April 19, 2011 Issue

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stack up against its goals? Page 3

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MAKING THE GRADEOne student

shoots a music video ... with Bill Murray? Check it out on page 6.

GROUNDHOG DAYAthletes are

starting to work on their

nutrition. See what McGarity said on page 8.

Where’s Mikey?

President Adams is

heading to the Board

of Regents meeting

in Atlanta.

Hopefully he won’t

bring home tuition

increases (see

above).

By MARIANA HEREDIATHE RED & BLACK

It’s finally here. After countless calcula-

tions and projections, the Board of Regents is set to vote on tuition increases during its meetings today and Wednesday.

The state has covered 75 percent of the cost of instruction in the past and the Regents have had to come up with the other 25 percent through tuition, said John Millsaps, spokes-man for the Board of Regents.

But after a $346 million reduction in the higher edu-

cation budget by the state, Millsaps said this was no longer the case.

Millsaps said the state now covers about 55 per-cent of the cost, leaving 45 percent to tuition.

“Of the last few years, that is one of the key fac-tors underlining some of the key tuition increases,” he said.

Millsaps said the Regents had to keep two goals in mind.

“Beyond that, the Regents are looking to sit on a balance beam,” he said. “On one end is academic quality and an obligation to students to maintain high

academic quality. On the other end is access to high-er education.”

Willis Potts, chairman for the Board of Regents, told The Red & Black that about half of the $346 mil-lion reduction was direct cuts to the budget while the other half were funds that would have accounted for the growth of the University System of Georgia. Potts said this reduction in the budget along with providing stu-dents with a quality educa-tion were the biggest fac-tors playing in the decision

See TUITION, Page 5

FILE | The Red & Black

Gene Whitner Milner III was found dead in his family’s pool Sunday night. Friends described him as a ‘good guy.’

Univ. alumnus found dead in family pool

By MIMI ENSLEYTHE RED & BLACK

Former University student Gene Whitner Milner III was found dead in the bottom of a swimming pool Sunday night at his family’s home in Atlanta, according to the Fulton County Medical examiner’s office.

Milner, 25, who graduated last May, is described by his friends as a caring and loyal “good guy.”

“Whitner was my first really good friend at Georgia and later on became one of two of my best friends that I have in the world,” said Jason Stern, an alumnus. “He’s always been the most caring and loyal friend that I could have.”

The cause and details of Milner’s death have not been released, pending a toxicology report, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Milner’s six years at the University included five arrests, and Milner was barred from Athens-Clarke County on two separate occasions.

An incident in 2009 in which an 18-year-old stu-dent said he was assaulted in the basement of the Chi Phi fraternity led to charges of false imprison-ment and misdemeanor battery for Milner.

Milner eventually pleaded nolo contendre to charges of battery and disorderly conduct.

But Milner’s friends and family said he was much more than the negative press he got.

“I know that he had a few bumps along the way, but anyone who really knew him knew that he was such a good guy,” Stern said in a phone interview Monday. “And words can’t explain what he meant to me and how much I love him.”

Milner’s cousin, Abby Milner Mann, said Milner had grown a lot since he graduated from college, working diligently with his father’s business.

“That’s something he was very proud of,” Mann said in a phone interview Monday. “And he was really starting to appreciate the hard work his forefathers had gone through to give him an opportunity to work now.”

In a letter to the editor, Mann described her cousin as a “kind, smart, fun-loving, generous friend.”

And Stern echoed her sentiments.“I’m honestly so deeply saddened about this

tragedy,” Stern said. “And I hope that he goes to a better place and he rests in peace.”

Tuition increase could come today

SARA CALDWELL | The Red & Black

A flock of sheep were grazing on East Campus Monday. The animals are visiting campus again. Find out more about why they’re here on page 5.

BAAACK ON CAMPUS?

By RACHEL BUNNTHE RED & BLACK

Three high school football play-ers, including a top prospect, were arrested and charged in relation to April 7 thefts from seven University football players during an open house event in Butts-Mehre Hall.

Deion Jay Bonner, 18, Marquise T. Hawkins, 17, and an unidenti-fied juvenile male were booked into Athens-Clarke County Jail Monday morning, according to Athens-Clarke County reports. They were later released on bail.

Bonner was charged with one count of theft by taking, Hawkins was charged with two counts of theft by taking, and the other male was charged with three counts of theft by taking.

Bonner, a defensive back from

Carver-Columbus, is considered one of the top defensive backs in Georgia and is listed on the Rivals250 watchlist for 2012. Hawkins is a running back at Carver-Columbus.

“From our stand point, we want to apologize on behalf of our school and myself to coach Mark Richt and the seven players involved in the inci-dent,” said Del McGee, football coach at Carver-Columbus.

McGee said dis-ciplinary action will be taken against the students, including having to sit out the first five games of the 2011-2012 football

season. McGee does not believe these arrests will affect the stu-dents’ future in college football.

“I guess it varies with each uni-versity,” he said. “There are several universities who will still recruit these players.”

Bonner has received offers from Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, University of Miami, South Carolina and the University of Southern California. Bonner previously visited the University for the Georgia-Georgia Tech game.

The Athletic Association could not be reached for comment.

The University’s football team already includes three Carver-Columbus players — top tailback recruit Isaiah Crowell, safety

See CRIME, Page 2

High school prospects charged in thefts

AJ REYNOLDS | The Red & Black

University tennis player Javier Garrapiz laughs in the outfield with Special Olympics athlete Marquis Potts. The two played on the Westside Gladiators team in Monday’s baseball game.

BONNER

BY THE NUMBERS

By AJ ARCHERTHE RED & BLACK

Athletes with special needs knocked disabilities out of the park Monday at the second annual Home Runs for Hometown Rivals baseball game, hosted by Special Olympics at UGA and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee

Haley Jackson, presi-

dent of Special Olympics at UGA, said the event was based on the rivalry between Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central high schools. Athletes from Cedar Shoals feeder schools made up the Eastside Jaguars and those from Clarke Central feeder schools made up the Westside Gladiators.

University baseball pitchers Ben Cornwell and

Eric Swegman coached the teams and fellow members of the baseball team worked the outfield.

Luke Smith, a Special Olympics adapted physical education instructor at Clarke Central, pitched.

“I have worked with the Special Olympics before, so when the two senior coach-es from last year left, my roommate and I decided to

coach,” Cornwell said. “It is a blast. It really shows how underprivileged some kids can be and how thankful we should be.”

