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Hunter shot by Cheney has heart attack i NEWS,P.3 Columnist talks of pets i OPINION,M
High: 64 I Low: 34
Forgotten heroes Kyla Clark wins Miss Black
Partly cloudy Pitts profiles four influential African and Gold Pageant INEWS/P.2
Volume 78
Number 71
Americans you may not know I FEATURE, p.8
DAILY
THE GEORGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 20061
GREis
changing
roadside men I
Several changes to the GRE
should appear on the test
by fall 2007
By Jerriod Grizzle
Staff Writer
Memorials honor Small wooden crosses, flowers and
other homemade memorials to casualties of The required entrance exam for
those who have died drunken-drivers are common, and sometimes graduate level programs, the Graduate
in car accidents controversial, sites along U.S. highways.
But Georgia is among a small number of
Record Exam or GRE, is undergoing
many changes.
states to officially recognize such crash sites as The test changes were originally
ByRussBynum grim landmarks. scheduled for this October, but they
Associated Press Advocates hope the states memorial signs have been postponed until fall of 2007,
— which are the size of a typical speed limit giving students who plan on taking the
STATESBORO - teri Shene knelt by sign — will send motorists a message that's test more time to prepare for the changes
the highway and said "I love you" to her son more personal, and more sobering, than mere or take it early.
whose name, surrounded by blue stars, stood statistics. "The GRE is changing because of
out on the new state road sign offthe shoulder "They'll say, 'Well, there really was some- ETS for security and better testing of
crffnterstate 16. body killed by a drunk driver,'" said state Rep. skills that students need to have, such
-Donny Ray Harris Jr., or "D-Ray" as the Ben Bridges, a Cleveland Republican, who as critical thinking and complex reason-
17-year-old s mother called him, died May 26, sponsored the law. ing," said Matt Fidler, GRE program
2004, on this rural stretch of 1-16 while riding Bridges saw his share of carnage caused manager for Kaplan Test Prep and
shotgun With an intoxicated friend who lost by drunken-driving during his 30 years as a Admissions.
control and flipped his car. Georgia State Patrol. His measure raised fines Students taking the GRE next Octo-
Now Harris is the first drunken-driving for driving under the influence by $1 to pay ber can expect untried question types
victim in Georgia to have an official highway for the $150 memorial signs. along with changes in the verbal sections
marker erected in his memory under a state The markers, which wrllbetaken down after and essay sections. Verbal sections that
law the governor signed just 13 days before five years, read: "In Memory Of," followed by require critical reading and analyzing
the persea's-name-and-lMJI-Victim.-' will become two 40-minute sections
xi u had to happen like this, I think Donny "Ifeel that the state of Georgia owed it to a from the previous one 30-minute sec-
would be proud his was the first one to be put D UI victim because we failedin one way to keep - tion. Essay timing will be changed to
up," said Shene, who traveled to Georgia from a DUI driver off the road," Bridges said. two 30-minute prompts.
her home in Sapulpa, Okla., for the unveiling The memorial signs Bridges pushed: "Verbal reasoning answers rely too
Jan. 30. "He Wasn't a statistic." see ROADSIDE, page*5 much on vocal knowledge and not
enough on reading comprehension
and verbal problem solving. Based
on feedback from the graduate com-
munity, less concentration is needed
Bush takes on V-Day sugar
on analogies and antonyms and more
Georgia House questions on things like passages. It will
passes new make having a good vocabulary alone
not sufficient to do well on the test,"
immigration bill Bush administration takes Valentines Day swing at sugar industry
said David Payne, the executive direc-
tor for the GRE program educational
/ testing services.
Georgia House OKs By Libby Quaid port blames federal farm department's under secretary for have been 10,000 job losses in candy, Fidler said changes in the essay sec-
surcharge on wire transfers Associated Press jUjnfipP
programs that keep sugar U.S. trade. breakfast cereal and other sugared tion are due to students who memorize
from illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON -
0 prices higher in the U.S.
than in other countries.
"Our point is, the vast majority of
those job losses took place because
food since 1997, the report said.
The losses hit the Chicago area
practice essays and rewrite them for
the test.
The high cost of sugar ">■■-.'
3^ "Increasingly, all of of sugar prices," Lavin said. particularly hard, according to the The timing ofthe test is also going to
By Greg Bluestein in the United States has
X those wonderful chocolates Food companies pay more than report. There, the confectionary in- change. The GRE test time now is two
Associated Press
driven thousands of candy we're buying our sweet- double what their foreign competi- dustry has seen employment drop 30 and a halfhours. With the changesbeing
ATLANTA — Georgia's House jobs abroad, the Bush ad- heart are manufactured tors pay for sugar, the Commerce De- percent since 1991, the report said. made to the GRE the time to take the
on Tuesday passed the first of a ministration said in a Valentine's in Canada instead of the partment said. High sugar prices have One example in the report is GRE will increase to at least four hours
flurry of immigration bills, approv- Day report. U.S., where they've traditionally cost the U.S. at least 6,400 jobs since Brach's Confections Inc., maker of to take the test.
ing a proposal designed to tack a 5 The Commerce Department re- been made," said Frank Lavin, the 2000, according to the report. There see SUGAR, page 5 . see GRE, page 5
percent surcharge on Wire transfers
from illegal immigrants.
The "Illegal Immigrant Fee
Act" requires customers to show a
pay stub, driver's license or other
proof they are in the U.S. legally.
