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By RACHEL G. BOWERS The Red & Black

The average age of Georgia’s offensive line is 21.2 years old. Aaron Murray is 19 years old.

The combined number of starts on the offensive line is 129. Murray has exactly zero starts under his belt.

The starting offensive line is made up of three seniors and two juniors. Murray is a redshirt fresh-man.

That stark contrast in experience between Georgia’s starting quarter-back and the five giants who protect him has creat-ed a unique dynamic some-what similar to older broth-ers defending their youth-ful counterpart.

“It’s just that [type of] relationship because you’re working with him every-day,” center Ben Jones said. “It’s just like your lit-tle brother out there. You always try to take pride in not letting him get hit.”

Since the offensive line has amassed as much expe-rience as it has, Jones said he and the rest of Murray’s proverbial bodyguards are very well aware of the importance of making sure their gunslinger is comfort-able in the pocket.

“Since this is our third and fourth year[s] starting … keeping him calm and patient out there [is key],” Jones said. “[We] just need to have him relax at all times and just to take that stress [off] out there.”

The coaching staff has put emphasis on the pro-tection of Murray to avoid the Tampa, Fla., native get-ting flustered in the pocket with 300-pound defensive linemen bull rushing him, which could lead to poor decision-making.

“It’s funny actually, we were in practice [Monday] and Coach Richt yelled out to them, ‘Make sure you get that freshman some time in there, guys!’” Murray said.

Murray trusting he’ll have “some time in there”

and iron clad protection is something he has had to become acclimated with. He has had to learn to trust his behemoth protectors, something he struggled with at the beginning of preseason camp, according to head coach Mark Richt.

But Murray said the trust is there now — he just needed time with the line to build it.

“I felt I’ve continued to get better in trusting those guys and knowing that they’re gonna give me plen-ty of time to throw the ball and I’m not gonna be catch-ing the ball and running around like that,” he said.

The vast experience on the field also means the offensive linemen have spent the entirety of their collegiate careers waist-deep in the same playbook, something Murray said helps keep him on an even keel on the field.

“It’s definitely reassur-ing to me when I get to the line of scrimmage and they’re all saying the same thing instead of … argu-ing,” Murray said. “They’re saying one thing and they’re all on the same page. They know every-thing that needs to be done.”

While Murray had to get comfortable behind his wall of gargantuan linemen in order to do his job ade-quately, the quarterback also had to prove himself to his teammates and gain their trust in return.

Offensive tackle Clint Boling said Murray accom-plished that by sitting in offensive line meetings and constantly calling team-mates to get in extra work-outs and throws, which quickly gained the respect of the veteran offense.

“He does a really good job of calling the plays and

commanding respect in the huddle,” Boling said. “If some guys are talking and things like that, he tells them to be quiet because he’s the only on that’s sup-posed to talk in there.”

Murray earning his teammates’ respect and proving his work ethic has simultaneously created invaluable chemistry on the offense, which helps it run as one well-oiled machine.

“Pretty much the chem-istry is there. [Building it was] his main objective. He knew what was upon him this season,” tailback Carlton Thomas said. “Everybody got their trust in him saying we know he’s gonna get the job done.”

That chemistry between teammates has also formed off-the-field friendships — Jones said he and Murray are “best friends” and the two play racquetball when they have down time dur-ing the offseason.

The harmony that has flourished between Murray and his offensive line is also beneficial on the field, as the line has learned Murray’s habits and vice versa.

“[Chemistry is] really important. You just gotta know in certain plays where they’re gonna be, what they’re gonna be doing and things like that,” Boling said. “With Aaron, he’s doing everything the coaches tell him to do, which makes it really easy on us and on himself too.”

But with the success of Georgia’s offense boiling down to how Murray per-forms, which also hinges on the offensive line’s play, the linemen have been “challenged” by their coaches to perform to their potential and they want to prove the hype that has surrounded them this off-season.

“We want to be one of the best units,” Boling said. “[The coaches] don’t have to tell us that. We as an offensive line, we want to be one of the best groups through Georgia and the nation this year and I think we have the talent to do that.”

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ON GUARDGeorgia’s offensive line is the most experienced group on the Bulldogs’ roster. Now the behemoth blockers have the task of protecting a redshirt freshman.

RIGHT TACKLE: Josh DavisYEAR: SeniorNUMBER OF STARTS: 9MEASURABLES: 6-foot-6, 310 pounds

LEFT TACKLE: Clint BolingYEAR: SeniorNUMBER OF STARTS: 36MEASURABLES: 6-foot-5, 310 pounds

LEFT GUARD: Cordy GlennYEAR: Junior

NUMBER OF STARTS: 23 MEASURABLES: 6-foot-5,

330 pounds

CENTER: Ben JonesYEAR: JuniorNUMBER OF STARTS: 23MEASURABLES: 6-foot-3, 300 pounds

RIGHT GUARD: Chris DavisYEAR: Senior

NUMBER OF STARTS: 38MEASURABLES: 6-foot-4,

300 pounds

EXPERIENCE GAP

QUARTERBACK: Aaron MurrayYEAR: Redshirt Freshman

NUMBER OF STARTS: 0 MEASURABLES: 6-foot-1,

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(Above) Left tackle Clint Boling (60) is the second-most experienced lineman, having registered 36 starts since his freshman year in 2007. (Right) Center Ben Jones (61) has started since the 2008 season.

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By PATRICK HOOPERThe Red & Black

This Saturday, Georgia fans heading for North Campus will have to leave the kegs, tents and big-screen TVs at home.

Saturday will mark not only the first day of the football sea-son, but also the first day the University’s new tailgating rules come into play.

Generators and other poten-tially destructive items are now banned from historic North Campus. The area will not be open to tailgaters until four hours prior to kickoff. Campus-wide regulations include new parking rules, such as banning pull-behind items.

“When we’ve had changes in the culture and fan base in the past, our fans responded very quickly,” said University Police

Chief Jimmy Williamson. Williamson said game day

visitors will be reminded of the new rules by officers posted in and around North Campus.

