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Five soldiers Death penalty charged in gay vote passes 5-4 The new resolution mans beating would create a commis- Associated Press sion to study all aspects of the death penalty Police say five Fort Stewart sol- diers severely beat a man outside a Associated Press Savannah gay bar early Sunday. ATLANTA - A push to .Officers responded about 3:15 study whether the death penalty a.m. Sunday outside Blaine's Back is administered fairly in Georgia Door Bar, 13 East Perry Lane. narrowly cleared a Senate commit- Lying barely conscious outside tee on Tuesday, just days before it the front door was David Bennett, must clear the full Senate to have a 37. An initial Savannah-Chatham chance of passage this year. Metropolitan Police report indicates The resolution, which passed he was "bleeding profusely" from the Senate Judiciary committee cuts near the eye and along his on a 5-4 vote, would create the right side. Bennett was taken to the Special Photo Georgia Capital Punishment Study hospital, where he was discharged Commission to study all aspects Monday. of the death penalty, including Witnesses told police the soldiers, whether it is used in a discrimina- including one wearing a cowboy hat, North Carolina Dance Theatre tory way based on race, economic attacked Bennett at the corner of status or where the defendant lives Perry Lane and Drayton Street just in the state. after he'd left the bar. to perform at GSU The votecomesafteran Ameri- Bennett attempted to run back can Bar Association report recom- to Blaine's, but the men caught him mended a freeze on the state's use at the front door, police said. There, The North Carolina Dance Theatres "Under of the death penalty until flaws in three witnesses said, the men beat its use are addressed. Bennett with their fists and kicked The report said Georgia is the and stomped him once he fell to the Southern Skies" features a diverse range of mu- only state that fails to provide legal ground. The men then fled to the counsel to poor people once they DeSoto Hilton, the witnesses said. are sentenced to death and the only Police soon found the suspects, By Koelling Borneman South, its artists, and the culture of the Dance President and Artistic Director Staff writer state that requires defendants to who range in age from 20 to 26 and * region unique. Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, is a ballet set to ■ -prov- mental retardation beyond are all members of the 3rd Infantry The North Carolina Dance Theatre "[The show] features bluegrass, traditional bluegrass music provided by reasonable doubt—the law's high- Division, and returned them to will perform at the PAC on Thursday, country, pop, singing and dancing," said the band Greasy Beans, one of North est standard. the scene to be identified. All were March 9, at 8 p.m. Statesboro marks the Carol Thompson, PAC assistant direc- Carolina's most popular bluegrass The study commission bill charged with aggravated battery. organization's fourth stop on its national tor. "It's an eclectic type of program." bands. The dance wasperformed to sold- was one of two on the subject According to the incident report, tour that began on March 2. The four dances include Shindig, out audiences in New York in 2004. sponsored by Sen. Vincent Fort, one of the men, Sidney Swift, boasted The program, "Under Southern I'm With You, Sweet Tea and City I'm With You, also choreographed by D- Atlanta. The other, which called to police: "Yes, I beat that m f— Skies," will feature four dance South. Live music will be provided for Bonnefoux, will feature live music from for use of the death penalty to — f—- up." segments that celebrate two segments of the show, I'm With singer/song-writer Christine Kane. be halted until the commission The other soldiers, according to Southern mu- You and Shindig. The performance Sweet Tea, a third segment, is per- studies it, was not considered by police, told Swift to be quiet because features contemporary choreography formed to the music of jazz legend John the Senate committee. they were "one team, and it was and energetic dancing. Coltrane. In last month's issue, Dance Last week, former First Lady one fight." ever-chang- Tickets are $31.03 for adults and Magazine described the performance Rosalynn Carter, a longtime Kevin Clark, an advocate for ing landscape of $27.93 for students. These prices include of Sweet Tea as a "loose-hipped, jazzy advocate on mental health issues, the Savannah gay and lesbian com- the region. Each piece tax. For GSU students, tickets will also work with a style as slick as Coltrane's endorsed the moratorium plan. munity, said the incident highlights explores an as- be sold for $10.70 ten minutes before music." Georgia, which uses lethal the need for hate-crime legislation, pect of what the show for any seats left. Finally, City South features music see BEATING, page 7 %& makes the Shinding, choreographed by N.C. see DANCE, page 7 see DEATH, page 7 Revived hate crimes Grant wishes through cMake-A-Wish' law on way to Senate Bulloch County now offers training to residents and Georgia Southern

By Doug Gross Christopher B otts and Angela Pi- Associated Press sciotta — who reportedly screamed students to help 'Wish Children's dreams come true racial slurs during the attack — were ATLANTA — A revived version convicted of badly beating the two By Kevin Bell Staff writer of Georgia's hate crime law is mak- men in 2002 and were sentenced ing its way through the Legislature, to six years in prison. A Fulton The Make-A-Wish Foundation of two years after the state's Supreme County judge added two more years Georgia and Alabama has recently Court tossed out the old statute for to their sentences under the hate formed an advisory committee in being too vague. crimes law. Bulloch County. The Georgia and Ala- The law, drafted in 2000, had Pisciotta and Botts, who were bama chapter is in its 10th year and it called for stiffer criminal penalties panhandling before the attack, ap- granted 405 wishes in 2005 and expects for crimes where a victim is chosen pealed the hate crimes law to the to grant 425 wishes in 2006. because of "bias or prejudice." state's highest court. The goal of Make-A-Wish is to help The new bill, approved on an Supporters of the bill at Tuesday's grant wishes for children that have 8-3 vote by the Senate's judiciary committee meeting included Geor- life-threatening medical conditions. committee on Tuesday, instead gia Bureau of Investigation director The children are known as "Wish singles out people who commit a Vernon Keenan and advocates from Children" and their ages range from crime because of "the victims race, Hispanic and gay-rights groups. two and a half to 18 years old. religion, gender, national origin, or Chuck Bowen, director of Geor- The average cost per wish is $5,000 sexual orientation." gia Equality, the state's largest gay and two volunteers are teamed up "This strong, law-and-order bill advocacy organization, cited an at- together in order to grant the wish. is designed to deal with the issue of tack Sunday morning in which five The wishes usually involve one of terrorism," said Sen. Vincent Fort, Fort Stewart soldiers are accused, the four categories: meet someone, D- Atlanta, sponsor of the 2000 law of beating a man after he left a gay be someone, go somewhere or have and the new bill. "Terror is not an nightclub in Savannah. something. attack on an individual; terror is an According to the police report, There are currently three children attack on a group of individuals." one of the soldiers admitted to the in Bulloch County who are in the The Supreme Court's 7-0 ruling beating and used profanity and a process of having their wishes granted Special Photo came in the case of a white man and slur against homosexuals to describe by wish volunteers. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia and Alabama granted twelve-year-old,Briona's wish to design a line of woman convicted of assaulting two the victim. "Many children make it into dresses and auction them off to fund the wishes of other local wish kids. Briona, middle, who was diagnosed with a black men in Atlanta's Little Five "That's why this legislation is adulthood," said Carolyn Raines, the life-threatening heart condition, decided she wanted something that would benefit other children waiting fortheir Points neighborhood. see LAW, page 7 see WISH, page 7 wishes. The proceeds from her fashion shows totaled over $6,000 - more than the cost of the average wish.

