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Instead, Saturday challenge Volume 78 look for the Reflector's food edition. |SPORTS,p.6 Number 31 • ♦,-, * -- ♦ Hp /^^\ A DAILY •s .. • THE GEORGE-ANNE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,2005 Students split on Nikel controversy * . Debate over liquor laws, ladies' night is overblown, say some students By Adam Crisp sexual assault. pushed to where they end up in some Managing editor But not all students agree. guy's bed." "You can't blame the bar," said Milner, who served as the spokes- Activists' pleas to tighten senior Adam Brantley. "I think the person Tuesday, said she isn't the the belt on underage Nikel is as safe as any other place leader of the group. She is simply the drinking at local bars is in Statesboro. They have as many spokesperson for a loosely organized drawing a mixed reaction bouncers,'if not more, than any other group of concerned locals. from students. bar around." "I've probably gotten 8-10 phone A day after 100 or so locals packed Brantley, who has visited the Nikel calls giving support and asking how the Statesboro City Hall, painting a after the Ladies' Lock-Up ended, said to help (since Tuesday's meeting)," dangerous picture of the drinking and Milner's assertions that men wait to said Milner Wednesday afternoon. partying at The Woodin Nikel, stu- pounce on the inebriated co-eds was She said parents, students and other dents are split on whether Statesboro an exaggeration. professors had called to pledge help. officials should limit free drinks and "It's just a way to get a lot of girls "So far, I haven't received any negative step up enforcement of underage at the bar," he said of the Lock-Up. response." drinking. "It's not like a ton of guys run there Much of the attention at Tuesday's At target in the recent hailstorm on Wednesday. It's just a good drink meeting fell on Statesboro City of controversy: Ladies' Lock-Up at special." Councilman Will Britt, who owns the the Nikel, where women are allowed CrystalNoll, a senior who supports Nikel and other Statesboro bars. Britt free entry and free drinks from 9-11 the group aiming for a tightening defended himself with a statement p.m. After 11, men are allowed into on Statesboro liquor laws, said the during the meeting and then spoke the bar. group isn't aiming to have the Nikel afterward to the local media. Laura Milner, a Georgia Southern closed or to even end ladies' nights Milner denied Britt's assertions professor who presented the group's at local bars. that the students at Tuesday's meeting complaint Tuesday, said the lock-ins "We simply want to restructure it were brought there with promises of Grayson Hoffman/STAFF create a dangerous situation where in a way that makes everyone happy," extra credit. A bouncer walks near a scarcely-populated Woodin Nikel Wednesday evening. Security at the bar prevented G-A intoxicated girls are vulnerable to said Noll. "We don't want girls to be see NIKEL, page 7 photographers from taking more photos. ID swiping at games declined Hurricane Rita up to a Category 5, more By Rachel Weeks "We're doing away with Staff writer the scanning system and evacuations planned all six gates will be avail- Students still need to bring their able to enter." Eagle IDs to Saturday's football game ByPamEaston Keith Roughton against UT Chattanooga, but they will Associated Press Getting stronger Asst. Athletic Director not have to wait in line while the cards Hurricane Rita reached category are scanned. GALVESTON, Texas - Gaining 5 status Wednesday, still on course for the Texas coast. For the first time at Georgia weekend's game. "We have decided strength with frightening speed, Southern's first home game earlier that the technology we are using is Hurricane Rita swirled toward the this month, attempts were made to not conducive to admitting students Gulf Coast a Category 5,165-mph 2 p.m. New scan each student's Eagle ID and in a speedy manner. So to make it monster Wednesday as more than Sat. Orleans students were only allowed to enter easier for them to enter, students will 1.3 million people in Texas and \ * Houston I, through Gate One. The scanning was be allowed to enter at any gate when Louisiana were sent packing on or- Corpus ,sf*. „ scrappedhalfway through the game as they present their Eagle ID." ders from authorities who learned Christ! s^ ♦-2 p.m. Frl. lines backed up and the four scanners Roughton expects the crowd to be a bitter lesson from Katrina. were not enough to keep the estimated less than the home opener, estimating "It's scary. It's really scary," is' Projected *««o. > ,l4th 2p.m.'% 11,816 students who attended the between six and nine thousand stu- Shalonda Dunn said as she and her o 150^1 Thurs- game moving. dents will be in attendance. The ticket 5 - and 9-year-old daughters waited 0~750 krn^ Gulf ofMexico ,,.--" According to Keith Roughton, office will go back to using counting Adam Crisp/STAFF to board a bus arranged by emer- assistant athletic director, the ID scan- machines to keep track of the number Students will still have to present their IDs at football games, but the school gency authorities in Galveston. SOURCES: NOAA; Weather AP Underground; ESRI ning will not be taking place at this of students who attend the game. will not scan the cards as was the practice at the last game. see RITA, page 7 l| . Sony recalls PS2 adapters for potential safety problems Melting, damage rest were four reports of p'roperty Sony will replace defective adapters prompt video game damage, two minor burns and one at no cost. Consumers can call 1-888- Models recalled report of minor static shock. Though 780-7690 or visit www.us.playstation. SCPH-70011 company to make pull the reports have, so far, only come com/adaptor to verify whether or SCPH-70012 from North America, the company is not their unit is affected. If so, Sony By Cheryl Frost extending the recall to Japan and some will send the customer a replacement To report or find out if your PS2 is affected Staff writer European areas. adapter along with prepaid packing Call 1-888-780-7690 Not all of the adapters for PlaySta- supplies to return the old one. They will or go to http://www. Video games may be hazardous tion 2 consoles are defective. The recall not replace any models other than those us.playstation.com/adaptor to the health of some PlayStation 2 only applies to slim-line models pur- involved in the recall and customers can gamers. Sony Computer Entertain- chased after October 2004, model num- not get their replacements at the store ment America is recalling AC adapters bersSCPH-70011orSCPH-70012. The in which they bought the system. included with certain slim versions of model number can be found on a label Sony states that surge protectors PS2 because of overheating. at the base of the console and the date are not adequate protection against in the United States since last October, RickHeineman, a spokesperson for on the back of the adapter. damage, so people should not assume and will now have to be replaced. This Sony, said there had been 38 reports "If you think you may have one of if their adapter is connected to one, number is minimal to Microsoft's Grayson Hoffman/STAFF of faulty adapters throughout North these," said Heineman, "carefully un- they are safe. problem last year, when over 14 million Students play Playstation 2. An adapter on the video game system is being Approximately 960,000 slim-line Xbox consoles were recalled for their America. Most of the complaints, plug the adapter, let it cool, and check recalled due to safety complications. he said, were of melting. Among the the numbers." PS2 systems with this adapter were sold overheating power cables. •'•'■ www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu Established 1927 • The Newspaper for Georgia Southern University Covering the campus like a swarm of gnats. PAGE 21 NEWS I THE GEORGE-ANNE All I got from college was a credit card bill ■ ■■■.ims.- Thursday, September 22 By Cheryl Frost 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Staff writer economic virtue." For this reason, it is especially important that students be The Bubonic Plague Exhibit Credit cards can be convenient, but advised ahead of time as to whether they Museum they can also be a big problem. When are ready for a credit card and if so, how students enter college for the first to handle the responsibility. 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.