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September 11, 2013 Volume CXXXIII Issue 2

Survivor Sujo John recounts 9/11 Speaker gives first-hand account of Twin Towers experience

By ANNA MEURER Copy Editor On the eve of the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Georgetown College welcomed Sujo John to speak on his experiences as a World Trade Center survivor.

John, who had only moved to the United States six months prior to the attacks, was working on the 81st floor of the North Tower when the first plane crashed. He recounted his experience in vivid details, describing the eardrum-shattering noise of the explosion,

the smoke and fire in the building, the frenzied escape down the stairwells with thousands of others, and the shuddering feel as the buildings began to collapse. The event was made more traumatic by the fact that John’s wife, Mary, who was four months pregnant at the time, worked on the 71st floor of the other tower. Miraculously, both survived the event.

John also took time to recount the actions of the first responders and a few other stories of heroism: the two men who carried a wheel-

chair-bound woman down more than 60 flights of stairs after she had been abandoned by her co-workers, the firefighters who entered the towers to rescue people even as the buildings began gan to collapse, the man who ho rallied his group after er the first plane hit and began the evacuation pro-cess. Several timess he stopped to thank k them, including thee local community y responders who were in attendance.

Looking back, John said, the event was God calling him to something special. Referring to an

email that he sent his pastor less than an hour before the attack mentioning his desire to do more to serve God, he joked, “God reads emails.” In relation to both the 9/11 attacks and Christianity, he emphasized that background means nothm ing, not in the sens sense that one’s story is not important, but that everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or status is equal. O n the day of the attacks, t h e y

shared a common sense of fear; in Christianity, they share a common invitation to the Gospel.

John’s speech was well received by students. Freshman Georgia Skelton said, “I thought he was very humble and laid back about the whole experience. He kept me engaged by making light of his very serious situation and really made me aware of my own life and all that I have to be thankful for.” Sadly, students didn’t have much chance to speak with John following the speech; after a few quick photos and comments he was out the door, rushing to catch a flight for another chance to share his story and message.

Historical markers discovered missing over Labor Day weekend

By CALIESHA COMLEY News Editor In March 2013, a collaborative effort of faculty, students and grounds staff launched a new historical walking tour of Georgetown College. The tour consists of 16 historical markers, each of which features a historically significant location, building, person or event.

Leading the project were art professor Dr. Juilee Decker, cataloguing librarian and adjunct faculty Prof. Greg Decker and history professor Dr. Cliff Wargelin, who co-wrote the texts for the markers and also comprised the design team.

Senior art major Maddy Fritz

provided the bronze-inspired In other instances, the poles design for the markers, which were broken off and stolen as well. Ten of feature the the 16 markCollege’s ers were historical destroyed. seal.

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After a Wargelin recent meetexpressed ing in which that the physthe continuical damage ation of the project was The Georgetonian/CHUCK HARRIS done is not only discussed, Ten markers like this one (left) the problem. He the faculty disappeared over Labor Day. said, “This designers noticed the sign just outside act of vandalism subtracts not the LRC had been removed. As only from the time, money they continued across campus, and resources that can be used they noticed more of the signs toward other campus projects, ripped from their poles, most of but also subtracts from part of which were bent and tattered. the college’s tangible history.”

The vandalism is supposed to have occurred over Labor Day weekend. It remains undetermined if those responsible for the damage are an on- or off-campus party. Yet, to the faculty project leaders, these facts are unimportant in light of the purpose of the walking tour. Dr. Juilee Decker said, “It doesn’t matter who did it. What I want students to understand is that the project was created for them, to connect them to the college’s history and as a display of college pride.”

Drs. Decker and Wargelin are optimistic for the project despite the incident. Prof. Greg Decker said that “the pride and thoughtfulness undertaken in the project’s collaborative

restoration by administration, faculty, students and grounds employees is encouraging.”

Plans for the walking tour’s restoration include removing and replacing the broken poles, and ordering and installing new signs. These repairs are expected to be completed by Homecoming weekend in hopes of sharing the history of the college with alumni and parents, as well as students.

Also, Dr. Decker’s curatorial studies class is currently composing extended captions to accompany the audio tour. The audio tour is in development and is anticipated to appear in the near future.

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Evans Orchard and Bi-Water Farms invite students to celebrate fall

By KAITLIN FAHEY Staff Writer

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ith the summer heat winding down and the new semester well underway, autumn celebrations around the city of Georgetown are just beginning. Over the course of the next few months, Bi-Water Farm & Greenhouse as well as Evans Orchard and Cider Mill will be hosting several fall festivals at their locations near campus.

Bi-Water Farm & Greenhouse, located at 877 Cincinnati Road, about five minutes away from campus, will kick off their annual AutumnFest this Saturday. The first weekend of the festival, called Rock the Farm, serves as a fundraiser for Kentucky Children’s Hospital, as well as the Makenna Foundation, which assists in the hospital’s expansion.

