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The Colonnade The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia College

January 27, 2012

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Volume 88, No. 14

A look inside the growing world of prescription drug abuse

Culture

Taylor Seay Senior Reporter Focusing on school work may be harder for some students this semester due to the ongoing national shortage of popular attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications.

Where some students make see alternatives such as coffee, caffeinated drinks and 5-hour Energy to keep them going—other students depend on Adderall.

Adderall is an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication.

Adderall is also used to treat narcolepsy. It is a controlled substance that contains amphetamine and dextroamphetamine.

However, students are having a

“Adderall is under utilized by the appropriate people.”

Jeff Duffy, psychiatrist at GC hard time filling their Adderall prescriptions.

In early October, senior art history major, Courtney Denis tried to fill her prescription at the CVS on Columbia Street, but they were out of Adderall.

“I was about to head back to my home in Atlanta, and decided to drop

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my ‘script’ off at the CVS in Milledgeville real quick, but they told me they were out of it,” Denis said.

Denis attempted to fill her prescription at two other pharmacies in Milledgeville, but she was unsuccessful.

“I went to the other CVS and to Walmart, but both pharmacies were out as well,” Denis said.

Pharmacists at CVS would not comment on the recent Adderall shortage.

Denis’s prescription is to take one 10-milligram tablet of generic Adderall (amphetamine salts) three times each day.

Of 44 GC students surveyed: 5 were prescribed ADHD medication, while 27 admitted to taking it 18% participate in the ADHD medication black market 23% take it to study 12% take it to party Designed by : Vanessa Whi ted

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Identity, spirituality explored Georgia College professor delves into his own life to unearth studies and performances, garners nationally recognized award through his work Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter Gay identity, spirituality and HIV/AIDS are running themes throughout much of Scott Dillard’s research. However, these are also themes which weave themselves in and out of Dillard’s own life.

Dillard, associate professor of rhetoric, gives spectators an unique perspective of these issues through his articles and solo performances.

Dillard was recently named the 2011 recipient of the National Communication Association’s Randy Majors Memorial Award.

John Heineman, a friend and colleague of Dillard’s from Nebraska, nominated him for this award.

According to the National Communication Association’s GLBTQ Caucus (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Queer) website, “This award is specifically for recognizing individuals who have made outstanding contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender scholarship in communication studies.”

Chair of the Department of English and Rhetoric Elaine Whitaker says she believes Dillard received the award not just for the subject matter but for his knowledge and dedication to these issues.

SGA VP resigns, Pro Tempore fills position Bobbi Otis Senior Reporter

Aubrie Sofala/ Senior Photographer Professor Scott Dillard instructs a rhetoric class. Recently, he was given an award for his research of the gay male identity, HIV/AIDS and spirituality.

“I think what he got the award for is the way he encourages other people who are GLBT,” Whitaker said. “It’s not really an award for AIDS advocacy, it’s just the general way in which he advances and I think for everybody else, for those who

don’t experience what he’s experiencing.”

Dillard says that through his performance and pieces of writing he touches

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GC presidential field narrowed Aubrie Sofala Senior Reporter The hunt for Georgia College’s future president has been narrowed to a small group of candidates who will visit the campus in February.

On Friday, Jan. 20 and Saturday, Jan. 21 the campus-based Presidential Search and Screen Committee flew the 10 possible candidates into Atlanta for interviews.

From those interviews, they decided the group that best exemplifies Georgia College.

“We wanted to get to a manageable number to interview for the airport interviews,” Student Government Association President Evan Karanovich said. “We had around 10 applicants for face-to face-interviews and we will narrow down that group to see who will come to campus.”

The committee formed in fall and has

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maintained the responsibility of updating the campus about the status of the presidential search. The presidential search website has been instrumental in receiving feedback from students, faculty, staff and community members, according Ken McGill, chair of chemistry, physics and astronomy and chair of the Search and Screen Committee.

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students are at it again

The 35th annual Regional Science and Engineering Fair begins on Feb. 3. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade will participate, and have the opportunity to advance to both the state level and international level. The fair will take place in Centennial Center on Feb. 3 and Magnolia Ballroom on Feb. 4.

“We don’t pay for our friends; we pay to do things with our friends.

We put money into a big collective pot so we can do things as a group.”

-Lisa Lotyczewski, graduate assistant

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News

Student Government Association Vice President Ross Sheppard resigned Wednesday in the midst of another impeachment controversy.

In his resignation letter, Sheppard wrote: “Due to a myriad of circumstances that are hardly secret, yet not worth mentioning in this letter, I no longer feel that my time is best spent serving SGA. Something I once loved has become a burden, but I am thankful for the years I did spend with many of my best friends working to make Georgia College a better place at which to live, work and play.”

Articles of impeachment were filed against Sheppard for the first time in September, when senators voted 11-12 against impeachment. During SGA’s general meeting on Jan. 18, another set of impeachment articles were announced.

The resignation has caused a shuffle of positions within SGA’s Executive Board.

President Pro Tempore Maxwell Pichan will assume the vice presidency.

“I am excited to move our organization forward in my new position as vice president of the SGA,” Pichan said. “I plan on

Inside

Greek-life myths debunked.....................................3 Student ambassadors................................................3

A&E

Influence of poetry....................................................9 “Pretty/Much Collective+Not About Beauty”....9

Sports

Men’s basketball takes two road games.............12 Women’s basketball splits road games...............12 Community News........................................7 Leisure...............................................................11

continuing to work closely with faculty, staff, the Executive Board and the senate to make this the best possible semester for our students.”

Junior SGA Senator Stephen Hundley is the president pro tempore nominee, and will be instated pending a vote in SGA’s general meeting on Friday.

Sheppard must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the senate to serve the remainder of the term.

Karanovich says this staff change will not impact SGA’s advancement.

“These recent developments will not slow our progress. Despite the changes in personnel, our mission remains the same and just as strong, ‘to actively work to improve the quality of life for the student body.’ There is still work to be done across our campus and I know that our team will continue to pursue the best interests of our fellow students,” Karanovich said.

Sheppard closed his letter saying he hoped the SGA could get back on track “and be purged of whatever has been (the) cause of this year’s inefficiency, unprofessionalism and overall degradation of the superlative reputation for which so many worked so hard.”

Number Crunch

7,200 The number of men in Georgia each month who either knowingly or unknowingly pay for sex with young girls.

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Phonathon connects campus present, past Kyle Shanahan Contributing Writer Among Georgia College’s many fundraising and informational services, none seek to be more personal than the Phonathon.

Comprised entirely of Georgia College students, this organization is responsible for making calls to parents and alumni to inform them about current and upcoming events around campus. Phonathon students also take time to seek out financial support and update the university’s contact information so its mailings are sent to the right addresses. Calls take place each week between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m.

Phonathon helps raise money for the school’s annual Heritage Fund, which provides support for the greatest need areas across the GC campus. According to the university website, the finances provided by the Heritage Fund go towards student scholarships, academic facility maintenance, technology upgrades and faculty research projects. Phonathon contributes to the fund by researching and contacting potential donors, informing them about the school and answering any questions they may have.

Bill Doerr, associate vice president for development and alumni relations, maintains a management role in the current incarnation of Phonathon. Doerr said students who apply to become Phonathon members undergo an extensive training procedure before they start making calls.

“For many alums, this is the only personal interaction they receive from the college on an annual basis,” Doerr said. “So we make sure they are prepared to serve as an ambassador.”

As a former manager of the organization, GC

graduate Beth Benton led Phonathon through its most successful financial year, gathering $201,000 in donations during the 2009-10 academic year. Having been a top caller in Phonathon two years before acquiring her management position, she describes a typical Phonathon session to include around 20 student callers, with calls lasting anywhere between 60 seconds and 30 minutes.

“We teach our callers to be active listeners and to do 80 percent listening, and only 20 percent talking,” Benton said. “We take interest in what each person has to say: maybe they are mad about that 1937 yearbook they never received, maybe their daughter gets no sleep in the dorm because her roommate is a night owl. We contact whoever we need to and do whatever we can to get these issues resolved.”

As for the Heritage Fund, Benton explains that developing a relationship with others is important for acquiring donations.

“Some people give right away; some decline, and that’s ok; we expect that. The students who work at Phonathon are no stranger to rejection, but it doesn’t stop them,” Benton said. “If one person doesn’t donate, we maintain a positive attitude and remember that everyone, at one time, was a non-donor.” Benton explains that donation calls can result in anything from hang-ups, significant dollar donations, “…or one of the best conversations of your life; you never know.”

Phonathon’s offices are located in the library building, underneath the Georgia College Welcome Center and Museum. Calls are made every evening Monday through Thursday. Information about the Heritage Fund’s policies can be obtained by contacting University Advancement Vice President Amy Amason.

Marilyn Ferrell / Staff Photographer Junior pre-nursing major Kristi Hicks works at the Phonathon making calls to Georgia College alumni, parents and friends. Each week, students make calls between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m. to inform patrons of upcoming campus events and seek financial support.

Main Campus to see addition LITC develops of fitness center at Centennial areas for study, group space

Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter With the opening of the Wellness and Recreation Center and the closing of the Depot, students are left with no workout facility on Main Campus. Soon that will change.

Using workout equipment and televisions from the Depot and making use of the Department of Kinesiology’s former lab, a smaller workout room will be created for students to use to get in a quick workout at the Centennial Center.

Student Government Association President Evan Karanovich says that after having several discussions and keeping in mind several factors of cost, it was decided that the Centennial Center would be the most logical place.

“There was a lot of conversation about having a location on campus for a workout facility, but we need something to where we would not have to have a lot of overhead cost, when you have workers and when you have building maintenance,” Karanovich said. “The Depot is not self sufficient, it took money. This will be very self sufficient for the most part.”

Designed similar to a hotel workout room, this exercise hub will be unmonitored and made to be used by students at their own risk. The facility will house cardio and weight machines, as well as a rack of different size dumbbells.

Before the facility can be opened, power and electrical issues need to be researched. Michael Rickenbaker, university architect and director of facilities planning, says he would like to start moving the equipment from the Depot

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Professor

Continued from page 1 the correlations between the gay male identity, HIV/AIDS and spirituality.

“Well, mostly what I sort of look at is how, in dealing with HIV, lots of gay men actually have more of a spiritual awakening,” Dillard said. “So that spirituality helps them with that sort of crisis in their life, and so they come out to the other side of that as different people then when they started.”

Dillard is a well-known critic and performer and is widely known within the performance festival community.

He has also directed and performed in many plays within the Milledgeville community as well as in many other states.

He is best known for his solo performance “Breathe With Me,” which was the stepping off point for his article in the Text and Performance Quarterly titled “Breathing Darrell: Solo Performance as Contribution to a Useful Queer Mythology.”

The performance and article discuss the loss of his partner Darrell to AIDS and further gay male spirituality.

Nick Widener Staff Reporter

Jen Hoffman/ Staff Photographer The Depot’s exercise equipment is currently not in use. The workout machines will soon be part of a fitness facility in the Centennial Center.

Through his studies on HIV/AIDS, Dillard says that his writing and performances focus more on the emotional and psychological impact that HIV/ AIDS has on a person.

“It’s how people deal with it and incorporate it as a part of their life. I’m usually coming from a very personal place with it,” Dillard said.

