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The Educational Affairs Committee agreed Monday more documentation is needed for hardship withdrawal. Representatives from the College of Education, School of Law, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Student Government Association and the Office of the Vice President for Instruction attended.

The Regenerative Bioscience Center discussed Monday the relationship and impact of science and politics on stem cell research and technology. "The beauty of embryonic stem cells are that they can turn into every other cell type in the body, but that's also the problem," said Steve Stice, director of the University's Regenerative Bioscience Center.

The University tested in September UGA Alert, an emergency notification system that sends out text messages, e-mails and calls to its registered users when triggered by administrators. The system was not used Monday. "We only want to use UGA Alert when there is an incident that can't be contained and everyone needs to take action," University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said. "If we used it for everything, people would not pay as close attention. The system is effective when it causes you to hit a level and take it seriously." Williamson said Breon Releford, a senior from Conyers, was walking into the Lumpkin side of the building when a male student told him there was a bomb inside. Releford told SLC security who called University Police at 8:10 a.m.

Kristin Foxworth is a shiny golden ball with wings. Sort of, anyway. Foxworth, a freshman from Ellaville, is a golden snitch in the University's Quidditch league, an amalgamation of students who created their own version of the beloved Harry Potter sport. "(To be a snitch I) have to be kind of sneaky and good at hiding in things that won't expose my yellowness," Foxworth said of her duties as an elusive flying sphere.