| Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| Mississippi State tackles football concussions, builds safer helmets | |
 | Football is a game of hard hits and fast plays. It's also a sport that can lead to serious injuries, including concussions that cause brain damage. That's why one Mid-South university is on a mission to build the games' safest helmet ever created. WREG traveled to Mississippi State University in Starkville to see what can happen during a hard hit. It's why you want the best possible helmet. What they're doing at MSU is groundbreaking because most other research focuses on how the helmet holds up to outside forces. Here, they're focused on how the brain is affected inside this helmet. Dr. Mark Horstemeyer said, "When the wave comes through the helmet after that first strike, before it gets to the second strike of the head of the brain, it's going to go through this and be mitigated." |
| Mississippi State scientists evaluating soil-testing recommendations | |
 | The thousands of dollars farmers invest in equipment, seed and labor to produce row crops, such as soybeans, cotton and corn, is wasted if they do not have quality soil. "Everything ties back to how well the soil is maintained," said Bobby Golden, an agronomist and researcher with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at Stoneville. "If we didn't have a strong, stable foundation, which is the soil, the crop yields we produce wouldn't exist." Golden is one of a team of Mississippi State University researchers and specialists conducting a study to determine if soil-testing recommendations need revision. The group is examining the relationship between phosphorous, potassium and zinc and crop yields. |
| Mississippi State alum Pendley named news editor | |
 | Otis Raybon, editor and publisher of The Daily Leader, announced Thursday the appointment of Julia V. Pendley as news editor of the newspaper. "I am pleased to have a Brookhaven native assume this important position of leadership in The Daily Leader's news department," he said. She will be responsible for the management of day-to-day operations for the newsroom. Pendley graduated in May with a bachelor of arts degree in English from Mississippi State University. |
| Atlanta federal bank president predicts economic growth for state | |
 | One of the most influence economic policy leaders in the country says Mississippi's economy will continue to grow. But the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta is also warning about long term troubles holding the state back. Dennis Lockhart spoke to a group of business leaders and bankers in Jackson yesterday. Lockhart is predicting steady growth for the American economy, which he says is a good sign for the Mississippi. One bright spot Lockhart noted is Mississippi's connection to the auto industry which he says is one of the strongest industries in the country. Jackson State University economics professor Nicholas Hill attended the speech and says despite concerns, he feels upbeat. |
| Peavey Electronics to downsize A Street plant in Meridian | |
 | Peavey Electronics Corporation is reorganizing its world manufacturing assets as part of a new globalization plan to ensure continued growth worldwide -- a move that will result in a reduction of employees at one of its Meridian facilities. "Less than 100 employees will be affected, " said Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics Corporation, in reference to downsizing at the company's plant located on A Street, also known as The Banana Building. "We're keeping certain parts of that factory open; certain parts of it we're closing down," he said. According to a media release from the company's Meridian headquarters, the reorganization includes focusing U.S.-based manufacturing on Peavey's premium products, and moving other manufacturing assets closer to its critical and emerging markets. |
| Pass the .40-cal: Mississippi plant gets $50M ammo contract | |
 | U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's office has announced that Winchester Ammunition has won a five-year, $50-million contract to make .40-caliber ammunition at its plant in Oxford for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cochran, who serves on the Senate subcommittee over DHS' budget, in a statement credited Mississippi's workforce and the state's "aggressive drive to bring more manufacturing to Mississippi" for the contract. In 2010, the state's congressional delegation and the Mississippi Development Authority helped convince Olin Corp. to relocate its Winchester Centerfire Operations to Oxford. |
| East Mississippi prison called 'barbaric' | |
| East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which houses many suffering from mental illness, is a "barbaric" private prison where inmates are beaten, exploited and mistreated by gangs and others, according to litigation filed Thursday. "The prison is in chaos, with conditions so dangerous -- violence, filth, callous denial of prisoners' serious medical and mental health needs -- that the only meaningful remedy is an injunction to protect all prisoners," said Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU's National Prison Project. Officials at the Utah-based Management & Training Corp. said they've made significant improvements since they took over the Meridian prison in July 2012. |
