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The Colonnade The Official Student Newspaper of Georgia College

March 2, 2012

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Volume 88, No. 19

Then there were three: Marilyn Ferrell Staff Writer While the U.S. is in the midst of a presidential campaign, Georgia College is going through something similar. The nation is holding primaries and debates to pick the next president, and similarly GC is going to the extremes with forums and interviews to have someone represent our campus and maintain our liberal arts mission.

GC has been searching for a new university president. The search committee consists of University System of Georgia Board of Regents members and campusbased professionals.

The three candidates competing are Rosemary Magee, Sue Henderson and

Pamela Gunter-Smith. Former candidate Thomas Krise withdrew from the search after accepting a position at another institution.

Each candidate participates in an open forum for students and faculty to question them and learn what they plan to do if they become president.

Lindsey McKnight, sophomore English major, is hopeful to have a new president who will bring some new ideas and projects to the campus. McKnight has not felt that their has been enough involvement between the president and students.

“I hope the new president can bring innovation to this campus and a new outlook on how to communicate with the student body,” McKnight said. “In the past, I

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After one candidate withdraws, three possible GC presidents remain

haven’t seen much involvement with the president, so I’d like to see someone take the position that will make my life here different.”

Rosemary Magee, vice president and secretary of Emory University visited campus on Feb. 16. Magee has held many leadership positions at her current university and those are what believes gives her the knowledge to be best suited for the job.

One question at the forum for Magee was asked about the universities search process for getting the best candidate possible.

“Well that is the most important thing, and the outcome of this has far more seri

GC Presidential Search Vice president, secretary of Emory University in Atlanta, G.A.

Rosemary Magee -

Chief operating officer, vice president for instituational advancement at Queens College in Flushing, N.Y.

Sue Henderson -

Pamela Gunter-Smith -

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Provost, academic vice president of Drew University in Maidson, N.J.

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First Fridays GC takes lead in Central State reuse plan, collaborates with city relaunches Taylor Seary Senior Reporter The city of Milledgeville, Baldwin County and Georgia College are in the process of redeveloping Central State Hospital into a center for rural health care delivery and education.

The Central State Hospital (CSH) reuse is anchored by a GC initiative called the Center of Excellence for Rural Health Care Delivery. The CSH campus will not only serve as a rural health care and education center, but it will also be an extension of GC’s health education programs.

GC has already begun evaluating the resources needed to establish the rural health care center, and the university has taken the lead in this reuse initiative.

In February 2011, Dorothy Leland, former GC president, developed an executive summary on the university’s concept for rural health care at CSH. “Dr. Leland developed this (summary) after meeting with various entities across

the state,” said Amy Amason, vice president for external relations and university advancement.

Leland’s executive summary is a proposal that the university is working toward implementing.

Background to the Initial Plan The idea of repositioning the historic core of CSH as a center for rural health care delivery and education was first discussed as part of a master planning process for state properties in Milledgeville, which was conducted in 2008

by Rosser International.

The implementation of developing the new center for rural health care and education as a partnership with public and private universities along with other agencies in the state of Georgia is reliant on the relocation of CSH to a new, state-of-the-art health care facility, which is part of phase one of the state properties master plan for Milledgeville and Baldwin County.

The previous use of CSH as a medical facility provides a lot of the necessary physi-

History of Central State Hospital 1837 CSH is founded

Early 1960s 12,000 patients housed at CSH

Late 1960s CSH declined in utilization

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Health in Georgia

43rd in childhood immunization coverage

46th in infectious disease cases

cal assets that would become part of the redeveloped rural health care center.

The size and location of CSH is beyond suitable for a rural health care center, and the plan recommends that a 322-acre tract at the north end of the CSH campus be re-purposed as a campus of GC, which will manage the rural health care center in collaboration with other higher education institutions in the region, according to Leland’s executive summary.

Rural Needs and Accessibility The United Health Foundation ranked Georgia 43rd in the overall health of its residents in 2009. Georgia has 2 million rural residents that face significant health care challenges. Some of these challenges include isolation, provider shortages, long travel distances and scarcity of specialty care.

Rural residents are older; 13 percent of rural populations are 65 years old or older compared with 10 percent

33rd for percent of population with obesity

Georgia is ranked 43rd in overall the overall health of its residents in 2009

31st in smoking prevalence

45th in premature death

40th in cardiovascular death

2009 Georgia Trust lists Powell Building among its “Places in Peril”

42nd in infant death

Source: CSH Reuse Initiative Executive Summary

Sabrina Chandler Senior Reporter

First Fridays is starting up again this Friday, March 2, at 6 p.m., after a brief break for winter months. This event is a project of Milledgeville Main Street, the downtown development authority.

The goal of First Fridays is to bring more customers into downtown Milledgeville, which will hopefully bring back returning customers, feeding into the local economy and helping to develop downtown.

Carlee Schulte, director of Milledgeville Main Street, said though many businesses benefit from First Fridays, Milledgeville Main Street barely makes a profit.

“We normally break even, or if we make a little money, we’ll give it to the volunteers,” Schulte said. “The money that pays to run the event comes mostly from sponsorships.”

BB&T, Shoplocalmilledgeville.com, Exchange Bank, Z97.7, Century Bank and MidSouth Bank, are all sponsors of First Fridays.

Sponsorships range from the business itself buying things like shopping bags and Tshirts to give away or

“We normally break even, or if we make a little money, we’ll give it to the volunteers.”

Carlee Schulte, Milledgeville Mainstreet monetary sponsorships.

These money donations range from $100 to $500.

The sponsorships are going to a good cause, because as Schulte said, local businesses are benefiting from the events.

“We have heard from several businesses whose sales have increased,” Schulte said.

“They have also reported a large influx of new customers.”

Participating businesses stay open later for First Fridays events and sometimes hold artists or speakers inside or outside of their store or restaurant.

Charlie Rearick, manager of Asian Bistro & Grill, said their influx of customers grows a little on First Fridays, but not too much.

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Community Advisers feel overworked, overwhelmed Kevin Hall Senior Reporter The position of community assistant comes with a lot of responsibility as well as perks, but some current and former CAs are beginning to feel mistreated and overworked.

“In the beginning, the pros are all you hear about then later on you find out about all the cons,” former CA and senior mass communication major Sean Michael Noah said. “I really just wanted to be there for the students. All the benefits seemed so great.”

Community Adviser benefits by school Georgia Tech Armstrong GC (main campus) GC (west campus)

approximately $4,287.45 per semester approximately $2,401 per semester approximately $2,557 per semester approximately $3,571 per semester

One of those benefits was to have their housing paid for according to University Housing Market Coordinator Cindy McClanahan.

News Flash

“CAs are compensated an amount that is equal to the amount of their room. They receive a room that is a private for the cost of a double,” Mc-

Quotable

Faculty actors,1775 New York City

Collegiate faculty members from the Southeast will gather to play reacting games in GC’s first Reacting to the Past Conference. The conference takes place from Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 4, and pits the Patriot and Loyalist forces against each other.

These games aid teachers in the classroom and offer an unique learning perspective by branching to the past.

“A lot of these kids’ parents send them down here because GC is proud of the fact that they were once the antebellum capital of the south. If you ask me, saying that, you may as well put up a Confederate flag and fly it.”

- David Gibson, grad student

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Clanahan said. “They receive stipends for that over the course of the year.”

That total comes out to $2,557 per semester for assistants in the residence halls and $3,571 for six months for CAs in The Village Apartments.

The compensation doesn’t seem to be the issue with the employees; rather it is the amount of work, and what it is expected of them on a daily basis.

A CA who wished to remain anonymous was upset about the lack of respect that they feel like they were shown by some of the upper level staff.

“They tell you you’re a student

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Pan-hellenic Council Greek Life............................4 Deep Roots wins six awards..................................3

A&E

Spring concert crawl takes the stage.................11 “Wedding Singer” review......................................11

Sports

Regular basketball season finishes......................16 Golf wins first at Armstrong Invitational...........16 Leisure...............................................................14 Community News........................................9

first unless they have something they want you to do,” they said. “Then you have to drop everything and do it.”

McClanahan says University Housing does their best to help CAs and would be disappointed to find out that any of the employees felt that way.

“I know there is always going to be expected of CAs. There has been a lot of change in our department over the last three years,” McClanahan said. “We have made a lot of im

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Number Crunch

1,400 Number of average visits to the Wellness and Recreational center per day during the week.

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March 2, 2012

WRC rock wall fee causes concern Scott Carranza Contributing Writer The rock wall at the Wellness and Recreation Center has generated questioning among students over a small rental fee needed to use the climbing equipment.

In the month of January, the WRC opened its mostly finished rock wall for student use. However, students were surprised to find a $3 fee was charged for renting the climbing equipment per use after the first five complimentary uses.

“If members need to borrow shoes or a harness, there is a small fee that helps defray the costs of maintaining quality gear and equipment for members’ use,” Advisor of Climbing Wall Operations Will Hobbs said.

One main reason the fee is in place is because of the life span of climbing shoes, harnesses and chalk for the rock wall, which all have to be regularly replaced.

“The equipment has to meet certain safety requirements, especially the harnesses, in order to use those,” Climbing Graduate Assistant Brandon Freeman said.

“Even the ropes, though there is no charge on those, have a life span of 500 hours and must be replaced every year.”

The rental fee for the rock wall climbing equipment originally frustrated many

“As more people get interested and serious about climbing, they’re going to bring their own gear and we’ve already seen this.”

Brandon Freeman, graduate assistant students, but some, like sophomore health education major Lauren Lee, felt differently once the details were explained.

“At first I was upset, but when I heard the reason why the rental fee was in place, it was understandable in my mind,” Lee said.

Even with all the explanations given out, Freeman was happy to state the rock wall policy has been changed. Instead of having students pay $3 for renting equipment per use, students will now pay a $5 fee to rent the equipment all semester long.

Students can also bring their own equipment and use it for no fee at all, since the fee only applies to renting equipment.

Dave Terrell, education specialist and director of the WRC, said the reason for

the change in price was “just to make it more afGCSUnade com fordable so more people for more would take advantage of information it. It didn’t have many about the WRC rock wall users with the price before.”

The ratio for people bringing their own gear to people renting is increasing as time goes by. The rock wall has generated curiosity in students and offers them something more to do than just lift weights, swim or run.

“As more people get interested and serious about climbing,” Freeman said.

“They’re gonna bring their own gear and we’ve already seen this. There are people who have been renting, but have now purchased their own equipment.”

For bouldering, there is a quick 20 to 30 minute orientation to take, offered on Monday through Thursday, in order to boulder freely and also use more advanced sections of the rock wall.

Many students feel like the rock wall was a good addition to the WRC to break up the monotony of the average gym.

“I think the rock wall adds to the overall diversity and the Wellness Center,” Lee said. “I would avidly use the rock wall now, especially with the new change in price for renting the equipment.”

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Scott Carranza / Staff Photographer Jon German, (right) junior sociology major, aids Oran Allen, junior outdoor education major in conquering the rock wall at the WRC.

Students debate existence of racial divide on campus Laura Van Tuyll Contributing Writer The recent events involving potentially offensive memes on the Facebook “GCSU Memes” page has sparked debate on black culture and racial divides at Georgia College.

James Bridgeforth, senior political science and sociology major and Student Government Association senator, said that there is not a black culture on campus, but a cohesion between minorities because they are so few in number.

“That’s problematic, because you don’t expect all the white people to stick together because they’re white. If you see a black person on campus, you’re like, ‘Oh! I have to talk to

that person,’” Bridgeforth said. He said that this kind of attitude is problematic for the minority experience at GC. “I never felt black in a classroom until Georgia College…I know I’m black every day. You don’t know you’re white,” David Gibson, graduate public administration student said.

Emmanuel Little, diversity retention & training coordinator, feels black students are more often profiled because of their race at GC. Little said that students who have these experiences often don’t report them because they feel powerless and are fearful of being excluded. Minority students often times feel that if they report an incident, they may not receive a good grade in a class or they will be picked on by other

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Kaitlyn Oakley, sophmore nursing major, and Ashton Leavengood, sophmore biology major dance at the Sadie Hawkins dance on Feb. 29 in Bell Hall.The two, along with other Georgia College students, participated in the tradition of asking a male to accompany them to the dance.

“I never felt black in the classroom until Georgia College. I know I’m black everyday.”

David Gibson, graduate public administration

students, according to Little.

“If you don’t address the issue, it’s just going to continue, because you’re pretty much allowing it to happen,” Little said.

Freshman biology major Deaje Taylor sees

the division of blacks and whites on campus.

“It’s really sad that we get pushed into, ‘You’re either black or you’re white,’” Taylor said.

