By CAROLYN CRISTTHE RED & BLACK

Sexual harassment is on the minds and lips of the University com-munity once again.

Two years after The Red & Black revealed several ongoing cases of professors sexually harassing stu-dents on campus, a University Council committee is calling for an independent evaluation of how alle-gations are now being addressed.

The Student Affairs Committee proposed the creation of a new panel — composed of one faculty, one staff, one undergraduate student, one graduate student and two outside professionals who have dealt with such cases — to evaluate how allega-tions were handled by the ombud-spersons and Equal Opportunity Office since October 2008.

“Remember the campus was rocked by a series of sexual harass-ment allegations two years ago,” Susan Thomas, Student Affairs Committee chair, said to the execu-tive committee when presenting the proposal on March 4. “We want this committee to look at the new proce-dures, do an independent evaluation and make sure concerns are being addressed.”

The proposal passed the execu-tive committee on March 4 and the University Council on March 18. Questions still remain, however, about how the committee will oper-ate, how it will collect data and how the two outside members will be contacted to be a part of the group.

NDAH cases since 2008

After several cases of sexual harassment came to light during the 2008 spring semester, University president Michael Adams announced the creation of an ombudspersons office and a change in how harass-ment cases are addressed at the University.

Since October 2008, eight University employees were found in violation of the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment policy, accord-ing to documents obtained by The Red & Black. All employees were addressed with similar form letters and asked to acknowledge receipt of the letter by signing and returning a copy to the EOO.

In one case, professor Marco Pacioni of the UGA Cortona Program was accused of sexual harassment by a student.

“Your conduct involving the Complainant when viewed in its entirety was very inappropriate and reflected extremely poor judgment. Behavior of this kind is antithetical

to the collegial and professional learning environment that UGA expects for all members of the UGA community,” wrote Steve Shi, direc-tor of the EOO. “Furthermore, it is the clear policy and expectation that incidents like this of sexual harass-ment, especially where, as here, it involves a member of the faculty and a student, are considered very seri-ous violations of the NDAH Policy, warranting commensurate sanctions or other corrective measures.”

Pacioni was suspended for three days without pay, had to obtain sex-ual harassment training within three months, refrain from further contact with the student and refrain from similar harassment contact with any other member of the

See NDAH, Page 2

27 of the reports — 36 percent — involved the Non-Discrimination and

Anti-Harassment policy, with complaints regarding sexual harassment and discrimination.

6 people — one faculty, one staff, one undergraduate student, one graduate

student and two outside professionals who have handled harassment cases — will review this fall how sexual harassment is addressed at the University.

8 University employees were found in violation of the NDAH policy since October

2008. Three separate cases involved sexual harassment, and the others were building services co-workers engaged in accusations of discrimination.

2 years after the ombudspersons office was established, the President’s

Office will decide this fall any changes to make to the NDAH policy and how the ombudspersons will operate in the future.

13 students reported complaints, five of which concerned academics

and three of which concerned faculty/staff conduct.

74 reports to the three ombudspersons between September 2008 and

September 2009, most of which involved complaints about faculty/staff conduct, workplace issues, student conduct and student academics.

By NICK PARKERTHE RED & BLACK

Count one quarter-back out of the race to start under center — at least for the season opener.

That’s because red-shirt freshman Zach Mettenberger’s arrest March 7 will likely have him sidelined for the sea-son opener, according to head coach Mark Richt.

“I’m pretty certain it’s going to be a one-game suspension and all the other internal things that we do that he’s in the process of doing right now” he’ll continue doing, Richt said of

Mettenberger. “It could change, but I think it’s doubtful that it would change from that.”

However, Richt is waiting to finalize the suspension until he sees if another police report comes in besides the ini-tial one, which he said is often the case.

Offensive tackle moves to nose tackle

As soon as defensive coordinator Todd Grantham brought in his 3-4 scheme, Richt said the staff began discuss-ing the move of offensive tackle Justin Anderson the nose tackle position

on defense.Richt confirmed the

move Tuesday, and Anderson has in fact moved to defense, although he hasn’t been able to practice this spring due to a shoulder injury.

“[Anderson] is injured, that’s the bad part,” Richt said. “So we’re not going to be able to really see him do what we need to see, but he’s going to be there to at least learn the termi-nology and learn the position.”

Richt said he believes

the move fits Anderson well and says it is one that Anderson has expressed excitement about.

“He’s big, strong, quick, powerful and, in this scheme, he’s the type of body that we think can help us at that nose position,” Richt said.

With Kwame Geathers as the only true nose tackle before the move of Anderson, the dearth in depth at nose tackle contributed to the move, as Deangelo Tyson, Abry Jones and Brandon Wood

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By ALISON LOUGHMANTHE RED & BLACK

President Obama signed into law Tuesday the health care bill he fought for since enter-ing office in 2008, but some students may have missed what the bill means to them amidst the flurry of party politics.

The provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act allowing people to stay on their par-ents’ insurance until age 26 will most immediately affect students on the brink of graduation in a shaky econo-my.

