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By JACOB LOVELLThe Red & Black

Students in Athens will

have a tougher time getting access to a certain sub-stance if they’re under 21, thanks to a new federal law that goes into effect today.

But the substance is credit, not alcohol.

Nine months ago, President Barack Obama signed into law new regula-tions on credit card issuers and their customers. Known as the Credit C.A.R.D. Act of 2009, the federal law bans new credit cards from being

issued to people under the age of 21 without “a parent, guardian, [or] other qualified individual” as a co-signer.

The co-signer will be equally liable for all charges made with the card and will be able to keep tabs on how much, and where, the young cardholder is spending.

Co-signers will also retain power over the credit limits of the cards they are liable for, allowing them to lower the limit at will.

Those who wish to avoid having a co-signer may instead present “informa-tion indicating an indepen-

dent means of repaying any credit extended” or show “proof that the applicant has completed a certified financial literacy or financial education course.”

The new law also insti-tutes a “Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights” mandating companies may not partici-pate in various activities seen as detrimental to card-holders.

For example, card com-panies will no longer be able to allow charges over the card’s limit and then auto-matically charge a fee for going over the limit, a prac-

tice similar to debit card overdrafts. Cardholders must now specifically sign up for this kind of overdraft service.

These prohibitions will not affect debit cards, nor will they change any exist-ing credit card contracts.

The new law also does not put any interest rate or fee caps on new credit card contracts, though it does force card issuers to change the way payments are recorded, so customers’ payments must

See CREDIT, Page 3

New law to affect student credit

By RAISA HABERSHAMThe Red & Black

Deciding whether or not to close down campus is an issue requiring much consideration, one offi-cial said. But no specific closing policy exists at the University.

After a professor opened fire on a faculty meet-ing at the University of Alabama at Huntsville ear-lier this month, the school closed for an entire week. However, the University of Georgia has never exten-sively closed down for emergency-related issues.

Tom Jackson, vice president of public affairs, said shutting down the University would be an administrative decision.

“There isn’t a vote, but there is a recommenda-tion to the president by the chief of police and the public affairs vice president and his own staff,” he said.

The University will send out a UGA Alert if a cri-sis is “beyond institutional control,” he said.

Mark Owczarski, director of news and informa-tion for Virginia Tech, said his school operates in a similar way.

“There is no single policy,” he said. “You have to use judgment depending on the circumstances.”

Owczarski said Virginia Tech follows instructions from the university’s president on closing policies.

In 2007, when a Virginia Tech student killed 32 students, faculty and staff, the university notified its students through its VT Alert system. The sys-tem notified the campus with an e-mail and out-door sirens, Owczarski said.

Since then, the university added features such as phone alerts.

The new system allows students to receive mes-sages about campus emergencies on their phones through text or their computer screens, provided they are connected to the Internet.

Although the alert was used, Owczarski said there was no lockdown on campus after the shoot-ings.

“A lot of people following April 16 [2007] used the word ‘lockdown,’ and it portrayed a false sense of status,” he said. “Can you lock down Atlanta, Ga.? Can you lock down a city of 40,000 people? The answer is no. We have eight highways that run through the university, and we have 250 buildings on campus. There is no way we can instantaneously lock down.”

The University grapples with a similar situation.

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Closing campus a tough decision

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▲ First baseman Brianna Hesson hit a two-run homer in Georgia’s win over Winthrop Sunday.

By ZACH DILLARDThe Red & Black

The Winthrop Eagles gave Georgia an inch, and the No. 6 team in the nation took a mile — eight of them, to be exact.

Georgia (8-1) finished off Winthrop 8-0 Sunday at the Georgia Softball Complex to complete a five-game home sweep during the third-annual Red & Black Showcase.

Sophomore pitcher Erin Arevalo earned the win over the Eagles with a complete game shutout, striking out nine batters through six innings of work. Arevalo (3-1) won three games in the tournament, piecing together three complete games with-out allowing a single earned run.

“I’m just having a lot of fun,” Arevalo said. “I’m having fun with all eight girls that are behind me right now. I’m looking at getting 1 percent better from every outing, and I’m reaching that goal slowly — baby steps.”

Winthrop held tight with the Bulldogs in large part due to the pitching of senior Cari Woolridge. Woolridge kept Georgia off the board her first trip through the lineup, holding the power-laden lineup to one hit from the first nine batters.

But after Winthrop appeared to have escaped another inning unscathed, the Georgia offense caught a break with two outs in the bottom of the third. Sophomore All-American Alisa Goler popped up to

shallow left field with two runners on base, but second baseman Ashlee Revell lost the ball in the sun, lead-ing to the first two runs of the con-test.

“Honestly, I have never had that happen before,” Goler said of her two gift-wrapped RBIs. “So I was just running and I was hoping something would happen because I missed that ball that I hit.” Georgia would never look back from there as junior first baseman Brianna Hesson hit a two-run home run in the next at-bat to take a 4-0 lead. The game would end on a run rule after a three-run shot by sophomore Ashley Pauly in the fourth and a

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By BEn BUSSARDThe Red & Black

More than 125 points separated first and second place on the women’s side of the 2010 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.

And the Georgia women sat at the top of the podium after burying the competition, and snagging the program’s seventh SEC Championship.

“That was a great championship,” said head coach Jack Bauerle. “Winning the championship in this conference is no small feat. We had some exceptional performances, but I think that the ladies’ performance was pretty much covered by how good we were across the board.”

The Georgia women cruised to their first SEC Championship since 2006 thanks to a week full of consistent swimming in all events. The Lady Bulldogs (824.5) took home the title over the 2009 Champion Florida Gators (698) and the 2008 Champion Auburn Tigers (568).

While the Lady Bulldogs sported gold medals, the Georgia men wore bronze around their necks at the conclu-sion of the conference meet Saturday. The men finished third with 587 points behind first-place Auburn (784) and

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By JACOB DEMMITTThe Red & Black

It’s not every day a police officer takes advice from an intoxicated down-town patron, but when told “I should probably be arrested for that,” officers can be eager to comply.