Members from the Student Athlete Advisory Committee were paired with a Special Olympics athlete whom they assist-ed

See RUNS, Page 2

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University employee charged with DUI

A University employee was charged with DUI and failure to dim head-lights on Saturday, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report.

Thelbert Wayne Snowden, a financial aid adviser at the University, was pulled over at the intersection of Cedar Shoals Drive and Wellington Court at about 3:30 a.m. after a police officer noticed Snowden was using his bright head-lights as he was driving.

When the officer talked to Snowden, he noticed Snowden’s speech was “slow and thick tongued” and his eyes were “very red and glassy,” according to the report.

The officer adminis-tered a breathalyzer test and found Snowden’s results to be 0.183 BAC, according to the report.

He was taken to a police station for further testing.

Snowden was then transported to Athens-

Clarke County Jail.

Student stalked on campus

A University student reported Thursday she was being stalked by a known individual, accord-ing to a University Police report.

The victim reported she felt “uneasy and con-cerned for her safety,” according to the report.

She said the stalking began in September 2010.

Student arrested in Creswell Hall

A University student was charged with under-age possession or con-sumption of alcohol and obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer in Creswell Hall on Saturday after she became disor-derly, according to a University Police report.

Alexis Racquelle Ahlzadeh,19, gave the offi-cer “numerous spellings for her last name” and tried to leave, according to the report. While talk-ing to Ahlzadeh, the offi-cer noticed the smell of alcohol on her breath.

Ahlzadeh was identi-fied as being underage.

The officer then placed Ahlzadeh under arrest and put her in handcuffs despite her cursing, raised voice and attempts to pull her hands away.

After the officer began transporting her to Athens-Clarke County Jail, Ahlzadeh reportedly unfastened her seatbelt, tried to roll down the win-dow and “kept jerking the door handle in an attempt to escape.”

The officer called in backup to secure her again. She was then trans-ported to Athens-Clarke County Jail.

Ahlzadeh declined to comment Monday after-noon.

Student arrested after party

A University student was charged with under-age possession of alcohol Friday after someone reported she had been throwing up due to drink-ing, according to a University Police report.

Karen Leigh Carter, 19, told the officer she had consumed three “drinks” of hunch punch at the Alpha Gamma Rho frater-nity house. The officer reportedly could not smell alcohol on her person due to the amount of and smell of vomit. Carter also said she was 19 years old, and a check confirmed she was underage.

Carter was arrested and transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail. She declined to com-ment Monday afternoon.

— Compiled by

Lindsey Cook

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in batting and running the bases.“The athletes look up to the collegiate

players, so this was a great experience for them,” said Alex Shook, a journalism major from Cumming. “This is the big-gest event and the one that makes the athletes feel most normal, so everyone is very excited.”

The crowd cheered as the athletes batted and ran their way to a 17-17 tie. The athletes batted once each and spent the rest of their time fielding balls and supporting their teammates.

“Our vision at Special Olympics is that each athlete is able to do whatever they put their mind to and that no intel-lectual or physical disability will impede them from reaching their goals,” Jackson said. “They may have to alter the way

they approach the issue, but we focus on assuring that the seemingly impossible is possible for our athletes.”

Proceeds collected by an entry fee and T-shirt sales went to Special Olympics of Athens-Clarke County. Last year’s game raised more than $2,300.

“Through the school system, athletes take field trips every Friday,” Jackson said. “The funds go toward necessities including new uniforms, transportation and snacks.”

Fans enjoyed encouraging the ath-letes to play their best.

“It was great to see everyone being respectful and having a great time watch-ing the athletes,” said Mac Clark, a digi-tal broadcast journalism major from Newnan. “The athletes really showed their sportsmanship, skills and love for the game.”

RUNS: Athletes focus on goals

CRIME: Theft an ‘isolated incident’From Page 1

recruit Quintavious Harrow and starting linebacker Jarvis Jones, who trans-ferred from the University of Southern California.

Seven University foot-ball players reported items stolen from the football locker room on April 7 between 2:20 and 6:20 p.m., according to University Police reports.

The items included four iPods, two iPhones and iPhone cases, and a pair of Nike shoes.

The total value of the items was $1,990.

University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said police were able to recover the missing iPods, but have not yet recovered the miss-ing iPhones.

“We’re attempting to recover those items, but as time goes on, we’re not sure what to expect,” Williamson said.

Williamson said police used interviews, tips and social networking sites to discover the identities of the offenders.

“It’s caused a lot of embarrassment to them,” McGee said about the three offenders. “I think they’ll learn a whole lot from this.”

McGee said this inci-dent should not be a reflec-tion of the three football players.

“They’re not bad kids — this is an isolated incident,” McGee said.

“They have no problems in the school or on the foot-ball field. Really, they’re model kids — they just slipped up this one time.”

AJ REYNOLDS | The Red & Black

Soccer players Rebekah Perry (standing) and Alexa Newfield blow bubbles with Special Olympic athlete Galaxie Cunningham (ground).

Coffee drinkers rejoice. Who knew that cramming for that bio-

chemistry final with a cup of coffee at 2 a.m. could be healthy?

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times reported studies have shown drink-ing coffee is good for the cardiovascular system and can help prevent strokes.

Until recently, the common assump-tion was coffee was bad for health and could even contribute to heart attacks.

Thanks to a series of recent studies

however, coffee is beginning to shed its negative reputation.

One study conducted last month found that women who drank six or more cups of coffee a day reduced their risk of stroke by up to 25 percent.

Because coffee is a well-known addic-tion of college students, The Red & Black decided to find out how students were reacting to this news.

— Kristen Nipper

ZACH THOMPSON senior, international affairs major Lawrenceville

“Whether coffee is bad or good for you has changed a lot over my lifetime so this sounds like a BS study to me.”

ANDREA GOTTARDYfreshman, art major from Decatur

“I mean I know coffee isn’t good for you but I always like to pretend it is, so this study just makes it easier to pretend.”

BRETT DELOACHsophomore, business major from Blackshear

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CAROLINE SMITH sophomore, public relations major from Marietta

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So long, Snapshot Party. After serving as the University’s Student Government Association for the year, the party — headed by President Josh Delaney, Vice President Stephen Thompson and Treasurer Maddy Adler — will officially end its term tonight. Delaney and the party had many goals for the year. How well did the Snapshot Party measure up to its campaign promises?

