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Students rally over possible budget cuts

By PAIGE VARNERThe Red & Black

“Big cuts won’t help us.”

“I vote and so do my parents.”

“Twelve percent makes more sense.”

These are some phrases students rallying against the millions of dollars in University System of Georgia budget cuts are recommended to use today at the state Capitol.

The USG Students for Quality Education Web site is an information hub for today’s student-led rally at the state Capitol, and its central message is that students should voice their unified opinions about the cuts for fiscal year 2011.

University Student Government Association president Katie Barlow said almost 200 students from the University alone have signed up for the rally.

SGA provided transpor-tation to Hurt Park in Atlanta, where all USG rally participants are meet-ing at 8:30 a.m. to give SGA presidents the opportunity to brief participants on their message before they walk to the Capitol.

SGA presidents will then hold a press confer-ence at 10 a.m. on the Capitol steps.

“We’re basically saying that way too much will be cut and it’s going to hurt

See PROTEST, Page 2

Budget blows softened under Perdue’s plan

By POLINA MARINOVAThe Red & Black

The economic forecast in the Southeast is foggy and uncertain with a chance of additional budget reduc-tions.

Though the millions of dollars in budget cuts to the University System of Georgia are only “a proposal,” many students and faculty are unsure of what the future will bring. According to John Millsaps, spokesman for the Board of Regents, other states in the nation are facing the same reality.

“Every state is having budget difficul-ties,” Millsaps said. “The situation is grim, and states are looking at major reduc-tions of state funding for higher educa-tion.”

The University System of Georgia has been dealing with about $633 million in reductions to date, including a recently projected $300 million in additional cuts.

However, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Gov. Sonny Perdue’s revised budget plan released Thursday would lessen the $300 million additional reduction to $113 mil-lion.

The legislature will work with these numbers and see what sort of state budget it can adopt. Millsaps said once that budget is finalized, the Board of Regents can only then start seriously discussing the amount of

See BUDGET, Page 2

BUDGET CRISIS

FILE PhOTO | The Red & Black

▲ Forwards Trey Thompkins (pictured) and Travis Leslie must decide whether to enter the NBA Draft.

When: Students meet at 8:30 a.m. to prepare for a 10 a.m. press conference.Where: Atlanta’s Hurt ParkWhy: To protest the millions of dollars in proposed budget cuts to the University System of Georgia and present student-supported alternatives.

Rally at the Capitol

As the Georgia men’s bas-ketball team walked off the Bridgestone Arena floor

Friday night with a 78-66 loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament, Georgia hoops fans immediately turned their atten-tion to two looming decisions.

Georgia’s pair of star sopho-more forwards — Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie — have the choice of whether or not to enter the 2010 NBA Draft.

But players weighing the pros and cons of leaving school early for the NBA Draft isn’t familiar territory. There are only three active NBA players who played college ball for the Bulldogs.

But if Thompkins and Leslie

return, Georgia could enter some uncharted waters next season: the top 20 of the rankings, con-tention for an SEC crown and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

You’re probably wondering why I predict a team that isn’t likely to play in the postseason, finished last in its division and went 14-17 on the season could make such a dramatic turnaround in only one season?

Simple: Gerald Robinson’s play at the point position, an SEC league that will lack its normal powerhouse teams and what was an inexperienced 2009-10 roster suddenly becomes arguably the most experienced team in the league in the 2010-11 season.

Head coach Mark Fox said ear-lier this season that if Robinson — a junior who averaged 18 points per game at Tennessee State before transferring to Georgia — was eligible this season, the differ-ence would have been “5-7 more wins.”

With those wins, Georgia would have been in the NCAA

See BBALL, Page 6

Sophomores’ decisions affect future of program

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By MIChAEL FITZPATRICKThe Red & Black

In the Gym Dogs locker room, the tears

were flowing, as seniors Grace Taylor and Lauren Sessler led the way.

It was Senior Day for five Gym Dogs — Taylor, Sessler, Courtney McCool, Marcia Newby and Lauren Johnson — and their last time to compete before the adoring fans of Stegeman Coliseum.

But once the Georgia gymnastics team got to the competition floor, it was all business.

The Gym Dogs had an opponent — N.C. State — to defeat. They routed them 196.800-193.900 Sunday.

“It was a very emotional day, in the locker room,” Sessler said. “There were some tears, and you leave the tears in the locker room because we still have a job to do and we want-ed to embrace and enjoy every moment of it

See SENIORS, Page 6

Gym Dogs get win as seniors go out on top

PhOTOS By KAThERINE POSS | The Red & Black

▲ (Above) Sophomore Kat Ding posted a 9.925 against N.C. State. (Below) The Gym Dogs seniors performed a Courtney McCool-choreographed dance before their senior day.