The change comes in response to concerns that the tailgating experience was tar-nishing North Campus’s beau-ty and damaging the grounds, according to the news release issued by the University shortly after the decision was made in March.

The changes have been con-troversial enough that the Student Government Association administration ran on a ticket that included adjustments to the tailgating regulations as a part of its plat-form.

SGA President Josh

See RULES, Page 4

New tailgating rules debut Saturday

FILE | The Red & Black

▲ The rules, which were approved last March, prohibit tents, grills, kegs, TVs, coolers and tables longer than four feet on North Campus.

Position ‘calling’ to dean hopeful

By TIFFANY STEVENSThe Red & Black

Visibility, availability and cooperation with students were some of the campaign promises given by dean of students candidate Mary Beth Mercatoris during a forum Thursday.

Mercatoris, assistant dean at the University of Texas at Austin, told attendees her passion for student affairs set her apart as a candidate.

“I don’t view it as a job,” she said. “I don’t even think of it as a career. I think of it as a calling.”

Mercatoris, if selected as the new dean, would oversee the Department of Campus Life. The job includes the overseeing of Intercultural Affairs, Judicial Programs, Greek Life and the Center for Student Organizations.

The other candidate is Shay Davis Little, director of administrative operations at University Housing, who spoke at a forum on Tuesday afternoon.

Mercatoris promoted com-promise and alternative solu-tions to issues such as admin-istration, student relations and the budget at Thursday’s forum.

When asked if she would be willing to advocate for stu-dent issues to the point of butting heads with senior officials at the University, Mercatoris said she believed few things could be accom-plished without some com-promise.

“I’m certainly willing to advocate for students, but I think in the long run we need to work harmoniously,” she said.

Mercatoris said she planned to look at statistics on alcohol consumption among students if chosen.

She said outsider percep-tions of how much alcohol is consumed at the University might have affected the University’s status as The Princeton Review’s No. 1 party school.

“Sometimes the percep-tion is off from the actuality of how much alcohol is con-sumed,” she said. “I want to know how the statistics match the rankings.”

But she admitted most colleges do have alcohol problems.

Mercatoris told attendees she believed she would be able to fulfill a need for more visibility in University admin-istration.

“I think of myself as a ser-vant-leader,” she said. “Students desire even more administrators to be visible and advocate for students, and I strive to do that.”

NEHEMIE LUCIEN | The Red & Black

▲ Access to the University’s libraries remains wide open on normal days, allowing students and non-students alike to enter. But when football Saturdays hit Athens, the facility must lock its doors against rowdy fans.

By MIMI ENSLEYThe Red & Black

As a state-supported institution, the

University’s Main Library must grant equal access to every Georgia citizen.

There aren’t hand scanners or ID checks, though library officials may con-sider turnstiles with future renovations.

Anyone can come in to relax, sign out one of the computers reserved for com-munity use or watch DVDs in one of the public-access media stations.

“We’re open to all citizens in the state of Georgia,” said Bill Potter, University librarian and associate provost. “As long

as they don’t cause a problem, they’re welcome.”

But when tons of tailgaters trash the facility, library officials find a reason to lock the doors to everyone.

“I don’t know if fan behavior has become rowdier,” Potter said. “But it just became more and more of a problem with people coming into the building, throwing up, going to the toilet outside of the toi-lets — just really trashing the place.”

The library first closed for game days in 2008 following discussions with stu-dents, faculty and upper administration.

Potter said when the library was open on football Saturdays, the crowds were

extreme and the piles of trash were dis-gusting — especially the bottles, cans and cups that gathered on a table outside of the library’s doors.

“The crush of the crowds got to be so much that we thought with those glass doors out there something dangerous could happen,” said Tom Frieling, head of access services. “And very few students as a result were coming to the library to study. We were just the bathroom place.”

At other football-centric schools, the library-closing schedule varies.

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See LIBRARY, Page 5

Football tailgaters shut the doors on studying

CORRECTIONIn the Thursday, Sept.

2 edition of The Red & Black, a cutline in the story “A.J. Not Playing?” was incorrect.

There is no proof A.J. Green attended a party with agents in Miami, and Green has said sev-eral times he was not in attendance at the party.

The Red & Black regrets the error.

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GettinG ready:

Whether Saturday will mark your first Georgia football game or you’ve seen match-ups between the hedges before, entrance for students is different than for the general public.

Remember your UGA ID card. You can make sure it’s working by visiting sta-tions at the UGACard Office, Bulldog Bucks Office or the Butts-Mehre Ticket Office today. If you’ve lost your UGA ID card or it is broken, you must get a new one today at the UGACard Office in room 309 of the Tate Student Center before they close at 4:30 p.m..

GettinG pumped:

The days of setting up tailgating fortresses — com-plete with TVs, beer pong tables, kegs and tents — on North Campus may be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean Bulldog fans won’t be able to enjoy some good ol’ fashioned Georgia tailgating this season.

The items are only con-traband on North Campus, and may still be enjoyed at other tailgating locales, such as Myers Quad and East Campus.

Tailgating is still permit-ted on North Campus, pro-vided that TVs and kegs are kept at home.

GettinG in:

Entrance to the stadium for students are only allowed through gates 1, 3 or 4A (from Sanford Bridge; between Memorial and Reed halls; and between Reed Hall and East Campus Road, respectively.)

Students are allowed to sit in sections 138 to 143, 109 to 114 and 307 to upper 316. Don’t forget: there is no re-entry into the stadi-um, umbrellas are not per-mitted and employees are willing to search you for that handle of Mr. Boston vodka you slipped into your pants for a half-time pick-me-up.

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➤ From Page 1

Delaney said the regulations troubled him because they strike him as punitive rather than preventative.

He also said it was an oversight not to include a student voice in the decision-making process.

“Most importantly, it’s part of our experience as students to enjoy our cam-pus on game day,” he said.