— Kathryn IngallKEYA — PASSED AND PENDING IMPLEMENTATION C — INCOMPLETEB — ACCOMPLISHED PARTIAL CHANGE F — NOT ATTEMPTED

AT-LARGE SENATE REPRESENTATIVES: A

Student Government Association President Josh Delaney’s administration introduced new at-large seats to the SGA Senate. The changes to the senate would give 15 student groups a voting member, including: Ag Hill Council, Residence Hall Association, Panhellenic Council, the Department of Intercultural Affairs and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Delaney said the change would better represent the student body.

TAILGATING REFORM: A

Tailgating on North Campus will never be what it once was, but restrictions have now been loos-ened. One of the platforms of the party was to change the tailgating restrictions on North Campus introduced last year. Delaney’s administration presented its recommendations to the Gameday Committee, and the University Cabinet approved regulations which extend tailgating time from 4 hours before kickoff to 5. Tables up to six feet long and tents will now be allowed as well.

C-MINUS: C

Part of the Snapshot’s platform was to pass a University-wide policy to count a C minus as a pass-ing grade. Delaney said SGA realized the challenges of passing a policy for the whole University and switched to targeting the policies of individual colleges. Delaney said this change came late in the year, but he hopes future administrations continue to work on this issue.

SMOKING BAN: B

The smoking ban was not part of Delaney and the Snapshot’s original platform last spring. It emerged in the fall when it placed a smoking ban referendum on the homecoming ballot in response to student complaints. The referendum in October showed about two thirds of the 11 percent of stu-dents who voted were in favor of a smoking ban. Delaney said SGA tried to balance the complaints of non-smoking students with the concerns of smokers.

His administration failed to pass a resolution in support of a smoking ban within the senate, but the findings of the committee were still presented to University President Michael Adams. The University Cabinet adopted a smoking ban that bans smoking within 35 feet of entrances and exits on campus, as well as a complete ban on the Health Sciences campus.

WITHDRAWAL PROCESS: A

Before this semester, students suspended for a Code of Conduct violation were forced to use their limit of four withdrawals to avoid failing a class. SGA argued the policy was unfair and penalized stu-dents academically for a non-academic violation. Under Delaney’s administration, a proposal to reform the policy was passed by the University Council.

Withdrawals for code of conduct violations will be treated similarly to a hardship withdrawal. Professors may assign a WP or WF based on the student’s progress in the class without it counting toward the student’s total of four withdrawals.

HOPE: B

In January, lawmakers began discussing possible cuts to the HOPE scholarship. Delaney and other SGA members lobbied lawmakers with University student interests. Although some aspects, such as a grandfather clause, were not included in the final bill, Delaney said lobbying did have an effect.

“In amendments that were proposed, you can see bits of pieces from the letters we wrote and the conversations we had with legislators,” Delaney said.

BOARD OF REGENTS: C

One goal of Delaney and other SGA presidents across the state has been to introduce a student representative on the Board of Regents. The board makes key decisions for the University System of Georgia such as tuition rates. Delaney acknowledged he was unable to make a significant change in this process, but hopes it is something other SGA presidents will continue to advocate.

“My true, honest dream is for students to have a say in their tuition,” he said. “Until we can have that day when students can have a direct say in how much they pay for college, there’s still work to be done.” ELECTION REFORM: A

Partly in response to this year’s uncontested executive ticket, SGA changed the voting regulations so that now students running for an executive ticket do not need to have the support of SGA sena-tors. This change makes running for the top positions of president, vice president and treasurer more accessible to students not involved in SGA.

FINAL EXAM POLICY: A

Students who have three final exams within a 24-hour period will now be allowed to reschedule to a different time or day.

SGA REPORT CARD

By CHARLES HICKSTHE RED & BLACK

Forget flipping burgers and selling text-books door-to-door. Some University pro-fessors spent their undergraduate experi-ence working quite unusual jobs.

Antje Ascheid, an associate professor in the University’s theatre and film stud-ies department, worked as a reader while at school in London.

“I was hired as a reader for an older Jewish gentleman,” Ascheid said. “He had left Nazi Germany to emigrate to London but had been working in the post-war years as a cultural correspondent for a major German newspaper. He had trouble reading, and I did that for him while we had cakes and coffee. He called it ‘coffee hour with pay.’ We also saw some plays together.”

Ascheid said she garnered much from the experience.

“He had met everyone in the German émigré community,” she said. “I learned a lot from listening to him.”

On this side of the pond, Charles Platter, a professor in the classics depart-ment, spent three summers working at the Iowa State Fair.

“The Iowa State Fair is a pretty big deal,” Platter said. “It runs for a couple of weeks, and hundreds of thousands of peo-

ple come.”After setting up for the fair, each staff

member was assigned to a specific duty to perform for the duration of the fair, Platter said.

“My job was to run the garbage com-pactor,” he said. “With that many people there, you have a continuous stream of garbage collecting. I was the guy who pushed the button.”

Katalin Medvedev, an assistant profes-sor in the department of textiles, mer-chandising and interiors, put her majors in English and Russian to use by teaching both as second languages in her home-town of Budapest, Hungary.

“I taught at home privately,” Medvedev said. “Later on, I went to different firms [to teach]. You see, in Hungary, English is a second language. I went and taught courses for adults who wanted to do bet-ter than they had. Later, I worked with a couple of universities as well.”

Money was the main reason behind the job, Medvedev said.

“I needed the money first of all,” she said. “In Hungary, our education was free, and I lived with my parents. I couldn’t get any more money from them. I needed money though for my travels, books, clothes and these pleasures.”

Medvedev said she could tell a differ-ence in University students who have jobs and those who do not.

“My students who work tend to be more focused than those who don’t work,” she said. “Unless they work too much. Then, they tend to be less organized.”

Professors reflect on former jobsLife experiences valued in careers

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shoppers, particu-larly those of you on

tight budgets: how about 75 cent blazers, $4 watch-es and $3 boots? Interested?

Well, follow me to Goodwill, Salvation Army, Agora and other thrift stores. Yes, I shop at many places that people would disdain, and yes, I pick up amazing bargains.

I am saving money on clothes by returning to the way of the “hipster.” And, what I do spend goes to a good cause. Surprised?

We’ve all seen them, “hipsters” — those strange people dressed in second-hand clothing, eating locally grown or organic food, watching indepen-dent films and listening to public radio.

What you don’t know is that the red Lacoste sweater worn by the girl in your 8 a.m. class may have cost only $10, or less. And though some savvy vin-tage stores charge crazy expensive prices for their clothing items, most do not.

