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Safety Reshad Jones has announced that he will enter the 2010 NFL Draft a year early after a season full of criticism for the Bulldogs.

By NICK PARKERTHE RED AND BLACK

As the final seconds ticked off the clock at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La., and the Georgia seniors walked off the field for their last time in the silver britches, thoughts immediately jump to what will transpire next.

The team’s — and its coaches’ — main focus has shifted to next fall, and reclaiming its stake as one of the SEC’s top teams after the worst sea-son in Mark Richt’s tenure.

As a disappointing season came to a close on the night of Dec. 28, two

impressive victories will be the lin-gering thoughts in the minds of fans, players and coaches. Richt believes the program is once again heading in a better direction.

Not to say an 8-5 season is accept-able in Athens, but the Dogs finished by winning four of their last five, including a victory over a top-10 ranked archrival and a complete rout of Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl.

“People have a picture in their mind of what should be and we do. We certainly don’t want to say that 8-5 is the greatest season in Georgia football by any means. But I liked the way we finished. I liked the way the guys battled to the very end,” said Richt.

Despite the lackluster season — by Georgia’s standards — Richt will

have an impressive foundation returning in next year’s team as departing seniors only occupied six of the 22 starting positions. But junior safety Reshad Jones has announced his intentions to take his game to the next level, and is expect-ed to be a second to fourth round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.

While Jones has already announced his decision, junior linebacker Rennie Curran is currently pondering the decision and has not made an official announcement regarding entering the NFL draft a year early.

The one vacated position likely to draw the greatest battle and atten-tion is the quarterback position. Joe Cox’s departure lays the path for the long awaited clash

See FBALL, Page 11

Bulldogs turn focus, preparations to next season Dogs end season on a positive note

Illness never slowed student

By CAREY O’NEILTHE RED & BLACK

Michael Kobleur didn’t want to be carrying his friend Jordan Woods’ casket Wednesday afternoon. He would have rather been sit-ting on the porch of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house discussing sports and poli-tics, Woods’ two passions.

“The best memories that I have of him are sitting on the

front porch,” Kobleur said. “Just he and I, sitting on the porch and enjoying life.”

Woods, a 2 2 - y e a r - o l d graduate of the University, was found by his sister, dead in his family’s

basement Saturday.He had planned to return

to Athens to study politics and obtain a master’s degree, but he hadn’t always pursued politics.

Woods was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and confined to a wheelchair early in life, and curing the degenerative disease became one of his life goals, said Jonathan Mitchell, a senior who roomed with Woods at their fraternity house.

“He thought finding a cure for MD was too selfish because he had it. Getting into politics, he could help more people,” he said.

Helping people always seemed to be on Woods’ mind. In addition to working on fraternity-sponsored char-ity events, Woods volunteered with several muscular dys-trophy organizations.

“I just know he was always volunteering, especially the stuff with MD. Every time he went home there was some-thing,” Mitchell said.

Woods was Mitchell’s “big brother” when Mitchell first joined the fraternity, making Woods responsible for teaching his “little brother” what it was like to be in Phi Kappa Theta.

“The three years I was in the fraternity with him, he was my best friend,” Mitchell said. “All of my best memo-ries from the fraternity were hanging out with him.

See WOODS, Page 5

Disease takes graduate’s life

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(Top) Two students sit outside Myers in below-freezing temperatures Wednesday. (Bottom left) The Herty Field fountain freezes over Wednesday afternoon. (Bottom right) A student braves last March’s unusual snowstorm.

By MIMI ENSLEYTHE RED AND BLACK

Jason Barwig is no stranger to cold weather.

Barwig, a junior from Suwanee, began his college career at Ohio State University, where he survived heavy snow and frigid temperatures throughout the winter months.

But people at Ohio State were ready when extreme

weather came their way.“Up there you expect it and

you’re prepared for it,” Barwig said. “We’re definitely not pre-pared like they are because they had everything.”

As talk of snow and ice enters weather forecasts for Thursday and Friday, some students remember last March’s snow-storm — a blast of winter weath-er that led to class cancella-tions, power outages and dam-

age to some of the University’s buildings, including the roof of the Miller Learning Center.

Gena Perry, a junior agribusi-ness major from Gray, said she was driving back to Athens when the snow hit last year.

“It was definitely not a fun experience,” she said.

And when the University re-opened following the storm, stu-dents braved icy roads and side-walks as they traveled to class.

“I lived on campus last year, so it wasn’t as bad,” Perry said. “But it was kind of tricky to fig-ure out where you could walk and where you couldn’t because of the snow and ice.”

Liz Rachun, public relations coordinator for the University Health Center, said she remem-bers some students coming into the center because of

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ice-related injuries.“We did see some people

that did come in having fallen,” Rachun said.

If snow does hit Athens today or Friday, the University will follow its “weather closing proce-dures” to determine whether or not classes will be cancelled, said Tom Jackson, vice president for public affairs. The proce-dures can be found on the University’s Web site.

“Basically, it’s a matter of whether the roads are passable or not,” Jackson said. “Just because there’s a little snow on the ground, we don’t skip school.”

Jackson said student safety was always a factor in making a decision about inclement weather clos-ings, but he said the University also had an obli-gation to the state to offer classes whenever possible.

“You just have to make the best decision you can

and move forward,” he said.

University Police Lt. Eric Dellinger asked the University community not to call emergency numbers in order to get information about winter weather clos-ings.

“It really ties up our emergency capabilities when we get tons and tons of calls about weather,” he said.

If the University does cancel classes, students will be notified through an all-campus e-mail. The decision will also be posted on the University’s Web site.

Ron Hamlin, manager of Campus Transit, said buses do not operate if the University decides to close its doors.

However, if students and faculty do have to bear the chilly weather and travel to classes in the cold, the buses will be there for them.

Perry said she might

make use of the bus ser-vice if temperatures are too cold to walk to class.

“If it’s that cold, I might be taking a bus,” she said. “Even if it’s just from Tate up to Soule because it’s going to be so cold.”

But the buses might operate a little behind schedule if roads are diffi-cult.

“We always want to pro-vide the safest service pos-sible — even if that means slowing things down,” Hamlin said.

He said the bridge on Sanford Drive is the most critical point for buses traveling in icy conditions, but he added that buses were typically easier to handle than cars in winter weather.

For students who decide to walk to class in the cold, Rachun recommends lay-ers and sturdy shoes.