Microaggressions such as the “Third World Success” meme or YouTube videos like “Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” can contribute to internalized racism, such as white privilege. Little said these microaggressions are just racism disguised as comedy.

“Segregation definitely has a negative connotation,” Casey Parker freshman pre-nursing major said. “But I have noticed a lot of the Af-

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Deep Roots festival Smile: You’re on GC camera wins six awards Caitlin Renn Senior Reporter As a main attraction each fall in Milledgeville, the Deep Roots Festival brings art, music, food, friends and family downtown. The 2011 Deep Roots Festival especially did so, as the biggest festival yet earned major recognition at the annual Southeast Festivals and Events Kaleidoscope Awards in February.

The Deep Roots Festival won six awards this year: Bronze for Best Sponsor (City of Milledgeville Public Works), Silver for Best Event, Marketing Campaign and Event Program, and Gold for Best Event Poster and Best Event Photograph.

“They always say it’s Milledgeville’s biggest day,” said Carlee Shulte, Director of Milledgeville Main Street/Downtown Development Authority. “I just think it’s something we should all be proud of as a community.”

The success of the Deep Roots Festival at the SFEA Kaleidoscope Awards mirrors the positive economic and community impact of the event, as last year’s festival drew 15,000 people to Milledegeville, according to Shulte.

Local businesses, vendors and sponsors all benefit greatly from the Deep Roots Festival. Last year, 23 barbecue teams, 55 arts and crafts vendors and 10 commercial and non-profit sponsor spaces lined the streets, and all the downtown restaurants and businesses were open to festival-goers.

“All of the downtown businesses show improved sales during that day, and all the hotels were packed, and even restaurants outside of downtown did well because downtown was so packed,” Shulte said.

Digital Bridges served as the main stage sponsor for the Deep Roots Festival last year, promoting their Shop Local Milledgeville project. Digital Bridges Program Developer Tommy Cook saw a great impact as a result of sponsoring the festival.

“After working with Deep Roots as a sponsor, the day of the festival we

had 100 new registrants to the site, and our traffic actually tripled for the month or two after that,” Cook said.

“We were incredibly happy with our involvement, and we want to see Deep Roots succeed. We really love the fact that it brings the economic impact and the sense of community pride that it does to Milledgeville.”

As a restaurant and bar downtown, Amici Italian Cafe sees heavy crowds at the Deep Roots Festival. Michelle Burke, senior mass communication student and Amici employee, says it’s often the busiest day of the year.

“Amici brings in an incredible amount of business during Deep Roots.

At Deep Roots, people want a fun atmosphere to eat and drink and I think Amici is able to provide that, which I think is a major reason we get so much business on this day in particular,” Burke said. “This was my first year working during Deep Roots. We were packed throughout the whole day. It was a really great opportunity to work during Deep Roots and experience the difference the festival makes on business.”

The Deep Roots Festival stands in the SFEA category of festivals with a budget over $75,000, and Shulte says with that budget the festival always brings in enough profit to break even and donate to the downtown development programs that Milledgeville Main Street provides.

“About $6,000 of the proceeds goes to Main Street’s 50/50 Facade Match Grant each year, some of the proceeds go to the Main Street General Fund which helps with supplies and that sort of thing,” Shulte said. “So there’s a good portion of the proceeds that goes right back into the community.”

The Deep Roots Festival emerges from the hard work of volunteers and sponsors. The City of Milledgeville Public Works Department provided an enormous amount of labor and logistics assistance helping prepare for the festival, and working during and after.

Shulte said they submitted a nomina

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Culture

Continued from page 2 rican Americans sit together at lunch and a lot of the campus tours have been mostly white people or African American people, but I don’t think that it is malicious. I have seen all races intermingling.”

Even though this nation has progressed past the blatant racism of the 1950s and 1960s, minority students can still expect to be singled out in a classroom. Bridgeforth recounted that he was once asked by an English professor to speak about how black males would feel about the short story his class was reading.

“I can tell you how I feel, but I can’t tell you how a black male would feel,” Bridgeforth said.

Even in his political science classes, he is singled out because he is a black male. He says one of his professors assumed that he was a democrat and an Obama

supporter just because of his skin color.

Gibson feels that the issue lies within the administration, not within the student body.

“A lot of these kids’ parents send them down here because GC is proud of the fact that they were once the antebellum capital of the south. If you ask me, saying that, you may as well put up a Confederate flag and fly it,” Gibson said.

Gibson feels that the overall atmosphere at GC is not one that welcomes minorities. He feels that the administration has strategically and legally made it easier to deny minority students because of the recruitment strategies. Regardless of how the school recruits its students, his feelings on race remain the same.

“I think there is a racial divide. There are by far more white students. I think there could be more diversity, and I think they feel like they feel like they are in the minority,” Alice Corner, sophomore marketing major, said.

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Multicultural Greek life on campus Alyson Crosby Staff Writer

The organizations of the National PanHellenic Council are a part of Greek life at Georgia College and are involved with many philanthropies and events.

At GC the NPHC sororities and fraternities include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Psi and Alpha Phi Alpha.

They are much smaller than the organizations in the Inter-Fraternal Council (IFC) and the Collegiate Pan-Hellenic Council (CPH), according to Reese Cohn, assistant director of Greek life.

Each of these organizations, though very large nationally and in some cases internationally, have only a few members at GC. However, they are just as much Greek as any of the other organizations.

“One thing to consider with these organizations is that their letters and their Greek traditions mean so much to them, and they are very much Greek,” Cohn said.

The NPHC is separate from the CPH and the IFC and has its own traditions and philanthropies.

“I think that, culturally, the large fraternities and large sororities seem to do more interactive things together than they do with Multi-Cultural or NPHC. I don’t think it comes from anything but lack of awareness,” Cohn said. “I don’t think there is any intentional isolation, it’s just that the chapters are so large and doing so much. It’s easy to hang out with who you’re around all the time and if you’re in a sorority of 167 people, you’ve got 166

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Continued from page 1 “We see a little more people coming through,” Rearick said. “There is a change from more college students to a bit more adults.”

Adeline Bramlett, owner of The French Vill’Edge, says their business does great on First Fridays.

“Traffic definitely increases when we participate in First Friday events,” Bramlett said. “We stay open.”

Bramlett said the event also affects sales.

“I think the fact is there’s more of an influence the Pan-Hellenic Council can make because they have so many members compared to my six.”

Alexandria Bell, Delta Sigma Theta people to talk to on a given day.”

The NPHC continues to be involved in GC and strives to make a difference in their separate philanthropies and as a council. Some of their philanthropies include: AIDS awareness, the American Cancer Society and Habitat for Humanity.

“As a unit we actually did a community service project that would tie into all of ours (philanthropies). It was a toiletry drive. We were collecting toiletries to send to a shelter,” Lauren Miller, president of the NPHC said.

The NPHC also gets together for traditions like step shows.

“For Greek Week we’re doing the step show. We don’t have enough members individually to compete just with our fraternities and sororities, so we have to work together to put on a step show.” Alex Bell, senior member of Delta Sigma Theta said.

The NPHC is not always recognized as “Sales are definitely impacted. We’re making a lot more sales during First Fridays,” she said. “We didn’t realize that they weren’t doing it in the winter months, so we’re very excited that it is back on.”

Though First Fridays do attract many families and adults, college students are more than welcome and encouraged to join the event.

Leslie Brown, sophomore biology major, said she hasn’t heard of First Fridays before, but would be interested in going.

“I had never heard of it before,” Brown said. “But I would be interested in checking it out, especially since businesses are open later.”

much as the larger organizations because of its size in comparison.

“I think the fact is there’s more of an influence the Pan-Hellenic Council can make because they have so many members compared to my six,” Bell said.

The fact that the NPHC has fewer members than the other organizations means that each member has more responsibilities.

“We kind of run ourselves dry and a lot of us have different things we’re doing,” Miller said. “We’ll eventually get burned out.”

The lack of members in the NPHC isn’t due to the organizations themselves but a lack of diversity at GC, according to Bell.

These organizations select their members based on quality not quantity.

“They are really seeking out certain criteria. They want individuals who meet the standards and expectations of their national fraternity and sorority,” Cohn said.

Each organization has fundamentals it was founded on. These fundamentals help decide if a person should be a member or not.

“I think, like other fraternities and sororities, you want to be selective in who you choose to represent your organization.

That’s with almost anything,” Miller said.

Even though the NPHC are historically black organizations, some of them are not limited to black members.

“It’s insignificant what your race is. It’s just the fact that we don’t have that diversity that we need to thrive as well as we would like to,” Bell said.

This month’s First Friday, has a historical theme, “Celebrating Our Roots.” The event will have countless freebies, ranging from T-shirts to activities for children.

Beginning at 6 p.m., the Convention and Visitors Bureau will have free trolley rides to the Old Governor’s Mansion, Georgia’s Old Capital Museum, Allen’s Market Building and Historic Downtown Milledgeville.

Also being featured at First Friday of March is author Amy Davis. She will be at Digital Bridges to discuss and sign her recently published book “Images of America: Milledgeville.”

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Continued from page 1 ous consequences for (GC) than it does for any of the candidates because this is a process and moment that is important to this college,” Magee said about finding the right president for GC. “But what I have observed is that there has been a good amount of transparency…I think it is all about the commitment.”

Sue Henderson, chief operating officer and vice president for institutional advancement at Queens College in Flushing, N.Y. visited the campus on Feb. 23. Henderson didn’t stop at the forum but also visited the Museum of Fine Arts, where she showed her interest in faculty and students on campus. Henderson sees the role of president as external not solely internal .

“What is truly rewarding in my current job and would be for me as president are the activities internal to the campus: seeing music and drama students in performances, having athletics teams over for dinner, brainstorming with faculty, hosting events featuring visiting scholars and

Deep Roots

Continued from page 3 tion for Best Sponsor because of how much effort the Public Works Department put in to the festival.

“They worked for weeks before the festival to make downtown look its best, they did everything we asked to get everything ready to go, they picked up trash, took trash out, and kept everything clean through the day, then at the end they cleaned everything up. The city allowed this to happen without charging the festival and that’s their sponsorship,

grappling with general education curricula,” Henderson said in her cover letter.

Previously, Henderson worked as the provost and chief operating officer of Georgia Perimeter College, and before that was an associate professor of mathematics.

Pamela Gunter-Smith, provost and academic vice president of Drew University in Madison, N.J. “(GC) is a wonderful institution with an equally wonderful story to tell.

(GC) will find me an effective champion for the institution and the community,” Gunter-Smith said.

“Having been educated in Georgia and a Georgia resident for over 20 years, I am particularly drawn to serving the citizens of our state,” Gunter-Smith said in her cover letter.

Going forth, the committee will be sending a report of who they feel, based on survey results and information from all candidates, would best fit GC as president. The report will then be sent to the Chancellor, who will, with his special search committee meet the remaining three candidates.

A new president could be named within the week. and the city gives back in that way,” Shulte said.

The Deep Roots Festival happens because of volunteers and year-round process. A committee of about 15 volunteers work year-round on sections of the festival—logistics, sponsorship, entertainment, crafts, and more— all without pay. The day of the festival, an estimated 100 additional volunteers join the effort to make everything run smoothly.

The award-winning Deep Roots Festival truly is Milledgeville’s biggest day, and this year’s festival on Oct. 20 will surely have just as great of an impact as the years before.

March 2, 2012 Advisers

Continued from page 1 provements to our department that maybe a little bit difficult for our CAs to understand. Some of those improvements have included the expansion of our administrative staff to include a new associate director for student development and an area coordinator level.”

Noah felt like this change in administration really affected the workers at West Campus and made their job more difficult.

“We got some new administration, and it felt like we had three times more work than we used to,” Noah said.

The anonymous CA had trouble with some of the deadlines that were set for them and felt they were a little unreasonable.

They said that they had a problem with “the lastminuteness of some of the things.”

McClanahan said there is a kind of a chain of command for their employees to go through if they have any complaints or problems with how they are treated or their responsibilities.

“Any CA that has a concern of any type whether it be about their work responsibilities or communication issues or that sort of thing, their first stop is to going to be to their Community Director,” McClanahan said. “We highly encourage them to speak to that Community Director and find out more about the situation. Did maybe they miss an email, and they weren’t aware of a deadline or did one really come out of thin air?”

McClanahan said that those are legitimate questions to be asked.

“If that Community Director cannot answer their questions fully their next stop is their area coordinator and from there they would speak with the Associate Director.”

McClanahan hopes that this chain of command would help to quell any kind of problems that CAs may have, but another former CA said that the lack of communication was an issue.

“I think the huge problem was the communication issues between the higher ups, the CDs (Community Directors) and the CAs and RAs,” senior rhetoric major and former RA Meredith Nelson said.

