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April 10, 2013 l Volume CXXXIII Issue 9
Giddings is a rockin’
New rocking chairs and benches add a welcoming touch. By CAITLIN KNOX Editor-in-Chief
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Students Steffen Krebs and Eric Mortberg enjoy the nice weather by rocking in Giddings’ new rocking chairs.
Six white rocking chairs now grace the porch of Giddings Hall. They have been there since the “Today’s Tigers” event on March 23. President William H. Crouch came up with this idea in hopes to add a “Southern hospitality” feel to campus. “I recently visited the University of Virginia. I noticed that the large colonial buildings that looked like Giddings Hall had rocking chairs. It made the buildings look friendly and inviting. So I
brought the idea home with me,” says “GC” carved in them have been placed Crouch via email. in various spots around campus. There The rocking chairs were picked up are new benches on the portico of Highat the local Cracker Barrel, and students baugh Hall, as well as outside the Rec. and faculty alike are encouraged to rock to their heart’s content. However, they will be put away after 5 p.m. on weekdays, and on weekends. This was mainly to prevent theft or vandalism. In addition The Georgetonian/DANIEL CANTU to the rocking Benches with the “GC” logo have been added in various chairs, new spots around campus, including Highbaugh Hall. benches with
Opshop breaks records By CAITLIN KNOX Editor-in-Chief Two nights. Fourteen scenes. One huge nale. This year’s Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop will be unforgettable– especially when the nale consists of green ogres, a gingerbread man and a dragon from the movie “Shrek.” The show will feature a range of scenes from well-known musicals and operas like “The Wedding Singer,” “West Side Story,” “Legally Blonde” and “Chicago.” It is a free Nexus event, showing only this Wednesday, April 10 and Thursday, April 11. Performers encourage students to attend both nights,
because the scenes will be completely different (except the nale). Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop, or Opshop for short, is a class taught by Dr. Hunnicutt, Music Department Chair. Every student gets a lead role in a scene from a musical or opera. This year she had a record breaking amount of students sign up for the class, which enabled her to do not the average eight scenes, but a whopping 14. The scenes chosen this year have a common theme of love and marriage– there are at least three wedding gowns that appear in the shows. Highlights include Zach White being thrown into a dumpster, Nathan Van Til with a wig that strangely resembles Classics profes-
sor Dr. Henkel and crowdsurng on stage–just to name a few. Even if you don’t have the chance to see both nights, performer Shakir Mackey insists that the nale is by far the best scene, The Georgetonian/KATI WILSON and a mustStella Hundley (left) is in costume for her role in “The Wedsee. “People ding Singer,” while Collin Smith (right) is on stage rehearsing are going to for her role as Esther in the classic “Meet me in St. Louis.” love it,” he says.
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Kappa Delta raises $13,000 BY MEGHAN ALESSI
was sold to the friends, family and Georgetown professors and staff from our very own Kappa Delta ladies in You may have noticed the sparkly an event called “Pinwheels for Preaddition to Giddings lawn last week, vention.” They also recently held their as there were hundreds of shiny blue annual Shamrock Event featuring pinwheels planted into the ground; 384 breakfast for dinner along with a silent pinwheels, to be exact. Each of these auction. Together these events brought in an astounding $13,000 for their philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America. According to their website, Prevent Child Abuse America’s mission is to “prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children” and this “includes all The Georgetonian/ KATI WILSON forms of abuse and neglect, The pinwheels were displayed on Giddings lawn. whether physiNews Editor
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(Left to right) Leslie Shoulders, Amanda Bennett and Maggie Wilson pose with pinwheels on Giddings.
cal, sexual, educational or emotional.” If you’re wondering how pinwheels got involved, the answer is simple. The pinwheel is meant to be a symbol of a healthy childhood and has now become the national symbol for the organization. If you missed out this year, try to make it to next year’s Shamrock Event and support a great cause!
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Thieves become problem on campus By RACHAEL YOUNG Staff Writer Students have been on high alert concerning their personal property on campus recently. Thinking twice about leaving phones, wallets or keys on the tables in the Caf, un-propping doors in residence halls and of course, keeping an eye on those personal items while working out in the Rec. This is due to the most recent email from Laura Wyly concerning thefts in the George Bush Rec Center. Several people have reported having personal belongings ranging from phones and wallets to Ipods and keys stolen from the bleachers in the gym and the shelves in the weight room. From the email we have gathered information on the appearance of both thieves. We are all advised to be on the lookout for a 20-something year old, approximately 5’8” Caucasian man missing teeth and a shorter, more stout Caucasian man wearing a red baseball cap. Some popular artist descriptions for these two mastermind criminals
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Bubba J is Suspect One.
