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SGA may pass resolution in support of Israel
By AOINA SOLOMON
The Red & Black
Israel is one of the hottest
international political topics in
the country, and the University’s
Student Government
Association may be Joining the
debate.
A resolution supporting Israel
as “the only democracy .in the
Middle East” may come before
the SGA senators for a vote at
today’s meeting.
By press time, it had not yet
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Junior Michelle Morris is looking to help secure
the Georgia equestrian team’s fourth-consecu
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Students help bike program gain some traction
Class develops
business model
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The Red & Black
The mentee becomes the mentor.
Junior Lexi Anderson began
Dawgbike as an eco-friendly class
project last year that would allow
students to rent bikes at an afford
able cost. But the initiative has since
been deadlocked while being chan
neled through several layers of com
mittees and departments.
Now, a social media class is get
ting the wheels rolling and out of the
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been determined if the resolu
tion would be on the agenda for
today 's meeting, be on the agen
da for the SGA’s next meeting in
January or be dropped.
Anush Vlnod, one of two SGA
senators sponsoring the resolu
tion, declined to comment.
Stephen Thompson, the vice
president of SGA, said a resolu
tion is a declaration meant to
represent all University stu
dents.
“It’s a statement on behalf of
BQA,” Thompson said. “A resolu-
cratic steps, and I hit a whole bunch
of red tape pretty much everywhere I
went," said Anderson, a psychology
major from Duluth. “When I set up
my original design, it was really, real
ly adventurous. I had only researched
systems that were highly funded by
entire cities, and so what we are talk
ing about putting in place now is
much more scaled back so we can
build up to a more sophisticated ver
sion.”
Anderson’s plans were grandiose
in application but not publicity. To
make the project more appealing to
the Office of Sustainability and
Parking Services, a class on new
media contacted Anderson about
developing a better business model
“1 was thrilled to be contacted by
this group and excited at the new
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tive."
A resolution can be written
by any student, but it requires
at least one SGA senator spon
soring it. In order to be passed,
it must receive a simple majority
of the senators’ votes at a meet
ing of all the SGA senators. The
Junior leads Bulldogs toward 6th title
By DAVID MITCHELL
The Red & Black
Michelle Morris knew what she
had to do.
It was doing it that was the
problem.
It was the 2010 Varsity
Equestrian National
Championships in Waco, Texas,
and Georgia had battled Texas
A&M to the first tie in the history
of the competition.
Chosen as the team’s rider for
the flat event the first in the
four-event ride-off Morris, a
sophomore at the time, could not
deny her nerves.
“It was one of those moments
where if you screw up, the team
loses,” Morris said. “And I was so
nervous. I felt like I was going to
throw up.”
perspectives and fresh ideas they
brought to the table,” Anderson said.
“This group of students brings a
whole new level to the proposal and
hopefully brings It back to the atten
tion and top of the agenda for UGA.”
Sabrina Nooruddin, a junior adver
tising major from Gwinnett, is one of
19 students who are designing ID
tracking devices that would measure
the distance and destination of a
cyclist and enable the student to
post that information on Twitter or
Facebook.
The class is not actually imple
menting any of its proposals; rather,
it’s coming up with a plan that could
potentially be undertaken.
Nooruddin said local businesses
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But, as any big-time competitor
does in any sport, Morris calmed
her nerves by focusing on the task
at hand.
“I knew what I had to do,” she
said. “After I got the nerves out, I
just focused, made a plan, felt the
horse out and performed."
The result was a 30-point win in
the event, helping to lead her team
to its fifth national championship
in eight years.
“I’m a very visual person,” Morris
said. “I like to visualize the pattern
in advance of the competition. In a
situation like that, I Just had to
take a step back, visualize and
remind myself that I knew the pat
tern.”
Now a Junior, Morris has picked
up where she left off a season ago.
She is 8-2 with two MVPs in
Individual competition, helping the
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SGA president also has the right
to veto.
A resolution is used by SGA
as student opinion in meetings
with administrators to alter
rules, Thompson said.
Dawgs for Israel could not be
reached for comment.
Nate Christensen, the presi
dent of Athens for Justice in
Palestine, said his group doesn't
support the resolution because
it disagrees with Israel’s actions
toward Palestinians in the Gaza
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believes the resolution isn't rep
resentative of all University stu
dents, Christensen said.
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Bulldogs to the No. 1 ranking and,
potentially, a fourth-consecutive
national title.
Head coach Meghan Boenig
attributes much of Morris’ success
to her work ethic and her ability to
learn quickly.
“You couldn’t meet a more
determined or precise young lady,”
Boenig said. “She has an incredible
feel for horses. It seems like it
doesn’t matter the level of difficulty
with the horse; she is very quick to
figure it out. She wants to give it
her all and she's always willing to
put in some extra time and do
whatever it takes to be successful.”
Teammate Diandra St. Hilaire, a
senior, said that Morris’ personality
is also a driving force behind her
ability.
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