One of the events scheduled to take place during the opening weekend is Voices for Children, a music competition for ages 6-24. The performers are categorized into three different age groups, and the winner of each age group receives a cash prize. In addition, the farm will host a Punkin Chunkin demonstration, which consists of competitors “chucking” pumpkins by mechanical means to see whose pumpkin travels the furthest.

family, spans 175 acres and consists of a play area, barnyard, café and a farmer’s market where visitors can buy the various fruits and vegetables grown at the orchard. Visitors of the Apple Festival will be able to taste fried apple pie, caramel apples and gourmet apple cider.

After the Apple Festival, Evans Orchard hosts Harvest Festival, which runs from Sept. 21 to Oct. 31.

The festival includes craft booths, pony rides, wagon rides through the pumpkin patch and a barnyard for petting animals. Additionally, there will be special events planned each weekSource: twitter.com end that Harvest Festival is Evan’s orchard offers fall fun for all ages. in operation.

Evans Orchard and 60-foot slide and participate in a five- Cider Mill is located at 180 Stone Road acre corn maze and many more activ- off of Newtown Pike, about 15 minutes from campus. The orchard is open ities.

AutumnFest is open Mon. through Tues. through Sat. from 9:30 a.m. to 6 Thurs. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. and Sat p.m. and on Sun. from noon. to 6 p.m.

For more information about from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Sun. from AutumnFest at Bi-Water Farm & Greennoon to 7 p.m.

Evans Orchard and Cider Mill house, call (502) 863-3676 or email also begins its fall festival season this biwaterfarm@bellsouth.net. For more weekend, with the Apple Festival. information about the festivals at Evans The orchard, which has been in oper- Orchard and Cider Mill, call (502) 863ation for five generations by the Evans 2255 or email jenny@evansorchard.com.

Though the Voices for Children and Punkin Chunkin competitions only take place on Sept. 14 and 15, AutumnFest runs through Nov. 3. Festivalgoers will be able to pet and feed farm animals, take a hayride, slide down a

Writing Center still serving after 34 years

By JONATHAN BALMER Opinion Editor

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he Georgetown College Writing Center opened for the academic year last week, offering its services free-of-charge for all students.

The Writing Center, founded by the English department and Dr.

John Sadlon, the center’s director to this day, opened in 1980 and has been operating each academic year since that time.

Its conception was influenced by research on writing centers’ effects on student writing Sadlon said, and it aims to help students of all skills and interests with their writing and research skills.

Senior Leanndra Padgett, English major and biology minor as well as a tutor at the Writing Center, credits the Writing Center with part of her academic success said, “As a freshman, I took almost all of my major papers to the WC [Writing Center]. It was great to

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Campus facilities undergo summer renovation

By LEANNDRA W. PADGETT Copy Editor

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everal renovation projects have been in progress on campus this summer, as the cherry pickers and caution tape around the chapel remind us. Some of the projects are funded by a $500,000 grant from the James Graham Brown Foundation, Inc. which the college received in January with the purpose of improving college facilities. Others are paid for by the standard maintenance budget.

The Brown grant made it possible to paint the hallways and lobbies of Allen, Collier and Flowers halls. In addition, the Greek houses, excluding Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Delta, underwent restroom renovations. Work on the PHA bathrooms is incomplete, but will resume during fall break. Because of the amount of dust caused by the demolition aspect of the renovations, it is necessary for the workers to wait until the dorm is not full of students to continue the project. The dusty work will be completed during fall break, and the entire project should be finished in about 10 days.

Work will also resume in Anderson Hall during fall break when the West parking lot will be recoated and striped. Completed projects in Anderson include moving the laundry facilities from the first floor, where graduate education offices are currently housed, to the third floor. An air quality and drainage project has also been finished. The second floor was painted this summer, along with the halls of the third floor, but the rooms on the upper floor will not be redone until next summer.

Other non-grant renovations include additional painting in Allen, Collier, Flowers and Knight. The porch of the Alpha Gam house has been

improved, also. Collier and Flowers have 172 new mattresses, but many students complain that they are worse than the old ones. The mattresses are plastic coated and, according to Flowers resident senior Alex Courtenay, “are too small for the bed. My feet hang off of them and my pillow is constantly falling off… I don’t like them.”

As evidenced by the painting and mattress purchasing, investments were recently made into Collier Hall.

This made it especially surprising when it was taken out of use during the second week of school. There were only 20 men living in Collier this year, and the low number was one of the reasons cited for its closure. In an email to the student body, Laura Wyly, dean of students, said that the choice was made in order “to provide these students with a better experience in a residence hall with more activity, resources, connections, services, etc.”

She said that compressing dormitories is also a more practical use of staff resources. Her third reason was to “give us opportunities to make headway with renovations, repairs, etc., so the college is better prepared going forward when demand for living space increases.”

With Pierce Hall taken out of use permanently in fall of 2012 and scheduled for demolition, it leaves one to wonder what the quad will look like in the future, but Wyly reassures that Collier will be re-opened when it is once again needed.

Outside of residence hall improvements, the student center has also undergone some changes. The campus bookstore was renovated and the Office of Diversity moved out of the rented house on the corner of Military and College Streets into a new room beside the store on the Grille level.

Robbi Barber, associate director of the Office of Diversity, said the move

was “bittersweet,” but that the new location is in a more convenient location. She is hopeful about the move and says it already “feels like home to me and to [the students].”

