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Thursday, April 13,2005 • Volume 78, Number 5
AROUND the HOUSE
■ Eagle's Baseball visits Theater professor Mical Whitaker Mercer > Aron Price competing in MCI Heritage ■ Boston Red Sox recieve World Series honored with farewell production Rings Special to the G-A as rival a teacher or director will be happy to know directed on campus," said Pamela Bour- Yankees The final Georgia Southern Theatre & that he was able to touch their lives." land-Davis, chair of the Communications look on Performance production of the year will To celebrate Whitaker's upcoming Arts Department. also be the farewell performance for long- retirement and 24 years in theater, the The reception will also serve as a Page 7 time director, actor and assistant professor Department of Communications Arts benefit, with the proceeds supporting Mical Whitaker. will host a reception on Saturday, April the theater equipment needs for the Fine "There are no words to describe how 23, from 3-5 p.m. at the entrance to the Arts/Phase III building, which will house great this person is," said V.A. Patrick Arts Building. a new, 175-seat black box theater. • Amanda Permenter Slade, a GSU alumni who graduated with Following the reception, Whitaker Reservations for the reception, which explains why she doesn't a degree in theater & performance and will direct his final production, Lofton includes a ticket for "Star of the Morning," get crunk at the clubs English. "His patience, love for the arts Mitchell's "Star of the Morning," at 8 p.m. may be made through the Communica- and knowledge surpasses any competent in the Performing Arts Center. tion Arts Department. Tickets are $25 • Luke Hearn writes understanding of theater and life. The "The reception's theme is Amen Cor- for adults and $15 for students. For ad- disparagingly of beauty GSU Theater Department will never be ner,' one of Mical's favorite plays and the ditional information or to order tickets, Special to the G-A pageants the same, but those who have had him as first African-American performance he call 681-5138. Professor Mical Whitaker Page 4
. 4Hj| FDA opposes lifting Hissing Canada goose ^^L '■ greets shoppers silicone implant ban DES MOINES, Iowa - Customers of a south side print shop beware By Lauran Neergaard Inamed's implants back on the market of the hissing goose. For the second Associated Press year in a row, a Canada goose has just 18 months ago, a decision the made the front door area of Artcraft WASHINGTON - Thirteen years FDA rejected because of the durabil- Inc., her home. Mother Goose, as after most silicone-gel breast implants ity concerns. she's called, greets customers by were banned, federal health advis- "Obviously we're disappointed," hissing at them. Last year, she hatched a gosling ers on Tuesday narrowly rejected said Inamed Vice President Dan just a few feet from the front door. a manufacturer's request to bring Cohen, who pledged to work with the She has already made a nest this them back to the U.S. market, citing FDA to get the necessary additional year. To get9 involved... lingering questions about safety and evidence as soon as possible. "I had one customer call from a «■{«"'■* *'iH If you would like to know more about stu- 1 durability. That doesn't mean the implants cell phone and ask if she would bite," Isii*. ■■■' r^^Bi % | dents' efforts to change the spring break date, Mj said Judi Williams, the company's Inamed Corp. had argued that can never be sold, the advisers W contact Caroline Blackmon at (770)317-1901 1 office manager. "She hisses, but she today's silicone implants are less likely stressed. No one expects them to last it; P or by email at [email protected]. m doesn't bite. Otherwise, everybody :: : to break and leak than versions sold a lifetime, but women need evidence thinks she's pretty cool." W '^ years ago. But the Food and Drug Ad- about how likely they are to last 10 Iowa Department of Natural Barbara V. Perez/KRT Campus ministration was years, several pan- Resources officials said geese have Deanna Werinski, 19, left, looks on as her friend Shauna Hartrich, 19, gets a henna tatoo on her abdo- skeptical, and its elists stressed. no teeth and don't carry rabies. They men from Beau Sutton, 22, in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Monday, March 15,2004. Some GSU students "There are women who But FDA ad- rarely nip, but are known to hiss are petitioning to have spring break moved to a warmer time of the year and after midterms. advisers voted 5-4 when people or animals invade their that the company would benefit from these viser Dr. Michael space. hasn't provided implants that don't have Miller, a plas- There are about 80,000 Canada enough evidence tic surgeon at geese in Iowa, said Guy Zenner, a access to them." state waterfowl research biologist. about how long -Dr. Michael Miller, Houston's M.D. "You're going to see things like Students want a the implants will FDA Advisor and plastic surgeon Anderson Cancer this," Zenner said. last — and what at Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Center who has happens when used Inamed's im- More OIA on they break and ooze silicone into plants, argued the devices are being Page 3 the breast, or beyond. held to too high a standard. Without that information, "How "There are women who would later spring break can we get an informed consent from benefit from these implants that don't Quote of the Qav our patients?" asked FDA adviser have access to them," Miller said, By Adam Crisp They say the change will allow for the weeklong break Dr. Amy Newburger, a New York complaining that salt water-filled "All truth passes through three [email protected] from classes to be held when the weather is warmer dermatologist. "It makes me very implants sold without restriction stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, Why not have spring break when the weather is and mid-terms are a distant memory. uneasy ... I don't feel secure about today have their own drawbacks. it is violently opposed. Third, it is "The weather is just bad during spring break," accepted as being self-evident." warm and the calendar actually reads spring? the safety." "All of us feel very strongly that That's what a group of Georgia Southern students said Caroline Blackmon, a sophomore who is trying The FDA isn't bound by its advis- women have a choice," responded -Arthur to collect signatures for a petition to change the date. ers' recommendations — and the Dr. Barbara Manno of Louisiana Schopenhauer are asking. Four students enrolled in a political science class "The weather is always too cold and the break usually panel's vote was a surprise. This same State University. But she ultimately are petitioning the university's calendar committee, falls right in the middle of exams so you spend the panel, with a few different members, asking that spring breakbe pushed forward two weeks. See BREAK, page 6 hadnarrowlyrecommended allowing See IMPLANTS, page 6 Air Force: Tests for lost nuke off Georgia
Wednesday coast found no 'significant' radiation HIGH By Russ Bynum 74° "Since the interagency team did not Associated Press find the "significant' radiation levels ffefe LOW SAVANNAH - Government testing Mr. Duke's team reported, the focus Few Showers 51° for possible signs of a nuclear bomb shifted to the arduous task of analyzing lost off the Georgia coast in 1958 data to determine what the samples did Thursday found no "significant" radiation, the contain," wrote DeFrank, the Air Force Air Force said in a letter to a Georgia deputy director of public affairs. HIGH newspaper. The letter was sent April 4 to the 66° Last September, government scien- editorial page of The Macon Telegraph, tists took radiation readings and soil one of the newspapers that published the LOW samples in waters near Tybee Island AP story. The newspaper did not publish after a man who has searched privately the letter, but the Air Force provided Partly Cloudy 46° for the nuke reported finding possible the AP with a copy Tuesday. _ radioactive clues to its location. A damaged B-47 bomber dumped More than six months later, the the H-bomb at sea during a training Police Beat 2 government has not released a final flight in February 1958 after the plane collided with a fighter jet. The military News Briefs 3 report. But a letter by Air Force Col. Stephen Morton, File/AP Photo James DeFrank, written in response searched the area for 10 weeks, but failed Opinions 4 A group of divers and scientists from the federal government tow an array of radiation detec- to a March 25 story by The Associated to find the bomb. tors on Sept. 30,2004, from the stern of a boat near Little Tybee Island, Ga., while searching for Classifieds 8 Press, is the first public statement that The Air Force says the Mark-15 bomb a Hydrogen bomb lost more than 46 years ago. A B-47 bomber dumped the 11 -foot aluminum Crosswords 8 its tests did not match radiation levels lacks the plutonium capsule needed to cylinder at sea after colliding with a fighter jet during a training flight in 1958. Comics 8 reported by Derek Duke, who has spent trigger 400 pounds of conventional ex- Sports 9 years searching for the lost bomb. See NUKE, page 6