“Think of your hands and face,” she said. “If you’ve got a scarf and gloves, wear those.”

She also urged students who were already feeling sick to stay home and rest instead of trekking through the icy weather.

“If you’re already sick, [the cold weather] is going to potentially make your condition worse,” she said, adding that the cold air can affect lungs and breathing, exacerbating the symptoms of an already existing virus or bacterial infection.

Jackson said students must ultimately decide for themselves whether or not they will go to class in the cold weather.

“Everyone has to make their own decisions about where to walk and where to drive,” he said. “And we can’t do that for them.”

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COLD: Snowfall won’t always mean closings for University

To find out about winter weather closings, check the University’s home page after 6:30 a.m. Local media will also be notified. Students should not call emergency lines for closing information.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

FILE | The Red & Black

Two University students play in the snow last March. In the event of another snowstorm, the University community will be notified via e-mail.

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Two students die over break

By DALLAS DUNCANTHE RED & BLACK

Lock-ins are usually associated with student group activities, but as one University freshman found out, unauthorized lock-ins can lead to being locked into a pair of handcuffs.

University Police were called to an argument in Russell Hall early Wednesday morning, and discov-ered a female student had locked a male visitor in her dorm room.

“The young man was locked in the room by the young lady,” Police Lt. Eric Dellinger said Wednesday.

Dellinger said Lacey Erin Peek, a freshman from Powder Springs, was standing in front of her door when officers arrived.

He said both Peek and Kyle Brian Monson, the Valdosta State University student locked in the room, were under the influence of alcohol.

Monson was charged with underage possession and obstruc-tion. Dellinger said the obstruc-tion charge resulted from Monson running from officers after he was

let out of the room.Peek was also charged with

underage possession. In addition, she was charged with false impris-onment under family violence law.

Dellinger said the incident fell under family violence law because officers were able to establish cohabitation between Peek and Monson. He said police take a “pretty liberal view” of the word cohabitation — Peek and Monson had not necessarily been living together, but had been sleeping at each other’s residences.

He said, in this case, establish-ing cohabitation was a prerequi-site to a domestic violence charge.

Peek declined to comment about the incident, and Monson was unable to be reached for comment.

“It was just an argument that got out of hand,” Dellinger said.

Street racer stopped short

The University Police said she was fast — and now Kacey Leanna Jones is furious.

Jones, a sophomore from

Statesboro, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of racing on highways and streets.

According to the University police report, Jones and Joshua Matthew Welch, an Athens resi-dent, stopped in their respective vehicles for a red light at the intersection of Thomas Street and Washington Street.

“Immediately upon the light turning green both vehicles quickly accelerated,” the report states. “As the vehicles were accelerating the tires on one or both of the vehicles chirped as they lost and regained traction.”

The report goes on to say Jones and Welch reached abnor-mally high rates of speed before having to slow down for traffic at the intersection of Thomas Street and Broad Street, though the actual speed of the vehicles is not stated.

Jones was pulled over on Lumpkin Street.

“[The officer] said he saw us racing,” Jones said Wednesday. She said Welch pulled up right beside her, and she could tell he

wanted to race.“I started to but decided not

to,” she said. “I stopped as soon as I started.”

Jones said she never went above 40 miles-per-hour in the 35 miles-per-hour zone.

Welch was arrested for racing on highways and streets and vio-lation of a limited permit.

He could not be reached for comment, but his arrest cost him his job with the Domino’s Pizza location on Baxter Street.

“As far as I know he no longer has a job here, because our gen-eral manager put on the schedule we need someone to cover his shift,” Kevin Adkins, assistant manager at the Baxter Street location, said Wednesday. “He was stupid.”

Jones, who said she’s never been ticketed in her life, said she plans to contest the charges because she believes the arrest-ing officer has no case.

Student jails her male visitor in dorms

McVay (left) and Warren were both described by peers as selfless and friendly.

Remembered for kindness

ON THE WEB Police documents

By MIMI ENSLEYTHE RED & BLACK

The University’s senior class lost two of its mem-bers over the holiday break — students who will cer-tainly be missed, according to their friends.

William McVay, a senior from Midland, was found dead in his fiancee’s apart-ment on Dec. 11. Michael Warren, a senior from St. Simons, died in a car acci-dent on New Year’s Eve.

Both students were active in the University community — McVay as a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Warren as a leader in the Wesley Foundation.

“He was definitely a man who put his friendship and family over everything else,” William Creekmore, president of the University chapter of Delta Tau Delta, said of McVay. “He was def-initely a selfless individu-al.”

Similar sentiments were expressed about Warren.

“I knew him from class, and he befriended me immediately,” said Sophie Howell, a senior from Atlanta. “I wasn’t surprised when I saw him at church and he always had friends.”

Those who knew McVay said friends and family always came first for the 21-year-old business major.

“He was just everything you could want in a friend,” said Kassandra Boyer, a University student who met McVay in their fresh-man year. “He always had a smile on his face, he could always make you laugh, and just wanted the best for everyone.”

Boyer said she had fall-en out of touch with McVay, but the two reconnected at last season’s first football games.

“He started compli-menting me and saying how much he missed me and how we should hang out,” she said. “He was really genuine and he really cared.”

Creekmore described McVay as an invaluable member of their fraterni-ty.

“He was an excellent brother,” he said. “Will was an important part of our brotherhood and will be missed by each of us.”

Coroner Sonny Wilson told the Red & Black the cause of McVay’s death was unknown.

Warren, who graduated from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, died as he was traveling back to Athens.

He is the fourth student in four years from the Glynn Academy to die while attending the University.

The Florida Times-Union reported that Warren was heading north on GA-15 when his vehicle crashed with another near Greensboro, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Jay Butler, a senior from Johns Creek, who knew Warren through the Wesley Foundation, said Warren had considered becoming a missionary after his gradu-ation in May.

“Everyone knew him and loved him,” Butler said. “I was shocked. I never had one of my close friends die before and was shocked and in disbelief.”

Butler also mentioned the numerous positive comments friends left on Warren’s Facebook page.

“You could tell how many people were shocked with [his death] with how quickly it spread by seeing his Facebook profile and seeing the wonderful things said,” he said. “I haven’t seen one bad thing because there isn’t one.”

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Opinions page welcomes your column

We know what you did last night.You weren’t planning your back-to-school

outfit or sharpening your pencils.You weren’t previewing the material in your new textbooks.

