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November 11, 2011

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Volume 88, No. 10

SGA senator impeached after 16-5 vote Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter The Student Government Association met Monday, Nov. 7, for the second time this year to discuss articles of impeachment. In this instance they were filed against freshman Senator Matthew Wirth.

Unlike the outcome of the previous impeachment hearing of SGA Vice President Ross Sheppard, the motion to impeach Senator Wirth carried with a 16-5 vote. His case will now be forwarded to the Student Judicial Board, where it will be determined by a majority vote whether he should be removed or allowed to stay in his posi-

tion on SGA. Senator John Fajuke, who voted in favor of impeachment in the previous session held for Sheppard, decided to vote against impeachment this time around. He said he felt that since Wirth is such a young senator he had time to grow and learn from his mistakes.

“I feel like impeaching him and taking him off of senate without the chance of being able to come back until his junior year really stunts his growth in becoming a leader,” Fajuke said. “I feel like SGA is a really great place for people to become leaders and I myself went through a rough patch in my freshman year of SGA and was able to learn from my mistakes and

also continue to move on and become, I feel, a better person and a better leader than I am today.”

Senator Patrick Hall voted in favor of Wirth’s impeachment and says that although he believes Wirth is a great guy, he felt like having him impeached is in the SGA’s and the student body’s best interest.

“I don’t think that there is room for second chances for someone in See our position to page 2 make mistakes for more that big and to SGA continue with coverage their job,” Hall said. “I feel like

it’s hard to have any credibility as a senator making such big mistakes and then trying to continue with the job after that. And I feel like its just best for SGA and for the student body to get rid of problems like that.”

The session moved very quickly, both SGA Attorney General Andrew Whittaker and Wirth waiving their rights to an opening statement, straight into Wirth’s cross examination carried out by Whittaker.

While cross examining Wirth, Whittaker asked him a series of questions pertaining to the night of the in

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Jeff Block, adjunct professor, discusses his presidential campaign Bobbi Otis Senior Reporter The name of Jeff Block doesn’t garner national media attention as swiftly as Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, but this Milledgeville resident is running in the 2012 presidential race.

The Georgia College adjunct professor and local businessman filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Aug. 30, according to the Commis-

sion’s website.

Two hundred and seventyfour other candidates have also thrown their hats in the ring as of Nov. 9 according to FEC’s website.

According to Block, he is running on the independent ticket, because he sees himself as apolitical.

“It’s a paradox that I’ve written,” Block said. “I call myself apolitical yet I am a registered candidate for the president of the United States.

Apolitical is because I have not

Voted in favor of impeachment:

Voted against the impeachment:

Cody Allen Robby Campbell Brian DeMeza Aubrey Ethridge Victoria Ferree Partick Hall Stephen Hundley Connor Johnson Oliver Ladd Holly Nix Maxwell Pichan Connor Reddick Sarah Rose Remmes Johnathan Savitske Gordan Thomas Shelby Weitzel

Ryan Del Campo John Fajuke Taylor Solomon June Teasley Matthew Wirth

Student hit on downtown crosswalk Kate Federman Contributing Writer

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voted in all of the elections in the past. I don’t buy into ‘I’m a Democrat,’ or ‘I’m a Republican.’ I don’t get involved in local politics.”

Block says he doesn’t have a personal grudge with the government and is not politically active.

“I think I can say I am apolitical because I will never once say President Obama is good, bad or indifferent,” Block said. “I’ll never once say that the Republican Party is the devil or the angel. It’s

not about people and I am not out to change people’s behavior.”

The Revolution of 2013

Block sees his possible election as the people of the U.S. voting for a revolution, which he calls The Revolution of 2013 on his website.

“The first thing is, it’s not going to be a million people marching on Washington with

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On Friday Nov. 4, a Georgia College student was hit while crossing the street using a crosswalk in front of T&N Books.

“I didn’t see the car so I didn’t know I got hit by it.

I just thought it was weird that I was on the ground all of the sudden,” senior mass communication major Andrew George said.

George was walking to his car around 1:30 p.m. when he was struck by a Ford Edge. He suffered from bruised ribs and various cuts and scrapes from the accident.

George doesn’t feel as if the accident was completely the driver’s fault.

“I would say about 50/50,” George said of who to blame for the accident.

“He said he wasn’t looking he just looked up and I was in his windshield.”

Public Safety and the Student Government Association are currently collaborating on a pedestrian safety project which will update several crosswalks on campus to increase the level of safety for students, faculty and members of the community.

One of the proposed changes is to install yellow flashing lights on the sidewalks, facing traffic.

“I didn’t see the car so I didn’t know I got hit by it. I just thought it was weird that I was on the ground all of the sudden.”

Andrew George, senior mass communication These lights are intended to promptly notify drivers of an upcoming crosswalk.

“I think it’s a great idea to make drivers more aware of pedestrians,” sophomore environmental science major Taylor Upole said.

There is also the possibility of making the sidewalks brick and enlisting the help of GC’s artistically talented students to paint the school’s logo on the sidewalks as well.

Although this aspect of the pedestrian safety project is more of a public relations move for the university, it is also intended to bring more awareness to the crosswalks, helping drivers to make conscious decisions.

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Campus administration prioritzes high transfer rates Chelsea Hinkel Staff Writer Last year, Georgia College saw the number of transfer students leaving GC drop from 15 percent to 10 percent. However, transfer rates are still marked as one of the largest problems the university faces.

In order to combat the ever-looming threat of students wanting to transfer out, GC has introduced phase one of the strategic enrollment management plan. With the most popular

News Flash Four writing award finalists chosen Four students were chosen as finalists after submitting their work to the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award. Interim President Stas Preczewski will announce the winner during a public ceremony and reception at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Pat Peterson Music Education Room. The winner will receive a $1,000 grand prize.

schools to transfer to being the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology, the university will be forced to communicate better with those students who are not so sure about staying.

“We want to focus on those students that cannot find exactly what they are looking for,” Suzanne Pittman, assistant vice president for enrollment management, said. “We want to make sure that students recognize all of the different opportunities with different majors. Students will always change their minds, though, and that is perfectly normal.”

Quotable “Kids had dogs; I had a mean-ass billy goat.”

-Dale Epps buffalo owner

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Although transfer rates out of GC increase after the second year, the university does boast one of the highest retention rates in the state from first year to second year. According to Pittman, 83 to 86 percent of GC students stay after their first year to complete their second year of course study.

Although every student situation is different, Pittman lists some of the main reasons that students transfer out of GC being the economic hardships faced by families, having a boyfriend or girlfriend at another school and a smaller availability of majors.

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Pittman also gave the example that students living nearer to other colleges might opt to attend those schools simply because they are closer to their homes.

Many students also complain that GC lacks an availability of diversified or specialized majors. Some students come not really knowing what course of study to pursue, and one of the main goals of the strategic enrollment management plan will aim to better inform students of

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SGA Resolution passed............................................2 Professor discovers new star..................................3

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‘Hamlet’ takes stage in-the-round.......................11 Profile: Buffalo Dale................................................13

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Women’s soccer ends with a loss.......................16 Wakeboarding places 12th nationally.................18 Community News........................................7 Leisure................................................................

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Number Crunch

29,000 The degrees Kelvin of the star Keplar DBV. Agnes Kim, assistant professor of astrophysics, discovered the star.

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SGA unanimously increases requirements Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter

At that time, if the justices deem by a majority vote that person is unfit to hold his position, then that member would be removed from office.

Hundley says that in the past there was no provision for a student running for senate or an executive position who fell into poor judicial standing. He went on to say that it is essentially an auto-impeaching tool, which sends them straight to the Student Judicial Board rather than having to spend time holding a special session to vote on whether or not they should be sent to the judicial board.

“We just tidied up the document, our constitution, and made it so you have to have and maintain good judicial standing to run

After a great deal of discussion and two separate unanimous votes by the SGA Senate, a resolution to amend Article II Section D and Article III Section C of the SGA Constitution has been passed.

The resolution set forth and written by Senators Stephen Hundley and Ryan Del Campo is aimed to fill holes in the constitution. It holds senators to the same precedent laid out for SGA executive officers that fall below the GPA requirements, and furthermore sends any senator or executive officer directly to the Student Judicial Board if he falls into poor judicial standing during his time in office.

and to have a seat and, if not, this is how we are going to deal with it now,” Hundley said. “We are going to send it to J-board and we are sending it to J-board for a variety of reasons. My favorite of which is now our executives and our senators are being judged by the exact same body, in the exact same way that all our students are being judged. We’re all in the exact same level, its fair and I really like that.”

SGA President Pro Tempore Maxwell Pichan says he supports everything the resolution does and believes it was a good decision to change the process SGA members go through when they are put into poor judicial standing.

“By sending people who are

put on bad judicial probation straight to the J-board for consideration, you bypass a lot of just bureaucratic stuff that takes up our time,” Pichan said. “It’s not like an automatic removal system, we are simply referring them to a group that they’ve already gone and talked to and they are able to look into each issue case by case, which is what they do on a daily basis and make that call.”

In the past there was no legislation concerning what should happen to a senator if he or she was to fall below the minimum GPA requirement. The resolution seeks to add this and states that Article III, Section C be revised and read

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Student leaders selected for mentor program

Campus recieves $3.3 million in grants for sponsored projects Julia Richarson Contributing Writer GC received $3.3 million in grant money for the 2011 fiscal year, which is exactly one million dollars over last year’s $2.3 million. Robin Lewis, director of the office of grants and sponsored projects, has worked in grants for 17 years and is proud to report the earnings.

“The $3.3 million dollars was a result of 35 grants awarded to GC ,” Lewis said. “Some awards were as small as $3,500 and others as large as one million.”

Lewis began her work in grants at GC in July of 2010 and continues to give support to anyone applying for a grant through the school. The office helps find grants for interested individuals and as-

sists in the application process.

“We are a full support office, so we help to start and finish a grant,” Lewis said. “Our office is a resource for anyone, and we help make the most competitive application possible.”

The office supports the students and faculty of GC and is also very involved in community outreach.

“It is part of our mission to invest in our community,” Lewis said. “We believe it improves everything.”

A recent grant achieved through the office has been a collaborative grant with Communities and Schools, The GIVE Center, Baldwin Early Learning Center, Central Georgia Tech and the Oconee Prevention Council. The grant will go towards an after-school program for kindergarten students.

Sandy Baxter, executive director of communities in schools, has worked

with GC for almost two years.

“Once a child gets behind in kindergarten they never catch up,” Baxter said.

“We hope through this program we can help with lowering the dropout rate.”

The grant is awarded through the Governor’s Office of Children and Families, and it has the potential of being a three year grant. It is worth $86,000 the first year and $66,000 the next two years.

“Our partnership is so great,” Baxter said. “We are very fortunate to have the office of grants on our team.”

Recently the office has started a new program called Grantsmanship sessions to help individuals with the grant writing process. They are offering a series of classes centered on finding and applying for grants.

Sabrina Chandler Senior Reporter A new group of Georgia College students have been welcomed into the Georgia Education Mentorship program for the 2011-12 academic year.

The leadership program, established in 2002, is designed to match students with successful professionals in a variety of industries who mentor them in leadership and business.

A year-long program, the mentorship offers luncheons, training and other leadershipbuilding activities, as well as the opportunity to spend oneon-one time with mentors.

Students receive one hour of academic credit.

To be accepted into the program, students must go through a selection process including sending in an application packet and an interview with the GEM Program Advisory Board. The student must also have earned 30 credit hours and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

John Bowen, coordinator of leadership programs, says

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By the Numbers: Funding

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Grants were rewarded this year, resulting in the 3.3 million dollars

Million dollars in grant money was received for the 2010 fiscal year

You can’t crash here: Sarah Kelehear Contributing Writer Among the ritual tantrums over who should do the dishes and take out the trash, students in residence halls also have issues with rules on guests in the dorms.

Georgia College has written guidelines laying out the rules of having guests in the dorms, but it is hard to say if they are enforced or followed. The guidelines state that visitors are allowed in the dorms from Monday through Thursday with the permission of the roommate or suitemate.

Hours for visitation during this time period

these students are chosen for many reasons.

“We look for high-achieving students who have done well in the classroom and been actively involved on campus in student organizations and service projects” Bowen said.

“These students should be outstanding representatives of the Georgia College student body and committed to getting the most out of the GEM experience.”

Lauren Pavao, senior political science major, is one of the 21 students that were chosen for the program.

“I’m being mentored by Tracy Plott who is partner of Schiff Hardin law firm,” Pavao said.

Students are paired with mentors based on their personality traits to ensure the experience is beneficial for both parties.

Because students in the program have a variety of different majors and focuses, not every student is paired with someone in his or her area of academic focus. Despite the

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Students voice pros, cons of University Housing’s policy on overnight guests in residence halls

are from 10 a.m. to midnight, on weekends the hours are from 10 a.m. Friday until Sunday at midnight. This means that guests can only stay overnight on the weekends and it is also stated that students may only host guests for two nights during a 14-day period according to McClanahan.

It is also required that guests be escorted by their hosts at all times and must always have permission of the roommates and suitemates for the guest to spend time in the room.

Community Advisors are set to enforce these regulations, but it seems the situation often goes unnoticed. It is often the case that residents in the dorm will not complain about guests in fear of causing a bad relationship with their room-

mates or suitemates. This can lead to hurt feelings and pent up anger, which often leads to a confrontation.

“Guests can be a common topic of disagreement among roommates,” Housing Marketing Coordinator Cindy McClanahan said. “Many of our residents have never had to share a space with another person the way you do in a residence hall, so understanding boundaries in regards to guests is a learned skill.”

According to McClanahan, students often complain about roommates having guests over and the guests end up overstaying their welcome. It seems to be especially problematic when the guest is a significant other; this causes problems outside of a person being in the room

frequently. It is these occurrences when residents often feel most disrespected.

“The only time guests get problematic is if the guest is a significant other. We have decided they are welcome to stay, but PDA is not allowed while the other roommate is present,” freshman nursing major Kelly Woods said about the rules that she has made with her roommate.

Other students seem to feel the same way, although some say it depends on the closeness of their roommate relationship.