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might include the following: Bubba J and Mario. Emily Eicher, a junior here at Georgetown was just one of the many victims that reported having her phone, wallet and keys all taken from the Rec last week. She warns fellow students to prevent further thefts saying, “whenever you see people in the Rec that
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aren’t students, call Campus Safety and make sure you utilize the lockers to keep your stuff safe.” There are, in fact, lockers located in the restrooms of the Rec center where it is perfectly acceptable to leave personal belongings while you are working for those summer beach bodies! In all seriousness, there are many
parts of our small, enclosed campus that give us somewhat of a false sense of security. We have all been trained through the college years here to leave things unattended in several places on campus. Really there is not much stopping people from simply walking into a building, grabbing something small and leaving mostly unnoticed. All students should be wary of leaving their personal belongings unattended, especially for long periods of time. Some of the residence halls on campus have already needed to change locks due to keys being stolen. Make sure you keep your things out of the hands of strangers! Be safe and be aware of your surroundings!
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GC baseball improves to 22-13 By CAMERON NIXON Staff Writer Since last week, the Tigers baseball team has gone 4-1 and pulled off another sweep of a divisional rival. Playing at home against Shawnee State University, one game close, one not so close, and the last a shutout, the Tigers showed Shawnee State exactly what they can do.
The Tigers actually started off playing Tennessee Wesleyan in two games on April 3, 2013. A team that Georgetown had already beat in March 9-4 and 5-4, the Tigers ended up winning the rst game and losing the second, 5-4 and 2-3 respectively. Tennessee Wesleyan are the defending national champions and are ranked No. 9 in the NAIA. The sweep started on
March Madness Ends By CAMERON NIXON Staff Writer This year’s NCAA Final Four featured four really good teams, and three great, competitive games. Wichita State was only three points away from another big upset against a much higher seeded team after winning against Ohio State in the Elite Eight while Michigan shot apart Syracuse’s zone, and survived one last run at the end. Led by sophomore Trey Burke, who was named Naismith player of the year after averaging 18 points and almost seven assists during the season, and a group of four dynamic freshmen, the Wolverines entered the championship game as the clear underdogs, even after upsetting Kansas with an amazing buzzer beater. Louisville had much more experience in comparison, with senior guard Peyton Siva leading them and other dynamic players, Russ Smith, Luke Han-
cock, Gorgui Dieng and Chane Behanan playing huge roles. In the championship game, a big run in the rst half by Michigan seemed to put them in the driver’s seat, yet Louisville responded with a run of their own in the waning minutes and pulled within one point of the Wolverines. Burke didn’t disappoint, totaling 24 points, four rebounds, three assists, and a block in only 26 minutes, even though he had to sit for 12 straight minutes in the rst half. Yet, the story in the rst half was bench player Spike Albrecht and his four straight threes in Michigan’s run. Louisville’s run was also punctuated by four straight three-pointers from Luke Hancock, another bench player. With a little over 14 minutes to go the game was tied 47-47. Louisville nally took hold of the game and went on to win 82-76. Luke Hancock was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player after scoring 22 points on 5-6 shooting.
March 5 in a game in which the Tigers had to rally twice. Down 1-0 the majority of the game, the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Shawnee state was able to come back and score two runs of their own in the top of the eighth and tied the game. The Tigers won in the bottom off of a pass ball for Justin Moore. In the second game, Georgetown got a quick lead in the second inning and then pushed it to 4-2 in the fth after the Bears scored twice in the inning. They scored ve more in the seventh and eighth innings. Tanner Baldwin played great defense and offense in the nal game. He hit
a double for the insurance run, and made three great plays to secure the shutout. Shaun Meyer was the starting pitcher and pitched all seven innings, only allowing four hits. The Tigers conference record is now 12-6 while they sit at 22-13 overall. The next game is at Blueeld College on April 12 while they return home on April 16 to play Blueeld. The Georgetonian/KATI WILSON
Marvin Flores awaits a pitch in the Tigers’ recent series with Shawnee State.
Baseball
W. 2-0 vs. Shawnee State
Apr. 13. @ Blueeld 6:00 p.m.
Softball
W. 9-3 vs. UVA-Wise
Apr. 13. vs. Pikeville 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Tennis
L. 0-9 vs. Cumberland Univ.
Apr. 11. vs Campbellsville 5 p.m.
Women’s Tennis
L. 4-5 vs. Cumberland Univ.
Apr. 11 vs Campbellsville 5 p.m.