>81 5246 * qaeditor@qeorgias( 1.2023 • P.O.Box8001 • Statesboro,GA 10460 PAGE 2 I NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,2005 THE GEORGE-ANNE University-community partnerships focus of day-long event Special to the G-A Building. GSU. A number of community orga- session will be a presentation from with the news media. partnerships," said Chaput. "It will "This project is extremely important nizations will participate in the forum, Emma Perez, the chair of the ethnic The afternoon programs will focus Forging partnerships between the serve the local community and the as it brings people together from across including the Boys and Girls Club, the studies department at the University of on "Strategizing for Sustainable Univer- university and the community will be university's mission by further devel- the university and across the com- Whitesville Community Resource and Colorado who will speak on the public's sity-Community Partnerships." Danika oping community-based research and the focus of a day-long forum at Georgia munity to work on developing a more Development Organization, Habitat perception of academic work. Brown, a professor from the University service-learning opportunities." Southern on Friday, April 22. engaged culture - one of the primary for Humanity, the Statesboro Regional The schedule will also include of Texas-Pan American, will present a The project is sponsored by the The program, titled "Connecting focuses of the university's Quality En- Library, Bulloch County Communities a series of strategizing sessions on program on "Principles for Redefin- Project for Civic Engagement and So- Places: Social Transformation and hancement Plan," said Catherine Cha- in Schools and the Bulloch County how the university can work with the ing Community Partnerships Around cial Transformation and other campus University-Community Partnerships," put, a writing and linguistics professor Board of Education. community; linking university courses Social Change." organizations. For additional informa- will begin at 9 a.m. in the Faculty De- and one of the forums organizers. The program will be opened by with service projects; planning and "The forum will provide unique tion, contact Chaput at (912) 486-7193 velopment Center on the third floor of The forumisoneofaseries of events university President Bruce Grube. implementing projects; legal issues; opportunities to forge concrete re- or email to cchaput@georgiasouthern. the College of Information Technology during a special "Engagement Week" at The centerpiece for the morning identifying grant sources; and working lationships and develop sustainable edu. Hinesville needs help with Monument to Haitian soldiers gets OK pets abandoned by troops
ByRussBynum shelter where dozens of soldiers and Savannah to Associated Press Army spouses began dumping pets HINESVILLE, Ga. - The 32 dogs during the holidays. get monument look up with sad eyes or wag their Since the Fort Stewart-based 3rd tails as animal control officer Linda Infantry Division deployed 19,000 for Haitians Associated Press Cordry walks the row of chain-link troops to Iraq in January, animal control officers took in 321 aban- cages toward a door concealing a gas In this undated chamber. doned dogs and cats. who defended Liberty County rendering "These guys are mine," Of those, 119 have been Humane Shelter released by the Cordry says with wea- euthanized. (912)876-3647 Haitian-Ameri- the city Many of the aban- ry resignation. "These 279 Briarwood Cir can Historical are basically on Death Hinesville, GA doned pets are wearing Society, a pro- By Russ Bynum Row." collars, but with their posed bronze Associated Press tags removed. Animals with collars monument to Liberty County Animal Control SAVANNAH, Ga. - Haiti's and the humane shelter that shares its get up to 10 days before they're eu- honor Haitian soldiers who interim prime minister traveled to small cinderblock building have been thanized. Those without collars are made up the Savannah on Saturday to lend sup- crammed to capacity with dogs and spared for only three. largest military port for a $500,000 monument to cats since Army troops from neighbor- "We didn't realize how bad it was unit in the Haitian soldiers who fought in the ing Fort Stewart deployed to Iraq. Both going to be," says Hall, whose husband Revolutionary American Revolutions bloody siege agencies say it's no coincidence. is retired from the Army. "I didn't think War's bloody of Savannah. "I would say 95 percent of these this many military families would just siege of Savan- "We always talked about the Sa- animals come from military homes," dispose of their animals because of the nah, Ga., is says Beate Hall, who runs the humane deployment." shown. vannah battle. In my history books it is the first thing we learned about, our people coming here to fight with the Americans," said Haitian Interim Prime Minister Ge- Haitian Interim rard Latortue. Prime Minister "But it seems Gerard Latortue ikdpooi/ika+b (oiiiiii|l to me this was speaks to report- a fact that was ers in Savannah. almost all the 912-681-6441 time neglect- ed" in the U.S. 100 Woodland Drive off 301 South Supporters want to unveil the bronze monument October 9, 226 woodlandsofstatesboro.com years after more than 500 Haitian troops joined American colonists and French soldiers in an unsuc- cessful attempt to drive the British edroom/2bath Waik-in j 2to G 0sets from Savannah. ■yj&te Srin^ : ?< Alarm System ^speed internet in rooms Cafa|e^ Haitians made up the largest '80 Vcrfeybali court All-inclusive Option military unit to fight in the 1779 siege. Their role in the fight is a point 8acK Patio Rrness center of national pride for Haitians, whose Revolutionary War veterans went on to lead the rebellion that drove out French colonists in 1804. Latortue, leader of Haiti's interim government since the ouster of Presi- dent Jean-Bertrand Aristide last year, spoke to an invitation-only dinner of about 100 potential donors. He trav- eled to Savannah from Rome, where he attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II on Friday. City planners approved the bronze monument Friday. But the Miami-based Haitian-American Historical Society, which has lobbied for the project since 2001, needs to raise an estimated $542,633 to pay for the monument and a required escrow . Washers Dryer account for maintenance costs. ^ or drive to GSU Resort-style pool Computer lab Clubno Use So far, the group has raised about s Basketball mutt Planned $100,000, said chairman Daniel Fils-Aime. Latortue said the Haitian government plans to make a contri- bution, but did not say how much. ra "Wood* /ou Mm +o Live Arab? Else "We are committed to the realiza- tion of this project," Latortue said. "Haiti cannot afford to have this project fail." The Savannah City Council still has to give final approval to the monu- ment. But Mayor Otis Johnson told reporters "that's a done deal." "I certainly want to see this come to realization during my administra- tion," Johnson said. The monument will include six life-size bronze soldiers on an oc- tagonal pedestal 14-feet in diameter. It will be placed beneath a canopy of live oaks in Franklin Square near Savannah's downtown riverfront. The statues include a likeness of Henri Christophe, depicted as an ado- lescent drummer, who served in the Revolutionary War and later became king of Haiti after the island nation won independence from France. THE GEORGE- ANNE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,2005 y' ■'■■. if*;k I PAGE 3 Only in America National News Briefs
and hopes to begin testing it soon Teen accused of with an eye toward marketing. Marshals Service says ex-convict arrested in Georgia
stealing corpse's head COLUMBIA, S.C. - An ex-con- Henry Lee Turner, was found shot to in a library book group with Stanko. vict suspected of killing two people in death in his Conway home Saturday. "It didn't seem to bother him." MORRISVILLE — A 17-year-old Over 200 pot plants South Carolina was captured Tuesday Stanko was released from prison Investigators swarmed an Horry Morrisville youth was being held found in rental home afternoon in Augusta, Ga., authori- on $100,000 bail after police said nearly a year ago after serving 8 County library building Monday, he raided a tomb in a cemetery PHOENIX — An enormous gar- ties said. 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for taking the branch's copy of Stanko's rand removed a head den of 212 marijuana plants was Stephen Stanko, 37, was taken kidnapping. book and sealing Ling's office. from a corpse. discovered inside a rental home into custody about 3:30 p.m., U.S. While in prison, Stanko co-wrote Stanko wrote about the hardships Nickolas Buck- west of Phoenix early Saturday Marshal Deputy Tim Stec said. He a book titled "Living in Prison: A His- of serving time in South Carolina's alew was arrested morning. did not have any more information tory of the Correctional System With prison system and the fear of being and charged with Maricopa County Sheriff's Office about the arrest. an Insiders View" with the help of two labeled "a convicted felon" when he unauthorized Sgt. Travis Anglin Stanko is suspected of killing criminology professors. was released. said the garden, removal of a dead 43-year-old Laura Ling, a librarian News that authorities suspected "I never planned to commit a ■. body. He pleaded nurtured by an T who lived with him in Murrells Inlet. him in two homicides and the rape crime, and I never expected that I Vermont innocent„; to the... intricate irrigation Ling's body was discovered Friday of a teenage girl surprised those who would everbecome a criminal," Stanko crime. and lighting sys- after a teenage girl in the home called knew him. Associated Press Authorities are not sure of the tem, is worth tens wrote in the book. Stephen Stanko, 37, accused of motive of the crime. Court docu- of thousands of authorities and said she had been "He seemed to feel comfortable "What I fear most now is that I may killing two people, was captured ments said the suspect allegedly Arizona dollars and is one raped, police said. letting people know that he was an carry some of this total institution back Tuesday. talked of using the man's head of the most sophisticated they've The other victim, 74-year-old ex-con," said John Gaumer, who was into society with me." as a bong or a pipe for smoking ever seen. marijuana. No one was living in the house, which has an out-of-state owner. Three indicted in plot The price hikes were the largest ordered the coal company to make re- Turner decided the tool shed was Plants ranged in size from seed- annual jump since AARP, the nation's pairs on the property in early 2003 after her best option. lings to budding marijuana plants against finance centers largest lobbying group for the