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Life After Cancer

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Alecia Francis and Christina King share their survival stories

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Quizzes What Everyone Thinks About but Nobody Says

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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THANKS TO ALL OF YOU

I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to chair every decision made this semester with The Collegian and work so closely with every member on staff. I would also like to thank contributors and everyone that has assisted us train our staff and distribute our papers to all five campuses.

I never could have imaged taking on this role at a community college would open so many doors to my journalism career.

We understand you aim to blaze trails in your own life and we encourage you to do just that. Summertime is the best time to volunteer in your community, start a new project and travel. This edition is geared toward giving you the momentum to get started.

There will be plenty of openings for reporters, editors, designers and photographers so please contact us this summer as we plan for fall semester.

This fall you will be in good hands with our new adviser Alice Murray and future Editor-in-Chief Troi Charity. Have a great summer everyone!

GPC.Collegian@gmail.com

Ashley Oglesby

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4/25

Last Day for Full Term and Second Half Term Classes

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Commencement ceremony for Summer 2012, Fall 2012, and Spring 2013 graduates.

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Alpharetta campus - Orientation Advanced sign up is required. http://orientation.gpc.edu/

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Decatur campus - Orientation Advanced sign up is required. http://orientation.gpc.edu/

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Clarkston campus - Orientation Advanced sign up is required. http://orientation.gpc.edu/

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Dunwoody campus - Orientation Advanced sign up is required. http://orientation.gpc.edu/

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SPORTS EDITOR Milly Beccera

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1. Hydrate!

-No, not coffee, or booze, or energy drinks. Try… WATER! You’ll refresh your brain and NOT end up in the hospital for a dying liver or a caffeine overdose.

2. Humor!

Road trip to the beach

Spring is here and summer is fast approaching. It's never too late to go on a road trip with friends, family or just yourself.

There are lots of places to explore while just passing through towns. Stock up on gas and cash (or charge it if you prefer) and don't forget that perfect bathing suit you love just in case. Take a few snacks to curb appetites while on the road and remember to plan for rest stops. You may not get too many oportunities at spontaneity so take every chance you get to go away and see something new.

Vroom!

-All work and no play makes us… Who am I kidding? If you can’t find something funny every now and then, you really need some help.

3. A Little Guilty Pleasure!

-I’m not saying go out and rob a bank or gorge yourself on junk food, but finding a way to reward yourself for studying hard can encourage further studying. Pavlov’s bell says drool, folks!

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4. Study Buddies!

-When people say teaching material you’re trying to learn to others helps, they’re telling the truth. Go ahead and have a study date with your best friend. Or partner. I really don’t care. Just make sure you study and work through your own weak points.

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Mother Earth will thank you. Or you could light them on fire and make s’mores. Just saying.

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What's your community involvement?

Reported by Hana Bekele

Name: Jahmal Sherwood

Name: Mirah Moreland

Major: Engineering

Major: Business

"I'm a coach at the baseball league and I love it."

"I volunteer at an anti-bullying project called The Push Back Project."

Name: Kyera Rhoyes

Name: Jasmine Samuels

Major: Music

Major: Journalism

"I volunteer at Black Girls Run, a non-profit organization that brings together women to help rebuild selfesteem."

"I volunteer at PHODAK, a non-profit organization that helps people receive utilities."

Name: Dwight Turner

Name: Ashanti Coles

Major: Sports Medicine

Major: Pharmaceuticals

"I help out with my community and I always pick up my trash."

"I recycle and try to take care of the environment."

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Nets New

Basketball Fan

By Veejai Ashbey Collegian Staff

Sports Truth be told, I wasn’t the biggest fan of college basketball. In fact I never really paid much attention to it. To me, the play was too sloppy and the talent was mostly subpar apparent from the 10-15 future NBA draft lottery picks.

So normally, I would fill out my bracket for March Madness and once my first team lost, I’d pretty much forget about the tournament.

I wouldn’t even watch the National Championship Game. This season began no differently. I filled out my bracket and made a boneheaded move and picked Bucknell over Belmont. Needless to say, my bracket got messed up pretty quickly and my interest waned from the tournament like always.