“What I’ve been focused on is really that spiritual element and how that spiritual element is really the aid in being part of a whole and healthy person living with HIV.” Amy Burt, associate professor of rhetoric, has known Dillard for 22 years and says that the two went to graduate school together at Southern Illinois University.

“That was really exciting to get that kind of national recognition. It is just really impressive and he has done really impressive work with GLBTQ caucus of the NCA,” Burt said. “A lot of that work is time consuming, and it’s thankless, and so for him to get that kind of recognition, it is a nice affirmation that what he has done has made a difference and also is respected by his peers.”

Fast Facts: HIV 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV infection.

One in 5 people are unaware they are living with HIV Men who have sex with men are most affected by HIV By race, African Americans are face the most severe HIV burden Approximately 50,000 Americans become infected with HIV each year Source: Centers for Disease Control

The Library and Instructional Technology Center is always reshaping itself to accommodate students. Last summer the majority of the Reference Collection, on the second floor, was relocated to the Circulating Collection. And in its place, tables and new, trial furniture was added.

Revamping the second floor is a work in progress, and will likely continue to change, but these adjustments are not the only ones taking place within the LITC. The addition of the study pods in the quiet zone on the third floor is currently the biggest change.

Last spring, the LITC asked the student body about what they thought was lacking in the library.

The most received response was the need for more study rooms. And, over the summer, the LITC enclosed all of the open alcoves to create more study rooms.

Yet, only seven new rooms were created and with study rooms always in demand, this number was not enough to accommodate students The design of the LITC building doesn’t lend it itself to much space for addition. While wanting to provide students with more study room space, but also being able to work within the parameters of the building’s layout, the study pods were the best option.

“We looked into other alternatives, and the easiest thing we could see was something like the study pods,” Kell Carpenter said.

Yet, the pods are not rooms, as they are not fully enclosed, and have windows on both sides. Often, it can be distracting hearing or seeing other students through them, as feedback indicated, according to Carpenter.

But, they are meant to provide students with a semi-private experience.

And, since they are located

within an already designated quiet zone, noise should, theoretically, not be a problem.

“I think it’s good because it’s a small space. You’re alone, quiet and it’s easier to concentrate,” said Sean Liu, accounting graduate student.

The pods can house up to two students comfortably, and the LITC has tried to ensure two chairs are in each pod at all times.

“I think they work, if you’re one person,” said Danielle Cline, MAT graduate student.

Yet, currently the pods do not receive power. And, the LITC has found, from feedback from students, this needs to change.

“We’re hopeful that very soon they’ll be fully capable for the power,” Carpenter said.

And while the power operation is being remedied, the LITC is working on another renovation: whiteboard space. Though mostly all of the enclosed study rooms already have a whiteboard in them, the plan is to create more space.

“Were going to try to go in each of the regular study rooms and put in a whiteboard wall,” Carpenter said.

“Paint a wall with whiteboard paint.”

And the study pods aren’t exempt from this whiteboard makeover either, as the LITC hopes adding them will decrease perceptible distractions the pods have.

“We’re always looking for ways to provide what Check out GCSUcom s t u d e n t s for more w a n t , ” information Carpenter about LITC updates said.

B y midterm, the LITC hopes to have board games ready to be checked out for students to take study breaks and relieve themselves of stress. But, once the games are available, they will be there for checkout at anytime.

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Greek-life myths, truths revealed Alyson Crosby Staff Reporter

By the Numbers: Greek Life

Greek-life on any campus, including Georgia College, has a stigma that comes with it. The “Animal House” stereotype has followed fraternities and sororities for years. Some of the myths that come with this stigma are: Greek life is all about partying, all Greek life members are hazed, being a member of these organizations means that you pay for your friends, it takes up all of your time, and academics can suffer from being a member. According to Lisa Lotyczewski, graduate assistant for Greek Life and Special Events, these myths are believed by many students at GC.

Myth: Greek life means always partying

According to Lotyczewski Greeks are just like everyone else when it comes to partying. Some members may “party” frequently and some may not. All students have different interests.

“There might be some people who are in Greek organizations who do that type of thing, but there are plenty of other people who have other motivations, other things they think are fun, and it (drinking) isn’t their main goal in becoming Greek,” Lotyczewski said.

However, according to collegedrinkingprevention.gov, “studies have found that members of Greek organizations are more likely to drink compared with other students.”

“I guess the fact that we have planned theme parties makes people think we party a lot,” said Andrea Peterson member of Delta Zeta.

Myth: Greek life means hazing

2.5

overall GPA is required to join a Greek organization

55

percent of students involved in clubs, teams or organizations have experienced hazing

Hazing seems to be more prevalent in fraternities than sororities. But some fraternities deny any type of hazing.

“We are strictly non-hazing,” Alex Raposa, president of Pi Kappa Phi said. “It not only turns people off from wanting to join a fraternity in general, but it just breaks down character.”

Students serve campus, community Powell Cobb Contributing Writer You see them all over campus. Clad in navy blue T-shirts and khaki pants, student ambassadors are more than tour guides for prospective students.

Although students are seemingly unaware of the duties of student ambassadors, their role on campus is a large one.

Student Ambassador Vice President Alex Allison’s responsibilities range far beyond leading students and their parents around campus.

“It’s kind of like we are the university’s poster children,” Allison said.

The tours led by the ambassadors have a huge impact on potential students, with an average of 62 percent of them enrolling in the university every year, according to Allison.

With an office in Parks Hall and constant involvement with official events all over campus, Allison takes pride in his job as vice president. The junior rhetoric major even has an “Organization of the Year” plaque commemorating the 201011 Student Ambassador Team hanging on his office door.

“As student ambassadors, we are in charge of a lot of things people don’t even realize,” Allison said. “We facilitate all speakers who come to the college, hold Q&A panels, and basically provide a student’s perspective for parents and others who are interested in enrolling.”

Most importantly, the Student Ambassador Team serves as an essential link between the university’s student body, alumni, staff and friends. They even travel to surrounding communities such as Augusta, Savannah, Marietta and Macon

Kelsey Garrison/ Staff Photographer Student Ambassador Vice President Alex Allison meets regularly with their adviser, Suzanne Price, to discuss upcoming events. Allison is one of 50 student ambassadors devoted to providing an essential link between students, staff, alumni and prospective students.

to maintain relationships with schools in the areas and hold recruiting sessions for potential students.

It is also the only institutional organization on campus, meaning it is the only student organization that the university has complete control of. This sets the group of 50 students apart from all the other organizations at Georgia College.

“We are basically the people who are there to help the college whenever they need assistance with things,” TJ Cornay, a junior and second year student ambassador said.

An example of their call of duty to the university would be the President’s Holiday Dinner, an annual reception for donors to Georgia College and guests of the president. The ambassador team is required to shuttle attendees in golf carts, hold doors and welcome people and socialize with guests.

In addition, the team takes pride in its diverse representation of students, with members who are involved in Greek Life, University Housing, Student Government Association and many other on-campus groups.

“There have to be people on campus who know the information that parents and visitors will ask, and our job is easier when we can represent all the different aspects that Georgia College offers,” Cornay said.

Meeting every Monday in Atkinson Hall, the team of 50 students discuss upcoming events and opportunities around the university.

Currently, the ambassadors are gearing up for Georgia College’s Homecoming from Feb. 6 to 11, where they have a big hand in planning alumni events and rallying students for the various Homecoming activities they have organized.

“I’d like for students to know we do much more than giving those tours you see around campus,” Allison said.

According to hazingprevention.org “55 percent of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing and nine out of ten students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not consider themselves to have been hazed.” Some incidents may not be reported because the victim doesn’t consider it to be hazing.

When incidents do happen and are reported, the fraternity or sorority at fault is punished. According to the Department of Campus Life website, “violations may result in university disciplinary action as well as action through the civil courts. University disciplinary action may include the withdrawal of university recognition from offending organizations through a due process hearing.”

Myth: Greek life means paying for friend

Each member has to pay dues to be in the organization, but they don’t consider it to be paying for friends.

“We don’t pay for our friends; we pay to do things with our friends. We put money into a big collective pot so we can do things as a group,” said Lotyczewski.

Just as non-Greek students pay to go to the movies or to sports events with their friends, Greeks pay to attend the same types of events with their friends. They just pay up front, explained Lotyczewski.

Myth: Greek life takes up a lot of time

All organizations take up a certain amount of time, Greek life

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President

Continued from page 1 The website features a timeline of the search and also houses an online forum where campus and community members can submit questions for the presidential candidates.

“The unique questions that we got from the website that were Georgia College specific were about the liberal arts mission,” McGill said. “Because we take a lot of pride in that mission.”

Candidates were interviewed for an hour and a half and were asked a series of questions, some specific to Georgia College and others more general. The committee raised questions of applicant’s background in diversity initiatives, fundraising, class sizes and shared governance.

One of the focuses for Karanovich was to ensure that the future president present themselves as a “jack of all trades.”

“We’ve got a big problem – monetarily and fiscally we are strapped and we are having to make due while trying to maintain an university,” Karanovich said. “We need someone to come in and manage this business. While the education proponent is huge, there’s a lot of support that goes into supporting that mission.”

The committee worked in the fall with Heidrick & Struggles, the executive search committee, to work on developing an announcement, which led to a job advertisement in The Chronicle of Higher Education. It was then that the executive search committee began to headhunt around the nation for pos-

sible presidential candidates.

“This kind of position, the best person for the job isn’t necessarily the person who would apply for the job,” McGill said.

Currently, the committee is waiting on confirmation from the pool of applicants chosen from the airport interview phase.

McGill predicts the group of candidates will be released in the next week, at which time they will become open to the public.

Until then, the applicants will remain confidential.

“The reason everything has to be confidential is because these people are already vice presidents, presidents and they don’t want their head institution knowing they are out there applying for another position,” McGill said.

Once the candidates are announced, the itinerary will be created, dictating when each applicant will visit campus. Throughout the month of February open forums will be held in the evening, where the campus and community can ask questions and express concerns to the applicants.

Once the interviewing is complete, the committee will send a report to the Chancellor’s Special Committee, where they will then make a recommendation to the Board of Regents. If everything goes smoothly, everything should be wrapped up by the first of May, according to McGill.

For the full presidential timeline and to check for dates concerning the applicant open-forums campus and community members should visit www.gcsu. edu/presidentialsearch/index.htm.

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Continued from page 1 According to the Federal Drug Administration website there is a shortage in extended release Adderall due to “API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) supply issues and uneven distribution patterns.”

Upon arriving in Atlanta, Denis tried to fill her Adderall prescription once again.

She was unsuccessful.

“I decided that I would get a refill back home in Atlanta,” Denis said. “I did not think anything of it until I went back to Atlanta and my pharmacy did not have it.”

Denis finally got her prescription filled at the Walmart in Eatonton, Ga. “When I headed back to school on Sunday I decided to stop at the Walmart in Eatonton and they had it,” Denis said.

“They most likely had it because (Eatonton) is not a very populated area.”

Denis also found that she had to pay a significantly higher amount for her prescription than usual.

“The generic Adderall usually cost $28, but that last prescription of generic Adderall that I got in October was $86,” Denis said.

ADHD tends to run in Denis’s family; her mother and uncle have ADHD and they were both medicated around the age of 5.

“My mother knew that one of her children would possibly have ADHD as well,” Denis said.

Denis has been medicated since age 11.

Senior business major, Rebecca Tamplin has recently had trouble affording her

Adderall prescription.

