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Columns::October 13, 2003
Digest
Pharmacy repair estimates top $1 million
The estimated cost to repair the R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Building after a fire earlier this month is between $1 million and $2 million.
Fire officials have determined that the fire, which started at about 7 a.m. on Oct. 1, was caused by an accidental chemical spill near one of three refrigerators in a third-floor laboratory.
University officials say the lab sustained mostly smoke and heat damage, while water--the result of a broken pipe--rushed onto the second and first floors. Faculty, staff, post-doctoral and graduate students with key-card access were allowed to return to work in some parts of the building on Oct. 7. The building may fully reopen in two to three weeks, after repairs have been completed.
Pharmacy classes last week continued to be held outside the building. A current list of rescheduled classes is available at the College of Pharmacy’s Web site (www.rx.uga.edu/main/home/info/index.html).
Literary magazine reviews UGA journal
The Georgia Review, UGA’s quarterly journal of arts and letters, has been reviewed in the Literary Magazine Review, a 20-year-old nationally circulated quarterly out of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls that reviews periodicals which publish mostly poetry and creative prose.
“The Georgia Review has a long history of excellence: it was first published in 1947, and it won the National Magazine Award in 1986 under the editorship of Stanley Lindberg,” writes Roger Hart. “It was considered by many to be the premier literary journal of the time. . . . But what about today? . . . There have been some changes in the magazine in the last few years, most significantly a new editor, T.R. Hummer, and most visibly the cover. But what about the contents, the poetry and the fiction, the essays, art and reviews?”
To answer this question, Hart examines issues of the Georgia Review published in summer and fall 2002, and says he thinks “it is even better.”
Hart’s entire review is being posted to the Georgia Review Web site (www.uga.edu/garev).
Equestrian, men’s golf teams win award
The equestrian and men’s golf teams had the top grade-point averages for UGA’s women’s and men’s squads, respectively, for 2002-03 and have been given the Faculty Athletics Representative’s Award. Equestrian had an overall GPA of 3.14, the highest among all the sports.
Soccer (3.13), golf (3.11), volleyball (3.07), and swimming and diving (3.02) followed equestrian with team GPAs above 3.0. The average GPA for all of the women’s sports was 3.03.
“We’re very proud of our athletes’ success in the classroom,” says Meghan Boenig, equestrian coach. “We have some very bright young women on our team.”
Golf topped the men’s list for the second straight year, compiling a team GPA of 3.10, the only men’s team above 3.0. Tennis was second at 2.89, and swimming and diving was third at 2.74. The average GPA for the men’s sports was 2.61.
“Our guys work extremely hard on their academics, so it’s nice to see them get rewarded this way,” says Chris Haack, men’s golf coach.
“It takes commitment and focus to juggle a busy academic and athletic schedule, and fortunately our guys have the ability to do that.”
The average GPA for all sports, men and women combined, was 2.81.
The university had 532 student-athletes enrolled in the fall of 2002, and 28 of them (22 women, six men) were Presidential Scholars with all As, while 59 (41 women, 18 men) made the Dean’s List and 254 (151 women and 103 men) had 3.0 GPAs or higher.
In the spring of 2003, there were 513 student-athletes enrolled. Twenty-five (19 women, six men) were Presidential Scholars, 70 (43 women, 27 men) made the Dean’s List, and 235 (136 women, 99 men) had 3.0 GPAs or higher. |
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