According to the Athens-Clarke County Police report, Joseph Arrington Whorton was arrested and charged with pedestrian under the influ-ence and not obeying a traffic control device on Feb. 20 after an officer saw him stagger into the inter-section of Clayton Street and Jackson Street at 10:02 p.m.

According to police, several vehicles had to swerve to avoid hitting Whorton, who was cross-ing the intersection diago-

nally wearing sunglasses, a purple T-shirt, boxer shorts and cowboy boots.

When police approached Whorton, he told them he was 24 years old, despite his actual age being 23.

After the officer explained why he had been stopped, Whorton said, “I should probably be arrest-ed for that, but I didn’t hurt anyone.”

However, Whorton told The Red & Black a differ-ent story.

“I don’t think I said that,” he said. “I didn’t think I should be arrested. I saw the cops, but I just didn’t think it would be a big deal. There were no cars in the intersection.”

Though this shortcut may have saved Whorton a

few seconds in the short term, he said next time he’ll probably wait to be told to walk instead of dodging cars as he crosses the street.

“In hindsight, I regret it immensely,” he said. “It’s going to cost me a lot of money, time and stress. I just didn’t realize jaywalk-ing was such a huge offense.”

Ditched identification

Christopher Michael Hall, 19, was arrested and charged with underage possession of alcohol on Feb. 20 at 11:15 p.m. He was arrested on East Broad Street near College Avenue after a police offi-cer saw him jaywalk through an intersection with what appeared to be a bottle in his back pock-et.

According to the Athens-Clarke County Police report, when Hall saw the officer approach, he tossed a Georgia driv-er’s license behind a parked van.

The arresting officer picked up the license, which did not belong to Hall.

When asked why he tossed the ID, Hall said he was sorry and he had just gotten nervous. He also admitted to drinking a few beers prior to going down-town and was placed under arrest.

By ASHLEY HIEBThe Red & Black

Come May, students might return to their hometowns in droves, but as long as they’re living here in April, they still count toward the Athens population in the 2010 census.

The number one ques-tion college students have regarding the census is whether they count for their hometown or Athens, said Gerard Kowalski, executive director for housing administration and a member of the Athens’ Complete Count Committee.

“I didn’t know I count-ed in Athens,” said Jordan Martin, a junior from Charleston, W.Va, when asked if she was ready to fill out the 2010 census next month.

The purpose of the cen-sus is to gain a “nice snap-shot of the community,” said Athens Mayor Heidi Davison.

The information gained from the census is used to determine government funding and re-determine voting districts.

“It’s important for all communities so they can properly plan,” Davison said, adding that federal funds go toward land use, water availability plans, transportation planning and other government programs.

The census will be mailed to off-campus resi-dences in mid-March, and forms must be mailed back by April 19.

Census workers will probably follow up on unreturned forms at the beginning of May, said Laura Waldon from Census on Campus Outreach, a division of the U.S. Census Bureau.

“For every 1 percent that we can increase the mail-back rate, it saves taxpayers $85 million,”

Waldon said.For dormitories and

Greek houses, the forms will be delivered by a cen-sus worker in April. The form will indicate where to drop off the information.

“You complete the cen-sus based on where you live April 1,” Kowalski said.

Students living in Athens count toward the Athens population because funding received through the census is based on numbers — not residency. This means the homeless population and illegal immigrants should also fill out the census.

Students in residential violations don’t need to worry about the govern-ment finding out through the census, said Julie Morgan, member of the Complete Count Committee, which assists locally with the census..

In fact, census employ-ees who release confiden-tial information can face up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.

“College students are hard to count,” she said. “They’re one of the largest undercounted groups.”

Morgan said Georgia had a bad record of being undercounted in 2000 and could have received $1,096 more for every uncounted person.

“There’s been a modest and steady growth,” Davison said about the Athens population since the last census.

According to the UGA Factbook, in 2000 there were 31,288 students enrolled at the University. In 2009, that number increased to 34,885.

The increase means Athens has a greater chance of receiving a larg-er percentage of the more than $400 billion to be allocated through the cen-sus.

The predicted popula-tion increase will also affect congressional dis-tricts and the House of Representatives.

“If the predictions occur, Georgia could gain a representative,” Morgan said.

Davison stressed the importance of the census.

“I encourage students to fill out the application and take the census seri-ously,” she said.

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▲ Students who forget to fill out and return their census cards will likely be visited by a government worker to ensure they’re counted.

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By BRIANA GERDEMANThe Red & Black

Starting this semester, students will have more questions to answer on end-of-semester course evaluations, the University Council’s Curriculum Committee decided Friday. But in the future, they might be able to access this data when choosing their courses.

The committee’s decision implemented a trial program for the new course evalua-tion policy. Under the policy, four stan-dardized questions will be added to course evaluations for all classes.

Cameron Secord, vice president of the Student Government Association, said the change meets one of SGA’s goals.

“One of the things we’re most excited about is the trial period for the standard-ized questions on the course evaluations,” he said. “It’s definitely one of those things that we’ve asked for a long time, and it’s finally coming to fruition.”

The program will begin with a pilot project this semester. Departments and colleges already using online evaluations will be asked to add the four common questions.

“We could collect useful data and then ask people in the fall if we should imple-ment it campus-wide,” said William Vencill, who represented the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the meeting.

The two-semester trial period would be voluntary this semester. In the fall, evaluations for all classes will include the new questions.

Eventually, if the program continues,

students may be able to access the evalu-ations to help pick the courses they want.

The committee also approved the addi-tion of a “W” suffix to be added to course numbers, signifying a course is writing- intensive.

Elizabeth Davis, an English professor and the coordinator of the Writing Certificate Program, said the University Writing Board suggested the suffix, which would increase writing instruction.

“Students want that, and of course we want that too,” she said.

The “W” suffix will also highlight exist-ing courses with substantial writing com-ponents.

“There are a lot of courses being taught across this campus that are already writ-ing-intensive,” she said.

But some members of the committee voiced concerns about the new suffix.

Rodney Mauricio, who represented the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, wor-ried courses might end up with too many suffixes — for example, an honors course with a lab as well as extensive writing could get the “H”, “L” and “W” suffixes.