“A dorm room is a space to be shared and used at everyone’s highest convenience,” freshman mass communications major Alannah

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$8,000 grant entices students to buckle up, sober up Alyson Crosby Staff Reporter Georgia College has been awarded the Georgia’s Office of Highway Safety Young Adult Program grant for the eighth consecutive year.

GC will receive $8,230 for the funding of the Safe and Sound program. This program encourages seat belt usage and discourages dangerous alcohol use.

The grant was sought out by Barbara Funke, professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Funke passed the information she had gathered on the grant to Rachel Sullivan, the university health educator, in hopes she could carry the process out.

This is a common grant in Georgia according to Sullivan.

“A lot of colleges have it, a lot of police departments have it, and a lot of people who work with youth

in general have it,” Sullivan said.

“It’s designed to encourage seat belt use and encourage not using alcohol while on the road and making low risk decisions when using alcohol any time.”

The grant will be used to fund monthly events at GC, according to Sullivan.

“In September we did distracted driving, in October we did drunk driving awareness, and in November we’re doing driving-while-sleepy awareness, then from January through May we have five more segments that we’ll do,” Sullivan said.

The grant also goes to train the GC Peer Educators and any students interested in promoting health or wellness. The grant also funds any conferences they might attend.

Alcohol-free events, such as the drunk driving simulator on Front Campus, are events that are funded

by the grant.

“It (the grant) is to support activities to talk to the campus community about the risk of drinking and also encourage seat belt usage,” Grants Compliance Manager Donna Douglas said. “My job is to make sure they spend it the way they said they were going to and that they follow GC and Board of Regents policy and most importantly the funder policy.”

This grant came with specific instructions of how it is supposed to be used.

“This is a very specific grant, it’s very detailed and anything you deviate from has to be approved in advance,” Douglas said.

Two of the requirements of the grant, other than it being used for seat belt awareness and safe alcohol practices, are for GC to hold educational

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Barbecue restaurant opens downtown Brennan Meagher Contributing Writer Sandwiched between Blackbird Coffee and Buffington’s Burger Lounge sits downtown’s newest addition – GeorgiaBob’s Barbecue Co. Opened, in part, by Georgia College Alumnus Jeff Hornsby, GeorgiaBob’s promises to bring a “true southern experience” to Milledgeville.

GeorgiaBob’s Barbecue Co. has locations across Georgia, including Macon, Byron and Warner Robins. Hornsby worked as a manager at the Byron location of GeorgiaBob’s, and it was Hornsby who expressed interest in expanding the GeorgiaBob’s franchise through opening a restaurant in Milledgeville.

In February 2011 Hornsby, along with partners Robert Evans III, who GeorgiaBob’s was named after, Jennifer Cox, Ron Hornsby and Donna Hornsby, made the final decision that a GeorgiaBob’s Barbecue restaurant would open in Milledgeville.

“Because we elected to open in a building where a restaurant had previously

resided it simplified our opening requirements with respect to the ‘site’ requirements,” Cox said. “It took approximately four weeks to modify the current facility to accommodate our restaurant requirements.”

Casey Leech, junior business major, has been looking forward to the opening of GeorgiaBob’s for a long time.

“When I heard Pig in a Pit was closing I was really upset because it was the only barbecue restaurant downtown,” Leech said. “But when I heard GeorgiaBob’s was going to be opening there I was really excited to know that there would still be a good barbecue place downtown.”

The grand opening of the restaurant was Saturday, Oct. 22, which also coincided with GC’s Family Day and the Deep Roots Festival. Although it was quite a chaotic opening weekend, the staff at GeorgiaBob’s felt it was a success.

“We worked very hard to ensure we could open for the festival and enjoy the opportunity to meet the many wonderful

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Brennan Meagher / Photographer Milledgeville locals attend the opening of GeorgiaBob’s Barbecue Co. on Saturday, Oct. 22. The event coincided with the Deep Roots Festival and attracted customers in downtown Milledgeville. GeorgiaBob’s Barbecue was opened in part by Jeff Hornsby, Georgia College alumnus.

Mystery of campus benches unfolded Jessica Hayman Staff Writer

Alyson Crosby/Photographer National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. sororites and fraternities are responsbile for the historic benches that are located between Atkinson and Parks halls. NPHC Inc. is an organization of historically African American Greek organizations.

It is not uncommon for the everyday student at Georgia College to pass by the historical benches located between Atkinson and Parks halls and not know the significance they hold to the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. sororities and fraternities on campus.

NPHC Inc. is the organization of historically African American Greek organizations that was founded on May 10, 1930, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. The organization is made up of five fraternities and four sororities that are recognized at universities all across the country. These nine organizations are sometimes referred to as the “Divine Nine” according to the NPHC Inc. website.

At GC, the NPHC Inc. is represented by three sororities and three fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Sorority Inc. Historically, the NPHC Inc. sororities and fraternities have been represented on campuses by “plots” purchased by the school or organization that have served as a social center or meeting place for the members of the organization.

The symbolism of the plots goes as far back as the Civil War when land was confiscated from Confederate rebels and divided into 40-acre plots and distributed among the newly freed

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Provost named member of Deal’s commission Emily Rivers Contributing Writer Provost Sandra Jordan was recently named as one of the 26 members of Gov. Nathan Deal’s higher education funding commission.

The commission was formed primarily to study funding formulas for not only the university system, but the technical college system as well.

“This is truly a significant appointment and recognizes Provost Jordan’s stature in the university system,” Interim President Stas Preczewski said in a press release.

“Georgia College, with our unique mission as Georgia’s designated public liberal arts university, will benefit from having Sandra’s strong and reasoned voice involved in the commission’s deliberations.” Preczewski said.

“Higher education is essential to the economic future of the state of Georgia.”

Sandra Jordan, provost

Currently Georgia is spending about 11 percent of the state budget and around two-thirds of the lottery funds to help students attend college.

Currently the formula for funding is based on student enrollment and whether the institution is a college or university, rather than student’s graduate rate.

“This is an extremely important time for us to be focusing on higher education funding and how it affects our state,” said SGA President Evan Karanovich. “I am proud that Dr. Jordan will be representing Georgia College and our state on this committee.”

One goal of the commission is to recom-

mend a way for universities to not just increase enrollment, but to put more incentive into students completing degrees. The funding formulas currently being used were developed in 1982.

Now, almost 30 years later, the commission is to make changes.

The commission must work together to come up with recommendations for the governor by Dec. 1, 2012.

“Higher education is essential to the economic future of the state of Georgia,” Jordan said. “Our task is to provide an advisory report

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A star is found Astronomy professor discovers Kepler DBV, white dwarf star Sarah Kelehear Contributing Writer Agnes Kim, assistant professor of astrophysics, is responsible for a discovery that is out of this world.

Kim’s astronomical research has led to the discovery of Kepler DBV, a white dwarf star. Kim is the sole researcher in the world to gather and analyze conditions on the softly glowing blue star.

“I am proud that this professor is associated with Georgia College, this is an amazing find and she makes the university as a whole look accomplished,” sophomore history major Ashley Gibson said.

Kim’s discovery stems from a passion for astronomy. She found a desire to study the stars as a child.

“I always enjoyed these astronomy books we had lying around our house,” Kim said.

Though her desires took her away from astronomy when she had the dreams of studying particle physics at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, an undergraduate project on white dwarf stars shifted her plans. She was studying meteorology

at the time but her love of the field of astronomy brought her back to it.

Kim began her research on white dwarfs while working as a professor at GC. White dwarf stars are roughly the size of Earth but incredibly dense.

The likelihood of finding this particular star was exceedingly rare. The process of finding white dwarfs is chancy, at best.

“We use a satellite; my colleagues in Belgium have it fixed on a certain section of sky and then from there we analyze the section to try to pinpoint stars or planets or other notable finds,” Kim said. “The probability that there would be a white dwarf in this section was next to none.”

To date there are few known dwarf stars, and this one is unique even among those. Kepler DBV is hot, five times hotter than the sun at approximately 29,000 degrees Kelvin. Kim found this out through her extensive research in the last two months. In her lab she crunches numbers with her students to study the star’s pulsations.

Kim describes measuring the dwarf’s pulsations as, “ringing a bell behind a screen, even though you can’t see the

bell you can tell the pitch and size of the bell, it is similar with the pulsations given off by the white dwarf, the pulsations can tell us a lot about the star.”

Kim knew this star was hotter because its pulsations gave off a different reading from dwarfs of similar consistency, suggesting a difference in its make-up. She uses computers and an evolution code for white dwarfs to determine pressure, density and temperatures inside the star through interpreting its pulsations.

Her students help her extensively in her research, taking figures and interpreting data.

“Dr. Kim is always enthusiastic about her work with astroseismology,” junior physics major Michael Rodriquez said.

Kim and her students hope to use the data gathered from Kepler DBV and other white dwarfs to interpret how white dwarfs are formed and use the information to gauge the age of this galaxy as well as others. She also plans on publishing more of her findings and sharing the information she has gathered at conferences and with the academic community.

Sarah Kelehear / Photographer Agnes Kim (Right), assistant professor of astrophysics, discusses her findings.

Kim discovered Kepler DBV, a white dwarf star and continues to conduct research on the glowing whitee star.

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Continued from page 1 the diverse options available at GC. According to Pittman, a lot of students don’t really realize the diverse crossover capabilities of different degrees offered at GC. “Probably the main reason I decided to transfer out of GC was the selection of majors,” said Alexander Zimmermann, former GC student. “I’ve always wanted to graduate from UGA, and GC doesn’t have engineering as a major or as wide of a range of majors in the field of biology. They

The Colonnade only have a pre-engineering program.”

Using the strategic enrollment management plan, GC will begin phase one of its effort to keep students here for all four years. One of the university’s main objectives will be to consolidate all the professional advisers into one main advising center for freshmen.

Although the exact location has not been decided, having all professional advisers in one location will make access to first and second year students much easier and approachable.

One of the upsides to having all advisers in one place will be the availabil-

Guests

Continued from page 2 Gardner said. “We all want to be the ‘cool’ roommate but I think if we are honest with our roommates and ourselves, we would say that guests are great, just not in the dorms.”

However, some roommates don’t encounter arguments about guests staying over.

“It doesn’t bother me at all, because I know my roommate really well and we have the

Restaurant

Continued from page 3 people that attended this festival,” Cox said. “We were very satisfied at the results of this first experience. We are hopeful our customers enjoyed their GeorgiaBob’s experience and will visit Milledgeville or one of the other locations soon in the future.”

GeorgiaBob’s is looking forward to not only serving

ity of different advisers for different majors. If students are not quite sure which niche they fall into, they will be able to simply walk down the hall to talk with these different advisers.

Because all of the advisers are currently mixed up all over campus this easy access will hopefully make the exploration of available majors much easier.

Some of the other steps taken by the university to keep students at the university all four years is continuing to follow the successful model of having professional advisers teach first-year freshman semi-

nar. GC will also continue to use MAP-Works where students take surveys that will help them identify what areas of study they may be struggling in. Also, DegreeWorks will continue to be available for students, making the planning from semester to semester much easier.

“I think we have a strong community where students are able to make strong connections with everyone around them,” Pittman said.

“It’s really hard to leave that behind. I’ve seen many students think they want to leave, and once they make the decision to stay they are so happy.”

same kind of friends,” sophomore health education major Catherine Hrabak said. “I know I would get along with anyone she had over.”

Residents are given a roommate/suitemate agreement upon moving in to set guidelines and talk about cooperating in the living situation. It helps tremendously if residents communicate well with each other and talk about an issue as soon as it arises, rather than let it snowball out of control.

According to McClanahan, it

is important that guests always be respectful of their hosts’ roommates and suitemates. If a host communicates to her guest the guidelines set up with her roommate, things will flow more smoothly.

If the problem is reoccurring and the roommate continues to allow the guest to stay without the roommate’s consent, then McClanahan says, “they will visit with their Community Director and possibly be sent through the student conduct process.”

residents and businesses in the Milledgeville area, but also the GC community. The restaurant offers many services including dine-in, take-out, specialized catering and bulk delivery.

Additionally, the Milledgeville location of GeorgiaBob’s will soon be honoring the Bobcat Card as well as other special programs for GC students.

“An important part of the mission of GeorgiaBob’s is to support our local communities and

our country,” Cox said. “‘Georgia Bob’ Evans is a very patriotic and people-oriented person who truly believes that he and his team at GeorgiaBob’s can make a difference not only in the community but also in the country.”

For more information about GeorgiaBob’s barbecue, including a downloadable menu, online ordering and job applications,visit georgiabobs. com.

November 11, 2011 At a Glance: Student transfer rates Number of students transferring to other Georgia institutions 2009 -10 1,190 1,124

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Georgia Insitute of Technology

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Continued from page 3 slaves. To the members of the NPHC Inc., the plots are treated almost as sacred grounds according to the Elon University website.

In the late 1990s, when the GC NHPC Inc. requested its own plots on campus, the school granted permission to decorate the benches between Atkinson and Parks halls with their letters and symbols.

“The benches hold a big piece of our history,” said Marcus Green, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and graduate student in public administration.

Whether it is getting together to sing hymns on Founder’s Day, celebrating with friends and family after graduation or just meeting up with some friends for a lunch date, the benches serve as a place of congregation for the members of the organization, according to Green. There is some confusion among the non-NPHC Inc. members about the importance of these benches on campus.

“The agreement at that time was that because these benches were so central to campus pedestrian traffic, they were not to serve as ‘plots,’ but would be available to anyone who wanted to sit on them,” said Bruce Harshbarger, vice president of public affairs.

Harshbarger also stated that many students could misinterpret another student sitting on the benches as disrespectful,

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however this is not the case.

These occurrences happen on a dayto-day basis. It is impossible to set up any kind of guidelines regarding the benches and the pedestrians who may make use of them on their way to classes.

“I was leaving class one day, and I was on the phone with my mom when I decided to sit down on one of the benches,” Leslie Albrycht junior criminal justice and psychology major said. “I had been sitting there a few minutes when a young woman came up to me and politely asked if I wouldn’t sit on the bench because it was disrespectful to the sorority. I had no idea.”

A meeting was held earlier this month where the GC Memorials and Monuments Committee discussed the possibility of erecting new NPHC Inc. plots in place of the old benches.