“Most young people are very healthy, and they may not think they need health insurance because they are in good health,” said Phaedra Corso, head of the department of health policy and man-agement in the college of public health. “But the truth is, catastrophic events happen all

the time, and this will allow students to main-tain coverage while they’re searching for their first jobs.”

After a flurry of debate late Sunday night, the House of Representatives also approved non-health related provisions shifting all fed-

eral student lending to direct federal loans, increasing the maximum amounts of Pell grants and providing money for community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

The bill particularly addresses stu-dents entering the medical profession, with loan forgiveness programs for pri-mary care doctors in rural and urban areas and for nurses who agree to teach at understaffed accredited nursing schools. These provisions are intended to assuage the fears of students wor-

ried that the

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NDAH: President’s Office to review policy, allegationsFrom Page 1

University community.In a second case, Philipus Pangloli, a professor in the

Department of Food Science and Technology, was found in violation after making sexual and racial comments toward one of his student laboratory assistants. His sanctions were similar to Pacioni’s but included a five-day suspension without pay.

In another case, WNEG-TV employee Jeff Massey was found in violation for harassing a co-worker. Massey also received a five-day suspension without pay.

In yet another case, Food Services worker James Nichols was suspended for five days without pay after harassing two female co-workers.

“The type of conduct that was determined to have violated the NDAH Policy in these two cases will not be tolerated. Such conduct includes actions that you appar-ently regard as flirtatious or otherwise acceptable such as communications (both verbal and non-verbal) that have ‘double meanings’ or otherwise can be interpreted as sexual, whether directly or indirectly,” Shi wrote with underlined font as an additional paragraph not seen in any of the other form letters.

“You are hereby directed to limit your communica-tions while working at UGA, especially when involving female employees or other members of the UGA com-munity, to those required for your duties.”

In the fifth case, six building service workers were entangled in one situation involving “discriminating comments relating to race,” and Shi recommended that some of them should be fired after falsely accusing fel-low employees of harassment and using the NDAH poli-cy as retaliation.

One worker was accused of expressing “her dislike for African-Americans to several of her co-workers on sev-eral occasions,” and Shi imposed a “sanction of a formal caution that Respondent should exercise care and good judgment in all future interactions with her co-workers.” He indicated that further “disruptive behavior” could involve more disciplinary action and even termination of employment.

Shi later found she encouraged other employees to falsely accuse a co-worker of violating the NDAH policy. For one employee, Shi wrote, “Due primarily to her wrongful and premeditated actions and those of her co-conspirators, a substantial injustice occurred that seri-ously impacted [the co-worker] and also wasted a sig-nificant amount of UGA resources.”

He recommended termination of employment, but suspended her firing for one year if she fulfilled certain guidelines, which included a suspension without pay for five days, an apology to the co-worker and an effort to improve “her ability to speak and write English” within the next year.

Shi recommended another worker “should be termi-nated from her employment at UGA as soon as possi-ble.”

Steven Marcotte, custodial services superintendent for residence halls, declined to comment about whether the employees were fired or how he followed the EOO recommendations to punish the six employees.

“I follow the mandates of the University as an employ-ee,” he said. “It sounds simplistic, but I’m mandated to pass the recommendations along. But I don’t prefer to talk about personnel issues or the details.”

Ombudspersons keep no records

The new evaluation committee will first look at the ombudspersons office and how it handles complaints. The office was created with three ombudspersons — one for staff, one for faculty and one for students — who act as a neutral party between the University and complain-ants and direct them where to go to formally resolve concerns.

Shay Little, ombudsperson for students and a direc-tor of administrative operations for Housing, said most students call or e-mail her, but a few come to her office with concerns.

“First off, I explain who I am, what I do and what my role is,” she said. “I don’t want any confused expecta-tions. I listen long enough to get them to the next step. It’s not my role to take formal University action, and I don’t want them to feel like they have to share their whole story with me and then tell someone else, too.”

If Little recognizes issues may involve the NDAH policy, she immediately refers the student to EOO, which investigates the allegation and finds a resolution.

“I facilitate the process to get them to the next step. I try to follow up and touch base and make sure they got where they need to go,” she said. “Sometimes I hear back.”

Once Little addresses the case at hand, she destroys her notes and doesn’t keep any in her office.

Anne Dupre, ombudsperson for faculty, and Kathryn Chetney, ombudsperson for staff, both declined to com-ment about their job responsibilities for this article.

Only two documents have been sent from the ombud-spersons office to EOO — one in which a student com-plained about a professor’s teaching style and another in which a staff member complained about how a job was posted by Human Resources.

“I don’t have any legal protection, and I want to keep what they tell me confident,” Little said. “There aren’t any records detailing any situation so I can protect that confidentiality. But if I know of an NDAH violation, I have to report it.”

When Little first started the ombudsperson process, she thought the largest number of complaints would be related to the NDAH policy but has addressed few cases.

“I’ve experienced a broad range of questions,” she said. “Many students are unhappy with the bureaucratic processes — advising, the judicial process, the academic honesty policy.”

The ombudspersons produced a report in September that tallied what types of cases they had seen during the past year but didn’t give any details.

According to the ombudspersons report, 13 students made complaints, including five concerning academic issues and three involving the conduct of faculty or staff.