'Happy to be Nappy' celebrates black history
Failure to do so would result in
the surcharge. By Tiffany Colston It will be held Feb. 15 in room 2047 at The atmosphere will be lighthearted
It's the first of several attempts Staff writer the Russell Union. and less stressful because of the Battle
to toughen the state's immigra- This program will give everyone an of the Sexes competition that will take
tion standards to reach a vote It's time to celebrate Black History opportunity to discuss various perspec- place. Males and females will get the op-
this legislative session. Across the Month and recognize the contribu- tives that African Americans have on portunity to communicate and discuss
Capitol, state Sen. Chip Rogers tions that African Americans have a number of political issues and other different perspectives concerning their
is drumming up support for a made to positively impact modern issues such as racial profiling, different gender differences. Also, the manner in
broader bill that would deny state- day society. It is time to reflect upon hair textures and on one of the most which the different genders interact in
administered benefits to adults these contributions and ponder about prevalent and controversial issues relationships will also be discussed.
who cannot show they are legally where you would be without them. within the African American com- Director of the Multicultural Stu-
in the United States. Where would you be as a member of munity, skin color. These are some of dent Center Consuela Pender believes
Opponents from both sides of the human race if Martin Luther King, the primary issues that will be discussed the main goal of the program is to
the aisle tried to delay Tuesday's Jr. did not stand solidly for the equality at the program that often divide the give everyone the chance to discuss
vote, but Republican leaders of all mankind? African American community. different ideas about various issues
seemed intent on passing the wire Some people would not have the Amy Anderson, the organizer of and gives people of other races insight
transfer surcharge bill. House opportunity to attend this university the event heavily emphasizes that the into the problems and issues African
lawmakers approved, 106-60. It or get the education they are striving program promotes diversity and is Americans face.
now moves to the Senate. for. Students who would like to discuss open to people of all races. This is the The program accomplished its
State Rep. Tom Rice, R- various racial issues and adversities third consecutive year the program has main goal for student Amanda Staples,
Peachtree Corners, said the bill should attend Happy to be Nappy, a taken place and student participation who attended the event last year. "It is
seeks to offset the financial burden program to discuss problems. in the event increases every year, she excellent because it puts different ideas
of the states estimated 225,000 This month the Multicultural Stu- said. "The goal of the program will be on the table about stereotypes and
illegal immigrants. dent Center will be hosting a program reached, which is to promote unity perceptions we have of one another
"It's the idea of giving these entitled Happy to be Nappy as a con- between different groups of people," and we are able to discuss these issues
see BILL, page 5 tribution to Black Awareness Month. Anderson said. in a mature way," said Staples.
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Clark crowned Miss Black & Gold Wednesday, February 15
6 p.m.
ByKoellingBorneman LIFE (Choosing Healthy Endeavors math, reading and technology. SGA Meeting '
Staff writer and Eating Right). Since being crowned last year, she Russell Union 2047
Clark said winning the pageant is has advocated her platform through
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, just the beginning. "It means that I work with organizations like the Boys 7 p.m.
' "hosted its 26th annual Miss Black and can start increasing campus awareness and Girls Club and several middle NAACP General Body Meeting in
Gold pageant Sunday night. about healthy living," she said. schools in Bulloch County. Russell Union 2080
Eight contestants competed this Sean Bethune, member ofAlpha Phi "[Kyla] will immediately begin
year and 20-year-old Kyla Clark Alpha and the pageant's host, said "The implementing her platform and will 7 p.m.
won the Miss Black and Gold title event is a scholastic as well as achieve- go on to compete in the district pag- Happy to Be Nappy: Learn about
and scholarship. Clark is a junior ment pageant, showing off what GSU eant," said Beecham, senior education and discuss the different perspec-
sports management major from Stone has to offer." major who currently student-teaches tives of African Americans' lives.
Mountain who won Miss Spirit, Best Contestants were judged in swim- in Screven County. Russell Union 2047
, in Swimsuit, Best in Eveningwear and wear, evening gown, talent and extem- The First runner-up, with the
, Best Question and Answer. poraneous speaking during the pageant, title of Miss Black, was Kimberly Thursday, February 16
In addition to receiving a $500 but GPA and essays that contestants Richardson. Shalisa Davis won sec-
scholarship, the new Miss Black and wrote in order to be a part ofthe pageant ond-runner up, Miss Gold, and third 8 a.m.
Gold will also represent the Xi Tau were also taken into consideration. runner-up, Miss 1906,wenttoShamira TimeShop: Wartime England in
chapter at the district competition, with Last year's Miss Black and Gold, Bailey. Special Photo Nessmith-Lane Bldg.
a chance to advance to the national Nelldra Beecham, was on hand to The pageant's theme was Egyptian Miss Blackand Gold pageant winner Kyla Clark stands with several support-
i pageant. congratulate Clark. Beecham'splatform Dreams and the band Soul Purpoz ers holding poster-size photographs of her. 5:30 p.m.,
Clark's platform is C.H.E.E.R. for was promoting education in the areas of provided musical entertainment. Mathematics Public Lecture in
College of IT 1005
LET US INTR E...
Students reunite in New Orleans 5:30 p.m.
Jamie Randolph, working it out By Natalie Pompilio
Knight Ridder Newspapers
The large numbers of students
returning to the city's four main
International Club Meeting in
Russell Union 2042
private universities surprised even 6 p.m.
