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Coal may not be in future for University

By MICHAEL PROCHASKAThe Red & Black

Coal is cheap, reliable and readily accessible, but when coal boilers reach the end of their 50-year lifespans, it may be time to stop burning black carbon.

The clock is ticking on the University’s 45-year-old coal steam boiler at the University Physical Plant, and director Ken Crowe is listening to new ideas.

“There is a lot of discussion about what we will do with the coal plant over the next 10 years,” Crowe said. “We have had at least one major study that basically asked the ques-tion, if we were going to replace it with something that was a more renewable fuel source, what are the most likely alternatives?”

In 2006, the Energy Conservation Executive Committee recommend-ed an independent study on the economic feasibility for burning wood biomass in the physical plant.

“I’m totally supportive of moving toward a wood-based fuel if it can be proven to be a reliable source of fuel, a cost-effective source of fuel, and if it can integrate reasonably into our existing system here,”

See FUEL, Page 2

By MARCUS CRAWFORDThe Red & Black

Chelsea’s and Toppers aren’t the only places in Athens where students can make the big bucks by taking it all off.

Along with driving University buses and working for Parking Services dur-ing football games, nude modeling tops the list of the best-paying student jobs on campus. According to Charles Westfall, the modeling coordinator for the Lamar Dodd School of Art, live models — the preferred term for nude models — make $10 per hour.

For Elliott Dixon, a University stu-dent triple majoring in German, politi-cal science and theater, the money was a major reason he decided to become a live model.

“It pays well, it’s really flexible and it fits into my packed schedule,” Dixon said.

In addition to collecting a generous hourly wage, models are also partici-pating in a time-honored artistic tradi-tion.

Margaret Morrison, a senior lecturer at Lamar Dodd, referenced a rich his-tory of live modeling that has spanned across the ages. The practice was pio-neered by the ancient Greeks and Romans before becoming a lost art form during the Middle Ages. The medieval train of thought was that the depiction of the nude body was tanta-mount to pre-Christian paganism.

Then, during the Renaissance, live modeling was re-discovered by artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo who sought to emulate classical style and realistically render the human form.

While the advent of modernism caused nudes to fall out of favor, the practices of sculpting, painting and drawing the nude human form are undergoing a contemporary revival.

“Students are embracing the return to art as a discipline,” Morrison said.

In addition to tradition, Morrison also cited practical merits for requiring her students to draw nudes.

“It’s a really great way to fine tune

See NUDE, Page 3

Live models go buff for the bucks

MICHAEL HARRIS | The Red & Black

▲ University engineering student Aaron James McCoy has been posing as a live model for art classes for about three years.

Renewable fuel source essential

By PAIGE VARNERThe Red & Black

As the Passover holiday begins tonight at sunset, Jewish student groups on campus will start cele-brating freedom.

“It’s the day that Jews were redeemed from slavery thousands of years ago,” said Rabbi Michoel Refson, co-director of the Chabad Jewish Student Center. “It’s about everybody being free from enslave-ment in the physical sense and the spiritual sense.”

The annual eight-day observance, commemorating the Biblical account of God’s passing over the Jews during the plague that rid Egypt of all its firstborn and the ensuing exodus, begins with a seder, or ceremonial dinner.

Along with vegetables, herbs and matzah — unleavened bread repre-sentative of the same the Jews flee-ing Egypt brought with them — the seder involves a retelling of the exo-dus story.

See SEDER, Page 2

Sundown to mark start of Jewish celebration

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What: Seder at Hillel When: 5:30 and 7:30 tonight; Tuesday at 7 p.m. Where: 1155 S. Milledge Ave. More Information: Sign up on www.hillelatuga.org

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PHOtOS By DANIEL SHIREy | The Red & Black

▲ (Above) Sophomore Kat Ding posted a 9.925 on the uneven bars Saturday en route to the Gym Dogs’ third place showing at the SEC meet. (Below) Senior Grace taylor scored a 9.925 on the balance beam.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Apparently the Georgia House of Horrors for foot-ball — the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium — extended to another sporting venue in town — the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. And the horrors affected a different Georgia team — the Gym Dogs.

Holding a comfortable margin after completing two rotations at the SEC Championships Saturday, the Gym Dogs returned to action from their third bye in five rotations to their strongest event this season — the uneven bars.

And never in the Gym Dogs’ wildest dreams would they have expected their undoing to come from the event in which they are ranked fourth nation-ally and second in the conference.

But it was, as a poor bar rotation forced the Gym Dogs — the eventual third place team — into a position of having to play catch-up with eventual SEC Champion Florida. It was the first conference title for the Gators since 2007.

“We were easily in a position to win this thing,” Georgia head coach Jay Clark said. “We had to be average on our best two events. Bars had been there for us all year long. I don’t know how to explain it, because we were very loose — the kids were competing freely and we had a lot of confidence.”

Then came the mistakes. With a 9.675 from junior Cassidy McComb and a 9.500 from senior Marcia

Newby sandwiched around a 9.800 from senior Grace Taylor, the Gym Dogs needed perfection the rest of way, which in gymnastics is recipe for disaster.

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Crowe said.But would wood meet

those credentials?Although wood burns

cleanly because it doesn’t contain heavy metals, Warnell Forestry Professor Walter Greene said the alternative energy source could face some economic hurdles.

“It is unused and it’s left in the woods because it’s economically too expensive to gather and transport for its value as fuel,” he said.