You were glued to your 5 o’clock news chan-nel, iPhone weather apps, or uga.edu hoping to read three magical words: classes are cancelled.

Alas, you made the frigid trek to campus this morning and we huddled around space heaters as we put today’s first spring issue to bed last night.

Less than one year ago, we did this very same song and dance to the tune of rumored snowfall and class cancellations. Sunday, March 1, 2009 brought six inches of snow to Athens and many students felt that one day of cancelled classes was not enough.

The Red & Black was still without power Monday evening, but because there was no announcement for the cancellation of Tuesday classes, we went to the printer regardless.

Using our publisher’s RV power generator, we turned a cold basement workstation of about five computers and seven staff members into a full-functioning newsroom.

If students had to go to class Tuesday, we wanted to be there too.

Sure enough, our inboxes were flooded with letters hashing out the horror stories of get-ting dressed for class without power, falling ice sheets overhead and slipping on snow-covered sidewalks.

We can only hope the most recent shades of pink on the weather radar maps will encourage them to be more prepared this time around.

Either way, we’re here to keep you informed and to be a place where your voice is heard.

Each semester, The Red & Black transfers its management and leaders into new hands.

We have made several changes internally to encourage a smoother operation, but only one major change that will affect our readers.

We will no longer publish our weekly arts and entertainment section, Out & About. In its place we have developed “The Week.”

This is meant to be a service to our readers — each week we will give you the happenings and goings on in and around Athens — and we’ll tell you which ones we think are most wor-thy of your time.

Because this newspaper is just as much yours as ours, we are always interested in any ideas our readers have to improve The Red & Black.

E-mail us, Facebook stalk us, tweet us, or, better yet — join us! We’d love to hear from you at opinions@randb.com.

Happy New Year and here’s to a productive spring semester.

– Chelsea Cook for the editorial board.

Majority opinions of The Red & Black’s editorial board

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don’t exercise what may be their most important right — their freedom of expression.

So, this is a challenge to you to exercise that right by writing an opinions column for The Red & Black.

I’m excited to read what you — the students, faculty and staff — at this great University have to write for this page.

This is your space to express your opinion on almost every topic.

My job as the new opinions editor is to help facilitate that expression into an engaging page everyday.

Easier said then done. So, I need your help. Do

you have something to say on University issues, politics, rela-tionships, college life, foreign pol-icy, traveling, health and fitness, career planning or anything else imaginable?

If your answer is yes, then you have the opportunity to discuss those topics with the 40,000 peo-ple that make up the University of Georgia community and the thou-sands more around the world that visit our website.

I have spoken with many peo-ple who are interested in writing columns for the Red & Black but don’t know where to start.

Here are some pointers that will make the process much easier for potential contributors.

— Write what you know.Are you a student soon to grad-

uate in one of the worst economic situations in our history? Write a column about your struggles to find a job.

Are you passionate about the arts and disappointed about your fellow students’ lack of interest? Write a column.

Are you a professor who is an expert on topics that leave the general public confused such as health care or homeland security?

This page is available to you to walk readers through these top-ics.

Are you an administrator or dean who would like to explain or express an opinion on a University decision that has students in an uproar? This page is for you, too.

— Localize the issue. If you are a student, don’t write

a column on President Barack Obama’s decision to deploy an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Leave that to the experts.

Those columns usually sound like the reader summarized CNN’s report on the issue.

A column discussing how this deployment order affects your military family would be much more powerful. These type of col-

umns put a human face on the issue.

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You may have an amazing topic but no one will read it if it is boring, badly written or confusing.

A catchy lead sentence or story helps draw readers but remember to not lose them in the rest of your column.

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Wikipedia does not count unless you are writing a column about the site.

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If you are writing more than that, it probably means you do not have a focused idea.

Columns should include your full name, hometown and phone number.

Students should also include their major and faculty, staff and other contributors should include their professional title.

You can send columns to opin-ions@randb.com.

My door, or at least my cubicle, is always open for discussing pos-sible column ideas or answering any of your questions.

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Conflict over land opens eyes to opportunities in AmericaEditor’s Note:

Daniel Burnett, the manag-ing editor of The Red & Black, joined 17 other college media students on a week-long trip to Israel.

The trip was paid for by Project Interchange, a non-po-litical institute of the American Jewish Committee. The organi-zation brings various segments of American society to Israel to increase their knowledge about the country.

JERUSALEM — Imagine driving through a sunny town just miles away from

the Mediterranean. Two young children — both

in car seats — merrily gaze out the window.

A siren begins wailing. You’ve been here before. And you know you have 15 seconds before a rocket will descend somewhere on your town.

You slam on the breaks. 14 seconds... 13 … 12 ...

The car stops and you fumble for your seat belt. 11... 10 ... 9...

You get out of the car and open your child’s door. 8 … 7 ...

Hands shaking, heart beating, you ask yourself one question: Which of my children do I save?

This is the hell the residents of Sderot face — a situation that has caused many parents to only bring one child with them when they drive anywhere. And, for a time, a situation that led many parents to forbid their children from playing outside.

After a few days in the care-free city of Tel Aviv — where rocket attacks are largely out of range, out of mind — we spoke with those who see the conflict firsthand.

For the residents of Sderot, located less than a mile from the Gaza Strip, the physical and emotional scars of the conflict can still be seen.

One playground we saw had two giant concrete tubes paint-ed as caterpillars. They weren’t for the children to play in, they were shelters from rockets. Not even on the playgrounds could children escape the misfortune of their town’s proximity to Gaza.

Last year, there were three to four rocket attacks daily, or roughly one every 6 to 8 hours.

They have dwindled to less than one a week, but when your 10-year-old child is too fright-ened to sleep alone every night — as is the case of one resident, Chen Abrahams — even a single rocket every 10 days is one too many.

Here, babies instinctively throw up their arms when they hear the sirens because they know someone will pick them up and carry them away.

Concrete shelters are still

being constructed. This land and its people have been changed by the rockets.

Geography and politics shoved this town to the heart of the conflict — and most are too poor or too patriotic to move.And on the Palestinian side, life for civilians isn’t much better.

In fact, with 80 percent of residents living below the pov-erty line, it is probably worse. But that life is shrouded behind a regime not welcoming to the outside world.

They, too, have children on playgrounds. Perhaps they are similar to the Israeli children just a mile away. And perhaps, if their lives weren’t so marred by never-ending violence, they could be friends with the chil-dren in the concrete caterpillars.