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NEWS2 | Monday, March 15, 2010 | The Red & Black

By JULIA CARPENTERThe Red & Black

A few months ago, Brad Johnson opened his mailbox to some unwelcome news — a letter from Toyota informed Johnson that his vehicle, a 2006 Tacoma, was being recalled.

“It’s not involved in the accel-erator pedal recall, but it was involved in the floor mat recall,” said Johnson, a junior from Ellijay majoring in math and math education.

Johnson’s Tacoma is one of more than eight million Toyotas involved in the recall.

Last month, Toyota called back several models issued in the last decade — among them the Camry, Prius, Avalon and

Tacoma. The recall related to a faulty floor mat design’s poten-tial interference with the accel-erator pedal.

The floor mat may pull loose and entrap the accelerator pedal, significantly hampering drivers’ control of the car.

“I’ve never had any problems,” Johnson said. “My truck’s pretty good — none with the floor mat. I looked at it, and I didn’t see any reason to take it in.”

According to Toyota’s Web site, Johnson did not act appro-priately. The Web site advises drivers affected by the recall to remove the floor mat until it can be safely restored. Toyota is plan-ning to install a new brake over-ride system in affected vehicles, possibly necessitated by a pro-

spective defect in these models’ central electronic control unit.

Even more models are being recalled for sticky acceleration pedals, and Toyota Motor Corp. is facing intense scrutiny in light of these serious safety allega-tions.

Despite the carmaker’s rec-ommendations, other University students share Johnson’s view on the recalls — they really don’t think it’s a big deal.

Elliott Burdette, a junior biol-ogy major from Hartwell, had a similarly relaxed view of the situa-tion. His 2003 Camry has not been involved in the recall, and he said he would buy from Toyota in the future.

“My car’s just fine,” he said. “My confidence in them hasn’t

shifted at all.” Johnson also stressed that he

has had no serious past problems with his vehicle.

“I would definitely buy from Toyota again,” he said. “Everyone has their problems, and I think they’re taking the right steps.”

Campus Toyota drivers satisfied

KAThERINE Poss | The Red & Black

▲ Although more than eight million late-model Toyotas have been recalled this year, many Toyota owners on campus say they would buy from the company again.

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our priorities: students, jobs, the integrity of our degrees and the competitiveness of getting top-notch students and faculty,” Barlow said.

Sixteen Student Government Association presi-dents, including Barlow, have written a statement saying the budget cuts would adversely affect these priorities.

They recommend that if the Legislature increases tuition to meet budget shortfalls, that it be “modest and justified.” They also suggest the Legislature find other revenue sources.

The SGA presidents were to meet with legislators today, but some appointments were canceled because the Legislature will not be in session.

Passed on Tuesday, HR 1514 states that the General Assembly will be adjourned today, along with four other session days. The representative who wrote the resolution, Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons) is not on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, the body that, along with the Senate subcommittee of the same name, asked the USG to create its budget cut proposal.

“It’s still important that we be there,” Barlow said. “Our physical presence will be the biggest thing.”

Barlow said rally participants can drop off typed versions of what will be said at the press conference at different offices, and she will also deliver the online petition that almost 36,000 Georgia faculty, students and staff have signed.

The most important goal is to open a dialogue with the Legislature that has power to make these budget cuts pass, Barlow said.

“The biggest message will come from a unified front,” she said.

PROTEST: Legislature not in session for rally ➤ From Page 1

budget cuts the University System will experience. “Remember that no one has actually given us that cut,” Millsaps said. “Once the Regents actually have a final budget, they’ll be able to have more of a bal-anced and blended approach with how much money we’ll be able to work with.”

Regardless of whether budget reductions are final-ized, students from various institutions in Georgia will march to the state capitol today to protest.

“One of the things that higher education is sup-posed to be about is to encourage discussion and debate,” Millsaps said. “So we would certainly rather see students active and engaged in participating in the process than not.”

Similar rallies have occurred in Alabama. According to Kellee Reinhart, spokeswoman for the Chancellor of the University of Alabama System and the Board of Trustees, legislators are hearing loud concerns.

March 4 was “Higher Education Day,” and about 2,500 students across the

state marched on the capi-tol building in Montgomery to ask that higher educa-tion be treated fairly in this year’s budget.

Reinhart said the Trustees expect another shortfall this year.