As an avid thrifter — and self-proclaimed hip-ster — I find that shop-ping at thrift stores is not only enjoyable, it’s an expression of who I am. And when I shop at places such as Goodwill, I sup-port a good cause.

With the HOPE schol-arship legislation now approved, saving as much money as possible is important to every stu-dent.

And shopping is some-thing most of us cannot go without for a long time.

The average college student — with a part-time job making minimum wage at $7.25 an hour, working 20 hours a week — earns about $580 a month before taxes.

If you are living off cam-pus, rent may be anywhere between $200 and $1000 per month.

Paying rent, bills, gas for your car and having some type of social life is expensive. We all know this.

On average, clothes for women at Forever 21 cost anywhere between $22.50 and $42.00, according to the store’s website.

For men, clothes at Urban Outfitters can cost anywhere between $24.00 and $133.00, according to the store’s website.

These prices are way too high for a college stu-dent’s budget.

In contrast, Goodwill’s average prices for clothes

vary depending on the item.

For example, blazers are about $6, purses and sweaters about $4. This is a considerable difference compared to name-brand stores in most local malls.

Living financially during this economic recession is difficult — but dressing nicely doesn’t have to be. Shopping at a thrift store can save you money. Though I recommend always washing and/or dry cleaning new items before wearing them, it’s worth the 2-hour parole of the local Goodwill.

Shopping at local bou-tiques supports entrepre-neurship, an important factor in boosting the economy.

Goodwill and the Salvation Army are two such places that benefit from avid shoppers. For instance, Goodwill’s mis-sion worldwide is to enhance the lives of peo-ple financially and socially, while also being environ-mentally responsible.

With only 2,400 stores nationwide, Goodwill earned a total of $2.42 bil-lion in revenue, 83 percent of which is used to sup-port the mission of the organization, according to its website.

For instance, Goodwill serves 1.9 million people through the training and job programs provided by the company.

Goodwill provides workforce assistance for 20.1 million people, and has helped to employ 155,000.

This organization reaches people in need. And with its help, more people can live stable and comfortable lives.

Thrift stores such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army help peo-ple worldwide by using the money we spend on sec-ond-hand clothes to sup-port people in need.

Not only are we buying fashionable and cheap clothes — we are doing it for a great cause.

If not for you, thrift for others.

And, while you’re at it, enjoy the clothes.

— Casey Bruce is a senior from Montgomery,

Ala., majoring in magazines and

film studies

CASEY BRUCE

Walking to Tate the other day, I noticed the name of an organization: “Save

Africa.”It was so striking I did a double-

take.And I broke my thumb clutching

my pearls after realizing it was the name of a University organization.

Looking it up, I believe they mean well. Very well. Their specific goals are to raise awareness of developmental problems and to fundraise for sustainable solutions, according to the Center for Student Organizations website — laudable goals intended to have a real effect on helping Africans bet-ter their lives.

But the name is problematic. “Save Africa?”I had a Facebook friend feel

compelled to start a group called “Save Africa” to raise money for a missions trip, so I’ve seen the name before.

The word “save” is a harsh reminder of the condescending, greedy legacy of Africa’s treatment by every other continent, and the failure of Americans to be sensitive to that legacy.

“Save Africa” describes what the group wants to do and ideally what they are doing.

But the problems in Africa are so diverse and so rooted, and there are so many ideas on how to tackle them.

How can a group claim to know or even begin to know how to “Save Africa” itself?

More troublesome: what does a “saved” Africa look like? Exactly like us? God, I hope not. This assumes they need “saving” — they need us to be the American super-hero and build roads and wells to treat the symptoms, while ignoring the causes of Africa’s problems.

There is something problematic about the word “save.”

Do we want to use the same word some of us use to describe God rescuing his people or a life-guard resuscitating a drowning girl when describing our efforts to help Africans in need?

Even when our help directly saves the lives of Africans, such as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which provides drugs for AIDS treatment to millions of Africans — are we saving Africa?

Does saving some of Africa’s people mean we are entrusted with the culture — the spirit — of the birthplace of mankind?

Does its welfare depend on our intervention?

The problems in Africa were for the most part caused by the West’s desire to “save” Africa (from its capitalism-less, sans-Christian depths) less than 150 years ago.

Europe carved up Africa like an apple pie — stripping it of its resources, its people and its tradi-tions.

Rudyard Kipling expressed the same patriotic spirit that drove white countries to “save” Africa in his admonition to Americans to “Take up the White Man’s burden — / The savage wars of peace — / Fill full the mouth of Famine / And bid the sickness cease.”

We took his call to heart and invaded the Philippines, and then one country after another.

Not much has changed since then (read: Libya).

There’s a name for this attitude

— characterizing our efforts to aid the African people in their develop-ment as “saving” work — Americentrism.

In the 19th century: Eurocentric racism.

Just think: you are an African student. You may be worried about the political stability of your coun-try, the remnants of a policy of indi-rect rule that pitted Africans against each other. You may not have access to contraceptives to plan your family or protect yourself from deadly STDs. You may not have potable water, adequate nutri-tion or shoes.

Or you may live a carefree life, worried only about University exams.

To know that there are students around the world aware of your — or your neighbor’s — problems is a comforting thought.

But that these loving, giving stu-dents have identified themselves as “saviors” of Africa is not only embarrassing and infuriating — it’s just wrong.

I appreciate what “Save Africa” believes it is doing. But I have a problem with the name.

There is so much America should be doing to help our African brothers and sisters.

We, the West, both out of our arrogant excuses for colonialism and the slave trade, and out of a genuine desire to help, have tried to “save” Africa for 200 years.

Maybe it’s time we try some-thing new.

Support Africa. Love Africa. Listen to Africa. Learn from Africa.

But “save” Africa? I think not. — Jake McBride is a sophomore

from Columbus majoring in mathematics

JAKE MCBRIDE

After reading the article about Whitner Milner passing (“Former stu-dent Whitner Milner found dead in Atlanta,” April 18), I was extremely upset.

Not only is a former student dead, but to report on all of the “turbulant” years he had and all of the negative things that he was going through. This is a former student of UGA, who might have had some problems but now family and friends are grieving and all you have to report on is the negative aspects of him?

It’s extremely upsetting that this was a report from UGA.

ANNA FLOURNOYAlumna, St. Simons

Fashion merchandising

Criminal histories shouldn’t define a life. For Whitner Milner, I’d like to offer a different perspective than what has been reported (“Former student Whitner Milner found dead in Atlanta,” April 18). He deserves it.