Greene said although the change to wood could greatly reduce carbon emissions, the University would have to deliver it to the physical plant safely and efficiently — a problem that could take more time than expected to solve.

“Being in the middle of campus we can’t just bring a parade of trucks in to dump wood,” Crowe said, explaining it would also be

difficult to transport wood on a railcar. “It’s something that we’re certainly look-ing at, and it’s something that we’re getting more and more serious about, but as far as the time table for when it’s going to hap-pen, it’s going to depend on when the money is avail-able.”

Crowe said it would cost approximately $30 million to replace the existing boil-er, and the money to con-vert to an alternative fuel source and transportation system would be an addi-tional undetermined sum.

The resources for reno-vations would come from a special fund approved by the University, but a pro-posal for replacing the boiler specifically has not been discussed in a formal administrative setting, such as the 2010-2020 Strategic Plan.

“During the time I was present at the meetings regarding the strategic

plan, I did not take part in a specific conversation regarding replacement of the coal-fired boiler,” said Ralph Johnson, associate vice president for Physical Plant.

However, Johnson said physical plant officials are actively examining and pursuing opportunities for a viable replacement to the coal-fired boiler. Less than two years ago, those offi-cials hired a consulting firm to help plan for a replacement.

“We’ve had studies done that within 50 to 75 miles of here, there’s enough wood waste, and the key word is ‘waste,’” Crowe said. “This is not talking about going out and cut-ting down trees to burn in a boiler.”

Paper and rubber pro-duction companies typi-cally utilize only the trunks of trees, disposing the waste either in the forest or by selling the remains to

a physical plant, Crowe said.

“If you can gasify the wood, then you can burn it in our existing boilers. When we get rid of the coal boiler, we could put in a larger boiler that would burn this gasified wood,” he said.

Crowe said the environ-mental benefit of wood would outweigh the draw-backs, such as its dimin-ished energy output mea-sured in BTU value.

“The problem with wood is that it has one-third of the BTU value that coal does. In other words, a ton of wood only gives you one-third of steam that a ton of coal would. You’d have to have three times the volume of wood.”

Although the campus uses 42 percent of the heat derived from the steam plant and is always increas-ing in size, Crowe said the University has reduced coal usage by close to 50 percent in the last three years. Today the coal boil-er uses only 20 to 25 per-cent of its total capacity.

In fact, the last time the University ran fully on coal was in 2005, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

“We had to operate this

plant for probably three or four weeks straight just all coal, exclusively,” Crowe said. “We could not get natural gas.”

All of the University’s natural gas stems from a pipeline stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to New York. In case of a natural disaster, Crowe said coal acts as a back-up source.

“It’s a fuel supply that’s actually on hand,” he said. “We don’t have to depend on a pipeline or anything to get the fuel here. It gives us a security in the event that we have some sort of a major crisis.”

That security was not needed, however, in some Louisiana universities after the hurricane. When con-tacted by The Red & Black, facility employees at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans said they have never relied on coal as an energy source.

Aside from deserting coal, the University Physical Plant has done much to reduce its carbon footprint as far back as the 1970s when three natural gas boilers were installed that still produce 60 per-cent of the steam today.

In 1994, a bag-house fil-tration system was put in to eliminate 99 percent of

the burned coal’s ash.“If we didn’t have a bag

house running, you’d see a nice trail of smoke, like you typically think of 1800s coal plants,” Crowe said.

Three years ago, the plant also received a dry scrubber, a device that reduced air pollutants such as hydrogen chloride by 85 percent, and last year Crowe chose to not operate the coal boiler during the summer.

“Natural gas prices had dropped considerably so that we were able to pur-chase natural gas through the same general price that we purchase coal for,” he said. “Having it down in the summer gives us the opportunity to make some needed repairs and upgrades so that it helps us in the long run.”

Though Beyond Coal Campaign spokeswoman Amber Davis said cleaner energy produces 40 per-cent more jobs on the dol-lar than coal, small town Norton Virginia thrives off the University’s coal pro-ducer, Red River Coal Company.

“If you look at the very steep and barren land-scape that we had, our county airport, three hos-pitals, multiple shopping centers, as well as residen-tial development would not have had proper land without post-mining use,” said company President William Humphreys.

Though the University Physical Plant employs 23 workers who would not be in danger of losing their jobs if the plant were to find a substitute to coal, the 200 employees of Red River Coal Company rely on schools such as the University to feed their families.

“We have a very good reputation in the area and take seriously what we do, Humphreys said. “After all the mining is done, we come in and look at alter-native uses.”

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Hank Schwartz, a sophomore from Marietta, agreed that Passover is a time for celebrating freedom.

“It’s to re-energize for the year,” he said. “It’s time spent with family and friends to celebrate Jewishness.”

Refson will provide commentary on Passover, making it relevant for today.

Last year, almost 150 students attend-ed the free seder at Chabad. Refson said there might be attendees more this year.

The seders will be conducted in most-ly English so students can feel at ease.

“One of the goals of our organization is to give students a home away from home,” Refson said.

Refson estimated there are 2,000 Jewish students at the University, and both Chabad and Hillel offer seders both tonight and Tuesday night to help them celebrate.

Depending on doctrinal differences, some Jews are stricter than others dur-ing Passover. All Jews must not eat leav-ened grains, such as wheat, oats or rye, but some also do not eat corn or rice because those foods are commonly used to make breads.