But for us, the 18 college media students standing on a overlook, we could only see what comes out of Gaza — homemade rockets that rain down on Israeli towns.

We do know some things. We know Palestinians feel

their homeland was stolen from them after the United Nations divided the land into two states — one Jewish, one Palestinian. We know the Arab League did not accept the UN decision. We know there has been tension ever since.

And we know one thing more: beyond the fences and the rockets and the rhetoric, under Hamas’ militant regime are people. People like us. People

like the residents of the town of Sderot.

They are people, however, that are often living in terrible conditions.

Most of Gaza’s residents live in crowded refugee camps with some of the highest population densities on the planet.

Throw in an unstable militant government that would rather Palestinians launch rockets into Israel than provide basic neces-sities for its people — and you are left with 1.5 million starving, uneducated refugees.

The gross domestic product in Gaza is less than one fifth of Israel’s. The per capita income is about one tenth.

Suddenly, it’s easier to see why the Palestinian people are unhappy. Desperate people are more likely to support militant regimes — which they did in 2006 with the election of Hamas.

As Americans, we all have our own beliefs on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both sides have acted violently at times, and neither side is blameless.

But before labeling yourself as pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian, take a walk in the other side’s shoes. Immerse yourself in the situation, and you may find that in the end, everyone wants the same thing: peace.

To quote a terribly overused saying, the situation is not black and white.

The Israelis are not correct. The Palestinians are not correct.

And because violence still

occurs, everyone suffers.Who exactly are the Israelis?

Who are the Palestinians? And why are they constantly fight-ing over this tiny, dry land that is smaller than the state of New Jersey?

It takes some serious dialogue to even begin scratching the sur-face of this complex issue.

Before this trip, I had only experienced the good life in America. My travels abroad were limited to sunny Carribbean Islands — not exactly places known for suicide bombers and millenia-old religious struggles.

But at some point, people have a personal responsibility to abandon comfort zones and become exposed to the troubles of our world. Especially aspiring journalists.

Thousands of miles away in the United States, most of us don’t live with a constant fear of attack. Our neighbors don’t launch rockets at us. Our play-grounds don’t feature concrete caterpillars. Our babies aren’t used to being shuffled into a shelter at the sound of a siren.

And that’s something to be thankful for.

Just a few hours after our group turned our backs on the dim lights in the distance — all we were able to see of Gaza — and loaded a bus for Jerusalem, another rocket was shot across the border into the nearby town of Netivot.

And Israeli border babies lifted their arms.

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My Jewish family does two things on Christmas: Chinese food and movies. Since Santa doesn’t stop by our chimney, our Christmas afternoon was spent eating Chinese and heading for the theater. The winding ticket lines and sold-out postings we were met with were clearly indicative of the over-whelming flock of Christmas moviegoers.

In fact, according to Box Office Mojo, Christmas weekend 2009 was the highest-grossing weekend in box office his-tory, bringing in an astounding $270 million!

These top five box office earners have been out for a few weeks now, and having seen them, I’m sorry to say that not all are actually worthy of their net worths.

“Avatar”

Christmas weekend gross: $75,617,183

I’ll admit it; “Avatar” is really, really cool! James Cameron has earned his box-office black belt with this visually delicious sci-fi flick.

In only its second week, Cameron’s “Avatar” had already earned more than a third of Titanic’s entire domestic gross ($600 mil-lion), putting it on track to blow Titanic’s record out of the water, pun intended.

“Avatar” proved that big bucks don’t necessari-ly mean big names. There was no definitive Leo DiCaprio to bring in the crowds, just word of mouth and an exhilarating two and half hours worthy of your ten bucks.

“Sherlock Holmes”

Christmas weekend gross: $62,390,000

What is it with Robert Downey Jr.? I remember him not too long ago as being blacklisted — and, oh yeah, in prison — for unruly drug problems.

But with four major movies in the past two years, Robert Downey Jr. has more than made up for lost time. Downey por-trays Holmes as equally brawny and brainy with a spot-on accent, and his co-stars, Jude Law and Rachel McAdams, were dynamic, charming and equally adorable.

Guy Ritchie’s not-so-obvious preparation for the sequel meant a lot more exposition than I would otherwise prefer, leaving an underdeveloped plot. Regardless, the Brits made bank.

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The

Squeakquel”

Christmas weekend gross: $48,875,415

Kid-friendly flicks will always draw in more crowds than the newest obscure Coen brothers film (“A Serious Man”).

While you can rave about the Coen brothers’ cinematography tech-niques, don’t even attempt to analyze the chipmunks and don’t worry about being disap-pointed.

Go in with no expecta-tions and just laugh at their voices. They are chipmunks and they are cute: end game. However, if you must pick an ani-

mated film this season, I would definitely recom-mend the delightful “The Princess and the Frog” or Wes Anderson’s witty “Fantastic Mr. Fox” instead.

“It’s Complicated”

Christmas weekend gross: $22,100,820

While your eight-year-old cousin was squeaking along with Alvin in theater 7, your parents and grand-parents were most likely chuckling along with Meryl, Alec and Steve in “It’s Complicated,” or at least wishing they were.

From the director of “Something’s Gotta Give,” this romantic comedy for the 50- and 60-something crowd earned big bucks.

There is no denying the comedic chemistry between Streep and Baldwin. With one-liners about Viagra and Botox, what can go wrong?

“The Blind Side”

Christmas weekend gross: $11,470,000

The Golden Globe nomination for Sandra Bullock hasn’t been the only surprise to accompa-

ny this film’s success. I, for one, had low expectations for its blockbuster poten-tial. But, for seven weeks strong, this big-hearted football flick with a twang has steadfastly stayed at the top as a box-office earner. It deserves it. Sandra Bullock is phe-nomenal as Leigh Anne Tuohy, the angelic upper class Southern housewife. The true story of Michael Ohr and his athletic tri-umph warmed my heart like a big cup of hot cocoa and Christmas weekend proved to be no different.

— Melissa Cohen is a contributor for

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By DALLAS DUNCANTHE RED AND BLACK

Research involving toxin-absorbing plants is LEED-ing the way for a new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design credit.

“We want to give formal LEED cred-its for indoor air quality by removing [volatile organic compounds] using plants,” said Svoboda Pennisi, an asso-ciate professor in the horticulture department.

She said the process for a building to obtain LEED certification was similar to a college major. An architect chooses which type of LEED certification he or she wants, and then has several credits to choose from in order to obtain that certification, she said.