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9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Alcohol awareness events warn students of inhibitions Education Career Fair Russell Union Ballroom By Casey Altman BAC goggles. On April 12 at 7 p.m. in the Rus- Assistant news editor " This is meant to promote safe drink- sell Union Ballroom, Chris Sandy will 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. ing and driving during spring break," speak on harsh realities of drinking Graduation Gala Alcohol awareness events will begin said Johnson. and driving. Nessmith-Lane today at 10 a.m. with a simulated driving There will be free food and drinks According to Johnson, Sandy is an event in the Russell Union parking lot. available at the event until 1 p.m. inmate at a Georgia Correctional Facil- 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. According to La'Shanda Johnson Along with simulated drunk driving ity, who at the age of 22 was convicted of Simulated Driving Event .theinterirndirectorofhealth education there will also be an informative event two counts of vehicular homicide. He is Russell Union Parking Lot and promotion, BAC stands for Blood Thursday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in Hendrix serving a 15 year sentence and travels to Alcohol Content, and the goggles simu- Hall. The program will highlight the different schools to share his story. 4 p.m. late the effects alcohol has on a person's physical and psychological effects of "The reason we are doing this is Children's Vegetable Garden coordination. alcohol. because for graduation, people are going Botanical Garden Johnson said BAC goggles set at .08 The BAC goggles will be on hand at to be partying, and we just want to get would simulate visuals a person would the event. "Students will be able to dance that message out before parties begin," 6 p.m. experience if they took a breathalyzer with the goggles on to know about loss said Johnson. SGA Meeting and registered .08. of coordination," Johnson said. "They The events are sponsored by the Of- Russell Union Room 2047 Johnson said the Bulloch County (students)willalsotryputtingacondom fice of Health Education and Promotion Sheriff Department will be at the on a dildo with the goggles on to dem- with support provided through a Young Photo lllustration/STAFF 6 p.m. event and there will be a golf cart that onstrate the dangers of drinking while Adult Alcohol Education Grant from the BACgogglessimulatetheeffectsofdrunkeness through visual distortion, Artist Talk with Christopher students can drive while wearing the having sex," she said. Georgia Office of Highway Safety. alteration of depth and distance perception and double vision. Home "I was dead, then alive" Foy Fine Arts Building Gallery 303

7 p.m. Public colleges ordered to allow military recruiters Talk on myths of Arabian wom- en By Gina Holland tacks, and during the war in Iraq, the American Center for Law and Justice, Associated Press Neesmith-Lane Assembly Hall government had a responsibility to called the decision "an important vic- The Supreme Court ruled unani- bolster its recruitment. tory for the military and ultimately for Thursday, March 9 mously Monday that the government Chief Justice John Roberts said our national security'' can force colleges to open their cam- that campus visits are an effective re- The military's policy had put, 5:30 p.m. puses to military recruiters despite cruiting tool. And, he said, "a military college leaders in a thorny situation International Club Meeting university objectionsto the Pentagon's recruiter's mere presence on campus because of campus rules that forbid Russell Union Room 2042 "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. does not violate a law school's right to participation of recruiters represent- Justices rejectedafree-speech chal- associate, regardless ofhow repugnant ing agencies orprivate companies that 6 p.m. lenge from law schools and professors the lawschool considers the recruiter's have discriminatory policies. United Caribbean Association who claimed they should not have to message." Most college leaders have said they Meeting associate with military recruiters or The 8-0 decision upheld a federal could not afford to lose federal help, Russell Union Room 2044 promote their campus appearances. law that says universities must give some $35 billion a year. The decision was a setback for Special Photo the military the same access as other Roberts, writing his third decision 7 p.m. universities that had become the In a scene from Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," Marine recruiters in recruiters or forfeit federal money. since joining the court last fall, said, Alcohol Awareness latest battfeground over the military Flint, Mich., approach teenagers on a community campus and encourage Justices ruled even more broadly, there are other less drastic options for Hendrix Hall policy allowing gay men and women them to enlist in the military. saying that Congress could directly protesting the policy. "Students and to serve only if they keep their sexual Law School had a right to bar mili- or lesbian," Koh said in a statement demand military access on campus faculty are free to associate to voice 8 p.m. orientation to themselves. tary recruiters from its job interview released Monday afternoon. without linking the requirement to their disapproval of the military's North Carolina Dance Theatre The ruling does not, however, program. But he said it would take time to federal money. message," he wrote. Performing Arts Center answer broader questions about the Forty-five Yale Law School profes- sort out how the decision would af- "When you're in the middle of war, Joshua Rosenkranz, the attorney policy itself. Challenges are pending sors signed a friend-of-the-court brief fect Yale, which allows recruiters on even if its not a terribly popular one, for the challengers of the law, said Friday, March 10 in courts in Boston and Los Angeles in the case and Dean Harold Koh said campus but doesn't provide access to courts are hesitant to tie the hands of that the case called attention to the1 that could eventually reach the high he was disappointed by the decision. the interview program. the military," said Jon Davidson, legal military policy. "A silver lining to the; 11:30 a.m. court. "Their ruling seems to require law Justices on Monday seemed director of gay rights group Lambda Supreme Court's opinion is the court International Conversation Hour One case is in Connecticut, where schools to endorse the motto: Join swayed by the Bush administration's Legal. made it clear," he said, "law schools are Russell Union Room 2080 a federal judge had ruled that Yale the military, but not if you are gay arguments that after the terrorist at- Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the free to organize protests."

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(Located next to East Georgia Regional Medical Center off Fair Road) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY I PAGE 3 Good and bad news for Georgia's jobs Ga. Senate approves study on voting paper ballots By Shannon McCaffrey jobs evaporating. a new facility in Douglas, Ga. which 0.9 percent in 2005 and 1.2 percent in •Associated Press As job announcements go, Mon- will create more than 200 jobs in the 2004. But it lags the nation. ATLANTA - The state Senate on Under current Secretary of State day's was significant. Gulfstream next two years in Coffee County. It "We're up but we're still under- Monday unanimously approved a Cathy Cox, Georgia switched to t ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue plans a $300 million expansion of its plans to hire 250 people by its fourth performing the nation," Humphreys plan that could lead to paper ballots an all-electronic voting system in Jwped tb make a splash when he an- corporate plant in Savannah over the year at the site. said. being added to Georgia's electronic 2002 in the aftermath of the chaotic nounced Monday that Gulfstream next seven years. The 1,100 new jobs Overall, the job picture has been Humphreys said that suggests that voting machines. presidential vote in Florida. Jjas bringing 1,100 jobs to coastal will mark a 25 percent increase from less rosy for some of Georgia's marquee the problems are internal, not part of "My hope is that this legislation Georgia previously had a mix- Georgia. its current workforce of 4,300. Gulf- names. a national or global trend. New upstart will take us one more step forward and-match voting system in which ' Instead, he was forced to hustle stream officials say the Savannah plant, Delta Airlines is in bankruptcy and companies are not adding jobs at a fast toward having the most trustworthy, counties used punch card voting in ijack to Atlanta to help explain why which makes high-end business jets, has been slashing jobs. Georgia Pacific enough pace to make up for the loss of secure voting system in the country," some areas, optical scan machines <3eorgia lost out on its bid to lure the experienced strong 12 percent growth has downsized. jobs from the states corporate pillars. said Sen. Bill Stephens, R-Canton, in others and paper ballots in still ^ASCAR Hall of Fame to Atlanta, last year and expects that growth to And Georgia has been hit with bad But state officials say population is the plan's sponsor. others. that became offical on the day after continue. news on the automotive manufactur- growing so fast in Georgia it has been According to the plan, which Under the Stephens plan, voters AT&T announced it was acquiring "These are very goodjobs with high ing front. Ford Motor Co. announced hard for the jobs to keep pace. passed 51-0, precincts in Bibb, would not get to keep a copy of their Atlanta-based BellSouth, a deal that salaries in a growing industry that is earlier this year that it was closing its Perdue spokesman Dan McLagan Camden and Cobb counties would ballot, but instead would be able to could mean thousands more job losses very important to Georgia," Jeffrey plant in Hapeville. General Motors is said that the state has no control over be outfitted with the paper balloting review the paper receipt under a in Georgia. Humphreys, an economist with the shuttering its plant in Doraville. macro-economic decisions like the one for November's general election. clear, plastic cover before finalizing Such has been the roller-coaster ride University of Georgia, said. Humphreys said that that employ- made by BellSouth. If all went well, the state could their vote. for Perdue lately. Seemingly each time Also on Monday, Perdue an- ment figures from the Bureau of Labor "And we did absolutely everything add the receipts to all of its voting The paper ballots couldbe used in he is able to roll out new jobs coming nounced that American Insulated Statistics contain good and bad news possible to get the NASCAR to come machines by the 2008 presidential the event of a recount or other chal- to Georgia it is offset by a news of other Wire will spend $26 million to open for Georgia. Employment growth is up, here," McLagan said. election, Stephens said. lenge to an election's vote total.