A day or two later, I was watching

television when my phone gave me a close game alert for the Gonzaga vs Wichita State game. I decided to turn it on my TV and I eventually saw Wichita State upset Gonzaga in a great game. This started garnering my interest in the NCAA tournament, but I still didn’t really care too much about it. Again, I got another close game alert for the La Salle vs Mississippi with both teams tied at 74 and only a couple of seconds left on the clock. The crowd was roaring. It was an intense moment. La Salle inbounded the ball, and then Tyrone Garland drove it to the basket and shot the game winning layup to give them the victory. What made the moment so great occurred when Garland was interviewed shortly after his game

Joining the Team

Find out all that GPC sport teams have to offer. Contact the coaches and show your Jaguar pride. By Ashley Oglesby Collegian Staff

MEN'S TENNIS Head Coach Mohamed Nait mohamed.omar@gpc.edu

WOMEN'S TENNIS Head Coach Mohamed Nait mohamed.omar@gpc.edu

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winner. He dedicated his win to his cousin Vern in Philadelphia and crowned his shot the “Southwest Philly Floater.”

After that game, I was hooked. I checked the scores at all times, tried to watch every game I could, and I began to research the players I was seeing. When the Final Four came around, the fact that it was taking place in Atlanta just made it that much more exciting. Every single game in Atlanta was an exhilarating game, especially the National Championship Game.

Spike Albrecht went crazy in the first half with 17 points, shooting 4-5 from 3-point range. Overall, it was a game that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon. Not only did I gain interest in college basketball, but

MEN'S BASKETBALL Head Coach Alfred Barnet alfred.barney@gpc.edu

I think ironically the sports world started gaining more interest in Atlanta. We aren’t really considered a sports town other than the ‘90s Braves rise to dominance and the current Falcons success. We were even called the worst sports city in America a couple of years ago. But at the Final Four, the crowd was immensely into the games being played, and they were rocking and were enjoying what they were seeing. The coverage for our city was phenomenal, and I’m glad that people gave it a shot just like I did with college basketball.

The tournament converted me into a fan, and now I’m just ready for the next season to start. Never hurts to be addicted to more than one sport.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Head Coach James Waldon james.waldon@gpc.edu

BASEBALL

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Interim Head Baseball Coach Brett Campbell r.campbell@gpc.edu

Head Coach Ken Deyton kenneth.deyton@gpc.edu

MEN'S SOCCER Head Coach Marc Zagara marc.zagara@gpc.edu

WOMEN'S SOCCER Head Coach Bruno Kalonji bruno.kalonji@gpc.edu

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GPC Students Face Life's Biggest Tests As They Battle Breast

Cancer

By Ashley Oglesby

By Stormy Kage n the middle of Newton’s GPC parking lot, sophomore and mother of three Alecia Francis, 37, received an unexpected phone call that changed her life.

It was early October 2011, during midterms, when Francis’s doctor told her she was diagnosed with Stage II Breast Cancer, an invasive form of the cancer.

“At first I thought it was a cyst or something. Nobody in my family has cancer,” Francis said.

At the time she was supporting a husband who was going through surgery, a sick daughter and trying to maintain her grades. On top of that, she began a series of surgeries, starting with a lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy in February 2012.

The treatment she needed consisted of six rounds of chemotherapy, “cocktail”, which included a mixture of various medications, and one year of Herceptin, which is used to treat HER2, an aggressive gene of the cancer.

“I got really sick. I was throwing up, my skin started to change its color and my nails were falling off. I felt extremely ill,” Francis said.

A common side effect of chemotherapy is hair loss. Oncologist David Margileth of St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Ca. stated on medicalquestionsanswers.org that it is possible to undergo chemotherapy without any hair loss, but that type of treatment uses a drug that is not as strong or effective. Most women will lose all their body hair and it’s up to them whether they wear it shaved or cover up with scarves, hats or wigs.

Francis recalled, “I was sitting down talking to my husband and twirling my hair with my finger, as us girls do, and I noticed a piece of it had fallen out.It was then we went upstairs to shave my head. I would have rather done that then watch it all fall out.”

She also began to have heart complications as a side effect to the Herceptin. Though the thought of death crossed her mind, she said she didn’t let it get to her.