Despite the new restrictions, the Game Day Recycling program will be as busy as ever, said executive board mem-ber Georgia Cobb, who will welcome volunteers at the Game Day Recycling tent in front of the physics building.

She said though the Game Day Recycling volunteer pool has steadily grown every season, there will always be room for more volunteers.

Board member Rebecca Risser said she thinks the trash problem won’t van-ish so much as it will migrate.

She said places such as Myers Quad and the Intramural Fields could become new trash heaps on campus.

Williamson said he understands the

apprehension that comes along with new rules, but they are for the good of the campus.

However, the University may have more at stake than its pristine image.

Delaney posed the problem in eco-nomic terms.

“Alumni who support the University quite a bit through donating expect to be able to come back and enjoy the tra-dition,” he said.

Although alumnus Adam Albano admitted the trash heaps on North Campus were gross, there may be more at stake than just appearance.

“As a point of public relations, it may be wiser for UGA to try to cover the costs of North Campus clean-ups rather than risk miffing an important source of revenue,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Red & Black.

Delaney said it is for this reason SGA has kept the tailgating issue on its agen-da as members discuss alternatives with the administration.

“I’m not saying it should go back exactly how it was,” he said. “Anything is better than what we have now.”

RULES: Donations could decrease

By MICHAEL PROCHASKAThe Red & Black

North Campus tailgat-ing as we know it is now a mere memory, but when one door closes another door opens.

A dedication for the newly-renovated Reed Plaza will be held this afternoon to celebrate the addition of 30,000 square feet.

“There’s three times as much space for fans to be able to congregate than there was in previous years,” said Danny Sniff, the associate vice presi-dent for facilities planning for the University Architects.

The Red Coat Marching Band will provide music, and guest speakers, include University President Michael Adams, Athletic Director Greg McGarity and head foot-ball coach Mark Richt.

With an estimated cost of $23.3 million between Reed Plaza and the Coliseum — nearly $10 million of which went to the plaza — Sniff said the improvements have been in the works for more than 10 years.

Sniff said the architects wanted to create a better thoroughfare.

“The concept is to cre-ate more east-west flow for students to be able to go to East Campus, Ramsey Center, student center and also the presi-dent’s office,” he said.

Reed Plaza will be much more than a pedes-trian hub. More than 30 restroom facilities and 27 concession stands were constructed for game days. The space will also hold outdoor lectures and special events during non-game days.

Reed Plaza to serve many uses

When: Today at 4 p.m. Featuring:Speeches from Michael Adams, Greg McGarity and Mark Richt with music by the Red Coat Marching Band

REED PLAZA DEDICATION CEREMONY

Arson committed at Reed Hall

A sticker attached to a note was stuck onto a Reed Hall dorm room door and set aflame Wednesday evening, according to a University Police report.

Aniekan Akpamingie, a student assistant at Reed Hall, told University Police someone had set a Ron Paul campaign sticker and a note on fire on the door of a student’s room.

The incident occurred between 6:15 and 10:30 p.m., according to the report.

The report states stu-dents and faculty were in the building.

This is not the first arson reported in the dorms. In November 2009, an arson was reported in Creswell Hall. In February, there were three more reported arsons in Russell Hall, according to police reports.

Police find marijuana

University police found less than an ounce of mar-ijuana in People’s Park near Clark Howell Hall on Wednesday, according to a University Police report.

The officer also found a homemade bamboo pipe at about 7:40 p.m., accord-ing to the report.

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▲ At Saturday’s game, large tents and tables won’t be allowed on North Campus. Recycling programs will be in full force at the event.

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MATT EVANSsophomore telecommunications major from Dacula

“People will probably be more at their houses or wherever they live — anywhere more pri-vate. A lot of other parts of campus are over-run with alumni. Alumni might not want to deal with those shenanigans.”

ABBEY HUFSTETLERsophomore public relations major from Cartersville

“We’re going to be out on Myers at seven. That’s the earliest you can get there, so that’s when we’ll get there.”

CHRISTIAN ASKINSsenior management major from Athens

“In terms of tailgating for the game, I’ll probably end up downtown. It’s going to be an influx of people downtown. But I don’t like standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a bunch of people.”

MALIKA REDZHEPOVAfreshman business major from Alpharetta

“I won’t be tailgating, but everyone’s probably going to be where the Myers field is. It’s a great spot, period.”

MAN ON THE STREET:Tailgating Ban

KRISTEN YOUNGsenior early childhood education major from Cartersville

“We’re going to be tailgat-ing at Myers because it’s central to campus.”

Throughout University football history, students have staked their spots near the library and alumni have wheeled their grills as close to the Arch as possible — but not this year.

Saturday’s game will be the first game since the ban on some North Campus tailgating acces-sories was introduced last year in order to prevent post-game garbage problems.

These same students, alumni and outside fans will have to move their parties elsewhere — but what does that mean for the

rest of campus? Will South Campus be inun-

dated with more raucous fans than ever before? Or will down-town be the ultimate destination for Georgia fans eager to booze up before the big game?

The Red & Black asked University students about their tailgating plans.

Where are you planning to cel-ebrate now that North Campus is off-limits to grills, kegs, tents and other tailgating staples?

— Julia Carpenter

LIBRARY: Students not against closing➤ From Page 1

Tuscaloosa, several library branches close down on game days, and others have reduced hours.

At the University of Mississippi, library staff-ers believe it’s important to give access every day.

Stan Whitehorn, head of access services for Ole Miss, said the school’s library has tried several different scenarios for game day operations, including closing the facil-ity completely. Now, the library stays open with different hours to accom-modate the game crowds.

“We had enormous feedback from faculty and graduate students on campus that no matter what, they would like to have access to the library even on game days,” Whitehorn said.

Located in the midst of downtown Atlanta, the Georgia Tech library requires students to show an ID upon entering, said Catherine Murray-Rust, dean and director of libraries at Tech. As a facility situated in a city, the library has its fair share of homeless patrons just looking to find some time to relax or get out of the heat.