Other committee members said from a practical standpoint, the computer sys-tem the University uses does not allow courses to have multiple suffixes. This issue could be fixed, but at a cost.

“We keep living in budgets that go down and down and down, but what we’re here is for quality, quality, quality,” said James Porter, representative for the Odum School of Ecology. “So eventually, these unmovable forces and unmovable objects have got to collide, and I want them to collide on the side of quality.”

Standard course evaluations may be accessible to students

CORRECTIONSIn Friday, Feb. 19’s

“Bambara pieces togeth-er new EP” Blaze Bateh was incorrectly identi-fied as the guitarist for Bambara - he is actually the drummer. Reid Bateh is the band’s vocalist and guitarist. The show was Saturday, Feb. 20, not Friday, listed as tonight, as the story originally ran. Also, the band is not touring with HEALTH, but they helped Bambara book a show in L.A.

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Now, every day is a snowy one in Athens and at SunO Dessert, a new Asian-inspired shop downtown, it’s safe to eat the snow.

“Anyone that goes in SunO, they’re happy,” said Mitzy Velazco, owner and University graduate. “They just come in with a smile on their face because they’re anticipating something new.”

Painted snowflakes decorate the walls of SunO, located on East Broad Street. The chain originated in Atlanta and caught the attention of Velazco and her husband, Alex Rivera.

SunO fills a niche for Athens and the downtown scene, serv-ing specialty bubble teas, des-sert crepes and its signature SunO shaved ice.

“We just love the whole con-cept,” Velazco said. “When we learned about SunO, we thought ‘This would be great. There’s nothing like this in Athens, not a place that has desserts and teas and crepes all in one place.’ And just the fact that SunO [ice] is a different kind of ice cream — very fluffy, just like snow — we thought it would be a hit here.”

The shaved ice has a light, melt-in-your-mouth consistency, and the menu offers plenty of toppings to complement any cravings. Patrons can order a creative SunO concoction or build one of their own.

Students trying it for the first time were surprised by the snow-like quality of SunO’s shaved ice.

“It’s absolutely amazing,” said Grant Thomas, a senior at the University. “Like nothing I’ve

ever had before.” SunO allows for visitors to be

as healthy as they want to be. Fresh fruit such as strawberries, kiwi, peaches and lychee, a fra-grant sweet berry, are available daily. Fruit syrups are also a choice topping to drizzle over the ice.

Even toppings more geared toward ice cream parlors are popular on SunO ice, such as Oreo crumbs, gummy worms, jellies, crushed nuts and sprin-kles. But no matter what top-pings are chosen, the dessert’s main ingredient — ice — keeps it from feeling too heavy.

“You don’t get that feeling because it’s all light,” Velazco said. “You’re going to be full, but full of ice.”

The crepes are a more indul-gent option at SunO. Playing on the ice cream theme, they can be enjoyed in a cup or cone and stuffed with whipped cream and fruit, or drizzled with coffee, car-amel or chocolate syrup.

Because they are so filling, one order is enough for two peo-ple to split, Velazco said.

“A lot of people like the crepes, but once they try the SunO, they might switch,” Velazco said.

Refreshments are another side of SunO’s offerings alto-gether. Bubble tea is a main item on the menu and can be served hot or cold.

“Unless you’ve tried it, you don’t know what it is,” Velazco said. “Bubble tea is like regular tea, but it has tapioca on the bottom. It’s gummy. Instead of gummy bears, they’re like pearl-sized gummies you put in the bottom of the tea. The teas are very refreshing.”

The tapioca pearls, or even

jelly squares, are placed in the bottom of the glass to flavor the green, black and fruit teas. Using large straws, they can also be enjoyed right along with the drink.

“My favorite is the Thai tea,” Rivera said. “It’s different, but once people try it, I think they will really like how different it is.”

Velazco and Rivera held SunO’s grand opening on Friday. Students and locals lined out the door for free SunO samples and more than 500 people were served, Velazco said.

The dessert shop has flexible hours from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and from 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday through Saturday.

The couple hopes to offer student discounts and pair up with different organizations on campus throughout the year.

And with their its location on the main drag through down-town Athens, SunO is aiming to fit right in.

“We love the place,” said Nate Webb, a senior mathemat-ics major. “We used to go to the one in Gwinnett, so we kind of knew what to expect.”

Webb said he was excited to have a SunO so close. He intro-duced his friends to the concept in Athens this weekend and, after ordering a sampler of the menu’s main features, Webb said they all plan on becoming regu-lars.

From refreshing ice to indul-gent crepes, there’s another option on the menu: school pride.

Because Velazco is a University graduate from the Terry College of Business, she still feels a sense of pride in her

alma mater. Their main feature on the

menu is “The Bulldog,” combin-ing SunO shaved ice with straw-berries, Oreo crumbs, rice cake, caramel syrup and strawberry

syrup. “We wanted to give it that

name because I’m a UGA grad and we thought, ‘this will be something the Dogs can identify with and enjoy,” Velazco said.

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Shutter Island

A résumé of legacy-defining films seem to abruptly end at the peak of a director’s career, but Martin Scorsese’s career seems to progress with incessant success.

This is partially due to choosing his projects wisely, being character-ized as a perfectionist and investing a great amount of time in develop-ing the acting chops of his protégés — Leonardo DiCaprio now taking the place of Robert DeNiro.

DiCaprio abandoned his charm-ing teenage years of simplistic act-ing roles when taking up Scorsese’s shattered, multifaceted and disillu-sioned characters.

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is the epitome of such a character.

Suffering from post-traumatic

stress disorder brought on by liber-ating a concentration camp during World War II, Daniels takes interest in investigating a mysterious disap-pearance of an inmate in an Alcatraz-like asylum for the crimi-nally insane.

Shortly after the onset of some peculiar findings, we discover Daniels and the progressive institu-tion director — wonderfully played by Sir Ben Kingsley — have con-flicting personal agendas.

Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo plays Daniels’ partner with a convincingly trustful appearance but question-able nature.