“The format is currently being looked over by the campus architect and the plot proposal will be made via the format that the Committee approves, hopefully later this semester,” Harshbarger said.

For now, the benches stand as plots for the existing NPHC Inc. organizations on campus. Each sorority and fraternity is responsible for the upkeep of its respective benches. The NPHC Inc. organizations on GC campus ask that their fellow students respect the historical benches and recognize the significance of the benches to their sorority or fraternity.

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The Colonnade where we are going in to make constitutional changes without ratification by the states, without Congress’ approval,�

Block said.

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Continued from page 1 muskets on their shoulders,� Block said. “Also, in a revolution in the United States we are not asking for the president to be dethroned. Every four years we can turn over a president. We are not asking for that, so what are we asking for?�

Block decided that voting on a revolution would be the solution.

The revolution he desires is nonviolent and, after his election, would skip ahead to the rewriting of the Constitution to make the changes he outlined in his platform. “So the Constitution has to be in limbo, let’s say, for 100 days,� Block said. “But I would be asking the Supreme Court to extend President Obama’s term for 100 days so we still have a functioning government.

I don’t want to be making policy. I don’t want to be making executive decisions. I want President Obama to continue doing that for 100 days while we transition to the new government.�

In essence, Block wants the constitution to be void, but still enforced while the rewriting takes place. He knows this platform may cause questions from constituents. “People have said to me ‘you’re going to have your hand on the Bible swearing to uphold the Constitution and then five minutes later you are going to be asking to change the Constitution,’� Block said. “It has to be viewed as a true revolution, that the day I’m elected, the Constitution is temporarily suspended awaiting these modifications and changes.�

Block does not plan on rewriting the Constitution on his own, rather he plans on soliciting others to help with the process. “I’d like to end up with 25 to 50 people – constitutional scholars, some organizational behaviorists, philosophers, some engineers – some people on the back end that can really write it precisely the way it would be presented to the Supreme Court,�

Block said. “It has to be viewed as a true revolution

Proposed changes to the governmental structure

One change to the government Block is proposing is the addition of an Office of the Presidents: Block wants three presidents.

Two out of the three votes would be required to pass legislation.

The term limit would be 12 years, with no re-election possible.

One president would be in charge of the domestic business environment and infrastructure of the economy. The next would be responsible for the people of the U.S., their health care and general well-being.

The final president will be in charge of international affairs.

The requirements for running for president would be changed if Block wins the 2012 election.

According to Block’s website, “anybody over the age of 18 can be elected, regardless of citizenship or country of birth.�

Block believes if an 18-year-old can take a bullet for the U.S., they should be able to do everything else. According to Block, the issue will go back to the voters; if they want to elect an 18-year-old, they can.

Block acknowledges that he might have to give up the Office of the Presidents because it is “hard for people to grasp.�

The president’s cabinet secretaries would be split into thirds as well if Block is elected.

President Obama has 15 cabinet secretaries, but under Block’s plan, nine would be in the new government. “The cabinet positions break down beautifully into thirds, Block said. “Three of the cabinet positions are concerned with the people of America. Three of the cabinet positions are concerned with the infrastructure of America. Three of the cabinet positions are concerned with international affairs.�

Block also wants to close down the House of Representatives as it is today.

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Continued from page 2 that in order to be eligible to run for a position within senate, the student must have a grade point average of 2.30 or higher, as well as be in good academic standing with the university.

Senators falling below the requirement shall automatically be removed at the end of the current academic semester.

Senator Brian Demeza says he himself has a lower GPA but believes that the standard set forth for senators to have a 2.3 GPA and maintain that GPA is a fair one. “I have a pretty low GPA; its just hard, I think that that’s a good standard and I didn’t see why everyone was getting so upset about it all,� Demeza said. “If your GPA is that low, you

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Continued from page 1 “Last semester, I was walking from The Max to my dorm when a car, turning right, almost hit me. As soon as the driver noticed me, he slammed on his brakes and skidded to a stop,� sophomore mass communication major Halley White said. “It was terrifying.�

SGA and Public Safety plan to install yield signs near the crosswalk between Adams Hall and Sanford Hall on Greene Street, a heavily crowded area.

In Fall Semester 2008, Jonathan Savitske, SGA senator and senior political science and economics major, was hit by a car while walking across the street. “I was walking my bike across the street when the car hit me. I blacked out for about 10 seconds but was otherwise fine,� Savitske said. “An ambulance came and my bike was completely smashed but other than that I was okay.�

Savitske is now the president of the Pedestrian Safety Committee in SGA and is working with Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to put the necessary pedestrian safety changes into effect. “The Department of Transportation had to become involved in this process because Hancock Street is a state route. Therefore, the city can not make any changes to the road. It is the DOT’s responsibility,� Savitske said.

Currently, Savitske and the rest of the Pedestrian Safety Committee are

In the House’s stead, Block wants to add 151 citizen-senators. These citizens would be selected much like juries are chosen today. “We would have to have a rotating schedule so it’s not every four years there are new ones each time,� Block said. “Maybe once every year you replace one quarter of them. They would have it very easy being able to decline, because not everyone can interrupt their life for four years, not everybody can do it.�

The citizens selected would be paid the full salary of a senator for four years, live in an apartment in Washington, D.C., receive travel expenses, but they would have certain standards they have to meet. “There would have to be some kind of minimum standards, like jury duty you can’t have active drug addicts and that kind of thing,� Block said. “There might have to be some kind of academic standards, but they can turn it down.�

According to Block the Library of Congress would be charged with making sure the 151 citizen-senators are informed about issues and what their job is.

A jump from 100 elected-senators to 150 would take place. Three senators per state would serve terms of eight years with no chance of re-election.

Supreme Court justices will be appointed by a two out of three vote by the Office of the Presidents and confirmed by the 151 citizen-senators. They will have a term limit of 12 years.

After the 100th day in office, Block would step down and leave the newly created government to the new politicians and citizens. “I don’t claim perfection by any means,�

Block said. “There is still going to be legislation that people are not going to like and things like that, but that’s the nature of any government.�

Block admits that his realistic chances of winning the election are slim, but not zero. He plans on running again if he is not successful in the 2012 race. To view his ideology in more detail visit his campaign website JeffBlock2012.com.

“By no means do I think this is a bad step. I think it’s a good step in the right direction. It’s just unfortunate that you can’t do it without having it written.�

Evan Karanovich, SGA president probably need to focus on school anyways.�

SGA President Evan Karanovich supports the additions proposed for the constitution set forth by the resolution. “By no means do I think this is a bad step.

I think it’s a good step in the right direction,�

Karanovich said. “It’s just unfortunate that

“I was walking my bike acorss the street when the car hit me. I blacked out for about 10 minutes but was otherwise fine.�

Johnathan Savitski, SGA senator awaiting the response of the DOT on their proposal.

According to Savitske, SGA decided to take on this task because, “the issue is very important for the university and the surrounding community.

We do not want anyone else to get hurt. We just want students to be able to get to class safely.�

This project is still in the brainstorming stage and does not have a projected finish date or a predetermined budget. “Optimistically, we should be done with the updates by next year, but I will do whatever it takes to ensure these changes are made,� Savitske said.

Even though all of these positive changes are being made to make Milledgeville drivers more aware of pedestrian traffic, students should still do their part and look both ways before crossing. One simple glance might just save a student from a terrible accident. “If it could happen to me, then it could happen to you,� Savitske said.

5 Block’s presidential breakdown proposition First president Serves years 9-12

Responsible for: International affairs Cabinet secretaries -Defense, homeland security -State -Treasury

Second president Serves years 5-8

Responsible for: People of the U.S. (their health care and general well-being) Cabinet secretaries -Education, housing, veterans -Heathcare and citizen services -Attorney General

Third president Serves years 1-4

Responsible for: Domestic business and infrastructure of the economy Cabinet secretaries -Commerce, agriculture, labor, transportation -Energy -Interior

Note: Block proposes a ‘rule of three’ presidency with three presidents each serving 12 -year terms without re-election, a new one voted in every four years and one leaving every four years Source: jeffblock2012.com

you can’t do it without having it written. Some things need to be written in black and white, though, to make it clear and that’s what I think this is trying to do.�

During the two-week discussion of the resolution Senator Victoria Ferree spoke to her fellow SGA members at the weekly senate session that took place on Oct. 26 .

In her speech Ferree voiced her concern for the recent arrest and legal incidents concerning members of the senate and furthermore said that in the past weeks she has not felt like she is a part of that group she so firmly felt SGA was.

She indicated she joined SGA with the intent to be a part of a group of responsible students that are dedicated to better the student body and its interests and furthermore they are there to set an example for the student body during their time in office.

“There are many times throughout this past week that I have felt a part of this kind of group, however within this past month there have been too many times I’ve felt embarrassed to be a member of student government,� Ferree said. “Instead of people acting with decorum outside of this conference room they have decided to tarnish the reputations of themselves and therefore the reputation of this group as a whole. We need to be setting the bar a little bit higher.�

The referendum for the resolution will be available for students to vote on by the end of November or early December. President Pro Tempore Pichan is currently looking into putting the ballot out on myCATS or OrgSync when the time comes for the students to vote on the referendum. If the students vote for it, the resolution will take affect on Jan. 1, 2012.

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According Public Safety Detective Michael Baker, seat belt usage is not a major

problem at GC. “We have low numbers, we don’t write a lot of citations for it,” Baker said.

Public Safety recently did a study to see how many students use their seat belts. Out of 200 vehicles observed, 81 percent of the vehicles’ occupants were wearing seat belts and the remaining 19 percent were not.

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Continued from page 1 cident. Wirth cooperatively answered all questions and once the cross examination finished, the session moved into closing statements.

Whittaker made the first closing statement making clear to the senators that they recently unanimously passed a resolution to send any member of SGA straight to the judicial board if he or she should fall into poor judicial standing.

He urged senators to ponder and look within to see that Wirth’s behavior is “not an exception” to the resolution that was passed after his arrest and that “his behavior is not exemplary” to the values that SGA senators want to hold themselves to.

“Let’s hold ourselves to the standard that we claim we want to hold ourselves to,” Whittaker said. “Send him to the judicial board and let them decide if he is worthy of the title of SGA senator. That position should mean something and it should mean something

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Continued from page 3 on how to make certain that the taxpayers’ dollars are used effectively to support the state’s educational goals.”

Deal says the purpose of the commission is to look out for best interest of Georgians.

“The work of this commission will help us ensure that taxpayer dollars are being used

beyond ‘I get drunk, I hotbox cars and I don’t care.’ So hold him accountable.“ SGA President Pro Tempore Maxwell Pichan says that he voted in favor of impeachment because of both Whittaker’s closing statement and because SGA voted to pass the new resolution.

“Because the senate has already voted with the passed resolution to send our members in poor judicial standing to the judicial board for consideration on removal from office that, coupled with the facts presented by Attorney General Whitaker, led me to this decision,” Pichan said. “I don’t understand how members of the Senate could unanimously pass Senator Stephen Hundley’s resolution twice and then not vote in favor of this because it really is just a more drawn out process of the same thing.”

Wirth began his closing statements with a formal apology to everyone in the room for his actions that resulted in an arrest on Oct. 7.

“I am completely ashamed

of the poor decision making, (and) irrational thought that I exhibited the morning of Oct. 7,” Wirth said. “My actions have not only misrepresented my character but have also misrepresented the overall character of Georgia College and of SGA.” He went on to say that although he made a mistake, he is learning a great deal from that mistake and he urges his fellow senators to give him a second chance to be the leader he knows he can be.

“Since this incident I have still been a productive member of SGA, I’ve still been a productive senator who takes his job seriously and puts his students first,” Wirth said. “I regret every day that I have not been the student that SGA and Georgia College has expected of me but I am here today to assure you that I now fully understand what is expected of me as a senator and to assure you that my actions in the future will mirror those expectations.”

to boost our number-one tool for economic development: a talented, highly educated workforce,” Deal said on his website.

With GC currently ranked third in the university system, just behind the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Jordan’s appointment to this funding committee is a high point for GC.

“I am honored to be included on a commission that includes highly respected individuals from the USG (University System of Georgia), the technical college system, the Senate and House of Representatives, the Georgia business community and the governor’s office. As an academic with a 25 year career in public higher education,” Jordan said

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When: Wednesday, Nov. 16 Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Atkinson 202 Who: Chick-Fil-A Representative What: Resume building and and executives.

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Alyson Crosby / Photographer Georgia College Student Micah Miranda donates blood during The American Red Cross blood drive. The blood drive was located in Magnolia Ballroom on Nov. 1 and 2. The drive exceeded its goal of 174 pints of blood donated.

opportunities with business professionals

Kate Pope, archival associate for Special Collections at the Library and Instructional Technology Center, has benefited from these classes.

“The sessions have been a valuable tool in improving my own grant writing abilities,” Pope said.

Pope applied for a $6,000 grant through the National Endowment Preservation Assis-

opportunity to meet and discuss career paths and

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tance grant program to benefit the library. She is hoping the library can use the grant to bring in a consultant to access the archives.

“We want to become better educated in preserving our own collection,” Pope said.

“The office of grants has been great to work with on this process.”

The grant writing process is often tedious and can sometimes take as long as a week to perfect and finish.

“The process is hard to handle at first,” Baxter said. “The office of grants helps you through it, and I couldn’t ask for better support.”

interests. Members of SAM have the amazing

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meet others here at Georgia College who share your

differences in job fields, students still receive a vast amount of experience in a professional setting, which is what the program is really designed to provide.

Sam Johnson, senior biology major, was also accepted into the program and is being mentored by Ben Hall Jr., CEO of Dublin Construction Co. Inc. “Each student gets into contact with their mentor and sets up a time and date for meetings,” Johnson said. “It’s pretty liberal, as for the amount of time you spend with them.

Some people set up meetings once a month, some more or less.”

Pavao has already met with her mentor twice this semester.

“My mentor is a litigator and I got to go visit her partner’s trial,” Pavao said. “I was able to talk to her partners about the professional world in general and it was a great learning experience.”

The program is essentially for students to obtain real-world experience, which is something Johnson is eagerly anticipating.

“I’m looking forward to getting experience with someone who’s already been successful,” Johnson said. “I’ve been provided with all the tools I need to get to that point, but it will be really interesting getting to work with someone who has used those

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tools to gain success already.”

