Features
Issue 16
October 3, 2018 Page 7
KHS club’s spotlight of the week: Becki Hogsten
By SHELBY HUNGER Staff Writer
For the month of October the Kinesiology and Health Science club will be sponsoring Exercise is Medicine Month. Each week in October either one student, faculty,or staff member will be spotlighted for how exercise has a positive impact on their life. To kick off Exercise is Medicine month the woman we are featuring this week is an inspiration to us all, and she proves that it’s never too late to exercise. Becki Hogsten is a Physician Assistant at the Student Health Center on campus. She has been a PA for 23 years and
has been at Georgetown College for 16 years. Becki likes to walk and run for her daily exercise routine. She started off doing a half mile which seemed very difficult when she first started, but slowly started increasing her distance and speed. Becki started working out after the loss of her brother Danny. Danny fought long and hard, but lost his battle with lung cancer at the young age of 58 last May. Becki has three other siblings who share five different types of cancer between them and she said, “There isn’t anything you can do about your genetics,
but you can change what you eat, how you move and your sleep and stress habits.” Becki promised her brother before he passed that she would get healthier and take better care of herself. With her biggest motivation being her brother Danny, she set off on a year of walking/running with the determination to run a race each month. She joked, “Now what you need to know is that I have never walked/ran anywhere, except maybe to the refrigerator!” She didn’t let that discourage her. Over the course of the past year, she has ran five 5k’s, a 10k, a 7 mile
race and a half marathon at Disney World. She said, “And I lived!” Everyone who knows her thought she was crazy and thought that she never would or could. She proved to both them and herself that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and that nothing is impossible when you combine grit + guts = glory!” She did it not only for her brother, but for herself and she documented it all on social media #forDanny. After the races she was sore, strained, had back pain and even lost a toenail, but she persevered! Although, it was very hard for her and
she wanted to quit a thousand times, she gained so much more from it. She lost 18 pounds and felt better both physically and mentally, but most importantly, she was proud of herself. Her greatest achievement was when she crossed the finish line at the 13.1 mile half marathon race at Disney. Nothing meant more to her and made everything worthwhile than to see her husband and children cheering her on as she crossed the finish line and knowing that her brother Danny was looking down on her from heaven with a big
nity in the dorms is not vibrant because of it. Alex Courtney saw this happening and wanted to change the community life in the dorm rooms. That is why a new program has been put in place for Resident Assistants and Residents Directors on campus to help with just that. In Allen, Collier and Anderson there will be Resident Assistants and Resident Directors in attendance at the entrance of the building Monday through Thursday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. They will be there to greet people
as the walk in and out of the building, listen to students, play games with students and help with any problems they may have. The Resident Assistants and Resident Directors are very excited to see if this program will help the community feel in the freshman dorms. When asked her opinion on the new program, Resident Assistant in the Kappa Delta Sorority house, Sophie Hughes said, “I think it will be a great way for reslife to be more interactive with the students. I know for me being an RA in KD, I
don’t get the opportunity to meet many girls living in the freshman dorms. This will be a great way to build community and meet new faces!” With that being said, initiative needs action from both parties. Especially when it comes to community, it takes both parties to create an actual community. In this instance, the residents will have to take action in meeting their Resident Assistants and Resident Directors at the entrance of their building. The campus has some great leaders heading up
this project with the full intention of helping people feel included on campus. If you are a freshman on campus, use this resource. Do not be afraid to ask questions, start conversation when you are bored and generally join them in the lobbies! The more initiative that is taken by both parties, the more the whole community of Georgetown can grow. So freshmen, the ball is in your court. Go talk to your Resident Assistants and Directors Monday through Thursday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
ResLife implements new desk system By Mariah Addington Staff Writer
With the brand new month kicking off, ResLife is starting a new program to help grow community in the freshman dorms. In years past the freshman dorms of Allen, Collier and Anderson have been places where freshmen sleep and the campus itself is where they meet new people. Thus, making the people living right around them more strangers than neighbors. The lobbies, which are furnished for comfort, are not used as much as they should be and commu-