Name: Jamie Randolph, 18 Where do you see yourself in five
NEW ORLEANS - They didn't administrators. All of the campuses African Student Association
Hometown: Atlanta years?
have to go back. Many of them had had been affected. meeting
Major: Public Relations freshman I'd like to be married, doing something
no ties to the area, no property, no That meant traditional student life, Russell Union 2047
community involved.
relatives nearby. The city they would across the city, would be changed; Dil-
Why did you choose GSU?
return to would be very different from lard students, for instance, would live 7 p.m.
Because it's a big school without the What's the best cheap thrill in the
the one they fled months earlier. The and take classes in a hotel. Some Tulane Southern's Next Top Model Elimi-
big-school feel and it's close enough area?
carefree attitude was gone, and the University students would sleep on a nation
to home without being too far. Throwing eggs at signs.
physical beauty that captured the cruise ship or in trailers. Russell Union 2084
What's the best meal in Statesboro? imagination of legions of writers Still, Tulane reported that 10,000 of
What does Statesboro need the most?
and artists had been altered, perhaps its 12,500 students returned in Janu- 7 p.m.
A Publix or a Target store. Kyoto Express.
forever. ary. Loyola University said 87 percent, Movie: Glory
But thousands of college students 4,880 students, came back. Xavier A dramatic account of the Ameri-
When you aren't in class, how do you What is one thing every student
from across the country, have returned has 3,188 students, about 75 percent can Civil War's first all-black
pass the time? needs to know about college?
return to Hurricane Katrina-battered of its pre-Katrina size. About half of regiment
I work out, hang out with friends, and Decide who you are and don't let
Louisiana in recent weeks. Dillard's 2,155 students returned. Russell Union Theater
do things that make me happy. Jamie Randolph anyone change you.
Your mind isn't the only 7 p.m.
thing that needs exercise. TimeShop: Wartime England for
Grown-Ups Tickets are $20, $10
Writers Needed for students with ID and benefit
disaster relief.
The power to amaze yourself'* Interested in writing for The George-Anne? Nessmith-Lane Bldg.
If so, contact our news editor at
ss>s> ganewsed@georgiasouthern.edu Friday, February 17
Per 'I'lire** M« or call our the newsroom at 912-681-5246.
8 a.m.
(912) 681-S945 TimeShop: Wartime England in
VI College Pl.i^.i
Smrcshoro. (5A 304S8 Nessmith-Lane Bldg.
11:30 a.m.
Look for it Georgia Southern history students played roles of the 1940's era British in
File Photo
International Conversation Hour
Russell Union 2080
7:30 p.m.
Vienna Choir Boys
Monday...
last year's TimeShop program. Pictured above (l-r) are Paulette Thompson, Performing Arts Center
Katie Carlberg and Don Guillory.
Saturday, February 18
Students share scenes 8 a.m.
TimeShop: Wartime England in
from a different time Nessmith-Lane Bldg.
By Jenny Miller civilian life in England during World 11:30 a.m.
Staff writer War II, which was both a scary and yet International Conversation Hour
exciting time for many people." Russell Union 2080
If you have ever wanted to go back TimeShop for adults will be dif-
in time and explore the sounds, sights ferent from the program offered to Sunday, February 19
and smells of the past, TimeShop for children in that it offers a more light-
adults will now give you that chance hearted and less serious tone. 8 a.m.
Feb. 16. The program even gives you a TimeShop: Wartime England in
TimeShop, which was created chance to purchase items in the Time- Nessmith-Lane Bldg.
initially to get children interested in Shop store and interact with several
world history, has been expanded to special guests who actually lived in 10 a.m.
a program for adults. England throughout the 1940s. "At Bridgeway: The Church on Cam-
"It's not every day you get to travel TimeShop we try to evoke the past, pus in Russell Union room 1085
in time," said Annette Laing, the di- because re-creation is impossible,"
rector and creator of TimeShop. Laing points out. Monday, February 20
At TimeShop, participants will The event is a great opportunity
visit Letchworth, England in 1940 for students to have a fun and educa- Early Registration for Summer &
during World War II. tional night out, but they are encour- Fall 2006
The event will feature seven rooms aged to purchase tickets in advance
that vary from a cinema to a British because of the expected popularity Deadline for M.Ed, students to reg-
pub. The event promises plenty of of the occasion. ister for Comprehensive Exams
fun, with games and books from TimeShop is put on by Laing, as
the time period as well as authentic well as a staff of almost 40 students 12 p.m.
music played by Michael Braz on who have been preparing for the Lost Boys of Sudan: Two orphaned
the piano. event since last August and building refugees who were forced to leave
The TimeShop committee de- the collection of props for nearly their villages as children share
cided to put on TimeShop for adults two years. their stories
after hearing the reactions of parents The main sponsor for the event Russell Union 2080
who attended the original TimeShop is The Georgia Humanities Council
with their children. "Ever since we and Faculty Service Committee, as 8 p.m.
first did Wartime England two years well as the GSU History Department Movie: Look in Me (France)
ago, we've had adults wistfully say and several local businesses. Russell Union Theater
how much they wish they could go," TimeShop for adults will take
said Laing. place on Feb. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m.
POLICE BEAT
In addition to playing games and in the Nessmiih-Lane Continuing
listening to the music, participants Education Building. 02-09-2006
can also sample British foods along All ticket sales will benefit disaster • Kyle William Thompson, 18,
with the catered hors dbeuvres. You relief. Tickets are $10 for Georgia of Olliff Hall, was charged with
The Pest Place to can even smell the smells of the time Southern students with ID ($ 15 at the
period, thanks to a system created for door, if available) and $20 for adults
British museums.
Laing said the program is unique
($25 at the door, if available).