In just two meetings, Pavao has already retained some comforting wisdom from her mentor.

“I really appreciate the guidance that Tracy has given me,” Pavao said. “She has reassured me that I’m only 22 and I don’t have to know what I want to do. She is a financial litigator, and I really appreciate spending time with someone of her stature, someone who is so well-respected.”

Being in the program gives these students special perks, including meeting important, successful people.

“We just returned from an event I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while,” Bowen said. “We had a meeting at the State Capitol with the Government Affairs staff of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, who is our partner in the GEM program.”

Bowen says that this was the first event the GEM program had with the Chamber of Commerce and the students were able to learn a lot about how they work towards strengthening the business community in Georgia.

This is just one of many special activities to come for the GEM students who still have the remainder of the year to learn and grow within the program.

For information about the GEM program or to learn how to apply, visit their website at gcsu.edu/gem.

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October 30 at 2:07 a.m. The Milledgeville Police Department requested assistance with a male impaled on the perimeter fence at The Bellamy Apartments, according to Public Safety. Sgt. Hicks responded and upon arrival made contact with the male, who was hanging upside down with his lower right leg impaled on the fence near the entrance. Sgt. Hicks and Officer Denna assisted MPD Rescue and EMS in hoisting the male while fire service cut the fence to free his leg. The male was then transported to the Medical Center in Macon for further evaluation.*

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Roadside Crack Cocaine

October 28 at 2:26 a.m. Sgt. English and Officer Purvis were traveling south on Jefferson Street and ran the tag of a vehicle which showed the vehicle did not have valid insurance and its registration was suspended, according to Public Safety. A traffic stop was initiated at McIntosh and Elbert streets.

While Sgt. English was writing citations in his patrol vehicle, Officer Purvis was given consent to search the vehicle by the male offender. While searching, Officer Purvis noticed the male spitting by the rear passenger side of the vehicle. The male was issued citations for no valid insurance and suspended registration and released from the scene. Officer Purvis then advised Sgt. English of what he witnessed and as they approached the area, they observed five pieces of crack cocaine in what appeared to be fresh saliva. Contact was again made with the male in the Huddle House parking lot and he was detained for further investigation. After reviewing footage of the stop, it was confirmed that the male had indeed spit on the ground. A roadside cocaine test was conducted which tested positive for cocaine. The offender was transported to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office by Officer Denna and the vehicle was towed.*

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Party Pickpocketer

October 28 at 3:48 a.m. Sgt. Miller and Officer Smith were flagged down by a group of people in the area of West Campus Drive, according to Public Safety. Contact was made with three females who said that, while at a party at Magnolia Park Apartments, a male took money from one of the females’ purse and ran into the woods behind Baldwin County High School. Officers Miller, Denna and Smith searched the area behind BHS and found a male lying down in the bushes. When asked his name, he replied with a fake name. Sgt. Miller said he knew someone by that name. The suspect then said his name was something else. Further investigation revealed the subjects real identity. The male said that he lied because he was on probation and that he had walked over from a friend’s house party at Magnolia Park to use the bathroom. A search of the male turned up two twenty dollar bills, one ten dollar bill and five one dollar bills wadded up in his front pocket. The male was placed under arrest and transported to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and charged with theft by taking and giving a false name.*

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October 30 at 3:12 a.m. Officer Denna observed two males in front of a residence on Washington and South Liberty streets, according to Public Safety. Upon trying to make contact with the two individuals, both fled the scene into the woods. Officer Denna was able to make contact with the males on Liberty and Franklin streets. After speaking with them, Officer Denna detected an odor of alcohol. A check revealed both were underage and registered positive for alcohol.

The two males were placed under arrest, transported to the Milledgeville Police Department and issued citations for underage possession of alcohol.

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October 30 at 11:42 a.m. A male came into Public Safety to file a complaint against his exgirlfriend, who allegedly hit him in the Library and Instructional Technology Center parking lot seven days prior, according to Public Safety. The male said he and the female had a disagreement after he saw her talking to another guy. The male was told that the female would also need to be interviewed. The male did not want to go that far and he decided not to go forward with his complaint. No further action was taken.*

October 20 at 12:48 a.m. A male reported that his vehicle had been stolen from its parking spot on West Greene Street during the night of Oct. 18 and early morning of Oct. 19, according to Public Safety. Surveillance revealed the complainant moved his vehicle to an unknown location at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 19. A search of the area resulted in the vehicle being located in a nearby lot. No damage or items were missing from the vehicle and no further action was taken.

October 21 at 5:21 p.m. A male said that between Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 unknown person(s) entered his Enterprise rental car and removed an Apple iPad belonging to Georgia College, according to Public Safety. Theft was not discovered until the car was returned to Enterprise and damage to the door was noticed by a manager. The case was turned over to investigations.*

October 22 at 2 a.m. Major Grant and Officer Frasier observed a male tackle another male at Hancock and Wilkinson streets, according to Public Safety. They both made contact with the males, who had the smell of alcohol on their breath. A check revealed that both males were under 21 years of age. Both were placed under arrest and charged with underage possession of alcohol.

October 25 at 11:30 p.m. While working a sorority party, Sgt. English was notified by the social chair of two individuals who were uninvited, according to Public Safety. Contact was made with the males who were both intoxicated and under the age of 21. In lieu of arrest, both males were released and referred to the Student Judicial Board. *

October 27 at 4:18 p.m. A male reported an unknown person(s) used his debit card without his consent, according to Public Safety. The card was used at a Wal-Mart in Bensalem, Penn. The case was turned over to investigations.*

October 23 at 2:55 a.m. A female reported that her purse was stolen at a downtown bar, according to Public Safety. The female’s boyfriend also spoke with a Milledgeville Police Officer, saying he saw a tall male walking in the downtown area with a yellow bag. The case was turned over to investigations.*

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Six-Minute Robbery

October 26 at 9:06 p.m. Officer Smith was dispatched to a parking lot in reference to a stolen GPS, according to Public Safety. Upon arrival, contact was made with a male who said he had parked his vehicle in the middle of the main parking lot on Oct. 25 at 9 p.m. The male returned and found the front dash had been torn off and his GPS was missing. No visible damage to the outside of the vehicle was noted and the case was turned over to investigations.*

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1 Stolen bike

1 Unreturned laptop

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What’s Happening Monday, November 14 10 a.m.

Résumé Review Day (Lanier Hall 232)

Tuesday, November 15 5 p.m.

Study abroad program information presentation (Blackbridge Hall)

Wednesday, November 16 10 a.m.

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12:30 p.m.

Pinecrove Christian Camps info table (Arts & Sciences Fountain) Career Opportunities Fair (Cobb Galleria Atlanta) “The Tifts of Georgia: Connecticut Yankees in King Cotton’s Court” (Governor’s Mansion)

Thursday, November 17 4 - 7 p.m. Superstars Thanksgiving Meal (Sodexo Cafeteria)

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

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“Do you think students should vote for higher standards for SGA members?”

Students should not complain about Friday classes At Georgia College there are certainly a lot of negative connotations that go along with taking Friday classes. It is quite common to hear students complaining about having to attend a class on what many see as the third day of the weekend. There is no doubt that Friday classes can seem like a burden at times, especially the ones that take place really early in the morning or late in the afternoon.

It can be extremely difficult to have to get out of bed for an 8 a.m.

Friday class or have to wait around for a 4 p.m. class when so many people at that point have already headed home for the weekend. However, we at The Colonnade feel that there are many positive components to Friday classes that are being overlooked and need to be recognized.

First, Friday classes serve the purpose of helping college students prepare for life’s next step: the workforce. While there are the students that will continue their education by pursuing a number of degrees, such as a master’s, many college students will enter the workforce after obtaining their bachelor’s degrees.

As unfortunate as it is, the majority of adults in the work force with fulltime jobs have to go to work at least 40 hours a week, five days a week, including Fridays.

After we graduate and enter the work force, we do not get to stay in bed and relax on Fridays, we have to get out of bed and be productive on Fridays if we want to keep our jobs.

Having classes on Friday prepares us to enter the work force.

Having to attend class on Friday also should not be so dreaded because it is not a new concept to college students. Ever since kindergarten, or even preschool, all the way to senior year of high school, the majority of us had to go to school Monday through Friday from around 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., not to mention the large number of us that had extracurricular activities to do after school was out.

Having class on Friday is not something that college students have never seen before, but is simply having college students continue to do something they have done since they were children and will have to continue to do when they graduate college. Friday classes can also be a huge benefit for keeping a student sharp on the subject of their class.

In certain classes, if too much of a break is taken from the subject, students can forget what they have learned.

Friday classes can decrease the possibility that students will forget what they have learned by shortening the amount of time the student goes without seeing the subject material, which can ultimately lead to students performing better in their classes.

Also, if a student misses one class session for a class that meets three times a week, the blowback on that student will be much less severe than a student who misses one class session of a class that meets twice a week.

If a student misses a class that meets three times a week, they will have only missed 50 minutes of lecture, but if that student misses a lecture for a class that meets twice a week, they are missing half a week of class, which can be difficult to make up.

We at The Colonnade feel that having to attend Friday classes is something that may seem like an inconvenience, but serves to be highly beneficial for the present and future.

“Yes, I think you should have HOPE to be on SGA.” Brittney Jones, senior English and creative writing major

“Probably, because they represent the school.”

Kevin Flody, freshman political science and criminal justice major

Head to head Herman Cain: a serious contender for president of the U.S.?

“I guess so because they are supposed to be representing the student body in a positive way.”

Tyler Pederson, senior biology major

Submitted by Jonathan Savitske Over the past month and a half, Herman Cain his risen in the polls from a bottom-tier candidate to the front-runner of the GOP. The Tea Party darling and former businessman has seen his status go from unknown to being the sweetheart of candidates across the country.

Some pundits and pollsters say that his front-runner status may be temporary, but after a month and a half, the Cain campaign shows no signs of slowing down, save for one possibly huge scandal.

Allegations have emerged that while working with the National Restaurant Association, Cain sexually harassed multiple female employees. This has potential to derail his campaign, but surprisingly, the opposite has occurred.

One may ask why in the face of such adversity the Cain campaign has remained composed and still a legitimate contender in the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination? It is because this alleged scandal is all hearsay.

There is at the moment no reason to crucify Cain and even believe these claims are legitimate. All the allegations

Submitted by Kahlim Barclay As Herman Cain surges in the polls, one has to question the seriousness of his candidacy for the Republican nomination.

Herman Cain is a respected businessman, tried and true. He created a successful business model and went on to make a sizeable fortune.

That’s fine; however, it does not necessarily qualify him for the presidency of the United States.

There seems to be an idea forming within the right wing sectors of political thought that success in business equates to success in handling a national economic crisis.

This couldn’t be farther from the truth, and Cain made that abundantly clear in his 9-9-9 tax reform plan. The issues with this plan are too numerous to list, but the more grievous errors in the plan are definitely worth mentioning.

The idea of a national 9 percent sales tax caused economists from all parts to perform a double take.

Such a tax would burden the middle and lower classes more so than the existing tax code already does. Furthermore, it is apparent that the entire plan would

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that have come forth have no substantial evidence, save for settlements paid by the National Restaurant Association.

Settlements happen all the time to save corporations from the time and the expenses of actually going to court and fighting a charge.

Also, confidentiality agreements were signed by the alleged victims and have prevented any substantial evidence from coming forth.

There is a double standard in this country where liberals have all had scandals to a much higher degree and they have come with more evidence and they all were forgiven by the public. The same does not hold true for Cain with the media and liberals across this country.

As a conservative, I believe Cain is a great candidate. He has set himself apart from the rest of the GOP field as a Washington and government outsider, and out of all the candidates, he actually has an economic plan which he has coined as the 9-9-9 plan. I won’t go into the details of his plan; you can look it up.

Until more evidence comes forth, ignore this scandal and focus on the issues and the plan that Cain has presented and make the decision for yourself.

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cut the entire federal revenue in half, limiting the federal government’s ability to properly function at all levels.

The questionable nature of Cain’s candidacy doesn’t simply end with the ridiculous tax code that his campaign released. No, Cain takes it a step further by allowing the nation to have a glimpse at his foreign policy ideas, which consist of Islamophobia and a general lack of understanding of the global community.

Cain, however, is not alone in his lack of knowledge in international politics.

At least three of his fellow candidates share the same problem.

With so many candidates showing a need for classes in international politics, it’s no wonder that many have already chosen Romney as a favorite.

In truth, Cain’s policies wouldn’t be an issue if he was trailing in the polls; however, it is the fact that he is doing well that concerns me.

I don’t determine what is or isn’t good policy, but when a candidate seeks to be the leader of the free world and has an immigration policy that consists of a 20-foot-high electric fence, there is a problem.

Hopefully the people on the right will do the proper thing and place an individual like Romney or Huntsman as the Republican nominee.

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Poet ‘slams’ university

A William Shakespeare classic

‘HAMLET’ Emily Rivers / Staff Photographer Accomplished poet Andrea Gibson performs slam poetry about gender and social issues for the campus in Magnolia Ballroom on Nov. 3.

Award-winning slam poet visits students Emily Rivers Staff Writer

Kendyl Wade/ Senior Photographer Jimmy Holder (left), Shirelle Ruddock (center) and Evan Fields (right) take the stage in-the-round during their performance of “Hamlet.” The play was an interactive experience where members of the audience were active participants in various parts of the famous Shakespeare play.

Theatre department displays talents during their five-show production of “Hamlet” Jessica Hayman Staff Writer

Kendyl Wade/ Senior Photographer Anna Fontaine (left) and John Underwood (right) share a passionate moment on stage during ‘Hamlet.’ The two characters have a taboo relationship that drives other characters in the play to insanity.

Showtimes and prices for Hamlet Showtimes at the Campus Black Box Theatre:

Friday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 8. p.m.

Wednesday ,Nov. 16 at 8 p.m.

Prices:

General admission: $14 Senior citizen and GC faculty: $10 Students: $5

William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” opened Tuesday, Nov. 8, at the Georgia College Campus Black Box Theatre as an theatre-in-the-round performance.

This performance of “Hamlet” was adapted and directed by Karen Berman, chair of the Department of Theatre.