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GC tennis handles visting Centre
By ERIC BALMER Staff Writer
Both the men’s and women’s Georgetown Tennis teams found success against their fellow Kentucky school, Centre College. Although the men’s team has been struggling this season, they were focused and able to get the job done. The men came away from their matches with a 6-3 victory, while the women took down the Centre ladies 8-1. This season has been a tough one for the GC men, as they are without a senior leader, Benjamin Aspillaga, who suffered a knee injury during soccer season. Another point of struggle has been the weather being rather winter-like, which is just another obstacle that is hard to over-
come. Georgetown coach Jessica Cunningham is optimistic and believes this team can really make some noise once they start getting into a groove. “Every team has its injuries and what not,” the GC coach said.” We know we are a solid team. If we can just get rolling a bit, I think we can really be a force when tournament time rolls around again” (georgetowncollegeathletics.com). GC’s women have had more success this season and have only lost one conference match. Last Wednesday, they even swept their double matches and only lost one singles match. Even though the men’s team had difculties with the weather and injuries, the women’s team seemed unfazed by those unpredict-
able factors. This match gave Coach Cunningham the opportunity to shift up the lineup to see if other players could step up. Georgetown has been doing quite well, with a 3-1 conference record. “I knew with what we were bringing in, mixed with our returners, we would be solid. Everyone has really come together and learned from our fall matches,”said Coach Cunningham (georgetown-collegeathletics.com). The Georgetown women’s tennis team had a MSC match with Cumberland University that they barely lost with a score of 4-5. GC’s men and women tennis teams both hope to keep playing hard as the conference tournament quickly approaches.
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Senior Third basemen E.J. Murray gets ready to play defense in the Tigers latest series.
Softball gets hot as Spring sets in By ERIC BALMER Staff Writer Just as the weather is warming up, the Georgetown College softball team have been on a hot streak. In fact, the Tigers are on a six-game winning streak, including two wins in a double header against Midway College. GC has outscored their opponents 39-7 during their winning streak. GC (21-9 MidSouth Conference) defeated Midway 9-1 and 8-0. Kayla Williams started out pitching for Georgetown and
stayed in for three innings. Williams pitched three scoreless innings; then Engle took over. Georgetown’s offense was rolling in the two games, hitting four home runs and a total of 25 base hits. Scoring for the Tigers started early with Katie Mann, who hit a two-run blast in the bottom of the second. Sandy Young got in on the homerun action as well in the same inning. Young and Mann are on the top of the homerun leaderboard for the Tigers, as they both have four on the season. GC put up two more runs
in the third inning off a homerun by Rachel Simms. A few innings later, Georgetown scored a run in the fth and another one in the sixth to end the game by mercy rule. Last Saturday, the Tigers played at University of Virginia College at Wise in what started a 10-game streak of games inside the MSC. They took care of business in a twogame series 3-2 and 9-3. GC hopes to keep their streak alive against Lindsey Wilson College on April 9.
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Tigers starting pitcher Tyler Arthur gets set to deliver a pitch in their recent series against Shawnee State.
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise
By JOEY RICHEY Staff Writer
Whether passing by with a greeting and energetic stride or responding to an inquisitive student’s questions, philosophy professor Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise’s emanating exuberance is palpable. Whomever he comes into contact with is sure to have his full, undivided attention with a willingness to deliver an honest opinion. He is “able to create and dissect arguments like no other,” said Sam Heaton. Looking sharply through his spectacles, his constant conscientiousness may be construed as intimidating, especially to freshman foundations students, but this demeanor stems from a desire to care and express ideas clearly. Born and raised on a dairy farm in Harmony, Pa. roughly 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh, Dr. Sands Wise developed an appreciation for the value of manual labor which inuenced his “agrarian” lifestyle/perspective. In today’s culture of convenience, cell phones, for example, divorce or distract one from the present, whether it is a decrepit inner-city or a breathtaking natural wonder. With manual labor there is nothing to focus on but the task at hand. Dr. Sands Wise attended Houghton College, which he describes as “the middle of nowhere” and “thirty minutes from the nearest stoplight” in upstate New York for its rigorous and Christian based education. In his second semester he studied abroad in London, where he was captivated with how ideas are all connected and
how art and literature, for example, reect time periods. “I fell in love with the life of the mind,” he says. It conrmed his decision to major in philosophy and it was then he began to consider life as an academic. “I wanted to understand the world better,” he said. While in London he found time to travel to England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Since then he has also traveled to Israel, Jordan, Australia, Honduras and the Caribbean. His “bad reasons” for traveling include having stories to tell, but he also enjoys “realizing my perspective is limited by my time and place.” At Houghton he acted in plays as
part of The Shakespeare Club, participated in an outdoor club and The Gadys, the philosophy club. He considered seminary but chose to attend graduate school at Baylor University where he earned his master’s and Ph. D. Dr. Sands Wise came to Georgetown as a visiting professor for two years before being hired three years ago. In his spare time Dr. Sands Wise likes to read, garden or work on his house. Although reluctant to declare favorites, movies he especially enjoys include “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Station Agent” and “Lord of the Rings.” His favorite television show is
“Friends,” and his favorite musical artist is a band called Overthe-Rhine. His favorite food is a toss-up between fresh baked bread and homemade pizza. He has a wife, Elizabeth, and an eleven-month-old girl, Clara. When asked what he values most in life, Dr. Sands Wise responded with a relatively complex answer not to confuse but to portray accurately and honestly. He said, “I try to align my value system with what is actually most valuable.” As Dr. Sands Wise tries to compare his subjective values with objective world values, it becomes clear that his qualities certainly parallel themselves
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Dr. Sands Wise teaches philosophy. with those of the quintessential college professor.