Additional projects include repairs to the roof of the Alumni Gym, funded by alumni donations. The Chapel also had its roof and gutters patched, was

painted and had masonry work done on the Jackson Street entrance. These improvements were funded by alumni along with The Gheens Foundation.

Another maintenance change is a new recycling system. More information on that will come later.

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have the help of more experienced and superior writers.” students as I was figuring out how Students can expect the help in to write college papers. It eased my the Writing Center to be available mind to have someone else look over my work and help me understand what was expected at the college level.”

Padgett has also found that tutoring itself has helped her writing skills. She reminds students that the Writing Center is not only open for students who struggle, noting that many students “bring in refined papers and just want a second pair of eyes to The Georgetonian/JONATHAN BALMER look them over….”

Tutors Katy Harvey and Joy Thompson study The Writing Center a grammar exercise to stay sharp. aims to assist students by collaborative student-tutor reading and guidance from in 30 minute sessions available experienced peers. by appointment or drop-in visits Sadlon added that the Writing during its normal operating hours.

Center “is not an essay drop-off Students who make an appointservice” but instead aims to engage ment by calling the Writing Center students as active participants by are given priority. Students wishtaking notes and making “their ing to make an appointment with own changes in order to realize the Writing Center should call the how they may become better writ- office (at 1-800-788-9985 ext. 8423). ers.”

The Writing Center is located in the Ultimately, Sadlon said the Ensor Learning Resource Center Writing Center’s goal is “to teach basement, LRC-016. lifelong skills and strategies that will make them more independent

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Maher receives player of the week

By ERIC BALMER Sports Editor

Awards and recognitions are being given to Georgetown athletes as much as water these days. The latest GC player to receive an award is volleyball player Caraline Maher. Her incredible play earned her the Mid-South Conference Player of the Week honors for volleyball. This marks the third time she’s received the award, and the first this season.

This past week, Maher recorded 3.5 kills per set, had a hitting percentage of .637

and only had five attempts.

After the Rumpke Invitational Tournament she was named MVP. Last week the Lady Tigers went 6-0, not dropping a single set. Obviously the outrageously good play of Maher was a contributing factor.

The week started out against Pikeville,

errors in 91

where Maher recorded 16 kills.

By the end of the week she was still going strong and had 14 kills against Xavier University of Louisiana. During the last game of the week she had a ridiculous hitting percentage of over .800.

Other impresSource: georgetowncollege.edu stats Junior Caraline Maher s i v e receives MSC Player of included her 14 digs and 17 the Week honors.

blocks for the week.

Georgetown coach Nick Griffin was glad that Maher was able to come back from a rough start in the opening games. “Caraline had an unreal week,” the coach said.

“It was really good to see after she had a rough start our opening weekend. This past week is more of what we are used to seeing out of her. She is a dynamic player and a great middle hitter in our system (georgetowncollegathletics. com.)

Maher currently is third in MSC in kills with 92, and sixth

in blocks with 28. Two Georgetown volleyball players have been awarded the Player of the Week; even though there have only been two weeks of the season. Junior Allyson Wilbourn, Maher’s teammate, was the first player awarded the honors.

Georgetown will search for its next win as Campbellsville University visits the DavisReid Alumni Gym. The match is on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m., and is the first of two home games.

The Steelers took the most devastating defeat, losing three players in the process: Pro-Bowl centers Maurkice Pouncey, linebacker Larry Foote and running back Stephen Howling. They ended up losing 16-19 to the Tennessee Titans.

The Bengals choked an 11 point lead over the Bears with 23 minutes left to go. Linebacker Rey Maualuga committed an unnecessary roughness infraction with 1:03 to go, giving the Chicago Bears a second wind when they were looking to punt. The Bengals lost by a field goal. The home opener looked much like the past season openers for the Browns with a 10-23 loss to the Miami Dolphins. The Browns would take the lead in the first half 7-6 but quickly lost control in the second half. Cleveland’s offensive line could not

prevent 16 hits on QB Brandon Weeden.

The AFC North combined for 15 sacks, 24 penalties and 10 turnovers—mistakes that proved to be insurmountable. However there are 15 games left in the NFL regular season. The Baltimore Ravens, hurt badly by free agency and retirement, have drafted a group of talented defensive players. The Steelers, despite losing Mike Wallace, look forward to a promising 2013 season. The Bengals look to be formidable with the additions of Tyler Eifert and Gio Benard, along with talented defensive players Vontaze Burfict and Geno Atkins. The brand new Browns head coach, Rob Chudzinski, is optimistic about his young 2013 team!

AFC can’t find ways to win

By CRISTIAN NUÑEZ Staff Writer

The north division of the American Football Conference got off to a rough start this 2013 NFL season. It is the first time since 2002 that the division lost all of its opening games! The AFC north is typically a strong division, especially with the recent emergence of the Cincinnati Bengals as a playoff

Football Men’s Soccer Volleyball Women’s Soccer Cross Country

team. The Baltimore Ravens are the defending Super Bowl champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers (with the exception of a relatively poor 2012 season) have typically made strong post season showings and have been defending champions themselves in the recent past. Granted, the Cleveland Browns have not proven to be as competitive, but they have been reeling since their reen-

L 14-41 Ohio Dominican L. 0-1 Holy Cross W. 25-9, 25-23. 25-12 St. Thomas T 1-1 Mt. Vernon 8th of 15 Queen City Invitational

trance into the NFL in 1999, indicated by the revolving door of owners, GMs, coaches and quarterbacks.