“I am excited we have adapted the fourand-a-half-hour ‘Hamlet’ script into an action-packed two hours,” Berman said in a press release. “I can’t wait for the audience to attend this interactive wedding set in the art nouveau, turn-of-the-century era with gorgeous costumes. As wedding guests, the audience will view the show through Hamlet’s distorted vision that includes dancelike elements.”

The performance is considered to be environmental theater where the actors interact with the audience and the audience, in turn, feels as if it is a part of the play.

Actors portraying players or singers greet the audience as it makes its way into the lobby of the Campus Black Box Theatre. Wedding cake is served just before the troupe of players escorts the audience into the theater with a song.

Upon entering the theater, it seems like a step back in time to 1915, the year that Berman’s adaptation of “Hamlet” took

place. The audience emerges onto the scene of Gertrude and Claudius’ wedding where everyone is celebrating and dancing and being merry, all save Hamlet, played by Evan Fields, a senior theater major.

“It’s been a great experience,” Fields said, on his semester preparing for the role.

“It’s been one of the best experiences that I’ve had working on a show just because (of) this character; I get really into it.”

The character of Hamlet is known to be a twisted character, sickened by madness.

The play opens with Hamlet, depressed and saddened by his father’s death, and as the play progresses his character continues to become darker.

“It is my favorite Shakespeare play, my favorite character,” Fields said. “(Hamlet) is a really great acting challenge. I like challenges. And he’s got a lot of levels.”

A unique characteristic of Berman’s adaptation of this Shakespearean play is that two female roles, Ophelia and Gertrude, are played by three separate actresses, each representing Hamlet’s different perceptions of women since his state of madness: the virgin, the mother and the whore.

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On Nov. 3, Magnolia Ballroom was filled with the sounds of Andrea Gibson’s poetry slam. Gibson is known for her raw, outspoken and unapologetic views on everything from politics and bullying to sexual orientation.

The Women’s Resource Center and Campus Activities Board were responsible for putting the event together. Director of the Women’s Resource Center Jennifer Graham said that she chose Gibson to come and speak because she covers a wide scope of topics.

“Between politics, gender issues and global issues, there is something that everyone in the Georgia College community can relate to,” Graham said.

Indeed, Gibson did cover an array of different topics. She performed a piece titled “I Do” which discusses the controversial issue of gay marriage. She also performed a poem about self-acceptance and learning to love ones self titled “I Sing the Body Electric, Especially when My Power’s Out.” There was also a poem about the Iraq War how it is affecting the soldiers, titled “To Eli.” Gibson wrote that poem after a friend returned from the war overseas and felt like he was not the same person.

Senior fine arts major Tennyson Mosher commented on the event, “She writes and speaks about her life experiences as well as others she has heard about,” Mosher said. “She was incredibly inspirational, and I had never heard her poetry or anything of her before (she came to GC). Not only does she address issues about her sexuality and being gay, but she also recited poetry about our armed forces, politics, love and childhood experiences.”

When the event started and Gibson took the stage, almost 80 people had come to hear her speak. Britta Gervais, president of CAB and senior art history major, said they were thrilled to have a performer come who addresses such issues as gender, diversity and sexuality.

“I am a huge fan of slam poetry and Gibson’s poetry was incredibly moving.

She has such a presence when she steps onto that stage,” Gervais said. “As an audience, one feels as if she is speaking di-

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WGUR puts on, rocks out with Buffapalooza Emily Rivers Staff Writer

Emily Rivers / Staff Photographer The band Stone Free was the only band performing at Buffapalooza who weren’t locals.The other two bands, Sumblin’ Toads and Groove Moose, are both locals.

Buffapalooza is back again this Fall semester. The annual event sponsored by Georgia College’s radio station WGUR was held on Saturday, Nov. 5, at Buffington’s Burger Lounge and featured music by Groove Moose, The Stumblin’ Toads and Stone Free.

WGUR tries to make Buffapalooza happen each fall. Courtney Hamlett, program manager for WGUR and organizer of Buffapalooza, says that the event has been successful both this year and the past year.

“We’ve had a great amount of success in the past for Buffapalooza, and I can only hope we continue that. I can’t thank the concert coordi-

nating team and everyone at WGUR enough for all their help and hard work they’ve been putting into this event,” Hamlett said. “Buffington’s has been absolutely amazing for allowing us to do this event with them again and we can’t wait to work with them for other concerts next semester.”

WGUR runs on sponsorships by local businesses and fundraisers like Buffapalooza. The money raised from the event will go towards maintaining the sound equipment and keeping the station up and running.

Two of the three bands that performed were local to Milledgeville.

“Groove Moose and The Stumblin’ Toads have performed for Buffington’s a few times; they are well known to us at the station and

we have been friends with them for a while, so it was easy to think of them for the concert,” Hamlet said. “We were able to call both bands up and they seemed excited to play for the show.”

The third band, Stone Free, was referred to Hamlett by a friend who saw them perform in Kennesaw and thought they would be a great addition to the show.

“The planning for the event started this summer when the staff met and came up with the idea to put on the event again” Wesley Buchanan, WGUR general manager said. “The more serious planning started about two months ago

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Have A Heart, Save A Life

Taylor Seay / Staff Photographer Charlie Vaughn pets a dog, Bruce Lee, who he is currently fostering. Vaughn has been working with Have A Heart, Save A Life for about one year.

Have A Heart, Save A Life is a nonprofit animal rescue group that saves cats and dogs from “death row” at the Baldwin County Animal Shelter, which is a kill shelter for the animals that get dropped off there.

Due to limited space, the animals are killed within 24 hours. Buckley and her team of volunteers at Have A Heart, Save A Life rescues the animals in the shelter that are on “death row.”

The organization relies on the community for volunteers, donations and supplies.

Every Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Have A Heart, Save A Life hosts an animal adoption day in front of the old Bruster’s Real Ice Cream on North Columbia Street. There is no adoption fee for puppies and kittens. Animals that are updated with shots or that have been neutered only require reimbursement for the veterinarian fees.

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Charlie Vaughn, who has been working with Have a Heart, Save a Life for about a year, is currently fostering six dogs. Vaughn also has 12 dogs of his own, along with a quail and several chickens.

“Forty-seven foster dogs have gone through my house,” Vaughn said.

Kyle Kelly, a freshman pre-nursing major, just started volunteering for Have A Heart, Save A Life. Kelly learned of the organization through classmates, who were discussing adopting a puppy through the organization.

“I am looking into fostering or adopting, but I can not really have a dog in the dorms,” Kelly said.

Kelly plans on adopting or fostering a dog when he moves out of the dorms.

For more information about Have A Heart, Save A Life or for questions about how to get involved contact Valerie Buckley at vbuckley@wildblue.net.

By Taylor Seay

David Rocklin made an appearance at Georgia College from Nov. 7 to 8 to visit with GC’s Master’s of Fine Arts students and to discuss his new novel, “The Luminist.”

Rocklin is originally from Chicago, Ill., but now lives in California with his wife and two young daughters. He is currently traveling around the U.S. on his first book tour, talking about his passion for writing and the origins of “The Luminist.”

He met with the MFA students on Monday, Nov. 7, hosting workshops and a Q-and-A session among the students and faculty. He offered words of advice for the student writers and met with a few of them to critique and talk about their recent works.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Rocklin hosted a lecture in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium open to all members of the community where he read excerpts from “The Luminist” and discussed how the idea of the novel came to him.

Rocklin was visiting an exhibit at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., when he came across a work of art that he described as “striking.” He examined the piece of art, filling in what he calls the “gap” of the woman in the image before him.

“The ‘gap’ is the part of something you don’t know,” Rocklin said. “Instead of learning it, you imagine your way into it.”

For example, Rocklin sees the image, and immediately recognizes the person to be a woman. This is something he knows. However, the ‘gap’ would be something he didn’t know; why she was posing for the photograph, for example.

Rocklin explains that this is a technique that all creative writers use whether consciously or unconsciously. Writers fill in the ‘gap’ and create a storyline.

“Poetry is just like that,” Miranda Jaynes, senior creative writing major, said. “The ‘gap,’ for me, is the difference between telling someone something and showing them how it came to be.”

Upon taking a closer look, Rocklin discovered that the photographs he was admiring were taken by a photographer named Julia Margaret Cameron. A female photographer was unheard of in the Victorian era, a time where women were expected to manage a house, birth babies and otherwise be seen and not heard. This fascinated Rocklin, and he was immediately struck with an idea for a story.

After hours upon hours of research and 14 rough drafts later, “The Luminist” was finally published with the main character, Catherine Colebrook, being based off of the photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron, of the image

Julia Richardson / Staff Photographer Author David Rocklin discusses his new novel “The Luminist” with students as well as hosting workshops for students and faculity alike.

Rocklin had seen at the Getty Museum.

“To me, when I look at her photos, and I think about the criticism that she took, which I think was very gender based, it’s amazing what she achieved,” Rocklin said. “She was a woman way ahead of her time.”

“The Luminist” is a work of fiction, with the suggestion of Julia Margaret Cameron being the ‘muse’ for Rocklin’s novel. The story takes place in colonial India where the main character, Catherine, has moved with her husband and two children.

After losing a child at birth, Catherine becomes obsessed with the idea of capturing a moment of beauty, never to be lost again (such as with her dead child). She befriends her house servant, a young Indian named Eligius Shourie, and makes him her apprentice in the emerging art form of photography.

Together, the two unlikely friends “defy convention, class and heartbreak to investigate what is gained, and lost, by holding life still.”

Karen Sharian, freshman accounting major, attended the author talk and says she found it very interesting how he formulated the idea for the book. “‘The Luminist’ sounds like an interesting read,” Sharian said. “I thought it was really neat how he explained to us how he got the idea for the book, and the background for the main character. I don’t know, it just added a little extra to the story. Almost like we had an insiders look to the story.”

GCTV, for the students by the students Katie Levan Staff Writer

Katie Levan / Staff Photographer Kyle Lowe (closest), Zach Seago (middle), Malone Hart (left), monitoring a live video feed of the taping of GCTV. Their programs run weekly, every Thursday at 5 p.m. on Channel 4 on campus television and Charter Cable TV.

GCTV, the university’s student-run television station, provides students with weekly happenings around campus in a light-hearted manner.

“We want to give students news they want to hear about around campus,” head producer of GCTV and senior mass communication major Tayler Bridger said. “We try to put some humor in it. I really want people to tune in because it’s something people would want to watch.”

A new episode of the live 30-minute program from GCTV airs on channel four on campus television and Charter Cable TV every Thursday at 5 p.m.

After the weekly program premieres on Thursday, it airs weekdays at 5 p.m. until the next episode airs.

The show can also be viewed on GC shuttles throughout the day and via podcasts on iTunes U. GCTV is currently working on getting its website up and running so episodes of the weekly program can be posted there as well.

Although GCTV produces a live show, the

show is still pre-recorded right before it airs.

“The show is recorded anytime between 3:30 and 4:45 p.m. We have just enough time to flip it so it can air right at five,” said Amanda Collins, a senior mass communication major and scriptwriter for GCTV. “When we mess up, we mess up. It’s all a learning experience.

No show is going to be perfect.”

GCTV has two hosts, senior mass communication majors Emily Brown and Wesley Buchanan. The two interact closely and strive to deliver an entertaining and fun program for students, reporting campus news in a less serious tone.

“It’s a fun way to get your news from people who are your age, and it’s relevant to students,” Buchanan said. “We are trying to be a voice for students.”

Brown expressed that she enjoys having Buchanan as her co-host.

“I really like interacting with Wes on screen. It helps with improvising, which is important because I want to go into radio and you never know what will pop up next in natural conversation,” Brown said. “There are a lot of different personalities in the GCTV class. The environment Steve (Price) has created for us has given us the reins of the show.

It’s our thing.”

Recently, GCTV has implemented a new idea to keep the show fun and fresh. “Once a month we are going to do a themed show and we will subtly put the theme in the script. We will have viewers guess the theme on the facebook page and the first viewer to guess the theme will win a prize,” Collins said.

There has only been one themed show so far, which was 90s-themed.

“I was Doug; Emily was Britney Spears; and Starr was Sporty Spice,” Buchanan said.

GCTV is open to students of any major.

“What we really want is to spread the word that we want people beside mass communication majors to volunteer,” Collins said.

“GCTV news is a news program for the students by the students to keep you updated, and cover things that are important to Georgia College students.”

Students in any major can be a part of the GCTV family. Tryouts are held at the beginning of each semester for the following positions: on-camera talent, host, anchor and field reporter.

“We accept any volunteers,” Bridger said.

“It’s a good way to start learning things if you’re pre-mass communication.”

Library shows off 3-D sculptures Emily Waller Staff Writer

Three-dimensional boxes infused with various textures and abstract objects pouring out line the aqua blue walls of the Library and Instructional Technology Center here at Georgia College. The 3-D art work is a part of the building, thanks to the students in Crystal Wagner’s 3-D design class.

Wagner, who is an assistant professor of art and printmaking, believes it is important to expose her students’ work to the public.

“It’s important for students to be noticed who are going to be in an art studio someday,” Wagner said.

The inspiration behind the 3-D art came from Louise Nevelson, who was an American sculptor. One of the ideas she is

known for is her monochromatic wooden sculptures and her color schemes.

“The purpose of the project is understanding concepts to communicate part of the design using these objects to collaborate the structures,” Wagner said. “When the students were arranging the boxes, they arranged them so that they flowed and connected from one box to the next.”

Wagner thought of the idea for the 3-D art to be on display and made a proposal to the library to showcase her students’ work. The library accepted and the plans were made to hang the boxes on one of the walls. Wagner talked to her class to decide what color the background wall should be and how the boxes will hang. The final placement is in the nook on the first level of the library.

“The library really supports the arts at Georgia College and likes to help get the

artist noticed. They have become more open to showcasing more of the students’ art,” Wagner said.

The 3-D art will stay up throughout the year. All of the students whose sculptures are up in the library feel a sense of accomplishment knowing their hard work is being displayed.

Freshman art major Claire Collar, who is in the 3-D class, loved the new experience she got with the project.