Throughout the film, viewers will constantly question the truth of character motives, conspiracy theo-ries and meanings behind each eerie encounter with the prisoners.

Kingsley’s Dr. John Cawley gives one of the best performances in a cast so keen on keeping secrets.

Cawley runs the asylum as a rehabilitation center, treating mur-derers like patients and promoting himself as the face of prison reform.

Though everything looks fine and dandy on the surface, rumors of government-funded lobotomy experimentation begin to emerge.

There are some heavy themes encrypted throughout the film that haunt the audience in a way that takes your mind in a thousand dif-ferent directions.

These themes are meant to be hints or clues to the film’s plot twist, but they are also the key ele-ments of what makes a good sus-pense story suspenseful.

It’s a shame the release of “Shutter Island” was pushed for-ward just enough to miss the cut for an Oscar nomination.

The build of suspense in this mystery truly challenges you to refrain from clenching your armrest in anticipation, and the twist and turns of the movie keep you guess-ing until the very end.

In fact, the very last sentence of dialogue doesn’t provide a definitive resolution.

In the movie’s final moments it’s likely you’ll have a reasonable doubt in Daniels’ true character.

If it’s possible to leave a theater feeling an epiphany of profound confusion, this film definitely sets a precedent.

Very rarely do we see a movie that leaves the audience with an open-ended question.

Scorsese can only offer subtle hints to choose a side in the duality of Daniels’ reality.

My only criticisms of the film arise from the overuse of flashbacks and DiCaprio’s mannerisms.

Most directors use flashbacks to reveal insight to a character’s histo-ry, but Scorsese uses them to show a whole new story.

Yes, the story of Daniels’ war his-tory and love life parallel with his issues on the island, but the dream sequences still come off as long and excessive.

Also, I’m surprised wrinkles haven’t formed above DiCaprio’s nose from excessive eyebrow scrunching. These critiques, howev-er, are minor setbacks in a wonder-fully scripted story.

Verdict: Shutter Island enthralls and captivates with a classic tale of mystery that sends shivers down your spine.

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“We always have people saying ‘can you lock down the campus for a crisis?’” Jackson said. “We might close, but a lockdown may not be possible.”

The University cannot conduct a lockdown given the amount of buildings it has, making a “closing” more effec-tive, he said.

“A closing is used if we had an unsafe situation,” Jackson said. “At the University, there is no way to lock doors.”

Last April, when University professor George Zinkhan shot and killed three people off-campus before killing him-self, the University decided to continue with most weekend activities.

“The decision was made because we had heavy police presence on campus,” Jackson said.

Because the shooting occurred on a Saturday, the majority of students were not on campus.

In its history, the University has had only a few closings.“We’ve closed the main library for a bomb threat,” he

said. “We’ve had partial closings in some incidents, but never had to shut the University down due to an emergen-cy.”

Jackson named five incidents in which the University closed, including the Sept. 11 attacks.

“We closed at noon on 9/11 because the president deemed all useful teaching and learning complete, and people needed to be with their families and observe the events,” he said.

University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said there hasn’t been a full closing of the University for emergency-related issues.

“We’ve never closed the University as a whole unless for weather,” Williamson said.

The handling of weather-related closings differs from closings for emergency issues.

Jackson said e-mails are sent before 6:30 a.m. in the event of inclement weather.

The University looks at the conditions of the roads to determine safety. Last March’s decision to open classes the Tuesday after unexpected snowfall resulted from adminis-trators’ beliefs that students could move around campus safely, Jackson said.

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automatically be put toward the credit balance with the highest interest rate first.

The new law also specifi-cally targets how card com-panies do business with college students.

The law bans card issu-ers giving away “any tangi-ble item[s],” such as pizzas or T-shirts, to people who apply for their credit cards on or near college campus-es. University students have mixed feelings about the new law.

Joe Shanoltz, an 18-year-old freshman from Norcross, said the restric-tions on over-the-limit fees were beneficial to card-holders, but overall, the new regulation is not a good idea.

“I think it’s detrimen-tal,” he said. “If [students have] already been unfor-tunate enough to where they can’t have parental assistance, but somehow they manage to get to col-lege, then it’s an inconve-nience, if not even more of a disadvantage to them.”

credit: Law bars giving away items

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There’s a reason pundits called the 2008 presidential election a race for the worst job in

America.Although Kate Parham’s attack

on our “rock star” president, “‘Rock Star’ president weakens confi-dence,” may serve to get the likes of Glenn Beck all hot and bothered (and maybe even a little teary-eyed), its dismissal of the legitimate challenges faced by the current administration compromises her message.

The article makes several valid points — one of which is the alarm-ing rise of federal spending as a percent of GDP. The error lies in her casual dismissal of the absolute economic train-wreck inherited by Obama: a $1.3 trillion deficit (which was estimated to grow to $8 trillion over the next decade), a popped real-estate market bubble, an impending financial sector melt-down and the $750 billion mistake in Iraq.

Obama’s stimulus package, which now totals $887 billion, was an unfortunate but necessary step to ensure the “Great Recession” didn’t spiral into the Second Great Depression. Parham seems to imply the stimulus package was overfund-ed (“…as if we didn’t already spend $787 billion”). If the stimulus pack-age has a fault, however, it’s that the bailout was too small, and was not deployed quickly enough to the sectors of our economy that needed it the most.

Justin Wolfers, a professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, stated, “If we knew in January what we know now, we would have done

more.”Miss Parham’s house of cards

comes crashing down with her prediction that on Obama’s watch “American leadership [will] cease to exist,” her insinuation that Obama doesn’t care about our generation nor future generations, and her claim that the U.S. is now perceived as economically, politically and mili-tarily weak in the eyes of the world.

If her idea of “American lead-ership” is the bumbling cowboy-imperialism deployed by our last president, then by God I hope she’s right. The number of invasions and foreign engagements should not be the measurement of a nation’s mili-tary power.

We would do well to again heed the advice of Teddy Roosevelt — “Speak softly and carry a big stick” — as opposed to the previous administration’s motto — “Hit the enemy with a big stick, then look around for oil.”