| Arguments set for McDaniel appeal | |
 | U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran has filed his response with the state Supreme Court to Chris McDaniel's challenge of Cochran's June 24 runoff victory. Attorneys for Cochran argue that special Judge Hollis McGehee, a Lucedale chancery judge specially appointed by the Supreme Court to hear the case, was correct in dismissing the lawsuit because McDaniel waited too long to file his challenge. McDaniel is appealing the McGehee decision to the state Supreme Court and had previously submitted his brief to the court, which will hear oral arguments on Oct. 2. The issues likely will be the same as argued before McGehee in August. |
| State Rep. Randall Patterson of Biloxi switches to Republican Party | |
 | State Rep. Randall Patterson of Biloxi switched to the Republican Party on Thursday, boosting the GOP majority in the lower chamber of the Mississippi Legislature to 66-56 with 2015 elections just around the corner. Patterson, a 66-year-old mechanical contractor who has served in the Legislature as a Democrat since 2004, made the announcement Thursday at Biloxi City Hall with House Speaker Philip Gunn of Clinton and other GOP lawmakers. "The philosophy of the party has changed and I felt it was time for me to change," Patterson told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "It's been a gradual thing, nothing earth-shattering." |
| Cochran, Palazzo react to ongoing ISIS threat | |
 | Sen. Thad Cochran and Rep. Steven Palazzo both agree that ISIS and other terrorist groups are serious threats that needs to be dealt with, but they're also concerned about the length of time that it will take to defeat them. "We have a right of self-defense and the best defense right now is to help reduce their capacity to wage war against United States' interests and our allies' interests," Cochran said. "So, it's serious business and I'm hopeful this won't last too long," he said. Cochran and Palazzo were in Hattiesburg Thursday afternoon to open the campaign headquarters for the Forrest-Lamar Republican Party. |
| Gunn speaks little, listens a lot during Picayune visit | |
 | Speaker of the House Philip Gunn did more listening than talking. Gunn ended his town hall tour in Picayune Thursday. He calls the project "Mississippi Solutions -- An Ideas Tour." The Picayune stop was the last of a four-day, eight-city tour in Mississippi. More than 50 people gathered at Picayune City Hall to speak out and hear others. Along with Gunn, the team of listeners included city officials and state legislators. And the suggestion box got stuffed. Sue Suter of the United Way of South Mississippi, urged continued support of early childhood education. "I just hope that continues, that focus on early childhood as an indicator, when a child's brain is 90 percent developed by the age of 5, it's too late by the time they get to third grade," she said. |
| Resigning AG Eric Holder Was Key in Mississippi Cases | |
| U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's first African American AG and one of the longest-tenured members of first-black-President Barack Obama's cabinet, is stepping down. Holder shepherded the USDOJ through rocky times and made civil-rights enforcement a hallmark of his tenure. Under Holder, several Mississippi cases rose to national prominence. In March 2012, Deryl Dedmon and two co-conspirators from Rankin County became the first individuals charged under a 2009 federal hate-crime law for the murder of James Craig Anderson, a black man from Jackson. |
| Republicans rallying behind 'religious liberty' at Values Voter Summit | |
| Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote "religious liberty" at home and abroad at a gathering of religious conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. The annual Values Voter Summit opens Friday in Washington with speeches from several potential presidential candidates, including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Evangelical organizers of the event largely expect participants to unite around what they call Obama's attack on religious liberty, according to Tony Perkins, president of the host organization, the Family Research Council. |
| Outbreak of a Respiratory Illness Escalates Among Children and Mystifies Scientists | |
 | An outbreak of respiratory illness first observed in the Midwest has spread to 38 states, sending children to hospitals and baffling scientists trying to understand its virulent resurgence. As of Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed 226 cases of infection with enterovirus 68. But it is likely that many times that number have been stricken. One case involved an adult, and no deaths have been linked to the infection. "What the C.D.C. is reporting is clearly the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Mary Anne Jackson, the division director of infectious diseases at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. The hospital was the first to alert the agency last month to an unusual increase in children with trouble breathing. |
| FAA clears way for drones to be used on film sets | |