“I went to see my doctor last week to pick up my prescription, and she informed me that I would probably have to pay more that usual,” Tamplin said. “But, she did tell me that if she raised my dosage then I would not have to pay as much.”

Jeff Duffy, a part-time psychiatrist at Georgia College’s Counseling Center, suggests that students may want to switch to a similar ADHD medication that is more available.

“Vyvanse may be more available, and the switch from Adderall to Vyvanse is pretty easy,” Duffy said.

Vyvanse is a controlled substance that contains the ingredient lisdexamfetamine, which is similar to to the main ingredient in Adderall. Vycanse is used “as part of a treatment program to control symptoms of attention deficit hyperacticity disorder,” according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

“When Vyvanse is metabolized in the liver it becomes long acting Adderall,” Duffy said.

After having trouble filling her Adderall prescription, Denis talked to her psychiatrist about finding an alternative medication.

“He had no idea that there was a shortage, but he switched my prescription to Ritalin,” Denis said.

Ritalin is not a type of amphetamine, unlike Adderall and Vyvanse. Ritalin’s main ingredient is methylphenidate, which is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

“For some students Ritalin may be an alternative that could be discussed with their physician,” Duffy said.

The cost of Ritalin is cheaper compared

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Continued from page 2 as soon as possible, but first these issues must be considered.

“Some of the equipment moves easily and doesn’t require any power but all of the treadmills (require power). We are going to have to work on either increasing or changing or revising the power,” Rickenbaker said.

Rickenbaker went on to say that he would like to keep renovation costs at a minimum.

“To say I’m trying to spend as little as possible would be accurate,” Karanovich said. “I’m just trying to get us over there. I want to be able

to the cost of Adderall, but some say the drug is not as effective.

“The cost of my Ritalin is $6, but the real cost is that it does not work very well or at all for that matter,” Denis said.

The FDA also released that there is a shortage in immediate release amphetamine mixed salt tablets due to increase in demand.

There is speculation that this increase in demand is due to improper use of these drugs.

“Everything is speculation,” Duffy said. “Adderall is under utilized by the appropriate people.”

According to a recent survey conducted by The Colonnade, Georgia College students, it was found that five out of 44 students said that they were prescribed to a type of ADHD medication, and 27 out of 44 students admitted to taking ADHD medications at least once.

Fifty percent of the students said they only take ADHD medications when they have to study for a test.

Sixteen percent have never taken ADHD medications.

Twenty-three percent take ADHD medications to stay awake to study, and 24 percent take these types of medications in order to concentrate.

However, not all students take ADHD medications just to study. Twelve percent of students admitted to abusing the medications to stay awake to party, and one percent confessed to using them to lose weight.

Adderall is commonly abused as a study drug, party drug and weight loss drug. Common nicknames for the drug are “college crack” or “cognitive steroid,” according to AdderallAbuse.net.

to use it some this semester, but I can’t make any promises, because if we get in there and find out we have some issue with the power it could slow us down. I’m just hoping it’s not a major showstopper.”

Jimmy Wilson, assistant athletic director, added that the room is up to the standard it needs to be, cosmetically, but as of now there is no set budget as to how much it will cost for the project to be completed.

“As I understand it very little will have to be done to make the room ready,” Wilson said.

“The tile in the room is already a rubberized type tile and what we are putting in there are the stationary bikes, the ellipticals, treadmills, its going to be more of a cardio workout room than anything else.”

January 27, 2012 Reasons Georgia College students take Adderall To concentrate

30%

Stay awake to study

29%

Do not take medications

16%

Stay awake to party

15%

Prescribed by a doctor

To lose weight

8%

1%

Note: Students were able to choose more than one option

Greek

Continued from page 3 is no different. But, there is no set requirement of the amount of time Greek members have to spend on their organization.

“I spend about three hours a week doing things with my sorority. One hour is a weekly chapter meeting,” Peterson said.

Some Greek events are not required.

Some of the Greek organizations use a points system, the more events a member attends, the more points they get. It adds an incentive to go to the events that aren’t required, according to Lotyczewski.

“Aside from when you’re initially joining, there are very few things you’re required to go to. We go to weekly chapter

meetings and ritual events, like pledging new people in. Those types of things are required,” said Lotyczewski. But, each organization has different events that are required.

Myth: Greek life means academics can suffer

In order to join a Greek organization a student must have a GPA of at least a 2.5, according to Lotyczewski, but some sororities do not accept below a 3.0.

Being a part of any organization may take time away from studying. Just as with the school, if a Greek member’s GPA drops too low they are put on academic probation within the organization and could eventually be asked to leave the organization.

Close up Themes, ideas, and events of the 21st century

January 27, 2012 • Editor, Lindsay Shoemake

Q&A with Sean Mooney

courtesy of sean mooney

Mooney ventured to Nepal in summer 2011 on an unforgettable journey through the country with friends. The beautiful landscape of Nepal is wrought with human trafficking woes.

As We Go project walks toward freedom for all Alan Martin Contributing Writer

W

alking for four days straight with nothing but camaraderie, determination and a mission may not appeal to all college students.

But, for a group of 21 who trekked from Milledgeville to Athens in the name of ending human trafficking, this was not the case.

Individuals from Georgia College and Milledgeville wanted to make a difference, one capable of impacting the world. Thus, the As We Go project was born.

The title truly depicts what the project is about – As We Go is not about the individual or group effort, but the power of an entire body of advocates working toward the greater good for those less fortunate.

The group is raising awareness for human trafficking that exists on the other side of the world.

According to Tiny Hands International, over 10,000 to 15,000 women illegally become the objects of sex slavery and human trafficking every year in Nepal.

Over 600,000 people are trafficked across the world every year, with 80 percent being girls. Nearly half of the girls who are forced into sexual slavery are minors.

The As We Go project had 21 people walk from Milledgeville to Athens last December. It was a 70-mile trip and took four days to complete. When you multiply 70 by 21, that equals the number of miles across the border of India and Nepal (roughly 1,470 miles), which is one of the largest sites for human trafficking in the world.

Sophomore community health major Hailee Argo was excited to be one of the 21 walkers to make the trip to Athens.

“There came a point when we were about 20 to 25 miles away from Athens and it started to become a little painful,” Argo said. “Eventually, the steps brought about a pain, and that would make me think of the thousands of women who are living lives full of pain, and how they don’t stand a chance without the help of us and others.”

Junior history major Sean Mooney was an influential person on the 70-mile journey to Athens. This past summer Mooney spent close to two weeks in Nepal and witnessed the firsthand effects of human trafficking.

“One of the coolest aspects of the walk was the different churches we stayed at for three nights,” Mooney said. “It was three different denominations of churches (Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian). It really was cool to see different churches come together as one body. The As We Go project isn’t even a religious issue, it is a human issue.”

The sense of closeness and community that grew out of the walk to Athens remains a favorite memory of the As We Go walkers.

“The best part of the walk was seeing everyone for exactly who they were,” said freshman undeclared major Bryan Wozniak. “I would definitely go on a walk in the future. I would like to go on a longer journey, as long as we have more time to complete it.”

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Alan Martin Contributing Writer Sean Mooney recently walked with the As We Go project, making the 70-mile trip from Milledgeville to Athens on foot last December. The junior history major also traveled to Nepal in summer 2011, where he saw firsthand the devastating effects of human trafficking.

Upon returning home, Mooney was quick to acknowledge the comforts and privileges that are often taken for granted.

“People are blessed to live in this community and need to become more knowledgeable about what all is going on in the world, and we all need to learn how to give more,” Mooney said. “In Nepal and many other areas, there are real souls who don’t stand a chance with what’s in place right now.”

Mooney is currently working on ideas for future walks with the As We Go project, and is considering returning to Nepal for an extended visit in the future.

Q: Why did you go to Nepal and who did you go with?

A: One of my friends asked me and three other guys to go with him and his parents. My friend’s dad worked with businesses in Nepal and helps them get started. I don’t remember all the details, but in total there were seven of us.

Q: How long were you in Nepal?

A: We were there for just under two weeks. But to be honest with you, it felt like a lot longer. It was definitely an experience like no other, from the backpacking to the affect that human trafficking had on me.

Q: How were you able to communicate with the people of Nepal and what did you normally talk with them about?

A: Thankfully we had a couple traveling with us who could translate between Nepali and English. The main thing we asked about were prayer requests. It was all a part of this thing we were doing called prayer walking.

Q: What is prayer walking?

the walk, close to $2,000 had been donated. The group’s goal is $8,000, but there is no limit to the potential funds that could be raised. All of the money raised is going to the nonprofit organization Tiny Hands.

Future ideas for walks include a journey from Milledgeville to Atlanta or even Clemson University in South Carolina. The As We Go project is an ongoing

process, but there is no limit to who can help out and to those who may be helped.

There is talk of the As We Go project partnering with New City Church of Milledgeville for a 5k race to raise money and generate awareness regarding human trafficking.

For more information, visit aswegohq.wordpress. com on how to donate and to learn more about ways to give to help others live.

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girls are trafficked through Georgia each month Source: Street GRACE

A: Nepal is broken up into three parts when it comes to traveling through trails. There are the lowlands, the Himalayas and the foothills. We traveled through famous trails for a few days of the trip and as we came across people, we simply tried to share the gospel with them to the best of our ability and took prayer requests. As we continued walking we would pray for those individuals and their families.

Q: At what point on the trip did you begin to learn about the human sex trafficking?

A: We had arrived at some city, and we noticed that there were around 30 to 40 boys playing outside. I had no idea why there were no girls outside, so someone in our group asked them where all the girls were. The boys told us about the horrible truth of human trafficking and how the girls aren’t allowed to go outside because it is too risky.

Q: What was the rest of your trip like after learning about human trafficking?

A: Everywhere we went there were absolutely no girls playing outside. All you would ever see were boys. It was such a haunting experience, and I honestly couldn’t get the thought of all those girls out of my mind. It is something I thought about with every step I took, and it is something I still think about today.

For more information on ways to become involved in the fight against human trafficking by donating or forming an activist group, visit tinyhandsinternational.org and dosomethingnow.com.

Street GRACE joins forces against exploitation Anna Morris Senior Reporter Walking through the slums of India, Kelli Weinschenk, junior psychology major, slowly began to realize all of the children she had become so fond of during her mission trip could have their lives taken away from them at any moment. Sex trafficking threatened to ruin the innocence of these girls and boys.

After returning home from India, Weinschenk was horrified to find that Atlanta is a central hub for sex trafficking.

“I realized that at this time it wasn’t possible for me to be in India, but that I could

do something in America to help fight against trafficking,” Weinschenk said.

Only two hours away from one of the biggest trafficking hubs, a group of advocates for change brought Street GRACE to Georgia College.

Street GRACE (Galvanizing Resources Against Child Exploitation) is a church-affiliated organization located in Atlanta that was created to aid in the fight against child exploitation and sex trafficking.

Weinschenk, along with junior psychology major Erin Boddy, founded Street GRACE at GC. Boddy, president of Street GRACE, learned about the organization through

her church. how big of an isStreet GRACE “If you care sue it really is.” at GC has been enough about Boddy and an official club Weinschenk feel something, you since last spring, like it is beneficial and they held can find a way for GC to have events such as a to change it.” this club because bake sale in order many are interto raise money to ested in fighting show a short film Erin Boddy, against traffickabout trafficking ing, but most do called “The Candy junior psychology not know how to major get involved.