The defending Super Bowl champs suffered the most embarrassing loss to the Denver Broncos. Quarterback Peyton Manning picked apart Baltimore, setting the record for most touchdown passes in a NFL game that resulted in a 22 point loss for the Ravens.

Sept.14 @ Bethel University 1:30p.m.

Sept. 12 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 8 p.m.

Sept. 12 vs. Cambellsville 7 p.m .

Sept. 12 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 8 p.m .

Sept. 14. Centre College Invitational

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Football loses season opener

By ERIC BALMER Sports Editor Many people had been looking forward to last Thursday night. Football season had finally arrived. On Sept. 5, the men of the Georgetown College football team had their first game of the season. Going into the game, GC knew it was going to be their toughest game of the season. Unfortunately, they couldn’t start the season off with a victory.

At home, the Tigers battled the Ohio Dominican Uni-

versity Panthers, but were defeated 41-14. No. 6 GC were the first ones to score on their second drive and took a quick 7-0 lead. Then the Panthers erupted, managing to record the next 24 points. Until last week’s game, Georgetown had a 14-game winning streak at home.

Although the score was less than desirable, there were a few standout moments for Georgetown. Early in the second half, the Tigers scored on a pass from Neal Pawsat to Logan Crockett for a 26-yard

touchdown. This would be GC’s last points of the game.

The home team had some impressive play from Freshman Bobby Chan-Chan, who returned a ball 70 yards. He also had 82 receiving yards and ended the game with a total of 162 yards, which is quite an impressive first college game. Quarterback Zach Sowder had a good game too, throwing for 244 yards and a touchdown.

Coach Cronin was very vocal about his feelings about how his team played. “I’m

Lang earns MSC Award

By ERIC BALMER Sports Editor Excellence in Georgetown College sports is not only encouraged, but demanded.

Whether it’s football, basketball, softball or soccer, GC is expected to achieve great things. This expectation is well known by Danielle Lang, who is the goalie for the Lady Tigers soccer squad. Lang was recently awarded the MidSouth Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Last week, Georgetown traveled to Ohio to face Mt. Vernon Nazerene University.

In GC’s first full game of the season, Lang was solid, allowing only one goal in 110 minutes of action. Not only did she only allow one goal, but she also had 12 saves to hold the Cougars to a single goal.

Lang, a freshman from Amelia, Ohio was awarded

the player of the week honors within the first two weeks of her college career. Georgetown coach Leah Crews Castleman praised her goalie for transitioning to the level of play

Source: georgetowncollegeathletics.com

Lang earns defensive player of the week. college requires.

“This is well deserved,” the GC coach said. “Danielle has taken very well to the college game and plays so well in the net for us”

(georgetowncollegeathletics. com).

Thanks to Lang, Georgetown allowed only one goal, but also only able to put one in the net. As a result, they ended up having double overtime.

Neither team could break the other’s defense, and the contest concluded in a draw.

The two games before this one didn’t go in the records.

The first was an exhibition and the second was rained out, but Lang allowed just one goal in the 173 minutes of action she saw. If those matches counted, she would have 20 saves on the season.

Georgetown hopes to record their first win in their next game, which is at home against Kentucky Wesleyan College on tomorrow Kickoff for the game is at 6 p.m. at iHigh.com Field.

not happy about anything,” said the Georgetown football coach. “We had good moments, but not enough of them. We need to grow up and grow up quick” (georgetowncollegeathletics.com).

Ohio Domincan’s quarterback Mark Miller threw two of 20 yard passes late in the fourth quarter to put the nail in the Tigers’ coffin. Their kicker, Brent Whale, recorded two field goals in the second half, including a 38-yard and 46-yard attempt.

Overall, GC and ODC had

similar stats. The Panthers had 20 first downs, compared to the Tigers’ 19. Georgetown had the edge on rushing yards: 93 to 69. Penalties usually indicate how a team is doing but not in this game; the home team had 5 while the visitors had 7. The big difference in the affair was the ability to score, and Ohio Dominican had the magic formula.

The Tigers’ next action is next Saturday against NAIA No. 9 Bethel University. GC has to travel to Tennessee for the game.

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Senior Spotlight: Aimee Davis

By LEANNDRA W. PADGETT Copy Editor Aimee Kristin Davis has been extremely involved on campus since she transferred from Oswego State University (NY) in the spring of her freshman year. The Long Island native quickly jumped into campus life, but remains close to her family and thoroughly enjoys road trips to visit home.

She was an RA in Knight and has been RD of Flowers for two years. She has been active in Common Ground and has participated in Freshmen Family Groups (FFG) for three years. She was a participant, family leader, and now is co-coordinator. She has also been in a Depth Group and served as a student leader for a spring break mission trip in

2012 to Jackson, Miss. Davis is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a leadership honor society, and is a PHA Lil’ Sis. She is an Independent and currently holds the title of badminton doubles intramural champion along with her partner, Ashley Fox. A competitive spirit, she is also the runner up to Meredith Johnson (class of 2013) in the 2013 Water Wars.