In Athens, Potter said the library has had some problems with non-aca-demic patrons in the past, but when the library

started reducing access to computers and media technology, the problems dropped off.

“If anyone does cause a problem, we will ban them,” Potter said. “We’ll report them to police and the police will determine if they should be banned or not.”

At Tech, which is also state-funded, administra-tors still want everyone to have access to books and research materials, even during football games.

“It’s very rare for us to close. It would take some sort of serious problem,” Murray-Rust said. “We feel that we should give them the option to study even though it’s kind of loud in here on football game days.”

But Potter said stu-dents in Athens don’t seem to mind the library’s locked doors — with the mess of game day traffic, no parking to be found and loud fans throughout campus, studious patrons probably couldn’t have made their way inside the library even if they want-ed to.

“I think there were some faculty who thought it was not a good gesture because it looks like ath-letics are overriding aca-demics,” Potter said. “But the fact is nobody was here studying on game day Saturday. You can’t even get here.”

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A wrap-up of the week’s ups and downs

Football ticket fiasco

There’s no greater feeling in the world than getting an e-mail saying you were awarded a Florida ticket. But when 900 students received a follow-up e-mail pretty much saying “Psych!”, people were upset. We sympathize with those students and hope they’ll still join us in Jacksonville to tail-gate at the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party anyway.

Dean of Students race

There’s a new competition on campus, and it has nothing to do with football. Surprisingly, that doesn’t make it bor-ing. The position of dean of students is up for grabs, and University stu-dents are eager to participate. Rather than sending the issue to the beyond, students are asking questions and attending speeches. Props to everyone for stepping up and paying attention. This needs to happen more often.

Raccoon blackout in East Campus

On Aug. 29, we lost a dear friend and valued member of our University community when a rogue raccoon — known for his curiosity and never-ending love of tinkering with electrical devices — perished from this earth. And as his wonderful life was extin-guished from his finely-groomed body, so, too, were lights extinguished all across campus. While the grieving pro-cess is bound to be difficult for many of his closest friends, we can’t help but feel a little happy. Sparky the Raccoon went out with a bang (just like he would have wanted) — and made for some great news along the way.

Labor Day weekend

At last! It’s only been a few weeks, but it feels like six semesters. We need a break, and so do you. Labor Day weekend is here at last, and we know you’ve been waiting with as much anticipation as we have. The edito-rial board advises you to enjoy the first football game of the season. And whatever happens, do absolutely no homework on Monday. We won’t.

— Daniel Burnett and Courtney Holbrook for the editorial board

Quote of the week: “Greeks academically out-perform non-Greek students here at UGA.”

— Wes Fugate in “Study hard, play hard: Greek life image

influenced ranking” on Aug. 20

They may catch your eye when you’re sober. After margarita No. 4, they’re even more

attractive. And once that Buttery Nipple

hits your bloodstream, your second glance has evolved into a lip-nib-bling, come-hither gaze.

You’re drunk, and feeling frisky. So what’s your next step?

Unfortunately, I’ve never had the pleasure of a random, drunken one-night-stand from downtown — but that doesn’t mean I haven’t fought the urge.

When you have mentally pre-pared to insert Tab A into Slot C — and accessorized your night-stand accordingly — you avoid the sunrise search for Plan B.

Along with protective layers of latex, the most important thing to have before you hit the sheets is consent from both parties ... even the fellas.

Now, when you introduce alcohol into your cognitive processes, your words or actions can get jumbled. So beware misinterpreting your partner. You don’t want to mistake mere politeness for desire.

Legal reasons aside, I’m sure most of the student population doesn’t wish to harm a fellow class-mate — so if you’re too impaired to give or receive appropriate consent, maybe you should call it a night.

But hey, it’s not always a new face, right?

Sometimes you and an old friend

decide to take a trip down memory lane. If you’ve hooked up with someone in the past — while sober — treat this drunken escapade like a coupon for Moe’s: equal or lesser value only.

If your partner only let you round second when they were alco-hol-free, don’t steal home now because they’re too drunk to tag you out.

Now, just because you’ve messed around with someone before doesn’t mean they’re up for the same activities now. But if they are, keep the drunken escapades within these parameters.

You never know who you’ll run into when you head downtown this Saturday. So be prepared — pack a few supplies.

Now, maybe you don’t plan to get wasted and sleep with the near-est stranger. But I have wandered downtown a few times in my day. There can be many tempting cock-tails, and even more tempting part-ners.

Grab a few condoms from the health center on your way out — they come in convenient pouches, along with lubrication.

You know alcohol dehydrates

more than just your mouth, right? And if masculine genitals aren’t

your cup of tea, a flavored condom is only three snips away from a dental dam.

Just because you’re prepared doesn’t mean you’re obligated to a walk of shame in the morning.

If you’re not interested, then pass your protection around in the bathroom and protect a fellow dawg.

If you so desire, drinking and sex can be important parts of the col-lege experience.

However, like Bailey’s and Rumplemintz, they’re not always best to mix. Only take the shot if you know — for sure — it won’t make you sick later.

Take a moment to plan your night before you go out.

Come up with a general game plan for the end of your downtown experience — those sober thoughts may break through a drunken stu-por and prevent a risky situation.

I’ve done some pretty stupid things myself on the liquor-lac-quered street of East Clayton, and I have the scars to prove it.

But always making up my mind before I strap on my stilettos has saved me in the past.

Without that, I would probably have woken up with a sexual hang-over.

— Samantha Shelton is a senior from Auburn

majoring in newspapers

Samantha Shelton

All it took was a curi-ous woodland crea-ture to demon-

strate just how dependent we are on technology.

A raccoon shocked University students Sunday night by killing the electricity to several campus buildings when it touched a live wire in a power plant substation.

Hand scanners were down, barring residents of East Campus Village from their dormitories.

Parking decks became inaccessible once the mechanical gates could no longer lift automatical-ly.