Shop.” Events for this year, which “We’re just includes hosting a trying to root this 5k run, are being planned. issue into students now so “Our goal with Street maybe after they graduate they GRACE at GC is to help bring will continue to want to try to awareness to the cause and do something about it,” Boddy raise money for it,” Boddy said. said. “We want people to see Hayley Dillman, sopho-

more community health major, decided to join the club after hearing Boddy and Weinschenk talk about how passionate they were in seeing an end to sex trafficking. Dillman wanted to learn more about the cause as well as help recruit more members for the club.

“People need to be made aware of the atrocity of sex trafficking and be able to get involved with an organization in eradicating it,” Dillman said.

Child sex trafficking and exploitation is a bigger issue than some people can imagine, and with Atlanta as a central hub for the problem, it is too local

of an issue to brush aside.

According to Street GRACE’s website, nearly 7,200 men in Georgia knowingly or unknowingly pay for sex with young girls each month. Joining a group like Street GRACE at GC may seem like a small move, but it is a move closer to stopping trafficking.

“You can do something,” Boddy said. “If you care enough about something, you can find a way to change it.

You have to believe there’s something you can do.”

Street GRACE at GC can be found on Facebook where upcoming events will be posted.

Opinion

January 27, 2012• Editor-in-Chief, Bobbi Otis

Wellness and Recreation Center

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“What is the biggest issue on campus that you want the new university president to solve when he/she is selected?”

“A parking section with more than two hour parking for people who take back-toback classes.”

Sarah Hittler, senior history major

“Better provisions for the art departmen.

We are very cramped in here and rarely see all of the money we pay in fees.”

Chynna Murphy, senior art history major

Our Voice Presidential campaigns are too expensive The 2012 presidential campaigns have captured the attention of Americans and many nations.

Only one thing can drive the force of publicity and extreme exposure—money.

So far, campaigns has amassed $176.5 million in contributions, according to the Federal Election Commission.

FEC records show that in 2008, presidential candidates spent $1.7 billion. In 2004, they spent $673.9 million.

Campaign spending will no doubt increase as the election draws near this year.

Millions and in some cases billions of dollars are financing advertisements, appearances, travel expenses, etc.

Imagine what the money could be used on besides a handful of American candidates fighting for the presidency.

According to Americans for Informed Democracy, you could save 463,636 birth

“I think that the new president could improve upon parking and housing around campus, and make tuition fees less of a burden on students.”

Sarah Kelenear, junior mass communication major mothers’ lives with a birthing kit if you were to use campaign funds from 2008.

The group One Laptop Per Child says 4,657 kids could be given a laptop for school using the presidential campaign funds from 2008. Twenty-four families could be supplied a brand new house donated by Habitat for Humanity.

Needless to say, there are better ways to use campaign funds than on massive advertising campaigns.

Understandably, because Untied States has a population of over 312 million people, it would take a lot of advertising and public relations of presidential candidates to reach the ears of every American, according to the U.S Census Bureau.

Other than raising funds individually, the candidates should reach the population through other methods that are more cost effective.

In this day and age, social media is a huge captivator of our society. It also is the cheapest and most effective marketing tool there is to date. With over 800 million Facebook users and over 100 million Twitter users, social media has the fastest outreach to millions of users.

Also, because the presidential campaign is a huge topic within massive media outlets, candidates can use free publicity through the media without needing large amounts of funding from contributors.

According to FEC, Georgia contributed thus far over $2.6 million to the 2012 presidential campaign while in 2008, Georgia contributed over $21 million.

Georgia has a 58-percent graduation

“According to Americans for Informed Democracy, you could save 463,636 birth mothers’ lives with a birthing kit if you were to use campaign funds from 2008.”

“Better hours at eating places on campus. I like to eat late sometimes.”

Emily Chatlen, sophomore special education major

“I would like better gym hours on the weekends. I want to be able to work out later, and I cannot when they close at 6 p.m.”

Luke Montgomery, sophomore pre-nursing major

rate for students within the University System of Georgia, according to Governor’s Office of Planning & Budget.

HOPE funding has had $300 million cut from the Georgia Lottery.

If Georgians would donate their presidential campaign funding to the HOPE “I think that the new Wellness Center should scholarship it would alleviate some cuts be more open to the public to help cut down on students tuition. The more we empowon our fees. I also think it would be beneficial to the community.” er the newer generation, the stronger our Loren Ranson, sophomore psychology major future leaders will be, empowering our country.

Individual campaign contributions are the leading presidential funding source.

See the story on the presidential search on This election has raked in $148.1 million page 1 of individual contributions so far while in 2008 individual contributions were over $1.3 billion.

We at The Colonnade are not downsizing the importance of presidential elections. Choosing the future leader of our and rants gEorgia country tishoUghts very important, butoFthere are CollEgE cheaper, more strategic ways to use campaign money.

THE LITTER BOX

Drinking and drug use aid hookup culture Bobbi Otis You’re at a party. You’ve had too much to drink. Your inhibitions are gone.

There’s someone good-looking on the other side of the room. You waste no time.

You wake up the next morning in a stranger’s bed. You have no idea what happened.

Welcome to the alarming hookup culture that is prevalent on college campuses. Most, it seems, are hooked on the so-called hookup culture.

Though the term is common, definitions for what exactly a hookup is vary.

Urban Dictionary describes a hookup as an “ambiguous” term for “almost any sexual activity. Usually used to exaggerate or minimize what exactly happened.

A hookup can range from a make-out session to full out sex.”

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thoUghts and rants oF gEorgia CollEgE There was no mention of Keystone pipeline?!

Of course he harped on killing bin Laden, his probably single best accomplishment.

The consequences of such behavior, sex does not just happen at big schools. It however, are much clearer. happens at Georgia College, too.

Why is my roomate putting the air conditioner 60? It’s cold According to Syracuse University reOver 3 percent of females who particioutside. searchers, hookups typically involve al- pated in the GC survey reported they had cohol or drug use. sex with someone without giving conI’ve heard frats and sororities have test banks to study and In the Syracuse study, most partici- sent, while less than 1 percent of males that’s freaking ridiculous if it’s true. pants consumed about three alcoholic reported having sex with someone withdrinks before hooking up. Some, about 7 out getting consent. percent, reported smoking marijuana.

Unprotected sex as a result of drinkWhen people drink or do drugs in so- ing was reported by 16.8 percent of males Leave your message at Text your message to Leave your message at cial settings things are bound to happen and 12.3 of females.

Twitter.com/GCSUnade Twitter.com/GCSUnade Text your message to (708) 949-NADE / 6233 with the opposite sex that are unsafe or Sociology professor McLike usStephanie on Facebook and send us a message Like us on Facebook and send (708) 949-NADE / 6233this culture could lead unwanted.

Clure believes us a message A 2011 survey at Georgia College to lifelong relationship issues. McClure found that nearly a quarter of male stu- thinks if people are not paired up before dents and almost a third of females here leaving college, the hookup mentality can said they later regretted some of the things continue into their post-college lives. they’d done when they were drinking.

“Students really don’t have a script for Non-consensual sexual activity can be dating that’s not hooking up,” McClure Leave your message at a severe hookup consequence. said. “So, they sort of persist in those patTwitter.com/GCSUnade Text your message to According to University Health Edu- terns post-college. It’s dangerous in colLike us on Facebook and send us a message (708) 949-NADE / 6233 cator Rachel Sullivan, non-consensual lege, it’s more dangerous out of college.” sex can occur because people do not disIn order to have healthy relationships, cuss what hookup means to them before people engaging in hookups frequently going home with each other, creating need to stop. confusion. People say it won’t happen to Drinking and being sloppy is not even them, but it is that invincible attitude that cute when you are 21, nobody wants to gets them into trouble. Non-consensual see it when you are in your 30s.

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Community Public Safety Report 7

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1 They’ll weed you out November 29 at 3:47 p.m. Sgt. English was on patrol on Jefferson and Montgomery streets when he saw a car not using its turn signal at two different intersections, according to Public Safety. English pulled the car over and learned that the driver had a suspended license. After English arrested the driver, English noticed several marijuana seeds on the front seat. After searching the car, English found a small bag of marijuana between the seats. The driver admitted putting the marijuana there when he was pulled over.

The driver was taken to the Milledgeville Police Department and charged with driving with a suspended license, not using a turn signal and misdemeanor marijuana possession.*

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January 1 at 2:35 a.m. Sgt. Miller and Officer Smith saw a man standing on the sidewalk in front of Main Campus yelling, “F--- you guys come and get me!” In their incident report, Miller and Smith said they asked the man what was wrong. He replied, “F--- y’all come over here and abuse your authority.” Smith noticed that the man had bloodshot eyes and a “powerful odor” of alcohol on his breath. The man became very belligerent and said, “You guys are nothing more than demons who have been sent here to rape me.” The man was handcuffed. While searching him, the officers found a large knife in his pants pocket. While trying to check the man for more weapons, he became more unruly. The officers had to be put him on the ground to finish searching him. The suspect was taken to the Milledgeville Police Department and charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.*

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January 15 at 1:26 a.m. Officer Quattlebaum made contact with a female complainant at Foundation Hall about a fight at Chops, according to Public Safety. The female complainant stated her male A friend had been involved in a fight. The female complainant stated she and her male B friend were looking for male A in Chops. The female said once they found male A, male B began punching male A in the head and face. The female said she broke up the incident. Male A stated he remembered initially being hit in the head and face but did not remember the rest of the incident. Officer Quattlebaum noticed bruising and swelling on male A’s left eye and cheek. Pictures were taken of male A’s injuries. Male A was taken to Oconee Regional Medical Center for treatment. Witness statements were collected from male A and male B. Male B was arrested for battery.

January 10 at 9:10 a.m. GC police helped Central State Police serve a search warrant at a residence on Elbert Street, according to Public Safety. The search warrant was for two stolen surveillance cameras that belonged to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. A man there was arrested and taken to the Baldwin County jail.*

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A need to complain

January 5 at 2:55 p.m. Sgt. Baker met female student who wanted to report that her ex-boyfriend had been making threats and harassing her. The threats, she said, had been ongoing since their breakup a couple of years ago, according to Public Safety. The student wanted to file a report for informational purposes in case he comes to campus looking for her. The student gave a written statement. No further action was taken.*

January 18 at 1:42 a.m. Sgt. Hicks, Officer Frasier and Officer Denna responded to a call from the Milledgeville Police Department about a car accident involving a bicyclist, according to Public Safety. Upon arrival, contact was made with MPD officers, the witness and the victim. The witness was a GC student, the cyclist was not. The victim was taken from the scene by Emergency Medical Services personnel and the witness was released from the scene.

No further action was taken by GC police.*

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January 1 at 1:10 p.m. Sgt. Miller responded to Health Sciences Nursing Lab in reference to criminal damage to property, according to Public Safety. He made contact with a female. She reported that someone had entered the nursing lab and, according to Miller’s report, had torn the “private area” and the right side of a male mannequin. It is unknown when the incident occurred. The damage is estimated at about $150.00.

January 5 at 11:35 p.m. Officer Smith escorted Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office to The Village Apartments to find a male offender who had an outstanding warrant through BCSO, according to Public Safety. He was placed under arrest and transported to BCSO.

January 8 at 6:21 p.m. Officer Denna was dispatched to Foundation Hall in reference to a panic alarm, according to Public Safety. Upon arrival, he made contact with a female who said she was experiencing a panic attack. Her roommate had pressed the panic-alarm button out of fear for her safety. The female said she has a history of panic attacks and refused treatment from Emergency Medical Service.