elderly, a landslide occurred above Turner's She took all her late husband's "Clocky" alarm clock that were four feet tall and could began sponsoring the study five years home. Osborne said the company tools and moved them into her bed- have produced $10,000 each in eludes sleepyheads WASHINGTON - Three men made the necessary repairs. income, Anglin said. ago. room. Then she moved her bedroom have been indicted on charges they Turner said their repair work al- furniture, air conditioner, heater and CAMBRIDGE — A 25-year-old plotted to attack financial institu- lowed water to accumulate beneath breathing machine into the 8- by-12- Massachusetts Institute of Technol- tions in New York, New Jersey and ogy student has invented a revo- Man wins 'Village the mobile home, which led to the foot shed. Washington. lutionary alarm clock that makes Woman claims mining growth of mold inside. A four-count indictment unsealed sleepyheads find it to quiet it. Idiot' award Dr. Terry Wright, in a statement Tuesday accuses Dhiran Barot, Designed to overcome abuse of STORY — The competition was forced her out of that's now part of the case file, said - All News Briefs compiled the snooze feature on most alarm fierce and foolish, but a man who Nadeem Tarmohammed and Qaisar Turner developed respiratory prob- home, into tool shed from wire reports by Morgan clocks, accidentally sawed through a live Shaffi of scouting the New York Stock lems because of the mold and had to JBj wmmk* Gauri wire and topped that by wreck- Exchange and Citicorp Building in Marsh. MARTIN, Ky. — An eastern be hospitalized. Wright advised her fl Kk Nanda's ing his truck hours after buying it New York, the Prudential Building Kentucky woman who says she had to move out. ^■k^ "Clocky" more than earned the honorary in Newark, N.J., and the International to live in a tool shed for nearly two ■*■*""' falls to the title "Village Idiot." Monetary Fund and World Bank in years because mining activity drove Massachusetts floor and fMarkCarmichael's the District of Columbia. rolls away blunders won him her out of her mobile home goes to Iff =5 on the first push of the snooze the good-natured court next month in her lawsuit against button. award that's been a coal company. To turn it off, a person must get handed out for Drug costs jump 7.1 Beatrice Turner, 65, said she had HEALTH out of bed and find it. years in the tiny percent in 2004 no choice but to move out because The clock features two rubber Indiana Brown County town mining turned her lawn into a bog wheels and is covered in thick, of Story. WASHINGTON - Wholesale and filled her home with mold that SERVICES 1970s-style shag carpet and His foolishness earned the prices for name-brand drugs jumped made her sick. other material to cushion it when it 27-year-old a $ 100 bar tab at the an average 7.1 percent in 2004 — the In a trial set to begin May 9, Turner tumbles to the floor. Story Still. A built-in computer chip ran- Two other Story Inn regulars largest hike in five years and more than will seek an unspecified amount of domly decides how far the clock were nominated for knocking twice the rate of inflation, according darnages from the Koch Victory divi- Quality • Caring • Convenient will roll, so it stops in a different themselves unconscious while to a study released Tuesday by AARP. sion of C. Reiss Coal Co. of Richlands, place each morning. opening their car doors. Another AARP s annual Rx Watchdog Report Va. Her attorney estimates the cost Clocky is still a research project was nominated for burning down tracked prices drug manufacturers of repairing the mobile home and www.georgiasouthern.edu/health and is not yet commercially avail- his front porch after not fully charged wholesalers last year for about property at more than $66,000. able, but Nanda said she is putting extinguishing a cigarette in a full 200 prescription drugs popular with The Kentucky Division of Mine M finishing touches on a prototype ashtray. older Americans. Reclamation and Enforcement had u mmmm- Homecoming 2005 is quickly approaching and you can get involved in the planning proceeelI
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Tke Ej3Hinef@2«& Our Opinion BBR The sentence must not mimic the crime Eric Rudolph terrorized Atlanta by detonating three bombs in the Georgia metropolis over a two-year period, including a devastating explosion during the 1996 Olympics. Many gave a sigh of relief when this killer was captured in 2003 after a five-year run from authorities. c=\ Tomorrow, Rudolph is expected to plead guilty to his crimes. In exchangefor his plea and information about how he committed his heinous acts, he is expected to avoid the death penalty and spend at least a large portion of the remainder of his life behind bars. During his crime spree, Rudolph targeted events, businesses and groups that he deemed immoral. The January after Rudolph bombed Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, he set a bomb at a family FEDRiJUDGK planning clinic in Sandy Springs. IB OUT OF Shortly after that explosion, Rudolph targeted an Atlanta bar frequented by lesbians. A second abortion clinic bombing in Birmingham killed an off-duty police officer and injured others. i CONTROL! Cluesfrom this attack put investigators on the trail of the suspected killer. However, he eluded authorities by hiding in the hills of North Carolina for five years. In 2003, police observed what they believed was a homeless man digging through a dumpster. That homeless man was Eric Rudolph. Although it has been nearly two years since the doors were slammed on Rudolph, questions about how this man escaped the FBI still linger. Many hypothesize that Rudolph couldn't have survived in the North Carolina wilderness for five years without the help of sympathizers. Investigators long complained that residents there all but refused to help track down the bomber. It's sad, but it seems evident that some believe in Rudolph's extremist conservative views. And while MM|A'WMMMMDM we're certain many people advocate his thinking — including many here in the South — we find it abominable that anyone would support the mass killing Rudolph favored. Tomorrow justice will be served, and a black cloud over Georgia will dissipate. It is expected that Sexual chaos: From the windows to the walls Rudolph will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences, totaling about 30 or 40 years. We can only I'm not blaming the women in the club scene. I taverns? Well, they're exactly the same as the men's, hope that the 38-year-old Rudolph will never know freedom. But even if he is able to see the light of a dislike the whole thing. right down to the gyrating women with whom they parole date, the five years he spent on the run, reduced to digging in trash cans, combined with his court Going to the bars around here leaves a sour unabashedly both conspire and compete. sentence will be a suitable punishment. feeling in the pit of my stomach that increases in This is where my feelings about the clubs get fuzzy and I start to feel a little sick. On the rare occasion that But for those who helped this callous killer flee justice, we're certain punishment won't come in the intensity with every attempt I make at enjoying them. Something ineffable about popular nightlife I patronize the bars, I usually sit in a corner where I same manner. Those who aided Rudolph cannot be excused. Their help was indefensible not to mention - especially in Statesboro where I was first initiated can observe everyone. What I see is a meat market. criminal. * by it - has always bothered me, and perhaps it's my And it isn't as one-sided as I would theorize if I'd No one will forget how Rudolph's prejudice tarnished Georgia's shot at Olympic glory, and no court enhanced education that now allows me to place into never been to a club. One would assume, under typical action will bring back Rudolph'sfourvictims, nor heal those he injured. And while he was spared from the words what it is. gender stereotype, that the women go to dance and death sentence, his prison term matches his crimes. But for those who helped a killer bent on spreading There's no accounting for taste, and one factor in the men go to lose their pants. But it's really a rather a message of morality, while you may have escaped the court's punishment, rest assured that you will my aversion to local clubs is the fact that it's simply not disturbingly balanced mass of lonely souls bouncing Amanda Permenter not escape the irony of the punishment that awaits you. my bag. The clubs here and everywhere would suit my off each other in a search for temporary anodyne and editor-in-chief idea of fun if we removed everyone from them, sold superficial fulfillment, with little attention to gender nothing but high -quality dark lagers & ales and played at all. Maybe it's my imagination, but I would swear Letters to the Editor only eclectic music no one's ever heard on the radio. that when I walk into your typical club, the men look Women have a choice That's just my quirky nature. But clubs also disgust at me like I'm an alien and the women look at me me for a few more universally applicable reasons, like I'm a cat invading their territory. This letter is in response to the concerns and I dismissed it, remembering my days as and they're probably not what you think. I have to wonder how many healthy relationships expressed by a student about the police pres- a freshman, when I too would do just about I don't have a problem with the way people have come out of the "hook-ups" originating on the ence near Old Register Road on the night anything to get the club. The students were - namely women - dress at the clubs. I can show skin dance floors (or tables, or lounge areas or DJ booths) of the Pajama Jam. Let me begin by saying walking rather slowly, and I waited patiently with the best of them; anyone who went with me to at these establishments. Don't get me wrong. I'm not that in the four years that I attended Georgia for them to pass me so that I could