Noah said one thing he was not ready for was some of the things he saw as a CA. “You get to see the nasty side of GCSU. Stupid kids doing stupid things,” Noah said. “One time this kid was passed out in the middle of the floor in the hallway. We had to call an ambulance.”

McClanahan said the administration does their best to help the CAs with time management for such a demanding position and hopes they would come to their superiors with any suggestions to help.

“We know that as students they have a lot of responsibilities and deadline things come up for class.

The CA role on top of that can be very challenging to manage when it comes to making sure you have enough time to handle your academics, handle your job responsibilities, to handle your social responsibilities to things like getting your laundry done,” McClanahan said.

“So we support our CAs in every way we can to make sure they have the skills necessary to handle time management.”

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Continued from page 1 urban families, according to the United Health Foundation.

Rural residents are also sicker, as they are more likely to suffer from heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer. Rural Georgians are also more likely to be under-insured or uninsured, according to Georgia’s State Office of Rural Health.

Milledgeville borders many underserved counties with regard to health care delivery. These counties include Baldwin, Washington, Hancock, Putnam, Jasper, Morgan, Greene and Twiggs.

The plan to develop a rural health care center will focus on the effective delivery of health care to the surrounding counties and other underserved areas in the state through education, research and specialized training with the use of interactive technology in rural health care delivery.

In terms of potential for not only Milledgeville and GC, but also for the surrounding counties that are directly adjacent to the CSH campus, the renovation to the campus is Milledgeville’s greatest economic development opportunity, according to the CSH Reuse Initiative Executive Summary presented by the City of Milledgeville.

The CSH reuse plan will bring a new service sector and professional jobs to Milledgeville.

“A consistent and creative approach to the redevelopment of this great old facility could have decades of impact on the economic vitality of the region. It is the best for Milledgeville’s future,” according to the CSH Reuse Initiative Executive Summary.

Training and Research Programs The new rural health care center will have a specialized focus on comprehensive telehealth training programs across the health professions, consulting services for rural communities seeking technology supported health care, and similar programs and services needed to effectively address Georgia’s rural health care chal-

lenges.

The rural health care center will include five specific components: training programs, consulting services, distance education, research programs and it will serve as a resource clearinghouse.

The rural health care center will serve as a site for comprehensive telehealth training programs, which will feature a hands-on approach to multiple aspects of technology-supported care services. The center will also provide telehealth-consulting services to rural communities.

“Telehealth is the thought process of using a home base for research and resource, and using automation via laptop and wireless web to provide health care directly in a bedroom or home,” Milledgeville City Planner, Mike Couch said.

“Telehealth can provide health care for those who are unable to reach Emory University Hospital or any other regional health care system.”

The rural health care center will provide distance education for rural health care providers and patients in multiple formats, including web-seminars, special certification related courses and other online courses.

The new center will be an information clearinghouse for rural telehealth, and a rural healthcare public policy think-tank.

Grant funded research and demonstration projects will be supported by the rural healthcare center. The demonstration projects will focus on rural health and the use of technology to address rural health challenges.

The College of Health Sciences will play a major role in implementing specific health care resources, but “it is too early to say what facilities will be available,” Judy Bailey, media relations manager, said.

Building Details The CSH campus consist of approximately 190 buildings, and almost 2,000 acres of developed and forested land. Today less than 15 percent of the facility is being used.

The buildings contained in the 322acre tract at the north end of the hospital’s campus will be ideally suited to support

5 the new Center’s functions. This track consists of buildings located around a central green space. The buildings include an auditorium, museum, dormitory-style buildings and the historic Powell Building.

The former dormitories will serve as short-term housing for those who travel from around the state and nation to participate in training programs, conferences and continuing education programs. The dormitories will also provide temporary housing for faculty from partner institutions who participate in research studies and other sponsored programs, according to Leland’s executive summary.

The auditorium will facilitate large meetings and lectures, and the dignified and expansive Powell building will serve as the technological and administrative hub for the Center’s operations, according to Leland’s executive summary.

Gaining Support and the Next Steps GC is in the initial stages of a process for reaching out to other academic institutions, agencies and potential funding partners to gather their ideas and gauge their interest.

“Right now we are in the process of seeking a grant to fund a feasibility study,” Amason said.

Some potential partners include several nonprivate universities as well as several private universities: Georgia Health Sciences University, University of Georgia, Mercer University and Emory University.

“We are working with Georgia Rural Health Association and we have actually had inquiries Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis,” Couch said.

Other partnerships include Georgia Department of Community Health, the Georgia Department of Human Services, and several non-profit organizations such as Georgia Partnership for Telehealth, Inc. The process of revamping the Central State Campus and transforming it into the Center of Excellence for Rural Health Care Delivery is extensive. The city has already been working on the planning process for a year, and they expect the planning to last another 12 to 18 months.

Central State Hospital: Six-month Federal outlook for 2012 reuse initiative Winter (January - February): Identify federal agency targets for meeting in Washington, D.C., and develop messaging strategy

Early Spring (February - April): Hold congressional meetings and follow up for Central State agenda and coordinate member and staff visits to the hospital

Spring - Summer: Assist with open funding opportunities and application for Central State.

Source: 2012 Planning Items for City of Milledgeville

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

March 2, 2012 • Editor, Steffi Beigh

The Colonnade takes a closer look into the seven deadly sins surrounding Georgia College’s campus Gluttony

Students are offered healthy options by GC Andy Hitt Staff Writer

The infamous “freshman 15,” the excess weight gained when college students discover curfews no longer exist and that Barberitos stays open until 3 a.m. on weekends, affects less than 10 percent of college freshmen.

However, according to Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research, “the typical (college) woman gains between seven and nine pounds, while (college) men gain between 12 and 13 pounds.”

Students have complained of gaining the “Freshman 15.”

“I started gaining weight first semester, and then started going to the gym this semester and lost that weight plus some more,” freshman business management major Hannah Eberhardt said.

Georgia College has implemented ways to help students prevent weight gain.

The Max and The Wellness and Recreation Center are among the newest additions to GC’s growing campus.

Students say it is easy to indulge in eating in The Max. “At The Max, you don’t think about

what you’re eating because it’s right in front of you,” sophomore education major Erin Gammage said.

There are the familiar cuisine options, hamburgers, fries, pizzas and subs, but there are also healthier options students may be unfamiliar with.

According to Regional Chief Manager of Sodexo, Tom Thompson, The Max uses a web-based system called the Food Management System. With the Food Management System, executives are able to track how many people walk through the doors for every meal and exactly how much each student consumes.

Thompson said 60 percent of GC students have a meal plan, averaging two visits a day. For breakfast the average student receives four to five portions (including a drink) and The Max “allow(s) students six portions for lunch because of higher customer count,” Thompson said.

He also said they make food throughout the day to minimize waste and accommodate demand, as opposed to making mass amounts of food in the morning.

Gluttony page 7

Kelsey Garrison/ Staff Photographer Justin Greene and Thomas Butler, senior management majors, enjoy a variety of food that The Max has to offer.

Wrath

Greed

Thefts and burglaries occur Anger hits campus Kathryn Shadden Staff Writer Greed can come in many forms. Whether it is wanting a new car that your roommate just bought or if it’s wishing you could have that new laptop everyone is raving about. However, some Georgia College students fall prey to thieves when greed crosses the line.

Campus police detective Robert Butler said he feels the number one crime on campus is theft. “Most of the items that have been stolen in the past were simply left unattended or left somewhere unsecured. We’ve had students who left their car unlocked and had valuables taken from it. We’ve had a rash of bike thefts because students didn’t chain them up.”

There have already been four cases of theft involving student victims in 2012.

In a little over a week, $2,000 worth of items were stolen. On Jan. 23, an iPad was stolen and two flags outside of The Max were stolen. Speakers were swiped from a storage room in Russell Auditorium in early February.

Weekly reports are posted on the Public Safety website, dating back to September 2011. Of the 79 reported cases, 28 are theft-related.

Campus police have several methods of finding stolen electronics. New security cameras may also be on the way.

“We’ve had a real high success rate with recovering stolen property,” Butler said.

The most important aspect of finding items is knowing the serial number corresponding to that item. This way, if the item is found in a pawnshop or in someone else’s dorm room, it can be proven as the item stolen.

For Apple laptops, knowing the Mac address located on the box it was shipped in is key to getting them back. Laptops can also have tracking device software downloaded onto them.

Lindsey Card is a senior rhetoric major who, after copying her license for a background check, accidentally left it in the copy room of the library.

“I went to the front desk and they told me it was long gone,” she said, noting that it was probably snatched up quickly because it was an over-21 license.

“The front desk responded as if that happens a lot.”

But Card did not worry for long; the license expired soon after it was lost.

Page Gamel, a junior nursing major, lives in a

house with a few other girls. When they were all gone over Winter Break, they returned and found the house had been ransacked. Even though the house had been locked, including the bedroom doors, a television from Gamel’s room and their PlayStation was gone.

Though they alerted authorities, Gamel said, after an initial call from an investigator, they were never contacted again.

“I think they were kids trying to get stuff — they wouldn’t have come if they thought someone was home,” Gamel said, who recommended that students living in a home purchase a light-timer or have a friend keep an eye on the house. “We’re going to be more careful the next time we’re all gone.”

If anyone has information on the whereabouts of missing items, contact GC Public Safety at (478) 4454054.

By the Numbers:

robberies nationwide 125,100 total in 2009 burglaries nation715,700 total wide in 2009

1 robbery reported by Public Safety in 2010

8 burglaries reported by Public Safety in 2010

Source: GC Public Safety and U.S. Census Bureau

Kathryn Shadden Staff Writer Georgia College is statistically a safe place. But statistics don’t necessarily lend comfort to crime victims, especially those who suffer bodily harm. According to GC’s Public Safety website, there were no reports of aggravated assault between 2008 to 2010. But fights are still a factor in the lives of not just college students, but everyone.

According to Susan Spencer, Counseling Services counselor, there aren’t very many students with just an anger issue; the anger stems from other issues.

“The anger is often part of another problem,” Spencer said. “It isn’t the primary issue.”

Still, Counseling Services does see a few students every semester with anger problems. Faculty members, friends and family refer many students to counseling, while other people come in to Counseling Services on their own.

When students come in with an anger problem, Spencer said counselors try to help them find other ways to deal with the situation, rather than acting on impulse. Counseling has also reached out to off-campus services in the case of a court-mandated anger management class, but this doesn’t happen often.

“We don’t have enough people with that issue to warrant that (an oncampus anger management class),” Spencer said.

Three incidents occurred between Jan. 15 and Feb. 4. One was at Chops when two people began punching each other. Days later, two roommates argued over loud music. The argument ended with death threats. But this did not end in an arrest. Lastly, an intoxicated student made terroristic threats to police and Occonee Regional Medical Center personnel.

Alcohol can be a factor in starting a

“The anger is often part of another problem.”

Susan Spencer, Counselor fight. Keaton Anderson, a junior outdoor education major, was attacked in 2010. “I had just gotten off of work, and my girlfriend was waiting for me outside and was being harassed by these guys.”

Anderson was not in the mood to fight anyone, but it seems one of the guys — one who was very drunk at the time — was itching for a fight. This man followed Anderson and his girlfriend as they walked down the street, going so far as to take his shirt off and grab at the two, Anderson said.

“He was just in rage mode,” Anderson said, who recalls striking the instigator with his longboard.

Campus police often work alongside the Milledgeville Police Department, since many of the fights that break out among students happen in the downtown area. According to Detective Robert Butler, fights usually occur in downtown Milledgeville on Thursday between people who have had a prior dispute.

“It usually happens right after the bar closes, and alcohol is usually involved,” Butler said.

In a worst-case scenario, bones have been broken or fractured, but most people admitted to an emergency room are released within hours.

“There’s usually yelling and shouting prior to a fight,” Butler said.

If ever involved in or a witness to a fight, the best thing to do is to call 911.

There are also emergency posts on campus, and with a push of a button, Public Safety can arrive within minutes.

March 2, 2012 Sloth

The Colonnade

Four-year rate graduation low Lindsay Shoemake Senior Reporter

It’s 7:30 a.m. The alarm goes off repeatedly, but the snooze button is all too convenient. Rolling over blindly, you snooze the alarm and drift into an early-morning slumber, listlessly forgetting about attending statistics at 8 a.m.

For some Georgia College students, giving in to the so-called deadly sin of sloth by skipping class, intentionally or not, is a weekly norm.

According to a survey recently conducted by The Colonnade, 42 percent of 14 respondents admitted to skipping class one to two times per week, with 50 percent of respondents claiming to never skip class.