“As I understand it, there is no formal LEED credit given to [indoor plants] other than something called ‘greenwalls,’ and that’s more aesthetic and not relat-ed to indoor air quality,” Pennisi said.

She said the LEED credit would be individualized for each building that wants to obtain it. All plants under this LEED credit would be phytoremedia-tors, or plants that improve indoor air quality by reducing volatile organic com-pounds.

Pennisi has been working alongside Stanley Kays, a part-time professor in the horticulture department, and researchers at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea, to study the effects phytoremedia-tors have on indoor air quality.

Kays said he became interested in the project, originally started by Korean researchers, when air quality of two Athens homes was measured and dis-covered to be dangerous.

“Coupled with the World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of deaths caused by indoor air each year and the fact that plants have the poten-tial to eliminate the problem, we real-ized that this was a research area that has tremendous health implications,” he told The Red & Black.

Pennisi said the importance of their research was multi-faceted.

“There’s a health benefit to the humans that are living or spending part of their lives in a building,” she said. “It will help agricultural producers and the economy by increasing the demand for these agricultural products.”

Kays said to determine the efficiency of reduction, a plant is enclosed in a sealed glass container, into which a known amount of five different VOCs are injected. The researchers can measure the decline of the VOCs in the container.

Pennisi said the cause of the variation in reduction has yet to be determined.

“Our theory is that it’s related to the individual metabolism of the plant,” she said.

Megan Lee, an assistant professor in the textiles, merchandising and interiors department, called the research “really innovative and extremely important.”

She said for phytoremediators, such as ivy, to be used in homes — whether LEED-certified or not — homeowners must understand the plants must still be cared for, otherwise they could work against their purpose.

“You can’t just look at it aesthetical-ly,” Lee said. “You have to understand how to care for them.”

She said bugs and mold are potential problems for plant owners, both of which can lead to poorer air quality.

“Also, you don’t need tons of indoor plants to improve air quality,” Lee said. More clutter and less ventilation could lead to mold, she said.

Bobby Woodward, interim associate dean of students, told The Red & Black that Tate II is both LEED certified and contains indoor plants.

“While it is an honor to have a LEED-certified building, we remain committed to the idea of being sustainable and environmentally friendly,” he said. “We would entertain the idea of plants that would improve the indoor air quality of the Tate Student Center and the Tate Student Center Expansion.”

Professors seek to give LEED credits to plants

Cashing in on Christmas

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We lost a lot of the fun in the fraternity when he graduated. It’s sad to think he won’t be coming back.”

Kobleur said Woods was hard to dislike.

“He always had a smile whenever he rolled into the room. He was always cracking jokes,” he said. “He was always there whenever you needed to talk to anybody. He was always there to see you through it. Overall he was more of an inspiration than anything else.”

Kobleur said Woods almost never let his dis-ability stand in the way.

“Jordan did ordinary

things from extraordinary circumstances,” he said. “He couldn’t walk; he couldn’t run; he couldn’t do all the things that we can do, but he never let you know it.”

Carter Bates, former president of Phi Kappa Theta, said he had known Woods for three years.

“What’s amazing about him was he was so involved, he was so outgo-ing,” Bates said. Bates said Woods’ positive out-look was an inspiration.

“He did so much and he was so active,” Bates said.

“The strength and the endurance and the perse-verance that he had — it was amazing.”

WOODS: Student was an ‘inspiration’ to friends

Movies worth the millions?

8 | Thursday, January 7, 2010 | The Red & Black VARIETY

It has been said a million times that “First impressions are everything.” But how often do you really take that

into account by the way you dress? Can someone really presume to know who you are based on what you look like?

Um, yes. At least at first.This new year, consider that, with the

times being what they are, everyone from employers to potential partners are look-ing for that special first encounter to determine whether or not to proceed fur-ther with you — whether or not you are worth their time.

Think about it. If two similarly-quali-fied individuals show up for a job inter-view, one wearing their ill-fitting, post- “freshman fifteen,” high school hand-me-down, and the other wearing a nicely cut and tailored three-piece, who has the upper hand? The answer is obvious.

Guys, if you walk into a date rocking the same pastel collared shirt that every guy she has been out with for the past two years sported, does that scream “I’m unique and worth your time?” I don’t think so.

And ladies, though you tend to be bet-ter at this than us, let’s just say those loose-fitting maternity shirts some of you wear so you can drink more on Fridays downtown aren’t doing you any favors.

We really are a society of first impres-sions. Rarely do we get a second chance to remedy our initial faux pas.

But hey, it’s the new year — the time we all make good-intentioned, ill-accom-

plished resolutions. Perhaps this year a resolution you actually keep should be to present yourself better.

Now, not every interviewer or every date is going to cut and run if you stutter once or leave your zipper down or don’t look like David Beckham or Megan Fox. But still, take some time to put yourself together well.

Instead of thinking, “What is everyone else wearing right now?” or even “Where are my sweatpants and Uggs?”, try ask-ing yourself, “What is style-appropriate yet makes me look like an individual, not a llama?”

Dress in the manner in which you wish to be perceived.

Guys, believe me, if you do this, the ladies will notice, and they will be pleas-antly surprised. It may just be the differ-ence between a “Check please!” and a “Let’s do this again sometime.”

Ladies, if you want to be taken seri-ously and to be respected by quality guys, dress like it. Plus, maybe then you won’t have to give the one-digit-off phone number trick to that over-eager down-town Don Juan.

— Michael Whitworth is a variety contributor for The Red & Black.

For 2010, pledge to make positive first impressions

Local guitarist dies on Christmas Day

By JOHN BARRETTTHE RED & BLACK

On Dec. 25, 2009, one of the Athens music scene’s brightest lights burned out.

Vic Chesnutt, a local mainstay since the mid-’80s, slipped suddenly into a coma earlier in the week after overdosing on mus-cle relaxants.

The news was con-firmed on Christmas Eve, and the following day a family spokesperson announced Chesnutt’s death.

Born in Jacksonville, Fla., and raised by a foster

family in Zebulon, Ga., Chesnutt began playing guitar and writing songs from a young age.

In 1983, at age 18, he sustained serious injuries from a car accident that left him mostly paralyzed and in a wheelchair.

This accident, though tragic, helped Chesnutt find his muse, and he soon set about penning dark, Southern Gothic-style folk songs that grappled with such serious subjects as mortality, memories and loss.