continue on New Orleans a few years ago can vouch for that. I necessarily scathing one-night stands. Maybe that Southern (I am an alumna), only three letters to my destination. Much to my dismay, I saw believe it is a woman's prerogative to wear whatever really is what some people need in order to sew the to the editor incited enough concern within several scantily dressed young ladies. That's she pleases without having to be bombarded by wild oats stealthily given them by rite of passage at myself to reply. I also never attended the when it hit me... must be the Pajama Jam. I unwanted sexual advances. SOAR. I wouldn't know. But ofmy several friends who Pajama Jam due to personal concerns about shook my head and groaned in disgust as my Unfortunately, she still is. have been down that road, each found it regrettable the event as a whole. headlights gave me an unwelcomed glimpse But I'm not blaming the men in the club scene, and decidedly unfulfilling. Last Saturday (April 9, 2004), I was in at the naked of behinds two female club goers. either. I have a few close male friends who made Fortunately, there's a solution. town visiting a friend. Due to construction, I As usual, the young men walking with them frequenting the Statesboro bars their six-month- Like anyone else, I want to have a good time. It was forced to enter campus from South Main. were modestly dressed, wearing t-shirts and long swan song before graduating. I know how it wasn't long into my college career that I began search- When I turned right onto Old Register Road, I plaid pajama pants. works. Fellows go out, sometimes several nights a ing for something similar to what everyone else was noticed several police cars blocking the road. Let me preface my letter by saying that I week, sometimes just every now and then, looking doing that didn't leave me feeling like a monkey at An officer motioned for me to make a left turn agree with the writer on one major point. The for something they can't find at home. The bars offer the zoo. I found it, and in a logical place. onto Forest Drive; luckily Iplannedonmaking police do seem to show up in hoards at events an atmosphere that is, to them at least, refreshingly Now, when I feel like going out, I go to Savannah, this turn anyway. I wondered why he made thatdrawpredominatelyblackcrowds. Iknow bereft of the every day stresses of college life and full instead... to the gay club. me make this turn. After a miscommunication of several cases where minority males were of a wholly different, more primal challenge: hundreds What? between my friend and I, I was forced to drive clearly victims of police harassment. There of beautiful young women gyrating before them. It's great. There I can do all the things I want to around and enter campus from South Main were plenty of times when a few drunk kids And the motives behind women's ventures to the do at clubs, sans all the sexual tension. I can go to the for a second time. in the houses near Dingus Magee's wandered See PERMENTER, Page 5 I noticed a large group of students walking into the streets or yelled obscenities at me as along the road, most certainly to Club Legends I drove by. There is also no doubt in my mind We are stuck in an archaic age of beauty pageants See WOMEN, Page 5 I'm not a person you would call a big fan of If I have been harsh, I've made my point. If not, Don't be a sucker beauty pageants. Actually, I hate them. I hate fake well...I haven't made my point. But either way, I On behalf of the GSU College Republi- I highly encourage you to swing by and smiles, I hate fake women and by default, I am a don't think beauty pageants do anything to really cans and in conjunction with other College show your support for the Republican Party pageant hater. help anyone. A pageant contestant who wants to Republican chapters across Georgia, I would and President Bush's agenda. "Don't be a OK, so maybe all girls in beauty pageants aren't work with kids who have eating disorders can do like to formally herald an on-campus event sucker" by allowing the IRS to empty your fake, but many of the ones I have seen are. that without being "Miss (insert title here)," and occurring this week. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. pockets on tax day; come and help us do Monday night I happened to catch a little bit of still be just as effective. Beautiful people aren't the on Thursday, April 14, the College Republicans something about it! the Miss USA Pageant. What I saw were 51 girls only ones who help people, just in case anyone is will be having a "Tax Reform Table" in the prancing around with over-priced dresses and ugly confused. But back to the point, I cannot see for bathing suits. What I didn't see was talent, the the life of me who benefits from a beauty pageant, Russell Union with free suckers and plenty TAX REFORM: contestants' platforms or any real interview process. except for the winner. of information on Americas desperate need The overwhelming majority of Americans Yeah, the host asked the finalists a question, but it In my eyes, we're all losers in this beauty pageant for tax reform. wish to see some set of maj or Tax Reforms make may as well have been "how do you spell cat?" as no age. Childrenlosebecause they are taughtthat beauty This will be an occasion to join us in ex- their way into law, and soon. Among the lead- Luke Hearn thought was required to answer. is more important than anything else. Women as news editor pressing outrage for the scandalous ways in ing possibilities for the most productive Tax In a world where people scream for the rights of a whole lose because these pageants imply women which our government manages to drain our Reform are the Flat Tax and the Fair Tax. women and their freedoms to be judged as people are objects of beauty only, which is bad. And finally, bank accounts every April 15. The Flat Tax is a proposal by Congressman and not possessions, we had 51 "strong" and "real" men lose because we have to watch the damn things There will also be an opportunity to sign a Dick Armey to legislate a tax code in which women on TV Monday night, showcasing their only with our lady friends (and if we dare comment on petition in support of President Bush's Agenda percentages are removed from the equation and talent: being able to walk. one of the girls, we're in trouble). on Social Security reform as well as information everyone is taxed the same dollar amount. Beauty pageants are overrated, especially the Oh, and one more thing: The pageant contes- on why his proposal is the best way to protect Congressman John Linder proposed the Miss USA Pageant. tants claim their main goal is to be a role model for our individual financial futures. Fair Tax which replaces the current tax code I will give some credit, though, to the Miss children, all the while wearing dresses that barley On Friday, April 15, the "Tax Reform Table" with a national sales tax. America Pageant. At least these women have to earn covers their tits. will be in front of the College of Business For more information on both of these the crown by showing their talents and choosing a Luke Hearn is the news editor of The George-Anne Administration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tax Reform proposals stop by the "Tax Re- platform to work on while having the title of Miss and can be reached at ganewsed@georgiasouthern. See TAX, Page 5 America. edu. 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cabaret and indulge ridiculous fan- bar is to me, and for them there is no tasies about being a glamorous drag real haven. • queen. I can dance as nastily as I want But, on the upside, we don't have 7/1/ 20,000 NfC&is to, have one too many, get lost in the to worry about blockades of cops or music and completely be my goofy, racial profiling. People of all ethnicities • unladylike self. The men don't give enjoy this place, and there's usually a damn, and the women can tell I'm one cruiser with one or two officers T TH£ A//CAT&/ straight. In the event that some way- who hang around mainly to chastise ^ ward straight men should unwittingly underage drinkers. wander into the place and attempt That's another thing: The gay to grope me on the dance floor, my club has strict rules about underage Drawing entourage of lesbian friends has no drinking, and they are enforced. What qualms about rescuing me. a concept. I'm still careful. There are dangers Perhaps one day there will be in any environment where people and nightlife that caters to everyone, irre- April 14,12 a.m. # * substances collide. But there's a cer- spective of musical taste, sexual orien- tain camaraderie in a place to which tation or Greek affiliation. Until then, everyone seems to have retreated out I'll continue to enjoy spending.most at the Wooden Nickel %f * of sheer "misfitness." Just like me, no of my weekend evenings wrapped up one at the gay bar feels comfortable in a blanket with a good book and a in a regular old bar. better bottle of beer - maybe even in f, Sometimes I feel bad because I my pajamas. know it isn't the same for the people Amanda Permenter is the editor-in- with whom I go because they're, well... chief oflheGeorge-Anneandcan bereached Come by 9 p.m. -12 am., where someone wi gay. This is to them what the straight [email protected]. AAAA Tuition Raffle Sponsored by /f$ /MARKETING
