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New Chemistry/Nursing Keeping Building dedicated HOPE alive Changes proposed to help save scholarship program

Ryan Moore/STAFF ViceChancellorof Facilities forthe University System of Georgia Linda Daniels was on hand last Friday to dedicate the new Nursing/Chemistry building.

Special to the G-A College of Health and Human One of Georgia Southern University's Sciences Dean Fred Whitt noted that newest academic facilities received its for- the University's nursing program has mal grand opening on Friday, Jan. 30. experienced remarkable growth since it The Nursing/Chemistry Buildingwas was created. The program had only 10 dedicated with an afternoon ribbon-cut- students and five faculty when it began, ting ceremony that included Linda Dan- but today has over 700 students and 23 iels.the vice chancellor of facilities forthe faculty. The School of Nursing produces University System of Georgia. more than 100 graduates each year. The building serves as the home of the Whitt also pointed out that the School School of Nursing, which is part of the of Nursing is considered among the best College of Health and Human Sciences, in the United States. and the Department of Chemistry, which Like the School of Nursing, the is housed in the Allen E. Paulson College Department of Chemistry has experi- of Science and Technology. enced tremendous growth, according The Nursing/Chemistry Building to Jeffery Orvis, the acting chair of the features 20 faculty research laborato- department. ries, 17 student laboratories, 10 general "When I taught my first senior level classrooms and two computer labs. The chemistry class here 12 years ago, there uke Hearn/STAFF building also contains 75- and 150-seat were a total of three students in the class," Lauren Roberson, a senior history and english major, has had the HOPE Scholarship since her arrival at GSU in the fall of 2000. Roberson lecture rooms. he said. "This year, that same class has 26 is a part of the 21 percent of seniors, the smallest group of HOPE Scholars by grade classification, to keep the minimum 3.0 GPA requirement In addition, the building is the home students, and the department will gradu- in order to retain the scholarship. of the newly opened Community Nursing ate over 30 chemistry majors. Clinic. The clinic is part of the School of ■ The Nursing/Chemistry Building is By Natalie Gazaway day suggested that students should attend college Nursing's Rural Nursing Outreach Pro- one of two new academic facilities that [email protected] their first year and if they make a 3.0 GPA or bet- • Of the $71 million in total gram, which is dedicated to providing opened for the 2003-2004 school year. With educational costs rising and the Georgia' ter, should receive HOPE. Students would also be dispersed financial aid, $16 health screening, health education and The other is the College of Information lottery declining, lawmakers have been forced to reimbursed for their expenses from the first year. million is HOPE funds nursing services to under-served citizens Technology Building, which also opened come up with new proposals to help cut expenses. That plan could save almost half of the HOPE money of rural Southeast Georgia. in August. Many ideas for changes have been put out on the being spent on students who lose the scholarship ■ Of the $16 million in HOPE table such as eliminating book monies, awarding after their freshman year. funds, $1.7 is money for only those without a bachelors degree, changing These controversial issues have caused disagree- books COBA blood drive deemed a success the numeric scale that determines a "B" average ment in the Legislature, and have some scared that > GSU is second to UGA in the for students, and checking students' progress more tuition money from the scholarship could disap- number who have received ByLukeHearn often rather than ever 30 hours. By cutting money pear by 2007. HOPE and fourth in the amont [email protected] for books and fees, it could save up to $125 million The Department of Financial Aid here at Geor- of money distributed since The College of Business Administra- a year. gia Southern encourages those with HOPE to plan the program's inception tion (COBA) sponsored their fifth annual Governor Sonny Perdue recommended there ahead financially in case books and or fees monies blood drive last Wednesday at the Wil- should be a required SAT score in order to qualify will be eliminated form the schoalrship. Financial liams Center. Jimmie Earle from COBA for HOPE, but Lt. Governor Mark Taylor does not Aid is holding a forum on February 19 at noon in had an optimistic view of the.event. think this is necessary. In rural areas of Georgia, Russell Union 2047 to address the proposed HOPE 86 First-year Freshmen "We've had 75 donors so far," said 80 percent of students score below a 1,000 on the changes and their effects on students. Earle. "And with those still waiting to SAT. Applying am SAT restriction to the scholarship HOPE has helped Georgia students financially 39 Sophomores give, it looks like we will reach our goal could cause a major upset to those who need help since its inception, and unless the program can be 31 Juniors of 100." from the scholarship. saved from bankruptcy, students might soon find GSU's student-run radio station, Another idea was laid out on the table last Mon- themselves "HOPEless." 21 Seniors WVGS, promoted the drive and broad- casted live from the event. "Last year the weather was rainy Lawmakers scoff at crime checks for HOPE scholars and not too many people came out," Luke Hearn/STAFF Earle said. "But this year the response GSU Junior Alex Helton donates blood By Kristen Wyatt Even underage possession of alcohol would end for all convictions to be counted against HOPE Associated Press has been tremendous and we appreciate under the careful watch of Red Cross eligibility for a HOPE recipient. scholars, but Franklin amended it after discov- all of the support that we have been given Phlebotomist Edward Mack. ATLANTA - A proposal to strip HOPE "We're saying that when you get out from ering that even speeding tickets are considered by everyone involved." scholarships from students convicted of felo- under mom and dad's watchful eye, you better not misdemeanor convictions. Alex Helton, a junior here at GSU, nies and alcohol-related misdemeanors fell flat become a party animal and be breaking the law "My motive for this bill is not to go after donated blood for the first time on anyone at least 17 years of age, weighing Thursday when the House Higher Education unless you're prepared to start paying for your people with a parking ticket, but to go after Tuesday. "It wasn't too bad," he said as at least 110 pounds, and has not donated Committee shuffled the bill to a subcommit- education," said the bill's sponsor, Republican people who are partying, drinking and smok- he lay in the donor chair. "I plan to give within the past 56 days is eligible. tee instead of voting on it. Lawmakers say it's Rep. Bobby Franklin of Marietta. ing marijuana," he said. HOPE scholars already again in the future." For more information on the Ameri- unlikely to become law. If approved, students would have to pay lose eligibility for a year if convicted of a felony Currently, there is a blood shortage, canRedCross anddonatingblood.please The measure would kick HOPE scholars off for annual background checks to prove to the drug offense. and everyone who is eligible to donate is visit their Web site at www. redcross. org,or the rolls forever if convicted of a felony or a mis- Georgia Student Finance Commission that they strongly encouraged to do so. Basically, give them a call at l-(800)-GIVE-LIFE. demeanor involving drugs, alcohol or violence. have a clean record. Originally the bill called See HOPE, Page 10 Weekday Weather Only in America Opinions Sports Inside

Tuesday • A fish stops a fire in Minnesotta • Adam Brady thinks CBS • Mens tennis remained Police Beat 2 shouldn't decide which issues winless after facing defeats at Classifieds 9 HIGH HIGH • One Missouri crook gets away after to air Tennessee and Georgia Tech Crossword 9 clowning around 57° 60° • Another student responds • Jon David Kennedy leads Eagle Comics 9 • Stolen car in Lousiana is returned, to recent criticism about the golf at Gator Invitational Sports 6-8 then stolen again HannerHolligans LOW LOW Opinions 4 • Lady Eagles fall to Davidson, Calendar 2 57-47 Showers 44° Partly 36° OIA 3 Cloudy n News Briefs 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 ft (912)-681-5246 • [email protected] Williams Center Rm. 2023 P.O. Box soo: ■^^^^■1 ^^^■■^^^^■■H