“I was very excited to be a part of the class assignment, it was nice to do a collaborative piece with everyone. Having this opportunity in a college class was totally different from any class I took in high school and having such a hands-on experience was great for my future as an

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Emily Waller / Staff Photographer The 3-D design class taught by Crystal Wagner displays their sculptures in the library with the knowledge of using a continuous flow from one box to the next. The art work will be on display until the end of the academic year.

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Lauren Davidson / Senior Photographer Dale Epps, owner of Baldwin Body Shop in Milledgeville, and his wife Kay own Adams Acres located in Milledgeville with their five mini horses, three donkeys and four buffaloes. Above Dale is seen petting the first buffalo to join the Epps family, Bill.

Milledgeville couple houses a variety of peculiar animals on family farm Lauren Davidson Senior Reporter There isn’t an animal that Dale Epps won’t consider buying.

In fact, the owner of Baldwin Body Shop and former Baldwin County Commissioner wanted to buy a giraffe at an auction in South Carolina, but instead settled on a buffalo.

“You’d have to have a special permit to have a giraffe. Anyway, we decided we’d buy that thing,” Dale said referring to his pet buffalo, Bill.

That would not be the last time Dale would purchase a buffalo. A few years later he and his wife, Kay, bought a mate for Bill, named Jill.

The two have owned Adams Acres, a 150-acre farm located on Vinson Highway right past the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, for the past several years. Kay said Dale would tease her and call the farm the Ponderosa, the name of the ranch on the long-running Western television series “Bonanza.”

“When Dale first started coming down here he called this the Ponderosa,” Kay said. “He got making fun about the Ponderosa and I told him ‘no this was Adams Acres’ and then that’s just what it stuck with after that. I wanted something to remember my mama and daddy by.”

Animals have always been a part of Dales’ life. Born on May 28, 1939, in Sandersville, Ga., he was raised on a farm that housed chickens, mules, horses, cows and even hogs.

“We planted corn. Back then you ate what you made,” Dale said. “I was born right after the Depression (and) money was tight.”

He met Kay, who is nine years his junior, in 1962 when the two were set up on a date so that her sister could go on a double date with one of Dale’s friends. Kay remembers the exact moment that he stepped foot on the front steps to pick her up.

“He came to pick me up the first night and walked off the end of the porch. He forgot where the steps were, and instead of walking off the porch, he walked off the other end of it,” Kay says with a snicker.

After dating for five years, the two married on Dec. 2, 1967, at Hardwick Baptist Church.

Kay had an upbringing similar to Dale’s. She grew up on a dairy farm. Her mother and father had several hundred dairy cows and sold their milk to PET Milk Company. But cows were not the only animals on the farm. Neighbors frequently brought over several kinds of animals for the family to raise.

“I was just raised in the country, and any time anybody down here was plowing a field and plowed up (found) some kind of animal, they always brought it down here to us so we could raise it for them,” Kay said. “We just liked stuff like that.”

When the two got married, they moved to town

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“Kids had dogs; I had a mean-ass billy goat.”

Dale Epps Jr., son of Dale Epps and employee of Baldwin Body Shop in Milledgeville. Kay missed the old farm, so she asked that they go back to her country roots.

“I told him ‘you either got to do one of two things. You either got to get me back to the country or give me a divorce,’” Kay said.

Dale listened. Three months later they bought a trailer and moved onto Kay’s parent’s land in the country.

Her parents agreed to sell them 14.9 acres, and after her father passed away in 1987, they bought the remaining acres, which was split up among Kay and her two sisters.

The farm housed an array of animals: llamas, ducks, rabbits, peacocks, mini horses, billy goats, donkeys, buffaloes and, as Dale puts it, “every kind of chicken that was made.”

Other than their beloved animals, the two have had two children: their son Dale Jr. and a baby girl who died 24 hours after birth.

Dale Jr. said he had an interesting upbringing.

“Kids had dogs; I had a mean-ass billy goat,” Dale Jr., said.

His father bought this notoriously mean horned animal after spending a day at the Moose Club with his son.

“I went out there in the yard, and there was a billy goat out there,” Dale said with a smile.

“Dale Jr. picked up a stick and he’s hitting that billy goat and the billy goat ran into him and knocked him down. Done that four or five times, and I went over and told that man ‘how much you want for that billy goat?’ I don’t know; that’s why I bought that billy goat. I took him home for him (Dale Jr.) to play with.”

Adams Acres has seen many animals come and go to old age. It now is home to five mini ponies, three donkeys – Maybelle, Cisco and their baby Eeyore – and four buffaloes.

Visitors pass by frequently to admire the animals. As long as they stay at the fence to pet and feed them (the buffaloes), Dale and Kay are happy to have them.

“They’re tame to us but they will always be wild animals,” Kay said. “I tell people, ‘you can stand at the fence and pet them and feed them and whatever you want to do to them, but don’t get in the pen with them.’”

Dale Jr., visits his parents quite frequently and plans to eventually move onto the land with his wife Daphne. They will be bringing along animals of their own, their two children, Jessie and Will.

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The goal of Buffapalooza was to not only raise money for the radio station but to get the GC community together and showcase local musical talent.

Attendees, such as junior marketing major Nikki McCarthy, enjoyed their time.

“I thought it was a very relaxed atmosphere and it was really nice to be exposed to a local music scene that I would not normally get to hear,” McCarthy said.

While the event ran smoothly, there were a few bumps in the road. An unexpected challenge Hamlett had not anticipated was that Amici Italian Cafe was hosting a band on the same night and there was no cover.

“Some folks were turning away at the $5 cover charge,” said Hamlett, “so, by midnight

“We’ve had a great amount of success in the past for Buffapolooza, and I can only hope to continue that. I can’t thank the concert coordinating team and everyone at WGUR enough for all their help and hard work they’ve been putting into this event. ” Courtney Hamlett, program manager of WGUR and organizer of Buffapalooza

out of the three are new to Jazz Band,” Towner said. “I’ve been pleased with their cohesiveness considering their age.”

There were also two vocalists who perThe Georgia College Jazz Band premiered its fall concert, Swing, on Thursday, formed. Chassity Nobles lent her vocals Nov. 3, in Russell Auditorium, which was during “Blue Skies” and Erlencia Mumfollowed by a second performance on Fri- phrey belted beautiful lyrics during “Orange Colored Sky.” day, Nov. 4.

This was Towner’s first year directing In the past, the fall concert was performed for only one night, which resulted in the GC Jazz Band, which put on an excela sold-out show. This time around “Swing” lent performance that was “high energy and was performed for two nights with hopes fun,” according to senior music composition major and lead tenor TJ Brown. that more people could attend.

Although this was Towner’s first year “Our goal was to take the listeners back to what the 30s and 40s were like,” Direc- directing the GC Jazz Band, he had years tor of Swing Cliff Towner said. “I think the of experience with jazz music. “I directed band played well. The soloists really shined. jazz music at my previous job and I had a My favorite part was watching the band’s jazz band for seven to eight years,” Towner instant creativity. No matter what you do in said.

Preparations for Swing began last sumrehearsal performances are always differmer. ent.”

“In the summer I chose the literature, I Swing opened with a Basie piece, “Until I Met You (Corner Pocket),” which imme- selected 14 to 15 tunes. Once school started I held auditions for the band,” Towner said. diately grabbed the audience’s attention.

The second half opened with “Sir Duke,” “The Jazz Band is a course. We meet twice a tune by Stevie Wonder that is written in a week for an hour and 15 minutes each class.” tribute to Duke Ellington.

The Jazz Band had its first full rehearsal “I really like contrast or connections,” Towner said. “We’ll do an up-tempo tune on Aug. 23.

“I think we sounded really good, and full and then a ballad.”

The Jazz Band is made up of saxophone, and jazzy. It’s like any concert. You go to trombone and trumpet players, as well as listen and have a good time,” said senior a rhythm section which includes bass, trap biology major and trumpet player Tyler Pederson. “I like seeing the reactions of the and piano.

“I have a really young rhythm section, audience. I like to see them smile and have two sophomores and one freshman. Two a good time. Without an audience we’d just be playing like we do in class. After putting in months of hard work it’s good to have feedback.”

The audience gave great feedback with two standing ovations and continuous applause throughout the concert. Erica Buchhammer, a junior music therapy major and audience member, says she really enjoyed the performance and the songs that they Jazz Band played.

“I like to listen to music, especially live.

It’s much better when you listen to it live,” Buchhammer said. “It’s nice to hear a different genre. I listen to classical all the time, as a violinist. I thought the concert was entertaining, it had such a swinging feel.”

The energy and tunes from Swing created a time warp for the audience.

“It’s a way to experience American history through music,” Brown said.

Katie Levan / Staff Photographer The Jazz Band’s next performance and Chassity Nobles belting out “Blue Skies” at this years Jazz Band concert with lead tenor saxo- spring concert will be held March 1 and 2 phone, TJ Brown. in Russell Auditorium.

Poetry Slam

Continued from page 11 rectly to them. She challenges stereotypes and difficult topics with moving poetry and humor.”

Gibson is the winner if the 2008 Women’s World Poetry Slam and her first book, “Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns,” won the DIY Poetry Book of the Year. Gibson’s messages, dealing with diversity and tolerance, are ones that are often forgotten.

With a campus of students from every walk

3-D Art

Continued from page 12 art major,” Collar said.

Kat Queary, freshman special education major, says she really enjoyed looking at the art.

“I think it’s great that the art students have their work on display. It’s nice to

Hamlet

Continued from page 11 Butterworth collectively take on the tragic role of Ophelia.

“We are each a different aspect of Ophelia’s personality,” Rachel Harwell, a sophomore theater major, said. “We’re all on stage together so you’ll just see different parts of us taking over in different scenes and we all have different lines that we say and different ways that we portray the lines.”

Berman’s adaptation of the play portrays the fractured personalities of all the

of life, diversity is something GC students encounter every day.

Tina Yarborough, an art history professor, says she thought Gibson and her performance was remarkable.

“She was incredibly versatile and had one of the most beautiful voices as well as a phenomenal stage presence that I have had the pleasure of seeing,” Yarborough said.

“The issues she covered were all very current and many that I also support. I thought she was challenging and humorous, all in all a terrific poet/artist/performer.”

see the hard work that they have accomplished,” Queary said.

There is no implication that student work from Wagner’s class will be a yearly installment, though Wagner expressed that she would love for it to be.

“I would love to have my student’s sculptures be displayed there every year; but I haven’t made a proposal for next year though, so we’ll see.”

characters that make up the story of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

The actors immerse themselves in the portrayal of their characters, and the in-theround stage setup adds for a more intimate experience between the audience members and the action taking part on the stage.

The play continues this Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Wednesday, Check out Nov. 16. General GCSUnade com admission is $14; for a photo senior citizens, GC slideshow of faculty and staff is Hamlet $10, and students are $5.

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November 11, 2011 • Editor, Anna Morris

The dog daze

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The lowdown on owning a dog in college Lindsay Shoemake Columnist When trudging through the dog days of the semester, sometimes a friendly, steadfast companion is just what a college student needs to get through the rough times.

It seems as though a pet epidemic has spread through GC, with puppies – young and old alike – frolicking across Front Campus while their owners are constantly bombarded with “oohs” and “ahhs” of adoration.

Although owning a dog in college is exciting and fun, a lot of time management, dedication and love goes into properly caring for pets during this busy time in our lives.

Sophomore Katie Boggs already owns one dog, but recently made the decision to foster a new furry friend, Nala, for two weeks, providing her with ample love and care.

“It’s been hard having two dogs,” Boggs said. “Nala isn’t potty trained, but besides that she isn’t difficult. The experience is rewarding.”

Fostering pets has become popular with college students who lead busy

lives and are on tight budgets, but still want to lend a helping hand to an animal in need.

Milledgeville’s Animal Rescue Foundation sponsors special adoption days and campus events to find suitable homes for dogs and to inform students about adequate pet care.

Freshmen Caitlyn Heil and Caity McGinty are also new “parents” of puppies Cooper and Beans.

“I’m only fostering Beans for a week,” McGinty said. “It’s definitely rewarding and fun having a pet, but also distracting.”

Caring for a new pet brings on several responsibilities at once, and puppies require constant attention.

“Caring for a young puppy isn’t easy,” Heil said. “They’re like little babies.”

When the puppies leave their temporary collegiate foster parents, they will venture to other foster families until they find permanent homes.

Before you make the decision to own any pet in college, make sure to weigh all of the pros and cons. The experience is undoubtedly rewarding and full of love, but a huge responsibility.

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1 large potato 1 tablespoon of butter 2 slices of bacon 3 tablespoons of sour cream

Take the potato and use a fork to poke holes in it.

Place it in the microwave and cook for five minutes on one side then flip it over and cook for another five minutes. Once the potato is soft, cut down the length of the potato and scoop out the inside while leaving the skin intact; the skin will be used as a bowl later. While the potato is cooling slightly, cook the microwaveable bacon according to the directions on the package. Mix the potato’s insides with the butter, cheddar cheese, sour cream, salt and pepper. Stuff the mixture back into the potato skin, and cook until the cheese is slightly melted, and the potato is warm.

Sprinkle with bacon and enjoy.

Calorie Count: · large potato= 278 calories · 1 tbsp of butter= 67 calories · ¼ cup of cheddar cheese= 110 calories · 2 slices of bacon= 80 calories · 3 tbsp of sour cream= 150 calories · Total calories count=685

Even though this treat is a bit of a splurge, it’s okay to spoil yourself once and awhile. This hearty meal is so simple and easy on the wallet, what’s not to love?

Listen up: J. Cole Kevin Hall Reviewer Rap and hip-hop music has been going through a transition throughout the last few years. The game has turned into being more about raw talent and being able to relate to songs. It is becoming less and less about how much of a gangster you are, where you’re from or having a cheesy dance to go along with your song (sorry Soulja Boy). J. Cole is the perfect example of this transition of the change rap and hip-hop music is going through.

He was born in Germany and moved to Fayetteville, N.C., when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in 2003 and received an academic scholarship to St. John’s University and graduated magna cum laude.

That doesn’t read like your typical biography for most artists throughout the genre, but J. Cole is blowing up stereotypes with the recent release of his first full-length studio album “Cole World: The Sideline Story.” With tracks featuring established artists like Jay-Z, Drake, Missy Elliot and Trey Songz, “Cole World” opened up number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 on its release date, Sept. 27.