I started at UGA when Whitner was a senior, and he would prove to be a men-

tor to myself and most of my friends. If we ever needed anything, advice, a place to stay, or even a workout partner, Whitner was there for us.

While I didn’t know Whitner as well as I would’ve liked, I recall one conversa-tion I had with him, that will stick with me for the rest of my life.

He looked at me in the eyes and sim-ply told me to befriend everyone; he always seemed to be one step ahead of everyone else. Because Whitner believed and acted on principles, his life should be remembered that way. Like now, he was always one step ahead of us.

Rest in Peace.

ALAN QUIGLEYJunior, Atlanta

Sports management

I woke up this morning and read the article that was written about Whitner Milner and was absolutely appalled (“Former student Whitner Milner found dead in Atlanta,” April 18). Not only did you show no respect for his death, but you managed to write an entire article on

every charge he has ever gotten. The article was a complete joke and you are a joke of a newspaper.

I’ve never been more furious reading a newspaper article and you truly need to apologize to the Milner family. The death of Whitner was a tragedy and all the arti-cle managed to do was make him out to be some kind of criminal. It was a bulls*** article and you should be embar-rassed.

BENJI STERNAlumnus, Atlanta

Agriculture

I can only hope for the sake of your family and friends that someone does not publish such a thing on your passing.

The article (“Former student Whitner Milner found dead in Atlanta,” April 18) is classless and offensive, and frankly, I’m embarrassed to be associated with the publication in any way right now. Didn’t your mother ever teach you “not to speak ill of the dead?”

The focus should be on sorrow of los-ing a life, especially one of such a young

age, not the mistakes a young man made during his time here. Can you imagine the horror his family and friends felt when reading this? They are grieving the loss of someone dear, and to have those wrongs rubbed in there face during this time. Well shame on you.

Would you want your mistakes, how-ever small or large, aired for the entire world to see not even a full two days after your passing? I should hope not.

He may not have led the most tradi-tional life, but he was a friend, a brother, a son to someone, and those people deserve to honor his life without others bringing up his wrongs. Honor the dead; do not dishonor them. We all deserve to be remembered in the best light.

In the future please think before you publish. Consider how what you write will affect those closest to the situation. As I said above, the article can be summed up in one word: classless.

HELEN BOVARDSenior, Augusta

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to raise tuition.“When we meet [today],

we will take that into account. The best we can do is to come close to all of these missions,” he said. “It will be a compromised solution. We would love not to raise anything, but we can’t sacrifice $346 million. Something is going to have to give.”

Another sacrifice in the process will be the amount of tuition the HOPE schol-arship covers.

Millsaps said under the HOPE changes, the schol-arship would not pay for any of the increases.

“If you raise tuition, you have an equal reduction in the amount HOPE covers. So it will not be 90 per-cent,” he said.

He said the Regents were interested in main-taining the rate as close to 90 percent as possible.

Zach Drummond, a sophomore English and English education major and HOPE recipient, said the Georgia Legislature should have alerted stu-dents about exactly what HOPE would cover.

“They should have told us. It definitely affects those planning ahead,” he said. “Some people can only pay that 10 percent and no more. Now, they might not be able to go to college.”

Mallory Davis, Student Government Association president-elect, said there has been some talk about how to help students who must deal with higher tuition rates.

“It’s certainly something on our radar. It’s going to directly impact each and every one of us,” she said. “This summer, we’ll start to talk about fees and how to ease some of the burden, and ways to continue to make college affordable while maintaining the experience at UGA.”

Davis said there have been preliminary discus-sions between the University’s administration and SGA about potentially creating student loans that could help.

Katie Monson, a fresh-man undecided major and HOPE recipient, said tuition increases added pressure to students.

“It’s a sense of some-thing to deal with,” she said. “We don’t really have a say, and that’s frustrating to those who can’t pay.”

TUITION: SGA will try to ease increases

Sheep chow down at Univ.

By KATHRYN INGALLTHE RED & BLACK

They’re back and they’re hungry for more.

Sheep have returned to East Campus near the Oconee River to continue their tasty task of clearing invasive plant species.

Kevin Kirsche, director of the Office of Sustainability, said the idea of using sheep to control invasive plants is an idea that has been around for years.

“The reason why now is that it dovetails nicely with an agro-forestry con-ference on campus this summer,” he said. “Bringing in the sheep is an on-site research proj-ect that will be referenced during that conference.”

Among the questions researchers will investi-gate is the effectiveness of this method.

The sheep come from a farm in Madison, owned by local shepherd Jennif Chandler who has been farming sheep for more than 20 years.

“I really like sheep, and I do believe that sheep

are a wonderful asset,” she said.

The sheep will primari-ly be removing privet, an invasive shrub that pre-vents the growth of native species.

Unlike heavy machin-ery, sheep do not compact the soil and damage tree roots.

Kirsche said the sheep have attracted a lot of interest on campus among both students studying land management and curious passersby.

“We just saw the sheep and we wondered where the sheep came from,” said Maneezheh Bamdad, a junior science education

major as she and a group of friends stopped by to investigate the sheep.

Zach Richardson, a fourth-year landscape architecture major, came out to the event to help clear brush to make way for the sheep.

He is also working on a class project to use goats in a similar way to clear areas of invasive plants.

“I used to live in East Campus and I used to bike past this area,” Richardson said. “That’s part of why I was excited about it because I had wanted to put goats on it.” Richardson and Chandler shared ideas for

spreading the concept throughout the communi-ty.

“Everywhere I go I think, ‘If only we could do this, if only we could do that,’” Chandler said.

Chandler said she sees a future for using sheep as a way to maintain land-scaping, especially for large industrial areas.

“In the future as land-scaping becomes more and more expensive, this will be an important envi-ronmentally-friendly alter-native,” she said. “They need to plan ahead instead of spending all that money on landscap-ing.”

By YETUNDE OGUNSAKINTHE RED & BLACK

Computer science

degrees are gaining more popularity at the University.

Eileen Kraemer, com-puter science professor and department head, said stu-dent enrollment rates in the major have increased 15 percent or more over the last year.

Kraemer said student enrollment had decreased after the “bursting of the Internet bubble,” economic slowdown and concerns about the outsourcing of technology jobs.

“As the economy returns and perceptions about employment opportunities become aligned with reali-ty, enrollment numbers started to tick up about three years ago,” Kraemer said.