GThe EORGE- 2 Monday, Febuary 2,2004 Police 01-28-2004 01-29-2004 cident, assisted six motorists and Evolution change just placid.palm-dotted residential neigh- •A computer was taken from the •James C. Magill Jr., 21, of Lanier responded to one fire alarm. borhood with shattered glass, twisted Mexico's first lady Russell Student Union. Drive, Statesboro, was charged a suggestion, Cox says metal and human remains. eyes following Fox •Officers issued three traffic warn- with DUI and failure to stop at - All Police Beat information The explosion was less than a block ings, investigated four traffic a stop sign. complikd by Luke Hearn and Te- from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel to presidency accidents, assisted seven motorists •Officers issued three traffic warn- resa D. Southern, News Editors Sharon's official residence. It was the and responded to one fire alarm. ings, investigated one traffic ac- second suicide bombing close to the residence in two years. The al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, an offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasser Campus Arafat's Fatah faction, took responsi- bility for the bombing. February 2 February 4 February5 Palestinian Authority officials con- • Black Awareness Month Student • First Wednesdays Coffee •Bulloch County Eagle Club demned the attack. Secretary of State Showcase 8 p.m. House Rallies Colin Powell did likewise but took a Russell Union Ballroom 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. swipe at the Palestinian leadership. Special Photo "The longer time goes by without Students andstudent organizations Russell Union Commons Wiggins Baseball Complex ATLANTA - A change that would MEXICO CITY - She's petite, de- progress... the more difficult it will will exhibit their talents. This event is This monthly event will feature a The Office of Alumni Relations will strike the word'evolution" from Geor- mure, with big brown eyes that coyly be to achieve the goals laid out in free and open to the public. Tickets Harlem Renaissance theme and the sponsor a Bulloch County Eagle Club gia's science curriculum is only a sug- wink when she greets people. But the (U.S.-led) road map" to peace, # are available in the Multicultural movie, "Fighting Temptations." baseball pre-season rally. Guests will gestion and far from becoming official Marta Sahagun, President Vicente Powell told reporters in Washington. Student Center. enjoy a great meal and hear Coach policy, state schools Superintendent Fox's wife, has Mexico in a tizzy. "It's time to end the terror, and the •Humanities Forum Rodney Kathy Cox said Thursday. After three years of denying that Palestinian leadership has to realize 4 p.m. Russell Union Room Hennon's outlook for the 2004 Cox's proposal for new middle and she had any interest in succeeding this and face it." February 3 2041 baseball season. At 5 p.m. guests high school science standards would her husband when he leaves office in •Write Night Michelle Haberland, assistant can watch the team practice. ban references to "evolution" and 2006, Sahagun now says that maybe, 7 p.m. Archibald's professor of History, presenting "It Cost of the cookout is $7.50 per replace it with the term "biological James Brown released just maybe, she'll run. Takes a Special Kind of Women to person. Tickets may be purchased A period of free writing and changes over time." from jail on domestic "Opinion polls show me with a sharing, open to writers of all skill Work Up There: Race, Gender and by calling Alumni Relations at The proposed change is part of chance, and that has led me to greater levels. Participants don't have to be the Impact of Vanity Fair on South- ext. 5691. more than 800 pages of revisions to violence charge reflection," she said. * published or even a practiced writer ern Alabama, 1937-2001." Georgia's curriculum that were posted At first blush, it seems unlikely to enjoy this creative activity. Jan. 12 on the Department of Educa- she has much chance of winning tion Web site for educators and the the presidency - or even her party's • public to consider. nomination. Educators criticized the proposal GEORGE-ANN E Campus Yet her candidacy isn't without by Cox - a Republican elected in 2002 support. Polls show she's second in .. Williams Center room - saying science teachers understand popularity, even running neck and the theories behind evolution and how neck, with Mexico City Mayor Man- 2023 University celebrates to teach them better than politicians uel Lopez Obrador, a top presidential Special Photo P.O. Box 8001 or the public. contender. Black Awareness Month Cox said the concept of evolution AIKEN, S.C. - Soul singer James Mexicans are abuzz with the Statesboro, GA 30460 would still be taught under the pro- Brown was released from jail without possibility that she would be the posal, but the hot-button word would bond Thursday on a domestic violence country's first-ever female presi- How to reach us Special to the G-A will be shown. The times for the not be used. charge and was told not to have any dential contender. event are 7 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Rus- contact with the wife he is accused of She's either notorious or admired, ADVERTISING: Georgia Southern is celebrat- sell Union Commons area. Suicide bombing kills pushing to the floor. compared both to Hillary Rodham » ing Black Awareness Month with Each Sunday, the Resident's The 70-year-old Godfather of Soul, Clinton, the former U.S. first lady 681-5418 at least ten a series of events throughout the Hall Presidents Council (RHPC) who had been arrested the day before and now U.S. senator from New STORY OR PHOTOS: month of February. will sponsor films centered on at the couple's Beech Island home, de- York, and Eva Peron, the populist • 681-5246 On Monday, Feb. 2 the Black issues that affect the African- nied the charge in a brief hearing. wife of Argentina's president-dicta- FAX NUMBER: Awareness Month Student Show- American community. On Sun- "The main thing is I would never tor Juan Peron. case will be held where students day, Feb. 8 the movie, "Lean On hurt my wife and beat up on her like Though she once ran for mayor , 486-7113 and student organizations will Me," will be shown at 8 p.m. in that," Brown said. "I love her very of her hometown in Guanajuato E-MAIL TO: exhibit their talents. Veazy Hall. much." state, she's never held a political office [email protected] This event is sponsored by On Monday, Feb. 9, Keynote Investigators say Brown pushed and doesn't have a university degree. the National Associatin for the speaker Bakari Kitwana will 33-year-old Tomi Rae Brown to the Supporters say, however, that she has It is a desire of The George-Anne Advancement of Colored People speak about the hip-hop cul- floor during an argument in a bed- a political instinct that's sharper than toprintthenews of Georgia South- (NAACP) and the Multicultural ture and the power that can be room. She had scratches and bruises her husband's. ern University as accurately as Student Center, and is free and harnessed into an influential to her right arm and hip and was She doesn't like giving interviews, * possible. If you believe that open to the public. Tickets are political movement. This pre- taken to an Augusta, Ga., hospital, but her speeches, such as the one she something covered is in eiror, available in the Multicultural sentation will be held at 7 p.m. Aiken County police said. She was gave at a government agency that helps contact the editor at 681-5246 Student Center, located upstairs in the Nessmith-Lane Building not present at Thursday's hearing. poor families, are emotional and femi- * as soon as possible. in the Russell Union. Auditorium. If convicted, Brown faces a maxi- nist deliverances on the urgency for On Wednesday, Feb. 4 First For more information on mum penalty of a $500 fine and 30 society to pitch in. Liked By Many, Wednesdays Live will be held. the events listed above or about KRT Campus days in jail. JERUSALEM - A powerful blast Cussed By Some... 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as I don't go down to 170 or a 160 Ardolino and her friends waited Minnesota average, I will continue to bowl," three hours for police to show up. o he said. They were frightened when they Fish survives freak spotted two men walking in their direction, so they drove around fire Missouri the block. o When they returned a few minutes EAGAN- There's nothing fishy later, the Jeep was gone. about the tale of Dory. 'Clown Bandit' "It's unfortunate, and it's certainly Teacher Linda Krienke said a not a scenario that happens very fire broke out on a desktop in her creates a comedy of often," police spokesman Capt. classroom around 1 a.m. Saturday, errors Marlon Defillo said. "We understand causing enough smoke to set off the the inconvenience. In this case, a alarm at Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran CLAYTON- Police in the St. double inconvenience." School. But when firefighters ar- Louis area are calling it the case of rived, they found only glowing the "Clown Bandit." embers on the desk. Aman created a comedy of errors The heat had caused a fish bowl as he broke into a liquor store earlier on the desk to explode, and the water this week. Flordia put out the fire, Krienke said. One of The crook was seen on surveil- o the firefighters spotted the fish, Dory, lance video stealing booze. But just Man reports stolen alive on the floor and hollered for a off camera, he slammed face first glass of water. into a door. Then he lost his bal- marijuana, but not "She's a Beta, so they're used ance, slipped and fell. how much to breathing air," Krienke said. He also grabbed.some cigarettes "They're a Chinese fish and if and a magazine, police said, and they're in China they just live in bagged his own goods. But he KEY WEST - A tourist from puddles. If one dries up, they flop couldn't get out the window where New York called police to report to the next one." he came in so he threw all of the that several items were stolen from "Reimagining the Ordovician annoyed by this onslaught." You can then pick up a phone to The students are excited about the stolen items out the window. The his hotel room, but didn 't want to tell Gothic: Fossils from the Golden Age In the exhibit, scientific-looking hear a grainy voice plead with you fish, she said, and each has written liquor bottles then broke. officers just how much high quality of Spam" considers how future histo- flow charts show how spammers personally as a "God fearing person" a story about the fire from Dory's The man went away empty- Bahamian marijuana was taken. rians might see us if the only window employ various "cloaking schemes" to help keep a recently found sum of point of view. handed, police say. The stolen goods The 33-year-old man, who told into