Of the respondents who do skip class, the majority skip in order to have extra time in the day to study for upcoming exams in other classes (42 percent), closely followed by the lack of an attendance policy in a class (35 percent) and accidentally sleeping in (28 percent). Respondents were also provided an “other” option, for additional reasons class is skipped.

Other reasons for not attending class ranged from the self-deprecating “too lazy to go,” to “knowing we aren’t doing anything productive in class that day” and “doctor appointments because they are early in the day.”

Although students may view intermit-

tently skipping class as harmless behavior, negative repercussions can be associated with this weekly habit.

“I didn’t skip class that often until this year,” said early childhood education major Kathryn Ash. “If professors don’t take attendance and the notes are online, the student isn’t going to care.”

With lax attendance policies and course material easily accessible online, students may not have much of an incentive to attend class. Although students may study independently for exams, missing lectures can lead to poor grades.

“Skipping can affect grades negatively,” Ash said.

One factor that may play a role in class attendance is the course load taken on by students per semester.

According to the University System of Georgia’s Fall 2011 report on GC enrollment, 83.3 percent of students are classified as full-time students (taking 12 or more credit hours), a one percent decrease from Fall 2010 reports.

Junior psychology major Lyndsee McCauslin combats extending her undergraduate education by taking a full load of courses each and every semester.

“I usually take at least 15 hours, and the most I’ve taken is 19,” McCauslin said. “I took so many (hours) because I wanted two minors and didn’t want to graduate late.”

Being an eager student has its pitfalls.

“I’m not able to have a job, but I’m still able to relax,” McCauslin said. “I don’t get to go out like my friends do, but I find time for fun.”

On the other hand, some GC undergrads have no problem deferring graduation to a later date than anticipated.

“I’m not graduating on time because I went to a two-year school to play soccer, which put me one year behind,” said sophomore athletic training major Jeremy Kemp. “I took online classes over the summer, though, and I am taking 15 hours this semester.”

The credit hours taken each semester in conjunction with enrollment rates may have a positive correlation in determining the pinnacle of an undergraduate’s college career — graduation.

According to the student survey, 78 percent of respondents anticipated graduating in the traditional four years, showing a large discrepancy in comparison to GC’s 45 percent four-year graduation rate, according to the University System of Georgia’s 2007 graduation report.

McCauslin has defied the odds by consistently taking a maximum course load, allowing her to stay on track to graduate on time in May 2013.

“It’s all about time management,” McCauslin said. “I knew it was what I had to do in order to graduate.”

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What seven deadly sins do you struggle with the most?

1.

“Envy because I see things I want. I’m surrounded by a lot of fortunate people and find myself wishing I had what they have.”

Katie Knox, junior art major

2.

Sloth

“Sloth, I just took a three-hour nap after my class, and I didn’t get much done.”

Philip Laskey, sophomore preengineering major

at GC

admit to skipping 42percent class once or twice a week skip class due to lack 35 percent of an strict attendance policy

3.

skip class because 28 percent they accidently sleep in of students say they 78 percent want to graduate in 4 years of GC 45 percent students graduate

4.

in 4 years

Photo Illustration by Kendyl Wade

Source: Survey by The Colonnade

Pride and Envy

Q & A with GC psychology professor Caitlin Powell, assistant professor of psychology, talks about the struggles of sinful pride and sinful envy Q: What is your definition of sinful pride?

A: My definition of sinful pride would be

Caitlin Powell Assistant Professor of Psychology

A:

an inability to be humble--inflating oneself unnecessarily without any sort of accomplishment, refusing to take orders from anyone, or not being able to have someone else take a position of dominance or power. So sinful pride is very much the inability to be humble. It is very similar to narcissism. Narcissism is an unstable view of self worth, where you tend to think very highly of yourself without basis in reality.

Q: What is your definition of sinful envy?

Envy can be thought of as a combination of inferiority and resentment, where you want something that someone has and you hate them for having it.

Q: How common is it for people to experience sinful envy?

A: It is a little bit tricky to measure. People tend to under-report hostile envy.

They tend to disguise (envy) as admiration. Sometimes it is hard to get people to be truthful about feeling a sense of inferiority or resentment. We don’t like to admit we are not good at something.

Q: How common is it for people to experience sinful envy?

A: It is a little bit tricky to measure. People tend to under-report hostile envy.

They tend to disguise (envy) as admiration. Sometimes it is hard to get people to be truthful about feeling a sense of inferiority or resentment. We don’t like to admit we are not good at something.

Q: What do you see college students being envious about?

A: When people feel envy they focus on someone similar to them in terms of

gender. Women definitely concentrate on other women, and men concentrate on other men. In terms of what they envy, research shows that college students tend to be concerned with intelligence, popularity, attractiveness and material possessions. We are more likely to envy someone when they have something we cannot achieve. So, for instance, when we see someone who was born in a family of multi-millionaires whereas we were not, that is something we never achieve and therefore we would be more likely to envy them. We tend to be resentful if we see someones success as due to an unfair accomplishment or advantage.

Gluttony

Continued from page 6 Although The Max offers the nutrition facts of all the food items, only 90 percent of the facts are displayed on their labels, said Thompson.

Vegetarian meals and low-fat options are offered at every station. Thompson also said the fruit, corn and potatoes are often provided from local farmers’ markets and well-balanced desserts are served in smaller portions.

Q:

What is the difference between envy and jealousy?

5.

6.

A:

People tend to use these terms interchangeably in the English language, but they mean two different psychological processes.

When someone says, “Oh you won the lottery?

I am so jealous,” but what they mean is “I am so envious.” Envy typically involves two people, yourself and the person who has something you desire. Jealousy typically involves three people: you, your partner and your rival. You are feeling these negative emotions because someone has removed their attention from you and directed it towards a rival. Jealousy is not always romantic. You can be jealous if an employer spends too much time working with someone else than you.

7.

“Probably gluttony because I just love to eat a lot.”

Amanda McGraw, junior marketing major

“Wrath because I have an awful roommate.”

Niki McCarthy, junior marketing major

“Probably sloth because I like to sleep a lot.”

Lauren Crapo, junior political science major

“I guess gluttony. I like to eat and I cook all the time at my apartment.”

Austin Ehlinger, junior business management major

“Sloth and lust. I love to sleep and cuddle.”

Bekah Belisle, sophomore exercise science major

Q:

What do you see more with college students, sinful pride or sinful envy?

A:

I would say pride. I think with pride you specifically see people who haven’t faced a lot of challenges in their lives, or who have been told constantly that they are the best people in the world. This sense can sometimes be really internalized, and so they will have this complete lack of humility or understanding that they aren’t necessarily the best person in the world. I think that everyone getting a medal for just showing up can create a sense of false pride that is not based in any real success but more just over inflation of one’s importance in the world. Now, that being said, I think that non-sinful pride is important and appropriate, and it is considered healthy to give ourselves an occasional boost in self esteem. Pride can be problematic when it is taken to extremes, when people are unable to be respectful to other people because they are so busy demanding respect from others. There is an issue when people are unable to take any criticism or are incapable of accurately gauging where they are in the world because they just automatically think they are the best at everything.

“Each station has well balanced core items,” Thompson said.

Though the student body’s weight is not monitored, the number of people visiting the WRC is.

According to Associate Director for Member Services Amy Whatley, the Depot would have anywhere between 400 to 500 visits a day, whereas the WRC now sees around 1,400 visits a day.

Though on the weekend, visits average 300 a day.

“It’s been a steady increase due to New Year’s Resolutions and Intramural sports,” Whatley said.

There continues to be a major increase in the amount of exercise among students perhaps due to the new Wellness Center, and provides ways to avoid the “Freshman 15” fear.

Lust

One in four American adults admit seeing an X-rated movie in the last year The average time a porn movie is watched in a hotel room is 12 minutes 43 percent said they use porn so they can fantasize about things they would not necessarily want in real life 87 percent of college students are having sex over web cameras, telephones or instant messengers

Source: BlazingGrace.com

Opinion Our Voice We all struggle with right and wrong Everyday we are faced with choices.

Let’s say it’s test day and you didn’t study. Should you just wing it and make educated guesses? Or should you peek at your neighbor’s test to save your grade?

Or what if you’re at a party and you’ve had too much to drink. Do you crash on the uncomfortable couch or do you risk getting in a car to head home and sleep in your own bed?

We at The Colonnade understand

the daily moral struggles college students are faced with. It can be very exhausting battling temptations, but students should chose to overcome these desires and do the morally right thing.

This year there have been several articles and news blurbs about students and crime.

People enjoy reading the Public Safety Report and the crime-related stories in The Colonnade. Maybe, they just find them funny or maybe they use the material to compare these incidents with their own to determine where they fit on the morality scale.

People break the rules all the time in order to satisfy some inner desire. A person steals because they see something they want, but don’t want to pay for it. A person cuts in a line for food in order to satisfy their hunger sooner.

We’re not saying that people don’t deserve to be punished for making larger mistakes by any means.

Without punishment, people wouldn’t

February 24, 2012• Editor-in-Chief, Bobbi Otis

have the motivation to do the right thing, especially when doing the wrong thing is easier.

But even though there are punishments we shouldn’t be taken aback to find out someone broke the rules.

We’ve all done things we’re not proud of; even if it’s just lying about how nice your friend’s haircut looks.

It’s impossible to go a lifetime without having any sins.

While sinning, we justify it in our heads to avoid feeling guilty, but deep down we are only hurting ourselves and others as well. Cheating on a test doesn’t help you learn the material, and driving under the influence puts you and everyone else on the road at risk.

Doing the right thing may sometimes be harder, but it’s better in the long run. Also, it will make you feel better about yourself.

See this week’s Close Up section on pages 6 and 7 for more information

Bobcat Beat Reported by Marilyn Ferrelll

“Do you think you will be attending First Fridays now that they are back for the spring?”

“That would be really fun. I would go to (First Fridays). I love arts and crafts.”

Katie Garth, freshman environmental science major

“I would definitely go to (First Fridays).

They sound like a really positive environment to be around.”

Emmie Gibbs, freshman undeclared

“No, I wouldn’t attend them. I enjoy just going out with my friends on Fridays and I wouldn’t want to participate in the arts and crafts or anything of that nature. Sorry..”

Alex Ferrand, freshman outdoor education major

Letter from the Editor: Plagiarism in the paper I regret to inform Colonnade readers about an instance of plagiarism that was published in the paper.

A column containing paragraphs that were almost identical to an Associated Press column covering the same topic, but contained no attribution, was published.

The Colonnade then investigated all columns and

articles written by this author and found no other identifiable cases of plagiarism.

Though the occurrence seems to be isolated, even one instance is wholly unacceptable. Plagiarism is a violation of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics, which The Colonnade subscribes to, and the Georgia College

Honor Code.

As editor of the paper all of the content is my responsibility and I should have caught the occurrence before publication, but I plan to be more diligent about checking for plagiarism in the future in all writing submitted to The Colonnade.

The writer has been dismissed from staff for the re-

mainder of the semester.

The offending column has been removed from our website and the instance of plagiarism has been reported to the Office of Student Affairs.

It is my sincerest hope that The Colonnade can earn back your trust as a reader over the course of the semester.

“(First Fridays) sound like a lot of fun, and I would go. I go home a lot on the weekend, and I know a lot of other students do too; I don’t know how phenomenal the attendance would be because of that.”

Johna Griswell, freshman management major “I would go to First Fridays downtown. I like little artsy festivals like that. It us a nice addition to the downtown area.”

Hannah Urie, freshman biology major

Lawmakers and lawbreakers Nick Widener Campus police have paired up with the Student Judicial Board to make quite the formidable pair. Yet, it seems, sometimes they forget their purpose as law enforcers and forgive perpetrators like Catholic fathers.

A number of recent incident reports involve alleged criminal acts that have resulted in little more than slaps on the wrists for suspects. In one case on Jan. 24, one involving drug paraphernalia – including a weighing scale – found in a student’s room, a campus cop noted his “not wanting to ruin” a student’s life with drug charges.

The student was released from law enforcement’s grasp because the officer thought it was in the student’s best interest, according to the report.

Public Safety boasts on their web-

site that they “enforce the state laws as well as local ordinances.” But in this Jan. 24 incident, Public Safety flat-out ignored state laws. In Georgia, intent to distribute is a felony.

On Nov. 22, 2011, campus police was dispatched to Bell Hall in response to a burnt smell. The people in the room the smell was coming from admitted smoking weed. They were also in possession of drug paraphernalia. In accordance with Georgia law, for possession of drug paraphernalia, the two students could have had their licenses suspended for six months. But they didn’t. The three suspects were turned over to the Student Judicial Board.

In three campus police reports dating back to last August, “in lieu of arrest,” officers recommended that the perpetrators “face sanctions from the Student Judicial Board.”