 | Hollywood will soon have a new angle on capturing aerial footage. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it approved exemptions that would for the first time allow aerial photo and video production companies to use drones on film sets. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx also determined that drones used for such operations do not need an FAA-issued certificate of airworthiness, based on a finding they do not pose a threat to the national airspace or national security. The decision could pave the way for the mining, agriculture, oil and other industries to seek commercial use of the technology. |
| UM dedicates inclusion and diversity center | |
 | The Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement officially opened Wednesday. Located on the first floor of the Stewart Residence Hall, the center is the newest addition to the University of Mississippi's efforts in promoting diversity on campus. The mission for the center is to "work enthusiastically to develop programs and services that support The University of Mississippi's core value of inclusiveness." The center is under the direction of Shawnboda Mead, a graduate of Mississippi State University and Western Kentucky University and the former associate director for Diversity and Multicultural Education at the University of Tennessee. "We want to aid and give our attention to our underrepresented students and population," Mead said. |
| USM Police investigate second Yik Yak threat | |
 | University of Southern Mississippi police are investigating another anonymous threat made on social media application Yik Yak. The post, which appeared on Yik Yak at about 5 p.m. Thursday, warned that "the purge" would take place at 6:30 p.m. University Police Chief Bob Hopkins said the threat was brought to authorities' attention at 5:30 p.m. "We received a concerned call from a student who had seen something on Yik Yak regarding what she considered as being a threat to the campus community," he said. Hopkins said because of the message's verbiage, the department's assessment team treated it as a possible threat. |
| Tornado stories to be aired on The Weather Channel | |
| On Feb. 10, 2013, residents in Forrest and Lamar counties took refuge in their homes and businesses as an EF4 tornado ripped through the area. Los Angeles-based production company Karga Seven Pictures, which has been subcontracted by The Weather Channel, arrived Wednesday at Hampton Inn in Hattiesburg to conduct interviews with residents who encountered or were affected by the tornado. Jared Pierce, patrol officer at the University of Southern Mississippi's University Police Department, got the chance Thursday to share his story with the film crew. And although Pierce may be reluctant to say so, his story has an undeniably heroic twist to it, as he was actually able to assist a University of Alabama student who got stuck while riding out the tornado in her car next to the Ogletree House on campus. |
| Domed stadium for Jackson State would need public money | |
| If the concept outlined in a dome feasibility study Jackson State University commissioned is to become reality, it will require public financial help. One source is more likely than the other. The study recommended a 35,000 seat, domed multipurpose complex on the school's campus west of downtown Jackson. The estimated cost of construction lies between $250 million and $280 million. The dome's annual operating deficit would hover around $400,000. That's where the need for some kind of public financing would arrive. "Mississippi taxpayers should not be asked to subsidize college athletic venues," Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement. "Our limited budget for IHL should be focused on preparing students to graduate from our universities with the job skills needed for today's economy. Across the country, college athletics are supported through private donations, ticket revenue and sponsorships." |
| Public invited to celebrate sweet potatoes at Alcorn State research farm | |
 | Alcorn State University will hold its annual Sweet Potato Jamboree at its Mound Bayou Extension/Research Farm and Technology Transfer Center located at 294 Grainger Dorsey Road in Mound Bayou Friday from 9-11:30 a.m. followed by an open house and a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility. Both events are free and open to the public. Farmers, consultants and any others interested in Mississippi agriculture will have an opportunity to watch demonstrations and hear about the results of current agricultural research. |
| Delta State looks to cut 10 programs in money-saving effort | |
| In hopes of eliminating $1 million out of the university's budget, 10 academic programs here at Delta State University may cease to exist. According to the Academic Program Review Phase I document, programs under review have less than 20 undergraduate majors and less than 15 graduate majors, less than 10 graduates in 2012-2013 and generate less than 300 credit hours. In determining which programs to cut, the university raised these questions in what it calls the "Narrative Analysis" for each program. Provost Dr. Charles McAdams held an open forum on Sept. 11 for faculty members about the state of the budget and gave instructors an opportunity to share their thoughts. |
| East Mississippi Community College to honor legislators Brown, Smith at homecoming | |