America cannot afford another Embarrassment-In-Chief because, as we’re finding out now, the mess can take a while to clean up. Although I believe it’s too early to cast judgment on Obama’s presi-dency, I am glad that we at least have an intelligent and articulate man in office who has risen on his own merit, despite, not because of, his last name.

He has made politics matter to a large percentage of America’s young population, and his ability to inspire

hope in underprivileged communi-ties is undeniable.

Miss Parham also incorrectly equates running a national defi-cit to a disregard for future gen-erations. One of Obama’s central tenets is the importance of invest-ing in America’s future (and youth) through education and renewable energy projects, which will decrease our foreign energy dependence.

Just this past month, in an attempt to lessen the ever-in-creasing performance gap between American students and interna-tional students, Obama announced a $250 million effort to increase the number and quality of science, technology, engineering and math-ematics teachers,

Although I am clearly an Obama supporter, I am wary of falling into the trap Parham outlines: idolizing Obama to the point of overlooking his shortcomings. I think his faults thus far have been a result of the very characteristics that got him elected: his passion and idealism.

Instead of taking on the health care issue and scrambling to meet his self-imposed deadline for clos-ing Guantanamo Bay, his first year in office should have been more focused on fundamental economic recovery.

Parham is right, elected officials should be closely scrutinized, with-out the bias of “rock star” adora-tion. But if that scrutiny involves partisan motives and personal attacks, it’s just as problematic as the blind idolatry of Obama’s “rock star” fans.

— Peter Horn is a senior from Charlotte, N.C.,

majoring in finance.

Don’t judge ‘rock star president’ so soon

College is a time of improvement and explora-tion, but it’s also a battle of impulse control. It’s a battle that students don’t always win.

If we can’t even moderate our meals effectively enough to avoid the freshman 15, how can stu-dents be expected to use a credit card responsi-bly?

There are plenty of students who buck the trend, coming to campus mature and aware. But there are just as many who drink themselves out of class after a weekend of partying.

Effective today, by law, people under the age of 21 will not be able to sign up for a credit card unless they have parent as a co-signer or show proof of having completed a financial literacy course.

With so many parents already footing the bill for their child’s education, the credit card is the next logical step in the money chain. In addition, credit card companies will be unable to offer free goods on college campuses to entice students to sign up for a card.

The editorial board welcomes President Barack Obama’s new credit card law as a safety net for people who really need it. A lot of stu-dents don’t truly understand the inherent risks and liabilities associated with credit cards. For many, that little piece of plastic enables them to dig themselves into a valley of some insurmount-able debt.

People will only benefit from this arrangement.Students will be less likely to land themselves

in heavy debt without credit card companies stalking campuses with shiny plastic and shinier promises. Even if getting a co-signer is not pos-sible, by requiring the applicant to show proof of financial accountability is commendable and intelligent.

No one should have something such as a cred-it card without the knowledge to use it wisely, whether it comes in the form of money-minded co-signers or requiring proof of a budget-con-scious course.

People will always find ways to spend frivo-lously, but this law ensures one less avenue toward debt.

Students may no longer be able to afford those sexy new jeans or an extra round of shots, but that’s a sacrifice we’ll just have to make.

—Patrick Hooper for the editorial board.

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We appreciate The Red & Black’s efforts to educate students to potential dangers that can result from peer-to-peer file sharing, while offering these points of clarification to Rachel Bunn’s Tuesday, Feb. 16 story, “University on the lookout for online pirates.”

It is critical for UGA students to understand that, even though many copyright owners have changed their litigation strategy, they have not waived their rights to protect their intellectual property and do so vigorously through the mea-sures offered to them by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

The DMCA mandated the notice and takedown procedures men-tioned in Ms. Bunn’s article that UGA presently employs. EITS acts only when notified by a copyright holder and is not monitoring for, or gathering, any information on copy-right infringement.

Furthermore, the DMCA does not “require” UGA “to prosecute the offending party.”

UGA complies with the DMCA requirement that the institution have a policy in place that provides for the termination of computer use should an individual engage in repeated impermissible infringe-ment of copyrighted content.

While the RIAA and other copyright owners have claimed to

adopt a new strategy and are, for the time being, not pursuing litiga-tion against infringers, that does not mean that the owners are not free to pursue such lawsuits in the future.

Copyright owners still can, and do, sue to defend their intellectual property. There have been hun-dreds of suits by other copyright owners since the RIAA announced its intent to cease its pursuit of liti-gation. Individuals who choose to engage in unlawful file sharing are still subject to suit.

It is a commonly held miscon-ception that the RIAA is the only enforcer of copyrights. UGA now receives more DMCA notices con-cerning movies and television shows than music. Students need to be keenly aware of the risks that are still present with peer-to-peer file sharing.

Should you have any questions, we urge you to call the Office of Legal Affairs or read the informa-tion regarding the DMCA available on the EITS and Judicial Programs web pages.

C. Brian riversDirector, University information

securityand

Tim Kellyassistant Director for legal affairs

Honesty must exist in healthy relationships

I am appalled by Samantha Shelton’s “Honesty not best policy with partners” piece [on Friday, Feb. 19]. One of the best parts of being in a healthy relationship is the ability to be totally honest with each other.

If what you really mean by “hon-esty isn’t important” is “don’t ask, don’t tell,” that’s one thing, but if you choose to ask questions then honesty is really important.

If you can’t trust your partner to tell you their true “number,” why would you trust them to tell you the real results of a test? Why would you trust that they were tested to begin with? Why would you date someone you don’t TRUST?

If you can’t expect them to be honest, you probably shouldn’t be sleeping with them. In future arti-cles it would be nice if you encour-aged the notion that people should have respect for themselves, their bodies, and their sexual partners — women’s studies should have at least taught you that much.

Bryn mCDermoTTsenior, Covington

english, women’s studies and pre-law

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Congress should be paid more.

Yeah, that sounds crazy to me, too.

The U.S. Congress? The one a recent CBS poll found to have a 23 percent approval rating? The one known for petty partisan bickering and legislative inaction? The one chas-tised by President Barack Obama at the State of the Union address for those very reasons?