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By The Numbers

3 Bikes stolen

2 Government signs found

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January 12 at 3:30 p.m. A Physical Plant employee reported several power tools missing from Napier Hall, according to Public Safety. The case was turned over to investigators.

3 GC property damages

Information gathered from Public Safety records.

What’s Happening Friday, January 27 7:30 a.m.

Camp Winshape summer jobs campus interviews (123 Lanier Hall)

10 a.m.

Teacher requirement and Mock interview (Kilpat- -rick Atrium Hall)

5 p.m.

Candidate online registration ends for SGA

7 - 10 p.m.

Movie Night “50/50” (A&S Auditorium)

Saturday, January 28 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Dance Marathon (Centennial Center)

Monday, January 30 All day - Jan. 31

11:30 am.

Candidate certification for SGA

10 - 11:45 p.m.

Midnight Breakfast (The Max)

Nursing & Health Science career expo (Magno -lia Ballroom)

Wednesday, February 1 12 a.m.

SGA campaign period begins

6 p.m.

SGA executive debate (A&S Auditorium)

NOTE: If you would like to see any events incorporated on the calendar, please send them to colonnadenews@gcsu.edu.

A&E

January 27, 2012• Editor, Lauren Davidson

‘Influence of Poetry’

ariana Yandell / Staff Photographer The traveling exhibit “Pretty/Much Collective + Not About Beauty” has been on show at the Georgia College Museum since Jan. 18. The artwork will be on display for students to view until Feb. 15.

‘Pretty/Much Collective + Not About Beauty’ Courtesy of Kore Press

Newbern’s ‘Love and the Eye’ gives listeners poetic insight Lindsay Shoemake Senior Reporter

Ariana Yandell / Staff Photographer (Above and left): The postcards were installed using wire/string and binder clips to secure it to the postcards they are given a three dimensional floating affect. Various artists have contributed to this exhibit and the artist Jessie Walker hopes that more will join along the way.

Ariana Yandell / Staff Photographer Many of the postcards within the exhibit feature graphic images, such as the one above, as well as pictures and drawings with short verses or quotes.

Floating postcards fill the room of Georgia College Museum ariana yandell

Contributing Writer Lining the walls of the Georgia College Museum are miniature vessels of art, each one unique in its message, medium and color scheme. Although postcards may not hold an innate sense of beauty or artistic value, creative visionary Juan Alberto Negroni would argue otherwise.

One of the most recent exhibitions at GC is “Pretty/Much Collective + Not About Beauty.”

The exhibit aims to critique and break down the concept of beauty in the form of handmade postcards. Jess Marie Walker, project manager for the installation, says that the art was submitted by several artists.

“We have a few artists who are international, but we have a lot from within the United States,” Walker said. “And I would love it to see it go to every city where an artist is, which includes places in California and New York.”

Conceived and curated by Negroni with the help of Walker, “Not About Beauty” has traveled from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Birmingham, and has now landed at GC. Walker says that she expects for the traveling exhibit to continue growing as it travels from state to state.

In regards to the set up of the piece, Walker said, “The installation here is a faux-experiment as it has only been a mural before. Given the room I wanted to experiment three-dimensionally and I think that is an interesting and effective. … I wanted it too feel like walls.”

Chloe Williams, freshman music major, noted the variance and subjectivity within the works of “Not About Beauty.”

“I like that it’s so subjective there’s so many different mediums and the artists can just kind of do what ever they want with it,” Williams said. “There’s photography, collages, paintings and drawings and all sorts of stuff. There’s so many different pieces and they all sort of combine into one thing.”

At the GC Museum one can experience this piece by walking around and examining each element, dangling in front of them in a cube-like fashion.

The variety in each card is noteworthy, and all communicate a variety of emotions about beauty with their varying subjects ranging from cartoons, text, anatomy drawings and non-objective subjects.

When asked about the message of beauty and what it entails after seeing this piece, Williams says, “It’s just so

“It’s just so individual; people find so many different things beautiful. It’s really dependent on the person if something is beautiful.”

Chloe Williams, freshman music major individual; people find so many different things beautiful. It’s really dependent on the person if something is beautiful or not.”

As for the future of this piece, Walker projects that the next location of this piece will be either in New Orleans, Massachusetts or Alabama, and the underlying goal is to get this work to all locations where the contributing artists are from.

For additional information on “Pretty/Much Collective + Not About Beauty” visit the Check out com exhibit’s website, GCSUnade for more prettymuchcollec- information tive.com. The ex- about Pretty/ hibit will run in the Much Collective + Not About GC Museum until Beauty Feb. 15.

The poet smoothed her hair and sipped some water. The Campus Black Box Theatre fell silent. The poet’s voice, soft and captivating, took center stage.

Laura Newbern, associate professor of English and creative writing, was the poet and voice behind the Jan. 19 “Poetry and Influence” reading, an installment of the Georgia College Faculty Research and Teaching Colloquium Series.

Newbern read various selections from her 2010 book, “Love and the Eye,” while also reading poems “Arrival at Santos” and “Crusoe in England” by Elizabeth Bishop and “Low Fields and Light” by W.S. Merwin.

Admittedly running from poetry by originally studying political science and journalism in college, Newbern was quick to acknowledge the power of poetry in her life.

“Poetry can be found in borderlands, rooms full of poets, or the corner of a bookstore,” Newbern said. “I write poems because it is my own way of playing an instrument.”

As the recipient of the 2011 Georgia College Excellence in Artistic Endeavor Award, Newbern’s published work has been well-received by faculty and students alike.

“Last academic year, I asked a class to attend one of Newbern’s readings and write online about the event. The reading included poems from ‘Love and the Eye,’” Elaine Whitaker, chair of the English and rhetoric department, said. “These students, now sophomores, expressed delight both in the poems and in Laura Newbern’s manner of sharing her work.”

At last week’s reading, Newbern repeatedly referenced works by Elizabeth Bishop, attributing much of her creative inspiration to the poet.

“I find her precise and utterly authentic. There is a sense of longing for close companion-

A night of beating drums Percussionist; Department of Music faculty member fills room with a boom Brad Higgins Contributing Wrtier The Max Noah Recital Hall was hit with a whirlwind of rhythm on Jan. 23. Filled with the sounds of beating drums, clashing symbols and intermittent marimba, the auditorium was buzzing with infectious beats and bops.

Ryan Smith, percussion ensemble director and Department of Music faculty member, performed an array of percussion pieces such as “Fertility Rites,” a piece originating from Inuit throat singing, and “5 x 5,” a piece written by a former student of his at the University of Georgia.

The piece “Fertility Rites” was written for the composer’s wife, and had three distinct acts.

The first act was haunting and eerie, containing tracks of Inuit throat singing that complemented Smith’s playing on the marimba. The second act had a blissful and sweeping tone, while the third act brought all elements together in a playful and dynamic style.

The second piece that Smith performed, “5 x 5,” was written by a former student of his, Nathan Tingler. It consisted of many complex rhythms based in groups of fives played on a drum set. “5 x 5” made its world premiere at the performance.

Kelly Hoffman, junior music education major, said she enjoyed Smith’s performance of “5 x 5” and that the recital was her favorite one she has attended during her time at Georgia College.

“I really enjoyed watching Dr. Smith per-

form his pieces,” Hoffman said. “People tend to forget that going to a percussion concert is just as much visually pleasing as well as aurally, and Dr. Smith did a great job reminding me of that.”

The third piece, “Why?,” was subdued in tone and at times sounded like raindrops falling on a tin roof. Smith said that the composer, Timothy K. Adams Jr., was recognized for his introspective and thought-provoking style. Nathan Tingler, who appeared at the performance, accompanied Smith in this piece.

“Prelude No. 1” was played on the timpani drums and utilized rolling, powerful rhythms.

The final piece, “Collisions,” is as Smith describes, as a “merging of artistic styles.” It is a blend of artistic music, rock and hip-hop and sported a uniquely fluid style.

ship in her work, which proves that there is no bliss in solitude at all,” Newbern said of Bishop.

“She is tender and vulnerable, and it felt like something I could emulate in my own work.”

The GC poet also draws much of her literary influence from poets like W.S. Merwin, who she introduced during her reading of “Low Fields and Light.”

The poem is an eloquent narrative of the fields of Virginia and the poignant observations such a place evokes.

“Literal light and darkness never seem to leave my own poems,” Newbern said.

“Poetry and Influence” concluded with a brief excerpt from “Love and the Eye” and a reading of one of Newbern’s newest poems, titled “Moon Street,” which leaned heavily on the influences of modern day suburbia culture. The work embodied a “fly on the wall” feel, complete with in-depth observations of the speaker’s methodical neighbor.

“I’m taking away inspiration and a profound stillness from this reading,” said Matt Jurak, a creative-writing graduate student. “I believe these readings are of great importance at GC and it’s great to hear them from a local source like Laura.”

Whitaker urges students to take full advantage of the literary opportunities on campus, which give insight into different perspectives, both concrete and imaginative.

“A poetry reading provides opportunities to encounter the depth of meaning in apparently small moments in time that might otherwise have been ignored,” Whitaker said.

“Through hearing poetry, we gain empathy and, in my experience, lighten up and laugh at our shared human condition.”

Newbern’s “Love and the Eye” is available for purchase through Amazon.com, select bookstores and Kore Press. For more information on the author and future readings visit lauranewbern.net.

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Ryan Smith, percussion ensemble director and Department of Music faculty member performed at Max Noah Recital Hall on Jan. 23. Smith has been playing percussion ever since he joined the middle-school band in sixth grade. At the performance, he played five songs.

Smith said that while playing in the sixth grade he was incidentally placed in percussion over the saxophone.

“I tried out for saxophone and percussion and I couldn’t make a sound on the saxophone,” Smith said. “I could do this (making a clapping sound) so it was percussion and that was it. I didn’t have a super musical household like a lot of people I just kind of fell into it and once I kind of kept with it and got into it then it pretty much stuck as a passion.”

Smith said that he received inspiration from percussionists like Lee Howard Stevens, and She-e Wu, who he studied under during his time in graduate school. He currently teaches private applied percussion lessons and percussion ensemble, which is one of his passions.

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Q&A with Reptar

potlight: Zach Roberts

Q: What is your role in the Feb. 22 performance of “The Wedding Singer?”

A: I’ll be playing the role of Mookie as well as a few other ensemble roles. I’m also a member of the dance ensemble. I’m really excited because for me to be able to sing, dance and act all in one show, so I get to do a little of everything.

Q: Having performed in several Georgia College productions in the past, what drove you to audition for this particular musical?

A: I knew right off the bat that I just had to be a part of this one. First of all, musicals are my personal favorite genre of theater, so I’ll jump at any opportunity to be a part of one.

Second, this show has an amazing soundtrack with some of the most beautiful, creative, and surprisingly witty songs. And finally, I knew that I’d be working with our director Amy Pinney and our dance coordinator Julie Mulvihill, who are both incredibly talented and so wonderful to work with.

Q: Aside from rehearsals, what steps are you taking to prepare yourself for the performances?

A: Since I’m primarily a member of the dance ensemble, I’ve been working mostly on getting my body accustomed to being able to dance. Before this show, I had zero dance experience, unless you count playing “Just Dance” on the Wii. But in all seriousness, I never imagined how physically intense working on this show as a dancer would be.