OMiJim. AMERICA stories by The Associated Press 75 year-old woman SOUTHERN AMBASSADORS 2006-2007 accused of robbing bank with pistol Southern Ambassadors is a volunteer student organization sponsored by the Offices of Admissions, Alumni Relations, and Athletics. Southern Ambassadors aim to help © WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — A 75 year- prospective Georgia Southern students make good post-secondary decisions while old woman accused of robbing ^ ~^'^:'X"^\ \ maintaining a strong link with football recruitment programs and alumni. a bank with an unloaded pistol was arrested after a tow truck driver blocked her in after a short Please join us for a special information session on chase, police said, arilyn Divine of Jarrett said Eunice Manders Baldwin said after her arrest that has been paid a survivor's benefit, Wednesday, March 8th at 7 PM in Lewis Hall. she acted "to help people who which he said is now consid- ■ are starving to death and nobody ered an overpayment she will cares about them."She didn't be responsible for paying back, specify to whom she was referring. although she will have a right to Police said the robber walked appeal. up to the National City Bank inside Manders, who describes him- the Shop n'Save supermarket in self as an almost-retired architect, West Mifflin at about 10:30 a.m. sought to clear up the problem Monday and demanded money by showing up at a Social Security office. The in-person appearance from two tellers, brandishing a ; 9mm handgun. She was wearing did not help. *m " a gray sweat suit, a Steelers tassel The Department of Veterans cap, and had a scarf pulled around Affairs, recognizing that Manders her face, police said. served in the Army during World , A former bank employee chased War II, notified Eunice that she is the woman's car until police took a beneficiary on his Veterans Af- over and arrested her after a short, fairs life insurance policy and that low-speed chase when the tow Social Security had notified the VA truck blocked her path. Police said of Myron's death. they recovered all the stolen mon- The latest correspondence from ey, which totaled about $5,000. Social Security came Monday Divine was in the Allegheny addressed to Eunice, advising she 2005-06 County Jail unable to post bond is entitled to monthly widow's Monday night on charges includ- benefits. Myron Manders would ing armed robbery and reckless not say exactly what was going Applications are available at: endangerment. through his mind. "Curse words," he hinted. Student Activities Office-Union Room 1058 Eagle Village Clubhouse Information Desk Mummified woman Greek Life Office in the Union found in chair in Bobcat survives ar- Office of Admissions in Lewis Hall or online at front of television row through head http://admissions. georgiasouthern.edu/southernambassador. htm.

©CINCINNATI, Pa. - No crime was OcAMARILLO, Calif. - A young fe- Application Deadline Friday, March 10, 2006 committed and no charges will male bobcat was recovering from For more information contact the Office of Admissions at 912,681,5467. be filed in the death of a woman being shot through the head with whose mummified body was an arrow that lodged between the found in her home 2 1/2 years af- animal's eyes and out through the STATEMENT Readers may access the ty ads to be run in the G-A contact: LindseyTreadwell, and submitted in writing, NOTICE newspaper and its archives must have a NAME, P.O. BOX Marketing Director, ADS, with the name of the skull, wildlife officials said. Readers may pick up one jter she died, the county prosecutor staff by visiting our web and PHONE NUMBER. Ads (912)681-5418, ads@georgia- sender, local address, and OF OPERATIONS free copy, and a second for a Isaid Wednesday. 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However, "Ms. Pope died of natural those who caught the cat Feb. 19 GSU students and utilizing through revenue from cial classified are available ter. The George-Anne, P.O. SIONS:The newspaper unauthorized removal of causes," Hamilton County Prosecu- optimistic about its chances of the facilities provided by advertisements placed only from our online site Box 8001, Georgia Southern makes every reasonable additional copies from a returning to the wild. GSU. The newspaper is in the paper and receives at www.gsuads.com. The tor Joe Deters said Wednesday. University, Statesboro, Ga. effort to present correct and distribution site constitutes the oldest continuously additional support, in part, price of commercial ads Her body was placed in a chair "If you're going to get an arrow 30460.912/681-5246 (News) complete information in theft under Georgia law, published newspaper in from the Student Activities is $7 for 200 characters in front of a television and was through the head, that is prob- or 912/681-5418 (Advertis- advertisements. However, a misdemeanor offense Bulloch County and States- Budget Committee. for line ads. Ads must be ing) or 912/486-7113 (Fax); the advertiser is responsible punishable by a fine and/or slowly mummified by a running air ably the best place to have it," said boro, Ga. The newspaper is STUDENTS BEWARE paid for using a major a designated public forum 912/681-0069 (adviser). for proofing the ad upon jail time. Editors will seek conditioner, the coroner said. 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[©CLEVELAND, Ohio- Eighty-one- year-old Myron Manders wants the Social Security Administration THE CARIBBE IN THE ^BOROH" **IHK to know that he still is alive. The 0NE problem is, it doesn't seem to be listening. (NEW STUDIO, 2 & 3 BR CON DOS) AfOtyr Last November, Manders was preparing to leave a hospital where he was treated for pneu- monia when a social worker said his insurance company would not pay the bill because it believed Manders died on Sept. 1. William Jarrett, a Social Security spokesman in Cleveland, said Friday the mistake was due to an erroneous document. He could not disclose the error's source. RUCKER LANE • HWY 301 ACROSS FROM GSU • 681-SURF PAGE 4 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY

THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY EDITORIAL BOARD "They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and LUKE HEARN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR fitting to dieforone's country. But in modern war, ADAM CRISP, MANAGING EDITOR FOR NEWS MORGAN MARSH, MANAGING EDITOR FOR OPERATIONS there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. RACHEL McDANIEL, NEWS EDITOR You will die like a dog for no good reason."

