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Safe Campuses Now presents Chris Sandy and Eric Krug.  Two real life stories demonstrating the life impact drinking and driving can have.


featuring Chris Sandy
Seven years ago, Chris Sandy was a normal 22-year old kid.  That normal life came to an abrupt end on the evening of April 11, 2000 when Chris decided to go to a party, have four mixed drinks, and drive down a country road outside of Atlanta...

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featuring Eric Krug
Ten years ago, Eric Krug was a standout baseball player at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia.  He was a typical college student...enjoying life, hanging out with friends and having a good time.  But this life that Eric knew came to an abrupt and horrific end on the night of April 11, 1997...

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Extra!  Extra!  Recent News

Safe Campuses Now wants to provide resources that will make students and the community aware of important safety issues.  We know that there are resources out there that provide excellent information that fits in directly with our mission.  Here we provide you with articles from those various resources.
January 24, 2008
Alleged stalker faces felony charges

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

January 22, 2008
Some shoppers spooked after Kroger attacks
Two attacks in just more than a month

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

January 19, 2008
Forum: Sgt. Gale has county's full support
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Chief Jack Lumpkin


Memorial held at park for woman who drowned
Cayle Bywater called artistic, energetic
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Blake Aued


Search on as one still missing

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Adam Thompson

January 18, 2008
Crime won't keep women from going hiking on their own
Passionate hikers say recent events won't stop them from enjoying the tranquility of being in the woods alone

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Merritt Melancon

January 14, 2008
Memorial planed for Bywater
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

January 12, 2008
Autopsy:  Bywater drowned; "foul play not suspected"

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Benjamin Price


Missing woman's body found in pond at park
Coroner: no obvious sings of foul play

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Blake Aued


UGA graduate's love of life, people recalled
Memorial for slain hiker

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Merritt Melancon

January 8, 2008
Body of missing Buford hiker found
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Jeffrey Scott, George Chidi


Family thinks Athens woman was abducted
-
Athens-Banner Herald
- Blake Aued


Grim end in missing hiker case
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Errin Haines


Suspect in hiker's disapperance may be linked to 3 other cases
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Mike Morris, Nancy Badertscher

January 5, 2008
Police want to talk to those who may have seen woman, search focused on memorial park
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Adam Thompson

January 3, 2008
Police grill stabbing suspect, chief recalls talk of suicide, homicide
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson


School struggles with shocking loss
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Benjamin Price


Search of park, UGA fields come up empty - worries mount as woman remains missing
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson


Searchers looking for missing woman
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

 

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December 12, 2007
Athens-Clarke officer stabbed multiple times at supermarket

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

December 10, 2007
Tips for pedestrians and drivers alike
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Beth Jones

December 7, 2007
Working hit and runs keeps AC officer busy, Incensed by latest case

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

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November
Thanksgiving Article - Click it or Ticket
(ATLANTA) It’s a fact of life.. And death: Failure to use safety belts is a major contributing factor in more than half of Georgia’s Thanksgiving holiday traffic deaths...

November 26, 2007
Driver, 14, Charged with homicide

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 21, 2007
Court Nixes Georgia sex offender law
Residency rules removed
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Greg Bluestein

Police:  Man's alibi another crime
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 19, 2007
Athens on safe city list
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 17, 2007

Alibi clears man as suspect in van attacks
Faces in charges stalking, groping of UGA student

- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 13, 2007
Athens Police Still Working Cold Cae
- 11 Alive News
- Kevin Rowson

UGA Student Charged in Theft
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 5, 2007
Three killed by cars over weekend
- Athens-Banner Herald
- Joe Johnson

November 3, 2007
Demand driving 'gypsies'
Illegal cabs risky

- Athens Banner-Herald
- Blake Aued

Little effect so far for underage crackdown, arrest threat yet to stem drinking
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Lee Shearer

Man charged in stalking of student
Woman followed home, accosted, police say

- Athens Banner-Herald
- Joe Johnson

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October 31, 2007
New Tips Probed in Sex Attack
Sketch prompts calls

- Athens Banner-Herald
- Joe Johnson

October 30, 2007
Students reminded of the consequences of behavior
- The Northeast Georgian
- Ricky Shaw

October 25, 2007
Promoting safe driving
- The Northeast Georgian

October 20, 2007
Student:  Offered Ride, Grabbed
Serial Predator Now May Be Driving Car
- Athens Banner-Herald

- Joe Johnson

October 18, 2007
Safe Campuses Now brings awareness to students
- The Union-Recorder
- Alexander Cain

Take one down and pass it around
- The Colonnade
- Kyle Collins

October 17, 2007
New Van Incident Reported
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Allison Floyd

October 15, 2007
Burglars Ransack UGA Kicker's House
- WSB Atlanta

October 9, 2007
Female UGA Students Learning Self-Defense
- CBS46 News

Quick Glimpse:  Safe Campuses Now
- Athens Banner Herald

October 6, 2007
"On guard downtown"
Riders uneasy after reports of abductions, assault by fake taxi driver

- Merritt Melancon

October 5, 2007
UGA Students grow wary after two abductions
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Ken Sugiura, Chip Towers

October 4, 2007
Campus on edge after sex assault
Two women report off-campus abductions last month in Athens, describing the same suspect.  UGA issues mass email alert Wednesday

- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Saeed Ahmed

Police eye suspect in attacks
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Joe Johnson

October 3, 2007
Two women abducted by man in van in Athens
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Saeed Ahmed

October 2, 2007
Two women report abductions
Victims tell police man posed as taxi driver; one says he raped her

- Athens Banner-Herald
- Joe Johnson

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September 28, 2007
UGA Student hit by campus bus
- WSB Atlanta

September 24, 2007
U. of Maryland Students Criticize Text-Alert System
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Andrea L. Foster

September 19, 2007
Athens mayors weigh in on office
City leaders share experiences, anecdotes from past 42 years

- Athens Banner-Herald
- Chris J. Starrs

Commissioner:  Drinking age should be lower
'Ridiculous' at 21
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Blake Aued

September 17, 2007
The Wired Campus:  Student's Fret over Facebook's Public Listings
- The Chronicle of Higher Education

September 15, 2007
Donations to Fund SCN Programs
- Athens Banner-Herald

September 5, 2007
$3.5M for UGA Security Upgrades
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Lee Shearer

September 1, 2007
Commission taking hard look at doormen job, the man at the door
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Blake Aued

Holdup Suspect Arrested, One of two jailed
- Athens Banner-Herald
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August 31, 2007
Va. Tech president resists calls for ouster
- Athens Banner-Herald
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August 28, 2007
GCSU Student Charged in Gun Case
- 13WMAZ.com

August 27, 2007
Is Your Campus Safe?
Many colleges have new security systems in place. But students and parents still need to do some detective work.

- Newsweek
- Andrew Murr

August 14, 2007
Bar owners OK doorman policy
- Athens Banner-Herald
- Blake Aued

August 9, 2007
Univ. Stresses Safety to All Students

- the Red and Black
- Libba Holland

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July 24, 2007
Women Searches for Rape Kit, Justice
- The Denver Post
- Miles Moffeit

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April 13, 2007
BUSN 1020: Student volunteers help the community build character
Athens Banner-Herald lawsuit
- Terry College of Business at UGA
- Ryan Crowe

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