Send checks to TimeShop, P.O.
minor in possession/consump-
tion of alcohol.
• A camera was taken from Win-
burn Hall.
for a number of reasons, mainly Box 8054, and made payable to Geor-
find Your New Place! for its approach and subject. "Most gia Southern Foundation (please
living history programs either have write TimeShop FGU #0719 in memo
American military or agricultural line). For more information, e-mail
themes." said Laing, "We focus on timeshop@georgiasouthern.edu.
02-10-2006
• Latoya Quinnchelle Lanier, 30,
of Walden Way, Statesboro, was
charged with speeding and driv-
ing with a suspended license.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE NATIONAL NEWS I PAGE 3
Quick, what s new
Episcopal Church's first openly gay IN GEORGIA
Bill would require more fire-safe cigarettes
bishop in treatment for alcoholism ATLANTA — Cigarettes sold in Georgia would have to become less likely
to cause fires under a bill being pushed by a leader in the state Senate. Sen. Don
Balfour, R-Snellville, chairman of the chamber's influential Rules committee,
ByAnneSaunders and had considered it "as a failure of the diocese. Between sessions of the says requiring retailers to sell cigarettes with bands that can stop them from
Associated Press will or discipline on my part, rather diocesan convention, the "standing burning would help prevent fires that kill about 1,000 people and cause $400
than a disease over which my particu- committee," an elected panel of priests million damage in the U.S. each year.
CONCORD, N.H. - The Episco- lar body simply has no control, except and lay parishioners, normally decides
pal Church's first openly gay bishop, V. to stop drinking altogether." supervision of the diocese during a School clubs proposal to reach House
Gene Robinson, has started treatment The Rev. David Jones, rector of bishop's absence and other questions
ATLANTA — The state will debate Tuesday on a bill that says students
for alcoholism. Robinson's home church, St. Paul's in regarding his administration.
should have to notify their parents before joining school clubs, a measure op-
"I am writing to you from an Concord, said he had never seen any The national church gets involved
posed by gay rights advocates who fear it will discourage students from joining
alcohol treatment center where on sign that Robinson had a problem only in rare cases of formal charges
gay-friendly clubs. The legislation also allows parents to block their children
Feb. 1, with the encouragement and with alcohol. involving misconduct.
from joining clubs they don't approve.
support of my partner, daughters and Robinson was elected bishop of The diocese's standing committee
colleagues, I checked myself in to deal New Hampshire in 2003 and con- said its members support Robinson "and
with my increasing dependence on firmed by the national church, causing we commend him for his courageous THE REGION
alcohol," Robinson wrote in an e-mail an upheaval not only in the Episcopal example to us all, as we pray daily for him
to clergy. Church, but the worldwide Anglican and for his ministry among us." AP Photo/Lee Marriner Banjo exhibit traces instruments roots from
Robinson's assistant, the Rev. Tim Communion of which it is part. In addition to touching offprotests
Rich, said Tuesday there was no crisis He will spend four weeks in reha- and struggles for control and property
Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson Africa to Appalachia
discusses his feelings during a 2004
that led to Robinson's decision to seek bilitation. Spokesman Mike Barwell in the Episcopal and other Anglican KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Banjo maker Dave Ball says you can't tell how a
interview.
treatment but rather a growing aware- said the diocese would not disclose churches, Robinson has found himself banjo will play by its looks, but to see an old banjo is to dream of where it's
ness of his problem. the location. a celebrity. crowded around him for more than been. Instruments on display at the University ofTennessee's McClung Museum
In his letter, Robinson said he had In the Episcopal Church system, At New York's gay pride parade three hours, reaching out to touch his have been picked and plucked around the world — from African villages to
been dealing with alcoholism foryears such matters are handled within last spring, marchers and spectators hand, crying and thanking him. American slave quarters, from minstrel shows to Victorian parlors, and to the
hills of Appalachia where bluegrass was born. Curators say the exhibit features
the largest collection of pre-bluegrass banjos ever assembled in the South and
brings what many thought only as a "hillbilly" instrument full circle.
O'Brien meets Finnish president he endorsed for re-election
By Matti Huuhtanen One-time Clinton foe puts that role behind
warded with a Cabinet position as
Associated Press
inspector of saunas, but the issue was
him in bid for Arkansas governor
HELSINKI, Finland - Conan not discussed in the meeting. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As one of the House managers in the 1999 impeach-
O'Brien finally met his match. On Saturday, some 2,000 fans ment case against Bill Clinton, Asa Hutchinson went before the Senate and
The "Late Night" jokester, who waited hours in subfreezing tempera- pleaded with it to turn the president out of office for lying in the Monica Lewinsky
ran a mock ad campaign endorsing tures to catch a glimpse of the quirky, scandal. Now that Hutchinson wants to be governor of Arkansas, his role in
the re-election of Finnish president self-deprecating NBC network host, Clinton's impeachment doesn't even rate a footnote in the Republican candidate's
Tarja Halonen—because ofher strong whose show is unusually popular in official campaign biography or a mention at most political gatherings.
resemblance to him— had a face to this taciturn nation of 5 million on the
similar face meeting with her Tuesday northern fringe of Europe.
in downtown Helsinki. Finns are very aware oftheir image THE NATION
O'Brien handed the Nordic coun- abroad and when O'Brien poked fun
try's first female president a box of at the small country, he was over- Hunter shot by Cheney has heart attack
chocolates in the shape of a red heart whelmed by cards and mail, and Finns
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice
as they posed for photographers before started appearing in the New York
President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his
their 15-minute meeting. Halonen gave audience of .his nightly NBC show.
heart and he had "a minor heart attack" Tuesday morning, hospital officials
him Finnish troll dolls to take home. The program air on a Finnish cable
said. The victim, Harry Whittington, was immediately moved back to the
Lastyear, O'Brien causedapolitical channel, with a few days delay, and every
intensive care unit for further treatment, said Peter Banko, the administrator
stir when, based on their resemblance, time he mentions Finland or Halonen,
AP Photo/Antti Aimo-Koivisto at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial in Texas.
he endorsed the 62-year-old Halonen local media report it prominently.