How sweet is sweetFrog? By SYDNEY MOSKO Staff Writer Just over on Connector Road, a hop and a skip away from Lowes and Kohl’s, lies a small shop that is taking the campus and this college town by storm. sweetFrog is the name and delicious, nutritious frozen yogurt is the game. Opening shortly after Christmas in 2012, this international franchise opened its rst store in Kentucky right here in Georgetown. The owner of the Georgetown sweetFrog, Steve Williams, has opened one here as well as in Pikeville and is soon to have two more stores open in Frankfort and Winchester. Since I began working at sweetFrog in early January, I get asked the same two questions all the time, “What is it?” and “Where is it?” sweet-
Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt was founded by a man named Derek Cha and his wife AnnahKim in 2009. The mission: to create the best frozen yogurt experience ever. The store that started it all in 2010 resides in Richmond, Virginia. Over the past four years, this franchise has expanded to 23 states and two international locations, one in London, England and the other in the Dominican Republic. By this summer sweetFrog will have over 260 locations spanning mostly up and down the east coast and reaching towards the west coast. The store here in Georgetown features a nice, clean, family-friendly interior with 16 different avors and over 50 different toppings, including but not limited to fresh fruit, candy bars, gummy candy and an array of sauces such as chocolate syrup, caramel, marshmallow
goo and melted peanut butter; all of this deliciousness for only 45 cents an ounce. There are so many different options that there is something for everyone. A great feature is that most of our yogurt is low fat, non-fat or sugar free. We also carry at least two sorbet options for those who are lactose intolerant. Another major question I get asked all the time is, “Are you guys like Orange Leaf?” Yes, but only in a very general sense. We both have the same grab a cup, ll ‘er up, top ‘er off, weigh it and pay for it system, but there is one major difference, the yogurt. Orange Leaf’s yogurt is made of powder and water; sweetFrog takes a slightly different approach. At sweetFrog, the yogurt is real, made with all of the fantastic benets of actual yogurt. We get our yogurt from
a company called YoCream; they specialize in frozen yogurt, sorbets and much more. Their yogurt is made with real milk and eggs, never powder. Not only is the yogurt real, but it’s low in calories too. The average avor has no more than 100 calories per serving, and the non-fat and no sugar varieties have even fewer calories. So, how sweet is sweetFrog? Considering it’s only ve minutes from campus, has options for everyone, is healthy, less expensive and much closer than Orange Leaf; I would have to say it’s pretty darn sweet. With only a few weeks left in school, summer is just around the corner, so in case you can’t wait, stop by sweetFrog to get a taste of the summer sun, even if only for a few minutes. Don’t worry, summer is almost here!
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Kelsey Ach By LEANNDRA PADGETT Staff Writer Kelsey LaDale Ach is a Nicholasville native with a surprising weekly pastime: she frequents strip clubs in Lexington. This may seem surprising, but don’t worry, she’s not there for entertainment purposes. Kelsey volunteers as part of the Bruised Reed Ministry of Southland Christian Church. This group visits ve of Lexington’s eight strip clubs weekly to serve homemade meals and form relationships with the women who work there (the group is not allowed into the remaining three clubs). Her year of volunteering has brought Kelsey to some surprising realizations. One day, Kelsey walked in to serve a meal and saw a stripper studying a sociology textbook. As a soc major herself, this struck home with Kelsey as she “realized the girls we work with are exactly like me.” This view of the situation led Kelsey to decide on a senior research project focusing on Christianity and the sex industry. Her paper, “The Sexed-up Church: Bridging the Gap Between the Church and the Entertainment Industry” just won second place at the ASK (Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky) Conference in Louisville this spring. Kelsey describes serving meals in the strip clubs as the rst step in reaching women in the clubs. She is also involved in the second step through Refuge for Women, a transitional living program that “offers a new beginning to women leaving the sex industry” (refugeforwomen.org).