Though she stays busy on campus, Aimee finds time to volunteer outside of GC. She attends Dry Run Baptist Church and has helped with their AWANA ministry and VBS. She also volunteers with high school girls at Georgetown Baptist Church (GBC).

She has completed internships on campus with Faith Cracraft and Mike Brown. She is a psychology major with a business

and French double minor and escapades (see spring George- on people with Seaton Stiles hopes to go to grad school for tonian issues for details), the and having movie nights with student affairs and higher edu- annual woman’s retreat and friends. Her favorite Bible cation, perhaps in North Caroverse is Proverbs 4:23 “Guard lina. Her top choice is currently your heart, for it is the wellAppalachian State University. spring of life.” Finally, this Though not a science stubusy senior advises peers to dent, Davis’ favorite place on “make the most out of your campus is the third floor of Georgetown experience, but Asher at sunset. Facing GBC, don’t get too busy that you she loves the “sun going down lose sight of the experience behind the steeple.” Perhaps that you’re having… I would her initial attraction to Asher take more time to appreciate involves her boyfriend of twothe things that I’m doing and and-a-half years, physics major the friendships I’m making.

Zac Bettersworth. She wanted Really be in those friendships, to give him a shout out saying, instead of being all over the “I appreciate him for always place.” Though she may be being there for me and helping critical of her own investme through everything.” ments in friendships, Davis is The Georgetonian/COLLIN SMITH While Davis’ time at loved by those who know her You may recognize Aimee Davis Georgetown is full of good and always has a smile and as the RD of Flowers. memories, four stood out to kind word for everyone she her: trips to the Gorge with Dance Marathon. She has meets. friends, a night of Blue’s Clues also enjoyed playing pranks

author, but I do really enjoy books with a good mystery.

I could probably never pick a favorite book, but I am currently reading “Adventures of a Shopaholic.”

Question: What is your favorite part about working in the Caf? Answer: The students are my favorite part! It is really nice being able to get to know everybody and form relationships with them. We are like the students’ family away from home. We try to take care of them, make sure they are fed well and help them out in other ways when we can.

Question: Would you like to share a random fact about yourself?

Answer: My random fact is that I am the youngest in my family. There are three of us. Everyone here knows my sister Kim, of course. Also, I am a huge country music fan, and I am extremely excited about the new Keith Urban album coming out on Tuesday!

Question: What brought you here to Georgetown?

Answer: I worked in finance for fifteen years before I came to work here. I eventually just had a burn-out and decided that I did not want to

Staff Spotlight: Kelly Shutter

By HANNAH KENNEDY Staff Writer Whether you enjoy the Caf food or despise it, no one can disagree with the fact that we have an amazing staff.

Kelly Shutter is always interested in knowing how each student’s day has been, and is eager to encourage others. Although shy at first, Shutter shared some information about herself.

Question: Do you have any hobbies?

Answer: I like to cook, of course, and to read a lot of books. I do not have a favorite

do that anymore. You could call it a mid-life crisis, I guess.

I moved here from New York last year to be with my family.

I always knew that I wanted to be cooking in some regard, because I really do enjoy it a lot.

However, when I took the job here it was not to cook, but that came about around the end of last year. I knew that I would have to start at the bottom.

I began working at summer camps two years ago and then they offered me a full time job.

Once they learned that I was a good worker I moved on up to the cooking job.

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Do you know a senior, faculty or staff member deserving of a spotlight? Email your suggestions to Meghan Alessi at malessi0@ georgetowncollege.edu

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Finley 5k hits home for Tiger family

By MEGHAN ALESSI Features Editor On Saturday, Sep. 7 the Finley 5k Run/Walk proved to be a success. The purpose of this event was to raise awareness for SIDS (Sudden InfantDeath Syndrome), which is the leading cause of death in one month to one-year old infants.

This 5k especially hit home for members of the Tiger community. The race was named in memory of Finley, the son of Dwayne Ellison (Assistant Coach of the GC football team). Finley tragically passed away from SIDS at less than a year old.

The 5k had hundreds of supporters with over 900 participants from across the Georgetown community and beyond, including many members of the football team and coaching staff. They released balloons at the event in honor of Finley.

September 11, 2013 Page 7 Shutter (cont. from page 6) Question: Do you cook when you are at home?

Answer: I do not cook as often now that I practically live here, but my sister and I usually do take turns cooking at home.

Question: What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?

Answer: “The Smurfs!”

Question: If you had a daily life philosophy what would it be?

Answer: Live each day to the fullest, because you The Georgetonian/ARIEL SNIEGOWSKI never know how long you are going to have. Never take Kelly Shutter has always wanted a job cooking, and she loves it life for granted.

here at Georgetown.

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Georgetown Tree Huggers

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This week’s Tree Hugger is junior Catherine Shelburne.

