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The George-Anne Student Media Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 4-26-2006 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (2006). The George-Anne. 1946. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/1946 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Web sites help students sell books i CAMPUS, p.2 * Club Mud throwing mud again I CAMPUS, P.2 Pain in the gas Hearn reflects on time at High: 83 I Low: 63 Thunderstorms As gas prices continue to climb, wind The G-A, says thanks Volume 79 Number 13 power wins over new fans | NEWS, I OPINION, p. 4 f I 1 /~^\ A DAILY THE GEORGE-ANNE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,2006 Senior to Family starts search for soldier appear on missing in Savannah for 10 days Jeopardy Father says son went Outside the downtown DeSoto the face. And, Lord knows, I have." he studied psychology for two years Brad Jeffcoat says Hilton hotel, Eric Hornbeck called Eric Hornbeck planned a wide- before joining the Army in 2004. DO YOU HAVE missing after strange back but got no answer. This was the spreadsearchWednesdayevening after He also had a wedding date to INFORMATION? hes excited about spot he'd been given to pick up his son calling on volunteers in Savannah to marry his college sweetheart in phone call after a If you have in- chance to compete and an Army buddy after a night of help comb the downtown area. July. formation that bar-hopping until last call at 3 a.m. The weekend of April 16, when After a Saturday night of playing night of partying mjght help Hornbeck went missing, father and pool near the Savannah riverfront, Nine days after that brief phone call, in the search By Luke Hearn nobody can find a trace of 23-year-old son traveled to Savannah to catch up Hornbeck's father and wife retired at for a missing Executive editor By Russ Bynum Robert Hornbeck, who returned to while staying with a relative in town. about 11 p.m. while the soldier and soldier, call Associated Press Fort Benning in January after a year in Robert Hornbeck brought a friend, his friend stayed downtown to keep Savannah Senior Brad Jeffcoat has always Iraq only to vanish during a weekend Jeremy StCne, from his unit at Fort the celebration rolling. CrimeStop- wanted to be a Jeopardy contestant.. SAVANNAH - When his father getaway to Savannah. Benning. Eric Hornbeck came with Eric Hornbeck said Stone woke persat912- Spc. Robert His dream came true on March 31 Hornbeck called looking for him, Spc. Robert "For three days, I checked garbage his wife from Lapeer, Mich. him with a phone call shortly after 3 234-2020. when producers for the game show Hornbeck answered his cell phone bins, alleys. I even chased some home- They had much to celebrate. a.m. asking for a ride. The family called to let him know he had made and spoke just a few words before less people out of abandoned build- Hornbeck was preparing to leave the "Obviously they'd been drinking. has offered a $10,000 reward the cut. for his safe return. the connection went dead: "Dad, I'm ings," the soldier's father said Tuesday. Army at the end of April and return He said they were lost, they were at the "I was very on the stairs." "You can speculate until you're blue in to the University of Michigan, where ' see SOLDIER, back page excited," Jeffcoat, a senior English major from Vi- dalia, said. "It's been a life-long dream of mine to Jury selection be on Jeopardy" Jeffcoat's jour- Brad Jeffcoat underway in Sunscreen may not the ney to Jeopardy began when the Jeopardy "Brain Bus" came to Savannah in November. He Schrenko trial took a 10-question pre-test, and out of the 350 who took it, he and 81 Former state school best thing under the sun others passed and were able to take the actual contestant test the next superintendent accused day He passed. of stealing $600,000 Sunscreen may ward "I was very excited," he said. "After passing the test, I had an By Doug Gross off burns but that's not interview with the producers. I Associated Press must have had the enthusiasm they enough to stop cancer were looking for, because if you ATLANTA — Lawyers began don't have character, they won't call interviewing potential jurors Tuesday and aging, say experts you back." in the federal theft and conspiracy trial Jeffcoat left for the Jeopardy of former state schools superintendent studios in Southern California on Linda Schrenko. By Kate Santich Tuesday and will tape today. Schrenko is accused of steal- The Orlando Sentinel "They tape five shows a day," he» ing more than said. "They told us to bring three $600,000 in feder- Like a lot of blond-haired, fair-skinned changes of clothes in case I win. They al education mon- people, 34-year-old Jonjon Baus slathers said 'if Alex (Trebec) can change in ey to pay for her on sunscreen before he heads outdoors. 10 minutes, so can you.'" failed campaign As a bicyclist and runner, he opts for the Jeffcoat said he really hasn't done for governor and sweatproof formulas, and because he rarely too much studying for his chance a facelift, among gets sunburned, he figures he's safe. at Jeopardy champion, other than other things. "That's really how I gauge how effective playing the game at home. Opening argu- my sun protection is," said Baus, a manager . "I really haven't studied too ments in the case Linda for Track Shack, an Orlando, Fla., running much," he said. "I've looked at some Schrenko are scheduled for store. stuff, but there really isn't too much Monday. But in the wake of a class-action lawsuit you can do. Either you know it or Schrenko, 55, sat.with attorney filed recently in California against sunscreen you don't. Pete Theodocion as dozens of pd- manufacturers, claiming they have fraudu- "I've started playing at home tential jurors filed one-by-one into a lently exaggerated the effectiveness of their like they recommended...standing courtroom at the Richard B. Russell products, Baus has started to wonder. up in front of the TV and using the Federal Building. In fact, although dermatologists still ballpoint pen they gave us that looks She stopped on her way out of recommend the liberal use of sunscreen, and feels like the buzzer used on the the courtroom to shake hands with they warn that it's entirely possible for the show," he said. "They also told us reporters. When asked how she was sun to damage skin without burning it, and not to guess." doing she replied, "OK." that most of the sunscreens currently on the An avid reader, Jeffcoat said pay- Schrenko, computer consulting market do a better job preventing sunburn ing attention in school and watching executive Stephan Botes and busi- than they do at preventing other problems, educational channels have helped nessman Peter Steyn, his company's including premature wrinkles, age spots and Grayson Hoffman/STAFF prepare him for the chance to bring chief financial officer, face dozens of even skin cancer. Laura Almas applies suntan oil by the pool at University Pines. Experts advise against the home big bucks. federal counts of money laundering And neither sun protection factor (SPF) use of suntan oil, but add that sunscreen may provide a false sense of security for millions "I'll read anything, from a Cosmo and conspiracy to commit fraud. They ratings nor the labeling of a product as "broad- of users who believe it will prevent cancer and premature aging. to National Geographic," he said. face up to 20 years in prison on each spectrum" gives consumers any information on "And there's a lot to be said about count, although it is rare for judges to how much they'll be shielded against ultraviolet Spencer, a St. Petersburg, Fla., dermatologist expect too much from a sunscreen, Spencer the History Channel and PBS." sentence defendants to the maximum A rays, which don't cause burning but do cause and clinical professor of dermatology for said, putting themselves at risk for skin cancer Asked what he would do if he see SCHRENKO, backpage aging of the skin and potentially cancer. Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "But they by spending too much time in the sun. were a Jeopardy champion, Jeffcoat "I wish sunscreens were are a useful tool, and like any tool, if you don't The confusion comes in part because there said he would pay off student loans ; better. That would be terrific. use it properly, it doesn't work." are different types of sunlight responsible for and credit card debt, if his earnings But they're not," said Dr. James The problem is that many people may see SUNSCREEN, back page were enough. INSIDE Jeffcoat said he wasn't sure of when the taping of his appearance Student leaders to IN be honored tonight will air, but said he thought it would SAFE IN THE SUN • Apply sunscreen liberally to all ex- • Avoid tanning beds.
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