Apart from not eating leavened breads

because their ancestors didn’t, Jews also find symbolism in the practice. Not allow-ing the dough to rise is like not allowing pride to puff themselves up.

Jews also clean their houses before Passover to ensure no leavened bread is on kitchen counters, in the fridge or in crannies on the stovetop.

“It’s intensive,” Schwartz said.Jews are also not supposed to work on

the first two and last two days of Passover. Schwartz said he will not be in class those days.

The University Religious Holidays Attendance Policy encourages instruc-tors to allow absences on Passover and other holidays, such as Christianity’s Good Friday and Islam’s Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.

Although Jews are allowed to work and go to school on the interim days, Schwartz said many Jews are stricter than others on the first and last days.

“Some people who are more observant won’t drive or use electronics,” he said.

Traditionally, Passover is a holiday meant to be shared among family and friends, which is what Schwartz enjoys.

“I’m looking forward to celebrating my heritage with all my close friends,” he said.

SEdER: Meal marks heritage

Emily Karol | The Red & Black

▲ The University’s Physical Plant is researching alternatives to its 45-year-old coal steam boiler, which is nearing the end of its lifespan.

Litterbug busted for underage possession

University student Frances Backus, 20, was arrested and charged with underage possession of alcohol and littering at 2 a.m. on March 27 at the intersection of College Avenue and Clayton Street.

According to the Athens-Clarke County police report, Backus was approached by police after an officer observed her throw a clear solo cup con-taining a liquid into a bush.

“The littering charge was for a cup of water,” Backus told The Red & Black Sunday.

Although Backus told police she did not have any identification on her per-son, she did state her name and birthday, which made her under the age of 21.

The officer noted she had an odor commonly associated with alcohol on

her breath, glassy eyes and slurred speech.

She was then placed under arrest.

According to the report, Backus repeatedly said, “You are arresting me for littering?” despite the fact that the officer told her she was under arrest for under-age possession.

Once under arrest, the officer then searched her pocketbook. During this search he found two driv-ers licenses, one which belonged to Backus and one which did not.

‘Two beers at dinner’ yield DUI arrest

Drew Wright, a 22-year-old University student, was arrested and charged with DUI and failure to obey a traffic control device at 2:39 a.m. on March 27.

According to the Athens-Clarke County Police report, the traffic stop which lead to his arrest was initiated after

an officer observed a BMW 325i run a red light located at the intersection of Dougherty Street and College Avenue at a high rate of speed.

When the officer approached the window, he reported smelling a strong odor commonly associated with alcohol.

When asked about how much he had to drink that night, Wright told police he had two beers with dinner.

He then agreed to per-form a variety of field sobriety tests.

After providing a breath sample, the Alco-sensor gave a reading of .16.

Wright was then placed under arrest and trans-ported to Clarke County Jail.

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By ASPEN SMITHThe Red & Black

Nicole Holubar spent last weekend remembering her brother, his love of the-ater and his generous personality.

Nicole, a University graduate student, traveled to Washington, D.C., to partici-pate in the National Walk for Epilepsy in honor of her brother, Martin Holubar.

Five years ago, the summer before his sophomore year, Martin’s life was cut short by Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.

Now, Nicole strives to raise awareness for this disease, which she said is “not very well broadcast.”

Nicole and her team of 12 family mem-bers raised $3,100 in just three weeks for the Georgia chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation.

The money will be channeled for research to find a cure for epilepsy.

“Our family has done a lot in terms of theater, but not epilepsy,” Nicole said.

Martin’s involvement in theater inspired the Holubar family to establish the Martin Oldrich Holubar Scholarship in Theatre and Film Studies at the University. The scholarship is available to drama students who embody Martin’s qualities.

“We wanted to give it to someone who gives to people like Martin. He lived every single day to help someone else,” said Martin’s mother, Camille Holubar. “He would give the last dollar he had.”

His mother also said a few months before he died, Martin discussed joining the Peace Corps and teaching theater to people living in third world countries.

Since his death, Martin has been hon-ored in more than just memory. In 2006, North Cobb High School dedicated its the-ater in his name.

University President Michael Adams will dedicate a bench outside of the Fine Arts building to Martin on April 23, which, his mother pointed out, is Shakespeare’s birthday.

Even in death, Martin continued to help others. Through the donation of Martin’s eyes to the Georgia Eye Bank, two young men have regained their sight.

Nicole wishes to carry out her brother’s legacy by pursuing a career in non-profits, especially in the performing arts.

She remembers her brother’s joy while at the University and his love for drama.

“I want people to know how much pas-sion my brother had,” Nicole said. “He loved his year at UGA.”

student walks in memory of epileptic brother

“Black Sands” by Bonobo

When music is labeled “electronic,” club beats or techno jams might instantly come to mind. However, Bonobo’s down-tempo, melodic version of the genre gives it less of an edge while still managing to keep a mod-ern feel.

The album sweeps in with “Prelude,” a classical mix of violins and piano and pro-gresses into “Kiara,” a more heavily produced track.

“Kiara” combines the mel-odies of “Prelude” with com-puterized effects to create a powerful sound. This unlikely union of classic and new makes for a compelling album. The album’s real accomplishment is capturing

the essence of the earth that inspired it; the steady pace of the strings and guitar shows the calm of the lakes on the album’s cover, but its elec-tronically mashed sounds show the possibility of a crazy current happening under-neath.