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OUR VIEW Spring Break should be fun, safe AT ISSUE: No matter how you spend the break, it's important to remember to be safe

Spring Break is almost here. Those of us here at The George-Anne all fit into one to remember that it's also a time to take a little breather. isn't as nice as you are. Watch your drinks when you're If you can just hold out for two more days after today, of the above categories. Some of us have big plans, oth- Give yourself one day, or at least one evening, to relax at the bar, and be cautious of those around you. a week of freedom will be yours. ers of us don't. Some of us will be studious, spending and have fun. You'll thank yourself. Make sure you always have a friend close by so you Mariyofyouwillbegoinghomeorstayinginthe'Boro many hours in Henderson Library, and some of us will If you're just chilling out, don't just be lethargic and won't be stranded if trouble arises or if someone tries to catch up on schoolwork and other projects. Some of just sit here and chill. immobile. Find something to entertain you. Go to to take advantage of you. Be mindful of the things you you, on the other hand, may not go anywhere exciting, Regardless of what you do over the break, we ask a bookstore and buy a cheap book to entertain your learned in heath class and in high school about strangers but will spend the week relaxing and refueling for the that you be safe, use your head and be responsible. If mind. Get a book of "soduko" puzzles and try all the and those you don't know too well: always be cautious, remainder of the semester after the glorious break. you're studying, don't overdo it. Take breaks often, and hard ones. While you can still relax, at least you will and definitely don't drink and drive. And then there's the third group, the group that will try to pace your studies. Remember, you have all week, have something to keep your mind working. Whatever you do this break, remember to drive safe spend the week in some paradisiacal place, enjoying so don't wear yourself out too quickly. And finally, on a little more serious note, if you're and be safe in general. We want to see you back here the sunrays on the beach or relaxing on the deck of a Also, remember that this is a break, and while it is a headed out of town and plan to have a week of partying when school resumes on March 19. cruise ship. good time to catch up on some studying, it's important and fun, remember to be responsible: everyone out there Have a great Spring Break.

Eric Swanson Dave Barry GUI H.UMNIST A TERRORIST ATTACK! I'LL GET THERE... AS SOON AS I CAN, GOVERNOR! MY WIFES 60T THE PICKUR ANP AS SOON AS I HNP WER, 5 1U HITCH UP THIS OLD HOWITZER, WHICH IS Being great takes ALL WEVE60T/ EVERrTHING ELSE IS IN IRAQ! Little girls have all a lot of hard work the right answers

As midterms challenge our knowledge and our final So I was pedaling along on my bicycle, towing a little kid- days to withdraw are past, let's take a minute to die trailer that contained my daughter, Sophie, and her question ourselves. friend Sofia. I like to tow Sophie when she has a friend with I've noticed in a very opinionated school, people have her, because they quickly forget that I'm up there pedaling, sculpted their personality to fit an image. We engage so I can listen in on their conversations and find out what is in conversation and conflict every day of our lives. It is on the minds of 4-year-old children. Usually it's something believed in this country that we are striving to become the like this: most successful, or what we view as being so. FIRST CHILD: You're a tree head! Many of us don't know what we want in our future. SECOND CHILD: No, YOU'RE a tree head! Many of us don't stop to listen to FIRST CHILD: You're a pine-cone ourselves or others because we don't head! (Wild giggling) know any better. I see us playing fools SECOND CHILD: No, YOU'RE a to entertain each other just to feel some pine-cone head! (Wild giggling) self-worth that we couldn't find by be- And so it goes, for mile after insight- ing ourselves. filled mile. But sometimes they have

Friends, we are at a time now where serious discussions back there, and onv at our age, our decisions are creating this particular bicycle ride, the topic what we are to become in the future. turned to religion. Eric Swanson Ask any student what they wish to Adam Johnson: Dave Barry I should explain that my wife is Jewish, is a columnist for the is a junior his- achieve, and many will say to be suc- and I am not. We celebrate Hanukkah, tory major from Miami Herald. He is Atlanta, Ga. He is cessful in life. taking a leave of ab- but we also celebrate Christmas, which a guest columnist Does being successful mean $60,000 Education needs standards, tests on standards sence from writing means that each year we open presents, his weekly humor for The George- a year with a company car, or sacrific- sing songs and eat high-carbohydrate Anne. column. Write to him ing 65 hours a week to teach basic I read Luke Hearn's column "Standardized tests grade level and content area not only outlined, but also c/oThe Miami Herald, foods for roughly 137 days in a row. It's knowledge to children? Sure. Does it compromise students" (Monday, March 6) looking for detailed for anyone in the state to see. These standards One Herald Plaza, Mi- a good deal for Sophie who, as children ami, Fla. 33132. mean wearing a pink polo shirt, or $100 jeans to look a one phrase, and found it towards the end of the article: detail topics that should be taught in the classes they do, has adapted effortlesslytoherparents' certain way? No. "teach the test." Mr. Hearn's column were meant for. different religious heritages. We've told Adam Johnson , . , ■ ,- r Image has become more important than the things we is a senior English unknowingly comes out in favor of Teaching a set of standards makes sense. It's the only her that Mommy's family comes from one place, and Daddy's want to represent. We indulge in vanity, whereby looking education major theEndofCourseTest(EOCT)exams way educators can ensure that students at least have family comes from another place, but the important thing is a certain way creates a personal idea of importance. from Savahhan, he seems to despise. the opportunity to learn the same content as students we all love each other. Great people have always achieved through understand- By complaining that he didn't across the state. So anyway, on this particular bicycle ride, some story from- ing others. Being "great" doesn't mean what kind of car know what the ORE was looking for, Mr. Hearn and everyone else who went through the preschool bubbled into Sophie's brain, and she and Sofia had' you drive, how much money you can spend to impress Mr. Hearn was complaining about a lack of standards. core curriculum here at Georgia Southern sat through the following conversation, back there in the buggy: those around you. Instead, the key to being "great" is How could he have known what the GRE was looking two years worth of classes that were fairly standard SOPHIE: Do you want me to tell you a story I learned; found in helping life around you through understanding for? There's not a list of topics he should have learned across the University System. He then sat through an about the Jewish people? what you perceive. during his undergraduate career. exam that apparently didn't test the knowledge he should SOFIA: What is the Jewish people? A great life is not measured by money, political standing Students subject to the EOCT exams, in Georgia at have acquired in the classes he took. SOPHIE: That means they're Jewish. or even what you look like. Life is only measured by the least, have numerous resources from which to glean I don't understand why "teach the test" is such a dirty SOFIA: But what IS Jewish? effect you have on the people around you and how you information about the contents of those exams. phrase, especially if the test and the classes are based on SOPHIE: Well, it means you're the Jewish people, and* affect their daily lives. First of all, they've been sitting in a class that has the same standards. you're Jewish.. My Mommy is Jewish, but my Daddy isn't' You may hope one day to become the CEO of a major been, or should have been, based on a set of concepts It only makes sense to test what the student should Jewish, because his family didn't come from the same place.; economic corporation, earning millions a year in income, adopted in July 2004 known collectively as the Georgia have been taught. My Mommy comes from Miami, so she's Jewish. but with power comes the responsibility to the people Performance Standards (GPS). Second of all, the GPS SOFIA: But what IS Jewish? that you effect. have their own Web site, with standards for every Write Adam at [email protected]. SOPHIE: It means you're the Jewish people, and yqu, As our government continues to become secretive come from Miami. My Daddy didn't come from Miami,, in its intentions with people in foreign countries, we the but he lived in Miami for a long time. So maybe now he^ people are left in the dark, only to believe what others Carole Brown: YOUR TUI could be Jewish. are telling us. SOFIA: But I live in Miami. Am I Jewish? Even now, after studying the Quran, I do not know SOPHIE: Well, if you live in Miami, you could be. what my brothers in Iraq are facing with civil war. I do Education needs standards, tests on standards SOFIA: But what IS Jewish? not know what my brothers in Russia are feeling as their Unfortunately, just at that point we reached our destina- lives change, wondering if Communism was better or After 18 years of working with tutoring at Georgia reflection of the ASC They maintain high academic tion, so the buggy conversation didn't come to any definitive; worse for their lives. Southern, I was delighted finally to see the words "Aca- standards and complete a certification process to retain conclusion. But what I liked was the relaxed and open at-, Equally, we do not understand what people all around demic Success Center" in the front-page article about their positions. They take pride in their work and enjoy titude they had about the issue of what religion everybody the world are thinking. We barely even know what each Carole Brown the AM tutors> even though the helping fellow students succeed. The tutors will spend was, in contrast to the way this issue is often dealt with other is thinking in our own country. is the Academic information is incorrect ("Live-in as much time as possible with a student dependent on among adults: We are all different, every single one of us. This doesn't Success Tutoring AM 'tutors' offer free academic help the number of students present. FIRST ADULT: God says I'm right!