Two separate Student Judicial Board hearings took place on Feb. 2. The first infraction, in response to vandalism, lying and intent to distribute an illegal substance, the offender was given 40 hours of community

service, ordered to make a $200 donation and placed on disciplinary probation through the end of 2012.

Again, according to Public Safety’s website, they fully comply with Georgia law. This is quite perplexing. Because case after case, Public Safety hands over their affairs to the Student Judicial Board, aware they are going against everything they represent by not prosecuting students and typing “in lieu of arrest” on their reports.

In the second hearing on Feb. 2, in a case that included charges of underage possession of alcohol or drugs, the student received a mere probation extension until the end of 2012.

These unlawful handlings and relaxed interpretations of our laws make Public Safety and our Student Judicial Board look like clowns.

Their mishandling of infractions is a delusional representation of our judicial system, and officers, students and faculty who care about justice should be nauseated and demand that our laws be carried out properly.

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“Yeah, I would definitely attend First Fridays. It would be a good way to expand activities for people to do in Milledgeville.

It also gives a more positive view of downtown.”

Cherie Bond, freshman pre-nursing major “I probably wouldn’t go by myself, but I would get a group together to go. It sounds fun as a group activity.”

Aubrey Poole, senior physics major

See News for more coverage onf First Fridays on page 1

The Litter Box Thoughts and Rants of Georgia College

Jody Titshaw, in response to your quote in the paper last week, parking won’t ever be fixed at GC until people who live in walking distance to campus (Bellamy, Grove, etc.) actually walk instead of driving their car to campus. I feel bad for the commuters who have to drive, yet they can never find a parking space. It’s not the lack of spaces that’s the problem at GC. It’s people being damn lazy.

Stop hating on The Colonnade and appreciate the hard work that goes into the production of the paper each week.

All the writers, editors, photographers, and ad reps are in school full time, work other jobs, and have a social life. They are a credit to their generation and should be appreciated, not looked down upon. I challenge you to undertake what these students do every week to inform you!

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It’s great to see how the Colonnade works. When something really matters to our campus, like our newly elected SGA officers, they put it on page 2. Nice way of keeping our campus informed!

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Thirsty at the concert

February 9 at 10:05 p.m. Campus police Detective Michael Baker spotted a man at the Homecoming concert in Centennial Center carrying a water bottle with a dark-brown liquid inside. It wasn’t water. Suspicious of the contents, Baker was about to ask the man what it was, but before the officer could the man put the bottle on the floor and walked off. Baker caught up with the man, a 19-yearold, who said the bottle was his and that rum was in it. The teen said he had recently committed an alcohol-related infraction and been cited by University Housing. The teen added that he had his older brother’s ID, which he gave to Baker. Instead of being arrested for underage possession, the man was told to return to his dorm for the night. The matter was turned over to the Student Judicial Board for review.

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A bump to the knee

February 14 at 9:30 a.m. A woman walking near the intersection of Clarke and Franklin streets was bumped by a car and slightly injured. A woman driving a car told campus police she was stopped at the stop sign on Clarke when she started to turn onto Franklin. The driver said she didn’t see the woman walking and bumped into her, knocking the pedestrian down and injuring her right knee. The victim was not taken to the hospital.*

All day to 3/11

Kappa Delta 3rd Annual Shamrock Week

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Last day to drop course without penalty (Parks Hall)

10:00 a.m.

Career Expo (Magnolia Ballroom)

5:30 p.m.

Dan Pierce “Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France” (Peabody Auditorium)

7:00 p.m.

CPA review night (Residence Hall)

Tuesday, March 6 7:30 a.m.

Russell Watkins & Lev Ryabinin (Max Noah Recital Hall)

Wednesday, March 7 12:00 p.m.

Internships in nonprofit (113 Chappell Hall)

6:00 p.m.

Civil War author lecture (Education building behind Governor Mansion)

7 - 8:00 p.m.

Purim Party (TBA)

Thursday, March 8 12:00 p.m.

Getting noticed by employers (113 Chappell Hall)

5:30 p.m.

Performance artist James Luna (Russell Auditorium)

Friday, March 9 5:00 p.m.

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Sounds of the South concert crawl Eclectic night of music set to take the stage in downtown Milledgeville in April, offering a diverse lineup while sponsoring a worthy cause Lindsay Shoemake Senior Reporter While most Georgia College concertgoers bank on the annual Deep Roots Festival as the music event of the year, downtown Milledgeville will once again transform into a widespread stage this spring.

Slated for Friday, April 6, the Sounds of the South music festival, bar crawl and charity event will feature live performances from over

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20 bands in various downtown venues, with proceeds going to the Children’s Miracle Network, a charity that serves over 170 children’s hospitals across North America.

Junior kinesiology major and Sounds of the South planner Tori Maddox says choosing the Children’s Miracle Network as the designated charity for the event was a no-brainer.

“I have a friend that I’ve grown up with since middle school, and he has a mitochondrial disease,” Maddox said. “He was always in and

out of hospitals, but was always positive and happy.”

Maddox wanted to hold an event that her friend could attend and enjoy while simultaneously giving back to the very network that sustained him. By last October, planning and organizing for Sounds of the South was underway.

Maddox plans on using downtown Milledgeville’s annual First Friday community event

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Latin jazz medleys liven up GC audiences Kathryn Shadden Staff Writer The Spring Jazz Concert will allow students to experience multiple jazz sub-genres March 1-2, with cultural influences spanning from Cuba to Brazil.

The musical event will be a melodic whirlwind through South America, all from the comfort of Russell Auditorium.

Jazz as a music genre began as a melting pot of musical sounds into one. Cliff Towner, director of bands, explained that this concert would focus on Latin jazz, which has its roots in a melding of cultures, mainly that of Brazil and Cuba. Brazilian jazz itself is a blend of African and Portuguese music; along with Cuban and Mexican sounds. The Jazz Band Concert happens twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall.

“The Jazz Band is an academic class that meets each semester,” Towner said.

The performance is a big part of the class — students begin preparing the first day the class meets — but there are other demands the class places on the players.

At the start, there were 14 tunes; now, only eight will be played.

“You see what resonates with the band — you can tell by how they play what pieces they like. But we also needed to keep a balance of Cuban and Brazilian pieces,” Towner said. “The Jazz Band has quite the community following.”

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer (Top) Linda, played by Lizzie Spratt, sings an emotional number onstage. (Bottom) Kayla Carson and Jordan Hale bid the audience a final smile.

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Cast members of “The Wedding Singer” dance on stage in Russell Auditorium while bopping along to the beat of the ‘80s-esque tunes featured in the play.The entire production featured a wide array of catchy medleys from start the finish, keeping the large audience consistently entertained for its five-show run last week.

‘The Wedding Singer’ serenades GC Department of Theatre production revives beloved ‘80s flair in pop-musical Cate Callahan Contributing writer “The Wedding Singer,” a flashy ’80s musical, ended its five-show last weekend after playing to packed houses at Russell Auditorium.

The show’s combination of music and dance choreography, which told the story a wedding singer and a waitress’ love affair, meshed with

glitzy costumes and dazzling lights in a campus-theater spectacle.

Audience members tapped their feet to the beat during the intensely animated musical.

“The dialogues were very clever and kept me laughing,” theatergoer Mason Davis, a senior management major, said. “The choreography and the light effects were spot-on and the songs blew me away.”

Student designer showcases talent Graphic artist takes second place in online Latino logo contest Powell Cobb Staff Writer Jose Ibara doesn’t like for people to see his art before it’s finished. The sophomore art major prefers his viewers to see the final product of his hard work, not peek over his shoulders during the creation process. But from Ibara’s privacy, there always emerges a piece he can be proud of, and recently that piece came in the form of a logo.

Ibara created and submitted a logo design to Facebook’s “¡ORALE! 10 Georgia Latino Vote 2012” campaign, where his design faced off against 10 other contestants in an effort to promote civic change within the Latino community.

“I was really encouraged to enter the contest, but I really wanted to focus on my schoolwork more than anything,” Ibara said. “But after I thought about it

some more, I decided that I would give it a shot.”

Ibara placed second in the logo contest, but that doesn’t mean his image didn’t make a difference and help to promote change.

The purpose of the “¡ORALE! 10” campaign is to encourage pro-immigrant communities to participate in the electoral process, particularly for the presidential election. The campaign helps find eligible voters and gets them registered to vote.

“The Latino population is the largest minority,” Ibara said, “and their vote can make a huge difference. This campaign is aimed towards educating eligible voters so their vote can help make that difference.”

The logo design Ibara submitted is a visually engaging piece, colorful with large letters and two brightly smiling faces. But who these faces are and the

Karen Berman, chair and artistic director of theater programs, thinks “The Wedding Singer” was perhaps the best show ever performed by the Georgia College Department of Theatre.

“Every single show since my first show here three and a half years ago has been better than the one before, because our students are growing as actors,” Berman said. “This show

was the best.”

During all five performances, audiences averaged 400 people.

“Sophisticated audience members from Atlanta declared the production wor

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Visiting artist talks technology and art Marilyn Ferrell Staff Writer

Logo design courtesy of Jose Ibara

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Shaurya Kumar was born and raised in New Dehli, but later moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where he witnessed the rise of technology firsthand in each place. As an artist, Kumar’s goal is to make a statement about the rise and power of the media in today’s ever changing world, and how he can remain unique even through the conflict of trying to identify with his first home.

Kumar visited Georgia College on Feb. 22 and 23, lecturing and displaying his art. He revealed the effects that the digital world has on cultures while relating it specifically to his home, India.

While speaking during his

Feb. 22 lecture in the A&S Auditorium, Kumar made it clear that he has struggled to identify as an Indian artist, as many claim his works are too “American.” He spoke of his history and what events in his life led him to the art world.

Kumar explained that his collection, “The Interplay of Forces,” showcased some of his very first pieces. According to Kumar, these pieces in no way represent his personality or his Indian heritage.

“I was always questioning what it is that makes me a different artist living in the 21st century. My paintings look like I could be living in America or had practiced at the Bauhaus

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Isabel Barajas, sophomore exercise science major, and her 3-year-old son Ethan gladly agreed to be the models for a design that had the potential to spark civil change for the Latino community.

“I wanted Isabel because, when I was thinking of a concept for my logo, I wanted to depict something that represented the future of the Latino community,” Ibara said. “And I decided that that future was in female Latinos.”

Barajas is a mother, student and part of the Gates Millennium Scholars, a scholarship program awarded to only a select few minority students that aids them financially all the way through college to graduation.

“I knew that if I got a good education, I would be able to support my son,” Barajas said.

“Also, being educated helps me make reasonable choices when it comes to picking the candidate that I believe will

Q & A with Rebecca Ezell, Art Stop for Kids director

Georgia College graduate Rebecca Ezell is the executive director and founder of the art education and community outreach program Art Stop for Kids. Since its inception at GC three years ago, the program has expanded to two local elementary schools, immersing K-5 students in the world of paint, patterns and pottery.

Q: Why did you decide to found Art Stop for Kids, and when did you first come up with the idea?

A: When I was an undergrad in the art department, I was sad that local elementary schools did not have an art program.

I got a grant for the program from The GIVE Center, and proceeded to found Art Stop for Kids. The program has been at Blandy Hills Elementary for three years now and Midway Elementary for the past two years.

Q: Why do you feel that art education is so vital for young children?

A: Once I helped teach kids at a summer camp, I decided that I really wanted to teach art. It has been proven in studies that students who take at least 30 minutes of art a day — although more is better — do better in all of their academic subjects. They are going to be more well-behaved, they’re going to be more responsible, they’re going to have an open mind — all things you want to mold your community into to have a better knowledge of others’ differences.

You can do art with everything; it’s everywhere and it’s in all different forms.

Q: What types of activities does Art Stop for Kids offer to its participants?

A: We go into one school a month, alternating between Blandy and Midway.

We break participants up by grade level, usually making three to five crafts. We like to use a lot of different mediums like sculpture, drawing, painting and printmaking. We want students to make up for the time that they don’t have in the classroom by creating crafts. The younger participants are taught the basics like shapes and colors, while older kids are learning artistic perspectives.

Q: How can GC students become more involved in Art Stop for Kids, and are service hours offered for participating?

help my country.”

Ibara devoted three days to shaping the logo, working solely with Photoshop, which he says taught him a lot about the program and ended up being a great learning experience.

“Those three days were completely devoted to making this logo,” Ibara said. “I ended up submitting on the last day entries were allowed, so I was rushing to promote it.”

As an artist who is determined to grow and learn, Ibara challenges himself. Setting his goals by age, he allows himself time to complete certain projects that might take longer than others. This system also puts a timer on certain projects, helping push Ibara to get them done.