“In the last 18 months, just for our three campuses alone, we’ve been cut about $170 million,” said Reinhart, whose system governs the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, The University of Alabama in Birmingham and The University of Alabama in Huntsville. “On the campuses of Birmingham and Huntsville, we’ve experi-enced layoffs, larger class sizes and just a variety of cutbacks.”

Last year, all three of the campuses experienced approximately a 6 to 8 per-cent tuition increase.

“We certainly anticipate that will be another neces-sary reality for next year,” Reinhart said.

The Board of Trustees will not consider tuition increases until June, so until then, Reinhart said there is only one thing stu-dents and faculty can do — speak up.

“I think that by explain-ing the value of a college education and the return on investment that taxpay-ers get by funding our uni-versities, we have the best

possible chance to let our voices be heard,” she said.

The University System of Florida came out with a flat budget last year and did not face budget cuts because students pushed for a 15 percent tuition increase.

“If it hadn’t been for the students, we would not have come out flat,” said Bill Edmonds, director of com-munications for the Florida Board of Governors. “They deserve tremendous credit for that.”

Florida does not have any proposed cuts at this time, but the legis-lation is still in the very preliminary stages. However, $1 billion to $3 billion of budget reduc-tions are expected in the upcoming year. Edmonds said he considered last year a victory, and because retail sales are up, the state may be slowly recovering.

“We’re trying to be hope-ful without being ridicu-lously naïve,” Edmonds said. “Given what hap-pened last year, we do have reason for hope, and the news on retail sales is cer-tainly good.”

Edmonds said he is con-cerned with what the bud-get prospects for this year are, but he emphasized that laying off professors

should be a last resort. After The University

System of Tennessee faced a $66 million reduction in 2010, tuition increased on all of the campuses and class sizes became larger, so faculty were asked to take on more of a teaching load. However, the first cuts did not come from immediate layoffs.

“One of the first cuts was a five percent pay cut for the president and his vice presidents,” said Elizabeth Davis, media relations coordinator for

the System. “In addition, the vice presidents and pres-ident turned in their University cars.”

But under the University’s budget cut proposal, 1,418 instructors could lose their jobs

“We understand this is causing angst and anxiety among

a lot of groups, and cer-tainly all of us empathize and sympathize with those concerns,” Millsaps said. “But everyone needs to remember that it’s not actually a cut until we find out what the budget will be. The Regents can then respond with a system that tries to preserve the aca-demic mission and pro-grams that we have in place.”

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By ASHLEY STRICKLAND The Red & Black

Armed with the simple yet unpar-alleled athletic fitness of muscle, skin and bone, they charge onto the field every weekend determined to win the battle. And as far as they’re concerned, pads, helmets and block-ing are for a tamer sport.

They are the unsung warriors of UGA Rugby Club, and so far this season, they are beating their oppo-nents soundly.

In its 42nd year, UGA Rugby Club is the oldest club sport at the University. Yet their wins over well-known SEC names like Alabama and Auburn remain unacknowledged, the games largely unattended. For a sport so well-known and celebrated in other countries, the U.S. — and the University — is still slow to catch up with rugby.

Famed for its roughness, rugby isn’t easy on the players. It takes a certain type of person to even try the game, let alone stick with it and play a whole season.

Challenges crop up other places than just the game. More often than not, they set up their own fields, even putting up goal posts with duct tape three hours before a game.

Practices run four times a week, scheduling hours of fitness and con-tact training, game planning and — most importantly — conditioning. It is essential to the 80-minute game that never stops.

“In football, you get tackled and the game stops,” Michael Thompson, a senior team member, said. “In

rugby, you get tackled and the game keeps on going.”

And then there are the injuries. Concussions are so common that they aren’t even considered to be an injury anymore.

But it’s all worth it. Just ask any player on the team and the response is unanimous: “Without a doubt, def-initely.”

“This is honestly so much more satisfying than football could ever be. Ever,” David Conley, a sopho-more team member, said. “Through all the injuries, it’s intoxicating. The best part about the sport itself is the contact. It’s worth every injury you could ever sustain. It takes a hard-willed, hard-working, athletic indi-vidual to do this. It’s very fluid — not as structured as football. If soccer and football had a baby, it’s rugby.”

While it would be easy to say that rugby is “go hard or go home,” it also takes a certain passionate personali-ty to pursue the game. The athleti-cism and brevity of the contact sport are nothing without drive.

“We get guys that have a lot of heart,” Tom Mansfield, a junior from Sydney, Australia, said. “They may not have all the skills or be the best players all the time, but they come out every week. Definitely heart has a lot to do with it.”

Ninety percent of the guys that come out for a first try at UGA rugby know nothing about the sport.

