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!■ y $2 C I WWW.REDANDBLACKXOM Chicken situation a cluster cluck for fraternity By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Black How did the chicken cross the road and end up on the Beta Theta Pi fraternity's lawn? In the trunk of a fraternity member’s car. It may not be the best punch line, but with multiple signed statements, it appears to be the only answer police are going to receive. The 15-foot tall, $3,000 inflat able chicken, known as “Big B YU B B m | Returning home may cause stress By KATIE VALENTINE The Red & Black Though winter holidays may come as a relief to students burned out on studying for tests and completing final projects, going home for the long holi day may cause additional stress for some students. Tate decorations celebrate campus-wide diversity Banners display holiday variety By LINDSEY COOK The Red & Black With so little school left before winter break, University students are eager to dash away, dash away all back to their toasty fireplaces, moms’ cooking and warm beds. Before they go, the Tate Student Center is hop ing to spread some holiday cheer with spirited decorations. Past years found the lobby to be mostly a clear and unrivaled adver tisement for Christianity, but this year, the gathering place is rife with displays from other religious holi days, including menorahs and ban Partly cloudy. High 411 Low 22 i Where’s Mikey? President Adams has a one-on-one I scheduled with the | executive director ot Bk the BCS in New York. They’re 8 probably getting their bets in order. The [MkliilllMlj Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 Zach,” belongs to Zaxby’s res taurants and was reported stolen from the Georgia Center for Higher Education front lawn on Oct. 4. After the chicken was spotted behind the Beta Theta Pi frater nity house on Dec. 4, Timothy Hale Rood and Ryan Guilbault, both members of the fraternity, admitted they had taken the chicken, according to a University Police report. Zaxby’s officials don’t wish to pursue charges against the indi- After living at the Urfesrsitj§P&ll semester, returning oiten mean the resurgence of chuffs, cur fews and the general loss of indepen dence for students. Kelly Case-Simonson, assistant director of consultation and outreach for Counseling and. Psychiatric Services, said students, especially freshmen, can face these and other challenges when returning home for the first time for an extended vaca tion. “I think being independent and kind of living on your own and then ners detailing holidays such as Noah’s Pudding Day —a Turkish holiday “in remembrance of Prophet Noah’s and the believers’ deliverance from the flood,” according to the banner. Jan Barham, director of Tate, worked with 800 students associated with religious and cultural campus groups via surveys to create the ban ners, bringing religious education and diversity to the center. Barham said the decorations add holiday cheer and cites the increased flow of traffic in Tate around the Christmas tree and the religious ban ners as evidence that students enjoy the additions. “When the decision was made by the Tate leadership team to decorate for the holidays this year, we realized immediately that we should give stu dents a voice and allow them to rep FOURTH & FOREVER £ A Index Wednesday, December 8, 2010 ONLINE Police Documents viduals because they had apolo gized and agreed to reimburse the company for damages, according to the report. When Big Zach was discov ered by police, it had blue spray paint on it and was intended to be used as “decoration” for a party later that evening, accord ing to chapter president Andrew Gross. resent the wide diversity of religious disciplines within the student body,” Barham said. “Students were invited to create banners, completing the phrase, ‘We Celebrate Because...’ They were given freedom to choose their focus and were not limited to celebrations that occur during December.” The seven student-created ban ners honor Kwanzaa, the Chinese New Year, The Festival of Lights, Jewish students via the Hillel group, Muslim holidays, Noah’s Pudding Day and the Nichiren Buddhist Association, celebrating human life 365 days a year. Even though the decorations at East Campus Village are still domi nantly Christmas-related, students See TATE, Page 5 The only prediction that actually matters. Kind of. Page 8 News 2 Opinions 4 Both Rood and Guilbault told police they had acted indepen dently of the fraternity, but University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said he feels the orga nization knew about the stolen property. “We will be referring individu als and the organization [to the Office of Student Conduct] because we feel the organization was at least aware,” he said. Gross disputed this, telling The Red & Black Tuesday in a phone interview no one in the being back in a very different setting can be very stressful,” she said. Case-Simonson said students often change during their first semester at college, and these changes are some times hard for parents to accept, espe cially if they expect their children to behave the same way they did before they left for college. “I think for some parents, it is a big shock,” she said. “It’s fairly universal that people struggle to watch people they care about grow up. It’s hard to See HOME, Page 3 FROM UGA TO ABC X Variety 7 Sports 10 f JH 8 ■ fIH FWAWCM MICXLOW | T.tß.o.Bwc, ▲ A Christmas tree stands in the Tate Student Center. Other holidays are also represented. Worried about post-graduation? Find out what this grad is doing now on page 7. It may be cold outside, but Georgia got rid of the Jackets. Page 11 Vol. 118, No. 66 | Athens, Georgia i fraternity knew Rood and Guilbault had stolen the chicken despite the fact it had been See PROPERTY, Page 6 Crime not huge during holidays By TIFFANY STEVENS The Red & Black Past University crime statistics may indicate potential criminals are being more nice than naughty over the holidays, University officials said. University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said crime during the holidays in recent years has been relatively low. “Normally we see fairly low crime, and I hope that continues to be the case this holiday season,” he said. “I can’t predict what the crime stats will be, but I hope they won’t differ.” Williamson said crimes that do occur over the break usually involve prop erty theft from the University. “We see things like cop per or wire being stolen,” he said. “Some copper comes from construction sites, and some comes from stolen air conditioners. We’ve gotten more keen to that, and we’re trying to put more measures in place to stop it.” Other crimes that have occurred in the past include entering autos and damage to vehicles. During the 2009-10 winter break, three entering autos and four criminal trespasses involv ing vehicle damage were reported, most occurring in the Broad Street Art Studios Parking Lot. In 2008, six entering autos were reported, most occur ring in West Parking Deck. Williamson said entering autos were uncommon dur ing the holidays, however. See REPORT, Page 6 FINAL DECISIONS Crossword 2 Sudoku li Chief Jimmy Williamson said police would refer the case to the Office of Student Conduct. Check out our review of the fall semester in the special Opinion Meter on page 4. ,