TV talk show host Conan O'Brien , left, hands a Valentine's Day present to
for a second six-year term. His mock The president's spokeswoman said
ads not only backed Halonen but at- Halonen had wanted to thank O'Brien
Finland's President Tarja Halonen at the presidential palace in Helsinki, Government to up trade law enforcement
Finland on Tuesday before their closed-door meeting. O'Brien caused a
tacked her opponents. for making Finland better known, political stir last year when he endorsed Halonen for a second six-year term WASHINGTON—The Bush administration says it will step up enforcement
On his arrival Saturday, O'Brien | ■ and the two had.agreed they "might, because"she looks.like him", using mockad campaigns that backed her and of U.S. trade laws governing China after a report that America's deficit with the
quipped that he expected to be re- indeed, resemble each other." attacked opponents. Halonen won the election in January. Chinese rose to $201.6 billion last year, the largest ever for a single country.
stories by The Associated Press
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Off-Campus Accommodations
station.
Saturday's incident was "about
port group. Each was mourning at the .,
the craziest thing I've ever come
across,"Officer Ken Zeeb said. "This
is something that you couldn't
even make up."
the death of a spouse of more than
40 years.
"It sounds odd, but we've grown
so accustomed to the place,"Judy
said.
2006 Housing Fair
The 20-year-old woman called
the police station about 3:15 a.m.
Saturday, asking where she could
Judy's husband, Joe, died about
three months after being diag-
Tuesday, February 21
nosed with leukemia. Franko's wife,
buy marijuana, authorities said.
The dispatcher, after repeatedly
Kathy, had battled breast cancer
for 20 years.
10 a.m. to 2p.m.
telling the woman it was illegal to
sell and possess marijuana, then
told her that police had some of
After attending the group meet-
ings, the couple became bicycling
partners and later passed evenings
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Russell Union Rotunda
the drug in the station's evidence
talking on Judy's porch.
(Inclement Weather date: Thursday, February 23)
locker.
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OUR VIEW
Policy to drop students from classes is in poor taste
Mondays Faculty Senate meeting raised a few representing (read: The Dean's Council, The President's anywhere to students of a policy that, according to their students on the first day of class. But what if the
eyebrows in regard to a new policy proposed by the Cabinet and the Enrollment Management Committee) Shumaker, was to take effect in fall of 2006. professor forgets to verify a few students in the class?
administration that would drop students from classes if were disregarding what the Faculty Senate had to say We can understand that policies that deal with the What happens if the professor just plain forgets? The
students do not attend class on the first day. The main on Monday. budget or faculty tenure can be kept away from students' repercussions of this policy are far reaching, and the
reason for the eyebrow raising was due to the fact that Similar language was used on a form presented to knowledge with little to no opposition, but to keep only ones who have to deal with the holes in the plan
the policy was presented in a way that made it seem the Senate Executive Committee for a motion request, students in the dark about a plan that would directly are students and professors.
an already done deal. where Shumaker wrote, "this is an item ofinformation... have an impact on them is just wrong. Luckily, the policy was sent back to the Enrollment
When Associate Vice President ofAcademic Affairs rather than a motion." All red tape related issues aside, the idea of the Management Committee for further research. We hope
Nancy Shumaker stood to present the proposal, she did What's scarier than university administration proposal is just plain perplexing. Not only does it the opposition ofthe faculty senators is enough to make
not say she was presenting it for debate, but rather said assuming they can operate without the approval or punish students who may have a hard time finding the committee reconsider implementing the plan in fall
she was there "to inform the faculty that students who consent of the Faculty Senate is the fact that students their way to class (especially confused freshmen or of 2006 — or ever — and we hope that it makes them
don't attend the first day of classes will be dropped." were some of the last to be informed about the new transfer students) or-those that may be overlooked by a realize that ideas that sound good to those in the large
That's some mighty presumptuous language. By change. The Student Government Association had not professor in a large classroom, it punishes the professors offices are not always what's best for those of us who
using that language, Shumaker and those she was been informed, and there was no information available as well, requiring that they verify the attendance of all have to actually deal with bad decisions.