The report stated there were 57 reports made by fac-ulty and staff, with 34 as workplace/employment-related issues. Fifteen staff complaints cited faculty/staff con-duct.

“The idea of the report is to present trends that would warrant University attention,” Shi said. “We don’t identify cases there because confidentiality is a big part of the ombudsperson program. We have to be able to assure people they can come forward, so the ombuds may not keep names and destroy paperwork after

there’s a resolution.”In October, the President’s Office will formally review

the first two years of the ombudspersons program to determine any changes that should be made. Adams hasn’t indicated what he will look for during his evalua-tion, but Shi told the University Council on March 18 that plans are in place to review the entire NDAH policy, not just for sexual harassment.

“Most things that go to the ombudspersons don’t involve discrimination but more a frustration with the system generically,” Shi said. “There’s a bureaucracy, and this office tries to humanize and provide a person rather than a Web site to direct them to resources … especially for students who at first don’t know where to go.”

Shi said he would recommend for the ombudspersons office to be continued, but doesn’t know what changes may occur.

“It’s not my call, but at some point President Adams may decide to consolidate the office or do something different,” he said. “There are lots of different ways these programs are done, and I think that will be part of the ongoing process.”

Shi also would make “appropriate recommendations” to further publicize the office.

“For students, we refer to it in orientation, but pub-licity is budget-driven and very much an issue,” he said. “If not, we’d have billboards all over Athens. Also, stu-dents are so bombarded with information, it’s hard to know exactly how — Web or otherwise — to get the word out.”

Moving forward

Now that the University Council approved the pro-posal, the executive committee will appoint and create the sexual harassment review group this summer.

Thomas said she hopes the group will begin evalua-tion in fall and produce results by spring. Although many questions remain, members of the executive com-mittee were eager to pitch in ideas.

“You can create a Web site and ask the UGA commu-nity how the ombuds are helping them,” said Irwin Bernstein, a psychology professor and executive com-mittee member. “Give an open period for comment.”

Adrian Childs, executive committee chair who will likely help create the group, reminded everyone they should seek external advice as well.

“Make sure to get outside eyes,” he said. “Ombudsperson programs at some campuses are very independently powerful and helpful for advice.”

The executive committee plans to stick as close to the ideas of the Student Affairs Committee as possible, which originated from a few student complaints.

“[Thomas] received a couple of different complaints about the problems throughout the past few years,” said Troy Smith, Graduate Student Association representa-tive for the committee. “We don’t necessarily believe there is a problem by any means, but want to make sure it’s working efficiently and effectively.”

The committee found it important to do a policy review from the University Council perspective.

“We didn’t decide a lot of details but wanted a group that wasn’t all internal staff and faculty. We like the idea of including professionals to make sure the assessment is objective and comprehensive,” Smith said. “After what happened two years ago, we want to make sure that it doesn’t have the ability to happen again.”

Steve Shi, director of the Equal Opportunity Office, reprimands Food Services worker James Nichols for harassing female co-workers.

Multitude of firearms found near campus

Though gun laws ban firearms on campus, the police recovery of 29 illegal weapons last Thursday shows you don’t have to travel far to find a gun.

According to an Athens-Clarke County Police report, shotguns, rifles, handguns, various ammunition, brass knuck-les and a fake Tennessee ID — with a total value of $9,801 — were seized. The weapons were taken from an apartment located at 105 Chateau Terrace, which is less than five miles from campus.

No one has been charged yet, but police are looking at two male juve-niles, ages 16 and 17, for the charge of possession of pistols under the age of 18.

Despite the gun bust’s proximity to campus, University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said he doesn’t believe students should be getting worried. “It’s not the guns that’s the problem,” Williamson said. “It’s the people with the guns. There’s nothing to indicate these individu-als had any ill will or mali-cious intent towards cam-pus. When you look at campus shootings, it’s usu-ally people that attend that campus. I think all of us want to be careful, but I don’t want to jump to assumptions of what peo-ple may or may not do.”

Three car break-ins reported in 27 minutes

According to University Police reports, three car break ins were reported within close proximity to each other in the Lipscomb Hall and Legion Pool parking lots between 12 p.m. and 12:27 p.m. on March 21. Stereo equip-ment with a total value of $950 was reported stolen from the vehicles. Although police have not determined if the burglar-ies are related, given their proximity and the time frame in which they all occurred, investigators believe there may be a link.

“We haven’t determined anything definitely,” University Police Lt. Eric Dellinger said. “It appears they may be related, but we will investigate all avenues.” These break ins have served as an eye-opener for some students.

“It’s definitely unset-tling because I always thought my car would be safe there,” said Patrick Robbins, a student from Atlanta who regularly parks in the Legion Pool lot. “It seems like there was usually a UGA police car parked at the front which makes me feel bet-ter about parking there. I guess I’ll just have to be careful about always lock-ing my doors now.”

Police said they work hard to try to prevent these kinds of burglaries.

“They aren’t unusual,” Dellinger said. “It does happen from time to time but we’ve put a lot of effort into preventative patrols.”

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By ADAM CARLSONTHE RED & BLACK

Drew Dixon knew even before he graduated that he wasn’t leaving Athens.