our culture they had was a vast including personalization, narrative $25 million from being repossessed The fire damaged Krienke's were valued at $30. police he's an investment banker, collection of junk e-mail. and robotic humanity. by the Nigerian government. classroom and the room next door, filed the report early Monday morn- A classification scheme, true to But just as today's paleontologists Installations in the show pay and the classes have been relocated ing, said Key West police. He was not the paleontological theme, divides are likely to err when trying to recre- homage both to the solicitors and spam into such categories as Real ate the real Ordovician period, which the unwilling receivers of spam. while the damage is repaired. And Lousiana charged because no marijuana was Dory is swimming around in a new found, police spokeswoman Cynthia Estate, Urgent Messages, Work at ended about 443 million years ago, A wall of testimonials to the ef- o many of the exhibit's conclusions fectiveness of spam ("MASS EMAIL bowl, "Happy as can be. I suppose Edwards said Tuesday. Home, Goods and Personal Ap- she's thankful to be alive," Krienke Stolen car disappears He also claimed $50 and a watch pearance. are wrong. WORKS") faces a wall of confused said. were also stolen, but declined to tell The three 25-year-old artists As one plaque reads: "Little is and frustrated recipients, including again police the amount or worth of the scrawled excerpts from e-mails known of the physiology of the one from 1982 in which the writer graffiti-style over an entire stairwell Ordovician body, but the outward doesn't seem to know what do with NEW ORLEANS - A Tulane allegedly missing marijuana. and filled suitcases with the goods appearance was greatly enhanced this new phenomenon, much less University student's sport utility "I only want to report the watch, advertised in spam to represent the by drugs which shaped one to look what to call it. vehicle was stolen twice in three not the money or the weed, because Wisconsin medium's empty promises. Dietpills more like those celebrated in Ordovi- "There was an early age of this days, once while she waited for I don't want to tell you how much and house blueprints both feature cian PORNOGRAPHY. These pills stuff, when people were really get- police to arrive so she could fill out weed there was," the man was quoted o prominently. occasionally took the form of patches ting these e-mails for the first time," a report. in the police report. "Spam is something an enormous and other accessories. It is believed said Rosenthal. "There's this losing Eighty-three year old "I was crying because my car was The man's story to police fluctu- number of people end up having in that, for a time, these patches took on of digital innocence. Once everyone gone, but eventually I had to laugh ated wildly: He first said the watch man becomes oldest common," said Daniel Greenfeld, significance as ultimately ceremonial is cynical about this, once there are because it was all so unbelievable," was worth $1,800, then $30,000, who created the show along with jewelry." no more grandmothers who are going to bowl 800 series said Maggie Ardolino, a senior. then $3,000. He also said a $20,000 fellow artists Mike Rosenthal and Like all good curators, the art- to believe all the things that they are Ardolino and five friends left Rolex was left in an in-room vault Jesse Jarnow. "My father under- ists also employ dioramas. In some, getting in their inboxes, what hap- a restaurant on Jan. 17 and found at the hotel. GREEN BAY- Fran Lasee is 83, stands very little about computers, dangling photos represent the Third pens then?" that her 1998 Jeep Cherokee was but the numbers are on his side. but he understands what it is to get World scammers who profess to need Maybe that's when spam truly gone. She called police to report Lasee threw 30 of a possible 36 spam. He understands what it is to be us so urgently. becomes history. strikes to become the oldest man in the theft. Ne#|o|k the United States to bowl an 800- Three day s later, a Tulane security © plus series. officer called Ardolino and said her He bowled an 834 in the Aurora car had been found in the parking lot Inbox detritus BayCare Senior Classic at Willow of a furniture store far from campus. becomes art in spam Creek Lanes last week. Lasee, who The store's manager had notified Tu- turned 83 on Dec. 18, bowled three lane after noticing the Jeep's parking exhibit games of 279, 290 and 265. sticker, Ardolino said. According to the latest American "I thought I was pretty lucky," she NEW YORK - How do I spam Bowling Congress records, the left- said. "It was like a miracle." thee? Let me count the ways. handed bowler beat three 77-years- Ardolino found her Jeep next to a Instead of just cursing the steady olds for the record. loading dock at the store. The front assault of e-mail in their inboxes, Lasee had a restless night after end was wrecked, the interior had some artists have put unsolicited e- the games last week. been ransacked and the CD player mail on parade. They've even found "It was all the excitement. Some- was gone. poetry in it. thing like that you have a hard time letting go so you can sleep," he said with a smile. But Lasee's used to high-scoring games. He bowled two other 800-plus series in 1984 and 1992. He's also bowled a 700 in each of the last six decades, with his first on April 1,1958, according to Green Bay Bowling Association records. He also had several in the 1940s in open bowling before the association started keeping records. He was elected to the GBB A Hall of Fame in 1979. Despite his age, the retired stone- cutter bowls four times a week and averages more than 200 each time. "As long as I bowl well, as long

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TYteBiGGesnMosr Mars: It's not Bush's folly LUXORioUS LIN6R WHAT MAK6S B/eR BWLTf You I3USTW/SH THINK The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel OUR KiDS THey're on Friday, Jan. 23: WeRe NOT? HeReTo experience Critics of President Bush's plan for a manned mission to Mars iTT argue that the nation can't afford such a trip and that there are press- ing needs here on Earth far more worthy of the money that such a mission would require. The critics have a point. At a time when members of Congress are spending like a bunch of drunken sailors and driving the nation deeper into debt - and those are just the Republicans - it can seem foolish to be talking about space missions to uninhabitable planets. r Certainly the Bush administration '* has to do a better job of explaining Any Mars venture must where the money will come from. It be funded rationally and has to come from somewhere, and, responsibly and without frankly, we're not crazy about sug- gestions such as allowing the Hubble sacrificing other vital M V telescope to die an early death as a way t elements in humanity's of saving some cash for a Mars trip. Any t exploration of space. Mars venture must be funded rationally n ' and responsibly and without sacrific- ing other vital elements in humanity's exploration of space. «. But that doesn't mean Mars is Bush's folly. Critics of President Kennedy's pledge to land men on the moon by the end of the 1960s Who's got issues? Not CBS... cited the same reasons for not going there: It's too expensive, and the money could be better spent here. But abiding by such logic means humanity will never go anywhere and. that it wouldn't have As some of you out there in TV Land may can check it out at http://www.MoveOn.org. gone to the moon. or may not know, the Super Bowl is a time for It aired twice last night on CNN, and the site There will always be pressing needs at home. There will always commercials. has plans to air it many more times on various be other places, people or programs that could use the money. But Sure, the game is important whether your other networks. despite the nation's currentbudgetary problems and a growing deficit, team of choice is playing or not, and since col- As I mentioned before, CBS refused to run lege football season has come to a close, it gives the ad due to its controversial subject matter. the United States is still the wealthiest country on the planet. the fans of the gridiron one last chance to see I have to admit, I agree with CBS's decision. Finding a responsible way to pay for a trip to Mars - even if that some good old-fashioned horseplay. The policy prevents companies with loads of means extending deadlines for such an exploration - should be But whether or not you appreciate the pig- money such as Microsoft from influencing our Adam Brady possible given this country's resources. It might make sense to turn skin is irrelevant on that faithful Sunday. It's the choices in issues other than consumerism. managing editor Mars into a truly humanitarian mission by inviting other nations to commercials that truly bring us together. Beer However, if CBS is going to censor an ad participate in, and help pay for, the trip. toting hawks and monkeys flailing their arms to from a (gasp) politically motivated website, sell you on auctioning online can be universally then why should it accept and embrace ads Finally, it should be remembered that going to the moon paid off understood in the language of laughter. from the most politically motivated group in - < in technological developments and scientific knowledge that may But this year, things are different. the country? not have been acquired otherwise. The advances humanity made in You'll have still seen the outlandishly funny The government ran countless ads last year going to the moon were not limited to space exploration. The same Budweiser commercials laden with beautiful regarding the usage of marijuana. Since when will probably hold true for Bush's plan, which calls for building a women and wet t-shirts. You'll still see at least did illicit drug usage shrink from its status as base on the moon before heading to Mars. one spot with some type of primate. But what a "controversial issue of you missed is an ad rejected by CBS because public importance"? Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison argue, for ex- of its content of "controversial issues of public I don't want to see The government ran countless ads last year ample, that a non-polluting and abundant energy source - helium-3 importance." ads promoting po- - is just lying around the surface of the moon, waiting to be brought I'm not talking about anti-marijuana ads litical agendas or major regarding the usage of marijuana. Since when back to Earth. If they're right, mining the stuff could solve some that will have no doubt made you scoff, but an corporations buying did illicit drug usage shrink from its status as a ad produced by an independent filmmaker and airtime for spots that pressing environmental problems here on Earth. And odds are that "controversial issue of public importance'? other such discoveries will be made on the way to Mars. entered into a contest entitled "Bush in 30 sec- endorse their stances on onds." The contest, sponsored by MoveOn.org, controversial issues. Call • So, yes, a trip to Mars will be expensive, and budgeting for it elicited entries from its members and others me shallow if you'd like, needs to be realistic. But a manned mission to Mars may in the end surfing on by of their rendition of President but I want to laugh until I cry at something more than pay for itself, in practical terms and as one more step in Bush's policies and how they may have nega- comically genius to get an escape from all of humanity's exploration of the universe. tively impacted our country. the political pandering. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with said If CBS wants to refuse an ad like that from policies, but obviously some were listening. MoveOn.org, I applaud them for their courage Over 1,500 submissions were received, and to do so. But allowing other controversial issues LETTER AND SUBMISSION POLICY after several rounds of judging, an ad depict- to air makes the network just as hypocritical The George-Anne welcomes letters to the editor, story submissions and guest columns ing children working in very obviously adult as its decision. from people both inside and outside the GSU community. 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their way" to the SoCon title game last year, did their, dare I say, "fan" - THE 2002-03 EDITORIAL BOARD B efore making my final decision on what I really wanted to say, I read base reach "much more than 1,000"? both the initial and response articles about the Hanner Hooligans. I think not and it's sad. I was excited to see that the win against the Amanda Permenter, Editor-in-Chief; Adam Brady, Managing Editor; It is very true that one group should not be blamed because of the College of Charleston by the women's team was reported; however, I do Luke Hearn and Teresa Southern, News Editors feeble support that our Lady Eagles receive (whether it be the Hooligans, not recall The George-Anne staff in anyway reporting or even mentioning the football team, the members of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, etc.); the exciting win against Davidson by the men's team, maybe it hasn't THE 200203 EDITORIAL STAFF it is also very true that the Hooligans do not support all of those who been printed yet. So since Hooligans are being blamed for students compete in Hanner Fieldhouse (as they should), however, neither does not attending games, shall we blame The George-Anne for keeping Brandon Sparks, Assistant News Editor; Katie Glorieux, Deputy the rest of the student body. those students in the dark about the jobs well done by Coaches Jeff Managing Editor; LaVene Bell, Photo Editor; Dallas Oliver, Assistant My thing is this, look at the school we attend. You can take my Price and Rusty Cram, their staffs, and the men and women of GSU s Photo Editor; Jewel Denson, Copy Editor; Erin Nease and V.A. Pat- statement however you wish, but the only sport that people on this basketball program? rick Slade A&E Editors; Eli Boorstein, Sports Editor campus seem to truly care about is football. I attended as many of Just one of those things that make you go "Hmm". There is absolutely the men's and women's basketball games as I could last year and they NO excuse for the support, or lack thereof, that not only our basketball barely had support then. teams receive, but our teams other than football as well. STAFF WRITERS PHOTOGRAPHY Men's basketball is just starting to get support (from those other By the way, I am one of the few Hanner Hooligans that regularly than Hooligans and maybe other athletes) but why is it that the guys, support our Lady Eagles basketball team and have no problem with Rhonda McLeod, Teresa Southern, Eli Katie Anderson, Ryan Moore, David or girls for that matter, have to be on a super winning streak to in order supporting other Eagle Athletics as well. Boorstein, B.J. Corbitt, Dennis Hight- Caselli, Felicia Emanuel, have attendance at home games? The answer is simple: Mediocre and ower, John Harris, Gabrille Oddman, fair-weather fans. It is an absurdity and utter nonsense to wonder which Kimberly L. Keys Erik Howard, Jusdson Arnold, Jessica ADVERTISING & games people would attend if the Lady Eagles' record were switched [email protected] Luber, Eric Haugh, Luke Hearn, Cory DISTRIBUTION SERVICES (ADS) with their male counterparts because as the Lady Eagles "soared on Cunningham, Jenny Miller, Natasha Harty, Brittany Gates, Christina Callo- Marketing Director: David Brenna- man way, Brian Lug, Juliet Walls, Jenifer Taylor, Ad Reps: Rachael Patch, Shea Roundtree, Sarah Frey, Maria Folsom, Christopher Today around the world Today in history Fair, Shelly Clayton, Scott Corwin, Adam Angela Parker, Lindsey Tredwell Crisp United States: Groundhog Day On this day in 1982, 'Late Night with David Letterman' Switzerland: Homstrom (celebrates end of premiered on NBC PRODUCTION & GRAPHICS winter) On this day in 1962, Eight out of nine planets aligned for the SERVICES (PAGES) first time in 400 years. I GEORGE-ANNE C Monday, Febuary 2,2004 J Astronauts remembered on anniversary of Columbia disaster

By Melissa Harris The red, yellow, ivory and pink petals tilted forward KRT Campus against the white railing, as in homage to the eternally CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - If the seven astronauts who illuminated names of the fallen astronauts carved all the perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia had witnessed way through the 43-foot-high granite. the one-year anniversary of their deaths, Louise Kleba be- Throughout the day, visitors trickled past the memorial, lieves they would have shed no tears. including Daniel McCalmant,8,andhisyounger sister.Alex, Instead, they would have felt honored by the crowd of of Middleburg, Fla., near Jacksonville. Daniel's face fell as about 100 that gathered at the Space Mirror Memorial on an he attached a rose to the railing. ugly and cold Sunday morning and eager to see Americans "They knew when the shuttle blew up that the astro- return to space. nauts didn't make it," their grandmother, Linda Corderio "They left us so much to learn," said Kleba, whose job of Orange Park, Fla., said. at NASA allowed her to build friendships with the Co- Traditional Dann, an 18-year-old Native American lumbia crew. "The disaster wasn't actually an end; it was from Idaho, had hoped Columbia would bring home her a beginning." high school's science experiment, which was part of the Except for a brief moment of silence, in which Kleba shuttle's payload. dabbed away tears building in her eyes, Sunday's program About 30 members and alumni of her school's Native at the Kennedy Space Center mostly focused on that American Science Association, called NASA, traveled to beginning. Cape Canaveral this weekend to honor the loss of the astronauts and their project. •* Center director Jim Kennedy praised the agency's re- building efforts since Columbia's disintegration and her- Dann presented a beaded wall hanging to the space pro- alded its new mission to return astronauts to the moon by gram.Hand-made by her sister, the artwork depicts feathers, yellow roses and a teepee surrounding Columbia's mission 2020 and eventually send humans to Mars. "Their loss will not be in vain," he said. "We will come patch worn on astronauts' uniforms. back bigger, better and stronger than ever before, and I can "I joined the science group because I wanted to see the KRTCampus assure you that the crew and their beloved families, will space shuttle," Dann said. "But now we're here for a whole different thing - to honor the astronauts who didn't make Workers at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, observe a moment of silence after seven bells never, ever be forgotten." tolled at 8:16 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2003, in honor of the crew of Columbia, who died in a crash of After Kennedy and Stephen Feldman, president of the it home." the space shuttle February 1,2003. Astronauts Memorial Foundation, placed a wreath filled Winston Scott, a former astronaut who flew aboard Co- lumbia, said it was a good ship."But occasionally good ships with red, white and blue flowers and ribbon in front of the black granite memorial, mourners begin threading the can run aground. It depends on the winds, the weather, the long-stemmed roses through its protective railing. hands of fate and that's exactly what happened to Columbia one year ago," he said.