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe was an early supporter of Chesnutt —

so much, in fact, that he offered to produce Chesnutt’s first two albums (1990’s “Little” and 1991’s “West of Rome”).

The unique qualities that made Chesnutt’s lyr-ics stand out in the music world and garnered him so much acclaim were his brutally honest, fragile tone and his ability to convey humor through decidedly morose, painful subjects.

Because of his inimita-ble style and undeniable talent, he has left a hole in the Athens community that won’t be easily filled.

Local musician Vic Chesnutt died on Dec. 25, 2009.

MICHAEL WHITWORTH

By KATIE ANDREWSTHE RED & BLACK

If honesty is the best policy, photographer and videographer Amy Jenkins is performing a hostile takeover of the administra-tion of conservative art criticism.

Yet, surprisingly, the controversial New Hampshire-based artist actually has no sociopoliti-cal agenda to speak of.

The mother of two will be visiting ATHICA on Saturday to attend the opening reception of her exhibit, “Nurture” — a col-lection of photographs and videos that narrate the inherent complexity and visceral necessity of famil-ial relationships.

“I don’t censor myself,” Jenkins said. “I work from a more aesthetic place. My art is not a political state-ment.”

The images and videos featured in “Nurture” are taken from an assemblage of works that she loosely refers to as her “Cradle” series. The collection car-ries strong themes of par-enting, childhood and one of the most intimate maternal experiences — breastfeeding.

Unfortunately, where Jenkins sees beauty, others sometimes see indecency.

That was the case in 2004 when Jenkins was hired to display “The Audrey Samsara,” an artis-tic film almost twenty min-utes long of Jenkins’ two-year-old daughter breast-feeding, in the New York gallery of prominent shoe design company Salvatore Ferragamo.

“The piece was original-ly intended to be part of a group exhibition and it was censored from the show about an hour before the opening by one of the [Ferragamo] executives.”

Jenkins went on to say that it was never revealed to her who insisted that her film be turned off or what exactly they found so distasteful about it, but she has her theories.

“Ferragamo is a very high-end fashion retailer, and perhaps to see the breast being used for something utilitarian rath-er than as a fashion state-ment was actually too con-troversial — which is iron-ic,” Jenkins said. “The use of the breast by the fash-ion industry is very differ-ent from the use of the breast for breastfeeding.”

After having her film removed from the gallery and not being compensat-ed for her work, Jenkins was stunned that some-thing she simply consid-ered her motherly duty could be met with such hostility.

“It’s hard for me to esti-mate what somebody would find offensive in the image of a child breast-feeding,” she said.

Local writer Mary Jessica Hammes, also a pro-breastfeeding mom, wrote the catalog essay for “Nurture.”

“One of my freelance jobs has been to write a lot about breastfeeding research work, so I’ve learned a lot about the sci-ence of it. We still don’t know what is actually in breast milk,” Hammes said, emphasizing how this mystery makes manufac-turing a comparable for-mula next to impossible. “But we do know that it is the very healthiest thing you can do for your baby.”

One issue Hammes dis-cusses in her essay is the atmosphere of disapproval many mothers face when they chose to breastfeed their babies in public.

“All that is happening is a child is eating,” she said.

One particular inspiring issue she mentioned is the recent banning of breast-feeding photographs on the social networking Web site Facebook.

“I think that’s so silly, but it’s totally indicative of what our culture is like,” Hammes said. “Basically, by putting breastfeeding images in a category of offensive material, [Facebook administrators] are saying that the act of feeding your child is inde-cent. It mirrors the atti-tude that society has when it comes to breastfeeding.”

Essayist Hammes — along with ATHICA found-er, “Nurture” curator, and breastfeeding mom Lizzie Zucker Saltz — will be teaming up to present a free Walk & Talk discus-sion of Jenkins’s work, as well as issues surrounding breastfeeding and parent-hood in general, on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

In addition to “The Audrey Samsara,” ATHICA is proud to be the venue of several Jenkins debuts.

Some of her other works include “Audrey Superhero” – a photograph of the same toddler years laster donning a boy’s Superman costume; “Tug,” a metaphorical photo-graph featuring Jenkins and her husband, nude, engaged in a game a tug-of-war; and “Held,” a brief video of Jenkins acting out the nap time rituals she observes in her young chil-dren.

“‘Held’ is a humorous look at being a mother because there’s a very large painting of a baby – about 8 feet high – and a woman crawls onto the baby’s lap and falls asleep,” Jenkins said.

Although the woman in these works is almost always Jenkins herself, she emphasizes that the work is not autobiographical in nature and that she creat-

ed these works with a more universal theme in mind.

According to Jenkins, while she is always present in her works, it can relate to any woman, not just her.

Therefore, she refers to the character she plays in any one work in the third-person. She is simply “the woman.”

“Before that happens, [the woman] runs across

the baby once or twice and throws a little fit, as chil-dren often do right before they fall asleep — an emo-tional outburst of exhaus-tion.”

Jenkins describes “Held” as a slight twist on “The Audrey Samsara.”

“The mother is being put in the position of the baby looking for security,” she said. “As an adult, you really can’t just lie down in someone’s lap and give yourself over to sleep, but children do it all the time.”

Jenkins describes the exhibit overall with warm, comforting words such as family, memory, intimacy and relationships.

“There are many art-works within the exhibit which aren’t directly relat-ed to motherhood, but are about the desire to return to childhood,” she said. “We’ve all been children, so there’s many themes in the show that people will rec-ognize whether they’re parents or not.”

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ATHICA hosts art show on parenthood

When: Saturday, January 9, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.Where: ATHICAPrice: Suggested donation, $3-$5Note: Opening reception is free, refreshments provided by White Tiger GourmetExhibit will be on display from January 9 – February 28

NURTURE: VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY AMY JENKINS OPENING RECEPTION

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In “Held,” a video by Amy Jenkins, the artist emulates a child napping with its parent, reversing the traditional roles of nap time.

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Senior Gym Dogs Grace

Taylor and Marcia Newby have grown accustomed to receiving jewel-encrusted rings on the same day.

From their lone Southeastern Conference title (2008) and three con-secutive NCAA champion-ships (2007-2009), they

were rapidly running out of finger-space for any addi-tional bling-bling.

But it was on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009, that each gymnast received a new diamond ring that has absolutely nothing to do with gymnastics, but a ring that means the most of all.

