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'QI * Check out the new iPads at the library. Literally. Page 4 WWW.RKDANDBLACK.COM University not affected by direct layoffs By DALLAS DUNCAN The Red & Black There are 1,418 University employees who were almost out of jobs for Fiscal Year 2011. The afTected offices were spread all over the state, from the President’s Office on North Campus to the Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens in Savannah. The positions to be cut were on the list of proposed cuts given to the Board of Regents in February as part of a system-wide S3OO MEN'S BASKETBALL GEORGIA 83, COLORADO 74 Basketball avoids close call for win BY MITCH BLOMERT The Red & Black Another scare, another win. After seeing a dominant lead disintegrate to a tied game at halftime, the Georgia men’s basketball team fought back In the second half to win 83-74 against Colorado on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum. The Bulldogs (2-0) went to the locker room tied 33-33 with Colorado after leading by as much as 17 points in the first half. However, the Bulldogs fended See WIN, Page 7 j|jjj Bulldogs prove to be ‘resilient’ against Buffs If the first two games of this basketball sea son have taught us anything about Georgia basketball it’s this: The players are a resilient bunch. Through the first six minutes of its 83-74 victo ry Tuesday night, Georgia appeared poised to run Colorado out of Stegeman Coliseum and all the way back to Boulder, Colo. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 20-8 lead while Sandy Creek Park to host viewing of three gas planets Sight is out of this world By SHAWN JARRARD The Red & Black Between Uranus and the moon, plenty will be on dis play in tonight's sky hope fully. “This’ll be the fall star watch, in which well be looking at craters on the moon, the large planet Jupiter, Uranus and sunny. Highß4\ Low3B J Where’s I Mikey? MsmsisichsduM to attend Bpm Mf Lyfe Lovett tow at Ha to Claaaic Canter. ■ WM Mans He m\ Lovett'* country Show? Nope ■ helLov-ett tmC\ _ Red&Blackfii ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 million budget reduction. “None of that ever transpired,” said Tim Burgess, vice president for finance and administration. “The University as a whole has not had any direct layoffs. We have not had an employee lose their job as a direct result of the budget cuts.” However just because no one was laid ofT does not mean facul ty and staff were not affected by the budget reductions. “This FYII got aggravated,” Burgess said. “Just within a few Ctf Michael w Fitzpatrick shooting 80 percent from the floor and held the Buffaloes to a dismal 15.3 percent (2-for-13). Georgia shared the bas ketball had six assists on the eight made shots RESILIENT, Page 7 GIANT PLANETS When: 7 - 9 p.m. Where: Sandy Creek Park Price: $2 Neptune, provided that the weather cooperates,” said Maurice Snook, a self described “dedicated ama teur astronomer.” Snook is a member of the Athens Astronomical Association, the group that will be helping Sandy Creek conduct its “Night of the Giant Planets.” ON THE WEB Check out our , website to learn more about free vehicle checks for students Thursday. Index Wednesday, November 17, 2010 days of the fiscal year starting, we got word from the Governor’s Office we would need to make additional cuts." The University already had a number of positions that could not be filled because of money problems in FYIO, and the latest cuts didn’t help matters. “You name it, we’ve done it, to absorb what for us has been about SIBO million,” said University President Michael Adams. “We have done a big por tion of that by not filling these la. "mV Hi a ■ fSm ||j|L^ i f Br Wt wop dUK ■m JR ir - fw J* If i c - MKr ..jw~v Em SARA CALDWELL I Tni Rn> * Bun ▲ Gerald Robinson (22, above left) and Chris Barnes (4, above) helped lead the way in Georgia’s 83*74 victory over Colorado. “For about 20 years, the Athens Astronomical Association, which is a pret ty loose group of only about a couple of us -we used to be pretty active, 50 members or more, but now there’s only about two or three of us we’ve helped Sandy Creek host their star watches about four times a year,” Snook said. One of the main attrac tions of the night will be Jupiter and its four largest moons lO, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto named “Galilean” for their Naws 2 Opinions 0 discoverer. “On Jupiter you can, of course, see the cloud bands, and the four giant Galilean satellites,'’ Snook said. "One of the satellites will be behind Jupiter, and we will watch it come out from behind. These moons of Jupitei; because of the incli nation of their orbits, they lie right in a plane with us. So instead of seeing them go around Jupiter in a circle, we see them go back and forth because we’re seeing it edge See SPACE, Page S ROAD TO REDEMPTION rAn emphasis on leadership has the Gym Dogs ready for 2011. Page 8 Variety 4 Spores 7 600 positions or so because the most expensive thing at the University of Georgia is labor. So we have had to make hard deci sions about what we could fill and what we couldn’t fill, and that’s what we’ve done.” Hundreds of vacancies “What’s been the biggest impact with those cuts is it has stymied hiring,” Burgess said. “We’re up to hundreds of vacant positions. A good number of MMMAN PITTMAN | TANARUS Xn> • Suet A Maurice Snook wM be offering Athena residents the chance to see the celestial. Vol. üB, No. 56 | Athkns, Georgia those are on the staff side but we have some on the faculty side as well.” See CUTS, Page 2 Privacy rights maybe violated By MARIANA HEREDIA The Red & Black Various University stu dents were caught in the midst of the case between Deszo Benedek, a compara tive literature professor at the University, and the administration. The students were accused of submitting fraudulent transcriptß to the adminis tration concerning Benedek’s Maymester in Budapest pro gram, accord- ing to Stephen Humphreys, who success fully defended |M|k|SjH Benedek In a * # case that HpUR* attempted to K|l revoke his tenure. Earlier this BENEDEK month, the hearing committee and the University . officially announced their decision to allow Benedek to keep his tenure. Benedek was accused of violating Board of Regents' policies by misleading stu dents about whether or not his study abroad program was University-affiliated and HOPE-supported. He was also charged with violating conflict of interest policies by promoting a program which he directed. In the case against Benedek, the University attempted to prove Benedek’s long-running study abroad program was not valid. In this attempt, the University sent student tran scripts to four credit evalua tion agencies. The transcripts included personal identifying information such as names and Social Security Numbers, Humphreys said. See BENEDEK, Page 3 HA HA HA HA Four finalists compete to be the funniest person Athens. Page 5 Crossword 2 Sudoku 7 President Michael Adams said the University had to absorb SIBO million in budget cuts.