“I think your spirit has a lot to do with it. My spirit is very high. If you look at it like it’s a death sentence then your body will react that way,” Francis said. “I have three

girls, and if they ever get diagnosed, I want them to be able to say mommy did it and everything will be okay.”

Her daughters, who are 17, 12 and 9, each made decorative ‘My Mother is a Breast Cancer Survivor’ T-shirts with colorful finger paint and glitter.

“My family is very supportive of me,” Francis said. “My biggest surgery was done two days before Christmas, but I got up and moved around so my family would have some form of normalcy for Christmas.”

Francis has been married for 15 years and said she enjoys hanging out with friends, taking her children swimming, going to the park, and barbecuing, but because of treatment, she was often confined to the house.

After taking some time off of school, she continues the 2013 spring semester strong with a 3.6 GPA and only has one semester left before transferring to either Chamberlin College of Nursing or Georgia State to become an Oncology Nurse Practitioner.

“After going through cancer, I want to be able to give back to people who are suffering,” said Francis.

Now, in remission, Francis just finished the Herceptin and said she is feeling good.

This summer she has plans to volunteer with Newton County Hospital’s Women’s Center. The hospital has ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ sessions for women who are undergoing cancer treatment.

“I want to show them the different ways they can tie their hair scarves and fix their eyebrows so they know they can still be pretty even with cancer,” said Francis.

“Cancer actually gave me confidence and empowered me. If I can get through this, it doesn’t matter what anybody says.”

With a new passion for life and happiness Francis said she no longer worries about material things and just focuses on every minute that she is here.

“I’d tell anyone who is diagnosed to take time to stop and allow yourself to be loved,” she said.

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hristina King, Dunwoody GPC student, is grateful for her second chance at life after breast cancer.

Diagnosed during her senior year in high school in February 2010, King is now a certified nurse assistant and a pre-medicine major. She’s also enjoying being a new mom to her 5-month-old baby girl, Khaliyah, and plans to start a private care agency when she completes her education.

At first, King was in disbelief when her doctors diagnosed her with cancer. She even refused treatment for several months.

"I was in denial, I kept it hidden and continued life like normal," said King.

She added, "I wanted to enjoy my senior year with my friends, and I didn't feel sick so I felt I could put it off."

She also tried to hide her illness from friends and family, until side effects of her treatment made the disease evident.

By April of 2010, King started her treatments, only sharing her story with her best friend Shykisha. “She accompanied me to doctor appointments and always made sure that I took my medication.”

King’s treatments were split into three stages: First, light hormonal therapy.

Second, lumpectomy / reduction. Third, light radiation.

Shykisha, at first the only person aware of King’s illness, "ended up spilling the beans to one of my favorite teachers, Ms. Smith," King said.

Once informed of her illness, King recalls Ms. Smith rallying with other teachers and the principal and allowing her to complete assignments from the hospital.

King said that Ms. Smith also had cancer, and died the day after King gave birth to her daughter.

“I was really close to her,” said King.

“She helped me get through the school year without my mother (who has cerebral palsy) knowing about my illness,” King said.

Being allowed to complete assignments from the hospital made it possible for her to continue to hide her condition from her family, but by graduation King's family became aware of her disease.

The signs had become more apparent. "I lost my hair, my shape, my ability to participate in

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outings," said King.

King went into remission in January 2011 and she began rebuilding her life. When cancer cells reappeared, her doctors watched them closely.

In September 2011, doctors informed King that she was cancer free.

Two months after treatments King discovered that she was pregnant but lost the baby at 13 weeks.

Doctors told King that she had a slim to none chance of having a baby. Her body couldn't produce enough of the appropriate hormones so King gave up on the idea of one day having children. She and her boyfriend decided that she would use birth control.

King recalled on the day that she was scheduled to have the IUD (Intrauterine Device) birth control placed, pregnancy test results declared that she was pregnant again.

According to King everything that doctors were concerned about have not affected her.

Her pregnancy did not cause an increase in estrogen.

King stated that she is more excited than words can explain to be a mother.

"Knowing that something that was a black spot now has ten fingers and ten toes,” King said.

She added, all the difficulties that come with being pregnant are worth it.