She has interned with this organization and plans to continue volunteering in the future. Involvement with Southland and its ministries such as Bruised Reed was one reason that Kelsey chose Georgetown College. She wanted to be close enough to home to be able to stay involved with her church. The Lexington Christian Academy graduate was also drawn to GC’s soccer program Source: facebook.com which she partici- Kelsey visits strip clubs, serves the pated in for two workers food and develops relationyears. She has been ships with the women there. involved in campus Greek life as a Sigma Kappa. clubs and considering stripKelsey is also a President’s pers her friends, the experiAmbassador. In addition to ence has changed her plans her sociology major, she has a about future ministry and conpsychology minor. She loves tinues to be “one of the most the community GC offers as exhilarating things I’ve ever well as the close faculty-stu- done.” dent relationships. Kelsey recWhen watching TV, Kelsey ognizes that her professors loves “The Voice.” Perhaps it played a major role in help- is shows like this that lead her ing her to work towards her to the decision that singing goal of “trying to ll in the would be the talent she would gap between the sex industry choose if she could have her and the church.” She says wish. She laughingly admits that “Faculty like Dr. Cribbs that “I can’t carry a tune!” and Dr. Carter constantly chal- When driving, Kelsey steers a lenged me to seek out more car named Stacy. After graduinformation…they didn’t put ation, Kelsey will continue to a limit on what I wanted volunteer with Bruised Reed to study.” She urges under- and Refuge for Women. She classmen to “develop strong denitely feels “called into relationships with your pro- full-time vocational ministry” fessors, because they are most and is sure the specics will denitely the key to your suc- iron themselves out in time. cess.” She also advises “Don’t Her faith and reliance on God put a limit on yourself.” While are obvious as she relates that she would never have imag- “He’s never let me down!” ined herself frequenting strip
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Quote My Georgetown Professor “Poor Lindsay Lohan. She needs to meet Jesus.” Doc Birdwhistell “We’ve wiped out more species than any other species in history. I’m sure some of them had it coming... like the dodo.” Dr. Takacs Posted on the “Quote My Georgetown Professor” Facebook group
Georgetown Tree Huggers
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This week’s Tree Hugger is junior Rachel Floyd. Come to the OpShop performances tonight and tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the John L. Hill Chapel. Free. CEP/NEXUS credit.
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Senior One-Woman Show a Hit
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Meredith Cave’s performs as Lynn Redgrave in “Shakespeare for My Father.”
Last weekend, Cave took on the role of the legendary actress to great acclaim.
Cave showed her comedic chops, while handling the more tragic elements gracefully.
“The Host” goes against Meyer-hate
By ALEX COURTENAY Staff Writer
I am not one to compliment Stephenie Meyer on her work, but “The Host” was actually really good. “The Host” has suspense, action, drama, a little humor and of course a cute love story. I’m not saying that this movie is a chick ick, but it does lean heavily towards it. If you think “The Host” is going to be like the “Twilight” series, you’re dead wrong. It’s literally ten times better, in my opinion. “The Host” is about the earth being taken over by an alien race called the Souls. The Souls inhabit human bodies and erase the humans’ minds. However, when Melanie Stryder, member of the human resistance, is captured by the Souls, she is inhabited by Wan-
derer. Wanderer is supposed to reveal Melanie’s information about the human resistance and erase her mind, but Melanie won’t let herself fade away. So Melanie/Wanderer become something like friends and go out to nd Jarod, the guy Melanie (and sort of Wanderer) loves, and Jamie, Melanie’s little brother. Melanie/Wanderer is played by Saoirse Ronan (“Atonement,” “Hanna”), Jarod is played by Max Irons (“Red Riding Hood”), Jamie is played by Chandler Canterbury (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), Ian, another member of the human resistance, is played by Jake Abel (“Percy Jackson”), Jeb, Melanie’s uncle, is played by William Hurt (“Into the Wild”), and the Seeker, the antagonist in the lm, is played by Diane Kruger (“Inglorious
Basterds,” “National Treasure”). The director and screenplay writer of “The Host” is Andrew Niccol. Niccol is the same man who wrote the screenplay for “The Truman Show,” starring Jim Carrey. Niccol also directed and wrote the screenplay for “In Time,” “Lord of War” and “Gattaca.” Niccol’s skills and talent really made “The Host” the best it could be, seeing as it is a Stephenie Meyer novel. Now, “The Host” is not just about aliens taking over the earth or a sappy love story. It also has some strong messages/lessons to take away. The story touches issues of morality and ethics. The Souls take over worlds so they can improve them, but they sedate the inhabitants of those planets. Is it right to take over something in order to improve it? It also makes one think that
just because someone says something is the right thing to do, that’s not always true. If you go online and look at the reviews you’ll nd that Rotten Tomato gave the movie 10 percent, IMDb gave it a 5.9/10 and Roger Ebert said that it is “top-heavy with profound, sonorous conversations, all tending to sound like farewells.” I say ignore all these reviews because one, they are male– oriented. Two, I don’t think they want to give credit to something related to Stephenie Meyer and her “Twilight” series. And three, I found the movie to be awesome and I liked it so much I am reading the book (However, the movie is way better). I promise you there are no vampires, werewolves or heavy-breathing, rapid blinking, stuttering Kristen Stewarts.