The album comes to a close with its title track, and is the longest of the bunch.

“Black Sands” makes use of simple guitar riffs, joined by haunting sounds of the clarinet. It is much more melancholy, and after a surge of energy in the middle of the track, it gives the feeling that the music peacefully drifts away, coming full circle with the beginning of the album.

Overall, “Black Sands” catches your attention with its complex melodies. Much like its influence of natural landscapes, it provides a cool background to modern life.

Verdict: Bonobo accurately conveys much of the emotion nature evokes; even though its tempo is slower, he will keep your head bobbing rath-er than nodding off.

— Beth Nieman

listen up!

Courtesy Nicole Holubar

▲ Graduate student Nicole Holubar traveled to Washington, D.C. to honor her brother, Martin. Also a University student, Martin died in 2005.

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your skills and sighting ability,” she said.

Morrison noted the human body provides students with an excellent opportunity to isolate and illustrate hard edges, such as joints, and soft edges, such as muscle and flesh. Her students also work with cadavers in order to grasp the subtleties of muscu-lature and bone structure.

Morrison said depicting a human body calls for more scruti-ny in regard to symmetry and proportionality than drawing a tree. The focus on anatomical structure transforms a potential-ly- awkward situation into a nuanced learning experience — Morrison compares the experi-ence to working on a car.

“You’re so busy thinking about structure and form that it’s kind of like understanding what’s under the hood,” she said.

For Westfall, the model’s abili-ty to shift student mind sets from embarrassment to inspiration is a key criterion in the selection pro-cess.

“The really good models are the ones who understand and appreciate the fact that it’s the students who might not be com-fortable and, through their pro-

fessionalism, body language [and] demeanor, are able to help the class feel at ease” he said.

Indeed, Westfall never meets models in person before he books them. Instead he allows their punctuality and phone demeanor to speak volumes about reliabili-ty and personality.

Aaron James McCoy, a University engineering student and live model, is a testament to that maxim. He has been model-ing at Lamar Dodd for about three years and takes his work very seriously.

“If you’re really a model, you should be willing to go the dis-tance,” McCoy said. “I pride myself on taking one break in a three hour class” he said.

Despite the unimportance of physical appearance to the selec-tion process, Morrison pointed out that most of the live models she’s brought into her classes are athletes or models.

She attributes this tendency to the fact that fit, toned people

are often more comfortable with posing nude.

However, Morrison enjoys ren-dering a variety of subjects.

“Sometimes it’s a real pleasure to draw someone with a nice-sized gut who doesn’t fit the ideal body type,” she said. While aspir-ing live models need not worry about their weight or height, the job entails more than just stand-ing naked in a classroom.

“Holding a pose is tough and so is coming up with one that’s elegant and meaningful,” Morrison said.

McCoy agreed, noting he fre-quently needed a hot bath to relax his muscles after posing.

“It’s really all in the spine — the more contorted the spine, the more difficult the pose,” McCoy said. And there’s the added risk of passing out — Morrison has had to catch fainting models who have inadvertently locked their knees. To remedy this, she typi-cally allows models in her classes to take short breaks every half an hour.

Similarly, Dixon recalled falling asleep while laying down in an extended pose.

“She [the professor] said ‘Get comfortable’ and apparently I just took that too literally,” Dixon said.

Nude: Live models pose for up to three hours

Contact Charles Westfall at charle-sawestfall@gmail.com or the Lamar Dodd School of Art at 706-542-1511.

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I grew up in a family best defined as “Reformative,” some hybrid of both Reform and

Conservative Judaism, meaning that we kept a modernized Jewish home.

We celebrated the major holidays and kept a lenient style of kosher — set of dietary laws — yet instead of focusing on prayer and attending synagogue, we kept our focus on keeping a sense of Judaism alive in our home and within ourselves.

Often, we enjoyed weekly Shabbat dinners celebrating the end of the Jewish week and observ-ing the day of rest, as a way of strengthening the bonds of our fam-ily.

Yet as I grew older and distrac-tions became greater, weekly din-ners began to fade.

Now, I try my hardest to come home as frequently as I can to cel-ebrate the holidays, but sometimes I simply cannot.

However, no matter where I may be, I always make sure to gather a crew and observe the occasion. Most Jewish holidays call for a gathering of community — around food, of course.

Whether it be friends, fam-ily or even strangers, with-out the aspect of together-

ness, a holiday cannot fully be appreciated; Passover provides no exception.

Although the true meaning of each holiday rests in the stories of old, the emotions evoked fail to warm the soul without a tight-knit community around to share with.

Luckily, Athens has taken me in and has acted as an interim fam-ily for times when I simply cannot drive home. Fortunately, for others who are not able to divvy up their time between home and school, this University provides a haven for any and all to come and rejoice all while

keeping spirits high and the food flowing.

Tonight marks the beginning of a celebration of freedom. The story of Passover tells the epic tale of the mass exodus of the enslaved Jewish people out of Egypt and into a full life of autonomy.

Jews around the world gather for two nights and commemorate the exodus by reading from the Haggadah, an ancient text which contains the narrative of the long journey out of Egypt, and indulging in a seder, a delicious feast bursting with symbolic edibles.

Starting at 8 tonight and 8:30 tomorrow night, Chabad will offer a free, causal seder for nearly 150 guests (RSVP encouraged at www.jewishdawgs.com/seder).