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The EORGE~J 6 Monday, Febuary 2,2004 Men's basketball wins pair to extend streak to twelve Georgia Southern 82, Chattanooga 74 Georgia Southern 62, Davidson 60 Eagles cruise off strong shooting Eagles escape with narrow victory By Kenny Cofer in the first half. The Eagles kept up the pressure GSU Athletic Media Relations [email protected] Despite Frank Bennett earning his in the early parts of the second half fourth personal foul just 28 seconds as the used a 15-5 run to grab its Georgia Southern had to over- CHATTANOOGA - Frank Ben- into the second half, the Eagles came largest lead at 64-39. Jason Rogan come foul trouble, an ice storm, and a nett scored a career-high 26 points to out shooting well, padding their opened the half with a jumper for scrappy Davidson team to extend their lead Georgia Southern to an 82-74 lead to 14 points, 43-29, at the 16:09 the Mocs before Georgia Southern winning streak to eleven games. win over Chattanooga in Southern mark of the second half. After calling scored the next nine points. Bennett The Eagles defeated the Wildcats Conference men's basketball game at a timeout to attempt to slow down scored five of the nine points, on a 62-60 Wednesday night at Hanner McKenzie Arena Saturday evening. Georgia Southern, Davidson heated free throw and a pair of dunks, while Fieldhouse in a thriller that came Chattanooga's only lead stood at up themselves, going on an 11-2 run Fleming and Williams added a pair down to the last shot. 2-0 as Mindaugus Katelynas opened to bring the score 45-40 with 11:23 of jumpers each. Pugh eventually Georgia Southern welcomed Da- the game with a dunk for the Mocs remaining. ended the Chattanooga drought vidson to Hanner, where they have (12-8, 5-4) before Frank Bennett The two teams went back and with a lay-up and a free throw only been perfect this season. The Eagles dunked and Sean Olivier scored on forth for a while, with Nesbitt and to have Bennett add another dunk quickly got up to a 5-0 lead before a lay-up to give Georgia Southern Davidson's Brendan Winters dueling and Kordel Gibson a fast-break lay- foul trouble became a tremendous (16-3, 7-1) a 4-2 advantage with for most of the remaining time. Da- up for the 25-point Eagle advantage factor. 16:59 to go. The two teams traded vidson was able to pull to within two with 11:40 to go. Frank Bennett quickly got in foul baskets for the next four minutes points, 60-58, with 1:31 remaining. UTC began to cut into its deficit trouble, as he committed his second before the Eagles slowly began to Bennett was back in the game from their as it whittled the lead to personal with 17:48 remaining in the pull away. for the remaining minutes, playing 71-52 with 6:38 to go. The Moc first half. With two fouls within the Leading 12-10, Georgia Southern tentatively. He was fouled with 8 comeback was aided by the fact that first three minutes, Bennett would connected on 11 of its next 19 field seconds remaining and was able to Georgia Southern missed its last 10 only see five minutes of playing time goals to race to a 36-20 advantage. convert on one-of-two free throws field goals of the game, but hit seven- in the first half. In those five minutes, Jean Francois started the run with making the score 62-60. of-eight free throws over the final six Bennett added a third personal foul, a lay-up and, after a Marcus Byams With no timeouts left, Davidson minutes to seal the win. seriously limiting his effectiveness. field goal and a Alphonso Pugh quickly got the ball to Terrel Ivory. Bennett was joined in double-fig- Along with Bennetts troubles, field goal for UTC, added another Ivory took the ball up the floor and ure scoring by three other Eagles, Sean Olivier also committed two lay-up on a fast break for a 18-12 drove straight to the basket for what led by Williams with 14. Francois personal fouls in the first half. With advantage. Pugh hit a pair of free looked like an easy lay up. Just as it finished with 13 points and 10 re- the two Eagle big men in foul trouble, throws and a jumper to cut the Moc looked there was going to be overtime, bounds.his second double-double of Coach Jeff Price switched to a smaller deficit back to two at 18-16 only to Bennett arrived with a huge block on the season, while Fleming added 10. lineup that consisted of Elton Nesbitt, have Courtney Joseph and Terry Ivory as time expired to give the Eagles The Eagles shot 49.3 percent in the Terry Williams, Prentice Mobley, Jean Williams hit back-to-back jumpers LaVene Bell/STAFF their eleventh straight victory. game and owned a 39-34 advantage Francois, and Chad Fleming. to give GSU its six-point cushion Senior forward Frank Bennett, pictured above against Charleston on Jan. "This shows that we don't have in rebounding. Nesbitt thrived for Georgia South- back. Bennett and Williams added 24, played a great part in the Eagles'two most recent wins. Bennett blocked to score 85 points to win a game," Pugh led Chattanooga with a a late shot attempt against Davidson to secure the win on Wednesday, while ern in the smaller lineup as he scored back-to-back threes and to push the remarked head coach Jeff Price. "We game-high 27 while Casey Long at Chattanooga, he scored a career-high 26 points in the victory. 15 first-half points to give the Eagles GSU advantage to double-digits for battled foul trouble and only shooting finished with 11, including a pair a 28-26 halftime lead. Williams also the first time at 28-18. The Eagle run 34 percent, but we played good enough of threes in the final 30 seconds GOING FOR LUCKYTHIRTEEN... picked up the slack for the loss of the eventually came to an end on a pair defense to win." of Chad Fleming lay-ups for the 36- to get the Georgia Southern ad- Georgia Southern Eagles at big men, adding six points of his own 20 lead. vantage to single-digits. The Mocs Appalachian State Mountaineers The Georgia Southern advantage shots 47.5 percent from the floor Tonight • 7 p.m. • Holmes Center (Boone, N.C.) hovered in double-digits for the re- on the evening. Georgia Southern (16-3, 7-1 SoCon) mainder of the half and eventually Georgia Southern returns to ac- Appalachian State (8-13,3-5 SoCon) settled at 49-34, on a Joseph dunk tion tonight at 7 p.m. when it travels STATISTICAL LEADERS with :04 to go in the half, at the to Boone, N.C. to face Appalachian POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS intermission. State. GSU: Nesbitt, 16.4 GSU: Francois, 5.9 GSU: Williams, 5.2 ASU: Brown, 13.2 ASU: McFarland, 5.3 ASU: Davis, 3.2 Men's tennis falls to Kennedy leads Eagle effort as golf competes in Gator Invitational Tennesee, Georgia Tech GSU Athletic Media Relations

GSU Athletic Media Relations GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Top-ranked Florida overcame sluggish conditions KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Ten- and gusty winds to shoot a final nessee won all 12 singles sets and round 287 (+7) and win the 27th an- earned the doubles point with nual SunTrust Gator Invitational by 8-5,8-3 and 8-2 wins on the way 11 strokes over Alabama-Birmingham LaVene Bell/STAFF to a 7-0 non-conference victory Sunday afternoon at the University Junior guard Kellie Tiller, pictured above in an earlier game, showed over Georgia Southern Friday Golf Course. much of the shooting woes that victimized her teammates, missing all afternoon at the Goodfriend UAB finished in second place at 19- five of her field goal attempts against Davidson. ., Indoor Tennis Center. overwith three roundscores of 283-286- The Vols recorded decisive File Photo 290, while Kentucky rounded out the top Shooting woes still triumphs in all six singles posi- The Georgia Southern men's three 285-287-294 = 866 (+26). • tions and used Simon Rea's 6-4, tennis team remained winless af- Georgia Southern turned in a 293- Special Photo 6-2 decision over Vincent Patry ter suffering defeats at Tennessee 298-309 = 900 (+60) total and finished Jon David Kennedy haunting Lady Eagles at the No. 1 slot for UT's clinching and Georgia Tech. 14th at 54-hole event which was held point. Patry was the only Eagle at the par-70, 6,701-yard course. The carding a final round 70. He finished to win at least four games in INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AT Eagles finished 52 strokes behind tour- at three under (207) and was the only in loss to Davidson TENNESSEE singles play. ney champion Florida but were just 13 player to conclude the tournament Singles By Eii Boorstein Only a. pair of Adrienne Early free Tennessee (3-0), which en- No. 1 - Simon Rea(UT)def. Vincent shots off the pace for inclusion in the under par. Tennessee's David Skinns Nietsroobl [email protected] throwspreventeditfrombeingatotal tered the Friday's play ranked Patry (GSU) 6-4,6-2 top lO.IndividuallyJonDavidKennedy finished second at 210 (E), while No. 54 in the most recent ITA No.2-WadeOrr(UT)def.Danievan (75-72-75=222) was 39th, Aron Price Georgia State's Kasper Jorgensen and If basketball was a tale of one whitewash as Davidson went