Only the few, the dedicated and the tough return to remain with the team. What awaits them is unique to each person: a vice, a stress reliever, a legacy, a hobby, a pastime or just a

way to make new friends.Perhaps the biggest difference in

rugby versus other sports is the dynamic on and off the field.

“After a rugby game, the home team has a party and hosts the other team,” Thompson said. “When you go up to the other team, you go ‘Dude, you laid the biggest hit on me, that was awesome.’ It’s not like where you just hate each other’s guts. When you’re off the field, every-body’s friends.”

Part of preparing to face off against friends on the other side of the field is mental conditioning.

It begins the night before. The players think about it before they go to sleep. It’s on their minds when they wake up and a subject for con-templation as they drive to the field.

Then, they kit up and it’s game time. Surrounded by teammates, it’s time to create what the lacking crowd fails to provide: energy. They find their individual zones and then connect as a team, pumping each other up to prepare for battle.

The Georgia ruggers have com-pleted their home season and are now advancing to the playoffs. Their biggest game of the year, against top opponent Tennessee, will be played towards the end of March in the rival state. While the time has passed for crowd support this year, the team hopes to feed off of sideline energy next year.

“We’re a real team. We have a pur-pose,” Mansfield said. “If you like watching football, I guarantee you will love watching rugby. It’s more than just a game.”

Rugby team defeats well-known rivals

By DALLAS DUNCANThe Red & Black

The Board of Regents discussed multiple issues at its meetings Tuesday and Wednesday in Atlanta — but there was no men-tion of fiscal year 2011 budget cuts whatsoever.

The Board reviewed graduation and retention rates, health and welfare plan alternatives, infor-mation technology and health care audits and contract renewal notifica-tion. They do not plan on discussing possible bud-get-related changes until next month.

“There would be no reason for it to be on our agenda,” said John Millsaps, spokesman for the Regents.

He said the Georgia General Assembly would have to adopt a state budget before the Board of Regents talked about allocating any funds to universities.

Millsaps said the state budget would allocate money to the Board of Regents, which would then appropriate it to public colleges.

“We will give a lump sum to the institution, and it’s up to the presi-dent [of that institution] to allocate it,” he said. “We say, ‘here’s a total amount, now go manage your institution.’”

Historically, the General Assembly has a state budget approved by late March, and the Board allocates funding during its April meeting, Millsaps said.

The next Regents meeting will be April 20 and 21 in Augusta.

He said university presidents would not nec-essarily have to approve any of their budget cuts with the Regents, unless they dealt with real estate or academic programs.

Despite the lack of dis-cussion regarding the

state budget, the Regents did have a lot to talk about.

Changes to a policy regarding contract renew-al notification were approved Tuesday.

The changes reflect a previous Board action allowing institutions to not provide yearly notice of contract renewals to academic professionals, according to the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.

These academic pro-fessionals include public service professionals and research scientists, tech-nologists, associates and engineers, the agenda states.

John Vanchella, direc-tor of strategic communi-cations for the Board, said the state constitu-tion prohibits contracts longer than one year.

“Faculty are given noti-fication of the institu-tion’s intent to offer a contract for the next aca-demic year,” he told The Red & Black. “This allows for planning course sched-ules.”

Vanchella said there were no plans to change aspects of that system.

Millsaps said the Board of Regents also discussed health and welfare plan alternatives for University System of Georgia employees.

He said the Regents talked about measures such as freezing prices at certain levels and reduced benefits.

With the existing deductible, employees cover 25 percent and the institution takes on 75 percent. The proposed changes would make employees pay 30 percent, which Millsaps said fol-lows a national trend.

“With any changes to the insurance benefits plan, there are some potential savings for the system but also potential costs for employees,” he said.

regents silent about budget during talks

ASHLEY STRICKLAND | The Red & Black

▲ The UGA Rugby Club team, the oldest club sport at the University, has completed its home season for 2010, but it looks for more sideline energy — and new players — for next year.

By MIMI ENSLEYThe Red & Black

Two University employees died over the school’s spring break — one overseas and one in Athens.

University researcher Efrat Gamliel-Atinsky, 39, was killed last Sunday in a car wreck in Israel.

She died along with her mother Esther Gamliel and her children, Noam, 5, and 9-month-old Ya’ari, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

According to the AJC, Gamliel-Atinsky’s car was involved in a four-vehi-cle crash in the Negev desert.

A memorial service will be held today at 7:30 p.m. at the Chabad House on Lumpkin Street, the Athens Banner-Herald reported.

Daniel Patrick Mammola, 27, died Tuesday after sustaining injuries related to a scooter accident near International Drive in Athens.