Magazines degree or no mag-azines degree, he was going to continue his music career in the Classic City. It’s where he’s been playing for the last four years, where he’s made all of his con-tacts. It’s also where he learned what kind of musician he wanted to be.

Now, Dixon is a self-described blend of genres: blues, soul and roots music.

“When you come to college, your mind just gets blown,” he said. “Somewhere along the way, [my music] turned bluesy.”

That opportunity for expo-sure to new music was a big fac-tor in his coming to school here. Raised a few miles from the University of South Carolina, Dixon set his sights on Athens after realizing its music scene was too good to pass up for a

would-be musician.As soon as he got here, he set

to work opening shows and writ-ing material.

In the four years since, the guy whose first song was a “bla-tant Green Day rip-off” has evolved a sound that owes as much to literature as to his heri-tage.

Musically, Dixon grew up in the church. His mother was in the choir when he was a child. When he entered middle school, Dixon joined the school’s musi-cal productions. It didn’t hurt, either, that his father had a beat-up old guitar always lying around.

There was always music in his life, and he was always certain he wanted to be a musician.

“The passion, that’s all I ever really been about,” he said.

His influences are unique in one other way as well. As a vora-cious reader and Grady gradu-ate, Dixon is frequently inspired by the written word.

There have been times read-ing passages from Robert Penn Warren’s “All the King’s Men,” or the latest work from Dave Eggers, where a particular phrase will jump out and strike

him.“You’re in a setting and it gets

your mind in that mode,” he said.

Reading as much as he does has also given him insight into new and vivid ways of describing a scene or telling a story in his music.

Taught to embrace freedom of structure in his magazine-writing classes, Dixon integrates what he reads and what he’s learned in ever-changing ways.

“It’s always great to keep writing different styles of songs,” he said. “You want to make sure what you do isn’t contrived, that it’s genuine.”

Though his journalism degree has so far taken a backseat to his music, Dixon has taken away an even shrewder lesson from his University education: how to navigate through the music busi-ness.

With the help of Keith Perissi, program coordinator of the cer-tificate in music business, Dixon expanded his network of con-tacts over his years playing in Athens. When he decided to begin traveling around the Southeast eight months ago, Perissi was the one who helped

him book gigs from Nashville to Columbia.

It was also on the advice of Perissi that Dixon was able to record a four-song EP for free when he performed on “It’s Friday!”

So, in December when Dixon graduated, the odd decision to not leave seemed instead like the obvious one.

“This is a great place to con-tinue to build on the base I’ve

built here,” he said. “There aren’t that many people here that play the blues.”

All practical considerations aside, the thrill of performing continues to bring him back, night after night.

“It’s that feeling you get dur-ing a show,” he said. “It’s that emotion that comes with writing a song and playing it and being like, ‘Yeah, that’s what I was try-ing to say.’”

Fans keep alumnus in Athens

EMILY KAROL | The Red & Black

Drew Dixon began traveling around the Southeast eight months ago to promote his blues, soul and roots music. He chose to stay with his fans in Athens after graduation.

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lucrative medical industry would be crippled by the new legislation.

Dr. Richard Schuster, a physician and pro-fessor of health policy and management, said those looking to go into medicine do not have such reason to fear.

“I don’t think that anyone should select a career in medicine to get rich,” he said. “There are better ways to make money. Physicians will continue to make a good income, and spe-cifically with this system that’s been enacted, there is no strong evidence that it will have a major impact on that income.”

According to Liz Rachun, health communi-cations coordinator for the University’s Health Center, the new bill will allow most college health care plans to remain unchanged.

One of the most controversial parts of the bill remains the government-mandated requirement that every American be covered by some form of health insurance, a provision opponents of the bill say is an infringement on personal freedoms and a step toward big gov-

ernment.“I don’t want to get called a socialist. It’s

for the collective good of the nation,” said Bobby Andres, president of Young Democrats. “To lower costs, to bring things under control, everyone needs to be covered. The most effec-tive way to do that is to have it mandated that you buy coverage.”

Andres compared the health insurance mandate with requirements for car insurance.

“You have to have car insurance in case you get into an accident so you can pay to fix the other car,” Andres said. “On the same token, they are requiring you to have health insur-ance.”

When a person is injured without insur-ance, other patients end up footing the bill through hospital fees, Andres said.

Kristin Moreaux, chairman of the University’s College Republicans, used a simi-lar analogy to different effect.

“If someone hits you in a car and they don’t have insurance, who’s paying for your car?” Moreaux said. “If you found out you have can-cer, God forbid, it only affects you. You can’t

cause someone else to have an illness and not pay for them.”

The Republican electorate has rallied against health care reform, and Moreaux said she does not see political activism fading.

She said she thinks disappointed constitu-ents will be more careful with who they vote for in the future.

“They will intelligently vote in election cycles and start paying more attention,” she said. “Political activity like we’ve seen with the tea party has shifted from the party elite to the people affected, which in this case is every American.”

Andres and Moreaux cited job creation and the economy as the issues that will gain atten-tion in Washington after this fight winds down, also mentioning Afghanistan, immigration rights and the environment.

The bill’s effects on the Democratic and Republican parties are yet to be seen.