into the team rankings, was perhaps den Heever (GSU) 6-3,6-2 (69-78-77=224) was 48th, Chase Jones Florida senior Camilo Villegas tied for half, then the Lady Eagles would locker rooms ahead 25-13. No. 3 - Ockie Oosthuizen (UT) def. tested the strongest in the No. (73-78-78=229) was 62nd, Bryan Jones thirdat211(+l). have likely pulled a win out on As the second half began, it was Doruk Baglan (GSU) 6-3,6-0 much the same story as the Wildcats 1 doubles match where Wade No. 4 - Ben Rogers (UT) def. Tom (81-73-79=233) was 70th while Toshi Georgia Southern will return to against Davidson. builtupa21-pointleadat 40-19. With Orr and Damien Spizzo out- Green (GSU) 6-2,6-2 Hirata (76-75-84=235) stood 74th. action March 7-9 when it will compete But, alas, it is a two-half game lasted Patry and Danie van den No.5-KirilTcherveniachki(UT)def. UAB junior Chris Cousins won his in the Hyatt Cerromar Beach Intercol- and Georgia Southern was unable the score 44-24 at the 11:48 point on Heever 8-5. Lasha Janashia (GSU) 6-1,6-2 second tournament of the season after legiate in Puerto Rico. to rebound from a disastrous first the clock, Georgia Southern staged No. 6-Matt Berry (UT) def. Charles- half as they fell to the Wildcats a lengthy run, scoring 23 of the next Henri Trottet (GSU) 6-1,6-2 ATLANTA - Georgia Tech 57-47 Saturday night at Hanner 27points to bring their deficitwithin four with 39 seconds left. captured victories in all 12 Doubles Track and field competes at Fieldhouse. singles sets and earned the No. 1 -Orr/Damien Spizzo (UT) def. The Davidson win marked six But, that was as close as the Lady doubles point with 8-4,9-7 and Patry/van den Heever (GSU) 8-5 years to the day of their last Hanner Eagles would bring the score, as they No. 2- Rea/Rogers (UT) def. Baglan/ Appalachian State Invitational 8-2 wins on the way to a 7-0 Fieldhouse conquest. failed to add anymore before the final Dubienski (GSU) 8-3 buzzer sounded. non-conference triumph over No. 3 - Berry/Oosthuizen (UT) def. GSU Athletic Media Relations Jamilla Minnifield was not far behind.in After shooting a paltry 4-for- Early led the Lady Eagles (10-9, Georgia Southern Saturday Green/Germano Knorr (GSU) 8-2 fourth place, setting a personal record 25 (16 percent) from the field in 6-7 SoCon) with 12 points while afternoon at the Bill Moore with her 42'4.75 throw. Freshman Emily the opening half, the Lady Eagles BOONE.N.C. - The Georgia South- Hill posted 10 points. Jessica Ever- Tennis Center. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AT Greeson was sixth (41'6.5), while Amber played much better in the second GEORGIA TECH ern track and field team competed at the ett added her fourth double-double The Yellow Jackets recorded Tiggs came in eighth (40'1.5). half, actually outscoring Davidson, Singles Appalachian State Invitational Jan. 30-31 of the year with 10 points and 11 impressive wins in all six singles No. 1 - Scott Schnugg (GT) def. In the weight throw event, five Eagles 34-32. But, the ladies' early deficits in Boone, N.C. rebounds. positions except the No. 1 slot Vincent Patry (GSU) 7-6 (6), 7-5 placed, with Amber Tiggs as the top fin- were just too much to come back The Eagles broke one school record As a team, Georgia Southern where the Eagles'Vincent Patry No. 2-Jose Luis Muguruza (GT) def. isher for GSU, with a second place finish from, a trait that has followed the Doruk Baglan (GSU) 6-2, 7-5 and tied another. Freshman Melissa shot 29.5 percent for the game and pushed Scott Schnugg in a 7-6 of 52'4. Markaysa Norwood set a new team much of the season. No. 3 -Jason Pieters (GT) def. Danie Daugherty set a new GSU record for remained winless in games where (6), 7-5 setback. personal best with a throw of 46'1.25, "We can't get 40 minutes out of van den Heever (GSU) 6-0,6-0 the 3000 meter run, finishing in third they fail to reach 40 percent. Georgia Tech (1-0) was No. 4 - West Nott (GT) def. Tom giving her ninth place overall. this team and that's what's frustrat- place with a time of 10:48.17. Senior "It's mind-boggling, the lack of perhaps tested the strongest in Green (GSU) 6-2,6-1 Other top performers over the week- ing," said head coach Rusty Cram. Kellie Mitchell, who also competed at confidence offensively," said Cram. the No. 2 doubles match where No. 5 - Marko Rajevac (GT) def. end included Laura Williams, who took Georgia Southern held the initial Lasha Janashia (GSU) 6-0,6-1 the Clemson Multis, tied the GSU record Meghan Bryant led Davidson Joao Menano and Marko Raje- home top honors in the triple jump, with edge in the ball game, going out to No. 6 - Joao Menano (GT) def. for the high jump, setting a new personal (12-8, 9-4 SoCon) -with 14 points vac outlasted Doruk Baglan and a final mark of 39'3.75, and finishing a 7-4 lead early on. Seven straight Charles-Henri Trottet (GSU) 6-3,' best at 5'06.00. Mitchell competed in the and nine rebounds. Stephen Dubienski 9-7. 6-2 15th in the long jump event (16'6). In Wildcat points put the visitors ahead Eagles first ever pentathalon at the Clem- The tough road continues forthe the track events, Mario Mincey finished briefly before Shawnica Hill sank a son Multis, finishing second overall with Lady Eagles, as they will welcome Doubles second with a time of 25.10 in the 200 pair of baskets to putthe Lady Eagles No. 1 - Schnugg/Muguruza (GT) a score of 3,464. SoCon leader Chattanooga to town meter dash, while sister Margo came in back on top, 11-10, with 7:31 left in def. Patry/van den Heever (GSU) Georgia Southern set several per- Mondayfor a 7 p.m.tip-off. Theywill fourth (25.5) the half. 8-4 sonal records in the field events over hope for a repeat of the last time the No. 2 - Menano/Rajevac (GT) def. After a week's rest, the Eagles will That was the last time Georgia the weekend. In the shot put event, Lady Mocs came to Hanner, when Baglan/Dubienski (GSU) 9-7 Southern would see the lead in the four Eagles finished in the top eight, return to action on Feb. 13 when they No. 3 - Nott/Pieters (GT) def. Green/ half, as they went ice-cold, not mak- Georgia Southern pulled a 66-59 with Nikki Slocumb taking home sec- travel to Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Germano Knorr (GSU) 8-2 ing a single shot the rest of the way. upset win on Jan. 27,2003. ond place with a throw of 44'07.00, while Classic. ^■M^^^H

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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 32 Brady leads the way as Pats take second Super Bowl CAROLINA PANTHERS 29 1 2 3 4 Total By Mitch Aibom Which meant Brady had to be Brady NE 0 10 0 19 32 KRT Campus one more time. CAR 0 14 0 18 29 He was. Like a surfer knowing the HOUSTON - And then Tom Brady SCORING ocean always gives you another wave, made a mistake. 2nd Quarter Brady cruised out and delivered strike af- It was not on his resume. It was not in 4:05 - NE - Deion Branch, 5-yd pass from his pre-game feature. It was not part of the ter strike, beating the blitzes, hitting Troy Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) Brown and Deion Branch and moving the golden boy image that had been crafted for 2:09 - CAR - Steve Smith, 30-yd pass from Jake Delhomme (John Kasay kick) him by a media and a league hungry for a Patriots just far enough for the finish their fans have, by now, gotten used to. 0:18 - NE - David Givens, S-yd pass from new King Quarterback. But there it was. A Brady (Vinatieri kick) With four seconds left.Adam Vinatieri floating duck of a pass, lofted hastily to the 0:00 - CAR - Kasay, 50-yd field goal end zone with Christian Fauria in mind. kicked the 41-yard field goal, the Patriots 4th Quarter It should never have been thrown. It won a another squeaker of a Super Bowl, 32-29. 14:49 - NE - Antowain Smith, 2-yd run was released under pressure. It landed like (Vinatieri kick) And the Golden Boy was golden a pop fly in the waiting arms of Carolina's 13:39 - CAR - DeShaun Foster, 33-yd run Reggie Howard and just like that, the nail again. (two-point conversion failed) in the coffin was put back in the tool box. Here's a question. How did such a lousy 6:53 - CAR - Mushin Muhammad, 80- yd pass from Delhomme (two-point The close-it-down touchdown had just Super Bowl turn into such a great one? Let's conversion failed) be honest. For the first hour of this Super evaporated. 2:51 -NE-MikeVrabel, 1-yd pass from And now the Carolina Panthers were Bowl, you were begging for the halftime Brady (Kevin Faulk run) show to start - and never end. Nobody had 1:08 - CAR - Ricky Proehl, 12-yd pass from seven minutes and a football field away Delhomme (Kasay kick) from a possible victory in the Super scored. Two field goals had been missed. 