The seder offers a time for all to enjoy a cozy meal while retelling the story of Passover and indulging in symbolic edibles.

With an array of upcoming tests, I know I can only afford one night at home this year — however I look forward to spending the second night of Passover in Athens with all my dawgs.

— Jordan Edelstein is a sophomore from Johns Creek

majoring in marketing

Athens’ Chabad new home for holiday

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“The story of Passover tells the epic tale of the mass exodus of the enslaved Jewish people out of Egypt and into a full life of

autonomy.”

For many students, the end is near — the end of the comfort of being a student, that is.

As a fifth-year student who has attended four colleges, I am more than ready to graduate and get out there. That does not mean that I feel completely prepared for what lies ahead.

I had not thought of myself as unprepared until journalism pro-fessor Conrad Fink complained in class that students going into jour-nalism often do not have to take business classes, and their careers can suffer as a consequence.

I think majors allow students to focus too much on their main interest and ignore subjects that they would prefer not to take, but should.

As successful professional adults, we need to be well-rounded, edu-cated individuals, which means we need to understand that God-forsaken economy.

I have never taken an accounting class, and Fink suggested that we take it if we hadn’t. The most basic economics class, for me, was like learning a foreign language.

But I now see that I can’t be a well-rounded, successful journal-ist — or even a responsible adult American worker — if I don’t under-stand how money works. Well, I wish I had thought about that ear-lier.

Today’s early-college and col-lege-bound generation, for the most part, is in la-la land when it comes to the economy, politics and real life in general.

Many of us don’t read newspa-pers, don’t understand health care and are hardly thinking about get-ting a job while frequenting bars on Broad Street.

I’m now a college veteran, and looking back, my advice is to start thinking early about exactly what you are going to do when you grad-

uate. Have options other than gradu-

ate school. My HOPE scholarship will be terminated this spring, and it is my No. 1 priority to leave school behind and find a job.

With the University’s deplorable economic situation, I know many students can face termination of their scholarship and an increase in tuition. And I definitely cannot afford to go to graduate school. I love UGA, but I would be lying if I said one of my main reasons for ending up here wasn’t HOPE.

After attending Tulane University, Wake Forest University (due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005), Southern Methodist University and a private high school, I have had my fair share of expensive education.

When my father died of cancer in the spring of 2007, my highly-expen-sive college career was near its end. I came home from SMU in Dallas sick with depression and weighing in at 88 pounds.

Returning to SMU was not an option because of my family’s

financial situation and health. The HOPE scholarship got me here, but I have to admit that I have enjoyed my classes and received a fine edu-cation.

In this economy, when you can receive an excellent education at a public university, it just doesn’t make sense to spend $31,000 per year or more to attend an elite pri-vate institution.

I do not blame the University for my feeling of doubt about the future. Many circumstances can cause our fear of the future, but that fear usually comes down to not preparing when we first started col-lege.

I am ready to be finished with school, and I feel well-educated in a general sense, but I know I lack specialty job skills to take the next step in life.

Many graduating students are ready for something new, but have no clue what that is or how to attain it. Our generation has devel-oped a sense of comfort in being in college.

Education helps us, but it also ties us down because it gives us a sense of security. Getting a job is extremely difficult, and knowing how to go about getting it is even more difficult. I find myself staring at my résumé and wondering if it will ever help me.

It’s too late to wonder. We all will have to go out there with our heads held high and a positive attitude. I know there is knowledge that I will pick up as I go along, as long as I pay attention and work hard enough.

If I have learned anything from this experience, it’s not what your situation makes you — it’s what you make of your situation.

— Erin Dillard is a senior from Atlanta majoring in magazines

and anthropology

Preparation for life after college critical

Erindillard

“Many graduating students are ready for something new, but

have no clue what that is or how to attain it.

Our generation developed a sense of comfort in being in

college.”

There is no doubt that the recently-signed health care bill has aroused resentment and frustra-tion, some of which has provoked people to claim that this law will usher in the end of American ide-als.

What’s remarkable about this notion is that it assumes that a sincere effort to ameliorate health care grievances — which affect a multitude of American citizens — is a cause that will lead to the inevitable and undeniable abrogation of our ethics.

This illogical assump-tion, reiterated by so many, arises from the fear of socialism and govern-ment involvement. By reciting radically sensa-tional statements, we become reiterative drones incapable of producing our own unique thoughts.

Perhaps the majority of the blame should be borne by the congressmen, who in recent days have behaved like sophomoric children relapsed into the era of McCarthyism.

If our own representa-tives, whom we measure with the highest standard, are capable of such lowly behavior, then who do we turn to for role models?

It is evident that cur-rent health care policies are nothing more than elaborate schemes for making money, where the possibility of earn-ing a buck outweighs the chance to save a life.

Undoubtedly, we live in a capitalist economy, but we must also remember that we live in a society.

It would be an immense tragedy if we were to become so engrossed in politics and partisan rhet-oric that we could no lon-ger distinguish the differ-ence between substantial arguments and dubious conjectures.

Umair JavaidJunior, athens

Biology

Governor should focus on solutions

Our beloved governor, Sonny Perdue, recently told the Associated Press that “forcing people to purchase things they don’t want to purchase, I think, violates a constitutional right that they have,” in regards to the recent pass-ing of the health care bill.

Perdue has called on Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker to push forward on a lawsuit against the federal gov-ernment and Baker has refused.