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that the Statesboro Police Department should do something about this and the obnoxiously loud parties thrown on Greek Row. I will allow those who made •the decision to block the road answer the two questions posed by the writer in her letter to the editor. I have several questions and comments to pose to the writer and to any • students who may share her concern about another issue. The writer seems to blame the Statesboro Police Department for the fact that the young ladies chose to walk the street to get to the club. e To begin, at what point do we as black students, more specifically black women, begin to take responsibility for our own actions? Why is it the fault of the Statesboro Police Department that these young ladies chose to walk to ^the club in lingerie? Make no mistake about it; these young ladies did not have to attend the club in lingerie and therefore did not have to walk to the club in lingerie. There were other young ladies that I saw dressed in t-shirts and short sets and we all know that the number of guys who chose to "let it all hang out" were in the minority. I am The point of this entire rant sure they were not denied admittance to the event because of their u«revealing • * Gloria Morgan $500 cash bonus [email protected] All new offer for college and trade school students, recent grads .TAX, FROM PAGE 4 and graduate students form Table" on Thursday and Friday, agenda for personal, private retire- April 14 and 15. ment accounts in order to save the Play Ford's "define your prize" giveaway! * SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: system for future generations. We are presently faced with the It is because of this that the Georgia What would you do with $10,000? pressing issue of Social Security Association of College Republicans Plus, enter for a chance to win cool prizes instantly! » reform. 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Sponsor: It is imperative that we get on board GACR Southeast Georgia Field Director Ford Motor Company, One American Road, Dearborn, MI 48126. [email protected] 0 with President Bush and support his THE GEORGE- ANNE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,2005 PAGE 6 Nominee as intelligence czar to focus first on reforming spy agencies By Katherine Shrader his director of national intelligence sawthings through an administration- with adequate authority to rein Associated Press and from the intelligence community colored lens," Wyden said. in the various agencies trained in WASHINGTON - John Negro- unvarnished truth," Negroponte told Senators were aware of the chal- eavesdropping, code-breaking and ponte, President Bush's choice as the the panel. lenges Negroponte faces. By showing old-fashioned spying. first director of all U.S. intelligence Negroponte also said he believes up to work on the first day, Committee Just this month, Bush's commission activities, told senators Tuesday that intelligence has limits. Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said, investigating intelligence shortfalls reforming the various spy agencies will Negropontes comments directly Negroponte will be stepping on toes. advised giving the new intelligence be a central focus of his new job. addressed recent failures, in which the Roberts said some intelligence profes- director powers to match his respon- At his confirmation hearing before intelligence community overstated the sionals need leadership _ and "a kick sibilities, warning that the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee, threat posed by Iraq in the run-up to in the pants" when they af en't sharing Defense Department agencies will try Negroponte declined to specify what the 2003 invasion, was unable to pre- information with each other. to "run around _ or over" him. he will do about changes recom- vent the terror attacks of Sept. 11,2001, The intelligence community's Illustrating the breadth of issues mended by recent commissions that and has been repeatedly criticized for shortfalls are the reason Negropontes that Negroponte faces, West Virginia have been critical of U.S. intelligence- bureaucratic infighting. job was created. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the committee's gathering, however. He said he is still Some of the most heated criticism Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the intel- top Democrat, asked how he'd deal studying their findings. involved his record 20 years ago as ligence community has come under with issues of foreign detainees abused Negroponte, whose approval by ambassador to Honduras from 1981 fire for its performance leading up in U.S. custody. Negroponte promised the committee and the full Senate are to 1985. Human rights groups have to the suicide hijackings and later, its that agencies would be in "full com- AP Photo/Dennis Cook not in doubt, fended off Democratic allegedJhat Negroponte acquiesced prewar estimates of the threat posed pliance" with the law and added that John Negroponte appears before the Senate Select Intelligence Commit- tee on Capitol HillTuesday, April 12,2005, on his nomination to be Director suggestions that he may not be an in abuses by Honduran death squads by Iraq. torture is "illegal and reprehensible." of National Intelligence. impartial arbiter of intelligence. To funded and partly trained by the CIA. . The Sept. 11 commission's best- Almost three hours into the ses- make theirpoint, Democrats turned to Negroponte has repeatedly said that selling report advocated creating a sion, a protester briefly interrupted his record as ambassador to Honduras he did not believe death squads were strong national intelligence director Negroponte to object to U.S. hu- past. Iraq as ambassador during the middle during the tumult in Latin American operating there. to bring the spy community together man-rights policy. The demonstrator He was ambassador to the United of the insurgency. during the 1980s. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he under one umbrella. About six months was quickly removed by Capitol Hill Nations when U.S. relations with the Negroponte speaks five languages "My punch line is, I believe in call- saw a pattern of "ducking the facts." later, Congress went along. police. world organization were on the decline and has held official posts in eight ing things the way I see them, and I be- "We are making a call now about Significant doubts remain about Bush has entrusted Negroponte during the approach to the Iraq inva- countries, including ambassadorships lieve that the president deserves from your judgment. It looks to me that you whether the job, as cast in law, comes with difficult assignments in the sion. Last summer, Bush sent him to in Mexico and the Philippines. IMPLANTS, FROM PAGE 1 NUKE, FROM PAGE 1 opposed lifting the ban because In- research studies. it says it hopes to redesign. ger an atomic blast. Still, it contains the area of a football field, where declined to elaborate on the letter. amed has tracked patients for only The implants have largely been But FDA scientists said as many as about 400 pounds of conventional Duke says he collected his radiation The letter was a response to an three or four years to check implant exonerated of causing such serious three-quarters of implants may break explosives and an undisclosed readings last July. AP story about frustration among durability. She cited concerns that or chronic illnesses as cancer or lu- within a decade, because they'll likely amount of uranium. "I had some indications that day residents and city officials of Tybee the older the implants get, the more pus. But they can cause side effects, become more fragile with age. The bomb drifted into local leg- that they were disappointed they did Island, 18 miles east of Savannah, likely they are to rupture. including infection and painful, Also troubling, when gel implants end until Duke, a retired Air Force not find radiation levels. I was as over the months-long wait for The decision came after emo- rocklike scar tissue. break, they seldom cause immedi- pilot, began his own search. perplexed as they were," Duke said. results. tional testimony Monday pitting Also, they can break, requiring ate pain or other symptoms, so the He caught the government's "There's no question in my mind that "I wonder if, because these inde- woman against woman: dozens who additional surgery to remove or woman doesn't know to seek medi- interest last year when he reported the day we reported those readings, pendent study groups did not find said implants broke inside their bod- replace them — and the FDA and cal care. finding radiation five times higher they existed." what Duke claimed, they feel like ies to leave them permanently dam- some panelists say questions remain Inamed is proposing that women than normal levels in Wassaw Sound, DeFrank's letter gave no other there's no danger?" said Tybee Island aged, and others who want implants about how often silicone then oozes undergo MRI scans every year or where the Wilmington River meets details of the scientists' results. He Mayor Walter Parker. "It seems like they say feel more natural to repair into the body, and if it harms. two. The scans cost several hundred the Atlantic Ocean. wrote that the report will be released there would be something more than cancer-ravaged breasts or make their About 14 percent of the silicone dollars. Government scientists took this month. Maj. Stephanie Hol- a letter to the editor of a newspaper breasts bigger. implants will break within 10 years, Even rare side effects become a samples Sept. 30 from waters roughly combe, an Air Force spokeswoman, forthcoming." On Wednesday, Inamed competi- Inamed officials told the FDA panel concern with devices expected, to BREAK, FROM PAGE 1 tor Mentor Corp. will try to change Tuesday, an estimate derived from be used by hundreds of thousands of the FDA panel's mind. Mentor is a study of 940 patients tracked for women, Newburger warned. whole time worrying about your uled during that time is around St. has been good. , seeking FDA approval of its own three or four years. Last year, 264,000 breast augmen- school work." Patrick's Day," said Michael Deal, "We have only encountered just a silicone implants, but hasn't tracked In those who had breast enlarge- tations and 63,000 breast reconstruc- School officials say the current GSU's registrar. "The date was the handful of students who are adamant patients any longer than Inamed ment, just 2 percent broke within tions were performed in the United spring break period — set for the week wishes of students but certainly that's that they don't want the date changed," did. three years. But 10.6 percent