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Sujo John’s message challenges others to end human trafficking

By AUSTIN FRALEY Staff Writer On Tuesday, Sujo John spoke of his amazing story of surviving 9/11. But Monday night, several students gathered in the chapel to hear him speak on a slightly different topic that he is passionate about—human trafficking. John and his friends have begun a ministry called You Can Free Us (www.youcanfree.us) which focuses specifically on women trafficked in the red light district of New Delhi, India.

While stories of rescued victims of the sex slave trade pull on heartstrings, the simple statistics John gave were shocking. GB Road, the largest red light district in Delhi, is a mile and a half long, yet 37,000 sex workers/ slaves are in brothels along it. In India, 2.5 million girls are prostitutes. They sell themselves for as little as $1.50, and only see one–third of that money. They see 40-70 men every single night. John, after giving some of these statistics, could only look at the audience and say, with a sigh, “That place.”

Although these numbers are horrifying, there is a hopeful side to the

story. You Can Free Us has made major strides in rescuing women and children from these brothels (where they are often kept in cages or cells). They have opened two safe houses for women who want to be freed and begin a process of healing. After hearing the story of Matthew Barnett and the Dream Project, who ministered to prostitutes in Los Angeles, John and the organization enacted a program of going out to the red light district, handing out flowers to prostitutes and letting them know, “If you want to get out of here, we can get a van here in twenty minutes and take you away from this place.”

John emphasizes the fact that these women need to know that they are loved and that they are special. He says he sees himself as an evangelist, doing his best to spread Christ’s love.

John has seen the Holocaust Museum in Israel, the gas chambers in Ukraine and Elmina Castle in Ghana, where not too long ago, while Africans were being sold as slaves and shipped off to different lands, a church was meeting three stories up. After all these things, John said he realized his evangelism needed to not just be with words, but with acts

of love.

The movement is spreading. There was an initiative put forth to take pictures of some of the ex-prostitutes in certain modeling photos. After it had gained some momentum, the biggest fashion Source: vimeo.com show in India Sujo John spoke about human trafficking in India. invited them to come and gave them two hours to do whatever not to go back to her old life. After they wanted, a big success in India, a being there for so long, it is sometimes country where the government and a hard for women to leave. John said, large portion of the press brags on GDP “The demons of our past come back to growth, while ignoring the plight of haunt us, and we have to do spiritual the suffering poor. This moment made battle with them.” John’s message chalpeople aware of a major problem in the lenges listeners to overcome the spiritual battles of their own troubled past streets.

One of the pictures was of a woman as human beings and Americans and fighting a dragon, which John says was act out against modern—day slavery. symbolic of the fighting of temptation

artist and the viewer leaves me feeling that I have a responsibility to understand what artists want to say through their work. I experienced this while exploring Kim Fink’s Palimpset exhibit currently on display in the Cochenour Gallery.

As I stepped foot into the exhibit, my eye was immediately drawn to the images on the left wall. This work is titled “The Weight of Sweetness (from blossoms).” There are four varying

images aligned side by side with contrasting colors and moods. The one constant element in each image is the words written in red. At first glance the words on the images did not seem to be connected. I attempted to make sense of the words and images several times.

Then I had an “aha!” moment.

As Dr. Seuss said, “Sometimes the answers are simple.” I discovered that it was all meant to be read left to right as a whole. Fink refers to his work as a

Palimpset encourages new worldviews

By HANNAH KENNEDY Staff Writer

Dr. Seuss once said, “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Having little art background, I sometimes feel overwhelmed when looking at a piece of art. Artists allow those who view their works to have a glimpse into their minds that are full of passion and creative insight. This trust between the

personal diary. “The Weight of Sweetness (from blossoms)” seems to depict the image of a young memory. Perhaps we as viewers can relate to this memory.

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Student Showcase: short story

By JACKIE KNIGHT Staff Writer

Rosa dated the moon once. He took her to a movie, and they discussed that if there were magic in the world, it must be contained in water. He, a quick-thinking boy with cratered grey skin, did not believe in magic, and she told him about her grandfather who could turn lead to gold.

He had been 12 when he discovered the trick. Twelve and made of sunwarmed beach sand. A traveling girl in colorful skirts had tried to take the secret from him with a temptress hand tapping his upper leg. The girl made the wealthy boy’s bones rattle like ice in a full glass. Her grandfather, whose riches had turned him into a babyshelled sea turtle, fell for her and they found a home on the coast.

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Too often, individuals put on blinders to prevent seeing the death and chaos in this world. It is possible that, like a young child, we can enjoy simple days and live in happy moments. We can be ignorant of the suffering among us.

On the left wall, Fink has several

The bride went out on a boat the day they were to be married, her neck heavy with African diamonds and rubies plucked from a princess’s garden in the east. She ran her fingers through the water and, when a swell hit the side of her boat, toppled over like a small stone. The waves swallowed the girl, twisting her torso in seaweed and tearing at her delicate skin. When she washed ashore, her lips were the color of the sky and the jewels she had worn were long lost.

Rosa’s grandfather wept over her battered body; and his arms became the wandering wings of a seagull. He cried out and begged for the girl that was his to come back. He swore his fortune, his land and his life, and the gods dried his tears. The girl’s heart glowed crystal clear, and life flowed through her once again. The ocean that had taken

her, however, demanded she remain his own, so her body turned the color of pearls, her eyes into the flesh of an oyster. The girl fell back into the salty breath, never to walk dry land again.