Mammola, an information technology professional in the University’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, lost control of his scooter Monday, landing on the side-walk, according to Athens-Clarke County Police.

Mammola was a 2007 graduate of the University.

Two employees die in accidents

Reporters charged with underage possession

Two Red & Black report-ers were placed under arrest in North Campus at 2:15 a.m. on March 5.

Crime reporter Jacob Dwaine Demmitt, 19, and sports reporter Christopher John D’Aniello, 19, were arrested and charged with underage possession of alcohol and possession of a fake ID. Demmitt was also charged with public drunk-enness.

Freshman quarterback faces five charges

Zach Mettenberger, one of three quarterbacks com-peting for a starting posi-tion next football season, was placed under arrest at 1:39 a.m. on March 7 at a

bar in Remerton, which is close to Valdosta.

Mettenberger, 18, has been charged with disor-derly conduct, underage possession of alcohol, obstruction and two counts of possession of a fake ID, according to published reports.

Athletic Association rules call for an automatic suspension for 10 percent of games played following alcohol-related arrests.

Traffic stop leads to DUI, drug charges

Whitney Gurtzweiler, 22, was arrested and charged with possession of marijua-

na, DUI and speeding at 9:01 a.m. on March 12 after an officer clocked her trav-eling 63 mph in a 40 mph zone.

According to the Athens-Clarke County Police report, as the officer approached her vehicle, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol. He also noticed Gurtzweiler had bloodshot eyes and was slurring her words.

The arresting officer also saw a pill bottle on the pas-senger side of the vehicle. Inside the pill bottle was a leafy green substance which Gurtzweiler stated was marijuana, according to the report.

After stepping out of her vehicle, Gurtzweiler agreed to be breathalyzed. She blew a .154 and was placed under arrest.

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The article “Proposed budget cut not state’s final call” (March 5) has raised concerns that elimination of the major in fisheries and wildlife is being pro-posed as part of the state budget cuts.

This is not the case. University Council has been asked to consider termination of two old majors: (1) wildlife and (2) fisheries and aquaculture, which were replaced in the fall of 2009 by a new, com-bined major in fisheries and wildlife. The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources has no plans to eliminate this important and thriving academic program.

Sarah Covertassociate Dean

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural

resources

Increase taxes to survive economy

I’m glad University students have taken an interest in an issue vital to their education; however,

I believe a few important points seem to be missing from the current budget discussions.

First, why should we cut funds to make up 30 per-cent of the shortfall, when we only receive 10 percent of the state’s revenue?

Secondly, tax hikes should be considered as a real alternative to slashing education funding.

I understand the impor-tance of fiscal respon-sibility and appreciate Georgia’s reputation as one of the most fiscally responsible states in the country.

However, we are tax-cutting ourselves into oblivion.

Georgia’s universities play an important role in keeping Georgia competi-tive in the global economy.

If we do not have the talent and expertise needed to compete with our Chinese counterparts, no amount of tax benefits will be able to attract busi-nesses to our state.

roCky ColeJunior, atlanta

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On paper, the pro-posed budget cut to higher educa-

tion affects students and educators.

In reality, it threat-ens the entire state of Georgia.

Political accusations and line-item proposals aside, we cannot afford to cut education spending by any level.

Georgia education systems employ nearly 250,000 taxpayers. Undisputed research by public and private insti-tutions emphasize the increase in productivity — meaning income and state-tax revenues — resulting from education.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that high school graduates earn less than 60 percent of college graduates’ earn-ings.

Other figures show a college degree in Georgia increases earnings $14,000 annually.

Economists also have found positive non-market effects of increased educa-tion: higher public health, more charitable contribu-tions, lower crime and more equitable income distribution.

The shared benefit goes beyond dollar signs. The state’s research institutions provide an additional service to our citizens.

Research activities develop human capital as well as advance technol-ogy.

Georgia Tech research-ers lead innovations in solar and biomass energy sources.

The University of Georgia scientists are cur-ing neurodegenerative dis-eases through exclusive research rights to certain stem cell lines.

This research leads to a higher quality of life — not only for research partici-pants but for all citizens. It also reveals to policy-makers the best options in difficult decisions.

It even increases state funds, as revenues from intellectual property return to taxpayers. The integrity of the state’s research enterprise must be preserved.

Higher education bud-get cuts result in a cas-cade effect.

For example, the pro-posed $300 million reduc-

tion: 4,000 lost jobs means 4,000 fewer taxed incomes and 4,000 more citizens — plus their dependents — relying on government assistance.

The reduction also results in at least 10,000 fewer degree earners annually, for a collective decrease of at least $140 million annually per grad-uating class.