of im- States, most with saline implants. of St. Patrick's Day — is meant to al- up for grabs." said Blackmon. Silicone-gel implants were widely plants given to breast cancer patients FDA's advisers wrestled with their low students the chance to celebrate Blackmon said in addition to the The students say they hope polls sold in the 1970s and '80s until health broke, a difference Inamed attributed decision, but in the end one patient's the Irish holiday in nearby Savannah, four students who are organizing the and their petitions will convince the concerns prompted the FDA in 1992 to a particular implant model widely testimony seemed to have had the which hosts the nation's second-largest signature drive, about 80 students in calendar committee to move the to limit their use to women in strict used in that population — a model most effect. St. Patty's gathering each year. the class are takingpolls and collecting date. Although officials say the date signatures on a petition for the change. "There is a way to have it changed. serves a purpose, they aren't opposed The group is aiming for about 1,500 It is on the calendar committee," said • to changing it. signatures by the end of the semester. Michael Deal, GSU's registrar. "There "The reason spring break is sched- So far, Blackmon said the response is a SGA rep. on the committee." Savannah's #1 Japanese Resturant Monday: $2 Premium Draft (Bass, Guinness, Newcastle, Killians) •43 rV~ _i »...;„,; ;„;, FANTASY Tuesday: $2 Absolut Martinis ': ■ ■■ :■■ 715 Northside Drive East in Southern Square Center • Next to K-Mart We Can Quickly Make Your Favorite Dish. r Jr. Chicken Bowl $2.95 So You Get In and Out in a Hurry K-Mart RS'OIO Jr. Shrimp Bowl $3.65 rllfeacM Steafc * Shrimp Tempura Wednesday: Live Team Trivia with Tcrtyaki Chicken & Shrimp Now In -Jt, Chicken Bowl $4.25 ' Sushi ♦ Salads • Appetizers and Pinch More... 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Roosevelt's ■ Workers bom after 1949 could New Deal, Social Security provides divert 4 percent of their salary or monthly payments to retirees, dis- about two-thirds of the 6.2 percent abled Americans and the survivors tax they now pay on wages up to of deceased workers. Social Security $90,000 into the new accounts. expects to pay $509 billion in benefits Each account would be capped at to 48 million Americans this year. The $1,000 initially and would rise over average monthly retirement benefit is time. Participation would be volun- $955. tary starting in 2009. Q: How does it work? ■ Future traditional Social A: It is essentially an income- Security benefits would be cut for transfer program. Payroll taxes from people enrolling in the new accounts workers fund benefits to retirees. The to offset their switch to the new current tax rate is 12.4 percent — 6.2 accounts. percent from workers and 6.2 per- ■ People bom in 1949 or before cent from employers. would not be eligible to enroll in Q: So what's the problem? the new accounts. Social Security benefits promised to them will not A; The system has more than change. enough money now, but the aging population means that the day is ■ Personal accounts would be coming when payroll taxes will no modeled on the federal employ- longer cover benefits. ees' Thrift Savings Plan, a pension program with low administrative Q: When does Social costs, which offers only a handful of Security run into trouble? investment fund options, with vary- A" The Social Security ing degrees of risks. Administration estimates that taxes ■ It will cost about $750 billion will fall short of benefits in 2018. to pay transition costs to the new The nonpartisan Congressional accounts between 2009-2015, the Budget Office says it will happen administration estimates. Social in 2020. Security actuaries estimated that once it is fully in place, transition Q: Does that mean that Social costs could total $2.2 trillion in the Security will go broke by 2020? first decade and more after. Ar No, because payroll taxes — Knight Ridder Newspapers exceeded benefits for years, the government invested each year's surplus funds in Treasury bonds You can read more about the held in what it calls a "trust fund." administration's plan for Social Social Security will cash out those Security on the White House's bonds, enough to pay full benefits Web site at http://www.white until 2042, according to the system's house.gov/infocus/ actuaries, or until 2052, according to social-security/. CBO's calculation. Once those bonds are exhausted, payroll taxes will cover only 73 percent of now-prom- ised benefits. Facts and Q: How do we know that the ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL TRAP AND TODD UNDEMAN/KRT government will cash those bonds figures to pay Social Security benefits? BY RON HUTCHESON up to $90,000 in taxes to support Social now pay in wage taxes to invest in A: Treasury bonds are backed by Knight Ridder Newspapers Security; employers match it. stocks and bonds for their own new Nearly everyone agrees that Social personal retirement accounts. But the full faith and credit of the United ocial Security has long Current beneficiaries States government. They are consid- Security will face unprecedented every dollar in wage taxes that goes Retirees, their families been considered the deadly into those accounts would be diverted ered the safest investment in the world. financial strains in the next few ■■■■■■■ 32.6 "third rail" of American decades as the baby boom generation from paying for Social Security ben- Q: If Social Security can pay full politics — too danger- — those bom between 1946 and 1964 efits for today's retirees. Disabled workers, their families benefits until at least 2042, what's all ous to touch, because it's — settles into retirement. More retir- Critics say the president's plan Hi 7.6 million the fuss about now? so popular. But President ees and longer life spans will put an would undermine Social Security and Bush has grabbed onto it Survivors of deceased workers A: The sooner Congress deals ever-increasing burden on the workers put retirees at risk. Others question ■I 6.8 million with both hands. and employers who pay wage taxes to the need for sweeping change in a with the problem, the less expensive it In a move every bit as bold as will be to fix, because small changes fund Social Security benefits. program that has worked well for 70 Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to cre- The crisis point is still years away, years, that will remain in surplus until Average monthly benefit can yield larger returns over time. ate a financial safety net for older Still, not everyone shares Bush's sense sometime near the middle of this cen- 2018 and that will be able to pay full Retired men $1,038 Americans, Bush wants to overhaul tury, but Bush wants to begin dealing benefits under current projections until Retired women $797 of urgency. the program by giving younger work- with it now. He would let younger 2042, according to Social Security's Retired couple $1,523 Q: How would Bush solve the ers a chance to invest part of their workers keep some of the money they trustees, or 2052, according to the non- Disabled worker $862 problem? Social Security taxes in the stock mar- partisan Congressional Budget Office. ket and other investments. Details are A: Bush has not filled in all the The debate is not about whether still under discussion within the White to keep Social Security or jettison it. Current payroll tax rates details, but he wants to give younger House, but the proposal has already workers the option of investing part of It's about how to shore up a program Employee 6.2% started a fierce debate that is expected that has become an essential part of (5.3% Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance their payroll taxes in the stock market to dominate Congress this year. or other investments. In theory, higher American life. + 0.9% Disability Insurance) The stakes are huge. Nearly 48 "Old age is at once the most cer- gains from those investments would Employer 6.2% million Americans, and nearly every tain, and for many people, the most provide more security for tomorrow's (5.3% Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance retirees. He is also expected to call for American 65 or older, will receive tragic of all hazards," Roosevelt said + 0.9% Disability Insurance) slowing the growth of future benefits. Social Security benefits this year. The in 1934. "There is no tragedy in grow- benefits will total more than $500 ing old, but there is tragedy in growing TOTAL 12.4% Q: What are the pros and cons billion. About 20 percent of older old without means of support." (10.6% Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance +1.8% Disability Insurance) of Bush's approach? Americans rely on Social Security as SSA ARCHIVE their sole source of income. Every wage- Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Ron Hutcheson covers the » «' A; Workers would have more Source: U.S. Social Security Administration control over their own retirement earner pays 6.2 percent of his income Social Security Act in 1935. White House for Knight Ridder. plans and could reap bigger returns. They also could pass their retire- ■ More than nine out of 10 ment savings onto their children. The An early history of the program Americans 65 and older receive Social downside is that investing in financial Security benefits. markets also means more risk. A sharp Social Security numbers. The Social Security program Social Security benefits make stock market decline could wipe out The 1935 law specified that the ■ was launched against the backdrop up 39 percent of the income of the retirement nest eggs. And shifting to a Social Security program would begin of the Great Depression. The large elderly. Social Security is the only partially privatized system could cost to issue monthly payments in 1942, so extended families and family farms source of income for about 22 percent as much as $2 trillion over 10 years between 1937 and 1942, beneficiaries