Studying became diffi-cult without the aid of electric lights.

Eventually, power was restored and normalcy along with it, but not before certain realizations came to light (so to speak) — we as a society have grown too depen-dent on these modern conveniences.

We can no longer func-tion normally without them.

Chaos did not exactly

ensue in the wake of the raccoon attack. No mobs formed. No torches were lit.

This is perhaps because we have traded our pitchforks for high-end mobile gadgets that don’t operate on the University power grid.

Word of the power out-age spread quickly via cell phone. These same phones were used as flashlights to navigate the darkness. Outright panic was avoided.

But what happens if a rhino crashes into a cellu-lar tower?

What do you do if a wolf devours your iPhone?

How would you handle laptop-stealing monkeys?

As unlikely as these hypothetical situations may be, you must be pre-pared for their implica-tions.

After all, you must be ready to swerve in your car to avoid hitting those other animals — jay-walk-ing students.

Remember a world without cell phones, the Internet and mail-order DVDs. That was society 20-odd years ago, the world into which most of us students were born.

We have grown up with these technologies.

Now, we take them for granted.

No doubt these advancements have their benefits.

Communication is instantaneous and infor-mation is universally accessible. Our lives are automated to become easier, more efficient and more predictable.

That in no way implies that you should dig a bomb shelter, eat only birdseed and wait out the apocalypse with a machete.

Just don’t be con-sumed by video games with such scenarios.

Technology is sup-posed to help our lives,

not run them. Simplify our lives, not complicate them.

It is supposed to give us power, not control us. This is the plot of far too many movies.

Picture students out-side of Rooker Hall say-ing, “Open the dorm doors, HAL.”

Imagine President Adams as the Terminator.

Technology is an addi-tive, not a supplement. It can improve, but not replace. Live for technolo-gy, not because of it.

“If you are not enough without it, you will never be enough with it,” said John Candy in the movie “Cool Runnings.”

Good point, even if he was talking about some-thing completely differ-ent.

Such dependence only leaves us vulnerable.

After all, if a normal raccoon can cause all that damage, imagine what he could do with a blog.

— Robert Carnes is a senior from Dunwoody

majoring in newspapers

Raccoon reveals technology dependenceRobeRt CaRneS

Cartoon unfair to Greek students

I was deeply angered by the stereotypical political cartoon in The Red & Black on Sept. 2.

The simple fact is that UGA Greeks outperform non-Greeks in academics.

When I was at the University, I defended The Red & Black through and through for its coverage of Greek mishaps.

Greek organizations hold their members to higher standards than the rest of the University com-munity. When they fall from those standards, it should be noted.

But when the editorial board decided to go ahead with a cartoon that was a clear attack on the Greek community, it crossed the line from journalistic enterprise to a plain and simple slime job.

The Red & Black is an important institution at the University. I would remind them that Greek life holds the same role for nearly a quarter of University students, past and present.

Kicking the fraternal organization for no reason

then stereotypes is poor journalism, and a poor reflection on The Red & Black.

CaRtER BatES alumnus, atlanta

International affairs

Sarah Quinn’s editorial cartoon, printed in the Sept. 2 edition of The Red & Black, seems to discred-it Wes Fugate’s quotes.

Although that may not be true in every compari-son between Greek and non-Greek individuals, it is certainly factual when examining the Greek and non-Greek undergraduate average GPAs.

The GPA for all Greeks in spring of 2010 was a 3.33 while the GPA for all undergraduates was a 3.16. This trend holds true when examining grade reports dating back until fall of 2007, when the non-Greek average was slightly higher.

Though we may make ourselves easy targets at times, we are students, too … and we do read your paper.

CaREy MILLERJunior, GainesvillePolitical science,

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VARIETY & SPORTS The Red & Black | Friday, September 3, 2010 | 7

Zach DillarD (1-0)

Joe Williams (0-1)

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Editor’s Note: It is war between sports and variety. The rules are simple: each week we will flip a coin to designate who will repre-sent our beautiful University in NCAA 2011.

Seven-minute quarters and updated roster chang-es will set the table for our epic full-season battle.

Stay tuned each Friday for the latest installment of our virtual bloodbath between the hedges.

NCAA Football 11 Georgia 73, Louisiana-

Lafayette 28

University of Georgia:Passing yards: 251Rushing yards: 405Total yards: 740Turnovers: 3Passing touchdowns: 3Rushing touchdowns: 6Time of possession: 11:37

Louisiana-Lafayette:Passing yards: 409Rushing yards: 30Total yards: 648Turnovers: 7Passing touchdowns: 2Rushing touchdowns: 1Time of possession: 16:23

Players of the Game: UGA: Caleb King - 19 carries, 313 yards and 4 touchdownsUGA: Aaron Murray - 251 yardsULL : Ladarius Green - 10 rec, 187 yards and 1 touchdown

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Sports Editor’s TakeGeorGia

Caleb King could not have picked a better time to live up to his high school hype.

The senior running back came up with the best game of his career just in time for me to trounce the Ragin’ Cajuns — and crush Joe’s soul. He was a one-man nightmare on offense, racking up 314 yards of glory to deliver knock-out blow after knock-out to Variety’s weak attempts at virtual athleticism.

There is a fine line be-tween gracious dominance and necessary gloating, but I feel the latter is most ap-propriate in this instance.

See, you must under-stand the competition here.

Our variety editor has done nothing but patron-ize and boast for the past weeks since we conjured up this hatred-filled idea.

Asking for a moment of silence or a sliver of humil-ity was uncalled for — too unrealistic for such a per-son with little respect and even less friends. Did his ar-rogance end when the bad news came to me that I had to bench Washaun Ealey as well as Tavarres King due to suspensions?

No, it fueled his pitiful fire.

Yet, after the game was underway, silence prevailed from the one man who will try to play the “victim” in this scenario.

But the numbers of the victory are self-explanatory, and every single one of the 73 points felt better than the last.

And it could have been worse. Much worse.