“People keep talking about how this will affect the elections in the fall,” Andres said. “This is March and the elections are in November — that is an eternity for politics.”

HEALTH: University’s plan will remain unchanged

By CRISSINDA PONDERTHE RED & BLACK

Today, Tate Plaza will host a smorgasbord of animal and envi-romentally friendly food.

Twenty-five years ago, a national observance was created to celebrate the benefits of vege-tarian living. Now the “world’s largest grassroots diet education campaign” — according to Meatout.org — The Great American Meatout challenges people to explore the possibility of cutting meat out of their diets.

The University’s animal advo-cacy student organization Speak Out for Species takes on the responsibility of arranging a local representation of the annual international celebration on cam-pus every year.

SOS will have tables set up in Tate Plaza with educational infor-mation about how to switch to a vegetarian diet and pamphlets about factory farming and the meat industry. There will also be

vegan and vegetarian snacks to try.

“We’re going to be handing out a lot of food samples, about $1,000 worth,” said Claire Rice, a second-year veterinary student from Decatur and SOS social coordinator. “We’re basically encouraging people to come out and get a taste of what a vegetar-ian diet can be.”

The organization will also have several other stations for passers-by to visit.

“We will have a ‘veg pledge,’ where people can pledge to give up meat anywhere from one meal a week to giving up meat for months or years,” said Suzie Fatkin, a student in the Master of Arts in Nonprofit Organizations,

Development and Management program in the School of Social Work and SOS co-president. “We will also have a station informing people about our campaign for more vegan options in the dining halls.”

At that station, students will be able to submit letters about their experience with vegan and vegetarian options in the dining halls to the director of food ser-vices, J. Michael Floyd.

Rice said there are several advantages to vegetarian living, including environmental and health benefits.

“Vegetarian living is more com-passionate toward animals,” Rice said. “The factory farming system is not environmentally friendly, and it’s inhumane.”

After the Meatout, SOS will be screening “Food, Inc.,” an Oscar-nominated film about food pro-duction.

“‘Food, Inc.’ exposes how our food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that

often put profit ahead of consum-er health, animal welfare, the live-lihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment,” Fatkin said.

Generating a plant-based diet may seem difficult; however SOS works to dispel that notion.

“Being a vegetarian is easier than most may think,” Rice said.

SOS hopes the event will raise awareness about how easy it is to choose compassionate vegan alternatives.

“SOS is trying to expose stu-dents to vegan fare in a celebra-tory, non-judgmental way,” Fatkin said. “We want students to be able to try delicious food, and to ask vegans and vegetarians ques-tions if they are curious.”

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Love of words inspires songs

An important fact both Kate Parham and Andy Bastone over-looked regarding health care reform this week is that four out of five uninsured Americans hold full-time jobs. Those 50 million people do not have health insurance not because they don’t take responsibility to care for themselves, as Mr. Bastone asserts, nor because they do not earn it, as Ms. Parham believes.

Rather, these hard-working Americans are unable to afford the care they deserve because prices are gouged too high for their sala-ries. They are also mistaken in stat-ing these people will now receive free health care.

Obama’s plan rather provides a maximum percentage of income insurance companies will be able to charge for those below a certain income level. With this provision, hard-working, deserving and hon-est Americans will finally be able to afford the care they require.

GILLIAN SCHAPS Sophomore, Norcross

English and English education

‘Bootstraps’ comments not accurate arguments

Bootstraps are awesome! I use mine to throw on my Doc Martens before I begin my vigorous trek to class. But I’ve begun hearing the nauseating cliché “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” thrown around by conservatives applied

to the poor concerning health care reform.

There’s a race for the American dream, and some have been forced to join a race that’s long been in progress. Everyone isn’t born equal — pulling yourself up to the top rung of the corporate ladder when you’re born near the top isn’t as challenging as being born so far away from the ladder it isn’t even in sight.

America should strive to make opportunities in America as equal for every child at birth — so that your road to success doesn’t depend on your parents’ financial shortcomings, but on the merits of your intelligence and hard work.

JAKE MCBRIDE Freshman, Columbus

Mathematics

Nation in debt can not justify more spending

How can people possibly think that the new health care bill is going to be beneficial? We are increasing our coverage to more people — common logic only says that we will have to spend more.

Also, the projected “savings” in the future are all just estimates — nobody knows if those will be anywhere close to right, and with almost every single government program that exists, the costs are never as low as projected and the savings are never as high as project-

ed. I don’t understand how so many smart students cannot see this! America is in tremendous amounts of debt. How can we justify spend-ing more?

KYLER DENNISSenior, Athens

Business management

Bill increases citizens’ government dependence

I think that one of the best points on the health care topic was made on Capitol Hill during the debate — this is just one more stop on the road to complete govern-ment dependency in America.

To say that people never had access to health care is simply not true. Every single resident of this nation has access, but many don’t have insurance. The few bright spots in the bill include the elimina-tion of pre-existing conditions and the ability to purchase plans across state lines; but what comprises the majority of the bill? What is in the thousands of unread pages?

If the bill was so great and in the best interest of the country, why were there closed-door deals made to secure votes? Why did the Democratic party have to threat-en to pull campaign support to Representatives if it was so good?