0:04 - NE - Vinatieri, 41-yd field goal Bowl. The Carolina quarterback had completed It's a lesson learned over and over in one pass for one yard. And one yard seemed STATISTICAL LEADERS sport after sport. Don't give underdogs a like a lot of real estate. Above: New England quarterback Tom Brady hoists the Rushing And then, for three minutes, there was Vince Lombardi trophy celebrating the Patriots' second chance. Don't let them hang around. Don't NE: Antowain Smith (26 carries, 83 yards, give them the oxygen that allows them to football. You know, the kind where players Super Bowl victory in three years. For his passing perfor- TD) mance, Brady was awarded the award as the game's most think they can breathe, and if they can catch passes and score touchdowns. This, CAR: Stephen Davis.(l 3 carries, 49 yards) valuable player. breathe, they can run, and if they can unfortunately,wasfollowedbyanine-hour Passing run, they can win the race. halftime show. NE:Tom Brady (32-of-48,354 yards, 3 TD) Don't give it to them, unless you're And when the teams resumed - after CAR: Jake Delhomme (16-of-33,323 yards, a streaker the TV audience never saw, and 3TD) ready to have it haunt you. And here was Right: New England kicker Adam Vinatieri proved that trust me, you should thank your stars for Receiving Carolina, just a few plays after Brady's lightning can strike the same place twice as he booted a that - they were all the way back to the NE: Deion Branch (10 catches, 143 yards, rare mistake, pulling out its own magic. game-winning 41-yard field goal with just four seconds TD) beginning, missing chances, drawing Jake Delhomme scrambled free, bought left in the game. Just two years ago, Vinatieri sent the St. CAR: Mushin Muhammad (4 catches, 140 time, then heaved the ball downfield to penalties, dropping balls, and playing Louis Rams home from Super Bowl XXXVI with a field goal yards, TD) Muhsin Muhammad, who caught it Willie generally uninspiring football. as time expired. Defense Mays style, and left the defender behind, But if the bad thing about-Super Bowls NE: Rodney Harrison (9 tackles), Mike is that they are long enough to constitute Vrabel (6 tackles), Ty Law (5 tackles), Roman going all the way for the longest play from Phifer (5 tackles) scrimmage in Super Bowl history. a seasons worth of TV programming, the Below: Carolina head coach John Fox (center) walks off the CAR: Dan Morgan (18 tackles), Mike Minter Oh. And the lead, 22-21. good thing is that they are also long enough (14 tackles), Will Witherspoon (13 tackles) Reliant StadiumfieldafterthePanthers'sawtheirSuper Bowl Brady looked at the clock. These are the to encompass numerous story lines. And Attendance: 71,525 Time: 4:05 from Brady's ill-advised interception, hopes dashed by the Patriots.The Panthers prospered under moments that define a quarterback. Not the Fox's reign, coming back from a 1-15 record in 2001. mistake, but the way he rebounds from it. this thing was guns-out, breathtaking For what it's worth, Brady looked about as sports. It had everything you could want TOP SUPER BOWL - big catches from big receivers, step-up Photos courtesy of KRT Campus worried as a guy who just deposited a lot- COMMERCIALS tery check. He trotted out, and proceeded performances by the quarterbacks, and a to craft a 68-yard drive that consisted of redemption tale of immense proportions, Compiled By Eli Boorstein big-third down plays, a great sideline pass, with Vinatieri making up for two earlier Nietsroobl [email protected] a long pass, and a one-yard exclamation mistakes and winning the game the way • Budweiser's beer-fetching dogs point for a touchdown that regained the he won it two years ago, with a last-second Lassie couldn't have done better. lead, 29-22. field goal. Say this for the Panthers: They proved That would have been enough - to • Budweiser's Clydesdale donkey they belonged. They never got intimidated, repolish the image, to regild the future, to At leastwe now knowthatthe famous and with Delhomme's almost incompre- once again prove that his pregame notices herd doesn't discriminate based on were legit. It would have been enough. hensible calm, they nearly pulled a huge species. But it wasn't enough. upset. Delhomme helped make this Super There was another superb quarterback Bowl a battle of quarterbacks worthy of the • Budweiser's horse-drawn in this Super Bowl. He didn't start out that showdown between legends Joe Montana carriage way. Jake Delhomme began the game look- and Dan Marino back in 1985. Four words: "Do you smell barbecue?" ing like, well, a guy who started the year But j ust as one man had to be the wining backing up Rodney Peete. Delhomme and quarterback in that one, so too did one have • Dodge's "Getting the Monkey the Panthers could barely breathe in the to emerge victorious Sunday. Brady moves now into the realm of bona fide superstar, off Your Back" first quarter Sunday, much less gain any Literalism is always a sure-fire way having won two Super Bowls by age 26. yardage. At one point, Delhomme was to produce a memorable Super Bowl Bill Belichick, now jumps the likes of Bill l-for-9 for one yard. I'm not making that commercial. up. One yard? Parcells and Jimmy Johnson as the guy fans But by the fourth quarter, all that was think of as the great football coach. • Frito Lays'old folks' home forgotten. Delhomme was the cool Cajun And the Patriots become, in these Like they say, "You can't eat just one." he'd been labeled. And he marched his days of parity, the closest thing to a dy- Except when your wife steals your upstart offense right through the Patriots' nasty we have. Two titles in three years, false teeth. defense, with big passes to Muhammad and a young roster, and four high draft picks • Mastercard's "Priceless Simpsons" Ricky Proehl, who caught a huge 31-yard this spring. I can tell you one thing. It's about time that Homer confronts strike and pulled in a short touchdown those voices in his head. pass to tie the score, 29-29. They won't be drafting a quarterback

Statesboro High football AnMr InstantIIWI'M'IK' Classic:V> H/f-^«?l-l^» coach Busby resigns after Carolina Panthers stage remarkable comeback only to see tumultuous season the veteran New England Patriots pull off the victory Associated Press demand that the player be awarded a ByTomSorensen quarterback Jake Delhomme would est sports story in Charlotte history neath and grabs, and Muhammad varsityletter.The player participated KRT Campus say a few minutes later. "It's tough." and one of the best in the history of shakes off safety Eugene Wilson so The end of the season came quick- the Carolinas. violently Wilson ends up in a pile, Statesboro High School footbaE in onlyabout one quarter of a game HOUSTON - Moments after ly, and there was no way to prepare Don't allow the season to end now. and Muhammad scored. coach Buzz Busby has resigned less all season, not enough to earn the the winning field goal, pink confetti for it. The Panthers had been together This was all too good and rich and The 85-yard touchdown is the than two months after he was fired letter. sprayed out of nine cannons. through rookie camp and mini-camp wonderful to simply allow it to expire. longest in Super Bowl history. for only one day following a dispute Busby's decision to resign ap- Four carts drove out of the tun- and training camp, through four exhi- The Patriots might object,but the rest Imagine. Delhomme, the custodian with his principal parently was based on the ultimate nel at one end of the field. A box bitions and 16 regular season games of the co untry would not. There have of the conservative offense, and Mu- Busby guided Statesboro to the decision that the player be awarded a emblazoned with the Super Bowl and three playoff games and one been 37 Super Bowls played before hammad, a tough but less than fast Class AAAA championship game letter despite Busby's insistence that XXXVIII logo and three portable Super Bowl. this one, and only three were deter- receiver that early this season dropped last month for the third time in the player had not earned a letter. stages drove out of the other. A red The Panthers had been through so mined by three or fewer points. as many passes as he caught, does what the last four years. Statesboro lost Busby's resignation was an- Cadillac convertible roadster soon much and had accomplished so much The Super Bowl began like a Stan- nobody else who has played in this to Marist in the final. nounced Thursday night at the joined them. and the season had suddenly expired ley Cup game and concluded like the game ever has. Despite the successful run, Busby teams banquet in Statesboro, The The New England Patriots hugged, and there was nowhere to go but the Daytona 500. Delhomme and Tom Brady, New was fired by Statesboro principal Atlanta Journal-Constitution re- danced and picked their young chil- locker room. For the first time in 55 The first points were scored with3: England's unflappable quarterback, Ernest Dupree on Dec. 10 - only ported on its Web site Friday. dren into the air. Music played and days, Carolina lost. 05 remaining in the first half and then each threw for more than 300 yards. three days before the .team's semi- An emotional Busby could not fans screamed and a security force Adam Vinatieri kicked a 41-yard it was on. The Patriots scored again Only two other Super Bowl quarter- final round win over Tucker in the speak to the crowd, and after Busby