Just know that it feels extraordinary up here at the office, staring through our shared cubicle window with disdain and utter su-periority.

And finally, the world can see Joe Williams for what he really is — a loser.

Thank you, Caleb King.

Variety Editor’s TakeLouisiana-Lafayette

Unfortunately, the gods weren’t with me this week.

The coin flipped in the air, I yelled “tails!” and in one uncertain motion my destiny was set — I would be representing Louisiana-Lafayette in the first epic clash between the editors.

While I may have been stuck with arguably one of the worst teams in the game, I feel I made the most of my situation.

You see, the first key of any successful battle is siz-ing up your opponent.

In the case of Mr. Dillard, a few things must be noted.

First off, despite any-thing he may have said to the left of my column, he is not a true Bulldog fan.

The guy has never even attended a Georgia football game. Oh, but his work schedule was so hectic?

Then how did he man-age to make it to so many North Carolina games last season?

Secondly, once you get past the whole “look at me, I wear gym shorts and Nikes to work so I can reiterate my position as sports edi-tor” image that he desper-ately puts on, the facts are plain as day — there is truly nothing remotely close to intelligence behind that lit-tle puzzled face of his.

A.J. Green is rated at 99 in the game. Sure, Zach didn’t throw to him every play, but when he did, A.J. never missed. He never misses.

Considering my team was completely fatigued after every four plays — I literally had to sub my QBs in and out once a drive — I still managed to score 28 points, respectively.

Mr. Sports Editor might talk the big talk, throw out his impressive numbers and brag about how his shirt matches his shoes, but when it comes down to it, I threw for more than 400 yards and managed 21 first downs.

How ’bout them apples?

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The ATHENS Band is

on a high after a promis-ing first half of the year.

“Athens,” as the mem-bers often refer to them-selves, earned a spot on the main stage at AthFest this summer and won the audience over while per-forming at the 2010 Flagpole Awards.

But none of it would have been possible if their parents didn’t drive them to band practice.

Not your average after-school garage band, this head-banging quartet — ages 12 to 15 — can deliv-er impressive renditions of rock classics such as Van Halen’s “The Cradle Will Rock” and some notable originals

Stage fright is simply not an issue for the lead guitar player, who hap-pens to be the youngest member of the band.

Beau “Monkey” Anderson, 12, can often be found rolling and writhing around on stage while rockin’ out to one of his favorites, as he did to AC/DC’s “T.N.T.” during a show at Gnat’s Landing last Friday.

Anderson describes a sort of out-of-body experi-ence when he performs.

“The thing is, I can’t remember going on stage and coming off,” he said. “I just black out when I go on stage, I can’t remember a thing I do.”

But he does recall the day he hit up his best friend, who had already started dabbling with the idea of a band, and told him he wanted to play bass.

Chase Brown, 14, plays rhythm guitar and does lead vocals for the band. Brown received his call to rock three years ago when he heard Aerosmith for the first time on the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster ride at Disney World, he said.

From there, Brown bought a Lyon Acoustic guitar and began lessons with Mike Guthrie of the Michael Guthrie Band.

After a fruitless attempt at a band with two other guitar players, Brown found his inspira-tion when Anderson asked for a crack at the bass. Anderson, who is praised by his bandmates for having the “most natu-ral talent,” moved quickly from bass to lead guitar, he said.

With the guitar parts in place, Zak “Blonde Blur” Smith joined the band as its drummer, adding even more talent into the mix.

Smith, who turns 16 on Sunday, became interest-ed in percussion after he received some basic les-sons from his cousin.

“Now it’s all I do,” he said.

But it really can’t be all they do, because after all, they do have school.

When Brown dropped a grade in a class once, his dad pulled him from a show at The Masquerade in Atlanta, he said.

The bass player, 15-year-old Justin Granados, would say just fitting in with band is an understatement.

“I clicked with them instantly,” he said.

Although Granados is part of his school band at Madison County High School, he always wanted to play professionally.

“These guys really gave me the opportunity to do

that,” he said.The band credits good

energy, professionalism and their parents for their success.

And why?“Because they can’t

drive,” said Kathleen Anderson, Beau’s mom.

But in all seriousness, the support of their par-ents is a huge factor. It was their parents who chipped in on purchasing all the equipment and make the effort to get them to practice.

“We all have parents with musical back-grounds,” Anderson said.

The band practices four hours on Sundays and three hours on Tuesdays, said Jimmy Anderson, the band’s manager.

So what’s in store for Athens?

“I’d like to see us get signed,” Brown said.

Right now, they are also trying to weed out the covers and focus on originals, Granados said.

Athens will be perform-ing and shooting the music video for its original song “Animals” at the 40 Watt Saturday night.

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DEFENSEWhile Louisiana-Lafayette did improve on the defensive side of the ball last year — leading its conference in interceptions, though struggling to accumulate sacks — it would be difficult to compare the unit to a Georgia one stocked with SEC-caliber talent. Though the Bulldogs went through a massive coaching overhaul in the offseason, Justin Houston and the rest of the defense are out to prove a lot has changed in 2010.

BIG EDGE: GEORGIA

SPECIAL TEAMSThe Ragin’ Cajuns may boast the best special teams unit in the Sun Belt Conference, but they are being compared to the best duo of kick-ers in the country. Kicker Blair Walsh and punter Drew Butler should both contend for national player of the year honors at their positions. However, if the game says close, do not count out Louisiana-Lafayette kicker Tyler Albrecht — as Kansas State fans found out in 2009.

EDGE: GEORGIA

OFFENSEThe Ragin’ Cajuns benefit from the return of nearly their entire passing attack, one that led to 22.9 points per game. Quarterback Chris Masson also returns multiple reliable targets, notably talented tight end Ladarius Green. Georgia’s offense is led by one of the best offensive lines in the country and a strong running game. A potential problem: As many as three starters, including A.J. Green, could sit out the opener.