Yes. Absolutely.Last summer, I saw

the struggles of Congress firsthand while working as a Washington intern for Congressman Tom Price (R-Ga.), who repre-sents the 6th district that includes many of Atlanta’s northern suburbs.

I saw strains on him that were unbelievable; a revolving door of meet-ings, votes on the floor and weekly trips back to the district, as well as main-taining two residences and caring for his family.

These challenges are not unique to Price. Officials from both parties and both houses scurry around the Hill at a hot pace. Being a represen-tative is a full-time job. There just is no time for other employment — and a $174,000 annual salary sim-ply is not sufficient.

Yes, millions of Americans get by on much less. But those mil-lions do not have to be in Washington months out of the year, then commute to a distant home that they are required by law to

have. The personal sacrifice

this involves keeps many of America’s best and brightest from represent-ing their friends and neigh-bors in the Capitol.

Raising congressio-nal salaries would allow citizens of all economic backgrounds to serve their country in Washington. Pay raises could add more diversity to the “out-of-touch” body, bringing in citizens with more varied experiences, which would shake up nicely the closed club of lawyers and busi-ness owners who represent us.

Raising congressional pay would not be popular, and many would argue. Why send more money to such a hopelessly angry group of people?

Because doing so could recapture the whole “by the people, for the people” part. It would allow more diverse representatives of our communities into the House of Representatives and send citizens — not only professional politi-cians — to the Senate.

So I’ll say it again — Congress should be paid more.

— Michael Brazeal is a senior from Marietta,

majoring in newspapers and real estate.

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By MATT EVANSThe Red & Black

She packed her bags, sold her textbooks, dropped out of school and made a name for herself, from scratch.

University alumna Bonnie Gillespie left Athens for Hollywood just over 10 years ago to pur-sue a career in acting, leav-ing behind a half-finished doctorate and the majority of her possessions to be sold on eBay.

She returns this after-noon ready to tell students how she established her-self as a top casting direc-tor, author and producer, all before the age of 40.

Gillespie’s lecture, “From UGA to Hollywood,” is meant to showcase for students the right and wrong ways to

make it big in show busi-ness.

In Gillespie’s case, the trek to Hollywood was as rewarding as it was tough.

While trying to make it big as an actress, she took on a “sur-vival job” as a reporter for Backstage West — a trade journal for actors and actress-es in Los Angeles — in order to pay for her rent and food while auditioning for bit parts.

“[Reporting] turned out to be a very fundamental part of what would then become my career,” Gillespie said. “I very quickly transitioned out of pursuing acting into writing about acting, writ-ing for actors and inter-viewing casting directors

to de-mystify the business side of show business.”

While on one of her reporting jobs, a casting director offered Gillespie work as an assistant.

After taking the job, and learning more about the industry, she found-ed her own casting company, Cricket Feet, seven years ago this month.

Since her emer-gence as a casting director, Gillespie has also written three books on cast-

ing and acting. In each of her books,

she sheds light on the business strategies that are key to landing jobs in Hollywood, a topic not often written about.

“So many people simply write about the craft of

acting,” Gillespie said. “Without knowing the business side you just don’t ever get a shot in a market like Los Angeles, which is so huge and satu-rated with people compet-ing for very few roles.”

In 2008, Gillespie strengthened Cricket Feet by producing her first fea-ture film, the nine-minute comedy, “The Oh-Malleys in Daddy’s My Mercedes.”

When creating Cricket Feet, she claimed that her 10-year goal was “to be able to finance projects and option scripts,” or, in essence, produce the material.

In a few years, Cricket Feet is expected to be credited as a production company, meeting Gillespie’s original goal at an earlier- than-expected date.

By the end of this year, Gillespie will be rolling out an underground web dis-tribution channel called Somebody’s Basement, which is designed for self-produced actors and actresses to help smaller names get a start.

“The share button on Facebook is your best friend,” Gillespie said. “There’s somebody at every agency whose job it is to watch the Internet and see who’s hot, and they wouldn’t devote part of their payroll if it weren’t

a viable way to discover new talent.”

Even as Gillespie con-tinues to become more successful and go further in Hollywood, she said no matter what level of the industry you’re working at, you have to have a high self-esteem and a low ego, because there are going to be a lot of times when you’re made to feel like you should doubt yourself and you just can’t.”

Adaptability is key to Gillespie as she molds even the worst situations into environments where she can thrive, and to Gillespie, going to work each day is always a new experience.

“I’m right on track for everything I want to be doing, and more impor-tantly I live my dream every day,” she said.

Alumna returns to show the way to Hollywood

When: 4 p.m. todayWhere: 250 Miller Learning CenterPrice: Free

FROM UGA TO HOLLYWOOD

By ADAM CARLSONThe Red & Black

For the participants of the “Love Makes a Family” panel, the issue at hand is a clear one.

“It’s a question of rights,” said Kenyatta Mitchell, a representative from Georgia Equality.

Tonight Mitchell will sit alongside members of the LGBT community to tell their stories of living lives and having families while also being gay.

It’s a format that Jennifer Miracle, director of UGA’s LGBT Resource Center, said serves more than one purpose.

“It’s a great way to raise awareness around cam-pus,” she said. “It’s a way to be more engaging and to have a discussion about the issues.”

After Miracle settled on a panel-style setting, the resource center posted a flyer in the Sunday bulletin of the Our Hope Metropolitan Community Church looking for partici-pants.

They found three.Created in conjunction

with the “Love Makes a Family” photo exhibit now on display in Tate, the panel will also host a ques-tion and answer session prior to the panel.

This offers the opportu-nity for a dialogue between those affected by the gay rights movement and those with questions about it. It also serves as a chance for students to bet-ter understand the prob-lems facing members of the LGBT community, and also correct some ideas of their own.

“We want to challenge and debunk those stereo-types that LGBT people face when it comes to fam-ilies,” said Larry Cloud, graduate advisor for the LGBT Resource Center. “We hope to have a very constructive conversa-tion.”

Mitchell will be on hand

to offer a slightly different angle: she’ll provide infor-mation about the difficul-ties LGBT families face, as well as the sort of rights afforded same-sex couples looking to get a civil union — and the types of rights denied them because they can’t get married.