give us the right to believe we are better or worse than GSU to freshmen," Monday, Feb. 27). Some students frequent the center to pass classes SECOND ADULT: No, God says I'M right! anyone else. Ms. Goldwire commented, "AMs and others to maintain As or Bs. After reading the FIRST ADULT: You're a pine-cone head! Before we jump to become what we think is successful, can [help a student pass her class] be- article, Mark King, a calculus student, responded, "ASC SECOND ADULT: No, YOU'RE... remember that everything around us is trying to live just cause they are able to spend more time tutoring than just tutors have definitely helped me improve my grades." And so on. What's my point? Just this: if people of all dif-: as hard as we are. 10 minutes or so like at the Academic Success Center...." Christine Stewart asked, "Why would The George-Anne ferent faiths—Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus* Caring to understand other people around us is the first The writer has misrepresented our 10-minute guideline, say that? I come for tutoring, stay as long as I like, and Yankee fans—spent some time together, talking AND listen- key to becoming successful in a world where we hardly which applies only to math tutors with more than one always get help." ing to each other, maybe — just maybe — we'd all begin to take enough time to know the facts before we jump on the student at a time. Tutors must manage their time in The Academic Success Center offers free tutoring in see that, despite our differences, deep down inside, all of us, chance to prove someone wrong. order to help those who haven't been helped at all and many subjects to any student currently enrolled at GSU. except for some of the Yankee fans, are human beings, riding Let's just step back and enjoy what we can offer each often return to the same student for further assistance. We are open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through together in the buggy of life. Is that being too naive? other, not what we can take. Even with a 10-minute guideline, we have helped many Thursday, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Friday. Ha ha! I'm an idiot. Of COURSE that's being too naive. students pass their courses. So I'll just close with my auxiliary backup point, which is: Write Eric at [email protected]. Several of our tutors were surprised by this negative Write Carole at [email protected]. little girls sure are cute.

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IN GEORGIA Widow of'Superman' actor dies of lung cancer

NFL players among alleged victims of By Jim Fitzgerald during a ceremony honoring hockey Associated Press out," said comedian Robin Williams. tragedy, and a whole new dimension Atlanta-based hedge-fund group star Mark Messier, a friend. "We will forever celebrate her loving of life began to emerge," she wrote in Dana Reeve, the singer-actress "Unfortunately, that's what hap- spirit." a 1999 book, "Care Packages: Letters ATLANTA —The federal government and several professional who married the strapping star of pens with this awful disease," said Christopher and Dana Reeve to Christopher Reeve from Strangers football players want to know what happened to the hundreds the "Superman" Maggie Goldberg of the Christopher married in 1992. In his autobiogra- and Other Friends." "What we hadyet of millions of dollars the players and hundreds of others poured movies and then Reeve Foundation, where Dana Reeve phy, "Still Me," Reeve wrote that he to discover were all the gifts that come into an Atlanta-based hedge-fund group. But before they can devoted herself to had succeeded her husband as chair. suggested early on to his wife, "Maybe out of sharing hardship, the hidden find the money, they have to find Kirk Wright. Days after Wright his care and his "Youfeel good, you're responding and and his company, International Management Associates, were we should let me go." She responded, pleasures behind the pain." sued in federal and state court, neither he nor the money has cause after he was then the downturn." "I'll be with you for the long haul, After her husband's death in Oc- surfaced. paralyzed, has died Reeve, who lived in Pound Ridge, no matter what. You're still you and tober 2004, Reeve said she planned to of lung cancer, a died Monday night at Memorial I love you." return to acting. She had appeared on THE REGION year and a half Sloan-Kettering Medical Center in Those were "the words that saved Broadway, off-Broadwayandregional after her husband. Dana Reeve Manhattan, said foundation presi- my life," Christopher Reeve said. stages and on the TV shows "Law & She was 44. dent Kathy Lewis. For his remaining nine years, Order," "Oz" and "All My Children" Prosecutor says garden center knowingly Although Reeve had announced Officials would not discuss Reeve's Dana Reeve was her husband's and she'd had to give up a Broadway sold iodine to make methamphetamine her cancer diagnosis in August, to an treatment or say when she entered the constant companion and supporter role when she was widowed. outpouring of sympathy and support hospital. But Lewis said she visited during the ordeal of his rehabilita- "I am an actress and I do have to CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — For three years after a drug agent warned from admirers around the world, her her there on Friday, when Reeve tion, winning worldwide acclaim and make a living," she said. garden store owner Joseph Swafford that people were buying iodine death seemed sudden. was "tired but with her typical sense admiration. With him, she became Survivors include the Reeves' to make methamphetamine, Swafford sold it in huge quantities to As recently as Jan. 12,shelooked of humor and smile, always trying an activist in the search for a cure 13-year-old son, Will; two grown save his failing business, a federal prosecutor said at Swafford's trial healthy and happy as she belted out to make other people feel good, her for spinal cord injuries. stepchildren, Matthew and Alexan- Tuesday. Justice Department attorney Paul Laymon told jurors in clos- Carole King's "Now and Forever" at characteristic personality." "Something miraculous and dra; her father, Charles Morosini; ing arguments that Swafford, 63, knew that customers from Tennes- a packed Madison Square Garden "The brightest light has gone see, Georgia and Alabama who purchased more than 2,500 gallons wonderful happened amidst terrible and two sisters. and another almost 3,000 pounds of iodine flakes and pellets were making the addictive stimulant.

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Israel defense minister: Hamas prime min- ister not immune from targeted killings

JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister warned Tuesday that Hamas leaders, including the incoming Palestinian prime minister, will not ^W /CASH be immune from pinpointed Israeli killings if the Islamic militant group were to resume its attacks. Hamas, which is sworn to Israel's destruction, swept January parlia- mentary elections and is in the processofformingaCabinet.lt has rejected international calls to renounce its violent, anti-Israel ideol- ogy, but has maintained a year-old moratorium on suicide bombings. The minister, Shaul Mofaz told Israel's Army Radio that Israel's policy of targeted killings has proven to be effective, and will continue.

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Amplifier GFX212T 120 Watts of power, Writing/typing of creative or essay reports, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY IEW5 I PAGE 7 Divers discover a new crustacean By Omar Torres that they created a new genus and The animal is white and 5.9 researcher Robert Vrijenhoek Associated Press new family for it. inches long, about the size of in hydrothermal vents of the A team of American-led div- a salad plate. The underwater Pacific Antartic Ridge, south of PARIS - Divers have discov- ers found the animal in waters creatures claws are covered with Easter Island. ered a new crustacean in the 7,540 feet deep at a site 900 miles white feather-like growth. Crustaceans are among the South Pacific that resembles south of Easter Island, according Segonzac described the "sur- most widespread and diverse a lobster and is covered with to Michel Segonzac of the French prising characteristic," of the group of invertebrates, and the what looks like silky, blonde Institute for Sea Exploration, or animal's pincers, which are larger ones are economically fur, French researchers said IFREMER. covered with sinuous, hair-like valuable globally. Tuesday. The new crustacean is de- strands. The diving expedition was or- Scientists said the animal, scribed in the journal of the The eyeless shellfish was dis- ganized by Robert Vrijenhoek of AP Photo/I fremer Fifis which they named Kiwa hirsuta, National Museum of Natural covered in March 2006 during a the Monterey Bay Aquarium Re- A new species of crustacean, named Kiwa hirsuta, was discovered in the South Pacific. was so distinct from other species History in Paris. diving mission led by American search Institute in California.