The man, having given his vast riches to the gods, married a girl from his village. She was kind and nurturing with a face like his mother’s.

Every night, he would walk the lonely shore and watch his mistress shepherd the tides. His children, with the soft hearted wife from the village, were forged of sun-warmed beach sand with skin of turtle shells.

Rosa and the moon’s fling was short lived, but no more than a day after they took separate paths, the moon appeared in Rosa’s window. His hair was frazzled, so stars were falling out as he trembled by her bed. He confessed he could go no longer without

the hollow sound of her voice and the feel of her palm against his fingernails.

Rosa batted her oyster flesh eyes and twirled her colorful skirt. “I know,” she said. “We are shepherds of the tides.”

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The A&E section would like to feature students’ work. Do you have any poems or short stories you would like to share? The A&E pages would love to showcase your work around campus!

All you have to do is send your work to: hkriege0@georgetowncollege.edu.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at the address above. I look forward to printing your work!

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other images. The largest one is complicated and full of smaller, almost hidden pictures. On this wall there are also some of his simpler works. There are six of Fink’s works on display in the Palimpset exhibit. Each piece is intriguing and loaded with cultural realities.

He develops his works by gathering images and combining them. In his artist statement, Fink explained that the images are from various sources

such as magazines, the newspaper and the internet. Fink’s goal is to, “infuse cultural realities that explore objective versus subjective visions and develop a synthesis between images and meaning.” The exhibit will remain in the Cochenour Gallery until Sept. 27. I encourage everyone to go check it out.

Appreciate the glimpse into this artist’s imagination, and discover some interpretations of your own.

Fink’s work is meant to be interpreted as whole, although viewers can also appreciate individual works.

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“The Family”: Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this action comedy about a mafia family that is placed in the witness protection program.

Released next weekend: “Battle of the Year”: Chris Brown and Josh Peck star in this movie about an American national dance crew that strives to win an international competition for the first time.

“Rush”: Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl star in this movie as rival racecar drivers who aren’t afraid of pushing each other over the edge.

“Prisoners”: Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhall star in this thriller about a horrifying experience parents’ faced when their daughter and her friend are kidnapped.

“Generation Iron”: Mickey Rourke and Arnold Schwarzenegger star in this documentary about the lives of body-builders.

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Why do some people insist Frodo and Sam (heroes of “The Lord of the Rings” series and a nearly unequaled example of loyal friendship) must be gay lovers? Why have phrases like “bromance” or “man-date” come into the popular lexicon? I have a theory.

For a long time, in many cultures, the social spheres of men and women were not quite as porous as they are now. Most time was spent, and most social bonding occurred, with those of the same sex. While I have little space to explain in detail, one should know that that slowly began to change starting perhaps with the greater acceptability of “Courtly Love” in the later Middle Ages (as argued by Louis-Georges Tin in “The Invention of Heterosexual Culture”).

By the 20th century, this cultic status of the male-female couple had grown so powerful the poet W.H. Auden could claim, “No notion of our Western culture has been responsible for more human misery and more bad poetry than the supposition… that a certain mystical experience called falling or being ‘in love’ is one which every normal man and woman can expect to have.”

Male-female romantic relationships started becoming the place for acceptable intimacy — and not only sexually.

This is why it is strange for us to see old Civil War pictures of men in “intimate poses”—

holding hands, sitting in one another’s laps—positions which seem to us more indicative of a “couple” than “friends.”

Modern western society increasingly put more stock in romantic relationships than in friendships –to the point where couples became almost the only social arrangement in which (at least some) public displays of affection were permissible.

Anyone who has ever been to a country where kissing as a greeting is common knows a kiss is not inherently sexual.

Neither is a hug or holding hands. People desire affection and intimacy, naturally, it need not be a de facto sign a relationship is not platonic.

In many countries with a suppressed or non-existent gay-rights movement, same-sex public affection among friends is common because it is not presumed that such affection is the property of couples only (whether “gay” or “straight”).

Gay couples fighting for recognition have sometimes contributed to the pervasive idea that affection is only for those in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Do not mistake my point.

I am not saying society should shove every gay person back in the closet or that we should socially segregate men and women to regain same-sex friendship. Rather, I believe in recognizing that romantic or sexual relationships should not be the only possible source of love, intimacy, and affection in our lives. “The couple” does not have sole rights to that position.

It is wise to note the words of C.S. Lewis in “The Four Loves”: “To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most

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fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue. The modern world, in comparison, ignores it.”

“Bromances” are born out of the need for intimate relationships outside of those which are assumed to be (at least potentially) sexual. Therefore, the one socially acceptable way to regain same-sex, but non-sexual, intimacy is taken. A mock romance is created because a romance is where we assume the one place that love is acceptable. We call it the “Bromance.” It is an attempt to regain what was lost: intimate, platonic same-sex friendships.

St. Aelred of Rievaulx, 12th century abbot and writer of “On Spiritual Friendship,” held that true friendship was life-long. Sitcoms like “Friends” and “How I Met Your Mother” suggest that while significant others come and go, your pals will always be there for you.

