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For more information, please contact [email protected]. » Established 1927 The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia Southern University « SEQRTS |ia Satellites basketball defeats to play at Horizons Davidson 78-62 Thursday night GSU women's basketball Check out the Georgia went on the road to stomp Satellites Thursday at Davidson Monday night Horizons at 10 p.m. They will "jingle lingle ling" into the 'Boro Page 6 George-Anne Page 10 Vol. 73 No. 49 Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Sterling Pinesr ti * comes to the Boro • Joins the list of off-campus housing available to students By Teresa Southern puter lab available with a ment that is similar to the Staff Writer copy machine and a fax ma- above program, and 24-hour Sterling University chine. The other amenity of- emergency maintenance. Pines Collegiate Resi- fered by this housing com- Lisa Simmons, Commu- dences (SUPCR), is the munity is fully furnished nity Manager of SUPCR newest apartment complex apartments. Each apartment talked about how the prop- in the 'Boro. Opening in comes with living room fur- erty owners want to get in- August, the apartments will niture that includes a couch, volved with the residents. Andrea Sutton be located on Lanier Dr., a single chair, coffee table "We want to do more for NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE 'BORO: Sterling Pines, Statesboro's newest apartment next to Buffalo's. The com- and end tables. Each bed- them instead of just collect- complex, which is being constructed on Lanier Drive next to Buffalo's will be open by August of 2001. plex has an ideal location room includes a full bed, a ing their rent," she said. for off- campus living since dresser, a computer desk, They have planned a wel- it is not too far from cam- and separate jacks for phone come back party for resi- pus. The new complex of- and Internet lines. dents in the fall with a draw- fers several amenities such Also on the property is ing for 1,000 cash as one of as washer and dryer, mi- the clubhouse that houses a the main events. crowave, walk-in closets, Fitness Center, with a re- Leases are by the room and many more. It will also sort style pool, a hot tub, and the prices start at $320 offer many other options volleyball and basketball per room for three-bed/three that other apartments do courts and a billiards room. bath, $295 per room for a not, such as free Ethernet. Some other things that the four-bed/two bath, and $310 The Ethernet is basically community offers is the for a four-bed/4 bath. high speed Internet service, SUH cares program that is a The entire complex is similar to what GSU has in 1-800 number that residents close to being full; there- their computer labs. This can call for special needs fore, those interested will be provided to all resi- and for any suggestions or must act fast. Contact dents with a computer. For comments that they may SUPCR at (912) 681- those without a computer have. They also offer pro- 2234 or at there is a 24- hour com- fessional on-site manage- www,suhpines.com . Andrea Sutton Rushing resigns as SGA senator Study finds college athletes more By Jake Hallman likely to drink than non-athletes ministration and SGA members The Associated Press Staff Writer And athletes were more likely than edge in drinking developed on campus would focus more on the concerns of The stereotype of hard-drinking col- nonathletes to have social conditioas that or arrived with them from high school, "Meeting every Wednesday night, students, not the concerns of them- lege jocks may have something to it A raised the likelihood of binge drinking, he said. and committees and reviewing, and selves and those immediate to them. study finds college athletes generally the study said. The Harvard study "makes the prob- typing, and not getting a paycheck I think that many senators suffer from outdrink nonathletes. For instance, athletes were 47 percent lem look bigger than it actually is," said for it... I'm behind on my rent," Zach a lack of vision, in that they don't Alcohol-control education programs more likely to say 70 percent or more of Mary Wilfert, program director for health Rushing said. see a bigger scope beyond themselves don't seem to make a difference, athletes their friends were binge drinkers, 45 per- and safety at the National Collegiate Ath- "I could use the extra hours at of the people they may run into on a drankmoreeventhoughtheywerequicker cent more likely to say they had 5 or more letic Association. work. There are just other things I'd day-to-day basis," Rushing said. to notice close friends, and 55 percent more likely For one thing, most students were not really like to do that aren't SGA- "They need to realize SGA's about messages against drinking, the re- to say parties are important, the study said. binge drinkers, she said. Also, other stud- related. If I was getting a paycheck, more than the four or five people searchers said. 'Thinking is a highly social activity, ies have reported that nonathlete frater- some of this problem wouldn't be they may hang out with regularly, or An NCAA official, however, coun- and it's not very hard to get to a party," nity members outdrink athletes, she said. there." the 20 people they may talk to on tered that the Harvard research team was said Henry Wechsler, the study's senior And even though a drinking problem Rushing, a Student Government campus. It's about the whole student making too much of the drinking and too author. exists, publicizing reports that a lot of Association senator, announced his body. Some senators, not all, need to little of the value of the alcohol-control Education campaigns did not deter drinking occurs on campus makes the resignation from that body in last remember that." programs. drinking, the study said. problem worse by giving impressionable Wednesday's meeting. Rushing Though Rushing is disappointed "Some of the findings are highly sug- Athletes reportedasignificantly higher young students the idea that they must served as a senator this year after an with his latest turn of events, he is gestive that the team atmosphere may level of exposure to alcohol education, drink to fit into campus life, Wilfert said. unsuccessful bid for the SGA presi- hopeful about the future of SGA. help to promote some of these heavy but the exposure did not decrease their As for alcohol-control education dency last year and said he would "In many ways, I've let myself drinkingbehaviors,''saidTobenF.Nelson drinking.Infact,fhebiggerdrinkers tended messages, "Harvard ignores ones that not run for that office again. down. Had I become president, of Harvard's School of Public Health. to be people who reported seeing more have demonstrated impact," Wilfert "For the most part, it's been a would I still face these problems or Nelson was lead author of the article in anti-drinking education messages. This said. Successful programs hammer little bit of shock that the guy who still be quitting? That's all hit-and- the American College of Sports Medi- may mean that antidrinking messages home the idea that most students don't started a lot of hoopla is now walk- miss, here-and-there," he said. cine journal Medicine and Science in were more common on campuses where drink too much, she said. Showing that ing away," he said. "If I'm letting down anyone who Sports and Exercise. there was more drinking, the study said. binge drinking isn't the norm encour- After Rushing lost the presidency voted for me, don't feel distressed. The study looked at questionnaire However, it also was a sign that the ages students to control their drinking, election last year to Joyce Estrada, There are several senators who share responses from 12,777 college students, messages weren'tworking.Wechslersaid. she said. NCAA supports demonstra- he launched an appeal that led to the my earnest beliefs, and these sena- including 2,172 athletes in 130 four-year It will take a multifaceted approach tion projects on this "social norm" recall of the elections. In the second tors will listen to your complaints colleges around the nation in 1997. to control the arinking, including pres- approach to fighting alcohol abuse, she set, Rushing ran instead for a Senate and your praise. I really believe that Among men, 57 percent of athletes sure from coaches, trainers, team phy- said. post, and then-SGA President Aaron if people who supported me will sup- reported at least one binge drinking epi- sicians and administrators, Wechsler The National Institute on Alcohol Nicely was elected to a second term, port the senators in office now, they sode, defined as five or more drinks in a said. "In our data, the strongest reason Abuse and Alcoholism has a panel of with Rushing's support.