Walter Potter, computer science professor and direc-tor of the Artificial Intelligence Center, has been at the University since 1987.

“In recent years, the focus has shift-ed to security issues,” Potter said. “We need people who are inter-ested in anti-hacking.”

Justin Martin, a mas-ter’s student, said he was taught mainly through Powerpoint presentations as an undergraduate stu-dent and would have enjoyed more interactive classes.

“The classes that I’ve

learned the most from are the ones where the profes-sor used a white board and was interactive,” he said.

Seong Wang, an under-graduate student, said that in addition to being an interesting field, computer science has job security.

“The jobs available for degree holders encompass pretty much anything involving computers such as software development, video game development, and web design,” Wang said.

The department faculty is also growing.

Kang Li, an associate professor who teaches computer and network security, works closely with computer science assistant professor Roberto Perdisci who researches “botnet” — attackers that can control

millions of “zombie machines” or “infected machines” — in the field of information securi-ty.

“Sometimes bot-net may be con-trolled by the mili-tary or government for some special purpose,” Li said.

Perdisci acknowl-edged that he has joined a relatively small department in comparison to schools such as Georgia Tech.

“One of the advantages of a smaller program is per-haps the fact that it encour-ages a more direct contact between the students and the faculty, with obvious benefits to both,” Perdisci said.

Enrollment rises in computer science

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Students and members of the community were invited to interact with the sheep on East Campus on Monday. The sheep are on campus for the second time this semester to help clear invasive plant species.

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By KELLY CORBETTTHE RED & BLACK

Recycling has never been so easy.The Office of Sustainability placed

new recycling bins in the Miller Learning Center on April 13 to decrease the amount of recyclables being thrown into the trash.

For Earthweek, the office is holding a waste audit today, which will have par-ticipants sifting through the MLC’s trash to see how well the new bins are working.

The new bins, funded by the green fee and the physical plant, have sepa-rate containers for bottles and cans, paper and trash.

Instructional posters were also placed throughout the MLC and the trash cans were taken out of the study rooms.

“It’s the previous day’s waste at the [MLC] that’s been thrown away,” said Andrew Lentini, sustainability coordina-tor. “We separate it into bottles, cans, cardboard, food waste and trash.”

The auditors track types and num-bers of recyclables thrown away in addi-tion to their location in the MLC.

“At the [MLC], people have ten times the opportunity to throw things away instead of recycling it,” Lentini said. “There’s generally a whole lot of cups on the second floor of the MLC, because of Jittery Joe’s.”

The waste audit follows the end of RecycleMania, a competition among col-

leges and universities to promote waste reduction activities.

The University placed second in the SEC among RecycleMania competitors, with a total of more than 510,000 pounds recycled.

“We’ve got almost a 50 percent recy-cling rate, which is good,” Lentini said.

If the trash cans being taken out of the study rooms cause too many stu-dents to leave their trash in the rooms, then they will have to be put back in, Lentini said.

“Hopefully, they don’t need to have them,” he said.

Volunteers from student environmen-tal groups, such as the Go Green Alliance, will be participating in the audit.

“If anyone wants to help out, you can just put on some gloves,” said Claudia Langford, Office of Sustainability stu-dent intern.

Though recycling on campus is now easier, it can be more difficult at home.

“It’s hard to do sometimes,” Langford said. “If you don’t have the energy to recycle, then I would recommend reduc-ing what you buy.”

Reusable water bottles and coffee mugs are some options.

“We want to make it as easy to recy-cle as it is to throw it away,” Lentini said.

Bins motivate recycling

By ADAM CARLSONTHE RED & BLACK

Christopher Ingham was tired of being alone.

Metaphorically, musically, anyway — Ingham was already floating between sev-eral bands at once in addition to per-forming his own music solo. But his win-some, from-the-heart folk melodies grew exhausting, even to his own ears.

He’d get up on stage and play his Cat Stevens-inflected tunes and grow sick of it, feeling like the therapeutic effect of his confessional stick was tipping overboard.

So he went looking for some edge.“It kind of just started as the way for

me to have my folk music electrified,” Ingham said.

It occurred to him that Sara(h) T., a friend and fellow musician, was returning from California. The pair had a history of making music.

“We’d be bored and like, ‘Let’s jam,’” Ingham said.

So two years ago T. joined, bringing her punk background to Ingham’s thera-peutic melodies.

And at AthFest, Liverty was born.“It’s amazing what a distortion pedal

and some hoarse vocals can do to a song,” Ingham said.

In the intervening months both T. and Ingham have worked out an easy rhythm to their collaboration — he writes.

“I will always bring words to the table,” he said.

The inspiration is varied, but unani-mously personal and frequently literary.

Listing his references, Ingham rattles off Nabokov and Orwell, among others —

a reflection of his literary roots.Lately he has been fascinated with

insomnia, and works to build in meta-phors and imagery into his lyrics.

The idea of portrayal and identity are important, as is consumption. Together, then, they build the riffs, usually splitting it 50-50.

“That’s our thing, we never wanna be bored,” Ingham said.

As a result, Liverty will cancel a show if the venue is giving the band trouble or it has a problem with another band per-forming the same night.

And up on stage, Ingham and T. are more likely to face each other than the audience. But that’s as it should be, Ingham said, since the crowd becomes more inclined to follow in the band’s groove, thinking:

‘Oh they’re having fun, so we should have fun,’” he said.

Liverty hopes to next take the fun regional, touring all across the southeast.

A live show, like the band’s aesthetic, is straightforward.

“It’s not us,” Ingham said. “It’s bodies, just warm bodies coming in and being supportive.”

If that doesn’t sell the live show crowd, Ingham is even more direct.

“Fun,” he said. “F-U-N. That’s it.”

Folky pop-punk duo stress the ‘F-U-N’

By ADAM CARLSONTHE RED & BLACK

Bill Murray just had to meet Emily Hearn.

So goes the story: Creative Forge Productions, a motion pic-ture company, wanted to make a music video for junior sociology major Emily Hearn, whose song “Rooftop” inspired the company to try something new — expand into the world of music.

“But I didn’t actually find out that Bill Murray was going to be in the video until I got to Charleston,” Hearn said. “Bill Murray lives in Charleston and my manag-er Mark Bryan … knows him and had mentioned in passing that I was shoot-ing the video that week-end. He gave him a copy of my song, and Bill texted back immediately and said that he loved it and want-ed to be a part of it.”

This was a major accomplishment for a musician and singer who couldn’t even play the gui-tar and had little experi-ence performing live. But that was three years ago.