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RAGIN’ CAJUNS RUNDOWN: A look at ULL

The Fulmer Cup is an infamous award — noto-rious, even.

The yearly scoreboard and award is handed down to the unenviable schools that find their football teams in the most legal troubles at the end of the year.

Based on a point system devised by the web-site Every Day Should Be Saturday, schools are allocated points based upon which football pro-gram sports the worst collective criminal record.

The tongue-in-cheek award is named for for-mer Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer, follow-ing multiple Volunteers suffering from run-ins with the law.

For the 2009-10 fiscal Fulmer year, Georgia was awarded The Fulmer Cup after accumulating 21 points. No. 1 party school, indeed.

However, not too far behind and giving up a good chase was the Bulldogs’ Saturday oppo-nent, the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns.

GAME BREAKDOWN:

COACHINGMark Richt’s staff underwent significant changes in the offseason, and the jury is still out on whether those alterations will pay dividends. Although Richt’s staff boasts superior experience and SEC pedigree, Louisiana-Lafayette has the advantage of continuity. Head coach Rickey Bustle and his staff have been together for four straight seasons for the Ragin’ Cajuns — a significant upper hand in college football.

EDGE: GEORGIA BUSTLERICHT

By NICK PARKER The Red & Black

Last season, Georgia opened with a top-10 oppo-nent — Oklahoma State — on the road. This season, Georgia opens with a much easier opening game, fac-ing off against the Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette, who were just 6-6 a season ago.

Saturday’s game should serve as a reunion of sorts,

since Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Rickey Bustle coached Todd Grantham as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech. And the Cajuns are optimistic this season after being picked fourth in the Sun Belt Conference preseason.

Junior quarterback Chris Masson returns after throwing for 2,406 yards last season, and his top target is back, too, in tight end Ladarius Green. But the Ragin’ Cajuns also lost three starters along the offensive line and both of their leading rushers.

The defense should be the strength of Louisiana-Lafayette’s team, especial-ly the secondary of which all four starters return from a unit that ranked 23rd in the nation last sea-son in interceptions with 16 on the year. They also return a two-time All-Sun Belt selection in senior middle linebacker Grant Fleming.

“I know Louisiana-Lafayette is coming in to beat a top-25 team and make their reputation at the expense of us. I think our players have a very healthy respect for who we are playing, mainly because when you watch the film you see guys who can make plays,” Georgia head coach Mark Richt said. “They don’t have a talent base problem ... They are very well coached, so I don’t think our guys are falling into that trap at all.”

While the Ragin’ Cajuns are undoubtedly a team with some solid playmak-ers, they are still a team picked to finish fourth in the Sun Belt Conference facing an SEC opponent ranked in the top-25. In other words, an upset isn’t happening. Not this time, anyway. Georgia is just too talented.

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The disgust is evident. Their moods sour and their words become more defini-tive when the topic is even broached.

That topic? Eight wins, as in Georgia’s total last season.

In some places, eight-win seasons are glorified and celebrated. In Athens, eight-win seasons are reviled and quickly sup-pressed from the memory, with thoughts immediately turning to the potential of the next season yielding more fruitful results.

The fact that a coach with one of the nation’s top winning percentages is even up for a hot-seat debate is evidence enough that pre-New Year’s Day bowl destinations do not go over too well in the Classic City.

“Eight-win seasons are not what we strive for. It’s not a bad season, but for us it is,” redshirt senior Kris Durham said.

Unlike fans, who quickly expunged memories of last season, the players used it as a driving force in their offseason preparation, with the disappointment of last season never far from the mind.

All throughout the sum-mer and spring, senior Demarcus Dobbs said his class preached returning Georgia “back to where it once was” and restoring the proud tradition dimmed by last season.

“We had a lot of deter-mination this offseason to make sure that last season never happens again,” Durham said.

“It was a totally differ-ent offseason. The seniors said, ‘We can’t have this anymore, we’ve got to do something about it,’ and we had a great offseason workout,” safety Nick Williams added.

Georgia fans are used to the SEC Championship seasons and BCS bowls Richt looked like he might make an annual regularity in his first seven sea-sons. And so is the nation, which is why last season came as such an aberration to the Georgia stan-dard.

“8-5, how many teams respect that?” Williams asked rhe-torically. “We’re ready to gain our respect back. That’s the key word for us this year: respect. Nobody respects us anymore, but trust me, we’re going to gain it back.”

The prime source of optimism among the defense: a defensive overhaul under new defen-sive coordinator Todd Grantham.

“We’re ready to get out there and show everybody that we’re not ready to see another season like we had. Everybody is really excited because we all want to make plays, and we know that we can do it with the new scheme,” safety Bacarri Rambo said. “I think really the new 3-4 scheme has gotten every-body excited.”

Williams believes the secondary, in particular, will be much improved

from last season when they gave away 213 yards per game in the air — right around the nation’s aver-age — but gave away fre-quent big plays through the air. That may not be a surprising sentiment if it were not for the fact that the secondary returns only one starter, Brandon Boykin, following the grad-uation of Prince Miller and Bryan Evans and Reshad Jones leaving early for the NFL Draft.

“Definitely our second-ary,” Williams said when asked where the defense would be the most improved. “Hands down you can see it. It’s evident at practice. I think we have

a better under-standing of the game. We gel better together. We don’t want to give up the big plays this year, and we think about that constantly.”

Another reason for optimism, along with the 3-4, is Georgia so far has finally been able to rid itself of the inju-ry bug, which plagued them last season. Numerous starters missed portions of the 2009 season, creating a serious void of depth that hurt Georgia late in games.

“Guys were just winded,” Williams said. “You get into a big-time SEC game, you need depth. The third and fourth quarter are hard. We had so many injuries that our starters had to stay in the whole game. Who can do that?”

For now, though, the Dogs remain surprisingly healthy heading into the season opener. Richt said it’s the healthiest they’ve been going into a season opener in the 10 years he’s been at Georgia, with only backup center Chris Burnette and backup inside linebacker Richard

Samuel expected to miss the season opener; although, both are expect-ed back in time for the huge Sept. 11 matchup at South Carolina.