“It’s amazing how fast she grows and how much she has learned,” King said.

She said that after having her daughter she realized how much she liked assisting others.

King’s career path is in no way a surprise since she had always taken care of her mother. King first started in the medical field with Grady Health Systems Teen Services program as a peer educator.

As a peer educator King was able to do assistant work for the hospital which ultimately lead to her doing work with their assistant living and rehabilitation center.

“It started off volunteering, and it actually became something that I enjoyed doing,” said King.

With King’s experience of battling cancer she advised that women “use self-advocacy.”

“If you feel something is wrong don’t give up,” she said. “No one is going to fight for you better than you can fight for yourself.”

By Daniella Medina Collegian Staff

Piedmont Park Conservancy Provides Opportunities to Help Keep Atlanta Green The simple act of picking up a piece of trash doesn’t seem like much until you really start thinking about who it’s affecting.

From park goers to the park’s conservancy, volunteering to help Piedmont Park stay clean and green ultimately has a huge impact everyone. It affects the city of Atlanta, the community and yourself but most importantly like GPC Student, Lunna Zamarron said, “Volunteering shows one’s desire to help out the community.”

The Clean and Green project is one of the many volunteer programs that composes the

nonprofit organization Piedmont Park Conservancy.

The conservancy’s goal is to work with the city of Atlanta to provide a beautiful, fun and safe green space we can all enjoy.

The Clean and Green project, for example, handles all of the park’s landscape maintenance.

Through this volunteer program, you may find yourself doing some seasonal planting or general park beautification such as mulching or pine strawing.

Every Saturday from March through December the Conservancy teams up with the

Green Market to offer Atlanta fresh, locally grown produce and volunteers the opportunity to support and promote local farmers, artists, and bakeries that provide us with their services. The market runs through rain or shine and is a great way to get involved in your local green movement.

Have you ever checked out Piedmont’s dog park? Well now you and your four-legged friend have the opportunity to do so and help assist the Conservancy and the park raise funds to help maintain one of the few parks in metro Atlanta where your pup may

run freely. As you can tell there’s an opportunity for everyone to get involved in one of the city’s most popular green spaces.

These are just a few of the many volunteer opportunities Piedmont’s Conservancy offers.

Students may gather more information about these and other programs through Hands on Atlanta, GPC’s student life, or the Conservancy’s website.

Clean and Green manager Mike Paul tells students that when they give a helping hand, they gain the benefits of making new friends, making a difference, but most

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importantly, “When you’re giving back you automatically become a part of something.”

GPC English professor Lynn Mcgill says, “Volunteering gets you out of yourself, connects you with a larger world.” Whether it’s taking your loyal canine to the dog park or choosing fresh, local produce from the Green Market, Piedmont Park has something to offer everyone, and you may help Atlanta keep this green gem what it is by volunteering today.

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Georgia Perimeter College’s tuition increase is one of the lowest in the University System of Georgia. Set at 2.5 percent, GPC students will see a tuition increase of $32 per semester, plus an additional $24 in fees for a full-time student.

The 2.5 percent increase approved by the Board of Regents on April 16 means that in-state tuition for a full-time student at GPC will go from $1,266 to $1,298 per semester, the same percentage increase as last year. This is the rate to be charged in-state, undergraduate students at 27 University System of Georgia colleges and universities.

The state's four-year, research institutions will cost more.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constution, Georgia Tech students will take the

hardest hit, with in-state undergraduates paying an extra $270 — or 7 percent — each semester. University of Georgia undergrads will pay $191 more per semester, a 5 percent increase.

Georgia State University in Atlanta and Georgia Regents University in Augusta will both raise undergraduate tuition 3.5 percent, about $131 per semester.

GPC’s tuition increase is one of the lowest in the University System of Georgia in an effort to keep a college education affordable and accessible.

GPC interim president Rob Watts said in a school news release, “We are focused on making sure that Georgia Perimeter continues to offer an outstanding education at an affordable price. In this economic climate, more people

realize the value and quality of a GPC education.

We are proud to meet the needs of our community.”