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“The man who changed how we watch movies”
In this regard, Roger Ebert was a critical man. This much can be garnered from his most controversial and Staff Writer infamous reviews. Under Ebert’s gaze, Human beings are by nature criti- no blockbuster, regardless of budget or cal. We analyze, we examine and we star power, was immune to his critique. judge all that exists within our lives and Despite all his legendary criticisms, it is spectrums. Nothing is beyond man’s Ebert’s passion for classic lms and the criticism, even the things that he loves. medium overall that will and should be It can be argued that the things we love his legacy. are perhaps the most susceptible to our No name is more synonymous with scrutiny, mainly due to the fact that we the occupation of Film Critic than that hold such beloved concepts above the of Roger Ebert. The Chicago Sun Times rest and view them in a different light journalist started modestly in print but entirely. When dealing with something would go on to have his opinion syndibeloved, the extent of one’s criticism cated via broadcast in the late 1980s with rival journalist and eventually close friend, the late Gene Siskel. In the years that would follow, Ebert would continue on his television role with a slew of cohosts cycling through (though a permanent co-host was eventually found in Richard Roeper). But one constant remained: Ebert would always be seated, ready to dispense a “Thumbs-Up” or a “Thumbs-Down.” Ebert might have sometimes appeared brash, yet his intent was always honest. He wanted movies to be better; he elevated them to a higher standing and in doing so expected much more from the medium. Reviews aside, Source: nyulocal.com Famed film critic Roger Ebert passed away on Ebert dedicated himself to causes and crusades within April 4, 2013 after a battle with cancer. the lm industry, opposfor the subject is only ever matched by ing the MPAA (Motion Picture Assoone’s passion. ciation of America) and their ratings
By AUSTIN CONWAY
decisions as well as being a champion of Asian Cinema. If ever there was a continued mission for Roger Ebert, it was the effort to stress (and elevate) the medium as an art form. In a time where major studios dictated the movies that theatres showcased, Ebert’s inuence was instrumental in bringing about an “Independent-Film Renaissance” that stressed the telling of stories that were arguably more human in substance and the bringing about an inux of young talent that only needed to be recognized. Ebert had been battling cancer since 2002 and nally at the age of 70 he succumbed to his illness. Although in recent years he lost his ability to speak, he never lost his voice, still producing reviews that were often as eloquent as the screenplays for the lms themselves. Roger Ebert was able to propel the eld of lm criticism to new heights. And regardless of how many lay claims to the occupation, Ebert’s words are still the ones that seem to matter the most, both in and out of the industry. Ebert was one of my idols, a constant gure that always seemed to inform and educate. He was shaped by a medium that he, too, shaped for the better. Ebert has already been immortalized in books, articles and television shows for not only his opinions but also for his dedications and crusades. Despite all this, however, Roger Ebert will be remembered most for his immense passion for the medium of lm and his desire to share its wonders with the world. Mr. Ebert, I’ll see you at the movies.
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“Joyful Noise” returns to campus By COREY HOWELL Arts and Entertainment Editor On Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the John L. Hill Chapel, the Joyful Noise Gospel Choir will be holding its Spring Concert. The Spring Concert will feature inspirational music from several genres ranging from classical to pop music, traditional Gospel to Contemporary Christian. The concert will also feature the return of renowed baritone, Keith Dean, as well as performances from the George-Tones and a duet by Natalie Hymer and Mary Bishop. The event, which will be headed up by Joyful Noise Choir director, Lan Wilson, is free to the public and also a NEXUS event. There will also be a reception immediately following the concert in the Jones-Hall-Nelson Suite and all are invited. “Not enough people get exposed to gospel music, and this concert is a great opportunity to expand your horizons,” said sophomore music major, Stella Hundley. So don’t miss out on the Joyful Noise Choir’s Spring concert being held April 15 at 7:00 p.m. It promises to be an evening of amazing singing and graceful performances.
