re in the mil itary they shake your hand and say ’thank you.’” He said many times when he has gone to pay his check in a res taurant, the waiter says it has already been taken care of. 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Graduate Student Association president, was the only student who did not vote in favor of the student activ ity fee increase “The main reason I didn’t vote for it was because there were some large reserve accounts that had been accumulated over the years, and it wasn’t completely clear to me how those accounts would be spent.” O’Rouke said. “I didn’t think it was appropriate for a fee increase when we had those accounts.” However, Burgess said the representatives who proposed the activity fee increase showed how all the reserve funds were being allocated, and that the reserves would not be sufficient to cover basic operating costs. “It was their opinion that if you used the funds that were in the reserves for the pur poses that they had outlined, then you would bring the whole student activities function much closer to the edge in terms of being able to operate without any cushion at all,” Burgess said. “So they had recommendations on what they were proposing the various reserve accounts be used for, and the fee increase was therefore necessary to cover additional basic operational costs that had entries 39 Blood test site 42 Girl Scout older than a Brownie or Junior 44 Fringed shoulder pad 46 Cling 47 Establish 49 Pale i 27 Church sing ers 28 Find anew purpose for 29 Buddy 31 Depart 32 Mexican Indian X) Visionaries 36 “My Gal 36 Damp 38 Fence NEWS m##*-*** H V; 9H gxogggfelfeJ 9' pijr^ 1 9 9 ■ i | ■ H jBhB, B I **’ KATHRYN INCALL | Tai Rid * Buci ▲ Brett Barton, a student who served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, is a 29-ycar-okS political science major who intends to pursue a military career when he graduates. "I feel that I can give a lot of help to some of the guys," he said. Master Sgt. Aaron Stringer, who is an instructor with the Army ROTC, said the military experience of Barton and others who have already served is helpflil in assisting cadets who don’t have that experience. “He can also lead by example in our labs in Whitehall,” he said. “He already has a foundation 9 wl3 SS © S , r 706-542-3243 Of 800-877 3243 tSfksJ.'' aeatfnsortkiWYgiaafte.uja.edu 1 12 1 *’ r I ' imrr ' iu " u, ° ,r^u CLASSES THAT FIT lnd i>t d r*. YOUR SCHEDULE 1197 South Lumpitin Street • Athons. Georgia 30602-3603 Give back this ( \ holiday season. \ w \ Donate new, unopened toys to Usiii'i Toys for Tots. V** f Drop off donations at L. The Red & Black office gV Closed Nov 22-26 50 Sooner or _ 51 Lose color 52 Thought 53 Pen points 54 Ditka or Tyson 55 Regulation 56 Historical times 57 Fender blemish 60 Curtsy t.Tferno . s GREEK 111 !j || FORMAL wear SPECIAL Complete Tuxedo Rental 39 * ' • • • • ' knowledge of small unit tactic skills." Barton said being in the mili tary has taught him everything from time management to setting goals. “Since I’ve come back from Afghanistan I’ve applied a lot of skills. I had deadlines and a lot of people counting on me,” Barton said. “Now I have people counting on me too my wife, and soon my daughter." 2005-2010 MANDATORY FEES •1000 - hi n BB ■ svt 111 2005 2006 2007 2008 2000 2010 ’ Mandatory fee totals were obtained online from the website for the University System of Georgia's Office of Fiscal Affairs. nothing to do with what was in the reserve accounts.” Delaney said the fees will primarily be used for the upkeep of existing programs, and will not be used to fund anything new. “In this current economic climate, we would not vote for an Increase in our fees to support a convenience or a luxury," Delaney said. “Everything had to be justified as a necessity to continue based on the services we already had. We all came in there with that outlook, and I think we came out of it pretty confident that there wouldn’t be any extraneous increase to support something that would be conve nient or just kind of nice." BOARD: New programs irk some ► From Pago 1 money,” Adams said last month. “It will start out at about five or six. thousand dollars a year and then over five years it would work up to about $3 million a year. And we think we have the capacity to meet those needs.” Brantley said the gover nor and many legislators don’t understand how the University System faced budget issues earlier this year, yet they can finance the engineering program without a problem. “UGA had a very orga nized and effective student led process for giving input,” Brantley said, speaking about resistance to University System bud get cuts. “They came up here and lobbied the legis lature on exactly what some of these cuts would mean. I just think that’s going to raise questions from the legislature who heard ail these stories about programs going away, and just a few months later, you’re now saying you have ample room to fund new programs. The worry is there will be some dis trust formed there." ONLINE Police Documents CRIME NOTEBOOK Student reports battery outside Brumby Hall A University student reported that he was pushed into bushes, punched and poked in the eye by individuals playing Humans vs. Zombies out side Brumby Hail Monday, according to a University Police report. The student told offi cers he was walking to Brumby Hall at about 11 p.m. to meet friends when three people began throw ing socks at him. The indi viduals were playing Humans vs. Zombies and were known by the stu dent. According to the report, the student told the indi viduals to stop and pushed one of them. He told offi cers one of them then poked a finger in his eye, pushed him into the bush es and punched him. The game will continue, though. “I got a call from the police chief this morning asking me to send every one who’s playing a mes sage and reiterate some of the rules,” said player Kenny Adcox. “We sent out a message, and now the police is satisfied, and so are we.” University student Nicholas Rodriguez, wit nessed the event, but he said he wasn’t even sure it was a fight. “To me, when I got there, it looked like they were just wrestling around and being guys, but when I got there, I saw that he had been punched in the face,” he said. Simple battery reported in Rooker Hall A University student reported Monday that a masked person grabbed her in Rooker Hall, according to a University Police report. The student told offi cers on Oct. 29 at about 10:30 p.m., a masked per son was turning the lights in the laundry room on and off as the victim was doing laundry. When she left the laundry room, the person grabbed her arm, according to the report. The student reported no injuries or marks from the incident. —Compiled by Tiffany Stevens