It was the day their boy-friends — both former foot-ball players — got down on one knee and asked for

their hands in marriage. Both said “yes.”“It was a really exciting

day and it was so fun,” Taylor said. “Our fiances are really good friends too, so it was special. And it’s one of the days that you remember forever.”

While some women would have preferred to have had their engagement day to themselves, Taylor and Newby are just fine

sharing their moment.“It elevated our emo-

tions even more,” Newby said. “Because we have been teammates for four years and have known each other even before we went to Georgia, so to know that we have kept our bond and our bond has grown stron-ger in college is awesome. And to know that we have one more thing for after college and after gymnas-tics just shows the cohe-siveness of this team and that we all share something special.”

Added Taylor: “It was really special because we are just great friends and we are going to be in each other’s weddings and it’s a cool kind of friendship that few people get to experi-ence.

“But how many things can you share with one per-son? It ridiculous. We share gymnastics and a lot of the same school aspirations and now this,” she said. “She’s just one of the friends that you remember forever.”

Taylor and her fiance, Andrew Johnson, have already set a wedding date — July 24 — while Newby and her fiance, Demiko Goodman, have not yet set the date for their big day.

“This year,” Taylor said. “I’m so excited.”

By receiving an engage-ment ring prior to the start of their senior season — their last hurrah as Gym Dogs — it would only be fit-ting to end the year in simi-lar fashion, by earning another championship ring.

“It’s our senior year so its going to be a little more important and a little more memorable and we want to start off with a bang, and finish with a bang, too,” she said. “We want to win a championship, not because of what we did last year or to not be the class that didn’t win. We just want to be the championship team. We want to say, Georgia, in 2010, will be national cham-pions. It doesn’t matter

about the past or future. We want to keep our tradi-tion of winning.”

Despite the graduation of a star-studded 2009 senior class of Courtney Kupets — arguably the greatest collegiate gymnast of all time — Tiffany Tolnay, Abby Stack and Paige Burns, and despite lacking a bona-fide all-arounder, the top-ranked Gym Dogs plan to continue their his-toric NCAA title run of five-straight titles.

“I feel like so many peo-ple are on two and three events this year that the dynamic of all-arounders was bigger when we had

huge all-arounders [like Kupets and Tolnay],” senior Courtney McCool said. “I feel like the empha-sis is going to be more on individuals picking up their individual scores and mak-ing this team and all-around score kind of team.

“I feel like our senior class has always been a tag-team,” McCool said. “We tag-team it every meet, and I feel like this team is a tag-team team because we have each other’s back on everything and … I just don’t think this team is going to have a big all-arounder and that’s not a bad thing.”

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Seniors share ‘special’ engagement day

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Senior Gym Dogs Grace Taylor and Marcia Newby will start their ‘memorable’ last season in red and black Saturday against Stanford.

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By BEN BUSSARDTHE RED & BLACK

As students and faculty alike return to work this week amid frigid temperatures, the Georgia women’s basketball team is look-ing to remain red hot.

The Kentucky Wildcats (12-1) visit Stegeman Coliseum tonight, and will be looking to halt Georgia’s 14-game winning streak.

Over the semester break, the No. 8 Lady Dogs (14-0) remained undefeated and equaled their best start in program history after home victories against No. 19 Virginia and Detroit along with road wins against Clemson, Savannah State and Alabama.

The 5-0 performance over the holidays served as a major confi-dence boost for a team still look-ing for more consistency despite its unblemished record.

“It’s different because you’re not in a routine, and by routine I’m talking about classes and study hall and games,” point guard Ashley Houts said. “You have a lot of spare time to do things that you wouldn’t normal-ly do, so it’s important that we did well, and it showed us that we can stay focused when we need to be.”

A focus that was never more evident than Sunday’s game in Tuscaloosa, Ala., when Georgia faced a 10-point halftime deficit at the hands of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Lady Dogs managed to outscore the Crimson Tide 32-14 in the second half en route to claiming their 14th consecutive victory and proving once again that they have what it takes to win under any circumstances.

“The difficulty of our schedule has been good for us. It’s put us in all those situations and I’ve

never seen doubt on our face,” head coach Andy Landers said. “We played perhaps the worst half that we played all year over at Alabama in the first, but I didn’t see doubt. I think we were able to clear that up at halftime and go back out and address what we needed to address.”

With the victory over Alabama, the Lady Dogs equaled their best start since the 1998-99 season at 14-0.

That is the same season the Lady Dogs made their last Final Four appearance before falling to

Duke, and finishing with a 27-6 overall record.

Even with this season’s improbable start and the com-parisons to one of Georgia’s best teams, Landers and Houts won’t jump the gun and book flights to San Antonio for the 2010 Women‘s NCAA Final Four just yet. Houts and her teammates must perse-vere through regular season con-ference play, as well as the SEC Tournament.

“I don’t think we’re really focused that much on the streak right now compared to what we

need to do everyday to get better and to win,” Houts said. “It feels good to have done something [but] we don’t really get any-thing for a clean non-conference schedule so we’re really focused on what we can do for the SEC.”

With Houts at the forefront of a squad chock-full of youth and skill, Landers strives to have the team fulfill the potential it pos-sesses, and not focus intently on keeping a zero in the loss column throughout the season.

“We did not have a goal of being 14-0 or 15-0. We had an

objective of playing as hard and with as much passion as we can possibly play with. That has been missing here and I think we’re accomplishing that,” Landers said. “It only stands to reason that if you have a reasonable amount of talent and play really, really hard that good things are going to happen and that’s why we’re where we’re at.”

As the Lady Dogs prepare for conference play to get cranked up and, more specifically, on a Kentucky team that has lost just once this season, players and coaches are fully aware of the increased difficulty and level of play that exists in the SEC.

“Any night somebody can beat you. The SEC is a very tough conference and you can’t take anybody or anything for granted, so us bringing our ‘A game’ day in and day out is very important,” Houts said.

While Landers may be pleased with his team’s performance so far, he understands that the start of SEC contests pose numerous challenges that Georgia has yet to face so far this season.

“The teams in this league are traditionally more athletic than teams in other conferences. The teams in this league are stronger, the teams in this league are deeper, they just keep coming at you and they’re all very well-coached,” Landers said. “When you walk on the floor you have to know that and you really have to execute perfectly to score and if you don’t execute perfectly, then you have to have individuals make plays.”