also took the training to become a wish in the year during Nov. They are cur- volunteer and finds the experience to rently looking at holding a Casino Wish be very rewarding. "I love children. I Night for students to come support from page 1 don't know why I'm drawn to children the Foundation. volunteer and fundraising manager with illnesses," Williams said. "It takes Anyone who is interested in be- for the south Georgia region of the a lot of work and time, but it's very coming a wish volunteer must attend a foundation. "This is not their last wish, rewarding." 5 hour training session where they will but their favorite wish." The Make-A-Wish Foundation has be taught how to grant wishes. Dr. Jerri Kropp, the director of several upcoming events planned for The next two training sessions are the Family Life Center at Georgia the south Georgia region. On Satur- planned to be held on March 11 at 9 Southern, is one of the members on day, April 8, there will be a "Walk for a.m. in Columbus at the Columbus the advisory committee in Bulloch Wishes" in Savannah that everyone Civic Center and in Macon at 9 a.m. on County. Kropp attended the training can attend. May 13. If enough interest is generated tobecomea wish volunteer, along with There will be a "24 Wishes in 24 here on campus, a training session will 15 other Georgia Southern students. Hours" Golf-a-thon in Savannah on be conducted in Statesboro. "It takes you into the broader June 23 and 24, where volunteers can For more information on how to community to see what people are help raise $5,000 per wish by golfing. help, attend the events or become experiencing," Kropp said in regards The event will take place at Crosswinds a wish volunteer, contact Carolyn to being a wish volunteer for the Golf Club. Raines at 912-330-0467 or speak with Foundation. There are currently plans to hold Dr. Kropp at the Family Life Center at Ashley Williams, a student at GSU an event here in Bulloch County later 912-681-5537.

who they are," Clark said. "We need strong opposition is likely to kill Beating to send a message to these creeps that the bill. we won't put up with it." "It's a common sense thing, and from page 1 State Sen. Regina Thomas, D- something I think should pass, but something he and the Georgia Equal- Savannah, has co-sponsored a bill don't believe will," Thomas said. ity board he sits on have been pushing that stiffens sentences for defendants "We cannot allow people to go for several years. found to have selected their victims aroundhurting someone just because "This is quite disturbing to hear, based on "race, religion, gender, na- we don't like what they stand for. and is a classic example of why we tional origin or sexual orientation." "I cannot imagine why anyone need more severe penalties for those The bill will be heard in com- would be opposed to legislation that who choose their victims because of mittee today, though Thomas thinks protects human beings in general."

son because of their race, that person To stay alive, the bill must now Law would be guilty of a hate crime." be placed on the Senates calendar from page 1 Under the law, there must be an and passed by Monday — currently underlying offense such as assault scheduled as the Legislature's unof- needed," Bowen said. "We need to send before the hate-crime charge could ficial deadline for a bill to pass at least a clear message that hatred of any kind be used. one chamber. of someone who is different... will not It allows a judge to increase the The three committee votes against be tolerated in our state." sentence of anyone convicted of a theplan were cast by Republicans, who Fort pointed out that the law would hate crime by up to 50 percent, as control the Senate. not just protect minority groups. long as the total sentence does not Among them Was Sen. Mitch "It's a two-way street," he said. "If an exceed the maximum allowed for the Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, the Senates African-American attacks a white per- underlying crime. majority whip. Alcohol Dance Awarness from page 1

from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, a band whose music blends jazz, funk, and bluegrass. Choreographer Mark Diamond said, "I wanted to do a piece that had music from musicians who either are Southern or have Southern influences. 10 a*A**^P ,^* ,u be here Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten have that and more." The North Carolina Dance Theatre is based in Charlotte and was founded in 1970. Since then, the company has received a number of awards for its cutting edge choreography and artistic talents. vatl0U n the BKC 9°*>*Lj a\o"9 ** * The N.C. Dance Theatre is present- ed as part of the PAC's performance series this year, which will feature 12 shows.

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injection, has executed 39 people since 1976andnowhasadeathrowpopula- tion of 109, according the Washington \cV*v D.C.-based Death Penalty Informa- d* \Aetv xm ce^ Y\tf* tion Center. \Nv\\W iue« ei*' t>e o^ Many state Republicans, who con- Positions Available: ,atf> >to9' s0 trol both chambers of the Legislature, The George-Anne Daily \\\^ have defended the state's current ap- Executive Editor plication of the death penalty. S^* dse*-*ejects° The bill was approvedTuesday with Managing Editor/News one Republican and four Democrats Managing Editor/Operations voting for it and four Republicans voting against. News Editor to <^° The bill must pass the full Senate by Miscellany Magazine Monday, which is currently scheduled to be the unofficial deadline for legisla- Editor in Chief tion to pass in at least one chamber or Southern Reflector be declared dead. Editor in Chief It Can Want to write? E-mail us at ganewsed@ For wore information, visit our website georgiasouthern.edu. www.stp.georgiasouthcrw.edu Save Your Life.. PAGE 8 I SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8,2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY

United States beats Mexico 2-0 in first WBC game Reddick named ACC player of the year Derrek Lee and Chipper Jones hom- Villarreal in the seventh. J.J. Redick was named The Associated Press league player of ered, Jake Peavy and six U.S. relievers had Peavy allowed one hit — an infield the year for the second straight time Tuesday, capping a season a four-hitter as Team USA beat Mexico 2-0 single by Karim Garcia to start the game. that saw him become the ACC's all-time scoring leader despite Tuesday in the World Baseball Classic. The 24-year-old San Diego Padres right- being the focus of every defense he faced. Lee connected off starter Rodrigo Lo- hander struck out three, throwing just 23 Redick earned 105 of 108 votes from members of the Atlan- pez and Jones homered on the first pitch pitches. tic Coast Sports Media Association to become only the 10th he saw in the tournament — off Oscar No Mexican hitters got beyond first. player to win the honor in back-to-back seasons. Coach VanGorder talks about new season By Bert Noble Sports editor offense. We want to be efficient in the turn it around. and checking study halls, and academic red zone, and short-yardage. I want a What are you doing to improve records. We have to keep track of our New Head Football Coach Brian well-prepared offense. academics? guys. Dealing with those kind of situa- VanGorder sat down with The George- Do you have an idea as to who the We have some guys in 13 hours of tions that all university students have. Anne for'an interview recently. Our starting QB will be? study time a week We are working with It just takes time. The motivational questions are in bold and his responses I don't have an answer. Every posi- the academic center and making sure factor of a student versus a pro is dif- follow. tion that we have needs to be prepared our guys are taking advantage of the ferent. With the pros, it is their living. How long have you been in to compete [for their spot] this spring. resources available to them that are set The amount of time that we have with Statesboro? They need to be prepared to compete up through the academic center. We are players is different. We have been here almost two in the fall. Right now we are going into gettingprogress reports, checking class- How different is working at GSU months. Thepeople [ofStatesboro] have the attitude that its wide open for all of rooms and study tables. We are trying fromUGA? been great to us. We've put together a our athletes. to teach our players that they are here I'm basically making the decisions fine coaching staff. On a daily basis Where will Jayson Foster play? for academics number one — to get a now that affect the entire program. As they have been enjoyable to be with That is one I get asked often. We are degree from GSU. We cannot say that to GUAI made decisions that affected the and organize our program. I think our going to work him out at receiver, but them enough. We want them to develop defense, and there were times where players are adapting well at this time. he's a guy that could play a number of as an all-around student athlete. It has that wasn't even true. Sometimes the The players are starting to understand different positions. Its important we get been my desire from the beginning. It is coach made the decisions. I was directly our standards and expectations a little the ball in his hands. He is the kind of not something that they will hear some affected by those decisions. bit better. guy who can make big plays. of the time; they are hearing it all the At a basketball game during football Do you think the recruiting class What do you think about the fall time. We have cut some players loose recruiting, most of the gym stood up went well? schedule, with four away games and for academic reasons. and gave you a round of applause. Ithinkitwentwell. Wehandledsome seven home games? Are we changing our uniforms? What did that mean to you? obvious needs that we had either because I haven't put a lot of thought into it. I We are looking at a few different It means a lot. I am glad they are of scheme change or graduation. I think take it on a daily basis. I try to win every uniform situations. I haven't decided yet. excited about the opportunity GSU has we were fortunate to recruit the players day. There are a lot of intangibles that If we do change it will be minimal. given me. I look foreword to giving back that we did. are out there that we have to take here With the construction of a new locker to the university and the students and What kind of offense will GSU be at home, and we are not really trying to room where the Lupton building used trying to create a program that they can running next year? concern ourselves with those kinds of to be, will the team still ride in the take pride in and enjoy these years. That's a hard question to answer. issues where in most cases we like to talk yellow buses to the games? Whispers have been heard that after I'd look for a multiple type offense about, but do not really mean a lot. We will still dress and then bus over going to Sanford Stadium to play — a pro-type offense that involves Howmuchtoyou think therecentloss to the locker room. I say that a little UGA in 2008 that GSU will travel to multiple personnel groupings and a lot of 5.43 scholarships hurt the team? bit reluctantly. I want to see the locker the University of Florida to play in the File photo of formation changes and an offense Its hard to tell. It will have some ef- room in the end and how much space Swamp in 2009. Is this true? Coach Brian Vangorder listens to a question from a reporter during his press that is balanced between the run and fect, since we will have fewer players. I it will have. Right now my thought is There are a lot of options out there conference upon taking the job as head coach at GSU in this photo from pass. I want an offense that is prepared don't want to make it something that will that we will dress and then bus to the and we are looking at them. I would December^ 20Q5. to handle all situations in a ball game. destroy our chances, or not even give us stadium. expect that we would have a Division out of the ordinary in those areas. now we are in I-AA and we need to do If that means we've got to run out the a chance. I do not think it is significant How has the transition from NFL to I game of that magnitude. Nothing has Do you think GSU will move to I-A things in I-AA that make us special in clock, we are capable to do that. That enough at this time to disrupt where GSU been? been etched in stone at that time. We soon? I-AA. Those conversations are for the fu- means if we are down with two min- we want to go. We will have to wait and Its been difficult. Getting back and have to look at what they do offensively I haven't put a lot of time into it. We ture, and they need to be based on what utes left, we are able to run a hurry up see what the effects will be. We have to adapting to the student, the youngsters and defensively, and see if they go way havetogetourhouseinorderhere. Right we are doing at this point in time. Report: Bonds began Softball to play North Florida The double header is the last homestand for the Eagles this month; using steroids in 1998 Senior Gina Sterchi voted to 'All Buzz Classic Team GSU News Service Associated Press nine hits. or better, led by senior Gina NEW YORK - Barry Bonds used The Georgia Southern Softball Sterchi had multiple-hit Sterchi who holds a .375 a vast array of performance-enhancing team wraps up its home March games three times in four average and a team-high drugs, including steroids and human schedule Wednesday, welcoming outings, including four in 11 doubles, five home runs, growth hormone, for at least five seasons North Florida to Eagle Field for a 3 the team's 16-7 win over 22 RBIs and a .764 slugging beginning in 1998, according to a book p.m. doubleheader. Gardner-Webb. In that percentage. She has four written by two San Francisco Chronicle GSU does not return home until an game, she went 4-for-5 at multi-hit games in her last reporters. April 1 date with Chattanooga to kick the plate with four RBI, six outings and twice over An excerpt from "Game of Shad- off the Southern Conference'season. three runs scored, a double that span drove in four runs ows," which details the San Francisco ■The Eagles (8-15) went 1-3 at and a home run. She hit the Gina Sterchi in a game. slugger's extensive doping program, the Georgia Tech Buzz Classic last last of back-to-back-back Pitching was on display appears in the March 13 issue of Sports weekend, losing two games in heart- homers vs. Columbia and drove in the last time the Eagles took the field Illustrated. breaking fashion. But in the win, the the game-tying run, completing a in Statesboro. Sophomore Melissa "I won't even look at it. For what? offense exploded for 16 runs, featuring seven-run comeback. Laliberte and junior A.J. Street each There's no need to," Bonds said Tuesday back-to-back-to-back homers. The Eagles hit .355 as a team during tossed no-hitters in a sweep of South at Giants camp in Scottsdale, Ariz. Senior Gina Sterchi, who hit a the tournament, second-best among Carolina State. It was the team's first Bonds, who testified before a Cali- team-best .529 last weekend, was the 25 schools participating. no-no since junior Logan Free against fornia federal grand jury looking into named to the Georgia Tech Buzz Clas- North Florida (11 -7) in its first sea- St. Francis last season. steroid use by top athletes, repeatedly sic All-Tournament team announced son at the Division I level and is looking As successful as the Eagle hitters has denied using performance-enhanc- Tuesday. to continue a run of seven consecutive have been this season, the North ing drugs. In addition to her batting average, postseason appearances. The Ospreys Florida offense has been even more "fvereadwhatwasreported,"Bonds' she also led the team with two doubles host North Carolina State Tuesday prolific, batting .330 as a team through agent, Jeff Borris said. "Barry is looking and a 1.000 slugging percentage. She before heading to Statesboro. 18 games and has four regulars with a forward to playing this year and the also totaled six RBI, two homers and GSUboastsfourplayershitting.335 .390 average or better. improved health of his knee, and being as productive as he's ever been." Phone messages left by the AP seek- ing comment from Bonds' attorney and AP Photo/Ben Margot publicist were not immediatelyreturned Golf finishes sixth at Hyatt Dressed in drag portraying Paula Abdul on "American Idol," San Francisco Tuesday. Giants left fielder Barry Bonds participates in a spoof on Feb. 28, in Scotts- Baseball did not ban performance- dale, Ariz. A new book accusing Bonds of using steroids and other drugs is enhancing drugs until after the 2002 scheduled to be released March) 27. Platation Club Intercollegiate season. BALCO, the Bay Area Laboratory well-versed with the regimen that he GSU News Service Authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Co-OperativerunbyVictorConte,kept occasionally overruled Anderson and Final Standings the tournament. Senior Jonathan Shaw Lance Williams, who led the newspa- track of Bonds' drug use in detail, with tookcontrol ofhis own doping schedule, DORADO BEACH, PUERTO carded a final round 70 to finish at per's coverage of the BALCO scandal, folders and calendars that chronicled the book says. RICO — The Georgia Southern golf 220, tied for 34th. Fellow senior Jon recount in remarkable detail the specif- everything from schedules and quanti- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig team shot a final-round score of 277 I.Texas Tech- 280-282-281-843 David Kennedy shot a 72 on Tuesday, 2. Kentucky-282-287-285-854 ics of Bonds' drug regimen, which they ties to his testosterone levels. Much was had not reviewed the material and to end with a three-round tournament finishing at 223 at 40th. T3. Charlotte- 283-291-282-856 write started in 1998 with injections of obtained by federal agents when they had no comment, spokesman Rich score of 860 in finishing sixth at the "This was the round we have been T3. Louisville-290-283-283-856 Winstrol, a powerful steroid also linked raided the lab in September 2003. Levin said. Selig was en route from third annual Hyatt Plantation Club 5. GeorgiaState-288-283-287-858 waiting for," said head coach Larry to Rafael Palmeiro. According to reports in The Chron- Milwaukee to Phoenix for the World Intercollegiate. No. 17 Texas Tech led 6. GSU-289-294-277-860 Mays. "This will hopefully give us According to the book Bonds was icle, Bonds testified to the grand jury Baseball Classic. wire-to-wire to win the 11 -team event 7. North Florida- 289-290-286-^65 some positive momentum heading using two undetectable designer ste- in late 2003 that he used a clear sub- Bonds, who will turn, 42 in July, at the par-72, 7,064-yard Plantation 8. Old Dominion- 292-294-282-868 into the next few tournaments. I am roids, informally known as the cream stance and a cream given to him by his played in only 14 games last season, Club hosted by Georgia State. 9. Southern Miss- 292-299-278-869 really proud of Jordan (Johnstun) and and the clear, plus insulin, human personal trainer, Greg Anderson, who all in September, following three knee The Red Raiders fired the third- 10. UNC Wilmington- 299-292-297-888 the way he stepped up this weekend. growth hormone and other perfor- pleaded guilty in the BALCO case last operations. He showed signs ofhis old lowest final-round of the day with a 11. Mercer-301-304-305-190 It was a big step for him and it should mance enhancers by 2001, when he hit July to steroid distribution and money self in his brief return, hitting five hom- 281 to end with an 843 total in posting give him some much deserved con- 73 home runs for the Giants to break laundering. Bonds said he didn't know ers in 42 at-bats. an 11 -stroke victory over second-place nine-under-par 207. fidence. Drew (Bowen) also played Mark McGwire's single-season record that what he was using was a steroid, He caused a stir before spring Kentucky. The Wildcats finished with Freshman Jordan Johnstun paced really well for us this week, shooting of70setinl998. the newspaper reported. training this year with contradicting an 854 total after shooting a 285 on the Eagles as he carded a final round a 68 in today's final round." Theseven-timeNLMVP enters this According to the book, Bonds used interviews in February. Bonds told USA the last day. personal best 67 to finish with a total For complete tournament results season with 708 homers, seven shy of severalsubstancesinvariousforms—by Today that his knee bothered him so Charlotte and Louisville ended score of 210, and a fourth place fin- visit: www.golfstat.com. Thegolfteam passingBabeRuthand48frombreaking injecting himself with a syringe, taking much he would probably retire after the in a tie for third at 856. The 49ers ish. Junior Bryan Jones and senior will return to the links on Saturday, Hank Aaron's career mark injections from Anderson, gulping pills, season, with or without the home run carded a 282 in the final round, while Drew Bowen finished tied for 20th March 18 to host the 2006 Schenkel "Game of Shadows" is scheduled putting liquid drops under his tongue record. Then he told MLB.com that his the Cardinals shot a 283. Texas Tech's at 217. Jones fired a 1-over 73 in the E-Z-GO Tournament. The Schenkel, to be published March 27 by Gotham or rubbing cream on his skin. knee brace felt good enough for him to Oscar Floren and Andrew Dresser final round. in its 26th year, will be held at Forest Books. Bonds became so experienced and possibly play 10 more seasons. were co-champions finishing with a Bowen shot a 4-under 68 to end Heights Country Club in Statesboro. WEDNiSDAY, MARCH 8,2006 I THE GEORGE-ANNE DAILY I PAGE 9 Some child actors have grown along with their celebrity status