“For example, I always knew that by the time I’m 20, I want to have a T-shirt printed,” Ibara said. “I’m 19, so hopefully that’ll happen soon.”

Ibara enjoys experimenting with stencil work and street art, with his room’s walls covered from floor to ceiling in past projects. His affection for using spray paint, though, sometimes has lasting effects other than creating art.

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A: At the beginning of every semester we have an interest meeting, where we sit down and give information on how the program was founded, who runs it, how it is funded and more. If students can’t volunteer monthly, they can still help us with fundraisers and PR or whatever they can do to help. Services hours are offered for any volunteer time with the program. To become involved, students must go to an interest meeting and then go through training to learn first aid and discipline. All volunteers must be registered with The GIVE Center in order to get a background check to work with children.

For more information on the program and how to become involved, visit its official Facebook page, Art Stop for Kids, where upcoming meeting times, events and more will be posted.

By Lindsay Shoemake

Gabby Banzon, sophomore music therapy major, is the pianist of the Jazz Band. For Banzon and many others in the group, Latin jazz has been challenging.

“Putting it all together is hard, but it sounds awesome,” Banzon said.

Junior music education major Kayla Sullivan plays the trombone along with Ashley Griffin, a sophomore majoring in music performance. Sullivan explained that Latin jazz has more complex rhythms than other forms (such as swing) and that every note must be played on time.

“I’m worried I’m going to miss a note,” Griffin said, who is more used to playing the euphonium. Since this isn’t a jazz instrument, she has to play the trombone. “I know where the notes are, but getting the slide there is hard.”

At this semester’s performance, there will be three vocal jazz tunes and even a featured jazz combo. The combination is a quintet con-

“The Latino population is the largest minority, and their vote can make a huge difference. This campaign is aimed towards educating eligible voters so their vote can help make that difference.”

Jose Ibara, sophomore art major “One day I walked into our apartment, and the whole place had been fumigated with that paint smell,” laughed Will Cobb, junior music therapy major and roommate of Jose.

“Eventually all of us had to leave because of it.”

Despite having an interest in politics and doing whatever he can to promote change in the Latino community, Ibara has a calling to create art.

“I try to read and learn as much as I can about what’s going on politically,” he said, “but art is where I belong.”

sisting of a bassist, a drummer, a pianist, a tenor sax player and a trumpeteer. Music featured will include “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham, “The Girl from Ipanema” by Antonio Jobim and much more — Sonny Rollins, Tito Puente and even Duke Ellington.

The Spring Jazz Concert will take place March 1-2 at 7:30 p.m. in Russell Auditorium.

GC students can attend for free (as long as their Bobcat Card is presented); all non-students must pay a $5 fee.

“You see what resonates with the band--you can tell by how they play what pieces they like.

But we also needed to keep a a balance of Cuban and Brazilian pieces. The Jazz Band has quite the community following.”

Cliff Towner, director of bands

Black History Month celebrated Documentary screening sheds new light on Civil Rights hardships Courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Blonde bombshell sparks heated warfare between fueding friends Nick Widener Reviewer “This Means War” is a peculiar amalgam. It takes elements from the chick flick, the bromance and the action film and molds them into one.

The result is clever action-hero antics propelled by love. Yet the question of who is in love with who is one the film doesn’t seem to answer.

Dangerous and dapper CIA men FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) fall for the same foxy lady, Lauren (Reese Witherspoon). Tuck meets Lauren on an online dating site, and FDR meets Lauren in a video store moments after Tuck’s date.

Once the two realize they are both smitten with the same woman, neither will relinquish their grip. They decide to enter into a “gentleman’s agreement,” accepting only to pursue Lauren if she does not get in the way of their friendship, while simultaneously initiating an all-out campaign against each other.

Director McG (“Terminator Sal-

vation,” “We Are Marshall”) paces his film proficiently. His skills in managing narrative time and frame space are quite adept, and his scenes are well constructed, not meandering off of their course.

Though the script is smart — written by Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg and Marcus Gautesen — it’s the film’s stellar editing and making full use of cuts to black that strings it together.

While FDR and Tuck are battling for Lauren’s attention by taking her out on exotic dates to empty circuses and paintballing, they are also being stalked by the quintessential foreign bad guy.

At the beginning of the film the duo are tasked with taking out the Heinrich brothers. Yet they only manage to kill one, leaving the remaining one (Til Schweiger) to track down of the two, seeking revenge.

Heinrich’s presence is mainly a silly plot device, as he is not menacing and has virtually no lines of dialogue.

GRADE: C+ Because this is a romantic film, the action in it is submissive to the romance. It’s often plugged into scenes as an afterthought.

Yet there is no doubt Hardy and Pine play well off of each other, with their comedic timing and subtleties spot on, and if it weren’t for Witherspoon, the two could settle into their homosexual relationship quibblefree.

Alas, they settle on fighting for Lauren by bugging her house, stalking each other whilst on dates and assigning other agents to a Lauren task force.

The film is by no means boring, there is a strip club fight scene after all, regardless if it is devoid of strippers or not. But there isn’t as much gunplay as there should be. So, as almost a substitute, Lauren’s loud-

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Kate Ramsey Staff Reporter The Cultural Center on campus sponsored a movie viewing on Tuesday evening in recognition of Black History Month. The movie, titled “4 Little Girls,” is a 1997 historical documentary directed by Spike Lee that centers on the murder of four young African-American girls in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.

The movie, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997, was chosen by Diversity Retention & Training Coordinator Emmanuel Little to be shown as an event.

“It’s an emotional history about the ’60s that talks about the human stories behind the Civil Rights movement and the families that were affected,” Little said.

Little said the movie has great personal significance to him, and this event offers students a tremendous opportunity to witness a very vital period in history.

“It shows the importance of reaching back and learning about history,” Little said. “Black History Month is just closing out and it’s important for us to learn about history. … It’s important for us to

experience the things our grandparents and parents experienced. ‘4 Little Girls’ really puts you there.”

The movie was recommended to Little by colleague Javier Francisco, and thought it would make a good addition to the events scheduled for Black History Month. After viewing the movie, he said that he hopes students “will gain a greater appreciation for the struggle that the civil rights movement really was, and recognize the risk that the people in the civil rights movement experienced.”

Among the students who attended the event was junior photography major Victoria Head.

“I had heard of the 16th Street Church bombings before, but it was nice to see this movie because it went into detail on each of the four girls,” Head said. “It was interesting hearing direct accounts from their families and friends.”

The film featured several in-person interviews and quotations by those who experienced the event first-hand. Friends, family members, teachers and others related to the victims in some way were

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“I want everyone that can benefit from this event to benefit from it,” Maddox said. “We’re piggybacking on First Friday, and when First Friday ends at 9 p.m., Sounds of the South will run from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. after hours.”

For GC students on a budget, Sounds of the South is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a night full of free music and a wide array of bands.

“Sounds of the South falls on my birthday, so I’m super excited about it,” sophomore business management major Paul Laseter said. “I’m a musician myself, so I’m really looking forward to hearing all of the live music. I think the whole festival is a great way to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network, and I think it will be a huge success.”

After the immense success of the Deep Roots

Festival, many downtown venues were interested in holding a similar spring event, but were unsure of the planning process and expenses that such a festival entails. Sounds of the South will combat this by charging no cover to see any of the bands perform.

“There will be no cover to see bands perform and no actual tickets to the event, but wristbands available for drink specials at each bar,” Maddox said. “Who doesn’t want to see live music for free and enjoy really cheap drinks?”

Although specific venues for Sounds of the South have not yet been confirmed, a diverse line-up of musical acts has been commissioned for the event.

“Hip-hop, dubstep, Southern rock, indie, funk, reggae and jam bands will all be featured at the event,” Maddox said. “It’s everything, and there is something for everyone.”

Confirmed bands for the event include alternative-rock outfit Dead Confederate, indie rockers The Delta Saints, rockbound Floorwalkers,

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reggae act Dank Sinatra and DJ Jeddidiah.

Alex Raposa, senior history major, feels that Sounds of the South will be the perfect opportunity for up-and-coming bands to take canter stage in Milledgeville.

“New music, different bands and different sounds are extremely intriguing and could be awesome for getting Milledgeville even more out there in a positive way,” Raposa said. “The more events like this, the better.

In addition to the wide array of live music, Maddox hopes to diversify Sounds of the South by drawing attention to GC clubs, groups and local businesses around Milledgeville.

“I’m trying to get the Environmental Club involved by having recycling bins outside of the event, and I’d also like to have a bike polo tournament during the First Friday hours to bring in people from other schools too,” Maddox said.

“I’m hoping to get the Folk Arts store involved too by having live painting outside during the First Friday hours of the event.”

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thy of Broadway,” Berman said.

This show was especially memorable for audience members who have watched senior theater major Jordan Hale perform these past four years.

“The Wedding Singer” was Hale’s final performance at GC. He played the lead role of Robbie Hart, the wedding singer.

“I think the show went amazingly well,” Hale said.

“I am very happy that I get to leave Georgia College on such a high note.”

Althought audiences are disappointed to see Hale’s college career come to an end, they welcomed a new face to the local stage in “The Wedding Singer.”

The lead female role of Julia was played by freshman theater major Kayla Carson.

The chemistry and the energy between Carson and Hale was illustrated in their duets as their characters fell in love.

“I am extremely proud of the work my students did,” director Amy Pinney said.

filmed speaking about their lost loved ones, and how the bombing affected their lives. In addition to these accounts, celebrities such as Walter Cronkite and Bill Cosby were also included giving commentary. Circuit judges, former governors of Alabama and mayors of Birmingham spoke about the tragedy on film as well.

Brandon Beaty, senior management information systems major, felt the movie was very moving and informative.

“While watching the movie, I just kept thinking how crazy it is that this happened, and was a real part of history,” Beaty said. “It had a lot of information that was completely new to me, but a lot of it just seemed so unreal.”

The documentary was full of horrific images of the girls’ bodies, old family videos and photographs from the families of the victims and memories left ingrained in the minds of

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Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Freshman theater major Kayla Carson belts out songs while playing Julia, Robbie Hart’s eventual love interest in “The Wedding Singer.”

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mouthed, drunken friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler), fires off irreverent advice about which man to choose.

Since there is not only one onscreen relationship, but two, there has to be two breakup

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Kumar’s art looks modern and contemporary, taking pieces of Picasso, Mondrian, da Vinci, Kandinsky and Paul Klee’s work and fusing them together with photography and printmaking, making the art his own.

Kumar took some of the most famous pieces of art ever created and made them prints instead of a painting. He pixilated them and took parts off to reveal what technology can do art these days.

Kumar makes a clear statement that when technology becomes too involved in our lives, the truth falls into the background.

“I love Shaurya Kumar’s art. I was not expecting this at all when I learned an Indian artist was visiting. Like he said, people don’t believe art in India to look modern, but his does. He created something new and interesting,” said Haley Schmidt, sophomore marketing major.

At the reception for Kumar’s exhibit in the Museum of Fine Arts, Kumar talked with the students and professors that attended the gallery opening.

He told a story of how he sent one of his images via email to his brother, and his brother kept telling him that it was not working and there were missing parts. Kumar sent it many more times, and according to his brother, he was still unable to open the file. Finally Kumar realized what was happening and told his brother, “Those missing pieces are supposed to be there, that is the point of the art.”

“What will we retain? What will become eroded? What through time and age will we be

13 “I have a friend that I’ve grown up with since middle school, and he has a mitochondrial disease. He was always in and out of hospitals, but was always positive and happy.”

Tori Maddox, Sounds of the South planner Sounds of the South will hit the streets of Downtown Milledgeville on Friday, April 6 starting at 10 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, with $10 wristbands available for advance purchase or $12 on the evening of the event.

For more information on the event, visit the Sounds of the South Facebook page or follow the event on Twitter, @SoundsofSouth.

those close to them. Close-up shots of the faces of people while they spoke revealed traces of grief and the indescribable emotions.

This documentary is just one of the many events coordinated by The Cultural Center. On Monday March 5, speaker Tim Wise will be holding a lecture at 6 p.m. in Russell Auditorium. Wise is known for being one of the country’s leading anti-racist writers and activists.

“I had heard of the 16th Street Church bombings before, but it was nice to see this movie because it went into detail on each of the four girls. It was interesting hearing direct accounts from their families and friends.”

Victoria Head, junior photography major scenes as well. And the unavoidable “what we had is over,” speech is not exempt, as FDR and Tuck give it to each other.

Though only one of the agents ends up with Lauren, either “This Means War” could have turned into an awkward threesome flick, their back-and-forth banter and constant self-elevation are what make the sexually repressive duo worth watching. losing?” These are three questions that Anita Jung, associate professor at the University of Iowa, posed as the three main topics that Kumar addresses in his works.