MATT SWAFFORDJunior, Albany

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When people ask me where I go to school, their second question is always about

football.“Man, I bet you’re happy you get

to go to all the football games.”My response?“Of course! I’m a Georgia

Bulldawg!”I came to this university for the

football — does UGA have anything else to offer? I love football so much I can’t even focus during fall semes-ter, and come spring, it takes every ounce of my energy to sit through classes without the reward of a Saturday game.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!Ugh, this semester is such a drag

— there’s no football! At least we get a week to venture south and carry out our god-given Bulldawg tailgating duties at the beach.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!I look forward to every football

season to the point of wetting myself with excitement! I buy lots of new dresses, and my friends and I prac-tice drawing little “G’s” on each oth-er’s cheeks so everyone knows what team we’re rooting for. Sometimes, we get too drunk to apply the face paint — no worries, everyone knows who’s side we’re on because we reek of beer and poor fashion choices.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!The best part about football sea-

son is the hours before each game

when I get together with thousands of strangers and drink to the point of sickness.

We’re all Georgia Bulldawgs!We don’t discriminate. If you

don’t go to UGA or have an eighth grade reading level, all is well as long as you can funnel a beer with the rest of the Bulldawgs.

Sometimes, I get so drunk I don’t even make it to the game. Sometimes a fellow football enthu-siast drinks too much and I get showered in cheap, regurgitated hops. But at least it’s the puke of a Georgia Bulldawg!

I love getting ready for games — the time spent gorging mimosas and gushing over our new Heery’s purchases is reminiscent of prepar-ing for prom. Who says we have to grow up?

My white dress and stilettos come in handy when I piece together my Saturday — I just look at the stains on my dress and, like the map to Narnia, I can gather what I drank and ate — if anything.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!After years upon years of this

sacred ritual, Mike Adams has the

audacity to take away our conse-crated rights as Bulldawgs.

Doesn’t he know that the only reason we came to this stupid uni-versity was for the football? Doesn’t he know the only reason we go to the stupid football games is to get so disgustingly drunk we can barely hobble down the hill to Sanford Stadium? Where are my stilettos?

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!!How dare you Mike Adams!

Shame, shame on you for taking this right away from me. I don’t care how much money the University will save when replanting North Campus every spring is no longer a neces-sity.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!I pay tuition to this University,

and if that doesn’t grant me the power to shotgun Bud Lights on North Campus, I want my money back!

I’ll find a school that actually val-ues what being a student is all about and supports a student’s right to belligerence — like any good univer-sity should.

I’m a Georgia Bulldawg!If I can’t enjoy public drinking

binges and trashing the environ-ment, how will anyone know I’m a Georgia Bulldawg?

— Samantha Shelton is a senior from Auburn majoring in

newspapers and women’s studies

Fans overreact concerning tailgating

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The University is creating a group consist-ing of students, faculty, staff and outside pro-fessionals to evaluate how discrimination and harassment complaints have been handled by the University’s ombudspersons and Equal Opportunity Office since 2008.

Three ombudspersons were appointed by the University to serve as an impartial third party between the University and any students or employees reporting harassment.

Though the Red & Black editorial board sup-ports the University’s commitment to address-ing sexual harassment allegations, more effort should be aimed at the root of the problem. There should be a greater effort by the University to promote awareness about the existence of the ombudspersons and Equal Opportunity Office and a greater effort to mitigate the culture of silence surrounding sexual harassment reports.

The Red & Black understands that publiciz-ing these offices might make it look like sexual harassment is a widespread problem at the University, and that does not reflect well on the institution.

But some things are more important than reputation.

In addition to not knowing where to go to report problems, note every student is clear on what constitutes sexual harassment. By being clearer about how to handle complaints and what constitutes sexual harassment, the University can hopefully help stop the culture of silence surrounding this issue. We hope the University continues striving to build a positive environment for students and employees.

— Paige Bowman for the editorial board

Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board

Publicize ombudsThe Univ. ombudsmens’ office should be more widely known of by students

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I don’t love kids.For years, this has

surprised friends and family who I think looked at me and said, “She’s a school teacher, for sure.”

That misapprehension arose, I believe, because I don’t wear flashy clothes or tons of make-up and I am timid and reserved by nature.

And in the minds of many, that smacked of “school teacher.”

But none of that made me love kids.

As I entered my last semester at the University, I looked for classes to fill hours. Suggested by my roommate and much to my hesitation, I signed up for EDUC2460.

After four years at the University and this unex-pected introduction, it made me look differently at the people who spend their time with kids.

My first day in Aderhold Hall was eye opening. Everyone was nice and friendly, full of the spunk you need when you are surrounded by screaming, sticky students.

I soon learned that this class would involve running an after school program for local sixth graders.

Sixth grade. After school program. Ugh.

Walking into the middle school, my mind was flooded with memories of my own middle school. Many student teachers in my class rushed to the sixth graders, connecting immediately on their level with them.

I, on the other hand, cowered in the corner until my professor, Marianne Causey, gave direction.