In total, the panel’s message is one of similari-ty, not separation.

“The title [of the panel]

says it all,” Miracle said. “We’re more alike than we are different.”

In addition to the pan-elists’ personal stories, photos and text will also be shown, each helping to reinforce a common mes-sage about the nature of being together, not apart.

“There’s no one defini-tion of family,” Cloud said. “We’re hoping people that come get that idea.”

University plans to plant 200 new trees

When: 6:30 tonightWhere: Tate Student Center, 2nd Floor

LOVE MAKES A FAMILY PANEL

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▲ Family portrait of Robin Jurs (left), Barbara Allen, and children hannah and Cody Jurs-Allen on display in the ‘Love Makes a Family’ show.

Panel to discuss rights of gay familiesBy JULiA CARPENTER

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The University serves many purposes. It is a center of education and a hub of research. But the title “national arboretum” is not quite as well-known.

Carolyn Hanley, a sophomore from Stone Mountain, is excited about the trees on campus.

“It makes me kind of proud,” she said of the campus’s recognized status as a national arboretum. “I’m taking a horticulture class, and we’re talking a lot about the new landscaping on campus. I like the progress we’ve made with adding the new trees.”

Last Friday afternoon, University horticulturists and campus administrators celebrated Arbor Day by planting one of 200 new campus trees. The ceremony is part of a five-year plan to dot the University grounds with oak trees.

“We’re trying to get all the tree people together,” said Dexter Adams, director of grounds. “It’s a nice initiative. One of the local growers has donated five species of oak, so they’re long-living, durable trees. It’s part of a five-year plan. We’re about 120 trees into the 200 we’re plan-ning on.”

Most states celebrate Arbor Day in April.“Georgia Forestry has Arbor Day as the second Friday

in February,” Adams said. “It varies around the country. It’s a seasonal thing.”

He said the University community will appreciate the recent botanical developments on campus.

“It’s an awareness thing. The entire campus has been declared an arboretum, and it’s an opportunity to be more aware of that and to celebrate that,” he said. “It’s not just about the beauty and comfort, like shade, the trees give — it’s about supporting the education effort.”

GiLLESPiE

By BEN BUSSARDThe Red & Black

It was another dreary performance for the Georgia women’s basket-ball team Sunday night, and the Lady Dogs dressed the part.

Donning black jerseys for the first time all season, the No. 20 Lady Dogs failed to pull off the season sweep of the Florida Gators, fall-ing 64-57.

Despite shooting 42.3 percent from the field, the Lady Dogs (20-7, 7-7) simply couldn’t keep Florida (14-13, 7-7) off the glass and were outrebounded on the offensive end by seven.

Georgia allowed the Gators to pull down 17 offensive rebounds — 12 in the second half — lead-ing to 13 second-chance points.

“Defensive rebounding was pretty bad,” head coach Andy Landers said. “They were able to get to the offensive boards not once but twice and turn one trip down the floor into three possessions.”

In addition to dominat-ing the boards, the Gators scored 22 of their points from the free-throw line and held Georgia to just nine attempts from the charity stripe.

“You foul defensively when you don’t have posi-tion,” Landers said. “We put them on the free throw line way too much just because of that. We were too slow moving and they

attacked us and took advantage of it.”

Junior forward Porsha Phillips recorded her fifth double-double of the sea-son, finishing with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Though the Lady Dogs put up the first seven points of the game, Florida outscored Georgia by 19 points the rest of the half and the Lady Dogs headed into the locker room trail-ing by a score of 33-21.

The Gators maintained a comfortable margin

thanks in large part to their hot shooting as Florida would shoot 42 percent from the field, 40 percent from the 3-point line and 100 per-cent from the free-throw line in the first half.

Adding to Georgia’s first-half

defensive woes was the absence of sophomore guard Meredith Mitchell, who was suspended for the first half due to disciplin-ary reasons.

The Lady Dogs have now lost six of their last eight games and sit in a two-way tie for sixth place in the SEC.

“We’ve got to do a bet-ter job of getting the ball inside and scoring it inside,” Landers said. “[Jasmine] Hassell’s done a terrific job for the last three weeks and we need to go to her more. Porsha’s had a couple of good games back-to-back, so we’re going to have to go to her more.”

By NICK PARKERThe Red & Black

The progress made this season by the Georgia men’s basketball team is starting to become evi-dent on the court and in the crowd.

Gone are the days of opponents looking forward to a game at Stegeman Coliseum as a break from the rigors of SEC play.

And it didn’t take a new venue to erase that persona — just a new head coach.

“If you look back when we started, Stegeman Coliseum wasn’t a home court advantage. Someone said, ‘Let’s tear it down, it’s too old,’ but its been pretty good to us,” said head coach Mark Fox.

That might be an understatement for just how friendly playing at home has have been for Georgia (12-13, 4-8) this season.

Fox’s Bulldogs are now 11-3 at home after Saturday’s 76-70 home win over Alabama in front of 8,510 screaming Georgia fans.

“We pride ourselves on protecting our home court. That’s the most important thing to us. We just want to play hard for our fans. We know that if we play hard, our fans will come out more and sup-port us,” said forward Trey Thompkins. “And when we have support from our fans, it amps us up and makes us play harder.”

Georgia was down by as many as 13 points with 11 minutes remaining. But the Bulldogs came storming back behind the play of Thompkins and improved concentration at the free-throw line.

Despite being the SEC’s No. 1 free-throw shoot-ing team at 73 percent, Georgia only made 2 of its first 12 shots from the line, but came up big when it mattered, knocking down 11 of its last 12 from the charity stripe.

“It was all about concentration,” said forward Chris Barnes. “We were missing them and when one person misses, everybody starts missing. But once we got in that crunch time and we knew it was time to win, everybody just stepped up and knocked them down.”

The win over Alabama — Georgia’s 12th of the season and fourth in SEC play — equaled Georgia’s wins from last season and eclipsed last season’s conference wins.

