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SA George-Anne staff goals: Who's it going to be? we pledge our loyalty to you [ Zach Stafford is among the quarterbacks Volume 79 Number 20 I OPINION, p. 4A who hope to start the first game I SPORTS, p. 8A George Anne - 08/10/2006 DAiL^eCEIVED *GrgeAn08102006 1 Hour Reserve (In Libraryiry Use Only) I ^^ ^^ AUG 1 0 2006 HENDERSON LIBRARY VjJJWINXJn!s~\r\JN JN r, GEORGIA SOUTHERN THE UNIVERSITY THURSDAY, AUGUST io, 2006 'ShuttleGus' aims to keep students safe LCfgKMG Two GSU students develop a safe rides program for Statesboro, hoping to keep students from driving home drunk from the bars By Jenny Miller fall 2005.. and the University of Georgia's safe for our country and our community, Assistant news editor Matt Jones, a graduate student, rides program called Watch Dawgs. so it makes sense that a program and Jon Simpson, a logistics major, According to a recent survey done such as ShuttleGus starts as soon as Starting at the end of August, introduced the concept of the Shuttle- by the ShuttleGus program, 47 per- possible in order to make Statesboro Georgia Southern students will have Gus to the Student Government As- cent of students surveyed had driven and Georgia Southern as safe as pos- one less thing to worry about when sociation members at their fall 2005 a car after consuming alcohol and 72 sible" said Simpson, director of the planning a night out in Statesboro. leadership retreat. percent of the students surveyed had ShuttleGus program. ShuttleGus, a safe rides program, They began researching similar been a passenger in a car when the The ShuttleGus program will work was developed by GSU student lead- programs at other universities, in- driver had been drinking. on a "no questions asked" policy on ers and has been in progress since cluding Texas A & M, Colorado State, "Drunk driving is ahuge problem see SHUTTLE, page 2 * Creating a * new GSU ., University anticipates Special Photo In this George-Anne news clip from 1967, students march in a parade dur- record enrollment, ing "Rat Week." most highly qualified * freshman class in its 'Rat Week' initiates freshmen history By Morgan Marsh rules laid out by the year's sophomore Managing editor for news class, plus spend an entire semester Compiled by staff wearing their "Rat Caps." In position, Rat! Rat Week, which was a school- » Georgia Southern may begin If the year were 1967, freshmen sanctioned event that began around the 2006-2007 academic year with would be bowing and falling to the 1926, kicked off at the beginning the largest enrollment and the Grayson Hoffman/STAFF floor, waiting for permission to stand of each fall semester with a new set most highly qualified freshman Georgia Southern's 'Southern Express' buses are ready to start the semester Monday after a quick paint job. again. of freshmen and rules for them to class in school history. Until 1968, when Georgia Southern follow. President Bruce Grube made ended the long tradition of "Rat Week," "[Rat Week] was a way for college the announcement during his all freshmen were required to endure students to initiate freshmen," said eighth annual. State of the Uni- a week full of underclassmen versus campus historian Del Presley. versity Address, which was part Southern Express fuels up upperclassmen activities and follow see RATS, page 2 of the Fall Convocation Ceremony ■' held on Wednesday, Aug. 9, in the By Rachel McDaniel really excited," said Transportation running eight buses at the busiest A few freshmen rules from "Rat Court Ceremonies": Performing Arts Center. Executive editor Services Director Bob Chambers. time of day," said Chambers. "We'll Preliminary figures suggests "We have six brand new CNG buses have four buses that we used last — The freshmen boys must carry with them all day a shoe brusTPlnd » that 16,850 students are enrolled Southern Express will debut six that will have lower emissions and are year to use as back ups and to fill in matches.They are required to polish the shoes of any upperclass- for the start of the fall semester, new energy efficient buses this se- quieter than the old buses. They also when needed." men who might ask.They are also required to light all cigarettes. according to Grube. mester. The compressed natural gas have brand new AC units." Buses are usually fuller as stu- — When an upperclassman yells"Air Raid"the freshmen boys must That number would break (CNG) buses will start the semester The new buses will seat 34, with dents come to campus in the morning hit the ground and stay there until the person gives an "All Clear." the record of 16,646 students Monday beginning at 7 a.m. and run standing room for about 20 more and leave in the afternoon, so an extra — Every freshman girl must wear her hair parted in the middle, hav- established in Fall 2005. In fact, until 9 p.m. Last year, the transit sys- students. All of the new buses are bus will be added to the route from 8 ing one side with ten pigtails and letting the other be straight. it would mark the fifth year in a tem carried students on over 800,000 handicap accessible, and there will a.m. to 4 p.m. Students should be at She must wear her "rat cap" over this and have no bobby pins in row that Georgia Southern has set trips to and from campus. be another bus added to the route the bus stop about 45 minutes before her hair. — Every freshman girl must wear a tennis shoe on the left foot and a a new record for enrollment. "We are.putting the finishing this year to cut down on wait times. class time for the first few weeks. low-heeled shoe on the right foot. She will wear socks with these. see GSU, page 2 touches on the buses now, and we are "We are adding a bus, so we'll be see TRANSIT, page 2 ' For those who went home for break, here's the summer's biggest news you missed Dingus employees checks GSU biologist says Tybee bounce at the bar sand dollars threatened A 21-year-old man was arrested A Georgia Southern biology unusual, a lot of people don't realize after trying to buy drinks with a professor, Professor Sophie George, that they are alive," George said. In checkbookhe found at Dingus Magee's is encouraging student beachgoers to comparison to other Georgia bar- Friday night. think twice about gathering sand dol- rier islands, George has observed a Jody Brian Minor was caught using lars along Georgia's barrier islands. significant decline in the adult sand the stolen checks by a bartender who Grayson Hoffman/STAFF Although these sand dollars are dollar population on Tybee over the recognized his co-worker's name on Zack Henderson shoots a basket on the RAC's new basketball courts. fun to search for and make interesting last 10 years. the checks, Hubble Beasley, a Dingus decorations, George asks that beach For safe instructions on how to cook. patrons help preserve the sand dollar properly search for sand dollars and Bartender Bill Greenwald said he RAC courts completed population by using caution and col- keep biologists happy, refer to http:// didn't think much of the checks when lecting only non-living sand dollars. www.ehow.com/how_17517_find- Minor wrote the first couple because Sporting a shiny new gloss and elements. "Because sand dollars look so sand-dollars.html. Beasley is a common last name. After three defiant freshly painted GSU The disaster that resulted in watching Minor's behavior, Green- Eagle emblems, the RAC basketball warped boards, a foul smell, and wald became suspicious. courts are finally in full operation. a general shabby appeal has been "He told everyone his dad was a Grayson Hoffman/STAFF The courts had been going corrected after months of hard work millionaire," said Greenwald. through renovations for the past Dingus Magee's bartender Bill Gre- provided by Turner Construction. Minor is out on bond, and his case enwald, left, stands with the checks' several months due to a flooding As of June 1st the last semblance will go before a grand jury in August, real owner, Dingus cook Hubble that occurred during a storm in the of saturated and soured wood will said Briley. Beasley. previous winter. exist only in memories. B easley said he has no hard feelings Geoff Sherry, a CRI manager, The court has been completely toward Minor. and said it was a mistake." stated that the damage was a result refurbished and is reflecting the ceil- Special Photo "He was drunk and made a mis- Briley said Minor's father has paid of incomplete construction that left ing light with a splendid new face, a Live sand dollars collected at Tybee Island are left on the beach to die in this take," said Beasley.