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By JONATHAN KAYS Staff Writer I believe there needs to be a change on Georgetown’s campus, an immediate change in leadership. As a campus community, we’ve striven through strife and struggles, searching for solutions for a sundry of squabbles. And now the time has come. But who can lead us, sexy and talented opinion writer? I’ll tell you. I think the new president of the college should be Country Boy’s Paw Paw’s Red. Yes, thats right. An American, red amber ale aged in a 20-year -old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel. For a time now, the PPR election committee has been building up this socially aware party candidate at a structural level. An underground movement, the party has been meeting in rooms across campus on Friday and Saturday nights to discuss policies. Not yet willing to go public, they’ve been hiding the majority of their advertising tools and information in various refrigerators and coolers stashed in ceilings. But the movement is happening now! And so here are ve principal reasons I believe that Paw Paw’s Red should be president of Georgetown College. 1) Quality. When looking
for the president of an institution like Georgetown, one looks for the best. The Paw Paw’s Red combines a multitude of avors to create a heavenly ambrosia that titillates the pallet. The smooth tawny undertones of the bourbon fuse together with the malty sweetness, forming something that tastes almost like a sweet wine. Unlike a Crouchety IPA, the Paw Paw’s Red is kind, nothing harsh, nothing unwarranted, a cool richness of ne quality. 2) Funding. If elected president of Georgetown College, the school will never again lack sufcient funds. Tuition would decrease dramatically as people would throw their money at the school. Students themselves would go out of their way to support their president and their institution. And sponsors? Sponsors would ock. Flock, I tell you. 3) Great Conversations. This writer will tell you. With Complete Sincerity. That he has never had a bad conversation when Paw Paw’s Red was involved. Not only does it make your language skills fantastic, but the intellect that this candidate provides is immeasurable. Paw Paw’s Red makes the problems in the Middle East barley problematic, North Korea’s rhetoric far from stout and the economy no lager an
issue, at the very yeast, smooth ale-ing. 4) Politics. The views of Paw Paw’s Red are spectacular if not astounding. It supports buying local, with a general anti-corporation/big business mentality. It has great foreign relations, wants to get into international trade. It accepts females, males, people of African, Asian, European and American descent, gay, straight, saints, sinners, the Paw Paw’s Red is open to everyone. 5) Involvement in Student life. The PPR social party movement can assure you that if elected president, that Paw Paw’s Red would play an active role in student life, participating in GAC, SGA, GSI and above all Greek Life. A down-to-earth president who joins students as they watch movies on the lawn, play maa and romp in the foamapalooza? Yes, please. Hopefully, now that you understand its greatness, you will write to your local acting dean, calling for Country Boy’s Paw Paw’s Red as the future President of Georgetown College. “Who cares how time advances? I’m drinking ale today.” -Edgar Allan Poe
Opinion
Issue 9
April 10, 2013 Page 11
Student calls for new track facilities
By JOE RICHEY Staff Writer
On behalf of my fellow cross country and track and eld teammates I am informing the college community that the time is ripe to address the teams’ need for a facility. Georgetown track and eld has developed into a consistent Mid-South Conference performer and is attracting increasingly talented athletes. The 2012 cross country team was the best in school history. Head coach Todd McDaniel “took a situation that had been mishandled by a coach who knew nothing about running and turned it around for the better,” says Chris Bartlett. When the college doesn’t respect the sport enough to provide an ofcial venue for practice and competition, it is hard to dedicate time and effort to cultivate one’s talents. Building a track is a reasonable enterprise for the administration as well. Investing in a track contributes to long-term success, stability and value. It elevates the status of the program by improving the team, attracting student athletes and generating revenue. The track will also increase the college’s value and enrollment and fulll its professed identity. A track benets student athletes and elevates the status of a track program in various ways, these being logistic, physiological and psychological. Logistically, borrowing the off-campus track of a local high school takes time to get to and from practice. Students must hassle with whom to carpool,
rather than take a brief ve– minute jog. Another hassle to hurdle is the local school’s use of the track. The team has to set practice times based on their convenience, and some days the track might be unavailable. These hassles erased from consciousness extinguish a significant amount of inconsistency and uncertainty. The where and when of day-to-day practice becomes concrete and automatic, allowing athletes to concentrate their energy toward improving. Physiologically, to race well on a track, you must train on a track. The dynamic and rhythm are woven into muscle memory. From constant repetition and practice one knows every square inch of the track. Familiarity breeds condence, to run faster farther, and longer than the day before. Psychologically, pride, passion, inspiration and motivation are intangibly born within studentathletes’ loins. Gone is the lackluster effort to train and improve trampolining the team across the crossroads separating ambiguous obscurity and honorable commitment. It can start a tradition for future generations of athletes to uphold, a visual footprint of the great ones who before us raced in the orange and black. A track entices talented student athletes to consider Georgetown seriously. In my experience of looking at colleges, a pristine track was definitely a motivator to attend that college. With a pristine track I visualized myself training and racing for the program, whereas with a program
