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~ M MM MM* Hi,,,.. l ~' 0(1 ittwnu.U, ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 WWW.RBDANDBLACK.COM Top editor resigns following alcohol violation By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Buck Daniel Burnett, editor in chief of The Red St Black, submitted a letter of resig nation Monday following a violation of Sanford Stadium alcohol policy in the University President’s box during Saturday’s foot ball game. Burnett was invited to attend the event on behalf of the newspaper and was joined by Red St Black Hundreds of honor violations reported Biology tops year’s list By ADINA SOLOMON The Red & Black Midterms, the end of the semester and finals are the busiest parts of the year for the Office of Student Academic Services, which handles reports of academic dishonesty, according to offi cials in the department. When applying to the University, every student agrees to the Student Honor Code in A Culture of Honesty: “I will be academically hon est in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of oth ers.” But during the 2009-2010 academic year, there were reports of 337 students com mitting academic dishonesty, according to an academic honesty report for the year. Deborah Bell, coordinator for student academic hones ty, said cheaters are usually caught by instructors who notice inconsistencies in the student’s work, such as an essay dramatically different from ones previously submit ted by the student. “They think there’s some thing out of ordinary for the student,” she said. For instances of unauthor ized aid on an assignment or test, instructors will see simi lar answers and misspellings on multiple students’ work, BeU said. Once reported, the instruc tor and student must discuss the violation with a See HONEST, Page 3 WES BLANKENSHIP i Tu Has * Bucn A Head coach Mark Richt said he has no interest in the University of Miami head coaching Job. storms. High 68 \ Low AO J Where’s ' Mikey ? Preedeot Adam* hag • lunch date with M local legislators a H the Georgia Center Here’s to hoping he ■ A passes off some of his •wisdom." News Editor Mimi Ensley. In attendance were admin istrators and public figures such as Georgia Governor elect Nathan Deal. Administrators at the event declined to comment on the situation. Burnett said he had been drinking alcohol up until 5:45 p.m. at a tailgate before the event. He said that in the box he spoke to University President Michael Adams, Deal and Gov. Sonny k |ugp| gayi'ifyii tMASbKJ ~ * ~ yzjam ygyptfH MMoHAMr & JHgr* mb 1# : jLJfkW id j . $ , (j ’ 4 y .•-,* 5 % W .jk Wr* , M S Alt AN LUNDGRCK Tmb Rd a Buck Employee Drew Smith walks through the aisles of beverages at Five Points Bottle Shop on South Lumpkin Street. NIGHTS IN ATHENS STAYING-IN CROWD Liquor stores provide alternative to downtown for money-conscious TEST OF WIT True or False: /V® U Playing trivia in * # Jr ® Athens can get 1 | you free food • and cash prizes. * Page 6 Index Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Perdue. Burnett said he was approached by an employ ee who asked to escort him out because it appeared Burnett had been drinking. “It’s my understanding his behavior was disruptive enough to the point he was asked to leave,” said Meg Amstutz, executive assis tant to the president. Burnett said he respond ed, “Yeah, that's One,” before leaving without fur ther confrontation. Richt claims no interest in Miami coaching job By NICK PARKER The Red and Black Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity has said Mark Richt would definitely be back next sea son as Georgia’s head coach. But Miami, where Richt played quarterback from 1979-1682, fired Its head coacb Randy Shannon Saturday and Richt’s name has already popped up as a potential replacement by the Miami Herald and Sl.com. Richt denied Interest in his Sunday teleconference. Just as he did in 2006 when the same job was available, and gave the same answer he did to any potential Interest in a head coaching job at the University of Colorado. News 2 Opinions 4 “I think someone smelled the vodka,” Burnett said. “I was talking to people, I don’t believe I was being disruptive. But they have the right to escort anybody out. I don’t have a problem with that.” Red St Black Publisher Harry Montevideo apolo gized to Adams in a letter sent on behalf of the orga nization. “It is disappointing enough when young adults make bad choices, but By DALLAS DUNCAN The Red & Black Editor's note: What is a night in Athens like? The Red & Black took to the streets to find out, recording the sights and sounds of an Athens evening. We continue with reports from a liquor store after dark. It’s the Friday night before the Georgia versus Georgia Tech football game. Thousands of Bulldog fans, stu dents and Athens families are on the highways, headed back to the Classic City from a Thanksgiving break. Though plenty of people are boost ing the economy downtown, there is a steady stream of Athenians coming in FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK “I have the same answer as I did for the other one: Georgia's my home and that's where I want to finish my career,” Richt said. "So I don’t think you got to go any far ther than that.” Richt responded “absolutely” when asked point-blank Sunday If he expected to be the Georgia coach next season. Richt firmly backs Bobo Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo has caught a lot of Oak from the fan base this year for his offensive play calling, but Richt gave Bobo a vote of confidence in his Sunday telecon PILLARS OF STUDYING a How can following wisdom, justice and moderation help with final exams? Page 5 Varlety 5 Sports 7 when those actions then impact the integrity of the institution they represent, it makes an already bad decision that much worse,” he wrote. “I can only hope Daniel and the rest of our staff take away a valuable learning experience from this unfortunate incident —one that will surely haunt Daniel and The Red St Black for many years to come.” Burnett said he regrets how the situation played and out of Five Points Bottle Shop on Lumpkin Street. Some are coming in preparation of the first all-day tailgate of the home season. Others, just to grab drinks to eqjoy in the comfort of friends and a warm living room. "Gamedays are insane,” said employee Alex Smith. “The Friday night before a gameday is always much, much busier.” And he said as the night progresses, the crowd gets younger. “We make sure we have plenty of bloody mary mix, kegs and cases of beer,” Smith said. “Gamedays are the See BEER, Page 2 POX PREVENTION one p r °f esß ° r tgd dOb works to save 13* cora * ree * s Arb* from disease. One group of students is working to make legitimate taxis more visible. Page3 Vol. 118, No. 60 | Athens, Georgia MB out. “I apologized. I made a mistake,” Burnett added. “But I never would have thought it would blow up to this." ference and said he will be back as offensive coordinator next season. The numbers, after all, warrant praise for Bobo, not ridicule. Never before had Georgia scored at least 30 points in seven consecutive games as it did with Bobo leading the offense this season. "All I can say 1s if I’m not mistak en, we’ve broken some kind of school records for consecutive games over 30 points, and a lot of really good things happened offen sively,” Richt said. But the criticism that comes along with being offensive coordina tor is just the “nature of the beast” according to Richt, citing his days as offensive coordinator at Florida See RICHT, Page S Crossword 2 Sudoku 7 Daniel Burnett said he had been drinking prior to the event.