that had provided economic security of the elderly. > • — and more after. were becoming less common, and received a single, lump-sum payment. Q: Why does it cost so much to the Depression had sparked an eco- (In some amendments to the law in ■ Ninety-six percent of all workers shift to a partially privatized system? nomic crisis. In a message to Congress E us ST 1939, Congress accelerated the month- — about 159 million workers — are ' YOURUFE in June 1934, President Roosevelt ■ BEGINNING ly payments from 1942 to 1940.) covered under Social Security. Fifty- A: Every dollar in payroll tax that announced that he wanted to create a fOU ARE The first person to get Social three percent of the work force has no Bush would divert into a personal program that would provide "social 65 Security benefits was Ernest private pension coverage, and 32 per- account would be one less dollar to security." Ackerman, who retired one day after cent have no savings set aside specifi- pay for retirement benefits under the the Social Security program began. He cally for retirement. » r current Social Security system. The Roosevelt appointed a committee to study the matter, and in January received a lump-sum payment of 17 federal government would have to fill cents in January 1937. The smallest ■ Since the Social Security pro- that gap. Bush says the government 1935, the committee presented its gram began in 1935, the life expec- report. Roosevelt asked both houses of payout ever was 5 cents. can borrow the money, but critics tancy of a 65-year-old was 12'/: years oppose adding to the federal debt. Congress to consider the report, and A few other historical items to — now, it's 17/:,. on Aug. 14, 1935, the Social Security note: Q: Are there any other options? Act was signed into law. The act cre- ■ Ida May Fuller, of Ludlow, Vt., ■ Between now and 2031, the An Yes, but none are popular. ated a social insurance program that was the first American to receive number of older Americans will Raising payroll taxes or reducing would pay older workers a continuing monthly benefits. On Jan. 31, 1937, almost double, from 37 million to 71 million. future benefits are always options. benefit after they retired. INFORMATION A«W!SPai8& Fuller, a retired legal secretary, Congress could also peg benefits to At the time, Roosevelt said, "We received a benefit payment of $22.54. ■ Today, there are 3.3 workers income, scaling back payments to can never insure 100 percent of the SSA ARCHIVE Between then and her death in 1975 for each Social Security beneficiary. This poster was used in 1936 and wealthy Americans. population against 100 percent of the at age 100, she received more than In 2031, there will be 2.1 workers for hazards and vicissitudes of life. But 1937 when Social Security $22,000 in Social Security benefits. Q: Will Bush have his way? numbers were first being issued. each beneficiary. we have tried to frame a law which ■ John D. Sweeney Jr., of New i * A; It won't be easy. Democrats will give some measure of protection ■ Between 1937, when the first Once the law passed, the govern- Rochelle, N.Y., received the first Social Security taxes were collected, are overwhelmingly opposed to divert- to the average citizen and to his family Social Security number: 055-09-0001. against the loss of a job and against ment began to register employers and and 2002, the program has received ing wage-tax revenues from Social It was issued Dec. 1, 1936. Security, and many Republicans, poverty-ridden old age. This law, too, employees, so that on Jan. 1, 1937, more than $8.7 trillion in income. reflecting their constituents, are wary represents a cornerstone in a struc- they would start to'earn credits toward ■ The lowest number, 001-01- PAGE SOURCES: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA- of changing one of the most popular ture which is being built, but is by no old-age insurance benefits. 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The will enjoy themselves and tscsports.com. tailgate is scheduled to begin attending games The tailgate is open to the public, begin around 10:30 on a regular and all GSU faculty and staff, alumni, a.m. and will be basis." and friends are invited. The focus followed by Orga- however, remains on the students. the second nizers and "We believe that the tailgates provide of a three sponsors a way to introduce students to the game home of the event Talon Club," Bates says. According to series ver- hope that the its website, the Talon Clubs purpose is sus South- smell of free hot to promote varsity athletics and school ern Confer- dogs and hamburg- pride to GSU students. Students ence foe Elon ers will lure students to wishing to find out more about Talon at 4 p.m. the stadium, and they'll be Club can contact the president Bobby The tailgate is an offset of the hooked on watching a GSU baseball Lindsey at [email protected]. widely popular Hanner Hooligans team that is currently undefeated The Eagles currently hold a 20-8 ► Stephen Garrett/STAFF Tailgate that was started by alumni in conference play, had a 16 game (8-0) record, and are 16-4 at home. GSU firstbaseman Greg Dowling tosses the ball to shortshop Brandon Ponder after getting the forced out and friends of the university in 2002. home win streak earlier in the year, Those in need for more information during the Eagles game against MercerTuesday, April 5. Organizer Bill Bates says the purpose and took 2 of 3 in the yearly series on the tailgate can contact the Ath- of the event is to generate support and against UGA. The food is provided letic Marketing Department office interest in GSU basketball and base- by local businesses in Statesboro or at 871-1500, or email Bill Bates at ball. "The idea is that ifwe can lure purchased with money donated by bbbates@charter. net. m Eagles nip Bears, 2-1 Aron Price set to compete in 37th Annual MCI Heritage Special to the G-A * at the Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head, showcase his talents against the best S.C., began Monday, April 11, with golfers in the world. It is also a great ' MACON,Ga.-Georgia Southern David Cogswell tossed a perfect Thompson into scoring position with - its opening ceremonies and practice day for Georgia Southern Golf having handed Mercer their fourth straight eighth inning before handing the ball a sacrifice bunt. Mark Cimini pinch | round. First round action gets under- one of our players teeing it up in a PGA loss on Tuesday night at Claude to his brother. hit in the pitchers spot and drew a 1 way on Thursday, April 14, and runs Tour event. I couldn't be happier for Smith field, 2-1 in a superb pitch- Eagle closer Steve Cogswell walk. Thompson stole third on ball . through Sunday, April 18. Aron and hope he represents himself ing battle. pitched himself into and then out of four, putting runners on the corners Pi* Price, who is currently ranked 5th and the university well." GSU (22-10) starter Dustin Evans trouble in the bottom of the ninth with two out. Christian Grossmann in the nation by GolfWeek.com, will This season, Price has guided the *et a new career high with 13 strike- inning. Cogswell forced Daniel Hurst flew out to deep left for the final out * \% join a list of decorated golf profes- Eagles to 11 top ten finishes while to fly out for the first out of the in- of the game. outs in 7.0 innings, allowingjust three 1 ire sionals for this weeks event. Some of bringing home top medallist honors hits and one earned run. ning. He then hit Josh Thompson GSU's next game is against Elon 3; . this year's participants include Paul in four events, including this past Mercer (22-16, 8-10) starting with a pitch. Friday at 7 p.m. at J.I. Clements y Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred weekend's Courtyard by Marriott pitcher Shawn Barrett kept the Bears Ty Megahee then advanced Stadium. Funk, Jim Furyk, Bill Haas, Jay Haas, Intercollegiate in Raleigh, N.C. Price in the game for his 7.0 innings of Box Score 123456789 RUE Tom Kite and Davis Love III. is one win away from tying the school work. The Eagles managed seven Price earned a spot in this year's record for all-time individual wins, hits and two runs off Barrett, who agles 200000000 273 field after winning the Player Amateur which is currently eight, held by walked one and struck out four in Aron Price Bears 010000000 130 |J at Belfair Golf Club this past summer. Jodie Mudd. the game. W: Evans (5-4), L: Barrett (5-3), Save: Cogswell (7) With the win, he gets a sponsors ex- MCI Heritage badges are avail- * The Eagles strung together two GSU Athletic Media Relations emption into the Heritage. able at Tournament Headquarters, hits in the top of the first inning. IP Senior All-America Aron Price is "It is an honor to have Aron playing 71 Lighthouse Road, Suite 414, Sea Hurst was forced out for the second Dustin Evans 7.0 preparing for the 2005 MCI Heritage, in the MCI Heritage," said Georgia Pines Center, Hilton Head, SC 29928, out of the inning, leaving runners on David Cogswell 1.0 a PGA Tour event. The event, which is Southern head golf coach Larry Mays. or by phone, (843) 671-2448 or (800) the corners. held at the Harbour Town Golf Links "It is a great opportunity for him to 234-1107. Barrett would commit one of his Steve Cogswell 1.0 few mistakes of the day when he balked in the first run of the Player James Payne, cf game. Eagle second baseman - Logan Phillips, 3b Brett Pelfrey then singled to left Jason Hurst, If field to drive in the second run Greg Dowling, 1 b of the inning. Brett Pelfrey, 2b Theres Daniel Hurst smacked his Derrick Smith, dh i0th homer of the year over David Richardson, pr the right-center field fence for Flint Wipke, c Mercer's only run of the game Brent Stephens, rf fh the bottom of the second Brandon Ponder, ss Home inning. Dustin Evans, p OS- Dustin Evans did the rest, David Cogswell, p Steve Cogswell, striking out six consecutive Bear Totals hitters at one point. Place Now leasing at Statesboro Place! es Where will you be living this fall? 