Further, the legisla-ture’s requirement reduc-es the state’s research capabilities by hundreds of millions of dollars.

This includes 4-H programs, Fiscal and Learning Disorder Centers, and Area Health Education Centers.

Georgia should now leverage the ailing econo-mies of its sister states to improve its own education system.

Though North Carolina, Texas, California and Michigan schools are suffering, our state must increase the premium on our higher education institutions — especially research institutions — to attract the nation’s brightest scholars.

Cost-cutting and rev-enue-generating alterna-tives have been proposed.

A temporary half-percent sales tax increase would raise an estimated $600 million, according to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

The state has begun cutting or consolidating the technical college sys-tem as another option. Representative Doug McKillip (D-Athens) pro-posed legislation includ-ing an excise increase on tobacco, which could raise State revenues by $400 million.

Viable options exist for any political leaning. Higher education preser-vation and advancement must be the primary goal of the legislature.

Both today and tomor-row depend on it.

— Connor McCarthy is a senior from Mobile, Ala. majoring in international affairs and economics, and is the former presi-dent of SGA

BUDGET CUTS

This morning, college students are flocking to the state capital to protest the proposed budget cuts threatening universities all over the state.

The University would be forced to cut costs — if there was not a tuition hike — in the form of over 1,000 layoffs, the elimination of academ-ic programs and a reduction of operating hours in buildings like the Miller Learning Center and Tate Student Center, to name a few, according to a University proposal.

The cuts also extend far beyond the Athens campus, with the Botanical Gardens and a number of statewide outreach programs possi-bly on the chopping block.

The proposed cuts come in stark contrast to a projected 77 percent increase in tuition, which legislators maintain would be necessary to keep most of the University’s proposed cuts from becoming a reality.

The possibility has triggered a passionate response from students — enough that SGA has organized a rally at the state’s capitol. The editorial board welcomes this active involve-ment in state politics. Regardless of the stu-dents’ ideologies, they are doing the right thing by making their voices heard.

There is no way to lend your voice to a politi-cal dialogue if you are not first willing to thrust yourself into the conversation.

It’s easy to pick up the paper, scoff at a head-line and move on with your day, but desperate times call for stronger measures.

As these students take the debate to Atlanta, they are just the latest in a long history of stu-dent activists — the most visible of which were the students who spearheaded campus pro-tests against the Vietnam War. Lives won’t be lost to the budget, but lives will be irreparably changed.

The youth are often said to be the future of America. What does it say about the future of our country when we develop the habit of turn-ing a blind eye toward the issues that affect us the most? We are glad these students decided to make a different choice.

The University does not lack opportuni-ties for students to become involved. The University’s SGA has taken a leadership role in garnering student opposition to the proposed budget cuts and any number of other clubs and groups dot the campus, ready and eager to accept any student willing to devote time toward various causes.

College is the right time to become a part of something bigger than yourself. What are you waiting for?

— Patrick Hooper for the editorial board

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Opinions

They swarm in every visible direction. Frenzied beasts

with gnashing teeth and an appetite for blood flail about with reckless intent.

A thunderous din arises from their throats, but the only language they can speak consists of manically infuriated babblings. Am I reading from the latest zombie apocalypse screenplay?

No, this was the reac-tion to the announce-ment from University officials that UGA must cut another $60 million from its budget. The threat of staff layoffs, tuition increases — up to 77 percent — and deductions in programs and services has incited vehement protest.

On a separate note, I have already pitched the script for “Dawn of the Whiny College Student with Massive Sense of Entitlement” to a num-ber of movie studios. Universal is considering it. Warner Brothers is considering it. Disney said no.

The rabid mob needs a reality check. Money is finite. It doesn’t grow on trees. It doesn’t spring from a fountain. It doesn’t float around in the sky.

We can’t slay a dragon and raid its cave for a gleaming horde of trea-sure.

I’m pretty sure if we approached Johnny Depp and demanded that he take us to the pile of cursed Aztec gold at Isla de Muerta, he’d just slam the door in our faces.

The sputtering econ-omy has been discussed ad nauseam. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that many insti-tutions have been left in a dismal place with very difficult decisions to make.

Cutting the budget is always the last resort, but it is the only option available now.

Yes, I’m sure University officials have already ruled out catch-ing a leprechaun and forcing him to surrender his pot of gold.

The resources needed to educate students require money — astro-nomical amounts.

When that money goes away, so must the resources. It’s not really that hard of an equation. Pleading and ranting can’t bring resources back. Only money can.

By entering college, we agreed that we will one day accept the responsibility to foster a more prosperous world. The day to take on that burden has come.

