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ON AIR WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Student finds music hidden in HIV genome By MICHAEL PROCHASKA The Red & Black Cin the key or A minor that’s the note that infects millions of people every year. It’s one of seven actually. University graduate student Alexandra PRjak assigned pitches to the amino acids and proteins that define HIV and, as it turns out, the virus is shockingly soothing. “It just sounds nice,” Pajak said. "The HIV virus has kind of a somber but peaceful sound to it.” Psgak composed “Sounds of HIV,” an album that harmonizes the entire genome of HIV. It was released by Azica Records on Oct. 26. “Artistically, I’m not sure what to say about it, but I do know that people from different HIV support groups contacted me saying they enjoyed listening to the music,” Pajak said. The project grew out of Pjyak’s under graduate research as a music major at Aleaanoha Pajak j Sounds of HIV j m ‘Sounds of HIV Alexandra Pajak But the assignment captured more than a memory. It gave an aesthetic value to Scott’s physical existence her genetic code. “They made a mural of her DNA on the wall when you walked in the science building and he asked me to write a sym phony based on her DNA,” Pajak said. Since her time humming the mole cules of the human body, Pajak has been asked to explain the method to her music using analogies. Her favorite is equating DNA sequences to a book. “If you think about it, a book is made of letters which makes up words, which makes up chapters and it’s sort of similar to that,” Pajak said. “So it’s like I assign musical pitches to certain letters, larger words —and together it’s a whole piece.” For “Sounds of HIV,” Pajak assigned notes for the four nucleotides that make up DNA. Then she selected pitches for the 20 amino acids and proteins in HIV based on their attraction to water. “I wanted to stay true to the DNA,” Pajak said. “I didn't add anything artistic or extra to it, but I did try it out on differ ent instruments.” The virus’ soundtrack features sounds from the piano, flute, clarinet, oboe, horn and cello. Six musicians were hired to See MUSIC, Page 2 MEGHAN PITTMAN 1 T. Rn> a Butci A In Georgia’s 88-50 exhibition win over Division II Lander, freshman Ronika Ransford (4) tied for the team lead in points with 13. o sunny. High 72 | Low 42 i Where’s Mikey? Adams iaioG io anano an 8 p.m. opera | ensemble at the ■ Hodgson Concert Hal Donl forget Wi your lucky vOdng helmet. The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 Agnes Scott College, where the head genetics pro fessor asked her to write a piece of music in memory of Agnes Scott the mother of the school's primary bene factor, Col. George Washington Scott. Index- Thursday, November 11, 2010 i- e vH* Vi | g Itain W(l> I*****vwt SELFLESS SACRIFICE University veterans reflect on transition from school to military By DANIEL BURNETT j The Red & Black Editor’s Note: The nation cele brates Veteran’s Day today, and The Red & Black has taken this opportu nity to profile several University ajfiliated veterans. We continue today with a look at how some veterans remember their time at the University. Before they navigated the jun gles of Pacific islands, they navigated college campuses. Before they watched battles unfold between two enemies, they watched battles unfold between the hedges. Before they were soldiers, they were students. Before the war, life was different. Parked on Broad Street in his dark green Toyota Tacoma, 65-year-old Georgia dominates exhibition against Lander By RYAN BLACK The Red & Black The Georgia women’s basketball team did what they were supposed to do Wednesday evening in their exhibition game against Lander win. Moreover, the Lady Bulldogs won convincingly. The only catch was that it took Georgia just a little longer to get going then they may have liked in their 88-50 victory. Georgia head coach Andy Landers was satisfied with the victory, but knew there were still things they had to work on heading into Sunday’s regular season opener against Georgia Southern. “I’m more impressed than I am concerned,” he said. “I do have real concerns about rebounding, I have real concerns about defense. I think SEC PREVIEW TVirn to pages 8 and 9 to learn everything there is to know about SEC women’s basketball. News 2 Calendar 4 Vietnam veteran Steeny Banks explained what life was like for a boy growing up in a lower-middle class family In Vidalia. “I guess when you’re poor, you don’t know it,” said Banks, who walked to school growing up, was the 1963 captain of his high school bas ketball team and eventually served his country in Vietnam. That part of his life began in 1967, not long after he'd dropped out of what was then known as Georgia Southern College with a 0.87 grade point average. The eventual University student was walking down a street in Jacksonville. Fla. where he’d gone to find work when someone point ed at him and urged him to enlist in the armed forces. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Georgia 88, Lander 50 as time goes on we’ll learn to play harder, I think we’ll play better together and eliminate turnovers. I Just think there’s an incredible upside to our team.” In the early going, the Lander Lady Bearcats stayed close, even opening up a six-point lead just five minutes into the game, and contin ued to fight admirably until Georgia went on an 11-0 run to give them selves a 34-18 advantage with 5:34 remaining in the half. The Lady Bulldogs continued to extend their lead until they held a 47-21 bulge at halftime. In the second half, Georgia was already in cruise control, outscoring Lander 41-20 en route to a comfort REPTILE ROOMMATE Opinions 6 Variety 7 L f J *|| si ||| W K% X fill 1 m hh VRPH I I fat PHOTOS BY MELISSA HARVARD I Tuba,Bun ▲ Alumnus S teeny Banks served in Vietnam. He said he joined the armed forces because he wanted adventure. It was a poster of Uncle Sam. He summed up his decision to enlist in one word: adventure. “It was just like a magnet that brought me to it,” he said. “That’s a hard way to get the adventurer out of your system you don’t have to get shot at that many times to get the adventurer out of you.” And adventure he got. Banks spent a year and half on the U.S.S. Hunterdon County patrolling “every river south of Saigon” to ensure the enemy wasn’t able to transfer goods along the rivers. “We owned the river;” he said. “Our life was the river.” Banks said gunmen would often See SOLDIERS, Page 3 What year did an alligator share a dorm with a student? Page 2 Sports 8 Crossword 2 WUOG is switching from airwaves to center stage. Pages 4 & 5 Vol. üB, No. 5a | Athens, Georgia able 38-point win. Part of the reason the Lady Bearcats kept it close at the begin ning is the fact they were not your ordinary exhibition opponent. Lander came into the game ranked No. 4 in Division 11, and last season won a school-record 27 games on their way to winning the Peach Belt Conference title, as well as being the unanimous pick to win it again this season. But in spite of their lofty acco lades, once the Lady Bulldogs got on track, there was little the Lady Bearcats could do to stop it. “The first five minutes of the bas ketball game we allowed them to get six offensive boards,” Landers said. “So they were getting second chance opportunities to score.” The Georgia victory was notice ably a team effort. See WIN, Page 10 BREAKDOWN Sudoku 9 Which former student has had a career in designing for rock stars? Page 7