Q: What are you most passionate about in this performance?

A: Kind of going off of what I was just saying, I’m definitely not the best dancer, so more than anything, I’m trying to use this

show as an opportunity to improve my dance skills. That’s really my main focus and goal for this particular show.

Q: From a performer’s perspective, how do you hope the audience will feel and react by the end?

A: This is definitely a feel good musical.

It’s probably the most lively and light-hearted show our department has performed in a while. It’s fun. It’s funny. More than anything we want our audience to come and laugh and have a good time. We’re having a blast putting this show together, and I’m hoping that when they see it, the audience will feel every ounce of energy and excitement that we’ve poured into making it happen.

Q: For those students who have never seen the live musical, what differences can be expected as compared to the well-known movie featuring Adam Sandler?

A: Until recently, I had never seen the movie myself. It wasn’t until we all watched it together as a cast that I finally saw it, and by then we had already begun rehearsing and I knew the story from the show. That being said, you can expect all the same humor and hilarity you’ve come to know and love from the movie.

Q: If you could give students one reason to come see “The Wedding Singer” what would it be?

A: Come see it to smile, because you will.

It’s unavoidable. Something about this show just makes you happy, I’m getting chills about it now just thinking about it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you might even learn a thing or two about love.

“The Wedding Singer will run from Feb. 22-25 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. in Russell Auditorium.

General admission tickets will be $16 and $12 for all GC faculty, staff and non-GC students. GC student tickets will cost $5. For groups of 10 or more, tickets are $9 per person.”

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Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter

Athens-based indie rock and experimental dance band Reptar will make its second Milledgeville appearance Jan. 28, performing at Amici Italian Café. Lauren Davidson, the Arts & Entertainment editor for The Colonnade, spoke with Ryan Engleberger, bassist for the band, to learn more about the group.

Q: How would you explain your genre of music? Any certain artists or band that you guys are inspired by?

A: Our main goal is to try to keep people dancing, but our next biggest goal is to try and keep people wondering what they are going to be dancing to next. As a result, we try to draw on as many different influences as possible, be it other bands, technology, social studies or mathematic phenomena. Astronomy influences a lot of our music.The biggest influence of all, however, has been the different people that we have played shows with, talked about music with, been in bands with or drunkenly sung along with through the years growing up. Athens and Asheville have both provided the Reptar family with a lot of different musical perspectives, needs, feelings and faces.

Q: How many times have you played

By Chelsea Hinkel

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The image of United Airlines Flight 175 flying into the South Tower is an image embedded into the minds of most Americans. As the news footage played and replayed and was analyzed and reanalyzed, why our country was attacked, and for what reason, seemed like an inconclusive, endless cycle.

In “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” 9-year-old Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), who may or may not have Asperger’s syndrome, is damned with a similar fate. Oskar, as he states, is trying “to make sense of the things that don’t make sense.”

Oskar’s father Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) is killed in the 9/11 attack, and Oskar is left to live with his mother (Sandra Bullock), as she tries to grasp raising him.

And like news networks, Oskar listens to the six messages his father leaves him, while he is trapped in the burning building, and in them he searches for meaning, solace and a way to move on.

Directed by Stephen Daldry (“The Reader,” “The Hours”), and adapted for the screen, by Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), from a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Incredibly Close” is a meditative piece on 9/11. And while 9/11 is its backdrop, it is not exploited.

One year after his father dies, Oskar is still haunted by his father’s death, but is courageous enough to venture into his father’s closet for the first time since his death. In his father’s closet he finds an envelope with “Black” written on it, and in-

side, a key.

This begins Oskar’s coping mechanism. He discovers there are 472 people in New York with the last name of Black, and presumes the key must belong to one of them.

Oskar’s journey is both an innocent quest and an unpleasant realization, yet grieving with him feels liberating. Those perennial emotions released every time 9/11 comes around or is brought up are often inexplicable and wrongfully dealt with. Oskar’s onscreen attempt to manage these emotions is a mirrored image of the nationalist fervor our country and its citizens exhibit.

This film is an example of the ole adage, “there’s joy in the journey,” and Oskar discovers this.

Shot in vibrant, youthful colors, “Incredibly Close” is immersive in its child protagonist’s world, as the audience sees and hears as Oskar does. But, Oskar’s life isn’t the one of a normal 9-year-old. He is afraid of more things than he likes, he counts the number of lies he tells and he totes around a tambourine to calm him.

Watching Thomas Horn’s lamenting performance is the real show. As Daldry has proved in the past with both “The Reader” and “Billy Elliot,” he is adept in bringing out the best performances in the younger members of his cast.

And while the rest of the cast all give striking performances, Max Von Sydow, without a doubt, gives an utterly stellar performance as the mute Renter, a mysterious man

“‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ is similar to uncovering repressed emotions, and watching Oskar complete his quest is, in a way, a small reparation for the turmoil of 9/11.”

Nick Widener, reviewer staying in Oskar’s grandmother’s apartment. He conveys a life of anguish and regret through his woeful eyes, having to write his words on notepads and using the tattoos “yes” and “no,” on his hands, to communicate.

Composer Alexandre Desplat, as he continually proves, accentuates any scene he scores. In Both the “Ides of March” and “The Tree of Life” Desplat carefully animates the visual counterpart and garnishes it with auditory impact, and “Incredibly Close” is no exception. Desplat not only knows how the audience feels, but is so proficient with his music, that its effects cannot be overlooked.

“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is similar to uncovering repressed emotions, and watching Oskar complete his quest is, in a way, a small reparation for the turmoil of 9/11.

in Milledgeville. What venues?

A: We’ve played Milledgeville only

once. It was at the Deep Roots Festival which was a great experience, but probably a somewhat unusual one since it’s a big outdoor stage festival type thing.

Q: What has been the biggest accomplishment thus far for the band?

A: Playing Lollapalooza was undoubtedly a huge accomplishment for us. On top of that, and maybe even more significantly, we just finished recording our debut album which should come out in April. Having that in the final stages is certainly a huge thing for us.

Q: Who primarily writes the music for the band?

A: There is a wide range of variety for how songs come into being. Generally speaking, Graham will come to the band with a song that is anywhere from almost finished to barely begun. He then will have to either let go as we add all kinds of new things he wasn’t expecting to his little baby song idea or he will have to play defense to stop us from destroying the beautiful thing that he has created.

Sometimes, we do get songs started by staring around at each other and working on a tiniest sliver of an idea we come up with in the moment and then have a song after a lot of practicing and tweaking and seeing what happens.

Q: Do you have any record label?

A: We are currently signed to Vagrant Records, and are releasing the EP on vinyl on our own Quality Faucet Records.

Leisure A brief but poignant walk with the masters Nick Widener Reviewer Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” in all 32 of their varieties, melt in your mouth. Whether your favorite flavor is Mushroom, Chicken Noodle or Tomato, all are meticulously silkscreened and massproduced, and all are idyllic images of modern art. They represent the genesis of an era of artists no longer able to express themselves by the means of the artists of the past.

The exhibit at the High Museum of Art, in Atlanta, “Picasso to Warhol” showcases the art of 14 modern masters. All of the artists are unique in their vision and execution, but their intersection of altering the art scene in the 20th century is unmistakably identical.

Though the exhibit is not a comprehensive look into each artist’s oeuvre, it is a sampling of what these artists accomplished, and it is a chance to stand in reverence before works perpetually reproduced in textbooks and projected onto screens.

Pieces like Jasper John’s “Map” of the United States is representative of an easily conjured image, but its blurring brush strokes and lively colors completely alter the meaning of its cartography.

Marcel Duchamp’s “In Advance of the Broken Arm” is a shovel, an ordinary iron snow shovel. Yet, it demands the attention of everyday objects to be viewed as art.

And, with a witty title, and a wire hanging it from the ceiling, it becomes art.

Jackson Pollock’s progression from a more standard approach to painting to his arrival at his niche of splatter canvases is a satisfying series of paintings to see.

In Pollock’s “Number 1A, 1948,” through its drizzled lines, one can easily become lost staring at all of the intricacies formed on the canvas.

Encountering some of these pieces within their museum setting is like a sigh of relief.

Warhol’s aforementioned “Cans” has an almost mythical quality to it, but meeting it face-to-face grounds it as a tangible work from a tangible artist.

A lot of familiar works are on display.

Most works by Picasso are recognizable, and all of Warhol’s works are, as well as Henri Matisse’s “Dance (I).”

But, there are a lot of lesser-known pieces and lesser-known artists to discover, or reacquaint with, such as Constantin Brancusi’s bronze statue “Bird in Space,” Giorgio de Chiricio’s surrealist “The Song of Love” and all of Piet Mondrian’s grid paintings.

A way for anyone to appreciate the defining movement of modernism, the exhibit is accessible, and while lacking in completion, leaves a palatable taste of artists to further explore and develop interest in.

As of last semester, Georgia College entered in a partnership with the High Museum, and students receive free admission. On Jan. 29 the High Museum will host “College Night,” featuring a photo booth, drip painting, snacks and DJ Santiago Páramo.

The pieces in this exhibit are on loan from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the exhibit runs through April 29.

January 27, 2012 • Editor, Anna Morris

Food Network is known for shows such as “Cupcake Wars” and “Iron Chef.” Here at The Colonnade, we decided to bring a little bit of Food Network to the paper by doing a Colonnade-style spinoff of the show “Chopped.” Two students will be given five secret ingredients and only 30 minutes to make a dish that will wow the judge. I, Anna Morris, will judge these dishes based on taste, creativity and presentation. The winner will move on to the next round, and the loser gets “sliced and diced.”

Secret ingredients: agave nectar, chocolate graham crackers, bread, apples, walnuts

VS. WINNER Kate Ramsey Junior mass communication major

Taylor Seay Senior mass communication major

Fried Apple Bread Pudding

Apple Cinnamon French Toast

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The Kindle craze: Students turn to e-readers to save money on textbooks Brad Higgins Columnist Because of the current economic downturn, some students at Georgia College are turning to e-readers in order to save money on books. Students who read for both recreation and their classes are increasingly using e-readers such as the Kindle Fire and the Nook.

With production costs of books on e-readers being so low, many books are available for affordable prices. Some students, such as sophomore pre-nursing major Ashton Passino, have switched to reading their textbooks on an e-reader.

“I use it mostly for school because the cost of books can be ridiculous,” Passino said.

The advancement of technology is changing colleges rapidly, and with the growing trend of etextbooks being provided online, ereaders might be the next step.

Many classic novels such as “Al-

ice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Pride and Prejudice” are free on the Amazon Kindle. Passino stated that she found many of her textbooks for free, saving her potentially hundreds of dollars. Such textbooks are provided by companies like the CK-12 Foundation and might offer students an advantage in their classes.

Passino recommends e-readers because of their ease of use and practicality.

“They’re so much cheaper and more convenient,” Passino said.

E-readers are also lightweight and compact, making them much easier to carry around. Conversely, a backpack full of books can lead to back pain and potentially spinal problems. A recent study conducted

by Boston University reported that over 85 percent of college students experience back pain, likely because of over-stuffed backpacks.

David Hamby, a junior rhetoric major, primarily uses his Kindle

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Fire for recreation.

“I would use it for school, but the books that I need for school aren’t available on the e-reader,” Hamby said.

The sometimes-low quantity of e-textbooks can be a deterrent for many students, but the variety of ebooks available is growing quickly.