Causey is a force to be reckoned with. She often tells the kids — both middle school and college-aged — “I am the nicest person you will ever meet, until you make me mad.” And this statement has proved true. She has that tough love that is essential

to teach. The kids love her, and she loves them back. Sticky fingers and all.

Each time we met at the school, I was less timid around the students. There were still the kids I couldn’t handle.

The sassy one that wouldn’t take direction from anyone.

The boisterous boy who, if forced to sit still, would sputter nonsense and tap his foot until he is released like a puppy after a ball.

But somehow along the semester, I have grown to love these kids.

Through a whole sum-mer of lifeguarding and numerous baby-sitting jobs, I have never cared for kids like these. Many are products of Athens pov-erty. Many have parents who work multiple jobs. All their acting out is just a cry for attention.

For love.And who can’t, at some

level, relate to that?One particular student

stands out to me each Wednesday. A typical trou-ble-maker, neither of us were ecstatic to be paired together for a blackjack math game. By the end of the game, we both were laughing and competing over a bag of M&M’s.

I could see his shell, which had briefly been removed, go up again once he left to go home.

Ms. Causey and those kids have taught me things that cannot be learned in the typical classroom.

So step outside of your comfort zone when it comes to electives. You never know who or what could change your per-spective.

— Brittany Hall is a senior from Marietta majoring in magazines

Kids create learning opportunity in class

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The Japanese puzzle Sudoku relies on reason-ing and logic.

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

Nothing has to add up to anything else.

Previous puzzle’s solution

By DREW KANNTHE RED & BLACK

A league-high 8.22 ERA. An anemic, league-worst .367

on-base percentage. A team batting average of

.287, paltry enough to claim the ninth position in the SEC.

If the Diamond Dogs (8-12, 0-3 SEC) haven’t hit rock bot-tom, they are dangling peril-ously close to it by the thinnest of ropes.

After being outscored by opponents by a lopsided 59-23 margin in the midst of a five-game losing skid, there is only one direction Georgia can go: up.

“We all know that at some point, things are going to have to turn around,” said freshman first baseman Robert Shipman.

“That’s just the way baseball is. The past two days of practice have been really good and we look like a brand new team right now. Having a short memory, we’re just going to move on and try to get some momentum against Furman [today] to roll with into Mississippi State this weekend.”

After Sunday’s 19-3 debacle at the hands of the Auburn Tigers, Georgia head coach David Perno bluntly admitted that perhaps expectations for this youthful group of Diamond Dogs were too lofty.

Though the Bulldogs have been fighting through a sched-ule that was ranked the coun-try’s eighth-hardest prior to the start of the season and have been playing with less than a full deck of cards, the Bulldogs are still yet to play a game this season with their projected starting infield.

Now, having lifted all expec-

tations, Perno feels his team can get back to doing the sim-ple things and playing a more complete ball game.

“I’ve preached to them, I don’t care where we play or who we play, we’ve just got to play better,” Perno said. “That’s where we are tomorrow. It doesn’t matter who we play, we just need to play more of a complete game defensively, pitching and offensively.”

Freshman left-hander Blake Dietrich is slated to make his second start of the season tonight against a Furman team that comes to Foley Field with a résumé comparable to the Bulldogs.

The Paladins (7-12) have notched 12 losses on the campaign thanks to a team batting aver-age of .281 and an astro-nomical 8.14 team ERA.

Even with the admit-tedly lower expecta-tions for this Diamond Dogs bunch for the remainder of the sea-son, Shipman feels strongly that he and his teammates still have a responsibility to per-form on the field at a high level.

“[Coach] said the expecta-tions are off but we still have a reputation to keep. We’re the University of Georgia, so when anybody looks at us or is get-ting ready to play us, they expect to see a good ball team,” Shipman said. “All through the years, Georgia has been a great baseball program, and that’s something we’re going to have to maintain. We don’t want to be known as the group that ruined the Georgia aura.”

SPORTS The Red & Black | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 5

By MICHAEL FITZPATRICKTHE RED & BLACK

TEMPE, Ariz. — Every minute since the Georgia women’s basketball team’s victory over Tulane Saturday, Jasmine James was California dreaming.

“All I’ve been saying is that I’ve never been to California and that I really wanted to go,” said the freshman guard from Memphis, Tenn. “And even at halftime, I was like, ‘C’mon guys, I really want to go to California.’”

Following Georgia’s 74-71 nail-biting overtime victory over Oklahoma State Monday, she got her wish. This weekend, the fifth-seeded Lady Dogs will head westward to Sacramento, Calif., for their Sweet 16 match-up with No. 1 Stanford.

And James has no one but herself to thank.In Monday’s extra session, James erupted for 14

of her career-high 27 points against the Cowgirls, hitting two NBA-range 3-pointers and going 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.

“There is so much to say about her,” said Georgia head coach Andy Landers. “The great thing about JJ is that she handles the really, really good and the really, really bad the same way ... We have had con-fidence in her from day one and she has delivered for us.”

Her bio card may read that she’s merely a fresh-man, but to her teammates, she is anything but. She is essential.

“I think the word that comes to mind is domina-tion, because that’s what she did in overtime,” said senior guard Ashley Houts. “She hit some huge shots late and made her free throws. She’s a great player and she really carried us tonight. She’s ver-satile and she understands her role and plays hard and does it well. She is able to knock down her shots and it was very early that she stopped being a freshman.”