“When I was in high school I wouldn’t have even considered myself a musician,” she said. “I reluctantly sang at church when they begged me, but I had terrible stage fright.”

It was when she was playing on her new-found instrument that Hearn

began composing her own music.

It was when she saw Brandi Carlile at the Melting Point that she realized that performing could be an option.

And it was when Hearn’s friends encour-aged her that she began sharing her music.

“It wasn’t until my freshman year of college when I had written one really lame song that my friends started getting me to sing for them all the time,” Hearn said. “I played a few parties and then realized that I not only loved to write, but I loved performing.”

Time has made Hearn even more certain about her career.

“Ever since then I’ve been becoming more excit-ed about pursuing this dream, and every time I perform I love it more,” she said.

Warm and easy to hum, Hearn’s melodies sound personal, though she said that her work isn’t con-nected by any “style.”

“I’ve never really

thought about whether I sound like other 20-some-thing females who are singing about their life or if I fit into any mold,” she said.

The biggest struggle has been being a student alongside performing.

“Things are always com-ing together where I’ll end up playing a show on a Thursday night and get home at 3 a.m. and try cramming for a Friday morning test,” Hearn said.

Even though Hearn remains without a label, she has raised enough money to begin work on her debut album.

Which brings the story back to Murray, and to “Rooftop” and to the video they shot one bright morn-ing in Charleston.

“He was so hilarious playing that snare drum and dancing with me,” Hearn said. “We laughed the whole time, and I had so much fun. People kept stopping and staring and asking who was making a music video and taking pictures of us. It was crazy.”

Student shoots with film star

When: Tonight at 10 Where: Little Kings Shuffle ClubPrice: $5Also Playing: Old Time String Band, Vacation

LIVERTY

Courtesy Emily Hearn

Junior sociology major Emily Hearn filmed her first music video with actor Bill Murray.

FRANCES MICKLOW | The Red & Black

Trash cans at the Miller Learning Center were pulled from study rooms and replaced with new compartments for paper, trash and cans.

When: Today, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Where: North Lawn, by the Tate CenterMore Information: To get involved, visit the Office of Sustainability website at www.sustainability.uga.edu.

MLC WASTE AUDITWaste audit reveals non-recycled items

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Two-man band Liverty features the folk aesthetics of Christopher Ingham with Sara(h) T.’s electrified, California punk background.

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To solve it, fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3 by 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Nothing has to add up to anything else.

Previous puzzle’s solution

SPORTS The Red & Black | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 | 7

By EDWARD KIMTHE RED & BLACK

When Georgia starting shortstop and 2010 Defensive Player of the Year Laura Trout missed 10 games with a wrist injury, the team didn’t miss a beat.

Head coach Lu Harris-Champer simply had third baseman Alisa Goler or Brittney Hubbard switch between third and short-stop, and the team went 9-1 during that stretch.

Then, one game after Trout returned, Georgia lost senior first baseman and cleanup hitter Brianna Hesson for three games due to an illness.

This time Harris-Champer plugged in junior Kristyn Sandberg and watched as her team went on to sweep then No. 21 LSU.

For the Georgia women’s softball team, versatility in the infield has helped the team get over some key injuries during the season and continue to succeed with a 35-5 record and its first No. 1 ranking in school history.

“When you have different players that can go around and play different posi-tions, it opens up different batters that can get into the lineup and [bring a differ-ent] overall outlook to the game,” Hesson said. “If someone gets out we have a full lineup behind us that can get in and get the job done.”

“Great athletes are able to move around and go anywhere on the field that you need them to go,” Harris-Champer said. “And our team has been very heads up and willing to do whatever it takes for the team to be successful.”

Goler and Hesson are just two exam-ples of the many options that Harris-Champer has to play with in her infield.

Originally recruited to play shortstop, Goler made the switch over to third as a freshman. She said it took her only about

a two weeks for the move to feel comfort-able. Now, it’s second nature to her, hav-ing made 200 starts at third.

Despite this success, Goler loves any opportunity she gets to go back to her natural position as she has done eight times this season.

“I’ll be honest, I’m a shortstop at heart,” Goler said with a smile.

Hesson, however, made a much more dramatic change midseason, starting 10 games in right field.

“I went to coach and told her, ‘Hey, let me get some reps out in right field’ and sure enough I found myself out there,” Hesson said.

But Hesson, too, prefers her natural position at first base, where she was

named to the All-SEC Defensive team in 2010.

“I enjoy it [in right field], I really do. I’ve grown up playing first my entire life,” Hesson said. “Out in right field I’m not the next Megan Wiggins or Taylor Schlopy, but I love it out there. It’s more relaxing, but in the infield you get more action.”

But even with the team’s merry-go-round infield, no player has been more versatile for the Bulldogs than Hubbard. In 30 games, Hubbard has spent time at third, shortstop, right field and as the designated player with the majority of her time spent in right field, where she has started 15 games.

But Hubbard doesn’t have any prob-lem being moved around the field, she

knew that it might be expected of her when she came to Georgia.

“Coming to Georgia I knew that I had to learn how to play different positions,” Hubbard said. “That’s a part of being a Division I athlete is you have to be versa-tile and [coach Harris-Champer] gives you the tools to play anywhere out there, so wherever the team needs me to be suc-cessful, I am ready to play.”

Though Hubbard was recruited to play shortstop, she prefers her new position.

“I am really comfortable in the outfield now,” Hubbard said “[In high school] I would have never ever in a million years would have said that I could see myself playing in the outfield, but I am now, and I love it.”

Dogs value infield versatility

SARAH LUNDGREN | The Red & Black

Brianna Hesson typically plays first, but she’s found herself in right field at times for the softball team this season. It’s that versatility in the infield for the Dogs that has helped them get past a couple of costly injuries.

Time to close the book on another year of Georgia spring football.

In the aftermath of Saturday’s G-Day game, we’re once again left with the entire summer to ponder the uncertainties of the team as it looks to rebound from its 6-7 record in 2011.

There’s certainly no shortage of topics to ponder.

And not much time either.Georgia runs straight into the

spotlight as soon as it jumps out of the gates this upcoming sea-son. Game one on the schedule has the Bulldogs up against Boise State, a top-10 team and an annual dark horse — or Bronco — in the pool of BCS National Championship candi-dates.

Follow up the nationally-tele-vised season opener with a battle against defending SEC East champion South Carolina, and suddenly comes the realization that the Bulldogs need their best on-field performances as early in the year as possible.