According to an article written by Glenn Fleishman published in 2010, there are over ten million e-books available in e-reader software.

Although e-readers are beneficial, some people will still prefer paperback books to e-readers.

“There’s something about always having paper and having a tangible book to carry around,” Hamby said.

Hardback and paperback books are appealing to many students because it is easy to physically see one’s reading progress. In addition, physical books seem to be easier to highlight and annotate. However, David and many other students,

although skeptical of the screenbased format, find e-readers nearly as practical as a physical book.

Brittany Henderson, a senior mass communication major, primarily uses her e-reader for novels.

“I have attempted to use it for school, but I primarily use it for recreation,” Henderson said. “I’m gradually making a transition from hardbacks and paperbacks to ereaders.”

Many students seem to be taking part in this shift towards e-books.

This seems to point to a possibility that e-readers might overtake physical books altogether.

David Hamby thinks that ereaders might eventually overtake physical textbooks stating.

“The next step in the move out of paper is into e-readers. They’re more economic, more efficient, and more green,” Hamby said.

Kelsi Brooks, a freshman art major disagreed stating, “People will still need that book in front of them.”

• In 2012, textbook rental company Chegg launched an e-textbook service.

• By 2015, at least 25 percent of students will be using some form of e-textbooks.

Source: www.gigaom.com

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January 27, 2012 • Editor, Sam Hunt

Bobcats sweep weekend trip Men’s basketball victorious at Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke, gain momentum Chad Patterson Contributing Writer The Georgia College men’s basketball team ended its three-game slide and defeated in-conference rivals Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke on the road over the weekend.

The Bobcats survived a nerve-racking finish on the night of Jan. 20, defeating the Patriots from Francis Marion 56-54 behind clutch free throws from sophomore guard Aaron Robinson in the final seconds.

The Bobcats and Patriots went back and forth throughout the first half, but an 8-3 run by Men’s the Patriots gave Francis Basketball Marion a 32-27 lead headGC ing into the intermission.

56 “We know how quick FM 54 leads can changed, so GC 64 coach (Sellers) just told us to keep playing our game UNC 60 and keep up the intensity,” senior forward Ryan Aquino said. “Even though we were down, we were still working pretty hard. We just needed to execute better.”

Aquino kept the Bobcats in the game with 10 points in the first half, and remained hot in the second half, adding another 15 points for a career-high 25 along with eight boards.

At one point Aquino scored 11 straight points during an eight-minute stretch, bringing the Bobcats back into a 40-40 tie with the Patriots.

“They had some bigger, slower guys on me, so I knew that they weren’t going to have a good chance defending me as long as I was attacking and not settling for jump shots,” Aquino said. “I was just trying to use my quickness advantage over them to try and get easy shots for myself.”

The Bobcats continued to put the pressure on as senior forward Jared Holmes scored five of his 10 total points to put the Bobcats ahead 45-40 with less than nine minutes to play.

The game remained close, and with four seconds left the Patriots were forced to foul and send Robinson to the freethrow line where he put the nail in the coffin, sinking both free-throws as the Bobcats survived 56-54.

“You can’t think about it. You just have to go up there and shoot them, and hope that your practice and hard work pays off,” Robinson said about the clutch free-throws. “We were tired of losing.

You think about the win. You have to focus on the make, not the miss.”

Robinson is no stranger to high-pressure situations as he has encountered them throughout his playing career.

“I have been in those situations a couple times this year, and so far I’ve been able to step up and make them when it counts the most,” Robinson said.

After defeating Francis Marion Friday night, the Bobcats traveled to UNC Pembroke on Jan. 22 for a PBC Sunday matinee.

Senior forwards Ryan Aquino and Mike Augustine led the Bobcats to their second straight PBC win with an impressive second half, defeating the Braves 6460 for a second straight PBC conference win on the road.

After starting slow and stagnant offensively, the Bobcats turned up the intensity and put up an impressive second-half surged behind Aquino and Augustine.

Aquino scored 15 of his 19 total points in the second half, and Augustine added 11 of his 16 points after the break.

Senior forward Jared Holmes also added 12 points, and junior forward Scott

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Paterno’s legacy: Tarnished, yet not forgotten Chad Patterson Sports Columnist

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Junior forward Scott Ferguson pitched in a combined 17 points and 14 rebounds against Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke last weekend.

Women’s basketball Wakeboarding splits weekend games targets Vegas Nationally-ranked wakeboarding team overcomes difficulties, hopes to compete in Las Vegas nationals Morgan Wilson Staff Writer

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Freshman guard Lisa Mitchell penetrates the defense against Augusta State in the Battle of the Cats on Jan.18. Mitchell contributed defensively to the Bobcats 58-50 win at Francis Marion on Jan. 20.

Women take win at Francis Marion, fall to UNC Pembroke during weekend road trip Kate Ramsey Staff Reporter Since their two losses last week, the GC women’s basketball team split its road games against Francis Marion University and UNC Pembroke on the weekend of Jan. 20. The Bobcats snagged a 58-50 win against Francis Marion and dropped their game at

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UNC Pembroke 54-50.

“We had a lot of mistakes during the last two games to learn from.

We got a chance to Women’s work on and Basketball correct a lot GC 58 of those this FM 50 weekend,” Head Coach GC 50 M a u r i c e UNC 54 Smith said.

“It’s always tougher for the girls when we’re on the road. They’re all more comfortable at home. It gives us more momentum when we’re in a place that’s familiar.”

In Friday evening’s game at Francis Marion, the

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Even though the Georgia College wakeboarding team currently ranks ninth nationally, it’s still has to go to great efforts in order to practice since it doesn’t officially own a boat for practices.

The team overcomes this challenge by borrowing rides from friends in order to practice and despite the cold weather, it still gets into the Lake Sinclair water and practices year-round in order to compete.

“I have a house on the lake, so I let the team come when they need to practice,” freshman accounting major Jordan Fletcher said. “I’m more of a water-skier than a wake boarder on the team.”

In addition to regular wakeboarding, the team also tries to practice collegiate cable wakeboarding.

Competing using cables and ramps, it’s somewhat like zip lining in the water.

Two members of the team hope to compete in a cable wakeboarding competition sometime this season, but it’s not a sure thing.

It can be difficult to practice for that kind of competi-

Upcoming Games Basketball: Men’s

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tion because so much special equipment is needed.

The team tries to practice at least once a week, sometimes more.

The team members don’t mind the cold.

In fact, after a long winter, with very little practice they can’t wait to get back out on the water.

The team cannot wait for their next competition, but, as of right now, it isn’t until April.

“We practice until it is unbearably cold,” sophomore business management and business marketing major Robby Campbell said.

They have had a very competitive season, and they are hoping to attend the 2011 Empire Wake Collegiate Wake Series Championships April 18 through 22 in Las Vegas.

There are approximately 20 members on the team, but each team is only allowed to have one female and seven single division wake boarders compete in the series.

There are over 40 teams fighting to get a spot in this competition, but only the best sixteen teams in the na

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Quote of the Week “I was just trying to pick my spots. In the fourth, I didn’t want to stop being aggressive and I wanted to take what the defense gave me.”

-Hawks’ guard Joe Johnson on his clutch fourth quarter game against the Bucks.

There will never be another coach like Joe Paterno.

No Division I coach won more games (409) or had a longer tenure at one school than Paterno.

It’s hard to imagine another coach staying at a school for even a decade, let alone the 46 years that Paterno led the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Every year there are always a couple of coaches breaching contracts and bolting without even notifying their players.

These coaches also walk in to young men’s homes and make promises that more often than not mean absolutely nothing in a couple of years.

It’s all about the dollar signs.

Paterno’s annual salary never exceed $2 million during his reign in State College.

Year after year, Paterno donated millions of dollars to Penn State, specifically $13.5 million to the expansion of the Penn State’s Pattee Library in 1997.

To college football fans everywhere, he’s known as “Joe Pa.” But everything changed on Nov. 10, 2011, five days after former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing boys.

Paterno was fired by Penn State’s trustees just a few games short of completing his 46th with the Nittany Lions.

Just a couple of days after being relieved of his duties, Paterno told reporters the scandal was “one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.”

His legacy will never be the same. It is tarnished, no matter how you look at it.

For generations to come, should allegations prove true, Paterno may well be remembered for covering for Sandusky and his program.

It’s a shame that one of the most legendary coaches in college sports history will go down with such a large asterisk next to his name.

In time, we will know more. People will judge. But what happens over the next year and beyond will determine the size of the asterisks next to Paterno’s name.

Still, let’s get one thing straight. Joe Paterno was a father figure to his players.

He had the courage to practice what he preached: Hard work, determination and, most importantly, how to be a man.

Rest in peace, Joe Pa.

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The number of points Atlanta Hawks’ guard Joe Johnson scored in the final 2:38 in the fourth quarter of a 97-92 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Jan. 23.

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Swim Cats prep for upcoming season Swim team holds first practice at new Wellness and Recreation Center Laura van Tuyll Contributing Writer With the opening of the new Wellness Center, the Georgia College Swim Cats finally have a pool on campus for practicing.

Their first official practice of Spring 2012 was on Jan. 11.

Before this semester, the Swim Cats practiced in the therapy pool at Central State Hospital.

“The pool is 3 feet deep and 90 degrees. It’s like swimming through pudding,” said Taylor Hayes, a senior athletic training major and member of Swim Cats.

GC’s facility has many attributes that the pool at CSH does not have.

It is a 25-yard competition pool, has more

lanes and its location is much more convenient.

The Wellness Center pool also has touch pads.

“Touch pads make your times more correct,” said Ansley Campbell, a senior psychology major and president of the Swim Cats.

The team practices twice a day—once at 6:30 a.m. and once at 5 p.m.

When they were still practicing at CSH, their morning practice was at 5:30 a.m.

If members have classes during practice times, they can go to the Wellness Center and sign in to swim on their own time.

The Swim Cats will

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Junior chemistry major Anne Kennedy practices the butterfly stroke at the new 25-yard competition pool at the Wellness and Recreation Center. The Swim Cats hold practices twice a day-–once at 6:30 a.m. and once at 5 p.m. There are currently 35 members on the swim team with 25 active members. In addition to competing in meets at the University of Georgia and Georgia Southern University, the Swim Cats are attending the championships at Georgia Tech.

Women’s club soccer Club rugby aims to kick off season at Georgia Tech to debut spring season Rugby team anticipates eight-game Spring season

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Morgan Wilson Staff Writer After the cancellation of the Georgia College rugby squad’s opener, the players are eager to kick off the season against Georgia Tech on Feb. 4.

The club, led by Coach Joel Farley Seagraves and co-founder of the club sophomore pre-engineering major Kyle Dennis, mixes hard work and fun as they condition and scrimmage on the field to get prepared for the season ahead. Despite the frigid weather, the tightknit club stays in high spirits as players provide bursts of comic relief that keep everyone laughing. Along with the fun, there is an air of seriousness about the season.

“We’ve really built off of last year, and we’ve really grown as a team,” junior political science major John Chagaris said. “I really hope we can make something happen for the season.”

The club expects approximately eight regular games this season, and they hope to attend a tournament in Savannah in March if they can receive sufficient funding. According to Coordinator of Recreational Sports, Bert Rosenberger, the rugby team receives about $1,000 for travel, expenses, hotels, tournament entry fees, uniforms, etc.

The club is currently looking for sponsors to fund that tournament and other travel opportunities. The players also hope to get better jerseys by the end of the season if they are able to find the sponsors that they need.