The school has done its best to shield us from harsh realities, but now it’s time for us to start bearing the consequenc-es — no matter how grave — of our troubled times.

We cannot be so pompous as to believe our needs must be placed above all else. I often hear students bemoaning how baby boomers will have depleted Social Security by the time our genera-tion retires.

How ironic it is now that students are the ones demanding more taxpayer money.

What gives us the right to feel entitled to money in such a stingy era?

In truth, helping a frail, aging person who lacks the strength to work pay for medication is much more impor-tant than preserving our school’s intramural squash league.

It may be pos-sible that more efficient spending and clever reallocation of funds can alleviate our plight, but the school will still have much to sacrifice.

We, as functioning, contributory members of society, must sacrifice alongside society.

Gone are the days when we could merely insulate ourselves in an ivory tower.

If we want to see a brighter tomorrow, we must weather the storm too.

—Michael Yu is a senior from Houston, Texas, majoring in newspapers

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▲ Formed in 2006, Spring Tigers formed when two friends recruited other musicians for a one-time show. They head to SXSW this week.

By MATT EVANSThe Red & Black

Ask any Athens musi-cian about breaking into the local music scene and they’re sure to say that, when first starting out, getting booked never comes easy.

In the case of the Athens-based Spring Tigers, the group formed when guitarist/vocalist Kris Barratt readily agreed to open for a friend at a show just weeks away without having a band of his own, let alone a setlist.

“You see, I had agreed to do this without really knowing whether I would be able to come through,” Barratt said.

“One night when I was at GO Bar, I talked to a guy I knew that worked there about playing the show with me, and between the two of us we were able to find more people and form a band to play the show.”

During the five days leading up to the show, the group of newly-acquainted musicians frantically

rehearsed a set of songs and then went on to per-form them, earning a bet-ter than expected response from the audi-ence.

After the show, the group had no intention of pursuing anything further and stopped playing alto-gether until one of Barratt’s friends at Flagpole convinced him to start the band back up.

In the company of Shane Davis and Stephen James, both of whom played at the first show, Barratt went on to find a new rhythm section: drum-mer Chase Prince and bassist Eli Bernard. Thus the Spring Tigers formed in 2006.

Now, four years later, The Spring Tigers are signed to the indie label Bright Antenna Records,

which Barratt attributes to their being able to “make professional sound-ing recordings in a studio,” otherwise too expensive, as well as do more unique things like “release the album on vinyl.”

Just recently, the single “New Improved Formula” was featured on MTV dur-ing an episode of “The Real World: Washington D.C.,” exposing Spring Tigers to a worldwide audience, which Barratt claims “is a great new way for smaller artists like our-selves to quickly gain pop-ularity.”

Tonight, Spring Tigers will perform alongside Venice Is Sinking at their final performance before heading to this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, where they are slated to perform at three events, including two label shows and the 40 Watt party.

We just got a great British agent,” Barratt said. “The next step for us is to release the album in the UK and then travel overseas on a tour to pro-mote it.”

Spring Tigers pounce on UK

Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton receives praise for his imaginative constructions, but if you analyze his work on adaptations of clas-sic children-oriented escapism, whimsi-cal surrealism bears a ball and chain. Burton’s artistic liberties restricts the infinite depth of the human imagination.

Unfortunately, Burton is like a magi-cian who reveals his tricks; he takes away the mystery and tries to give everything a rational reason.

What was originally a fun-spirited look at a world free of all laws of reality and science may now be remembered as a lesson of morals in the battle of good against evil. Archetypes like this take away the magic of a child’s imagination.

The secret agendas of “Alice in Wonderland” include revolution of politi-cal tyranny, oppressive behavior as a result of self-consciousness and warfare in a passive society accepted as last resort in maintaining peace.

In the original Lewis Carroll story, Alice happened to fall into the rabbit hole and encounter talking animals by chance. Burton created a nice little back-story set in Victorian England to push his most prominent theme: refrain from conformity and achieve your goals.

Alice escapes from aristocratic haughtiness and an arranged marriage by following the cute pocket watch-car-

rying rabbit down a bottomless pit. Her adventure is not an exploration into the unknown but rather an enlightening of her subconscious. The rest of the movie is an ambiguous quest to overthrow the Red Queen and return the throne to the good queen.

Anne Hathaway plays the noble queen and Helena Bonham Carter plays the evil sister. Hathaway’s daintiness, however, seems annoyingly similar to the English refinement Alice escaped from at the beginning of the film, and that’s not the only paradox in the movie.