| A pair of state legislators from Columbus will be honored as East Mississippi Community College celebrates its 2014 Homecoming Oct. 4 in Scooba. The late State Senator Terry Brown and Representative Jeff Smith have been selected as EMCC's Distinguished Service Award winner and Alumnus of the Year, respectively. Smith and members of Brown's family will be in Scooba for the annual Homecoming Alumni Luncheon and the NJCAA football national champion Lions' tilt against Jones County Community College. |
| U. of Alabama President Judy Bonner: Recent threats still being investigated | |
 | University of Alabama President Judy Bonner told students in an email Thursday that UA is continuing to aggressively investigate a threatening message made on social media last weekend that caused concern among students and their parents. "To protect the integrity of the investigation, specific details will not be released, since doing so could compromise the ongoing case," Bonner said in the email. Bonner said that investigators are following up on tips and that the University of Alabama Police Department is working with social media companies to find out who sent the threatening message. She also outlined some of the safety measures UA has in place. |
| U. of Alabama to cease publication of Corolla yearbook | |
| Citing declining sales and financial losses, the committee that oversees student media at the University of Alabama voted Wednesday to discontinue publication of the Corolla student yearbook, which has been published since 1893. The Media Planning Board Committee voted Wednesday to discontinue the annual publication. The committee is composed of students, faculty and media members and reports to the Division of Student Affairs. "It was a sad but necessary decision," said Chris Roberts, an associate professor of journalism and chairman of the board. UA Media Relations Director Cathy Andreen said she was unaware of any alternative plans to continue publication of the yearbook. |
| Medal of Honor recipient talks leadership at Auburn University public forum | |
 | Recent Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins was the featured speaker at Thursday's public forum, hosted by the Raymond J. Habert College of Business. Bennie Adkins, an Opelika resident and Vietnam veteran, is one of three veterans who had the honor of receiving the Medal of Honor in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. The retired Army Command Sgt. Major spoke about leadership at a public forum Thursday night in Auburn University's Lowder Hall. James Birdsong, a lecturer in the Aviation Management and Professional Flight Management programs, introduced Adkins at the forum. Since his retirement from the U.S. Army 30 years ago, Adkins received two master's degrees, taught accounting at Auburn University and served as CEO of Adkins Accounting Service, Inc., Birdsong said. |
| 'Star Trek' actor, activist Takei to speak at U. of Florida | |
 | Oh myyy. He's traveled where no man has gone before and has conquered the Internet with his Facebook page and Twitter feeds. At 8 p.m. on Oct. 7, George Takei will beam down to the University of Florida Auditorium to coincide with Pride History Week and Asian Kaleidoscope Month, the ACCENT Speakers Bureau announced Thursday. Takei's visit is co-sponsored by the ACCENT Speakers Bureau, UF, Pride Student Union and the Asian American Student Union. He will be paid $45,000 for his appearance, said Corey Flayman, ACCENT chairman. The 77-year-old movie star, book author and social justice activist has become a social media sensation, drawing millions of followers to his Facebook page and Twitter feed. |
| Texas A&M Muslim Students Association discusses 'Un-Islamic' values of Islamic State | |
 | The Texas A&M Muslim Students Association and the Islamic Community of Bryan-College Station held a discussion titled "ISIS: An Un-Islamic State" on Thursday night at the Memorial Student Center to address the public misconception about Islam that the terrorist organization perpetuates. Anwer Ahmed, faculty adviser for the Muslim Students Association, addressed the core guiding values of Islam that the ISIS terrorist organization violates. Anwer gave an audience of students and community members a brief background of Islam's three core principals of freedom of religion, minority rights and the sacredness of life that ISIS violates at its core, saying that the organization encourages hatred and gives the world an incorrect perception of the Muslim faith which encourages peace. |
| Panel: Legacies of Texas A&M, oil industry tied together | |
| It might power the cars and cool the campus, but oil and Texas A&M have a deeper relationship, according to A&M professors at a panel Thursday night at the George Bush Library. The oil industry has helped A&M receive one of the highest university endowments in the nation. Oil wells have boosted the amount available for universities through Texas's Permanent University Fund from $337 million in 2010, to $1.1 billion in 2014, said Dr. Carlos Dengo, director of the Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems. "A&M is the university it is because of the oil industry," Dengo said. "The oil industry has achieved what it has today in large part due to the leadership of many A&M graduates that have gone on to shape our industry." The panel focused on the accomplishments of Aggie alumni and work by current students and faculty. |