It was also the second consecutive game Georgia battled back from a double-digit deficit in the sec-ond half to get a win at home.

“We’ve always put focus on becoming a more mature team down the stretch,” said Thompkins, who had 21 points and a career-high 17 rebounds against Alabama. “In the beginning, we had never been in these types of situations and now that we’ve been in them, we know how to handle them.”

6 | Monday, February 22, 2010 | The Red & Black SPORTS

By MICHAEL FITZPATRICKThe Red & Black

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A record of 3-4 may not show it, but the Gym Dogs took a big step Friday toward reestablishing themselves as one of the nation’s elite teams.

Despite losing 197.25-197.15 to No. 4 Florida at the Stephen O’Connell Center, Georgia posted its second score above 197 of the season, but most importantly, the team did it on the road and officially erased the bitter memory of its flawed, 194 perfor-mance in Auburn.

“It’s incredibly impor-tant,” said Georgia head coach Jay Clark. “It’s the one thing we hadn’t done. We hadn’t gone on the road and not counted a major mistake.

“We made some aggres-sive mistakes but those are the kind of mistakes we would prefer ... As long as they are attacking their

routines, I’m pleased and we will continue to grow.”

But don’t think the Gym Dogs are satisfied playing second fiddle.

“We will be considered one of the better teams in the nation after our score here tonight,” Clark said. “But make no mistake, Georgia gymnastics is about winning, and we are never happy when we lose.”

The Gym Dogs were without fresh-man Shayla Worley — No. 3 all-arounder in the nation — on the vault and floor exercise after she sprained her ankle in practice Thursday.

And the team still posted a season-high 49.25 on the vault rotation.

Worley — an Orlando, Fla., native who had 30 friends and family mem-bers in the stands Friday — was disappointed in being held out of the all-around as a precaution.

But she understood being healthy for the NCAA Championships in April is more important than a meet in mid-February.

“It really stinks, but that’s gymnastics, and you

will get banged up here and there,” she said. “While every meet is important, it’s more important to be back here in April.”

Despite a significant amount of pain, she battled through it and competed without tape on her ankle, scoring a 9.9 on the bal-ance beam and a 9.825 on

the bars.The Gym Dogs

beam team also scored its highest score of the season with a 49.45, led by senior Courtney McCool’s 9.975.

Junior Hilary Mauro and Worley added 9.9’s, and Taylor chipped in a 9.875.

“We competed and found our desire to com-pete and to win and we aren’t afraid to compete anymore,” Taylor said. “This is not how it’s sup-posed to go. When we were congratulating the other team we were like, ‘Good job, tonight. Enjoy it, because its not going to happen again.’

“I think this is really good fire to work hard, because I feel like working hard right now.”

Gym Dogs motivated after loss

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game-winning single by junior Laura Trout in the sixth inning.

Goler led the Georgia offense through the week-end, amassing 13 RBIs while hitting 7-for-12 with five walks. Hesson and sophomore Ashley Razey completed the middle of the lineup for the Bulldogs, combining for five home runs and 13 RBIs for a team that outscored its opponents 59-5 in the weekend’s showcase.

Junior pitchers Sarah McCloud (3-0) and Katie Murphy (2-0) earned the other two wins for the Bulldogs.

After posting a 21-game home winning streak in 2009, Georgia is looking to better that mark by kick-ing off the season at home with a 5-0 start.

The Red & Black Showcase also saw Georgia wins over Western Carolina, Bowling Green, and Virginia Tech twice.

Georgia will host the Georgia Softball Classic this weekend.

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▲ Forward Trey Thompkins posted 21 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in Georgia’s 76-70 win over Alabama at home Saturday.

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second-place Florida (765), as the Tigers took home its 14th-consecutive confer-ence crown.

Day four of the championships began with sophomore Wendy Trott posting an SEC record in the women’s 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 15:47.55. Her teammate Chelsea Nauta, a junior, fin-ished in second with a time of 15:55.88.

“For this time in the season, I’m happy with the way I felt and that I could do that time,” Trott said. “I’m just really excited that Chelsea came in sec-ond and we got a lot of points for Georgia.”

Despite leading by nearly 90 points entering day two, Trott and her team-mates forced maintained the momen-tum right from the starting gun.

“We didn’t want to take it too easy or anything and be too overconfident com-ing in with a lead like we did, but our coaches just told us to go out there and have fun and that’s what we did,” Trott said.

Capping off the night for the Lady Bulldogs was a first-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay by juniors Morgan Scroggy and Nauta, sophomore Allison Schmitt, and freshman Megan Romano with a time of 3:14.09.

Not to be outdone by the women’s impressive performance, the Georgia men would take the top two spots of the 1,650-yard freestyle as well.

Freshmen Martin Grodzki (14:47.48) and Andrew Gemmell (14:51.66) finished first and second, respectively, as Georgia

took four of the first six individual med-als.

“It feels good especially with Andy, both [being] freshmen coming in,” Grodzki said. “We started our whole Georgia journey together and we swim together, we work hard together and it’s just a nice feeling having him next to me.”

Junior Mark Dylla continued his record-setting week by breaking his own SEC record in the 200-yard butterfly — for the third year in a row — with a time of 1:41:47.

“Wow. I never would’ve thought that I’d come in as a freshman and break the SEC record, repeat last year then one up it once again,” Dylla said. “I felt like if I didn’t get it done this year, then the past two years didn’t mean much. Anything other than first place I wasn’t interested in.”

Finishing third behind Dylla was junior Matt Bartlett with a time of 1:43.22, as the medal podium was Bulldog-dominated.

The only other Bulldog taking home a medal was freshman Tom Beeri, who fin-ished third in the 200-yard breaststroke.

But with the NCAA Championships on the horizon, Bauerle knows the work isn’t over until the Georgia men and women put their skills up against the best in the country.

“We just gotta get better,” Bauerle said. “We’re gonna be in the pool on Monday morning so we got to get our heads out of the air and come back down to earth a little bit and get to work.”

SWIM: Junior breaks SEC record

Georgia plays ‘hard for our fans’

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Lady Dogs’ fouling leads to road loss

Florida gets narrow win