So naturally, the six Republican representa-tives are begging Baker “to use all of the resources of your office to challenge this Act and its impact on our citizens.”

Recently there have been countless discussions about the lack of a bud-get in the university sys-tem. If cuts are not made there will be a 77 percent increase in tuition, etc.

So essentially Sonny Perdue and the Republican representa-tives are alright with using “all of the resources” the attorney general’s office has — which we all know will cost a pretty penny — but there is no money to be found to help the edu-cation system?

Whether you agree with the recently-passed health care bill or not, it has passed. The required amount of votes was found and it’s done. Wasting

money on a lawsuit when money is obviously lack-ing in many places in our state government will also have an “impact on our citizens.”

So Gov. Perdue, I’d like to urge you to use all of the resources of your office and fix local issues that can actually be fixed.

amanda TramelSophomore, Columbus

indiana State UniversitySecondary education

Letter lacks facts on health care bill

I was disappointed in The Red & Black for printing the letter “Kudzu government led by social-ist president” by Hunter Humphries on March 26.

The letter represented a fallacious, uninformed, dangerous style of argu-mentation that I think readers of all political beliefs should denounce.

Though I support President Obama and the recent health care bill, I am a political independent and open to arguments from the other side.

However, I wish the let-ter writer would have used statistics and logic instead of scare tactics to support this viewpoint.

In my mind, the health care bill will benefit the country by ultimately sav-ing lives and, as reported by the Congressional Budget Office, cutting the deficit.

Even if it does turn out to be a failure, I couldn’t even imagine a worst-case scenario in which it rep-resents the downfall of the world’s most powerful country.

The level of political discourse in this country has seemingly lowered in recent years, and by publishing letter like this, The Red and Black only supports this unfortunate trend.

JaCkSon GovaToSFreshman, alpharetta

economics

Extremism healthy for democracy

One of the subjects on many people’s minds in recent days has been the rage with which the politi-cal right has received this health care bill.

The question that we must then ask ourselves is not whether or not this anger is warranted, but whether or not this kind of uprising is a good thing at all?

Our instincts tell us, “No!” We don’t want extremism, especially if, like me, you approve of the health care bill.

But when I take a step back and throw out my own political convictions, I think maybe extremism is a healthy thing.

I’m reminded of our founding fathers. Patrick Henry said, “Give me lib-erty or give me death.” That’s extreme. So while we who support the health care bill find it easy to cast stones at those who don’t, let’s remind ourselves that those who are angry and are acting in ways that we consider to be extreme are, like Patrick Henry, simply attempting to pur-sue liberty.

John Brien-SlaCkSophomore

Chattanooga, Tenn.music

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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 NICK PARKERThe Red & Black

Georgia’s first scrimmage of spring Saturday provided little clarity as to who will emerge from the three-way quarterback race that has dominated spring chatter.

But it served as the official coming out party for sophomore wide receiver Rantavious Wooten, who caught six passes for 146 yards on the day.

“The spring didn’t start off too good for me,” Wooten said. “I just had to get back in the groove, and I just took today as a day to show everyone that I am a baller and I can make plays.”

Aaron Murray completed 10 of 15 passes for 125 yards, with a 40-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green, but the redshirt freshman was intercepted once by Bacarri Rambo.

Redshirt freshman Zach Mettenberger went 7-of-10 for 157 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown pass to Wooten, but was sacked twice.

Redshirt junior Logan Gray com-pleted only 6 of 14 for 34 yards, includ-ing an interception returned for a touchdown by Shawn Williams, and was sacked three times.

“If you’re trying to get to where we’re going, I don’t know where we’re going yet,” Richt said of the quarter-back competition. “They’re all compet-ing and doing a good job.”

The defense’s acclimation to the 3-4 proved a work in progress, as well, with Richt saying the defense had the upper hand in the first half and the offense enjoyed an advantage in the second half.

“I think we all understand that we’re still learning, and I think the things that coaches are looking for is ‘Are the players trying to do it the way we asked? Are they playing with intensity? And are they getting better daily?’ And I think that part we’re all pleased with,” Richt said.

Added linebacker Akeem Dent: “I wouldn’t say it was good or great. We did good enough to get through the scrimmage, but we can already tell we have a long way to go if we want to be great.”

Running back tandem Washaun Ealey and Caleb King rushed for a combined 143 yards on 15 carries in Saturday’s scrimmage.

Redshirt sophomore Carlton Thomas took 8 carries for 25 yards.

By DREW KANNThe Red & Black

Disappointing. Devastating. Both adjectives accurately describe the per-

formances by the Diamond Dogs bullpen in Sunday’s 11-10 loss to Mississippi State.

The Diamond Dogs saw an eight-run lead vanish in the eighth inning in Starkville, Miss., as Mississippi State fought its way from behind to capture the win and to take two of three games from Georgia (9-14, 1-5 SEC) in a pivotal SEC series.

“It’s devastating. It could potentially just throw our whole season away,” said Georgia head coach David Perno. “It may keep us out of [the SEC Tournament in] Birmingham. That’s how bad it is.”

Georgia snapped a seven-game losing streak in Saturday’s con-test, defeating Mississippi State 7-4 behind a strong six inning, two-earned run performance from right hander Justin Grimm.

Right hander Michael Palazzone went a career-high seven innings with nine strikeouts Sunday. Georgia’s 15 hits provided Palazzone with ample run support, as the sophomore left the contest with a sizable 10-2 lead.