| U. of Missouri System implements new hearing process for discrimination, harassment complaints | |
 | The University of Missouri System is training employees to serve as investigators and panelists in a new hearing process for discrimination and harassment complaints against students and student groups, according to a risk management consultant advising the system. That training addresses a new equity resolution process outlined in an update to the system's Collected Rules and Regulations, announced Monday. These policy updates were made in an attempt to strengthen the university's sexual misconduct and discrimination responses, according to a news release. The updates, which come during a time of heightened awareness about sexual violence and sex discrimination, replace earlier rules about sexual harassment and a positive work environment. |
| What You Need to Know About Yik Yak, an App Causing Trouble on Campuses | |
 | Anonymous posts on a smartphone application called Yik Yak are facilitating conversations on college campuses, but the dialogue is not always fit for the classroom. Discussions on the app sometimes dredge up racist, sexist, and other degrading content, and students at multiple colleges have been arrested for using Yik Yak to post threats to campus safety The app, released last November, is a kind of virtual bulletin board on which users can post short snippets of text anonymously, and other users nearby can see them. The service also has dedicated sections for more than a hundred college campuses. Students have used Yik Yak to post anonymous threats to public safety on several campuses. |
| IPEDS survey misses thousands of online students, but often counts too many | |
 | The federal government's long-awaited data on the students enrolled in distance education courses nationwide provide a dubious baseline, a new study suggests, as confusing instructions, inflexible design and a lack of coordination have led colleges and universities to under- or overreport thousands of students. The study, conducted by the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology and the higher education consultant Phil Hill, raises serious questions about the integrity of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or IPEDS, the higher education data collection program operated by the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics. |
| 'Excellent Sheep' Author Returns to Yale to Tend His Flock | |
| William Deresiewicz expected a spirited homecoming when he came back to Yale University on Wednesday. The former English professor at the university has made a lot of enemies on the country's most prestigious campuses -- and it was unclear what reaction he would get during his first visit here since the publication in August of his new book, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. The book's attention-grabbing invective describes top students as smart, talented, and driven, but also privileged, "anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose." As high schoolers vying to get into top colleges, he wrote, elite students acquire extracurricular activities by the truckload to gild their resumes. They continue to embrace such activities after they enrolled. |
| In speech on two-year colleges, Jill Biden praises students, no mention of teachers | |
 | As adjunct faculty members at Delgado Community College voice concerns over low pay and little hope of securing full-time positions, Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden and perhaps the country's best-known community college professor, arrived in New Orleans on Wednesday to speak at the Institute for Career Development's 2014 National Conference. In her speech, given at the Loews New Orleans Hotel, Biden addressed the role that two-year colleges play in America's workforce. But as in past addresses, she did not touch on the issues facing thousands of adjuncts at community colleges around the country. Biden also stressed the importance of establishing public-private partnerships in order to train two-year college students for jobs that match the needs of employers in the region. |
SPORTS
| Dak Prescott no longer a State secret | |
| Dak Prescott has already been the big man on Mississippi State's campus and is a household name throughout the Magnolia State. But after the Bulldogs' 4-0 start and upset win at LSU last weekend, Prescott's popularity has gone nationwide. In the days since returning from Death Valley, the junior has been interviewed live on ESPN's SportsCenter as well as by Fox Sports, the New York Daily News, Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, NFL.com, the Associated Press, the SEC Network and others. "It takes away my off time, I guess, but it's not bad," Prescott said. "They're going to talk -- good or bad -- so let's give them something good to talk about." |
| Mississippi State's Dak Prescott lands Maxwell and Manning Award weekly honors | |
 | Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott was named Maxwell Award Player of the Week and Manning Award Quarterback of the Week Thursday. The signal caller has now totaled five national player of the week awards since Sunday: Davey O'Brien Award Quarterback of the Week, Athlon Sports Player of the Week, 24/7 Sports National Offensive Player of the Week and SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Prescott and the Bulldogs are open this weekend before returning to action at home against Texas A&M on Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. on ESPN. |
| Mississippi State softball announces 2015 schedule | |
 | Highlighted by a three-game home series against defending national champion Florida, Mississippi State head softball coach Vann Stuedeman released the team's 2015 regular-season schedule Thursday. "This is without question the most exciting home schedule State has had since I've been head coach," Stuedeman said. "We are thrilled to begin the journey toward our fourth-straight NCAA Tournament." The Bulldogs play 30 of their 56 games at the MSU Softball Stadium, including the 2015 season opener Feb. 5 against Mississippi Valley State. |
| Favre headlines Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame class | |
| The next Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame class is certainly not lacking in star power. It has Brett Favre in it. The NFL's all-time leading passer was among the six 2015 inductees introduced Thursday at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. He was joined by former NBA standout Clarence Weatherspoon; Mississippi coaching greats Steve Knight and Gwen White; former New Orleans Saints running back Fred McAfee and former Ole Miss running back Mike Dennis. "As a kid growing up, I never dreamed of hall of fames, whether it be Mississippi, Wisconsin, Green Bay or the NFL Hall of Fame," Favre said. "I dreamed of playing in the Super Bowl, of running out on the field." Favre called 2014 a "whirlwind year" with his selection for the Hall of Fame coming on the heels of the Packers announcing that his number will be retired. |
| SEC offenses leading the nation, befuddling defensive coaches | |
| The Southeastern Conference's reputation might have been forged on great defense but these days the league's defensive coordinators are working overtime trying to figure out how to slow down offenses, especially in the West where six of the seven teams rank in the Top 25 in scoring, led by A&M and Arkansas, which will play at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at AT&T Stadium. A&M is averaging 55.3 points per game to rank second in the country to Baylor at 59.3. Arkansas is third at 48.8 ppg. Other West teams scoring at least 40 ppg are Ole Miss (44 ppg, 15th), Alabama (42 ppg, 21st), Auburn (41.3 ppg, 23rd) and Mississippi State (41.3 ppg, 25th). It's part of the reason the SEC West is 24-2 overall with both losses to division foes. |
| New top dog -- and brat -- at U. of South Carolina's concession stands | |
 | There's a new top dog at Williams-Brice Stadium. Don't worry: You'll still find the head ball coach on the field. But behind the concession stand, you'll find a new hot dog and brat. Kayem, a more than 100-year-old Boston, Mass., food manufacturer, is trying to gain a foothold in South Carolina. And, this year, it won a contract to sell its hot dogs and brats at the University of South Carolina's major sporting venues, which also include Carolina Stadium and the Colonial Life Arena. Look for the company to roll out some promotions in the coming months. A food truck offering free samples will show up at tailgating for home Gamecock football games. |
| Gonzales man accused in sexual battery of juvenile while on LSU campus for football games | |
 | LSU police arrested a Gonzales man Wednesday in the sexual assault of a teenage girl inside a recreational vehicle parked on the school's campus for tailgating purposes during football games the past two weekends. A 16-year-old girl told investigators that Daniel J. Sanchez, 47, molested her Saturday night after his family and her family spent the majority of the day tailgating together prior to LSU's football game against Mississippi State University, according to an affidavit supporting the warrant for his arrest. The girl told police that Sanchez also touched her inappropriately during the weekend of Sept. 13 when LSU played against the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the two families tailgated together, according to the affidavit. |
| Affair with married co-worker forces resignation of UGA associate AD Crumley | |
 | A high-level University of Georgia athletics administrator abruptly resigned last week amid an investigation under UGA's anti-harassment policy. Frank Crumley, who served as executive associate athletic director for finance and business, stepped down on Sept. 16 while UGA's Equal Opportunity Office was looking into a relationship he had with a female athletic association employee who reported to him, according to documents obtained Thursday by the Athens Banner-Herald under an open records request. Crumley, 50, is divorced. The married female who emails indicate Crumley was having an affair with worked in a department in athletics since September 2012. She received a promotion March 24, 2014, and a raise from $53,000 annually to $60,950. She received a 4 percent raise to $63,388 on July 1, 2014. |
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