Brandon Smith Garrison Keillor
AGAINST THE GRAIN THE OLD SCOUT
Pet care requires I did it in my sleep
brains, research That big low-fat-diet study that was front-page news a
week ago has blown over now, and people are back
to spreading butter on their bread and still feeling good
Having an animal companion can be an extremely about themselves.
rewarding experience. Pets have proven to reduce What the study said (in case you've forgotten) is that
stress, fight depression, and even lower blood pressure. grandmas who eat fudge sundaes don't face significantly
We've all heard that people who have pets live longer greater risks than grandmas who eat parsnips. For this
lives. I never had a pet growing up, but I took every dog the government paid $415 million.
and cat sitting job simply so I could be around the lov- Meanwhile, the male urinary tract remains a dark
ing animals. mystery, like the upper Amazon or Northwest Passage,
This past year I finally decided that since I was on my and psoriasis breaks the hearts of thousands, and my
own and self-sufficient it was time to go get a pet. After sinuses are a ticking time bomb. Where is the justice
a few hours of research and a short trip here?
to the Statesboro animal shelter, my I realize this column is Not About
life was changed. I now have an eight Me, but if Washington has a half-
month old cat named Mr. T. billion to pay researchers to watch
All of the rumors are true - "T- post-menopausal women eat Little
Man" definitely gives me one more Debbie Snack Cakes, then why can't
thing to live for. Not a day goes by someone look up my nose and tell
where I don't think about running by me what is going on? I am in my
the animal shelter again, but I know extremely late fifties and am not in a
. Brandon Smith that there is no way I could care for Michael Smith: Garrison Keillor mood to dawdle.
is a junior ac- is an acclaimed radio
another animal. We are talking about a feeling of
counting major personality and best-
Having a pet can be an expensive congestion and pressure and frequent
from Atlanta. He
is a columnist
. for The George-
and sometimes daunting experience. Helping others does not require ulterior motives selling humorist.
His"A Prairie Home
Companion" can
sinus headaches, even though I take
While I know most college students so much antihistamine that I talk in
Anne. be heard Saturday
have the same desire to purchase or Jerry Johnson from the Baptist Student Union wrote involves no ulterior motives; who we are has nothing nights on public my sleep.
rescue an animal, I too know that most a very bright and reasonable reply to Mike Kennedy's to do with it. It is a chance for students to see with their radio stations across I am married to an insomniac,
the country.
students don't do their homework before swinging by the dissent about non-Christians not being able to participate own eyes the catastrophe in New Orleans, and to make that's how I know. She says I talk
shelters and pet stores. in the Mission Trip to New Orleans a difference in the collective effort to aid those in need. about technology stocks and seem to
Mikko Lindberq ,«_'_,. . .'. _
Being as Mr. T was my first pet, I made sure to study is a senior an- ( *"t/ tnp to N.O. open to everyone, If there are evening discussions, they will be about what know my stuff.
up on what to expect. This way the costs for fixing him, thropology and regardless of faith" Monday, Feb. 13). we plan to do, not about what we believe. In the ideal I also eat in my sleep. I was not intending to go public
getting his shots like rabies and feline leukemia, and other philosophy major Within this reply, Johnson mentioned situation, students will be free to choose their own form with this, but after the low-fat headlines, maybe it's time.
from Alpharetta, , „ „ _„TT :■■-., „, . .
miscellaneous medical expenses came as no surprise. I Ga how all GSU students, Christians, of evening diversion, as far as this is permitted by our I woke up one morning and found an empty quart carton
also looked into how much items like cat food and litter Buddhists, atheists and agnostics have accommodations at FEMA Camp Algiers. of butter brickie ice cream in the bed and brickie stains
would cost so I could know exactly what was coming. been invited to participate." He also To interested parties, time is of essence. We have on my pajamas, and I realized that I must seek help.
This large step - researching and triple-thinking - is a stated that "if the anthropology group wanted to go and four totally committed individuals at this time. Ideally, Sometimes it is water chestnuts. Sometimes frozen
step I know nearly all students skip when looking in getting help out hurricane victims, while having meetings each we need two more professors to lead the trip and six waffles. Chicken nuggets. Pistachios. The list goes on
a pet. It truly saddens me to see some of the living condi- night to discuss the sociological and cultural impact of more students to participate. If many more emerge who and on. Pimentos. Anchovies.
tions students around this campus put their pets into. the tragedy, I would applaud their efforts." want to participate, accommodations can be made to And once I ate a dozen White Castle double cheese-
Dogs seem to be the pet of choice, but dogs are also On Feb. 1, a friend and I made a personal visit to include everyone. burgers. The empty cartons were under my pillow in the
one of the most time and attention-requiring pets. A lot Johnson to discuss the mission trip and the theological To Johnson, I have one reply: it is possible for morning, the car keys lay on the floor with the sales slip
of people pick up a puppy and enjoy its company for a issues involved. Coincidentally, we were representing someone to do a good thing for the wrong reasons. We from the drive-thru, and the car was in the driveway with
few weeks or months, then simply lose interest. After students ofthe exact same religious views and educational are very much delighted that people are going to help the door wide open. A binge eater turned sleep driver.
that the dog finds itself spending most of the time in its pursuits that Johnson referred to in his article. Naturally, with the effort. A good cause, however, is not enough Thank goodness for Google. You do a search on "sleep
cage, or going for hours upon hours without going to the I feel we have been involved. to make us sacrifice our religious beliefs. Good luck on eating" and "therapy" and among the 23,457,863 sites
bathroom, or eating or drinking. Well Jerry, it is true: the anthropology club actually your mission trip. it finds in .85 of a second is a Nocturnal Excess Eating
It seems like many people don't take the time to think is in the process of organizing a 100 percent secular Disorder group where you are not made to feel like a
about just how much work owning a pet is. The post- trip to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This trip Write Mikko atjimi421@yahoo.com. monster just because you have consumed a large quantity
gazette.com reported that every year when students go of Girl Scout cookies during deep slumber.
home for the summer, many of them leave something My N.E.E.D. group met in the undercroft of St. Titus,
behind: their pets. Marietta Daily Journal: in a little room under a big banner that said, "MISTAKES
Nancy. Peterson of the Humane Society said "col- MAKE BETTER ARTISTS OF US ALL AS WE WEAVE
lege students' abandoning pets is a perennial problem."