The small percentage increase was made possible, said Chancellor Hank Huckaby, because of the strong budget support provided to the USG

by Gov. Nathan Deal and the General Assembly in the fiscal year 2014 budget. “We received $63 million in new formula funds to support our enrollment growth,” said Huckaby “This is critical to our efforts to minimize tuition increases for students and we appreciate the support.”

From Staff Reports

Clarkston's New City Website Opens Doors for the Community Sergio Jewell

Collegian Staff Catering to a diverse demographic has been a top priority for employees of the City of Clarkston. Clarkston is more than just the home of Georgia Perimeter’s central campus; it is an abode to many who have migrated from overseas. The city has been noted for its ethnic diversity since the 1990s, when refugee resettlement programs identified Clarkston as a good fit for displaced persons of many different backgrounds. Migrating from one country to another can be a difficult transition, but Mayor Emanuel Ransom and his team of employees are providing residents with the opportunities and tools necessary to make an otherwise difficult adjustment a smooth one.

On April 12 Mayor Ransom and the Clarkson residents celebrated the opening of their new website at the Clarkson

Community Center. Among those in attendance to talk about the website were City Manager Keith Barker and City Clerk Tracy Ashby.

“It was definitely time for an update,” Ms. Ashby said. “The old website was developed in 2004, and by 2013 standards it was limited in the interactive functions, the ability to update content and the storage capacity to maintain large databases. Our website needs to reflect who we are, a government interested in community, outreach and transparency.”

Barker then spoke on the overall vision of the site. “We wanted our new website to depict the new vitality and energy that is present in the City of Clarkston today,” he said. “We wanted our new website to focus on people; the citizens, our elected officials and staff.”

Helping citizens from other countries to get settled in their new environment is important in contributing to a stable and prosperous

city. “It is our hope that the new website will be a place where everyone can access needed information, see a friendly face that they can feel comfortable calling upon help them engage in the community at large.”

Ms. Ashby explained more about what the City hopes to accomplish with this website. “I hope the new website becomes an electronic gathering place for our citizens to find how they can connect to each other and to discover Clarkston,” she said. “It should provide a positive opportunity for citizens to discover a common interest, whether it’s civic meetings or family events, where they can meet their neighbors, share common goals and hopefully make a new friend.”

It is clear that their overall ambition for this site is to connect people of Clarkson but establishing multiculturalism can be difficult due to the different languages spoken in a community as diverse as Clarkston. Ms.

Ashby and her co-workers made sure to account for that problem with the Google Translator. “The Google language translator will allow citizens, who may have previously been limited in viewing the website content, the ability to access the content more fully,” she said. She added, “We have also focused on efficiency by providing options for more online access such as renting facilities, making payments and submitting requests all from the comfort of their home.”

The Google Translate feature is vital, Barker added. “With 54 languages spoken in the nearby schools, it will always be a challenge to communicate effectively with everyone.

We hope that by providing more information in a more accessible, user-friendly and visually exciting format, the information will be accessed and translated by family members for which English is not the prevailing language.”

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1. TTYL A Texting,Talking and B Talk to you later

your’re not listening

2. TBH A To be honest B To be helpful C To be handy 3. TMI A Too much Instagram B TMZ’s Cousin C To much information 4. LOL A Lots of Love B Laughing out loud C How dare you ask me this 5. STBY A Still thinking about you B Sucks to be you

6. IDK A All the above B A and D C I don’t know 7. JK A Just kidding B Just Know it 8. OIC A Once in a Century B One time in California...

C Oh, I see 9. XOXO A ....

B WTF C Eh? D Hugs and Kisses Scoring 2-4 points = do you even know what this -> txt <- means ????

6-8 points = You could’ve done better.. much better 10-12 points = Not Bad...

14-16 points = Congratualtions! You are apart of this century 18 points = WoW..you have no life.

Don’t stop there figure out the rest to complete the sentence Summer is a time to____, hang out with your ____ and enjoy things ____ and ____ we are going to miss you this summer ____, The Collegian

Word Bank L8R OMG BFF LOL

SOL IRL BRB TBH

TYVM ROFL XOXO TTYL Answers

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TXT Lingo

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April 24, 2013

1.B, 2. A, 3. C, 4,.B, 5. B, 6. C, 7. A, 8. C, 9. D LOL, BFF, IRL,TBH,TTYL

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