“Kumar is uniquely positioned to ask these questions, as he lives in a space between two worlds; his former home of New Delhi and his current home in Albuquerque, New Mexico,” Jung said. “India’s history, geography, religious and ethical makeup, and culture are vastly different to the United States, and yet these two countries maintain a close relationship.”

Kumar’s visit to GC sparked dialogue between students in the audience. He allowed them to react to his artwork, and he opened up about his personal struggles.

Bill Fisher, chair of the Department of Art, encourages students to discuss the art with the visiting artist.

“What is required of a dialogue is two people, and I hope people take the opportunity to speak with Shaurya Kumar while he is here. He is a computer scientist, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, a painter, a printmaker, a sculptor, a pirate … he is kind of a Robin Hood,” Fisher said.

Kumar believes one of the greatest things about being an artist is being able to travel and meet so many people. Carlos Herrera, museum studies professor, and TeaYoun Kim-Kassor, assistant professor of fine art, put together the exhibition in three to four hours. Kumar said it was one of the fastest exhibitions to be put together for him.The exhibition of the masterworks of Shaurya Kumar will be held in the Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhbit is free and open to the public.

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March 2, 2012 • Editor, Anna Morris

Q&A with Baby Baby, Sounds of the South act Hailing from Carollton, Ga., Baby Baby chatted with staff writer Marilyn Ferrell about haters, their new music and performing at Milledgeville’s Sounds of the South in April.

Marilyn Ferrell Staff Writer Q: How did your band Baby Baby come about?

Grant (Drummer): Tez and I started playing music one day in a tiny apartment on the floor with pots and pans and an acoustic guitar.

Fontez (Vocals and Guitar): Grant and I decided ever so randomly to start jamming.

We’d known each other for years, but I never had the (guts) to play with him because he is the best drummer I have ever witnessed, and that’s intimidating when you haven’t been playing guitar for but 3 years. Finally we did it and everything just (came together).

Q: How would you describe your style of music?

Fontez: We call it Fun Rock because we take the “funnest,” yeah, I said funnest, parts of every type of music and we play them to their “funnest” potential. Also we legitimately have a blast when we play music.

Q: Who or what influences the music you guys create?

Grant: The band Manray and the podcast RISK! influences me right now.

Fontez: The people, the chicks, the haters, the liars, the lovers, the thieves.

Photo contributed by: Terence Rush, Chasingsquirrelz.com

Q: I have heard that BB has a new album

coming out soon; when will that be?

Grant: Hopefully soon, but with us everything gets delayed months.

Fontez: We do. I can’t give the title away just yet, but it will come out...well, when we finish financing it, writing it and recording it.

Q: What can people expect to hear on it?

Grant: People can expect way better songs, seriously, way better.

Fontez: Rock songs, dance songs, songs about being a better man, songs about being lonely, songs to sing along to alone in the shower or drunk at a party.

Q: How is it different than what listeners have heard from you guys before?

Grant: It’ll be more “sing-a-long-esque” and just sound better. It’ll be more catchy, more “dancey,” more everything.

Fontez: Each song is way more evolved by the time it’ll hit your ears. Before we had come up with something in an hour and that’s that. This time we’re trying to write something we can tell our kids about.

Q: I really enjoyed the new music video for “Haters.” What was the idea behind this song and video?

Grant: You know, we just came up with it day by day, and by we, I mean Terence (the director). He has a vision, and he gets it done.

Fontez: The song came from people in Atlanta that don’t vibe with us because we don’t do the traditional ‘hipster’ music, whatever that is, which is understandable because we don’t vibe with them either. They are just mad ‘cause we burn down the city. The video was directed by the one and only Terence RUSHin of Chasing Squirrelz. Everything you see is a product of that man’s brilliant mind.

Q: How did Baby Baby get chosen for the line-up for “Sounds of the South?”

Grant: We got an email and the rest was history.

Fontez: I honestly have no idea. Possibly because we slayed it at Amici last time in Milledgeville.

Q: What can people in Milledgeville expect to see when BB plays live here?

Grant: They can expect exactly what happened last time. Drinking, drama, dance and more.

Fontez: Four dudes having a serious blast.

There are no (doubts) about it.

Q: Are there any other shows coming up in the future that you are excited to play?

Grant: Yeah, this festival (in Milledgeville), a festival in Birmingham and a great show in Nashville.

Fontez: Yes. March 3 we play at The Vinyl with Company of Thieves.

Sudoku 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: pesto, eggs, bread, beer, hot sauce

Steffi Beigh Junior mass communication major

Jennifer Clark Freshman undeclared major

“Buttered Egg Sandwich”

“Pear and Pesto Omelette”

Crossword

Judging is based off of a one-to-five scale, with five being the highest

Solutions from 2/24/12 Judge’s Corner Steffi Beigh became a strong contender after round two of Sliced and Diced; that is, until freshman Jennifer Clark surprised me with her culinary skills during round three. She began the competition by throwing pears covered with red pepper flakes into the skillet, making me a little hesitant. But the odd combination proved to be a culinary masterpiece, making her the clear-cut winner and sending her on to round four of Sliced and Diced.

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Collegiate

Tennis falls to Flagler College

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Jen Hoffman / Staff Photographer Junior Michelle Lingner returns a shot in the women’s match against Flagler College on Feb. 25 at Georgia College’s courts. Linger lost her singles match 6-4, 7-5, and the Bobcats lost 6-3 overall.

Men’s and women’s squads drop conference matches at home against Flagler College Saints Aubrie Sofala Senior Reporter The Georgia College men’s and women’s tennis teams lost to Flagler College last Saturday, Feb. 25.

The Bobcat lost 6-3, while the men were beaten 5-4.

“We really thought we could win that match,” head coach Steve Barsby said.

“We just didn’t do our best.

But it’s one of those things.

We live to fight another day.”

No. 2 singles player, sophomore Lisa SetyonOrtenzio, topped Flager’s Jennifer Saviano 7-5, 6-4.

Junior Kayla Barksdale won the No. 4 singles matchup

against Rachel Gould 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles play, the No. 2 duo of Barksdale and Setyon-Ortenzio beat Veronica Figueroa and Saviano with a 8-4 win.

“That team (Flagler) is very consistent and gets a lot of balls back and I think they were a little more consistent than we were and that’s why we lost,” Barksdale said. “We’re trying to be more aggressive in doubles and keep the ball in a little more and hopefully we will improve and see some results.”

The other duos suffered defeat; with the No. 1 team of May Johnson and Mi-

chelle Lingner letting go of a match against Flagler’s Gould and Barbora Sebkova coming out with a score of 9-7 in the eight-game pro set.

“What killed us in the doubles was that we just missed some routine shots late in the match that we usually don’t miss,” Barsby said. “So just taking care of the small things, that’s what really cost us in that match.”

The No. 3 double team Ivana Marevic and Leah Pridgeon dropped its match against Krista Ingrilli and Esther Santiago 8-4.

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Jen Hoffman / Staff Photographer Senior Jerome Leborgne of the No. 1 GC doubles pair gets into position in the match against Flagler College, the Bobcat pair lost 9-8 in the pro set.

Collegiate

Regular season ends for GC basketball Women’s basketball ends season with defeat to Clayton State University 93-58 Matt LaMothe Contributing Writer The Bobcats lost 93-58 in their season finale against fourth-ranked Clayton State University last Saturday.

The Georgia College women finished the 2011-12 campaign with a 4-22 record.

Freshman guard Shanteona Keys scored a career high 29 points, 9-of21 shooting from the field. She also racked up four rebounds, five assists and two steals.

The Roswell naWomen’s tive tallied her secBasketball ond straight 20-point game and her sixth GC 58 of the year.

CS 93 Coming out of the first half, Keys only had four points on 17 minutes of play. The team struggled in the first half, including a 16-to-4 run by the Lakers and a 42-20 lead going into the half.

“We came out timid in the first half,” Keys said. “We had a wake up call the second half and no matter what the point difference was, we couldn’t come out scared. We weren’t going to be bullied or pushed around.”

Tied for the team lead in points going into half with six and finishing the game with 11, was Freshman forward Belinda Schaafsma. She also tallied eight rebounds in the first half.

We knew it was our last game of the season and we really wanted to work hard and win the energy factor,” Schaafsma said. “Our goal was to win the battle and give it our best effort.”

The Short Stop

The Bobcats came out much stronger behind the smooth shot of Keys.

In 20 minutes of play, Keys scored 25 of her 29 in the second half. She also racked up an impressive 4-5 behind the three-point line.

“I tried to block out the first half and all the negatives,” Keys said. “Then my shot started to fall in the second (half) and I started attacking the basket more.”

Following Keys’ three-point frenzy was sophomore forward Krysta Lewis. She knocked down two out of the three behind the arc, while also tallying up nine points, five rebounds and one assist by the game’s end.

“Our game plan was to go into the game knowing it’s the last game of the season, which meant we had to leave it all out on the floor,” Lewis said.

“We needed to come out and be the more physical team by out rebounding them.”

Georgia College shot 20-54 (.370) from the field, while the Lakers shot 34-of-73. Even though the game plan was to out rebound the Lakers, GC fell short 45-38 in that category.

While the Bobcats didn’t end their season with a win, they found areas that need to be improved upon and are able to start working hard for next season.

“We’re looking to win the PBC,” Keys said. “We think we can do that when we get all the pieces back together and everyone healthy again.

Our overall goal is a national championship, but first it’s a PBC championship, then we’ll see what happens after that.”

Men’s hoops regular season concludes, advance to quarterfinals in PBC tourney Sam Hunt Senior Reporter The Georgia College men’s basketball team’s four-game winning streak was snapped last Saturday in a 69-64 loss to Clayton State University.

The loss, in what was their regularseason finale, dropped the Bobcats to 10-7 in the Peach Belt Conference and 17-9 overall.

The Bobcats begin conferencetourney play Friday afternoon on the road against Augusta State, which beat GC 59-56 in January.

“I’m extremely proud of what the guys have done in the last month,” head coach Terry Sellers said. “We’ve been starting to play our best basketball. It’s been a good season and hopefully with the tournament coming up we’ll be able to turn a good season into a great season. We’ll just continue to do what we’ve been doing in the last month. Have three good days of preparation and go over there and play

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Men’s Basketball Season Recap Conference Record

Overall Record

17-9

10-7

Streak

Home Games

Away Games

Neutral

Lost 1

8-3

6-5

3-1

Upcoming Games Men’s Basketball

March 2 v. Augusta St PBC Quarterfinals

Softball:

March 2 @ GC v. Brevard @ 4 p.m.

March 2 @ GC v. Brevard @ 6 p.m.

Baseball:

with the kind of intensity that we’ve played with in the last month and give it our best shot, work as hard as we can and do our best.”

At the start of the game against Clayton State, GC was quick to jump ahead over the Lakers. Junior forward Scott Ferguson se- Men’s cured a 15-7 lead for Basketball GC when he made GC 64 a jump shot with 69 12:35 remaining in CS the first half. But shortly after Clayton State began to decrease the point gap and catch up.

When 7:38 remained in the first half, the Lakers took the lead over the Bobcats when a layup set the score at 22-21. From there, Clayton State maintained control of the game until in the end of the first half and con

March 2 @ GC v. Lander @ 6 p.m.

Quote of the Week “It was pretty nasty. You just got to realize everyone is going through that and to stay patient. Just take your breaks when you can take them and play the conditions.”

— Junior Patrick Garrett on the weather at the Armstrong Pirate Invitational held in Savannah. Garrett took first place in the tournament individually, finishing five-under par. The Georgia College golf team also finished first place in the tournament.

Robert Griffin III or RG3 ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine last week. If there was any dispute about who the second pick in the 2012 NFL draft was going to be, now we know, at least according to the experts.

Now don’t get me wrong, I think RG3 is going to be great at the next level, but I think judging his draft stock based upon a largely irrelevant event is kind of ludicrous.

I don’t think that I’m too far off base in saying that I don’t think RG3 will ever get to run straight for 40 yards with no pads without getting chased by other larger human beings in a game.

But where is RG3 going to go? Right now the Rams sit with the second pick and a former number-one draft pick in quarterback Sam Bradford, who they hope bounces back after a less-than-stellar sophomore season.

There is a thought that the Rams would be willing to trade Bradford and draft RG3, but after the new collective bargaining agreement, teams don’t have to pay rookies nearly as much money thanks to the rookie pay scale while Bradford is in the middle of a six year $78 million contract.

Most teams won’t want to pay that much money when they can pay a rookie much less.

They could draft someone else with that pick, but they would have to pay him the amount of money for a second pick in the draft.