While I feel rescuing an animal is one of the best things
Politics at King s funeral make for an even sadder day NEW PATTERNS IN THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES."
I plopped myself down in the ring of folding chairs
a person can do, I think students need to ensure that full of weepy people drinking coffee out of Styrofoam
they are ready to be a pet owner before running out and Coretta Scott King was a woman who, perhaps more was slowbecause so many ofthe victims were black While cups, and I was all set to stand up and say, "My name is
picking one up. than anyone else of her generation, embodied class and there's no question that the federal response was not what Gary and I went to a drive-thru in my sleep," and then
If you're thinking about getting a pet, the Humane dignity. it could or should have been, that's equally true if not more the group turned out to be not my group but Anger
Society offers a few questions you should ask yourself So it was sad to see a couple ofpolitical has-beens use her so of the city and state governments in Louisiana: And to Anonymous, a group for parents who have yelled at
first: Why do you want a pet? Do you have time for a funeral as a boorish excuse to call attention to themselves suggest that race had anything to do with the tardiness is their children.
pet? Are you prepared to deal with the special problems at the expense of her memory and accomplishments. an insult — but it's about what Americans have come to Out of politeness, I stuck around and listened to their
a pet can cause? Will you be a responsible pet owner? We're talking, ofcourse, about former President Jimmy expect from the man who used to be known as "America's stories, though I myself have never raised my voice to
Are you prepared to keep and care for the pet for his or Carter and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder with the greatest ex-president." my children or treated them with anything but kindly
her entire lifetime? Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., of the Southern Christian Carter also pointed out that the Kings hadbeen "victims respect.
Stop and truly think about whether or not this is the Leadership Conference. ofsecret government wiretapping." That was a thinly veiled I stood up then and said, "My name is Gary and I
right time to own a pet. Think about everything from The funeral was attended by two other ex-presidents dig at President Bush's domestic wiretapping program, may have eaten too much but I am not an abusive par-
parasite protection to dental care. (George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton) as well as by current which is focused on conversations between U.S. residents ent." Of course they accused me of being in denial, but
Pets can be the best roommates ever, but they require President George W. Bush in addition to Carter. and overseas terrorists. I'm not.
a large amount of responsibility that hundreds of students The ex-president from Georgia was one ofmany speak- So what was President Bush's reaction to being made The way to overcome sleep eating is to face up to
are continuously proving they don't have. ers during the marathon six-hour funeral, and couldn't the butt of such inappropriate remarks last Tuesday? Like the truth about yourself. I did it and so should you.
resist a couple of swipes at Bush. He began with a hint that the gentleman he is, he laughed them off, appropriately Has anyone told you that you could stand to lose a few
Write Brandon at Audil43@hotmail.com. the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina enough. pounds? Well, you could.
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Illinois university editors who decided to Roadside l r-"fin: __
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run disputed Islamic cartoons suspended
from page 1
Assoicated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - Two
editors at the University of Illinois
student-run newspaper were sus-
through the Legislature in 2004 have
been slow to take off.
Georgia's Department of Trans-
portation has erected only two so far
- Harris' and another on U.S. Highway
17 near downtown Savannah in memory
of80-year-oldHelenHeywardofRidge-
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HI
pended for their decision to run a land, S.C., who died along with two
series of cartoons that have sparked other women when an impaired driver
outrage and violence throughout the smashed into their car Nov. 4,2004.
Muslim world. Only eight victims' families, includ- AP Photo/Stephen Morton
Daily Illini Editor-in-chief Acton ing those of Harris and Heyward, have
H. Gorton said on Tuesday the news- requested the memorial markers, ac- Cynthia Hagain, victim services
paper publisher suspended him and coordinator for Mothers Against
cording to the Georgia Crime Victims
the papers opinions sections editor, DrunkDriving in Georgia stands next
Compensation Program, which handles
to Donny Ray Harris Jr.'s memorial
Charles Prochaska, for two weeks the sign applications. sign Feb. 9 on Interstate 16 near
pending the outcome of an internal There are several limiting factors. Statesboro.
investigation. Only those killed by drunken-drivers
"I'm very disappointed. I think since May 13,2004, the date the law was using some form of official marker
this is nothing more than a cover-up," signed, are eligible. The death must have include Texas, California, Florida and
Gorton said. occurred on a state or federal highway. Wyoming.
Managing editor Shira Weissman And the markers go up only after the In Georgia, how well the signs serve
would not comment on the situation courts return a guilty plea or conviction as a warning to passing drivers has so far
Tuesday. A telephone message left with in a crash. taken a back seat to safety concerns.
the newspaper's publisher, Mary Cory, Georgia had 450 drunken-driving The sign in Harris' memory along
AP Photo/Nasser Nasser
was not immediately returned. fatalities in 2004, and state officials 1-16 sits at least 15 feet off the roadside
Egyptian students pray during a demonstration organized by the Muslim Brotherhood group at the campus of
The paper's editorial staff told Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Monday. Thousands of students demonstrated inside the campus next to Al- expect the number of memorial signs and faces parallel to the highway rather
readers in Monday's editions that the Azhar Mosque in Cairo and in the university's branch in Assiut Monday, denouncing cartoon drawings published to increase now that word of the first than toward oncoming traffic - making
decision to run the cartoons was made in several European countries considered by Muslims as an insult to Islam's prophet Muhammad. markers is getting out. it difficult for drivers to see it without
by Gorton and Prochaska without However, not every victim's fam- turning their heads.
their knowledge. lished, first in a Danish newspaper are being significantly affected by its the newspaper's pages and did not ily would want a sign, said Shawanda Georgia DOT spokesman David
While the staff apologized to in September and then by other fallout." object. He also said he continues to Reynolds-Cobb, director of the state Spears said the agency wanted to place
the Muslim community, it stopped European and international papers Gorton and Prochaska ran their stand by the decision to publish the victims' program. the markers where visiting families
short of saying it disagreed with the this month. Depicting the Prophet own editorial Monday, defending cartoons. Roadside memorials to crash victims wouldn't pose a risk to oncoming traffic
decision. Muhammad is forbidden under their decision to reprint the cartoons, The Daily Illini, which is indepen- have become a contentious issue for if they decided to stop to look at it.