“We just started the team last year, so we are always looking for more players,” Dennis said. “All you have to do is show up for practice, and you get to play.”

There are currently 22 players on the team, but it gladly welcomes any new prospects. Dennis encourages anyone who is interested to attend practice on West Campus. The club regularly practices

Jen hoffman / Staff Photographer Sophomore pre-engineering major Kyle Denis and sophomore management major Juan Salleras lead practice Thursday, Jan. 19, for the third night in a row.

every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m.

Although practice locations vary, it is usually on the intramural fields at The Village. Practice times and locations are also posted on the rugby club’s

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Many athletes see their playing careers end when they finish high school.

But thanks to college club sports, some have the chance to go on competing. And some, whose colleges may not offer their favorite sports, have to create their own teams.

That’s what some women’s soccer players have done here.

Last semester three roommates, Jessica Baumgart, Colleen Foy and Kari Goodbar came together to form the GC women’s club soccer team.

“It was a dream of mine and my roommate’s, Colleen Foy, to create a club team ever since freshman year,” junior nursing major Jessica Baumgart said.

As the girls began working together to create a team, they also spread the word through Facebook to garner up interest. Jessica Sapp, junior economics major, jumped on board and joined the team.

“I got involved in the club team because it offers more competition and a more serious atmosphere than just intramural soccer,” Sapp said.

In November the team held their first practice.

After returning to campus in January, the team has already resumed practices.

“I’d really like to see is a schedule form, which would show that we are serious about making this club team work,” Sapp said.

“As of right now we plan on practicing at least twice a week, either being a Monday and Wednesday

or Tuesday and Thursday.

It just depends on everyone’s schedule. The practices are mostly going to be at 7 or 7:30 p.m.,” Baumgart said.

The practices are helping the team come together as a team.

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At a Glance: Women’s club soccer Women’s soccer club was created last semester by three roommates who all desired to play in a more competitive atmosphere than intramural soccer.

The soccer club held its first practice in November.

The team practices twice a week and is looking forward to scrimmaging other schools.

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K.J. Cooper’s three-pointer, but Holmes finished Continued from page 12 off the Braves with a free throw to secure the win, 64-60.

The Braves were led Ferguson dropped 10 on in scoring by Ben Jacobs the Braves. with 13 and 12 from Ty “In the first-half we Alston off the bench, were settling and weren’t which kept the Braves in executing well,” Aquino the game. said. “In the second-half The Bobcats, now 10-7 we changed offenses...to (3-5 PBC), come back pick out some mismatches home this Saturday, hostand it worked out really ing Lander University well.” at 3:30 p.m. with some After tying the game much-needed momentum. early in the second-half, “I mean not to get comthe Bobcats used an 11-2 placent, but we’re just usrun to gain control, and ing that as a springboard never relinquished the to hit up this six-game homestretch,” Aquino lead again.

The Braves pulled said. “Hopefully we can within 3 with 10 seconds win six straight, take it one left behind Pembroke’s by one and never settle.”

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Freshman guard Enisha Donley scored 17 points with five rebounds and three assists against Francis Marion on Jan. 20. Donley also added 12 points and seven rebounds in the loss to UNC Pembroke on Jan. 22.

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“Defense was a big factor in that game,” freshman guard Enisha Donley said. “Our defense was amazing in the first half, everyone was in the paint and rebounding well.”

In the second half, Francis Marion scored 30 additional points, giving them a total of 50, but the Bobcats finished off with 56 points and stole the win.

Freshman guard Shanteona Keys said the girls received a confidence boost from Friday’s win.

“We shared the ball; we played with a lot of heart and stayed focused,” Keys said.

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Senior forward Ryan Aquino scored a combined 44 points over the weekend of Jan. 20, including a career-high 25 at Francis Marion on Jan. 20. He averages 17.5 points per game.

Facebook page, which can be found under “bobcat’s rugby team.” Anyone can practice with the club, but in order to play in the actual games, it is necessary to register with the USA Rugby Club and Individual Participation Program.

The CIPP helps players avoid

“The girls keep each other pumped up during the games by being partners to each other on the bench. They cheer each other one, tell them where they need to be, and give each other tips on how to improve on the court.”

In Sunday’s game at UNC Pembroke, the Bobcats were not able to pull it through. The game ended at a close final score of 54-50.

At the end of the first half, GC trailed UNC Pembroke 28-23.

During the second half, UNC Pembroke continued to maintain its slight lead. When just 50 seconds remained in the game, a layup from Donley put the Bobcats just three points behind UNC Pembroke the score at 53-50.

Even though GC almost

caught up, a point from the free-throw line scored by UNC Pembroke gave them the final winning score over the Bobcats 54-50.

Next on the agenda for the Bobcats is Saturday’s game against Lander University at home, at 1:30 p.m.

“We know that Lander is a good, fast-paced team who is in your face,” said Donley. “If we can slow them down, we’ll win this one.”

The Bobcats will remain home once again to face University of Montevallo on Feb. 1.

“We’ll have a whole week of practice to prepare for Saturday’s game,” Keys said.

“We’ll be focusing on what we did wrong in the last game, and concentrate on improving.

We’re gonna bounce back.”

a lawsuit if anyone were to get injured, since rugby is such a precarious sport.

Despite the roughness of the sport, the players in the club have really bonded over their love of the game. Everyone has a role to play, and they all work together in order to do their best and have fun.

They have even turned a few of the teammates’ house into

the “Rugby House” where the entire club can come together and hang out. The boys hope that when they graduate they will be able to come back and see how far the club has come.

“Every time you join a rugby team, you instantly get friends for life,” freshman math major Ethan Eloquin said. “If you want friends for life, play rugby.”

“I’m really impressed with the level of talent of all the women who’ve shown up. We are really starting to mesh as a team,” Sapp said.

The main focus of the team for this semester is participating in scrimmage games against other schools.

“As of right now we are working with the president of the men’s club soccer team at GC to see if we can play against Georgia Tech’s women’s club soccer team when they play the men’s team,” Baumgart said. “We are just trying to play any pickup games this semester, and we are trying to contact any teams from the league National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) that want to play some games.”

In the meantime, the team is always looking to welcome new members to the team.

“The women are fun and talented and we are always looking for good players, so whoever is interested is welcome to attend a practice to see for themselves,” Sapp said.

Although she is not a member of the team senior political science major Jessica Stilwell supports the team and their goals.

“Growing up playing soccer for so many years was such an incredible experience, and even though I was unable to keep playing during my college career,” Stilwell said, “I think that it is awesome that, because of the women’s club soccer team, some girls will have the opportunity to continue playing soccer at a competitive level.”

If interested in getting involved with the GC women’s club soccer team, the team has a Facebook page, GCSU Women’s Club Soccer. Also, all of the team’s contact information can be found on their OrgSync page.

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have a full schedule with multiple meets throughout the semester.

The team is attending a meet at the University of Georgia. The Swim Cats will also be attending a meet at Georgia Southern University as well as attending a championship meet at Georgia Tech.

The championship usually consists of 40 or more teams.

“I would like to see GCSU get in the top ten in that meet,” said Stephen Hogan, a junior marketing major and vice president of Swim Cats.

Meets and championships will be held WRC as well.

The Swim Cats’ first meet is tentatively planned

for the first weekend in March.

It has been scheduled early to avoid conflicting with other schools’ spring breaks.

The Swim Cats will help run Houston County’s county championships on Jan. 24 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the WRC as well.

“We, as a swim team, are having volunteers do timing, any officiating that they need, helping them with their clock system, anything like that,” Hayes said.

In addition to meets and championships, the Swim Cats are also supporting inner tube water polo intramurals this semester.

“Water polo is kind of like soccer, but in the water,” Hogan said.

The Swim Cats consists of 35 members, with 25 active members.

Some members have

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Although the Swim Cats are a club team, there is desire to become an official team of the school.

According to Coordinator of Recreational Sports, Bert Rosenberger, the Swim Cats have been at Georgia College for about ten years.

“We have a brand new facility, we have all the possibilities, we have the equipment,” Hayes said.

“But right now, we’re just happy to be a club team and be swimming against the other club teams.”

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Venture Out welcomes all GC students to adventures On-campus group constructs new activities for Spring, invites all levels of experience to participate in events Kate Ramsey Staff Reporter The Venture Out group on campus is ready to begin the 2012 spring season of scheduled outdoor events. The current agenda for the semester consists of nine separate events, but if enough student interest is built up in an event that is not scheduled, members of the program have the potential to plan it. Any GC student is allowed, and encouraged, to attend one of these events or trips; the only skills needed are a willingness to try something new, meet new people and have fun.

“We’ve planned some afternoon trips this year, which allow students to get out without having to use up a whole weekend,” Venture Out Coordinator Griffen Williams said. “It’ll make it easier for people to get more involved.”

Although no skills are needed for these trips, those who go on them walk away with quite a few.

During previous trips, students have learned how to canoe, roll in a kayak, rock climb and snorkel.

They have also learned some back-country cooking methods and how to explore a cave.

“I like introducing people to different activities and making it a good experience for them,” Department of Outdoor Education staff member and trip leader Sarah Canatsey said.

Venture Out also offers afternoon trips for people unable to commit to an overnight trip.

“The single afternoon or evening trips will be more accessible to people who want to get in-

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Junior marketing major Stephen Hogan swims the breaststroke at the Swim Cat’s new practice facility at the Wellness and Recreation Center located at West Campus.

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tion are invited to the event. They compete in their brackets and are scored until there is a winner. The competitors are scored based on completion of tricks, the

quality and difficulty of tricks and more. The winner of this competition will be the champion of all collegiate wakeboarding.

“It has been a very competitive season,” sophomore pre-engineering major Marcus Moreloi.

It is an honor to be

volved…I like showing people that there are things to do in Milledgeville,” Canatsey said.

Some of the trips that Venture Out has planned for the Spring include swimming the manatees in Crystal River, Fla. and canoeing down the Oconee River.

Before each of these trips, a pre-trip meeting is held so the leaders can meet their group and let them know what to expect throughout the trip. Students may ask questions and get specific advice from the people who will be on the trip with them.

“Because Venture Out is a group organization for the whole school, it’s good to get to know other people outside of the outdoor education major, and also share what we know with them,” GC alumni, trip leader and member of the Department of Outdoor Education office staff Whitney Evans said.

Venture Out also makes sure to be fully prepared before going on a trip.

“So much goes into planning a trip—making a route plan, checking the weather, collecting contact numbers in case of emergency for local hospitals, put together the trip costs, get in touch with campsites, getting the equipment together…you have to cover everything,” Evans said.

The trip leaders ensure that all angles are covered, and everything is in order for a successful trip.

Venture Out’s next scheduled event is the Kayak Roller Clinic on Feb. 1 in the Wellness Center. For more information on pre-trip meetings and how to get involved with the Venture Out program, send an email to ventureout@gcsu.edu or visit their Facebook group’s page GCSU Venture Out. invited to such an event, but GC currently does not have the funds to attend. The team is looking for sponsors, as well as putting together fundraising events in the hopes that it will be able to accumulate enough money by the deadline.

The top sixteen teams have two weeks to get

their money in, or they may have to forfeit their spot in the competition.

“I can’t wait to get back out on the water,” junior exercise science major Paige Carver said. “Everyone asked for wetsuits for Christmas, so we would be able to get in the water while it’s cold.”

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