The album brings a variety of sounds to listeners including tracks with deeper meanings as well as tracks about finally making it in the game and just oozing straight swag.

Call me superficial, but my favorite track on the album is “Mr. Nice Watch” featuring Jay-Z. This is the swag track I was talking about. J. Cole kills it on this one, and of course almost everything Jay-Z touches is gold.

Another amazing track is one of the deeper ones on the album and is titled “Lost Ones.” The track tackles the issue of young couples dealing with the choice of getting an abortion. The first verse comes from the point of view of the man

J. Cole “Cole World: The Sideline Story” Rating: 7 out of 10

in the situation, then he switches over to the side of the woman and finally, in the final verse, he comes at it from a third-person point of view.

That being said, the album could have been better, and I can’t help but compare him to some of his contemporaries. His track with Drake titled “In the Morning” is about having sex with someone you’re spending the night with, a significant other maybe, and those kinds of tracks are just dumb to me. The hook itself has no substance at all: “Can I hit it in the Morning?” Repeat that three more times and you have your hook.

Besides that song, a couple of others are just all right, and to me he doesn’t lyrically stand up to some of the word play emitted by other artists such as Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller and more established artists like Kanye West and Jay-Z. I think J. Cole has a bright future in hip-hop nonetheless and should keep on the grind and he’ll be fine.

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November 11, 2011 • Editor, Sam Hunt

The Side Line

First round loss offers future hope Soccer ends its fall season with a 0-1 fall to Armstrong Atlantic in PBC Tournament Kate Ramsey Staff Writer The women’s soccer team’s fall season came to a close on Tuesday, Nov. 1, with their 1-0 loss against Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga. The game eliminated them from the first round of the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Tournament.

Both teams played excellent defense during this opening game of the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Tournament and at the end of the first half, the game remained scoreless.

At the beginning of the second half, both teams’ defense continued to prevent any scoring. The 0-0 tie was broken when 16:19 remained in the second half, Kristina Pascutti, the leading scorer for the Pirates, placed the ball into the back of the Bobcats’ net on a breakaway opportunity to give Armstrong Atlantic a 1-0 lead.

Although the Bobcats fought to tie the score, they were unable to score on the Pirates’ defense and Armstrong Atlantic took the first round PBC Tournament victory.

On Oct. 26, the Bobcats team played a victorious game against the University of South Carolina Aiken, where they shut out the Pacers 6-0.

“Going into the game we all Kate Ramsey / Staff Photographer just knew that we needed to win, Freshman Ashley Veilleux (left) led the team by two goals against USC Aiken in the final game on so we had a good warm-up, did our Oct. 26. She tied Jamie Colcord for second in assists with three for the season. jobs and won the game,” freshman

midfielder Ashley Veilleux said.

“We knew they were a very physical team.”

This game marked Veilleux’s favorite game during the 19 game season of 2011.

The first goal of the Senior Night game was made by sophomore midfielder/forward Brittaney Borror just eight minutes after the game began.

Borror redirected a cross that came from junior defender Jamie Colcord and gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead. This was Borror’s second goal of the season.

Ten minutes after the first goal was scored, the next came when freshman midfielder Ashley Veilleux took a cross from freshman forward Abby Dalton and scored the first of her two goals, giving the Bobcats a 2-0 lead.

The third and final goal of the first half was scored when 36:56 had passed. Senior forward Erica Padula scored on an individual effort and gave GC a 3-0 lead going into halftime.

The Bobcats continued to play aggressively as the second half began. At 17:14 in the second half, Dalton scored her second goal with an assist from Colcord for a 4-0 lead.

Eight minutes later, GC secured a five-goal cushion over USC Aiken when senior midfielder Karen

Canning tobacco in baseball Taylor Lamb Sports Columnist

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Cross country clutches two school records Women’s cross country’s Allison Lones’ 11th place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional’s names her All-Region performer Lindsay Shoemake Staff Writer Women’s cross country wrapped up its season with a strong finish at both the Peach Belt Conference Championships on Oct. 22 and the NCAA Southeast Regionals on Nov. 5.

The Bobcats led GC to a seventh place finish with 147 points at the PBC Championships at USC Aiken, where sophomore Allison Lones earned the prestigious All-PBC Second Team honors for her 11th place overall finish of the 6k course.

“When we start training in the summer, the PBC Championships are what we’re training for,” Lones said. “It felt really good to lead the Bobcats at the race that matters, but the pressure was definitely on.”

Lones completed the course in only 24:19, garnering first place for the Bobcats.

Senior Victoria Dobson placed 29th with a time of 25:26, while sophomore Ashton Passino and senior Karissa Ekstrom placed 33rd and 34th, respectively.

Freshman newcomer Rebecca Shane, finished 40th in her first PBC Championships race in 26:14.

On Nov. 5, the Bobcats ventured to the last race of the season, the NCAA Southeast Regionals meet held at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, N.C. Prior to the race, Lones reflected on the team’s training for the meet.

“A lot of preparation has gone into this race,” Lones said. “I would like to finish in the top 10 and have everyone pleased with their times. I don’t want any of the girls to have regrets when it comes to the last race of the season.”

Out of the 26 teams that competed, the Bobcats placed 13th with 346 points at the Southeast Regionals.

Out of all of the teams that competed from the Peach Belt Conference, GC finished sixth out of the nine PBC teams.

With her 23:08 finish on the 6k course, Lones surpassed her previous school record of 24:00 while simultaneously becoming the first All-Region performer ever for GC women’s cross country.

Seniors Ekstrom and Dobson both placed strongly in their final race as Bobcats, with Ekstrom placing 73rd with a time of 24:21 and Dobson placing close behind in 80th with a time of 24:26.

Rounding out the Bobcats’ finishers were freshman Rebecca Shane, placing 89th with a time of 24:43, and sophomore Madeline McCane, completing the race in 24:51 and placing 94th.

Although the Bobcats’ 2011 campaign has come to a successful end, the team continues to thrive on the ac-

The Short Stop

Senior Tyler Mattix named Athlete of the Week for his All-Region achievement in final meet of season Brennan Meagher Contributing Writer

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Sophomore Allison Lones led the women’s cross country team to seventh place, individually taking 11th place in the 6k, making her the All-Region runner in GC history.

complishments and morale gained throughout the season.

“I’ve really enjoyed the season,” Lones said. “The girls on the team are awesome – it’s more than being together and pushing each other at practice. We are always there for each other.”

As the women’s cross country team bids goodbye to seniors Emily Cary, Ekstrom and Dobson, the remainder of the team is already motivated and hopeful for the 2012 season.

“My goal is to get better every year,” Lones said.

“Our team has freshmen who will come back a lot stronger next year. You can tell that they definitely want it.”

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On Nov. 5, the men’s cross country team closed out its season with the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in North Carolina. The Bobcats placed 14th in the meet and finished seventh out of nine participating Peach Belt Conference teams.

Coming in first for GC and taking home the All-Region title was senior Tyler Mattix .

This was the first time a GC runner has earned this title. Mattix finished 17th overall and fourth among the PBC runners in the race.

“I was happy with the race. I could not have asked for a better race to go out with,” Mattix said.

Additionally, Mattix also set the school’s record time, running a 10k course in 32:41.

“I am extremely happy with Tyler Mattix because I do not believe that this has happened before,” Head Coach Joe Samprone said. “It was like frosting on the cake to have someone win All-Region.”

Coming in behind Mattix and finishing second for the Bobcats was senior Dan Horseman, who placed 62nd at the event with a time of 33:47. This was the fourthbest time in GC history.

“The team did really well. No one had a bad race,” Horseman said. “This season, as a team, we overcame lots of obstacles, setbacks and injuries. For a while it was questionable if the team would be solid, but everyone stepped up the last few races and it was a success.”

Crossing the finish line third for GC and taking a 78th place finish in the race was senior Rob Manning. Manning com

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Quote of the Week “This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more. My goals now are to keep my commitments to my players and staff and finish the season with dignity and determination. And then I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this university.”

-Penn State’s Joe Paterno said on university’s sexual assault case.

A group of U.S. senators want to ban tobacco in Major League Baseball and while their focus should probably be on improving our nation, it is time for one of America’s favorite pastimes to lose one of its oldest traditions.

Baseball’s current collective bargaining agreement expires in December; the senators want the players to reach a decision with MLB commissioner Bud Selig who endorsed the ban in March, to ban smokeless tobacco from the game. College baseball started early when they banned tobacco use during championship events in 1990.

But, due to 12 years of not enforcing the rule, the NCAA finally adopted a “zerotolerance” policy in 2002 and umpires are supposed to eject any player or coach using or possessing the substance while on any NCAA facility.

This means that the imprinted circle in a players back pocket is enough for them to be removed.

The minor leagues took care of this the smart way and decided that they would assess money from any personnel in the system using tobacco within any facet of the league. Minor leaguers, coaches and umpires can be fined $1000 for using tobacco and are subject to random locker room searches during anytime of the season and at other ballparks, not just their own. There is one major loop hole in the minor league system, usually found in Triple-A and Double-A. Major leaguers drop down to the minors for various reasons; mostly injury rehabilitation or to get out of a slump.

These professionals aren’t in the farm leagues long, but while they are wearing the same uniforms as these young players and being cheered for by the same crowds that are dedicated to the minor league team, they should have to act under all the same rules as the minor leaguers. Professionals who drop to the minors can possess tobacco and are above the authority of the minor league rules. From college to the minors to the pros, these players are all men.

Often there are players who get called up to the pros that are younger than some of the guys stuck in the minors.

You’re going to tell one man what they can do while on the job, but let another man in the same profession do the exact thing that you’re denying the other? This is a ridiculous rule. Professional baseball players, along with other pros get paid way too much to play a sport. It should be an easy solution to clear up these issues. The players need to agree with Selig and ban tobacco during games. Chew it on the plane, at home or in the car. But when their on screen in front of millions of fans (lots of children) surely they can break from the disgusting habit so that maybe our nation’s children won’t perceive such harmful filth as the norm.

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The number of criminal accounts that Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky has been charged with on serial sex abuse of minors.

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Exhibition games train fresh teams Women’s basketball’s young team of nine freshmen learns from a pair of road losses against Auburn, Mercer Morgan Wilson Staff Writer The women’s basketball team began its season on the road with an exhibition game Sunday, Oct. 30, at Auburn University and suffered a tough 85-25 loss.

The team is taking on the chalWomen’s Basketball lenge of playing with a largely new GC 25 team, with 11 new AU players, and cur85 rently has only GC 43 one senior for the MU 73 2011-12 season.

“They continue to make strides of improvement every day,” Head Coach Maurice Smith said. “Hopefully, all these little strides add up in the end.”

Auburn had a strong defensive game which crippled the Bobcats’ ability to score. With very little access to the net, free throws were their only chance of scoring in the first half of the game. The girls trailed 43-6 at halftime, which added more pressure to the already jittery team.

They managed to score more points in the second half once they got warmed up, but it wasn’t enough to take the lead and Auburn took the win with the final score at 85-25.

Freshman guard Shanteona Keys led the team in points, scoring a total of eight points followed by senior guard Myeshia Simms with six points. Simms also had four steals and an assist in the Auburn game.

“Some people are still learning,” Simms said. “It will get better.”

Sophomore forward Krysta Lewis led in rebounds, grabbing seven, while freshman forward

Jasmine Williams had six rebounds.

The Bobcats next exhibition game was Thursday, Nov. 3, in Macon at Mercer University. The Bobcats lost 73-43, but it was an improvement from their first game.

Georgia College started strong when the team secured an 8-0 lead less than four minutes into the game, but Mercer quickly stepped up its game.

Going into the second half, GC was close to tying the game, trailing by only three points, but Mercer continued to play aggressively.

Although the Bobcats showed much improvement in the second half, they were unable to even the score and Mercer took the win with the final score at 73-43.

Keys was the team’s leading scorer for the second time in a row with a total of 13 points during the game. She was followed by freshman forward Belinda Schaafsma with eight points.

“I had glimmers of hope,” Keys said. “We definitely played better during the first half. The team is still a work in progress.”

Simms led in rebounds, snatching up nine of them against Mercer. She also had seven assists during the game.

The Bobcats will be in action again on Friday, Nov. 11, where they will have their first home game of the season, facing Anderson University.

“They are a talented bunch, but talent won’t get you wins,” Smith said. “They need to learn how to play off of each other’s strengths and weaknesses. They are still coming together as a team.”

Men open season with a final minute loss against Mercer Julia Richardson Staff Writer The men’s basketball team kicked off its season on Thursday, Nov. 3, with an exhibition game facing Mercer University.

The team was unable to hold on to victory as Mercer came back in the final three seconds of the game to win with a final score of 58-57.

The Bobcats played a close game against Mercer and they plan on training hard to get ready for their first official game against Lee University in Newberry, S.C., on Nov. 11.

“I felt good about the effort the team put forward,” Head Coach Terry Sellers said. “I didn’t see anything we can’t correct and work on for future games.”

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats were behind two points with the score at 32-30. The score was close throughout the game.

“The defensive effort was really good,” Sellers said. “The team hustled and played well enough to keep us in the game.”

Sellers is in his 19th season coaching for GC and is looking forward to a great season.

“Right now we are going to focus on offense for the game against Lee,” Sellers said. “We need to shoot with more confidence and believe when we take a shot it is going in the basket.”

Senior forward Ryan Aquino is in his fourth season playing for GC. He finished the game with eight boards, three steals and a total of 14 points for the Bobcats.

“We will practice every day for the rest of the week to be ready for Lee,” Aquino said. “Once the season gets started, we will practice six days a week.”

Junior guard Tarrence Chatman is in his first season playing for GC. “I love to play ball and be with

The

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Senior Ryan Aquino (No. 21) learned from Bobcat Madness on Oct. 20. Against Mercer on Nov. 3 he grabbed eight boards, scored 14 points and earned three steals.

my team,” Chatman said. “It doesn’t matter who we play, we just love the game.”

Chatman also scored 14 points for the Bobcats as as well as recovered three rebounds and made three assists, Chatman tyed with Aquino as the highest team scorer.

“When I come in to practice it feels

good to be there,” Chatman said. “The whole basketball atmosphere at GC is a good place to be.”