"We want to make it clear that while Islamic law. The drawings included and even called "irresponsible" dent of the university, ran six of the 12 states trying to keep public rights ofway Spears fielded a number of calls
we do not necessarily disagree with one showing Muhammad wearing a the decision by major newspapers cartoons first published in September from becoming garish shrines that pose about the program the week after the
the decision to print these cartoons, turban shaped like a bomb. around the country not to publish in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten. In the dangerous distractions to drivers. markers.debuted. And the Georgia
we disagree with how they were run," According to the editorial, Gorton the cartoons. Daily Mini's Feb. 9 edition, it led with Colorado bans homemade memori- chapter of Mothers Against Drunk
the editorial reads. and Prochaska ran the cartoons with- Gorton said on Tuesday that the cartoon that has caused the great- als, offering victims' families nonreli- Driving is trying to contact the families
Violent protests swept the Muslim out consulting the staffor the publisher other editors were in the same room est furor: with the prophet wearing gious state signs instead. Other states of eligible victims.
world after the cartoons were pub- and "behind the backs of those who when the cartoons were laid out on the bomb.
is so that we can set a final high range
Sugar
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The lawmaker who sought the
GRE of the scale and then we will release all
scores promptly," said Fidler.
report retorted that sugar grow- from page 1 Payne said the current scale is in ■
from page 1 ers extract the money directly " The current test is computer adaptive 10 point increments and with the new
top-selling candy corn and from Americans. in that you get the questions based on amount of questions, there needs to
jelly beans, which closed its "And they've done this, not other answers you have already an- be a new scale of results. Payne also
Chicago plant in 2004. Brach's only charging consumers higher swered on the test. Now, it is changing said ETS would need to collect 30,000
kept a manufacturing plant in prices but doing it at the expense toalineartestsothat everyone gets the test scores from across the nation to
Tennessee but also opened one of employers that process food," same questions," said Payne. create a more accurate version of the
in Mexico. said Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. Payne also noted that the new new grading scale.
However, company spokes- "The federal government has item types take longer to answer and Both Payne and Fidler said that
woman Julie Daniels said Tues- mandated that one of the key therefore require more time. while students may be out of luck
day the closure "was based on ingredients cost more in the U.S. While Fidler shared the concern requesting scores immediately, getting
lots of factors and could not than anywhere else." that students could develop test fatigue scores will not take much longer than
be pinned specifically on sugar The government keeps sugar he said most students who take the what you would usually wait. "Stu-
pricing." prices high by limiting imports test will be in the exam mindset and dents should have test scores before
The company pays less in and restricting how much sugar he urged students to remember that December when the programs make
wages, health care and taxes in can be sold domestically. the exam will include breaks so that it decisions," said Payne. "We would like
Mexico, a sugar growers' group The program protects farmers is not four continuous hours. to provide scores quickly but we have
said. The group pointed out and ensures a steady sugar sup- Scoring for the test will change to be able to stand behind the scale."
that manufacturing jobs are ply, but it also means that food dramatically along with the timing Neither Payne nor Fidler would
disappearing across all sectors manufacturers and consumers of the results. ETS is changing the comment on the new cost of the exam
of the economy, not just in food pay more than if there were no grading of the test sharply. While the saying only that the test revision will
and candy. restrictions on imports. standard scale for the GRE is 200-800 cost $20 million and that it has been
"Yet for some reason we al- The price of sugar is cur- the new GRE will include a grading multiyear worldwide effort. Both said
low one tiny sector to single out rently about 34 cents a pound. scaleofl 10-150. ETSis then withhold- that when the newprice is announced,
sugar farmers and use them as The world price is 18.58 cents ing scores from the first three sessions it will be cheaper than others. The cur-
a scapegoat," said Phillip Hayes, a pound, according to the New of the GRE starting in October. "This rent cost of the exam is $115.
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Republican Austin Scott expressed
concern that the proposal is not a
long-term solution.
are endless!
folks, who are hard working, the Democrats called for compassion • Help new students get a good start in college
opportunity to pay back the services for the migrant workers who help drive • Gain valuable leadership experience
they receive but don't pay for right the state's economy. • Earn academic or service credit
now," Rice said. "I can't go to bed at night saying,
• Network with faculty for possible reference letter
Several Republicans warily ques- 'I will not do for the Hispanic com-
tioned the intent and impact of the munity and the Mexicans what was
legislation. done for the Italian community and APPLY ONLINE BY FEBRUARY 17
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Republican and one of three Hispanics looking for a better way of life,"' said
in the Legislature, said the bill would state Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway. He Questions?
be hard to enforce because few il- added, "All I ask is that we live the code Contact Ashley Chambers (912) 681-5401.
legal immigrants would be willing to we tell people we live by."You can also read