Burton could take a lesson from R.L. Stine on how to make dark material appeal to children because when you read an R.L. Stine novel, every page accrues into a consistent purpose. Burton instead zigzags between child and adult fanfare, and while most films find a balance of the two or secretly embed adult comedy, “Alice in Wonderland” doesn’t hide the older-ori-ented content successfully enough for children to overlook.

Verdict: Burton gets some brownie points for thinking up a creative back story, but the movie sways too much between mimicking and dishonoring the original story. The end result is a less memorable film than the classic trippy animated version.

— Michael Prochaska

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The meet wasn’t the cleanest by any stretch, as Georgia suffered four falls — two on the balance beam — and lost sophomore Gina Nuccio to a knee injury after the first rotation.

But the Gym Dogs (6-5), overcame a disappointing

loss to Michigan Friday, and the seniors went out on top in their last home meet.

“We were sloppy in Michigan, and they bounced back and in three events put together a great competition,” Georgia head coach Jay Clark said. “We landed better tonight, but there was some mental fatigue, but that’s good for them to have to push

through that because it doesn’t get any easier from here.”

After a sloppy beam rotation, a once command-ing Gym Dogs lead over an unranked Wolfpack squad (10-5) dwindled to 0.400 points.

Then came the final rotation.

As the Wolfpack self-de-structed on the balance beam, the Gym Dogs fed

off the fans, as four gym-nasts — Kat Ding, Hilary Mauro, Taylor and McCool — scored 9.900 or better on the floor. But it was McCool’s performance that electrified the crowd. In her final performance ever in Athens, she unleashed her best floor exercise of the season, earning a near-perfect 9.975 and nearly bringing the house down.

“I got to floor and I just let go,” she said. “Those moments mean so much, and to have my mom there was amazing. I’m gonna miss Stegeman, and it was a great moment to be able to thank the fans.”

Befitting the occasion, senior Sessler led off the vault rotation and scored a season-high 9.800. Sophomore Kat Ding’s 9.925 and junior Hilary Mauro’s 9.900 led Georgia in the rotation.

Ding continued her suc-cess on the uneven bars where she earned a near-perfect 9.975, followed closely by senior Marcia Newby’s 9.925. But like the vault, the apparatus was not without mistakes, as senior Courtney McCool fell and the team was deducted 0.100 for compet-ing out of order. Despite that, the Gym Dogs lead the Wolfpack 98.600-97.650 after two rotations.

The sloppiness contin-ued on the balance beam, where Georgia had its sec-ond-worst performance of the year. The Gym Dogs counted a fall as both junior Cassidy McComb and freshman Noel Couch fell. The shakiness spread throughout the lineup as senior stalwarts Grace Taylor (9.825) and McCool (9.800) both had uncharac-teristically average scores. Freshman Christa Tanella and Mauro paced the Dogs, each posting a 9.850.

“When you spend an hour crying it does some-thing to your body, and I was very slow in warm-ups,” Taylor said. “Thankfully that’s not how its going to be the rest of the season. No more tears. Now its business.”

Georgia is off this week but will go to Jacksonville, Fla., for the SEC Championships March 27.

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tournament this season. And for a team that lost seven games on the final possession, that claim doesn’t seem farfetched. Robinson is the quick, pene-trating combo guard that Georgia desperately needs to break through zone defenses, defend opposing guards, create opportunities on the offensive end of the court and take pressure off sophomore guard Dustin Ware in breaking full-court presses.

Of the eight members on the All-SEC first team, four were seniors. It’d be shocking if Kentucky’s star trio of Patrick Patterson, John Wall and Demarcus Cousins didn’t declare for this year’s NBA draft and cash in on a big pay day.

Thompkins is the lone first-teamer expected to return for his junior season and would have to be the prohibitive favorite for conference Player of the Year.

With Thompkins and Leslie’s names are on Georgia’s roster next year, 80 percent of the Bulldogs’ scoring returns, along with four of five starters, all of whom will be upperclassmen. Suddenly, the inexperi-ence Fox frequently lamented this season — which often bit them on the road — turns into one of Georgia’s biggest strengths next season.

But none of that matters if Thompkins and Leslie decide to shorten their stay in Athens.

Fox told the Macon Telegraph’s David Hale after the loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament that he will “find out what the pro people say.” Fox will meet with the two to discuss their possible life-changing decisions.

If those decisions come out favorably for Fox and the Georgia basketball program, the first-year head coach could have the Bulldogs back in the big dance and in contention for an SEC crown sooner than any-one could have imagined.

If not, the foundation built this season will largely depart along with Thompkins and Leslie, and the Bulldogs would again look like a team destined for the conference cellar.

— Nick Parker is a sportswriter for The Red & Black

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