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A Mayoral candidate Nancy Denson received 34
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By SARAH GIARRATANA
The Red & Black
After taking 23 percent of the vote on Nov. 2, Owen O’Looney says
she is right where she wants to be approaching the mayoral runoff
election on Nov. 30.
“I was hoping to come in second as far back as possible, so I
achieved my goal the first time,” O'Looney said. “I’m hoping that mjT
supporters realize they need to come out again and vote.”
After earning a degree from the University in sociology and serving
as Athens mayor previously from 1991 to 1998 during the first com
bined Athens-Clarke County government, O’Looney became director
of Athens-Clarke County Family & Children Services, then worked for
the University’s Institute on Human Development and Disability
before retiring.
“What happened was I retired I was a lazy, happy, retired per
son,” O’Looney said. “When [President Barack) Obama was elected, I
went up to the inauguration, and I realized what a mess we were as a
country. I felt like that we all needed to go back to work.”
After working to implement programs promoting environmentally
friendly businesses, young entrepreneurs, community gardening and
small businesses. O’Looney said she felt the need to run again for
mayor.
“It just made me realize what we needed to be doing that we
weren’t, it taught me what other communities like Athens were doing
and succeeding at,” O’Looney said about her position as a stimulus
funds manager. “When I talked with the other candidates, it wasn’t
really on their radar that much, so I ended up running.”
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Dictionary records language of campus
By ADINA SOLOMON
The Red & Black
If you’ve ever wanted to know
the definitions of BFFL, frat star
or maybs, look no ftirther than
Park Hall.
A lexicography class offered
only once every two years is
making DawgSpeak!, a diction
ary containing slang terms.
“We’re trying to focus on both
the local terms and the regional
terms,” said Don McCreary, an
English professor who teaches
the class.
McCreary said slang is always
evolving, which is why he has
been writing anew dictionary
with his class every two years
since 2001.
“It needs to be current,”
McCreary said. “It needs to be
trendy.”
This year’s dictionary con
tains more than 1,700 definitions.
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McCreary said the class uses
many definitions from the previ
ous dictionary, but they typically
delete between 300 and 400
words, replacing those with new
vocabulary.
The 18 people in this year’s
class gathered new vocabulary
by surveying about 270 fellow
students to see which slang
words from the last dictionary
are out-of-date and learn about
new words that have become
popular since then.
Working with slang is exactly
why McCreary began
DawgSpeak!.
“Usually, that’s not normal
material for a dictionary, so it’s a
good opportunity for students,”
he said. “I thought it was a good
project for the students to actu
ally define something.”
Nick Kalivoda, a senior from
Athens in McCreary’s class and
editor of the dictionary, said
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Buried under piles of campaign signs and letters from constituents.
Nancy Denson win continue to manage her campaign from her crowd
ed kitchen table for another two weeks.
Denson captured 34 percent of the vote on Nov. 2 the plurality out
of the pool of five candidates and enough to send her to the runoff elec
tion on Nov. 30.
Before running for mayor, Denson earned a business degree from
the Terry College of Business, served as the first woman elected to
Athens City Council ami later served seven terms as the Athens-Clarke
County Tax Commissioner.
“Being tax commissioner for newly 26 years gave me real Insight
into the financial part of the county,” Denson said. "I think that’s criti
cal right now.”
After raising four children and eight grandchildren, Denson said she
felt it was time to run for mayor aßd give back to her community, espe
cially with the challenges fadagUheßS
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is giving to our commudSliigMKfferent way,” Denson said. “My first
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the tax office, experience of both of those, I think
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A Former Athens mayor Gwen O’Looney is trying
for a second shot at the office. The candidate
received 23 percent of the vote on Nov. 2.
DawgSpeak! has been valuable
practice for assembling a dic
tionary.
“It’s one thing sitting in class
and talking about it, and it’s
another thing actually making
one.” Kalivoda said.
He also pointed out the dic
tionary is intriguing to read
because it defines slang.
“It shows what people actu
ally say, not what they’re sup
posed to say,” Kalivoda said.
Kristen Johnson, a sopho
more from Lilbum also in the
class, said making DawgSpeak!
is an interesting project to
undertake.
“It’s just like Urban Dictionary,
and I love Urban Dictionary,”
Johnson said. “If people knew
about it, they would be interest
ed."
Copies of the dictionary are
only printed for class members,
but DawgSpeak! is available on
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academic bulimia (noun phrase):
Academic bulimia refers to the mem
orization of lecture notes followed by
the regurgitation of that knowledge
onto an exam answer sheet,
beer-thirty (noun): When it is beer
thirty, it is an appropriate time to
consume alcohol,
food baby (noun phrase): If you
have a food baby, you have eaten
so much your stomach looks preg
nant.
jorta (noun): if someone is seen
wearing jorts, they are wearing jeans
cut-off as shorts, worn mostly by
the English department's web
site. Although McCreary said the
dictionary’s target audience is
freshmen, everyone can view
DawgSpeak!.
Kalivoda said though the dic
tionary and its gathering process
are reliable, its content shouldn’t
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Vol. üB, No. 57 | Athens, Gborgia
Proposal
revamps
finals
schedule
More time
between tests
By POLINA MARINOVA
The Red & Black
Students who have three
exams within a 24-hour period
may be able to relax.
At a meeting Wednesday
afternoon, the Educational
Affairs Committee approved a
proposal from the Student
Government Association to
modify the University’s policy
on final exam schedules. The
policy previously stated that a
student with three final exams
scheduled within the same cal
endar day can petition to
reschedule one exam to a differ
ent day. The committee altered
the policy to include exams
within a 24-hour period not
just exams falling on the same
calendar day.
“The com
plaints from
students are
that some of
their exam
schedules call
for exams to be
taken late In
the day and
then very early
in the morning,”
said Stephen
Thompson, SGA vice president.
“That’s where the issue Is. When
you have three staggered like
that, you really have no time to
do anything, and it’s a very hard
tum-around."
However, Robert Moser, rep
resentative from the Franklin
College, had a concern that the
amended policy could cause
scheduling conflicts.
“How will this impact sched
uling or departments or instruc
tors?” Moser said. “I mean, is
this going to create some kind
of scheduling nightmare where
a lot of students are taking
advantage of this?"
However, Wells Ellenberg,
sophomore and undergraduate
representative on the commit
tee, said SGA has tried to gath
er data on the issue by sending
e-mails to the student body and
asking if they were facing a simi
lar situation.
.“There were students who
responded, but it was a very
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Florida fanatics and rednecks to
southern concerts or sporting events,
meh (interjection): When someone
says “meh," they are expressing
apathy or mild sadness,
townie (noun): Townies are the kids
who hang around downtown Athens
making money in bars, restaurants
and also by playing music In clubs
vom (verb): Wren you have to vom,
then you have to throw up.
zombocalypae (noun): When you
mention the zombocalypse, you refer
to a scenario in which human society
has become overrun with zombies.
be taken seriously.
McCreary said slang is fasci
nating because it’s a human
skill.
“I think of the entire ability to
make slang as human creativity.”
he said. “It’s a sign that humans
are endlessly creative."
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