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Other amenities in this luxury student community include: • High-speed Internet • Clubhouse • Sparkling swimming pool • Resident activities • Tennis courts • Sand volleyball • Fitness center • All-inclusive rent with electricity, water and cable Reserve your room and choose your roommates online. www.StatesboroPlace.com frt Statesboro Place 1699 Statesboro Place Circle Statesboro, GA 30458 912.681.2696 PAGE 101 SPORTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,2005 THE GEORGE-ANNE • Eagles clipped by College of Charleston GSU Athletic Media Relations 6-7 by Priscilla Roberts at No. 5 and Kim MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -The Georgia Wollett dropped a 3-6, 1-6 decision to Southern women's tennis team suffered a Jenna Marks at No. 6. 6-1 defeatto College of Charleston Tues- The predicted storm never material- day afternoonatthe Patriots Pointtennis ized, so the two squads moved on to center in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Senior doubles matches, where the Eagles Charlotte Bruneteaux won at No. 3 singles claimed one win but could not pull to pick up the Eagles' only point. off the other win necessary to garner With the forecast predicting rain, the the point. teams opened the match by playing At No. 2, Tyrell and Wollett managed singles rather than the usual doubles. an 8-4 win over Marks and Roberts. The The Cougars, who finish their regular victory improves their season victory season at 17-5 overall and 8-2 in the total to six, and pushes their Southern SoCon, seemed unfazed by the change, Conferenceabove.500astheymoveto4- capturing five of the six matches against 3 against league opponents. In the other the Eagles. matches, Finucane and Zsakay suffered Bruneteaux tookover sole possession an 8-4 setback to Moreira and Stewart of the team lead in singles victories with at the first position, while Bruneteaux her come-from-behind 4-6,7-6,6-2 win and Reynolds were handed their second against Chelsea Albertz at the third conference loss by Albertz and Magory, position. She now has five conference falling 8-0 at No. 3. wins, twelve spring wins and sixteen The match wraps up the regular wins for the entire season -all of which season road schedule for GSU, who are team-best numbers. In addition, now stands at 8-12 overall and 4-5 in the win gives her a modest two-match the SoCon. The Eagles will return to winning streak. StatesboroThursdaytoclosetheirregular In other singles action, Stephanie season with a 1:00 p.m. match against TyrellfellO-6,5-7toRachelMagoryatNo. Wofford at Hanner Courts. Following the 1, Ciara Finucane lost 0-6,0-6 to Gabriela conclusion of the match, the team will Moreira at No. 2, Szilvia Zsakay was de- begin preparations for the conference feated 6-3,2-6,0-6 by Lauren Stewart at tournament, scheduled for April 21-24 No. 4, Heather Reynolds was edged 5-7, in Charleston, S.C. Winslow Townson/AP Photo Boston Red Sox captain Jason Varitek, center, walks with teammates after receiving their World Series rings prior to the start of the game against the New York Yankees Monday, April 11, in Boston. Boston Red Sox celebrate first World Series title in 86 years By The Associated Press In other AL games, it was: Los Angeles 7, Texas manager Terry Francona, who returned after missing 6, in 10 innings; Chicago 2, Cleveland 1; Seattle 8, four games with a viral infection that was feared to Caught up in the jubilation of their biggest cel- Kansas City 2; and Toronto 10, Oakland 3. be a heart problem. ebration in 86 years, Boston Red Sox fans even gave Wakefield (1-0) allowed one unearned run, five "It was going quickly. But Wakefield kind of took Yankees closer Mariano Rivera a huge ovation. hits and two walks while striking out five in seven care of the rest of that for us. He was fantastic." The Boston Red Sox raised their World Series innings. Doug Mirabelli homered, and banners and received their bling-bling rings Mon- the Yankees played compliant guests by day before beating their rivals 8-1 on opening day watching and clapping during the hour- Chase Lanier/STAFF at Fenway Park. long ring ceremony and then fumbling GSU Junior Szilvia Zsakay returns a shot while doubles partner Ciara "Now we can put that to bed and get on with away the game. Finucane keeps her eye on the opposing players during Saturday's match 2005," said knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, the longest- Mike Mussina (0-1) allowed seven against Furman. tenured player on the team. "It was a great run last runs - four earned - seven hits, three walks year and it was very exciting to be a part of that. I and five strikeouts in five innings. Alex Avengers teammates remember think once the game started, it's time to move on." Rodriguez, the focus of much Boston ire During the team introductions Red Sox fans during the offseason and the fans' taunts cheered sarcastically for Rivera, who blew two during the game, misplayed a grounder 'Big Luke'was quiet leader saves in the AL championship series and two more for an error that let in three runs as the in a three-game series against Boston in New York By Gillian Flaccus Red Sox made it 7-1 in the fifth. Associated Press last week. "It's the home opener. We're playing And when Rivera heard the cheers he smiled Charles Krupa/AP Photo CULVER CITY, Calif. - When Los the Yankees. We've got a ring ceremony. New York Yankees coach Joe Torre, center, along with broadly and waved his cap. Angeles Avengers lineman Al Lucas didn't All of a sudden, you look up and (Derek) members of the New York Yankees applaud as the Boston "It was funny," he said after the game, flashing get up after making a tackle, teammate Jeter's in the batter's box," said Boston Red Sox get their World Series rings prior to the start of the another wide smile. "I wasn't expecting that." Greg Hopkins' first reaction was to tease game Monday, April 11. the burly player from Macon, Ga., that everyone called "Big Luke." Hopkins remembered how his team- mate stayed down for several minutes a Culture fieek week earlier after making a tackle, only to be diagnosed with an injured pinkie finger. * « But when Hopkins saw doctors remove Los Angeles Avengers, Jon Soohoo/AP Photo Zh^K. Lucas' face mask and stabilize his neck Los Angeles Avengers defensive before carrying the 6-foot-1,300-pounder lineman Al Lucas died Sunday, from the field unconscious on a stretcher, April 10, during an Arena Football * • he knew this was serious. League game at Staples Center. While the Avengers played on, the 26- April 14, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. year-old Lucas - a member of a well-known from Macon, Ga. Baker said the Macon family - was pronounced dead Sun- team had received grief counseling day at California Hospital Medical Center and met with chaplains Monday; from a presumed spinal cord injury. Dragons players were to receive Rueeell Union Rotunda * 4 . "We kind of expected that Al was in similar counseling on Tuesday. paralysis or still unconscious and that we'd The AFL Players Association go to the hospital and pray for him there, was also establishing a trust fund •r*£S3t**<535 * • but we never expected to hear coach (Ed for Lucas' family, Baker said. Hodgkiss) say that Al was pronounced Rendell Jackson, a friend and dead," Hopkins said. "It's going to be tough, former neighbor of Lucas who there's no doubt about that." played with the South Georgia * » Quarterback John Kaleo played with Wildcats in arena football's minor Lucas two years ago on the Tampa Bay league, said he couldn't believe the Storm when that team won the AFL news when he got a phone call on championship. Kaleo said Monday that Sunday. Lucas cherished his championship ring After going to the Internet to and was hoping to win another with the confirm it, he called his coach. * • Avengers. "I officially retired from football "The big fella was always easy to follow at that point," Jackson said Monday. and now it's going to be easy for us to unite "It's a freak accident, man, but it's * • and try to win this whole thing for him," stuff you don't take into consider- said Kaleo, who broke down, sobbing. ation until it happens. It just changes "That's one thing he cherished, football- the whole way you look at life at * • wise, is wearing that... ring." that point." ^sSHi Lucas, who had a 1-year-old daughter Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, with his wife, De'Shonda, participated in a whose home of Bonaire is just weekly Bible study the team offered, rarely south of Macon, released a state- « missed apractice and never missed a game, ment offering condolences to the coach Ed Hodgkiss said. Lucas family. "Al will be missed Lucas was fatally injured during a first- by all who knew and loved him," . ..fSr » • quarter kickoff return. Television replays Perdue said. showed him bending down to make a Lucas played college football at tackle. As the Dragons' ball carrier and a Troy State University in Alabama * * blocker tumbled over his head and back, from 1996-99. He was named the the blocker's leg appeared to hit Lucas in top defensive player in NCAA Divi- the head. Lucas did not move after falling sion I-AA his senior season. • I • to the ground. He played for the NFL's Carolina Team officials called the play a tragic Panthers in 2000-01, recording 49 accident. 1/2 tackles in 20 games. "This doesn't happen," Hodgkiss said. Lucas joined Tampa Bay in I "This play, in my mind, wasn't any different. 2003, recording 19 1/2 tackles in I didn't see or hear anything in my mind 13 games and helping the Storm that was any different than what I've seen to a 12-4 record and a victory over A blind nomad in 191 a million times." Arizona in the championship game. AFL commissioner David Baker said He joined the Avengers last year risers: C< , Multicultural student Center, University Housing, Henderson library, Lucas' family, which was not at the game, and was under contract through ■ was to arrive Moniay night in Los Angeles the 2006 season. Mui