without a track, there was supports its minorities, those if the college struggles to fund vagueness, or haze as to the who have lesser known inter- construction. legitimacy of the program. ests, regardless of endeavor A track will contribute to Building a track will fulll and that each student’s per- the school’s long-term stabilthe identity and mission of sonal educational pursuit and ity, success and growth. In Georgetown College. At Fresh- enhancement are important. achieving a recognizable and man Orientation, speeches Therefore it will bolster enroll- respectable reputation, it will given by President Crouch and ment. market itself, generating revothers prided the liberal arts A temporary decit is bal- enue, attracting even more education Georgetown pro- anced by the long term value. superior student athletes and vided. As in Georgetown Col- Increased enrollment, home performances will improve, lege’s Live, Learn, Believe meets, loaning it to the commu- creating an upward spiral of motto, “A liberal arts edu- nity and hosting events provide prosperity. Centre, Hanover, cation strives to develop the sources of income. Building Transylvania and Bellarmine, a whole person by fostering an a track will add an asset signicant portion of Georgeunderstanding of a variety of increasing property value with- town’s primary competitors all disciplines and teaching the out increasing property taxes. have or are in the process individual how to think with Despite being a private institu- of building a track. I heard depth and exibility.” A reec- tion, Georgetown is also a non- Georgetown’s tuition was tion in the aspect of athletics prot organization, because of down this year. will reinforce Georgetown’s which there are no property identity as a college of liberal taxes. The Georgetown municarts, a symbol of supporting ipality can invest in the track various disciplines. Living up to its identity creates implications for prospective students other than athletes. I haven’t seen any good movies in awhile, is there anything new out Building a track and in theaters worth seeing? eld facility could be Fortunately, the month of April is jam packed with new movie releases a metaphor that that will have something for everyone. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnshows prospective son team up in the lm “Pain and Gain,” which is based on a true story students that the about two personal trainers who get involved in an extortion and kidnapcollege respects its ping plight. Of course, keep in mind it is a Michael Bay lm… Conseminorities. Baseball, quently, “The Big Wedding” is also being released this month, which stars basketball and footAmanda Seyfried, Ben Barnes, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, and Diane ball are the most popKeaton among so many others. The movie is supposed to be a rom-com ular spectator sports where families set aside their differences and feelings in support of the in America. Despite wedding that is about to take place. Another movie that looks particularly track’s relative culfantastic is “At Any Price.” It tells a story of a father (Dennis Quaid) who tural unimportance, wants his son (Zac Efron) to take over the family business of buying land, Georgetown (hyporather than allowing him to follow his dreams as a NASCAR driver. Unforthetically) adequately tunately this lm will only be released in New York and Los Angeles, which provided resources means you can either book a trip for a weekend, or rent it when it is released that enabled its nationally on DVD. Now that you’re probably having a hard time selecting athletes to pursue which movie to see, look up their trailers and see which one interests you. their potential. This Questions answered by Hannah Kreiger. will leave the impression that Georgetown
Dear George: Advice for Tigers
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BP Students take social media too far
By ALLIE ENGLERT A woman without regrets Recently Georgetown has become a hot topic of conversation on social media. While admissions has created a Facebook page to plug in future GC Tigers with their potential fellow students, and the Georgetown Tumblr keeps us all laughing with its regular posts, other nameless individuals utilize social media to slander their peers. One must wonder what makes an individual create Twitter pages such as the GC Slut or the GC Burn Book. Although these forums may have been originally made in jest, it is undeniable that they create a negative image for Georgetown College. Until yesterday, one could follow the GC Burn Book on Twitter @GC_burnbook. Like it’s “Mean Girls” namesake, this account often tweeted derogatory statements at current Georgetown students. In reality, this page was a gloried version of cyber-
bullying that mirrors the harassment that so often occurs at the middle and high school levels. It is astounding that anyone could be so immature as an educated adult to create such a meaningless page. Although the posts may not have been intended for others to take seriously, this account creates a destructive image for GC as a whole. Prospective students who are considering pursuing their degree at Georgetown may have viewed this page and decided against GC. Luckily, the page is now unavailable and, thus, unable to do any more harm to current or prospective Georgetown students. If you use Twitter, then you have probably had the misfortune of coming across the Georgetown Slut page. As if the page’s prole picture isn’t shocking enough, it is full of sexually explicit content that rivals that of a smut novel. Ultimately, the GC Slut Twitter page normally leaves its viewers grimacing at its raunchy content. Not only does the page objectify women on GC,
often calling them out by name, the GC slut is certainly not an accurate representation of the women on Georget o w n ’ s campus. One can only hope that like the Burn Book, the creator of the GC Slut page will use his or her better judgment and remove this page, as well. It should be noted, however, that not all Georgetown students utilize social media in a negative way. #WHATSHOULDWECALLGEORGETOWN, GC’s very own Tumblr page, has a knack for creating posts that shed light on life as a Georgetown student in a humorous manner. While this site undeniably uses “adult” humor and language, the bottom line is that it does so in a comedic and light-hearted way. It should be noted that #WHATSHOULDWECALLGEORGETOWN is a satire, as it comments on the overall GC experience about Georgetown. The creators of this Tumblr account use sarcasm while simultaneously offering constructive criticism by pointing out incon-
venient truths concerning life at GC. Hopefully, students and administrators consider the advice, or laugh it off, instead of becomi n g offended by the Tumblr’s posts. Ultimately, unlike the GC Slut and GC Burnbook, this social media site u n i t e s Tigers, as it comments on Georgetown traditions and events that all students experience. Social media is a double-edged sword. When used correctly it can bring people together, but it also has the great power to cause harm to individuals and institutions as a whole. Georgetown College is full of intelligent minds. It is this writer’s hope that GC students will use their intelligence by showing respect to GC’s close-knit community by using social media properly. And if you don’t know, now you know, Tigas.
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