Things turned for the worst quickly in the bottom of the eighth as a series of four Bulldog pitchers failed to get the job done, as Mississippi crept back after being down 10-2.

Freshman Cooper Moseley finally ended the nightmarish bottom of the eighth, but not before a single knotted the game at 10 apiece.

“Our whole season, right there in that one half inning, we just didn’t have anybody step up and get the job done,” Perno said. “All we needed was one more out and we couldn’t get it. We tried three guys and none of them could get it done.”

“We’ve got some guys that can do some good things but I just picked the wrong ones today.”

Georgia failed to respond in the ninth, as three batters went down in order, setting the stage for Mississippi State’s Cody Freeman’s walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth that gave State (14-10, 2-4 SEC) the win.

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By DAVID MITCHELLThe Red & Black

After five years atop the conference, the Georgia equestrian team fell short in the Southern champion-ships against Auburn Saturday.

After rallying to a 5-5 tie in the second Hunt Seat event, Georgia’s chances at salvaging a win disappeared with Auburn’s decisive 7-2 victory in the Western com-petition.

“We had some issues with little mistakes that we shouldn’t be making,” said Georgia coach Meghan Boenig. “But this is a very good team and a very com-

mitted team, so I expect us to correct some of these lit-tle things in time for the national competition.”

Despite failing to win either Western event, there were bright spots for the Bulldogs. Juniors Dana Wilson and Diandra St. Hilaire were awarded MVP honors for both horsemanship and reining, respectively.

“I’m extremely proud of the team’s ability to fight,” Boenig said. “Having the MVPs in both Western events was great. That hun-ger to win is very, very impor-tant and tells me that these

ladies are going to be very committed to improving.”

Next up for the Bulldogs will be the Varsity Equestrian National Championships

beginning April 15 in Waco, Texas.

According to Boenig, the Southern championships offer a glimpse at how the national competition should play out.

“This was a close precursor for what nationals will be like,” Boenig said. “An SEC team has won nation-

als every year in its exis-tence.”

She also said despite the team’s failure to win the

Southern championships, she expects it to compete at a high level at nationals.

“I fully expect our team to contend,” she said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it comes down to Auburn and Georgia again at nationals.”

With a few corrections before nationals, Boenig said, the team should be able to come out of that meeting with a more posi-tive result.

“We performed at a high level [in the Southern cham-pionships],” Boenig said. “We just need to take one more step. These ladies are fierce competitors, and hav-ing something to prove is always a good thing.”

Equestrian wins two MVP titles in Auburn loss

BOENIG

Loss may revoke tournament spot

BASEBALL Mississippi State 11, Georgia 10

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By LISA GLASERThe Red & Black

A rain delay did not keep the No. 14 Georgia women’s tennis team from maintaining its undefeat-ed SEC record Sunday afternoon when the Lady Bulldogs defeated LSU 6-1.

“I’m really fired up that we’re 6-0 [in the SEC] at this point in time in the season. That’s what we want to do in our confer-ence, and now it’s time, through this mid part of the schedule, to continue to play strong. Pretty quick, it’s going to be the end of the SEC season, and we got to finish it off,” head coach Jeff Wallace said.

Yvette Hyndman helped her team stay per-fect in SEC action as she added another win to her now 6-0 singles record against SEC opponents. Hyndman also found suc-cess in doubles with part-ner junior Cameron Ellis 8-3.

The 5-foot-11 senior put in additional practice recently, hoping to contin-ue her streak and improve during her last season as a bulldog, as well as propel-ling her team toward the NCAA tournament in May.

“It feels really good [beating LSU] because I started off the year pretty slow ... I feel good because I want to go out with a bang and I only have two months left,” Hyndman said. “We definitely want to win our next five matches and be SEC champions again.”

Since rain brought an unexpected break in matches and took action indoors during singles play, Wallace said Georgia’s 1-0 lead provid-ed a necessary confidence to close out the day. Wallace also credits his

players’ focus in spite of the delay in helping to fin-ish strong and not let the Tigers rally back to win, as Georgia won on every court but two. Nadja Gilchrist retired after her first set because the soph-omore is still recovering from an ankle sprain.

“When you’re winning on every court and you got the momentum of the whole day built up, and then you have a 30-min-ute break or however long it was, it stops every-thing,” Wallace said. “I thought it’d be nice to get all three of those points and we were able to do that. For me, that was the highlight of the day and the match.”

Men’s tennis remains perfect in SEC play

The No. 7 Georgia men’s tennis team (14-4, 6-0) also remained perfect in the SEC Sunday after beating No. 41 LSU 5-2 in Baton Rouge, La.

Head coach Manuel

Diaz described the match as “really tough” and “re-ally difficult” due to the windy conditions. Diaz at-tributes the victory to the tenacity and leadership of his experienced players.

After winning the doubles point, seniors Jamie Hunt and Christian Vitulli along with juniors Javier Garrapiz and Drake Bernstein each won in singles to complete the team’s victory over the Tigers (5-10, 2-4).

Senior Nate Schnugg lost a close match to No. 46 Neal Skupski on court one, as freshman Bo Seal also struggled and lost in two sets on court five.

“Drake and Javi really gutted out some really tough wins ... I thought our guys did great overall in just winning those re-ally tough matches. It just really could have been a different story if we didn’t have the fight we had out there today.

