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What? Hello? Order in the court? Page 5 WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Georgia 70, Southern Miss 53 Lady Dogs notch win at home Second-half run takes out Eagles By MICHAEL FITZPATRICK The Red & Black Andy Landers only needed to tell his team one thing at halftime of Wednesday’s 70-53 win over Southern Mississippi. “Quit jacking 3's after one pass," Landers told his team. His team listened as the Lady Dogs only attempted four 3-point ers in the second half, compared to 15 in the first, a period in which they scored a season-low 26 points. “This was almost the same thing that happened [in Georgia’s lone loss) to Southern California," Landers said. “We finally stopped Jacking 3’s, settled down a little bit, and the whole game changed.” However, a made 3-pointer may have changed the game for Georgia. Sophomore Jasmine James, who scored 18 points, hit a pair of 3-pointers near the end of the first half to give Georgia a nine point edge over the Lady Eagles. But after those made baskets, Georgia (6-1) looked like a different team on both sides of the floor. Georgia opened the second half white-hot against Southern Mississippi on a 20-10 run, hitting its first six shots from the floor to extend its 26-21 half time lead to 46-31. For the half, the Lady Dogs shot 60.7 percent from the field, a far cry from their 31.3 percent in the first half. “That separated us a little bit and gave us a little bit of breathing room,” Landers said. “[James] got us rocking and that did separate it to 10, and it was never a game again.” Added James: “I think every body came out and was anxious. We rushed a lot of shots and it didn’t allow us to get into a rhythm offensively. We talked about set tling down and actually playing See RUN, Page 7 i JL& fe'f • T - FkJRKt If I l •- - MEAGAN KELLEY I TANARUS Rid Buck ▲ Jewish student centers Cha bad and Hillel co-hosted a menorah lighting at Tate Student Center on Wednesday. partly cloudy. High 541 Low 30 A Where's Mikey? Today * a big day lor Praaidant Adams [ Somaone ralsrred a to onty u h ’King Aiaxandar' haa grantad him a io-mtfKrt# maalng staling a 2 p.m I The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 Worn carpet costs students SIOO,OOO By BRIANA GERDEMAN The Red & Black After only 18 months, new carpet will be installed on the fifth floor of Tate 2 over the upcoming winter break. The project will be funded with SIOO,OOO horn student fees. Although the Tate 2 expan sion is relatively new, the fifth floor already shows wear and tear and needs new carpet because of the high traffic it receives, said Jan Barham, director of the Tate Student Center. “The unpredicted volume in and out of the facility and in and out of that space warrant NIGHTS IN ATHENS TUDY PARTY ■ to study the effort 5 -gig KATIE VALENTINE | The Red * Buck ▲ Lauren Lim studies at the Miller Learning Center on Nov. 18, before Thanksgiving break. Lim was preparing for a physics test with her friend. ON THE WEB % Index Thursday, December 2, 2010 ed the replacement,” she said. Physical Plant stair, custodial staff and the dean of students noticed the need for new carpet and helped make the decision that It was time to replace it, she said. After Tate 2 was built, the student center received 1.8 million visi tors between June 2009 and June 2010, Barham said. The previous year, before the addition was built, Tate received 800,000 visitors half as many. “It shows what a tremen dous need there was on campus for this expansion,” she said. Hanukkah brightens last days of class By PAIGE VARNER The Red & Black With gifts, gambling and greasy fried pancakes, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is no time for repentance and fasting. “Nobody would say Hanukkah is on the same level as Passover or the Day of Atonement,” said Jewish studies professor Richard Elliott Friedman. “It’s serious, but it’s more ftm.” During the eight-day festival of lights which started Wednesday night Jews eat foods cooked with oil, such as doughnuts or latkes, which are fried potato pancakes. Jews, especially children, play the game of dreidel, often gam bling for pennies, M&M’s candy or chocolate coins. And though not traditional, Jewish parents in countries heav- Check out our website to see where you can learn about the world’s access to food. News 2 Variety 3 H ily Influenced by Christianity give a gift each night to their chil dren. But the most important obser vance during Hanukkah, said Rabbi Michoel Refson of the Chabad Jewish student center, is the lighting of the menorah. Jews light one candle each night on the candelabra until the menorah is fUUy lit. Though Hanukkah is not a festival commanded by God in Jewish law, Joel Marcovitch the director of the Hillel Jewish student center said it is impor- WE KNOW HIM The Red & Black scored an exclusive * ..Hfflß interview with Santa in 1977. m Page Calendar 4 Opinions 6 The project, which will replace the carpet in the Grand Hall and on the rest of the fifth floor, will cost approximately SIOO,OOO. The money will come from a reserve fund for unanticipated costs, which comes from the previous years’ student fees, Barham said. “We tried to be really good stewards and find a good price,” she said. Including the price of labor and the carpet itself, It costs approxi mately $4.60 per square foot, she said. SGA President Josh Delaney originally thought the project HILLEL AT UGA What: Hanukkah Brinner, with latkes, scrambled eggs, bagels and dough nuts Where: 1155 S. Milledge Ave. When: Friday at 7 p.m. Sports 7 Crossword 2 ],£ H]|-„ . w s ' : npv xHE^ Vol. 118, No. 62 | Athens, Georgia was an “odd” idea, but after meeting with Barham, he said he understands why the new carpet is needed. But he still has some concerns. Delaney said he realizes the carpet wore out more quickly than expected, but he said he wonders why those involved in designing Tate 2 didn’t project the building’s usage more accu rately. "It’s good that it’s being used, but it’s hard for me to understand how we shot so low with projected usage,” he said. Delaney said he also wished there had been some student input, in the decision to buy new carpet. By JULIA CARPENTER and KATIE VALENTINE 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 students working late on the Thursday before Thanksgiving at the Library and Miller Learning Center. Gordon Robbins, a junior biolo gy and psychology major from Dunwoody, won’t be able to enjoy a Thursday night downtown until January. Instead of joining the throngs on Broad Street, he’ll be stuck in the library studying for the MCAT. “I hate being in the library on a Thursday night,” he said. “I usually go downtown. Up until this semes ter, I would always go downtown on Thursdays. Then this semester I started taking this MCAT Kaplan test. I’m taking the test in January, so I haven’t been going out a lot this semester.” Many students can sympathize with Robbins’ plight every Thursday night, while other stu dents unwind from a long week, some students are just getting started with piles of work. Lauren Lim, a freshman bio chemistry major from Suwanee, and Stella Yoon, a sophomore dietetics major from Lincoln, Neb., arrived at the Miller Learning Center, fortified with take-out. See MLC, Page 3 tant in Jewish history. It marks the second-century B.C. rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Greek ruler of Judea banned Jewish religious practice, and an army of Jews revolted and overthrew the Greek ruler. Rabbinic tradition states only one jug of ritually clean oil could be found in the desecrated Temple, only enough to light the menorah for one day. But tradition says it miracu lously lasted eight days. “It’s a symbol of weak over strong, few over the many,” Refson said. “Anybody can take a little bit of goodness and spread it. You can dispel a lot of dark ness with a little bit of light.” Chabad and Hillel co-hosted a menorah lighting Wednesday See LIGHTS, Page 3 TWO STEP Dancing fiends a , review of L Roger Waters round out Variety online. Sudoku 7