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BENEDEK:
University
response
‘unusual’
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Humphreys contacted the
University in the name of the
students whose transcripts
were in question.
Humphreys said one of the
students, upon learning of
the allegations by the
University, requested any
documents that might have
information about his tran
scripts in an open records
request.
Humphreys said the
University replied by saying
that these documents did not
exist and that the student
should contact Noel Fallows,
associate dean in the Franklin
College of Arts and Sciences,
for further information.
Humphreys was unable to
say whether the student con
tacted Fallows or not, and
The Red & Black was unable
to contact the student for
any comments.
Additionally, Humphreys
said when his Arm made the
same open records request,
the University replied by say
ing they could not release the
documents due to the Family
Educational Rights and
Privacy Act.
Humphreys said he
thought the University gave
an improper response.
“It is an unusual response
to say that no documents
exist when those documents
should exist," he said. “Also,
the student was directed to
discuss the matter with the
author of the documents.
That’s putting a student in a
very intimidating situation."
Tom Jackson, vice presi
dent of public affairs, said the
University was unable to pro
vide a representative to dis
cuss the matter with The Red
& Black. He said discussing
such information would be a
violation of student rights
under FERPA.
Humphreys also said the
student involved attempted
to contact President Michael
Adams directly.
“I know the student did
not contact the Dean, but he
did write directly to President
Adams in protesting violation
of privacy rights and protest
ing failure to follow the Open
Records Act and protesting
fact that he was basically
defamed when UGA implied
he committed academic
fraud,” he said.
Humphreys said the stu
dent received no response
from Adams.
Additionally, Humphreys
said his firm tried to address
this matter with the adminis
tration, the Board of Regents,
the Office of Legal Affairs and
the Attorney General, but he
has received no response.
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Meeting
moves past
declaration
controversy
Palestine issue
touched upon
By MARIANA HEREDIA
The Red & Black
Although Tuesday’s Student
Government Association did not
intend to talk about the possible
Israel resolution, the issue still
came up for discussion when
Clark Portson, a former University
student and Athens resident,
asked about it.
Fortson asked Senator Katie
Black if SGA took a different
procedure or gave more time for
discussion when it came to such
perplexing issues. Fortson cited
the Israel resolution as an exam
ple.
Black answered that senators
proposing the resolution may
talk about it amongst them
selves, but that it may not be
brought up during meetings until
the Rules Committee deems it
for the floor.
Fortson said although he was
not a student anymore, the issue
still interested him.
“I was intrigued by what I
read. I wanted to fold out more.
I’m not sure if I got the answers I
was looking for.” Fortson said.
Nevertheless, he also men
tioned SGA adviser Ed Mirecki
spoke to him after the meeting
and said SGA is reconsidering
the resolution.
During the meeting, SGA also
passed several resolutions includ
ing one that would give freshmen
students the option to volunteer
Decision to nix SGA Israel document deemed good choice
By BRIANA GERDEMAN
The Red & Black
An SGA resolution that would have
declared University students’ support for
Israel did not face a vote at Tuesday night’s
SGA meeting. Instead, the resolution was
withdrawn after students and student groups
raised objections.
The resolution garnered “overwhelming
criticism” from students and SGA members,
said Nate Christensen, president of Athens
for Justice in Palestine.
Regardless of personal opinions of Israel,
some students were alarmed that SGA
attempted to endorse one opinion on a politi
cally divisive issue. Some were also concerned
that it would further limit free speech on
campus.
“There are serious concerns about what
kind of implications it would have for free
speech on campus," Christensen said.
Although AJP wasn’t mentioned by name in
the resolution, he said it “certainly was tar
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▲ SGA Senator Cameron Secord speaks about a resolution regarding volunteering for
freshmen. The government group met Tuesday evening to discuss University issues.
as part of the First Year Odyssey
Seminar program.
The resolution is in support of
allowing freshmen students to
replace one of the required
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get first-year students more
involved with the University, for
some hours of community ser
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Additionally, SGA passed a
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geting our group and other groups and indi
viduals that are like us.”
Anush Vinod, one of the SGA senators
who originally sponsored the resolution, said
it was not intended to alienate students who
disagreed, but to demonstrate
the importance of SGA.
“We felt that this would
push the organization forward,
and we felt that this would get
people talking and thinking
about what SGA does,” he
said. “A lot of senators did feel
quite passionately about this
issue and thought a lot of their
constituents felt the same.”
Vinod said he was glad the
proposed resolution had
encouraged students to get involved and
express their opinions, but he was “satisfied”
with the decision made to withdraw the reso
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He said he hadn’t intended for the resolu
tion to cause a political debate, and he felt
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resolution in support of allowing
students to reschedule some of
their finals if they have three or
more finals on the same day.
Further, the senators and
Freshman Board also passed a
resolution addressing the with
drawal policy as it relates to sus
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The reasoning behind the res
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the cases of students taking 15
hours who have been suspended
and would automatically fail at
least one class since University
students are only allotted four
withdrawals.
SGA also passed a resolution
that would officially make the
Okefenokee Oar the official stu
dent body trophy of the Georgia/
Florida football classic.
there were other issues SGA wanted to focus
on.
“Since this didn't directly affect the stu
dents ... we felt that there were some other
things that needed first priority,” he said. “We
all have many other projects and resolutions
that we need to be working on.”
Although said he didn’t know the reasons
the resolution was withdrawn, SGA president
Josh Delaney said he thought the decision
was a “smart choice.”
"From hearing a little bit about what they
were looking to do, I think it was a smart
decision to withdraw it, because I don’t think
it was going to accomplish whatever they
wanted to accomplish with the debate that
was starting to brew,” he said.
The co-presidents of Dawgs for Israel,
Lauren Light and Leslie Herskowitz, wrote in
an e-mail statement, “Dawgs for Israel sup
ports a peaceful resolution that sees a Jewish
state of Israel side by side an Arab state of
Palestine, with peace and security for both
nations.”
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