“If it hadn’t been for the great focus of our guys who won some close matches today, we could have been in trouble,” Diaz said.

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TENNIS NOTEBOOK

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“Things got a little bit tight and the kids started trying to be perfect,” Clark said. “And when you try to be perfect, you’re gonna run into problems in this sport. You can’t try to be perfect, that’s the cardinal sin in this sport.”

Added sophomore Gina Nuccio, who earned a 9.850 on the bars: “I think we got a little too ahead of ourselves. Our first two events were great, and we kicked butt.

“The momentum was there, and then we choked up on bars and put ourselves in a hole and had to fight back on beam and put the girls at the end under a lot of pressure.”

Sophomore Kat Ding won the individu-al SEC bars championship with a 9.925 as one of the few bright spots on the appara-tus.

Georgia finished the night on the bal-ance beam, as the Gators finished on the floor exercise with its large and raucous cheering section roaring its approval through the entire rotation.

“I’m not gonna lie, I was not excited to find out we would be on beam when Florida finished on floor,” said Taylor, who finished in a three-way tie for second on beam with a 9.925.

After a fall from junior Hilary Mauro — who tied for first on the vault — freshmen Noel Couch (9.850) and Christa Tanella (9.800) each responded with solid routines

before Taylor’s 9.925 and an uncharacter-istic 9.800 from senior Courtney McCool. However, unlike last season’s narrow SEC Championship defeat to Alabama, there were no tears from the Gym Dogs.

“I think we fought harder [Saturday night] than we fought this entire season,” Taylor said. “I know that we gave 100 per-cent — I know that — and that’s why I’m not bawling right now as a I have in years past.”

There may not have been tears, but there is a whole lot of anger and aggres-sion pent up in each members of the Gym Dogs, which the team fed off of and rode last season all the way to its fifth-straight national title.

“We’re mad, and we are going to use that aggression to do what we need to do, because this feeling absolutely sucks,” said McCool, the SEC champion on the floor exercise. “But we will take this day and we will build from it. This is champi-onship practice.”

But it was Taylor who summed up the team’s feelings best.

“The SEC [Championship] is where we get the kinks out and get really angry,” she said. “Now we go home and we train through it and eat, drink and sleep gym-nastics, and get mentally ready to finish strong.

“When we get to nationals, if we com-pete like we did today, and tighten up the screws we are gonna win. Happy endings always erase bad memories.”

THIRD: Georgia fired up for NCAAs

By BEN BUSSARDThe Red & Black

This wasn’t the way that the Georgia women’s bas-ketball team wanted to end the 2009-10 season.

The No. 23 Lady Dogs (25-9) didn’t want to get blown out in the Sweet 16 by a score of 73-36.

They didn’t want to shoot just 20.3 per-cent from the field.

They didn’t want to be outrebounded 57-33.

They didn’t want to have the same number of turnovers as field goals made (12).

But that’s exactly what happened Saturday night in Sacramento, Calif., against the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal (34-1).

“The most diffi-cult piece is that we finished an other-wise successful sea-son on such a disap-pointing note,” head coach Andy Landers said. “I’ve been pleased overall with the way that our team has responded to the challeng-es that they’ve had, and for us to end this season with that taste in our mouths isn’t representative of the body of work.”

Despite their worst per-formance of the season, the Lady Dogs still made it to the Sweet 16.

After losing in the open-

ing round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, Georgia’s run to the Sweet 16 in the 2010 Tournament has to serve as vindication for the philo-sophical change that coach Landers instilled in his players before the start of this season.

“It showed the growth of this basketball team, and the growth took place

from the senior class all the way down to the fresh-man class,” Landers said. “They showed a willingness to sac-rifice and to win and do the things that a team has to do to be success-ful.”

The loss to Stanford not only ended Georgia’s season, but also the careers of Ashley Houts and Angel Robinson.

Both Houts and Robinson have been integral parts of the women’s basketball program and leave Athens with their names etched in the

Georgia record books.Houts ends her career

as a Lady Dog third in career assists (565), steals (264), starts (130), games played (133) and in free throws made (439).

Robinson ranks fourth in career blocks with 213 and fifth in career rebounds with 982.

“They’re two classy peo-ple. I’m going to miss them

tremendously,” Landers said. “They’re two kids that have been a joy to coach and they’ve been extremely agreeable to the things that needed to be done ... each will be very difficult to replace.

“Angel has been a con-sistent performer on the inside with great height and ability ... Ashley has been that energizer and not only a tough player, but a competitor and someone that is like a team shock-absorber. All the bumps in the road, she just seems to glide over them regardless of how hard or painful they may be.”

Lady Dogs make sour exitWOMEN’S BASKETBALL Stanford 76, Georgia 36

Sweet turned to sour: The Lady Dogs could only muster up 15 points of offense in the first half, which will not lead to a win against a team that is averaging 77.1 points per game. Georgia’s leading scorer was Anne Marie Armstrong with 8 points, as point guard Ashley Houts went 2-of-11 from the field with 7 points. Stanford had four players in double figures and won the battle in the paint, with center Jayne Appel scoring a game-high 17 points. The Cardinal also outrebounded the Lady Dogs 57-33.

Senior propels Georgia in victory

HOUTS

ROBINSON

LAURIE MOOT | The Red & Black

▲ Nadja Gilchrist’s singles match was brought to a quick close Sunday after one set due to an ankle injury Gilchrist has been battling.