GC recruits new players every year to replace the graduating seniors and

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Wakeboarding surfaces 12th nationally

Newest club team earns its national ranking at a Lake Lanier competition against FSU and UGA Gabbrielle Carrier Staff Writer In addition to the numerous clubs and sports available to students who are interested in athletics, Georgia College now has a wakeboarding team.

The GC wakeboarding team is also currently ranked 12th in the nation, a spot they secured earlier this summer at a competition at Lake Lanier against some big-name schools such as Florida State University and the University of Georgia.

Sophomore economics and management major and President of the wakeboarding team Robby Campbell explained that the team began 10 years ago.

After coming and going over the years, it is now back with a full schedule under Campbell’s leadership.

Campbell states that there are 10 active members on the co-ed team that actually go to competitions and compete.

The team will participate in a tournament this upcoming weekend of Nov. 11-13 in Tampa, Fla. “I am feeling very confident heading into this weekend. I am really excited to see how well our riders do. We have been working hard and getting our tricks down,” Campbell said.

The team’s practice time is very limited because the school cannot afford a boat.

They rely on friends and members with boats to offer them rides for ex-

tra practice, often on Lake Sinclair.

“Due to our school size, the wakeboarding team is relatively small compared to larger schools,” Campbell said. “It is definitely a weakness considering we are going against schools like FSU who have around 90 kids at every event. What we have that other teams don’t have are riders who love the sport. We are a part of this team because we love riding and pushing ourselves.”

Through a lot of practice, many members of the team have perfected difficult tricks such as tantrums (when a rider back flips over the wake) and raleys (when a wakeboarder is in the air and extends his body, swinging his board behind him, sometimes taking the board over his head), which are major crowd favorites.

Junior marketing major Brand Driver, the expected most valuable player going into the weekend has a lot of tricks up his sleeve for this weekend’s tournament including many difficult moves that he has been known to make look effortless.

“We are looking forward to having him out there this weekend he will be a big point earner,” Campbell said.

Another important rider this weekend is junior exercise science major Paige Carver.

She is a new addition to the team and will be the first female rider to compete for the club this year for the women’s competition.

The team has been known to do anything to get some practice time in, even in the most unconventional

ways.

In one instance of their creative practice methods, Campbell described an occasion where the team moved a picnic bench out into the water and set it into the lake.

The top of the bench protruded out of the water and the team used it as as a grinding obstacle. They “just grinded a picnic bench all day just to get some kind of practice,” Campbell said.

The team hopes to move up to a spot in the nation’s top 10. It is also looking forward to competing in nationals in Las Vegas next semester.

If you are interested in joining the team visit the GCSU Wakeboarding and Ski Club Facebook page or message Robby Campbell.

Ultimate frisbee club bids high in Volleyball team takes fifth in first fall tourney in Boone, NC playoffs at USC Sam Hunt Senior Reporter

After snagging a seventh place finish in the Ultimate Division III College Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. over the summer, the Georgia College ultimate club team, Disconnected, competed in its first tournament of the Fall semester.

Disconnected competes through an organization called USA Ultimate, which is the sole sanctioning body of ultimate in the university system, and even though the ultimate season does not officially start until January 2012, USA Ultimate hosts unsanctioned tournaments throughout the Fall semester.

“They have tournaments that are sanctioned, which means they go on your national record, and they have unsanctioned tournaments,” said Sean Morris, senior business management major and president of Disconnected. “We use the unsanctioned tournaments to get good practice and they’re a really good learning experience for the new guys. All the tournaments in the fall are unsanctioned and are warm-up tournaments getting the teams ready for the spring.”

From Nov. 5 to 6, Disconnected was on the road in Boone, N.C., at Appalachian State University to compete in the unsanctioned Blue Ridge Blow-Out tournament and made it all the way to the semifinals and finished the tournament tied for third place.

“We had some people that were rookies last year that really stepped up and filled the shoes of some of the veterans that left last year,” Morris said. “We also had our veteran players making the right decisions.”

On day one of the tournament, Disconnected got off to a solid start in its first game against Charleston Southern University. The team came out fast and was able to secure a 5-0 lead over Charleston Southern.

GC managed to stay in control of the game while maintaining a large lead and defeated Charleston Southern with the final score of 13-4.

In its second game of the tournament, Disconnected suffered a tough defeat against the team We Are Nice Guys.

One of the factors that made We Are Nice Guys such a difficult opponent for GC is that the team was not a college team but a team completely made up of alumni, which gave them the advantage of having much older and experienced players that had been playing together for a longer period of time.

Although Disconnected fought hard against the alumni team, GC was nearly shut out by We Are Nice Guys with the final game score of 13-1.

“They were basically sort of like a pro team for ultimate, where players can go to continue playing ultimate after college,” Morris said. “They were a nationally ranked team.”

In its third game of day one, Disconnected faced Duke University and were able to secure a 13-7 win.

The team continued to play aggressively in its fourth and final game of day one against Eastern Tennessee State University. Disconnected dominated over ETSU and finished with a 13-7 victory.

When day two of the tournament began, GC showed that it had not lost its focus taking on its first opponent of the day, Elon University. Disconnected stayed in control throughout the entire game and nearly shut out its opponent, earning a 15-2 win over Elon.

Disconnected’s second game of day two was against the

host of the tournament, Appalachian State University. The team fought hard and defeated the tournament host 15-7, advancing to the semifinals.

In the semifinals round, Disconnected faced another team composed entirely of alumni, Not Those Guys. Although GC fought hard against the alumni team, it was defeated 15-9. This loss eliminated Disconnected from the semifinals and tied it for third place overall in the Blue Ridge Blow-Out. “I’m definitely satisfied with our results. We beat every college team we went up against, we only lost to veteran club teams,” Morris said. “Getting to play teams that were as good as the ones we lost to was good. We got to see what the best players do to get wins.”

Morris also feels that the tournament helped make Disconnected and GC better known.

“It inspired us for the season and the tournament allowed us to show people who Georgia College is. When we came into the tournament we were placed 17th out of 20 and we ended up tying for third, so it really shows how good we’re spreading the school name,” Morris said. “We’re hosting a tournament in the spring. We want to let other teams know we’re a high level of competitiveness and we want to play teams of the same caliber.”

Disconnected will continue to train and prepare for the ultimate season beginning in January.

“I think it was made very clear that there’s always improvements that can be made. We’re going to stat running a lot more,” Morris said. “We only had 14 players so we have to have everyone in good shape and use ourselves smartly. And we need to practice our decision-making. Those are probably the two things we’ll work on the most.”

At a Glance: Blue Ridge Blow-Out Nov. 5:

Score:

Disconnected vs. Charleston Southern 13 - 4 University Disconnected vs. We Are Nice Guys (alumni team)

1 - 13

Disconnected vs. Duke University

13 - 7

Disconnected vs. Eastern Tennessee State University

13 - 7

Nov. 6:

Score:

Disconnected vs. Elon University

15 - 2

Disconnected vs. Appalachian State

15 - 7

Disconnected vs. Not Those Guys (alumni team)

9 - 15

Caitlin Mullaney Staff Writer On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Georgia College club volleyball team competed in a tournament at the University of South Carolina and tied for fifth place out of the 13 teams attending.

In the original pool play, the team played three schools and advanced to round two of the playoff brackets.

GC played its first match against the University of Georgia, losing 13-25 in the first game and 17-25 in the second.

In its second match, GC played USC’s B team and lost it first game 21-25. In game two, GC was defeated 17-25.

The team played the College of Charleston’s A team in the third match and in game one they lost 14-25 and in game two, Charleston defeated GC 25-27.

“The first playoff match we won against University of South Carolina’s B team winning game one 25-15 and game “I’m happy they two 25-19,” assistant coach junior Kyle Kirchof said. took a leap and moved us to round two went out-of-state “This of the playoff against UGA for the first time again. We lost to them again game one 15-25 and game since I starting two 16-25.” coaching them.”

This was the team’s second tournament of the year, and with the ability to pracStephen Price, tice only two times a week, tournament gave them head volleyball this another opportunity to gain coach insight on what they need to be working on.

“I feel our weakness in this last tournament was letting the other teams intimidate us. I think the girls could have had more energy when they played,” Head Coach Stephen Price said.

“But overall I’m happy that they took a leap and went out-ofstate for the first time since I started coaching them.”

The team went to USC with 11 out of the 15 players on their roster led by the leadership council consisting of Club Volleyball President Callan Bennett, Vice President Lauren Lee, and Treasurer Lindsay Kate Hines.

In addition to the strength of having so many players present, it also took the players’ strengths to grab their fifth-place finish.

“I feel that our serving was a strong point in this tournament and the fact that there wasn’t any one player that stood out, but I think everyone had their great moments at some point during the day,” Bennett said.

The next tournament the team is competing in is on Nov. 12 at Emory University. Hines has used the performance in this past tournament to prepare and set goals for this next tournament.

“For the next tournament we just really need to focus on playing point for point, because we tend to get too wrapped up on the previous point or something that happened,” Hines said.

“We need to play like every point is a mini game so that we focus on it and then move on to the next game.”

November 11, 2011

The Colonnade

SwimCats stroke to fifth place in final fall meet Brennan Meagher Contributing Writer On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Georgia College SwimCats were on the road at Florida State University to compete with other area schools in their last meet of the 2011 season.

The SwimCats placed third overall in the competition, with the men placing third and the women fourth.

There were four other teams present at this competition: University of Central Florida, Florida State University, University of Georgia and University of Southern Florida.

All the teams that competed were representing their schools strictly as club teams.

Stephen Hogan, junior business marketing major and vice president of the SwimCats, was pleased with the results of this weekend’s competition.

“As a team we placed third, which was pretty good because the two top teams had 100-plus people, and we only brought 20,” Hogan said.

This weekend Hogan swam the 50 yard

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“We all meshed as a team, and we were all really excited to play.

We have traditions every year, and since this was our Senior Night game, the underclassmen decorated the locker room,” senior defender Tawny Moffat said. “Two out of the four seniors got to score during this game, and it really made us proud.”

Moffat acknowledged her feelings about ending the season, being her last at GC, as bittersweet. She

freestyle, 50 yard butterfly, 50 yard backstroke, 100 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle as individual events. He also swam the 200 yard medley relay, and the 200 yard free relay. Hogan placed fifth on the 50 yard butterfly.

Ansley Campbell, senior psychology major and president of the SwimCats, was pleased with her personal performance at the competition.

“I swam the 100 individual medley, 100 free, 50 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay,” Campbell said. “I did pretty well this weekend. I met all of my usual times.”

Junior early childhood education major and secretary of the SwimCats, Katie Breitenbach also swam the 100 individual medley, 100 free, 50 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

Many of the SwimCats placed top 10 within their events. Some of the men that placed in the top 10 include: freshman Anton Shkuratov, junior Colin Phillips and freshman Bryan Youngblood. Junior Anne Kennedy, freshman Jillian Lisiakowski and freshman Kara Demkowski all placed in the top 10 for the women of the SwimCats.

is excited about starting a new life, but sad to leave her love of soccer behind.

The USC Aiken Senior Night game marked the last home game of the season, but then the Bobcats were off to battle for a place in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament on Oct. 29, against Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla. This game, however, did not prove to be as successful as the previous game. The Bobcats suffered a tough defeat against Flagler with the final score a 5-0.

“This season, each player gave their all and contributed, and the experience will surely roll over into next season,” Clark said. “We can all expect to see things fall nicely into place. There’s always a tough schedule, but I’m confident that they will do well.”

“All of these individuals did excellent at this past meet. We have a really strong team this year, and well rounded,” Hogan said.

This meet marked the end of the SwimCats season for the semester. The team will practice until Thanksgiving and then resume practices in January.

“Some of these swimmers broke their own best times or our team’s best times,” Campbell said.

Hogan believes that the team has a bright future ahead of it.

“This team has a lot of talent,” Hogan said. “There were many records broken this semester, and there are many more to be broken with this team. This was our last meet of this semester, but we will keep training to prepare for next semester’s meets, including a meet at the new Wellness Center that we will try to get students to come out and cheer us on.”

Campbell encourages anyone interested in joining the team or swimming to contact her. For more information consult the SwimCats Facebook page, “SwimCats SwimClub.

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Manning’s classmate, senior Colin Conroy finished next in 87th place with a time of 34:37.

Coming in behind Conroy was sophomore Philip Laskey, taking 103rd place with a time of 35:12. Laskey.

“Everyone ran well, and overall I was very pleased,” Samprone said.

Two weeks ago the team also competed in the Peach Belt Conference Championships.

They finished fifth overall in the meet. Mattix and Horseman earned All-PBC Second Team Honors.

Mattix finished the course in 27:08 and placed ninth overall, while Horseman placed 14th overall with a time of 27:25. GC has not had two All-PBC runners since 2007.

Conroy finished the race 21st with a time of 27:47. Manning placed 30th with a time of 28:25.

Laskey ran the 8k course in 28:42, which put him in 33rd place.

Now that the 2011 season is over, the team has started concentrating on next season. Samprone plans to begin recruiting runners because the team will be losing five graduates.

Tyler Mattix will not graduate until next December, but will not be running next season.

“As of right now I need to give my legs a break, but it is tough not to go out and run,” Mattix said. Running is therapeutic, and next year I guess I’m going to see what a semester without running is like.”

“We had a great year with a lot of seniors, but now we’re having to pay for that because they’re all graduating,” Samprone said.

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fill the team’s needs.

“We have to be very selective with who we take,” Sellers said. “We select high character guys with potential to be successful in both academics and student athletics.”

The exhibition against Mercer was a Coaches vs.

Cancer game and the proceeds went to Relay For Life. The NCAA participates in Coaches vs. Cancer and every year this scrimmage is dedicated to the effort.

“This is our second year scrimmaging Coaches for Cancer with Mercer,” Sellers said. “Hopefully we were able to donate a good amount.”

Before their next game against Lee University, the team will sit down and discuss the Mercer game and together create goals.

“Our goal every year is to have the team reach their full potential,” Sellers said. “I love seeing the players come together at practice and have it carry on to the games.”

Kendyl Wade / Senior Photographer Senior Travis Knight (left) and sophomore Tucker Forbes helped the Bobcats reach 14th place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships on Nov. 5 in North Carolina.