James has had several game-winning shots this season, and though none of her shots against the Cowgirls could be termed “game-winning,” without them, Georgia’s ticket back east would have been a one-way.

Each of her overtime 3-pointers gave the Lady Dogs a lead, and each was shot in the waning sec-onds of the 30-second shot clock.

“She played with no fear,” said senior forward Angel Robinson. “She wasn’t afraid to take any shot, and in big games like this people were saying, ‘She’s a freshman, she’s a freshman.’ But she’s not a freshman anymore. She learned a lot from Ashley this year.”

She rebounded (10), she scored (27), she shared (4 assists) and she protected the basketball (only 2 turnovers). She was on the court for 44 of the game’s 45 minutes and did more than her coach or teammates could have ever asked for.

And after the game, the ever-humble James wanted to talk very little about herself.

“When we got into overtime it was really close and I didn’t want to leave anything out there, and I just played as hard as I could,” James said. “We cut

down our turnovers and we did a really great job in every category you can think of, except for fouling. It was our goal to get better each game, and we did a really good job of that today.”

The team, whose charter from Phoenix arrived in Atlanta at about 5:45 Tuesday morning, heads back to the West Coast Thursday to continue their run in the NCAA Tournament.

The Lady Dogs believed in themselves, and as Oklahoma State’s Andrea Riley’s desperate half-court attempt to send the game to a second over-time flew toward the basket, Jasmine James admit-ted she was nervous.

“I was a little bit nervous when she shot that last shot,” she said with a big smile. “But she missed, and now I get to go to California. It’s exciting.”

James transcends freshman label

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Freshman guard Jasmine James ‘played with no fear’ against Oklahoma State, putting up a career-high 27 points Monday.

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DIAMOND DOGS VS. FURMAN

Season expectations for Georgia ‘are off’

SHIPMAN

PERNO

SPORTS6 | Wednesday, march 24, 2010 | The Red & Black

By DAVID MITCHELLTHE RED & BLACK

The Lady Bulldogs swimming and diving team entered the national meet held over the week-end as No. 1 and one of the favor-ites to win a national champion-ship.

An otherwise successful meet was marred by a disqualification in the 200 medley relay sending the Lady Bulldogs to a fifth place finish.

According to head coach Jack Bauerle, the disappointing result at nationals does not discount a season full of success.

“We were disappointed with the result but we view this season as an absolute success,” Bauerle said. “Did we want more at the end? Heck yes — but we swam well and you live and die as a team. I couldn’t be more proud of

the season we had.”Sophomores Allison Schmitt

and Wendy Trott both took home individual national champion-ships.

Schmitt — one of four finalists for the Honda-Broderick Sports Award, which is awarded to the nation’s top swimmer — won the 200 and 500 freestyle races and helped anchor a victorious 800 freestyle relay.

“[Schmitt] had a great week-end,” Bauerle said. “She lowered her school record in both the 200 and 500. She’s just had a great season, period.”

Trott took home a crown in the 1,650 freestyle on the final day of competition, her second consecu-tive individual national champi-onship in that event.

“Every girl stood up and did their best and fought until the end,” Schmitt said. “Even with a

few mistakes, we kept our heads high and fought hard for Georgia.”

After a disappointing end to an otherwise spectacular season, the Lady Bulldogs will look ahead to next season where they will be forced to replace a number of key members lost to graduation.

According to Bauerle, though the team will lose some key piec-es, he believes the returning swim-mers will be able to continue the program’s run of success into next

season.“I don’t think this loss at

nationals will do anything but keep this team hungry,” Bauerle said. “They saw how close they were and they know if they get better, they’ll have a chance again. Our ladies are tough and the nucleus will be back next year. This is a team that won its confer-ence, was ranked in the top two all season and finished fifth at the national meet. They are a hungry team and will be able to perform at a high level next season.”

Schmitt expressed similar sen-timents to Bauerle’s, saying that even though the season just ended, they are anxious to com-pete again next year.

“I think this loss sets us up for next year because we hate to lose,” Schmitt said. “We are ready to get back in the pool and start training for next year.”

Swimmers not worried about complacency CHANGE: Linemen training for end, tackle

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have been cross-training during spring practice, learning both defensive end and nose tackle.

“Right now, if everybody who is projected to be healthy [on the offen-sive line] will come in healthy and make it through camp, then we’ll proba-bly keep him on defense,” Richt said.

“But it’s always sub-ject to change if we get in there and start prac-ticing him and it doesn’t work out. But I think he will do well.”

Anderson received snaps in every game last season at offensive tackle and will have to adjust to a more “attacking mentali-ty” that playing defensive line requires, according to defensive line coach Rodney Garner.

Anderson wasn’t avail-able to the media, but defensive end Brandon Wood said he believes Anderson is going to “cause havoc in the mid-dle.”

“[Justin] will do real good,” Wood said. “He’s just got to get out there from offensive line to defensive line because we move a little faster than the offensive line, so I think he’s going to be alright.”

TROTT SCHMITT

ANDERSON

WOOD