larger than the armies of some mid- field goal with four seconds remain- before half ended and the Panthers backs have ever done that in the same Georgia Dome, backed away from the podium, his sized countries ensured that the ing, and the Patriots avoided overtime scored twice. game, and one was Joe Montana and Busby said he was fired when he resignation was announced to a uninvited would not get in. and beat the Panthers 32-29. Delhomme came out tight, throw- Dan Marino, refused Dupree's demand that the stunned crowed by the Statesboro Carolina didn't try. After one of It doesn't feel right. It seems as. ing behind receivers and over their Here's what Delhomme did in coach reinstate a player who had booster club president. the best performances in team his- if there ought to be one more Del- heads. Late in the second quarter, the last quarter. He completed 9 of been disciplined. Bulloch County Minutes later, Bulloch County tory, after turning what was supposed homme pass and Steve Smith catch, the Panthers had lost more yards 14 passes for two touchdowns and 211 Superintendent Jesse Strickland re- school board chairman Lannie La- to be a lackluster Super Bowl into a one more DeShaun Foster run, Dan than they had gained. But Carolina's yards. He was brilliant. His teammates instated Busby the following day. nier announced the player involved glittering classic, the Panthers walked Morgan hit and Reggie Howard defense was so impressive that the were brilliant. By then, each defense At the time, Dupree said be in the dispute had been awarded the off the field. interception. offense didn't need to score. had worn down. The team that gets had only talked with Busby in letter. There were no interviews, no con- This was a Panthers team that en- The Panthers trailed 14-10 at the the ball last wins. hypothetical terms about what Busby, 56, was 55-11 -1 in five sea- solation prizes and no acknowledg- ticed non-football fans to leave the half and 14-10 after three quarters. The fourth quarter is the greatest wouldivaf pen if Busby did not do sons at the school and won the 2001 ment of their good work. They walked room not because they didn't want In the fourth, the teams accounted quarter in the history of this game. as Dupree asked. Class AAAA state championship. out of Reliant Stadium and the Super to watch but because the game was for 37 points. And the Panthers were just getting When he returned to the team, Busby also led Kendrick High of Bowl as if they were walking off their so tight they couldn't. This was a team Here's Jake rolling left and lofting warmed up. Don't let it end now. Busby reinstated the player to the Columbus to a tie for the 1991 Class practice field. that helped, for a while, unite a city a perfect pass down the left sideline They don't need another game. Just team but did noiagree to Dupree's AAA state title. "It's hard right now," Panthers and two states and created the great- that Muhsin Muhammad runs be- give them one final overtime. Q GEORGE-ANNE ~ Monday, February 2,2004

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iThe rEORGE- E 10 Monday, Febuary 2,2004 NFUTC HOPE, FROM PAGE I Hackers access UGA application records Why are But lawmakers from both parties plexity of keeping up with thousands "To have to go to the police every Associated Press and foreign. The server was taken offline worried that Franklins bill would be of students' criminal histories. A staffer other semester and get clearance when ATHENS,Ga.(AP)-TheUniversityof the same day. draconian and hard to manage. One for the Georgia Student Finance Com- you haven't done anything wrong? Georgiahasnotified27,000 students viae- Housed on the server are records for textbooks so Republican complained that a student mission, which distributes the scholar- The administration of that would be mail that ahacker may have accessed their every studentwhoappliedforundergrad- could lose the scholarship for a simple ships, said the commission would have a nightmare," she said. personal information through a school uateadmissiontoUGAsinceAugust2002, teenage fistfight. to hire extra staff to comb through the The cost of the scholarships is grow- computer server and plans to alert more totaling about 31,000 people. pricey? "I support this concept, I just fear background checks. ing faster than lottery revenue, meaning than 4,000 students via U.S. mail. UGA spokesman Tom Jackson said wemayhaveunintendedconsequences," Chairwoman Rep. Louise McBee, the program could run out of money UGA officials discovered the breach students who applied after Jan. 20 will said Rep. Chuck Martin of Alpharetta. D-Athens, said the proposal would by the end of the decade if changes on Jan. 20 when they learned the server not be affected. Monday is the deadline Report finds it's • burden law-abiding students. aren't made. was probing other computers, domestic to apply for fall 2004 admission. Another complaint was the com- the publishers .

By Andrea Coombes KRT Campus SAN FRANCISCO - Visit any col- lege campus bookstore and you'll hear the collective groan over steep textbook prices. Now students have a culprit at whom to aim their anguish. It's the publishers, according to a report by the Public Interest Research Continues Traveling Off-Campus Group, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization. Publishers routinely add extra materials and re-issue new editions Be sure to check out these new additions to the EAGLEXPRESS™ family: too often, unnecessarily pushing the price of textbooks higher, according to the report. C^/REAL PIT Students spent an average of $898 BAR-B-Q on textbooks this school year, up from about $642 in 1997. PIRG surveyed 156 faculty, 521 students and analyzed SAVE LOT the most widely assigned textbooks at 10 schools. Rising prices are due in part to publishers'practice of publishing new, more expensive editions before curricu- lum changes warrant it, and ofbundling other materials such as CD-ROMs with the books. "Publishers are increasingly using gimmicks that inflate the prices of textbooks, including adding unneces- sary bells and.whistles and putting new editions on the market without making substantive content changes," said Kate Rube, PIRG's higher educa- Auxiliary Services is pleased to announce the tion associate. availability ofEAGLEXPRESS™ at these businesses: For their part, publishers claim extensive market research has shown that they provide exactly what profes- RUMRUNNERS' sors seek. Baskin "This is faculty-driven," said Judith Platt, spokeswoman with the Associa- Robbins America's & Drive-In tion of American Publishers, a trade group representing all types of book publishers. Holiday's "Publishers wouldn't be doing it if Greek & Italian the market research didn't support it," she said. "This is what professors say they want." The study finds otherwise, with 56 percent of faculty reporting they rarely Quizno's or never use the additional course mate- , BS rial sold with about half of textbooks. iranuungai QBE^B And 76 percent of faculty said new editions are justified"never"to"half the time," according to the report. ommtmow^ PIRGreviewedfivetextbooksclosely Dairy to see how new editions differed from Queen previous ones. In one instance, "Calcu- SUBS & SALADS lus:EarlyTranscendentals,"publishedby Thomson Learning, the new Edition 5 published in 2003 hardly differed from the number 4, published in 1999, Rube said. "When you compare these two books, the biggest changes are that a couple of math problems have been Baja added and several of the sections have Burrito been rearranged. Edition 5 sells for tmmOLD FASHIONED ^ HAMBURGERS J around $130. You can get a used copy of Edition 4 for between $20 and $90." But the release of new editions often leads to a dearth of used versions of old editions, Rube said, as campus bookstores stop buying the old edition ' back from students. ——— Qotrct<%j Book publishers say a combination Chicken Run of factors, including high productions ' costs and a limited market, lead to Don Cortec -. 7AXBVC The Pond textbook prices. MSglfS! "We're not talking about a mass %jum<3is mi CMCKJR market Harry Potter, John Grisham (Formerly Bash's) audience. It's limited," Platt said. "Its simple economics. If it costs a great deal in terms of investments and time and resources and the market is @lftech\ /&Lzza-fmt: by its very nature limited, it's going to t COMMUNICATIONS J be expensive." Some have argued that limited im s MMts uw K STEUKS - SEAFOOD in^SSm,^Mi, " • ' ^' market is really a captured market, with students having little choice EII:VI: when it comes to buying books, but Platt disagreed. "There are a wealth of choices already out there," she said. "Publishers offer professors and students a wealth meineke £tx^M£fe of choices in selecting textbooks and ancillary materials. There's a con- tinuum of price points from the lowest stripped down editions to fully loaded little textbooks." PEKING Students unable to find low-cost op- Caesars tions should search online, or contact the publisher direcdy, she said.