The common thought is they will trade the pick, but to who? One thought is the Browns will move up to get him from the fourth spot to grab him, but that means they have essentially given up on third-year quarterback Colt McCoy. The Redskins sit with the sixth pick and could be another viable option to move into the second spot, but they are considered to be one of the finalists for the Peyton Manning sweepstakes.

The only other team in the top ten spots in the draft who is supposedly looking for a new quarterback is the Dolphins with the eighth pick.

The team with the most to offer the Rams right now is the Browns.

If I’m the Browns owner or general manager, I’m not sure I would be willing to give up that much though. RG3 may have carried Baylor while in college and wowed scouts at the combine, but teams have made this mistake before (see Herschel Walker and the Minnesota Vikings).

Unfortunately, someone probably will. If it isn’t the Browns, you can be sure Redskins owner Daniel Snyder would be more than willing to throw everything at the Rams if they lose out in the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. We will just have to wait till April 26 to see who really is on the clock for the second pick of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Notable Stat

574

The overall team score for the Georgia College golf team in the in the Armstrong Pirate Invitational. GC took first place out of 13 teams in the tournament in Savannah.

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Collegiate

Bobcats pounce on Pats at home for twinbill win

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer (From left) junior infielder Natalie Bellantoni and junior utility player Michl’le Hull in GC’s doubleheader against Francis Marion on Feb. 26. The Bobcats defeated the Patriots 7-6 in game one and 3-2 in game two.

Sam Hunt Senior Reporter The Georgia College softball team won its first two conference games of the Spring season on Saturday when it swept Francis Marion University in a doubleheader.

The Bobcats jumped on top 1-0 in the first inning of game one when senior first baseman/pitcher Haley Burnett hit a double to center field and brought in freshman infielder Mikayla Sparks for an RBI. GC jumped to a seven-run lead over the Patriots in the third inning, beginning when a bunt hit by Sparks brought

in junior infielder Natalie Bellantoni for an RBI. The Bobcats extended their lead to 3-0 when a wild pitch by Francis Marion brought in sophomore outfielder Whitney Okvist.

Burnett kept the momentum going when she hit a two-RBI single into right field, bringing in junior utility player Michl’le Hull and Sparks.

The Bobcats brought their lead to 7-0 when sophomore infielder Lindsey Conway doubled to left field for a twoRBI hit, bringing in freshman infielder Frankie Walls and freshman outfielder Natalie Lampert.

Francis Marion began to come back in the top of the

fourth inning when a double hit to left field resulted in a two-RBI hit followed by a ground out to third base that plated a Patriot to set the score at 7-3.

In the top of the fifth, the Patriots continued to gain on the Bobcats when two RBI singles and a run gained off an error by the GC defense set Francis Marion just a single run behind the Bobcats at 7-6.

After the fifth inning, the Bobcats succeeded in neutralizing the Patriots’ offense from scoring in the final two innings, giving GC the first

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Baseball takes USC Aiken in away series, loses to Wolves 4-2 Sam Hunt Senior Reporter The Georgia College baseball team suffered a tough road loss Tuesday when it fell to Newberry College 4-2.

The game between the Bobcats and the Wolves was scoreless for the first three innings.

In the top of the fourth, GC scored when senior catcher/ first baseman singled to right field and plated junior catcher/first baseman Cody Maas.

The Wolves took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on two RBI singles. A Newberry player also stole home to put the Wolves up 3-1.

Newberry extended its lead to 4-1 in the seventh on an RBI-single to right.

In the Bobcats last chance in the ninth, freshman infielder/pitcher Clay Ardeeser grounded to second base, which resulted in a double play by Newberry’s defense, but freshman infielder Jake Sandlin was able to score from third set the score at 4-2.

GC was unable to score again in their last opportunity and the Wolves took the game 4-2.

On the weekend of Feb. 25, the Bobcats were on the road to face USC Aiken in a three-game series and took the series from the Pacers 2-1.

USC Aiken quickly took the lead when a solo home run in the first inning, followed by an RBI single and a run scored off a wild pitch in the second inning, putting the Pacers up 3-0.

GC responded back when in the top of the fourth junior infielder Travis Echols scored off an error by the USC Aiken defense to set the score at 3-1.

In the top of the fifth, the Bobcats pulled ahead of the Wolves when Echols, Mass, senior outfielder Josh Young and junior infielder Karsten Strieby all hit back to back RBIs singles. When infielder/ right-handed pitcher Clay Ardeeser was up to bat, he grounded out to first which resulted in another RBI, putting GC ahead 6-3.

The Bobcats increased their lead further in the seventh inning when an RBI single hit by Ardeeser brought in Maas to set the score at 7-3.

The Wolves made an attempt to comeback in the bottom of the ninth when two RBIs set the score at 7-5. After the two RBIs in the ninth, the Bobcats were able to stop USC Aiken’s offense and took game one of the series.

In game two of the series, neither team scored until the sixth inning when an RBI single by junior outfielder Bryce Williams gave the Bobcats their only run of the game.

In the bottom of the sixth, USC Aiken scored three runs followed by single runs in the seventh and the eighth innings to give the Wolves game two of the series 5-1.

On Sunday, the Bobcats and the Wolves began the final game of the series to determine a series winner.

Game three of the series was scoreless for the first three innings. In the top of the fourth the Bobcats were

first to score when Maas hit a solo homerun over left center field. GC kept the momentum going when sophomore infielder Daniel Bick and Echols each earned three single RBIs to give GC a 3-0 lead.

In the sixth inning the Bobcats continued to increase their lead when Strieby scored on an error by the Wolves’ and senior infielder Tanner Funk earned a twoRBI double to right field put GC ahead 6-0.

The Bobcats and the Wolves each scored one run in the seventh inning. GC scored another single run in the eighth inning to give them an 8-1 advantage.

At the bottom of the eighth, the Wolves made a comeback when they scored seven runs, including a two-run homer to tie the score at 8-8.

Neither team was able to break the tie in the ninth, so game three was sent into extra innings.

Innings 10 and 11 were scoreless and in the top of the 12th inning, junior outfielder Heine Rivera hit a single to hit field to bring in Young for an RBI. With the bases loaded, the USC Aiken pitcher walked Bick, brining Strieby home to give the Bobcats a 10-8 lead.

In the bottom of the 12th, the Bobcats held off the Wolves’ from scoring and took game three 10-8, giving them the series.

GC is back in action on Friday when they will be at home to face Lander University in a three-game conference series.

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Golf takes tourney title at Armstrong Invitational Noelle Brooks Staff Writer Despite less-than-favorable weather conditions on Monday and Tuesday, the Georgia College golf team won its first tournament of the season.

The Armstrong Pirate Invitational in Savannah was shortened by two rounds due to the wind and the rain, but the team won by 15 strokes, ending with an overall score of 574.

“Every golf course if different,” coach Jimmy Wilson said. “Whenever you play you have to adapt to the conditions. It’s different from a basketball court of a football field because everything is a little different.”

Men’s Basketball Continued from page 16

tinued to lead into the second half.

The Bobcats pulled ahead for the first time in the second half when senior forward Mike Augustine made a dunk shot to set the score at 46-44 with 8:27 remaining in the game.

For the remainder of the second half, the game remained close between both teams but in the end it was the Lakers that came out on top when two free throws made with six seconds remaining set the score at 69-64 in favor of Clayton State for the final score.

“I still think our best basketball can be ahead of us but this time of year you only get one to prove it really,” Sellers said.

“I still think that if we can be successful in some tournament games I think our best basketball is still ahead of us.”

In defensive play, it was GC that led in rebounds, snagging 44 over the Lakers’ 42 rebounds.

“Our defensive effort has been good all season,” Sellers said. “We ended up being one of the top teams defensively in the league and that has carried us a long way this year.”

Junior Patrick Garrett emerged as the top player for the invitational, making this tournament his second championship victory for his career.

“It was pretty nasty,” Garrett said. “You just got to realize everyone is going through that and to stay patient. Just take your breaks when you can take them and play the conditions.”

Garrett dominated the second round with a score of 66, beating his own career-low round of 67 at the Spring Hill Intercollegiate, where he previously placed third.

Garrett was not alone in achieving top ranking for this invitational. Both freshman Ryan Trocchio and junior Taylor Smith placed within the top 10, with Trocchio ranking third and Taylor Smith ranking seventh.

The highest scorer and rebounder for the Bobcats was senior forward Ryan Aquino, who led the team with 25 points, 17 rebounds, four steals and three assists.

“I think at this point they’re working better together than they have all season,” Sellers said. “Everybody is pulling for each other, they’re really working hard and want to have the best season they can possibly have.”

With an overall regular season record of 17-9 and a conference record of 10-7, the Bobcats will be on the road Friday to Columbus where they will face Augusta State University in the PBC Tournament Quarterfinals starting at 3 p.m.

“I know we’ve got to play well on both ends of the floor,” Sellers said. “We had a good battle with them (Augusta State) when we played them here; we came up a little bit short. So I expect us to play well and I expect it to be a real, I guess you could say catfight with the Bobcats and the Jaguars. I think it’s going to be a really tough hard-nosed game.

You’ve got two teams that both play well defensively and it’s going to be a good battle.”

Tennis

Continued from page 16 The final match ended in defeat when Linger was defeated in the No. 6 singles Lingner by Ingrilli, who won for Flager 6-4, 7-5.

For the GC men’s match against Flagler, the doubles started off strong with No. 1 doubles pair Jerome Leborgne and Johan Wadstein won out against Gino Ramirez and Joe Martinez 9-8. The strike carried on with No. 3 duo Wictor Andersson and Leo Bernardes defeating Skyler Engel and Stephan Stolz 9-8.

The games turned disappointing after No. 2 doubles Tyler Franks and Kasper Konyves lost 9-7 against Peter Coulis and Uriel Oquendo, missing match opportunities.

“We are actually playing well as doubles. We just didn’t play well in the big points in the doubles, that’s what cost us,” Barsby said.

“The guys and girls both gel well together and it was one of the days the stars did not align.”

Trocchio completed both rounds with a score of 71 for an even par and an overall score of 142.

Smith finished with a score of 145, 71 in round one and 74 in round two, a little below with Smith’s average of 75.3, for three over par.

With this victory, the Bobcats beat six Peach Belt Conference schools in the tournament and four nationally ranked teams including No. 13 University of North Carolina at Pembroke, No. 18 Wingate University, No. 20 Armstrong and No. 24 Belmont Abbey College.

“Talent-wise I think there’s no doubt we can play and make it to regionals,” Garrett said.

“We just need to not get ahead of ourselves. We

Singles had victories with Alex Schubert’s win for the No. 4 singles slot against Inigo Landaluce 6-3, 7-5.

Andersson also picked up a win at the No. 6 slot against Stolz 6-2, 6-4.

The team lost their ground in the No. 1, 2, 3 spots, with Leborgne dropping a match to Coulis 7-6, 6-4 and Wadstein losing to Martinez 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 2 spot.

“We needed to stay patient and go after the right balls,” Andersson said.

“Regardless, we need to always be positive even when there are times that you play bad.”

Both men and women’s were set to play Young Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 29, but the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

Both teams are scheduled for Sunday, March 4 to battle it out with the University of Montevallo at home.

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just have to stay focused and I really do think we have shot.”

This was the sixth tournament of the season, and the Bobcats have six more tournaments remaining.

“Every time we play it is a different animal so to speak,” Wilson said. “I hope that this victory gives them confidence to work a little harder and maintain the success.”

The golf team will be competing again March 12 and 13 in Valdosta for the Southeastern Intercollegiate, where the team won in 2011.

“We’ll be the defending champions so it would be fun to have a repeat of last year,” Garrett said. “Other than that we’re just trying to improve and just stay focus.”

Softball

Continued from page 17 doubleheader.

The Patriots first gained the lead in game two when a single brought in a Francis Marion player for an RBI. The Patriots extended their lead over GC when an RBI single in the top of the third gave Francis Marion a 2-0 lead.

The comeback came for GC in its last opportunity to score, the bottom of the seventh. When Hull stepped up to bat, she sent a two-RBI

single into right field, bringing in Okvist and Sparks to leave the Bobcats and the Patriots tied at 2-2.

GC pulled ahead when Bellantoni was brought home by senior third baseman/first baseman Shahlisa Shirley in an RBI for the 3-2 win in game two.

The Bobcats are at home for their next ten games in a row, starting with a doubleheader against Brevard College on Friday, which will begin at 4 p.m., followed by a doubleheader against Tusculum College on Feb. 7.

com Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Senior pitcher/outfielder Caitlin Duvall leads off from first base in the Bobcats’ doubleheader against Francis Marion on Feb. 26.