Lady Dogs try for best start in program history

WES BLANKENSHIP | The Red & Black

With a win over Kentucky tonight, the Lady Dogs will eclipse the 1998-99 Georgia squad’s 14-0 start and improve to 15-0 on the season behind senior Ashley Houts.

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between redshirt freshmen Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger. After turn-overs plagued the season, Richt said the biggest key for the eventual starter is “respecting the ball.” It’s still unclear as to whether Logan Gray will play a factor in that battle. It has often been rumored that he has pondered a potential switch to wide receiver — a possible sign that the Georgia coaching staff is quite pleased with the development of their two freshmen quarterback prospects.

“They’re both really smart kids, and I look at them and I know that both of them are past where I

was my true freshman year in understanding what’s going on,” Cox said. “Once both of them get a chance to compete with the first team and understand that it’s open — that this is their chance to play — that always changes your men-tality of how you practice and your confidence level. The spring will do a lot for them, too.”

However, the future isn’t so certain for the Bulldogs on the defensive side of the ball. Players will be forced to learn a new defensive coordinator’s scheme, and will be looking to replace at least six defensive starters.

Defensive tackle will be hit hardest by player depar-tures, as Georgia’s top three players in the rota-

tion — Geno Atkins, Kade Weston, and Jeff Owens — have graduated and turned their focus to preparing for April’s Draft Day. Atkins is projected as a second or third-round pick, while Weston and Owens are expected to have their names called on the second day.

Their partings leave a dearth of experience in the teeth of the Georgia defense, as defensive tack-les coach Rodney Garner will have to rely on rising junior Deangelo Tyson and rising sophomore Abry Jones to take over the reins.

“I think they’re going to do great,” Owens said. “They have a great coach, and I think they have the

ability to be great.”With cornerback Prince

Miller, safety Bryan Evans and Jones gone, safety Bacarri Rambo and corner-back Branden Smith, who both showed a propensity for making big-time plays this season, will step into the roles of being primary play makers for the Bulldogs’ secondary.

Although their depar-tures will surely be felt as remaining players adjust to their newly increased roles, Atkins, Weston, Owens and Jones are the only seniors expected to be drafted.

There are a host of tal-ented young playmakers waiting in the wings to return Georgia football and Richt back to the Georgia standard.

FBALL: Departures leave holes for Bulldogs

When: 7 tonight

Where: Stegeman Colliseum

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LADY DOGS vs. KENTUCKY

DOGS IN THE DRAFT AT A GLANCE:RESHAD JONES —After deciding to forego his senior season, Jones will

now enter the NFL Draft and is projected to be taken

anywhere from the second to the fourth round. The

6-foot-2, 215-pound safety was second on the team

in tackles with 73 and snagged four interceptions this

season.

JEFF OWENS —This infamous jokester and defensive tackle stands at

6-foot-3 and is listed at 300 pounds. Owens is projected

to be taken on the second day of the NFL Draft after

racking up 32 tackles, 1.5 sacks and four tackles for loss this season.

KADE WESTON —The biggest senior defensive linemen for the Bulldogs, Weston

accumulated 29 tackles, 2.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss this season.

Along with Owens, the 6-foot-5, 315 pound tackle is projected to be

selected in later rounds on the second day of the draft.

GENO ATKINS —The 6-foot-1, 290-pound defensive tackle racked up 36 tackles — good

for 8th on the team — three sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss. The Pem-

broke Pines, Fla., native is a projected as a second or third round pick.

JONES

12 | Thursday, January 7, 2010 | The Red & Black SPORTS

By LISA GLASERFOR THE RED & BLACK

Manuel Diaz’s Georgia tennis team family is get-ting a new addition from his family at home.

In November, Diaz’s middle son, Eric, signed a letter of intent to play for the men’s tennis team starting this fall.

“I’m excited he’s not only going to be apart of my blood family, but also part of my second family — this group of great young men that we have,” said the Georgia men’s tennis head coach.

The Monsignor Donovan high school senior is the three-time state Georgia Independent School Association men’s champi-on. As the high school’s No. 1 singles player, he has led his team to three straight state semi-final appearances. He is also ranked fifth in the state in singles play.

Eric’s decision to con-tinue his tennis career and play with his father and the Bulldogs is due to sev-eral factors, including growing up around the team.

“He really respects the great tradition of the University of Georgia and Georgia tennis,” Diaz said. “He’s looked up to our for-mer players and current players and watched them and cheered for them and seen them win conference championships and nation-al championships. He’s got a great feel for what we stand for and what we’re about.”

Monsignor Donovan Athletic Director Jeremy Elliot agrees that Eric is drawn to the program because of his father and his desire to play competi-tively on a higher level.

“I think that Eric chose UGA because of the school’s reputation and their tennis program. It is obviously one of the best in the country and it is right here in Athens,” Elliot said. “It gives him an opportunity to play on the NCAA’s biggest stage. I

think the familiarity with the program because of his dad doesn’t hurt either.”

Diaz has coached his son casually, offering up the occasional technical advice or practice session, but never on a consistent basis. The connotation of a father taking on the roles of both dad and coach is not always positive, but Eric is not hesitant to step into that type of situation come next fall.

“As of right now I have no worries. I think we will be able to get along just fine, but it might be a little awkward at first,” Eric said. “When we are on the court, I don’t want to be treated as a son and I don’t think I will be. I think he will treat me exactly the same as the other play-ers.”

As the only active coach with multiple national championships, Diaz plans to guide his son as if he were another incoming freshman athlete, showing no favoritism.

“Just like everybody else, he’s going to have to

earn his stripes and he’s going to have to work very hard and ultimately that’s something he was willing to do,” Diaz said.

According to Diaz, his main concern is becoming unequally demanding of his son, which has proved to cause a problem they have dealt with in the past.

“Most of the time, when a father is a coach, he is a little bit tougher on his son or daughter. We used to have a lot of fights because I’m less patient with him and that’s not fair to him,” said Diaz. “We have come a long way since he was 12, 13, 14 years old. But it’s going to be a continuing challenge.”

Both father and son look forward to that chal-lenge and the other chal-lenges next season will bring. For now, Diaz and the team have their sights set on the start of the dual match season, with the No. 7-ranked Bulldogs set to compete in the SEC Indoor Tournament beginning Jan. 15.

Diaz’s son signs letter of intent to play for Bulldogs

Courtesy of Manuel Diaz

Georgia’s men’s tennis head coach Manuel Diaz will juggle roles of father and coach next season, as son Eric is set to play for Georgia.