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PASADENA, Calif. - Both.use their full allotment of names and share a kid-star pedigree. Neil Patrick Harris, 32, is half that many years removed from the premiere of "Doogie Howser, M.D." But he's only now shaking off his teen doc smock as tagline-spouting Barney Stinson in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." Tyler James Williams, 13, is just starting out as a pebble-sized version Entrees of Chris Rock in UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris." How long will it take him to make a new name for himself Monday-Friday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. after the show goes off? Right now he couldn't care less. "I definitely get a strong reaction from kids in the stores, at the mall," Tyler says. "I have a new name now —■ That Kid From' Everybody Hates Chris.'" ' He shrugs and smiles agreeably. What's a kid to do when fame first calls your name? Fred Savage, who "Right now I'm a jester," Harris "I've been fortunate enough to plays secretly gay Mitch Crumb on says. "Myjob is to showup and make keep living little chapters in between," ABC's midseason series "Crumbs," funny. If it means getting a drink he says. "It's not like I did 'Doogie' and is still cuddly, cute Kevin Arnold splashed in my face, I'm all for it. It's then nothing and then 'The Surreal from "The Wonder Years" in many the best job I've ever had." Life' because I desperately needed a a viewer's memory bank. First ques- He's says it's also the first post- comeback." tion at a summertime session with "Doogie" role to achieve liftoff in its In other words, he's not Em- All entrees except pasta dishes served with choice of potato or rice and vegetable du jour. own right. manuel Lewis of "Webster" fame, TV critics: "Are the Crumbs Kevin Pasta Dishes include small Caesar salad. Arnold's worst nightmare?" "People are coming up and not just who did do "Surreal Life" in 2003 The Crumbs are super-fractious, recognizing me as a character I used after long bouts of post-child-star Jacked up Country Fried Chicken with sweet onion pan gravy. $7 you see, whereas the Arnolds merely to play. They're actually compliment- obscurity. Buttermilk Fried Shrimp with a low country tartar sauce. $8 squabbled. But sigh, Savage gamely ing me on the work I'm doing in a Lewis was a teacup-sized 12-year- ©Blackened Salmon with a Cajun remoulade sauce. $8 played along: "I wouldn't say it's current show, which is something I old when "Webster" premiered in Kevin's worst nightmare. But I don't haven't really experienced before." 1983. At the height of his fame, he Oven Roasted Duck with a balsamic reduction sauce. $8 think he really would have been He tried hard to ditch Doogie in also became Michael Jackson's carry- Breaded Parmesan Chicken over angel hair pasta able to even conceive of a family 1999's "Stark Raving Mad" sitcom, on companion at awards shows. It's like this." which co-starred a pre-"Monk" Tony hard to envision anything like that with choice of marinara or alfredo. $7 It's going a bit better for Harris Shalhoub. But "Mad" bombed in spite befalling self-assured Tyler James Spicy Caribbean Shrimp Scampi over angel hair pasta. $8 these days. Flaunting a showy purple of its cushy, Thursday night slot be- Williams. (©Grilled 8 oz. Grecian Rib Eye cooked to order & topped sport coat at a recent CBS "All-Star" tween NBC's "Frasier" and "ER." "He's a kid, but he's a little man," party, he's reinventing himself on Harris licked his wounds with says Tichina Arnold, who plays mama with feta cheese sauce. $10 "How I Met Your Mother" as a cock- theater work, cartoon voice-overs, Rochelle Rock on "Everybody Hates sure party animal with a repertoire of TV series guest shots and even tak- Chris." "I mean, he's more profes- Lunch menu items also available. repartee. Regularly deployed Barney- ing a role as himself in the cult 2004 sional than we are at times on the s a i . Jgr Talons Grille Signature Dish ^p> Meal Plan Friendly, isms include "Denied," "It's going to film "Harold & Kumar Go to'White set. It's like he's got to tell us, ' OK, tHjBf be legendary" and "Suit up!" Castle." guys, let's get serious."' □ U!l You want

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