Otherwise, more ugly losses are on their way, and head coach Mark Richt could find himself with very little breathing room between the hedges.

So did Georgia do enough this spring to handle the early rigor-ous 2011 schedule?

To know for sure, the Bulldogs still have to answer some burn-ing questions by the time fall rolls around.

The first one is simple — the one Bulldog nation is certainly the most curious about: Will someone replace A.J. Green?

With no real hero arising among the receivers this spring, the new golden hands at Sanford Stadium could be anyone’s. The two leading options are junior Tavarres King and sophomore Marlon Brown, who make up the heart of the Georgia’s wideout corps that season.

But as easy as it is to pick one of them, it’s just as easy to assume that neither one becomes a superstar.

King and Brown spoke all spring about a “team-oriented” identity, where the receivers work together as a unit and no player acts as a “go-to” target.

Whether or not it will be more effective has yet to be seen.

That leads us into the second question: Can quarterback Aaron Murray still thrive without a dominant receiver in the lineup?

The Bulldogs were 0-3 in SEC

games without Green, while he served a four-game suspension to start the season. That left Murray — who was still settling into his starting role — to find new ways of moving the ball downfield. He eventually chose Kris Durham, who pulled down 241 yards during that span. But Durham has departed as well.

Luckily for Georgia, Murray looked just fine with Brown as his teammate at G-Day, complet-ing 12 of 17 passes for 122 yards and a touchdown. He looked less like a redshirt freshman and more like a commander in the huddle, especially with the defense looking as sharp as it was Saturday.

Which brings us to our final question: Is the Bulldogs’ defense for real?

It sure looked like it Saturday. Neither team could crack 300 total yards, nor could any run-ning back rush for even 50 yards.

There wasn’t a lot of space for the offense to work, especially when it tried to move the ball up the middle. The defense picked up 11 tackles for loss, pushing the offense back 47 yards on the day.

Now a whole year into the 3-4 defensive scheme that defensive coordinator Todd Grantham brought to Georgia, it appears that the players are buying in.

That includes the guys that recently changed their scenery. Freshman Alec Ogletree has wasted no time becoming a lead-er among Bulldog linebackers this spring after earning SEC All-Freshman honors as a safety last season. Former USC hopeful Jarvis Jones is back in his home state and has a starting job tied down at outside linebacker.

That being said, don’t be sur-prised by low-scoring contests this upcoming season. There’s no doubting the admirable potential the Bulldogs take with them into the 2011 season.

But there’s still clarity to be made before the rest of the col-lege football world gets to see it in action.

— Mitch Blomert is a sports writer for The Red & Black

8 | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 | The Red & Black SPORTS

By NICKLAUS PARKERTHE RED & BLACK

When athletics director Greg McGarity arrived in Athens, the most pressing facilities need wasn’t an indoor practice facili-ty. Nor was it enclosing the sta-dium. Both of those are unneed-ed expenditures, according to McGarity, that most likely will never occur under his adminis-tration.

The most pressing issue in McGarity’s facilities arms race, though, was an obvious one — but one that wasn’t included in the recent Butts-Mehre expan-sion: a training table, which is essentially a cafeteria for ath-letes where the Athletic Association can ensure its ath-letes are eating properly.

“Oh yes, we’re going to have a [training table] in the fall. Absolutely. No doubt about it,” McGarity said. “That was the one thing that you can find that was missing right away.”

The NCAA allows one train-ing table meal per day for ath-letes.

McGarity did what he could in the fall to counter the star-tling lack of focus on nutrition he arrived to by bringing in catered meals coordinated with dining services on Tuesday and Thursday nights after practice for the football team.

The idea was the brain child of head coach Mark Richt and strength and conditioning coach Joe Tereshinski, hoping to ensure that “nobody is cashing out this semester. Everybody is eating three meals a day.”

“We didn’t have a true train-ing table, but we were able to supplement the food that was at East Campus Dining Hall with more protein and bigger cuts of food,” McGarity said. “We wanted to see how it worked as a test pattern to where we can hopefully carry that over into the fall and maybe do it Monday through Thursday for all student athletes.”

But McGarity admits his nutritional efforts are just in the

infancy stage and certain infra-structure must be put in place before his goals for the fall will be attainable.

“We’ve just scratched the surface,” McGarity said. “What we’ve got to do is get a nutrition staff in place. We don’t really have that.”

Before McGarity arrived, the only nutritionist to speak of was strength and conditioning coach Rex Bradberry, who served as strength and conditioning coach and liaison for nutrition.

“What we’re going to do is discuss some new positions to where we can get some nutri-tionists on board to where our strength and conditioning coach doesn’t have to worry about that. He should not have to worry about that. He’s got enough to worry about,” McGarity said. “We’re going to get licensed nutritionists and dieticians on staff that can cre-ate meal plans.”

And not just meal plans for when the Bulldogs are at home, but for when teams are on the road, too.

“When you’re eating team meals, this is what you need to have because at the end of the day, we’re expecting champion-ship performances,” McGarity said. “You can’t do that when you have kids eating at Burger King or Chick-fil-A and not spending the money on food.”

While McGarity knows there needs to be additions made in

nutrition, he’s confident the strength and conditioning pro-gram isn’t understaffed.

Instead when he arrived, it was more about “getting the right people on the right seat in the bus so to speak.”

This allowed new director Tereshinski to “craft his own staff” in replacing Dave Van Halanger as head strength coach.

Part of crafting Tereshinski’s own staff was bringing in former running back Thomas Brown to help in the strength and condi-tioning program — a move McGarity wholeheartedly endorsed.

“I thought it was a great idea to bring in someone who had played here recently and could identify with our young men,” McGarity said. “Mark [Richt] had said before, ‘If there’s any-where we could find a spot for Thomas Brown in our program, it would pay huge dividends,’ and it all worked out to where it did.”

Another part of Tereshinski’s staff reshuffling was to bring back former strength and con-ditioning coach John Kasay to assist.

“I’ve known John Kasay for-ever. John is probably 62 years old, going on 40. His energy level, his passion,” McGarity said. “[The football players] know that that staff is down there for them, and I think they all sense that.”

Nutrition still a work in progress

SEAN TAYLOR | The Red & Black

Powerade machines and smoothies await Bulldog athletes at the conclusion of their workouts, but Greg McGarity is further enhancing the nutritional efforts.

Pre-spring questions still remain for Dogs

MITCH BLOMERT

April 19, 2011 Issue

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