December 2001: Vol. 81, No. 1

65 YEARS AGO University Date and Escort Bureau founded in Joe Brown Hall to "help bashful co-eds" make a campus love connection. 55 YEARS AGO UGA and Tech establish first written peace treaty to halt vandalism on the two campuses. Students suspected of acts against either school face a Student Relations Committee for punishment . . . Congress passes Public Law 584, enabling thousands of U.S. college students to study abroad on a Fulbright Scholarship. 35 YEARS AGO Uga I retires after 10 years as mascot and is replaced by Uga II at pre-game ceremony at Homecoming. As Uga I's many accomplishments are read aloud at Sanford Stadium, the crowd begins chanting in unison, "Damn Good Dog! Damn Good Dog!" . . . Bulldogs win SEC football championship, the first of six for Coach Vince Dooley . . . Republic of South Vietnam awards Medal of Honor to Capt. Michael Morse and Capt. Sam Shalala, two army advisors at UGA . . . Ray Charles plays to soldout crowd at Coliseum. 15 YEARS AGO Students drown sorrows in last legal alcoholic beverage before drinking age is raised to 21. 5 YEARS AGO Students mourn death of Becky Olson, member of the Ballroom Performance Group and a coordinator in University Union's performing arts division, who was killed in the crash of TWA Flight 800 . . . Charles Knapp resigns after 10 years as president. During his tenure, the University soared to new academic heights, raised $150 million in the Third Century Campaign, hosted three '96 Olympic venues, and added a number of new facilities, including Life Sciences, Ramsey Center, Performing and Visual Arts Complex, Student Health Center. —Heather Summerville

New on-campus TGIF options: concerts, movies, coffeehouse acts
Dawgs After Dark

For students looking for some new TGIF options this fall, the Division of Student Affairs created Dawgs After Dark. The goal of the program is to entice students to stay on campus, with a host of football-weekend activities that last till the wee hours. The fun-filled, no-charge lineup included a concert series at Legion Field, movies at the Tate Theater, a carnival on Sanford Bridge, and coffeehouse acts in the Bulldog Café.

If you're under age or tired of going downtown every weekend, a spray-on, wash-off tatoo is one of many reasons to give Dawgs After Dark a whirl.

Dawgs After Dark is an attempt to reach out to younger students, as well as older ones. "A lot of students are under age and can't go downtown," says Tyler Helms, president of University Union, "and not everyone wants to go downtown every single Friday."

In addition to the fun and games, some students used Dawgs After Dark as an occasion to reach their peers with messages about responsible use of alcohol. A group known as ASAP (Advocating Safe Alternatives for Peers) distributed information and served "mocktails." In October, as part of a national alcohol awareness campaign, the group organized an Alcohol Olympics that sent students through an obstacle course wearing "beer goggles" that impair vision.

—Sharron Hannon

Scholarship honors late Atlanta police officer

Michelle White, a senior from Washington, Ga., is the first recipient of the Sherry Lyons-Williams Scholarship, which honors Atlanta's first female police officer to die in the line of duty. Lyons-Williams (AB '84) was shot and killed on April 4 during a drug bust. "Sherry's life was inspirational," says friend Trisha Wilson, whose donation made this year's scholarship possible. "I hope this will encourage UGA criminal justice students to be like her."

ARCS scholars named

The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) has increased the number of scholarships awarded to UGA doctoral students pursuing studies in biomedical and health sciences. This year, seven students received awards at a banquet in November. The ARCS Scholars selection process was chaired by Harry Dailey, director of UGA's Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute.

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