“As far as I can remem-ber, I don’t remember another year that we were rolling them in like we are right now,” Richt said. “We’re in great shape right now. I hope it stays that way.”

The team’s health may be slightly accredited to Richt’s decision to do away with two-a-day practices this preseason, creating a longer period of recovery time before the first game for players injured earlier in fall preseason camp.

“We’ll be hitting at prac-tice, and we want to hit them, but then we don’t because we don’t want to hurt our teammates,” Rambo said. “I think it’s going to be a great feeling just to go out there and hit someone and know if they get hurt, ‘Oh well,’ the next person is coming in and we’re hitting you, too.”

“We’re so tired of bang-ing on each other,” Williams added. “We’re ready to hit somebody [we] don’t know, and hopefully I get that chance, because hey, I’m going to bring it.”

Williams is right, Georgia better “bring it” this sea-son — or else Richt’s hot seat is going to be more than up for debate among media personalities.

It’ll be a reality.Because another 8-5

season just will not cut it — Richt’s first seven sea-sons simply set the stan-dard too high.

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Safeties Bacarri Rambo (18) and Nick Williams (39) are quick to point out the team’s newfound determination to regain national respect. Coming off an 8-5 season, Georgia’s players appear set to send a message in the season opener against Louisiana-Lafayette.

R-E-S-P-E-C-TGeorgia players have bonded together with one specific focus this season — respect.

Determined to restore team pride, the Bulldogs are approaching 2010 with a refreshing outlook.

“8-5 [record], how many teams respect that? We’re ready to

gain our respect back.”

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4Do not wear Georgia gear every day of the week

This idea is being stolen from a high school teacher of mine, but I find it a necessary bullet point for this column. The fact that you were admitted into the University of Georgia, or that the Bulldogs are your favorite college sports team, is not lost upon anyone else attending this University.

It was understandable when you wore red and black throughout high school. It was even accept-able when you had UGA plastered across your back the summer following your admission letter.

But you are a student here now, we all are. Even on a game week, there is no need for a wardrobe celebration five days in a row as you con-

tinue to study bus maps three weeks into your college career.Additionally, wearing current players’ jerseys is perfectly acceptable on game days, but is utterly

embarrassing during the week. These are not your childhood idols playing on your TV screen any-more, these are your classmates and peers.

Your reputation is no further enhanced if you run into A.J. Green at Snelling while wearing his No. 8 jersey.

3Asking who is announcing the pregame video montage is not in your best interest

The pregame montage is full of Georgia highlights from past years, enough to get even non-Bull-dog fans riled up for a game.

Why should you believe me? Well, you shouldn’t. This was supposed to be the part where I explain the importance of Larry Munson to the legacy

of Georgia football, but why should you listen to anyone from The Red & Black on Munson’s creden-tials — we have trouble even spelling his name.

But for the record, it is not spelled “Larry Munsen”. And let’s not even get started on your questions about hobnail boots. That is for another time,

maybe when Tennessee comes to town.

Learn the specific chants for Sanford Stadium

This, of course, does not apply to our veter-ans of Sanford Stadium, but it could be a cru-cial aspect of blending in for first-time attend-ees. There should most likely be a list of chants to know here — but I am still studying up on them myself. Basically, just remember to bark after every kickoff.

QB Aaron MurrayRT Josh DavisRG Chris DavisC Ben JonesLG Cordy GlennLT Clint BolingRB Caleb KingWR Kris DurhamWR A.J. GreenFB Shaun ChapasTE Orson Charles

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DEFENSE

Game days in Athens are an experience like no other — or so many of you have heard.For many in Georgia’s Class of 2014, this will be the first true experience of watching the Bulldogs in Sanford

Stadium amongst the company of your friends.Here we find something in common, which is something tough to say as a 21-year-old who no longer needs a fake ID and

does not answer to a residential adviser.Yes, the Georgia student paper’s sports editor has never been to a game in Sanford Stadium — do not look so shocked.Blame past jobs. Blame my parents for raising me up a North Carolina fan. Blame laziness for me not proactively buying

tickets last fall. Blame whatever you will, but this Saturday will be a new experience for the both of us. However, I have been around Athens and watched enough Georgia games to have collected a few ideas to help us all get through this without mak-ing ourselves stand out. And if you have been attending Georgia football games since as long as you can remember, then just read this anyway and be glad you no longer have to sneak beers from your irresponsible uncles.

— Zach Dillard

There is an explanation as to why that perfect tailgating mecca on North Campus is unoccupied

What do you mean you found an expansive plot of fresh cut grass in the shade of oak and magnolia trees, nestled comfortably within walk-ing distance of the stadium? That sounds per-fect for a tailgate ... oh, wait.

The Class of 2014 was not here for the University announcement that North Campus would, from now on, be free of tailgating.

See, that part of campus was naturally the hub of the Athens tailgating scene on Saturdays — and naturally there was an assortment of leftover trash every Saturday night.

So the administration decided to limit tailgat-ing, if not eliminate it altogether.

You are more than welcome to uphold the North Campus tradition of pregame partying, just do not bring any tents, grills, TV’s, full bands, tables, couches, recliners, generators, kegs or fun. Other than that, knock yourself out.

Do not complain about your seats or not being able to sell your ticket

Another new development over the past few years since your class’ arrival has been the new ticket system, which requires students to use their University ID cards for admission to Sanford instead of individuals tickets that could be bought and sold outside the stadium for pric-es based upon supply and demand.

The Class of 2014 has the least to complain about, for the new system has decreased demand for tickets and opened up opportuni-ties for freshmen and sophomores to secure full-season ticket packages.

Many upperclassmen are still upset over the ticket fiasco, so if you do not enjoy your seat or were hoping to sell your Louisiana-Lafayette ticket Saturday, just voice your opinions quietly amongst your friends.

OFFENSE

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