But in our lives, we often seem atomized into individuals.

Committed romantic relationships appear much more stable than any sort of “deep” or even “spiritual” friendship could ever be in our society where our job could suddenly move us across the country or world.

These medieval and ancient pictures of friendship seem impossible, or less likely, today.

At the very least, considering the need the “Bromance” represents seriously is counter-cultural (and I would argue potentially very Christian, but that’s another topic entirely).

Ultimately, there is no zerosum game here. Recognizing worth in romantic relationships does not mean friendships must be devoid of affection. It’s okay for “bros” to hold hands.

Opinion Student considers the complex Syrian situation Issue 2

By ZAC LOSEY Staff Writer W h e n con sider i ng the conflict in Syria, there are many different lenses through which one could examine the conflict, all of which will likely lead one to different conclusions about the situation. As Americans, we are all inclined to ask what we should do as a country – but our ultimate goal in such a situation is to figure out what is best for us.

Humanitarians are likely to focus on what is best for the people affected, with the ultimate goal being the minimization of suffering. Christians, depending on the flavor, would likely combine the previous goals: doing what is best for the

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country while trying to minimize suffering. That said, I’d like to go ahead and get a couple of things out of the way: (1) I am in no way an expert on Middle Eastern culture or the current situation in Syria. (2) I have no idea what is the ‘best’ course of action or if there even is one. No matter what happens, no matter what America does or doesn’t do, there is going to be appalling suffering. Instead of pretending like I know what’s best, I’d like to simply consider some facets of the conflict that may be useful in forming an informed opinion on what the United States should do, if anything.

Hopefully, we’ve learned from Iraq that we can’t simply invade another country and think that will fix everything.

Things are more complicated than we make them out to be — especially other cultures.

While we may see ourselves

as the grand liberators of the oppressed, the rest of the world does not. A ground invasion is absolutely stupid – it would simply accelerate the violence and rouse anti-Americanism among extremists. It would also cost a lot of American lives.

What about the rebels?

Arming them with the hopes they will topple the Assad regime and end the bloodshed is naïve. Doing so would empower jihadists and is likely increase the conflict between rebel factions. We made that mistake before when we armed the Taliban back in 1996 during the civil war in Afghanistan.

The administration has indicated that it is in favor of missile strikes, but doing so is unlikely to deter the bloodshed or turn the tide of the war.

So if there aren’t any good options, why all the talk of intervention? After all, America

seems pretty unaffected by all this. The problem came with Assad’s use of chemical weapons against civilians. It’s a big deal. The distinction between conventional weapons and chemical ones is not arbitrary.

War is going to happen; there is no getting around it. You might think that how the killing happens doesn’t matter, but in the case of chemical weapons it does. Conventional weapons are easy to target at enemy combatants, but chemical weapons are not. They do not discriminate between civilians and combatants. Thus, they are usually pretty ineffective at helping one side defeat another.

While they may give one side an advantage, they are almost guaranteed to cause massive civilian suffering. Civilians everywhere are better off if no one uses them. The Geneva Convention banned their use

for those exact reasons. However, the regulation is not easily enforced and this ‘norm’ against chemical weapons use is frail.

Ignoring Assad’s use of them could dramatically weaken this norm because it is so fragile, but it is not so frail that it isn’t worth protecting.

Invasion is clearly a bad idea, as is arming the rebels. It seems to me that intervention of any sort seems to end poorly, but I can’t help thinking that the use of chemical weapons cannot be ignored. It’s a crime against humanity, and the hard-won norm against their use is worth protecting. So while missile strikes probably won’t ease the suffering in Syria, end the war or affect the Assad regime all that much, protecting the norm against chemical weapons is a lot easier if everyone knows violating it will earn you a some inbound cruise missiles.

Georgetown housing decisions are questionable

By AUSTIN FRALEY Staff Writer It’s several weeks into the semester.

You’re finally getting used to your classes.

You could say that you’re finally completely settled in. Suddenly an email comes from the res life staff, humbly and graciously letting you know that there aren’t enough people in your residence hall and you’ll have to be moving into another dorm right in the middle of the semester.

I think I can speak for many

students on campus when I say that at first glance, cynicism was the response. After the closing down of Pierce (which is still sitting on the quad, by the way, with nothing happening to it), and the building of two completely new townhouse villages—the latter of which the faculty practically had to beg people to live in— it doesn’t seem unreasonable at all to assume that the closing down of Collier is all just another piece of the long, disastrous plot to make sure we all live in townhouses and pay $1,000 extra.

Anyone can see that the above paragraph reads like a

mad conspiracy. We can appeal to many things to say that it could not be true, such as the fact that we don’t know exactly what the administration has done to determine that this is the best course of action. Perhaps it would be detrimental financially to keep Collier running. We were told that community development is a main reason for the shift.

Having lived there myself last year, I can say that what the people who live there typically want—myself included—is not community, but to be by themselves. Not that is a bad goal.

It makes sense for Collier to be taken offline. There

are 19 people living there.

What doesn’t make sense is the timing. Those students are going to have to move in and out twice this semester.

I could say that perhaps the administration was unaware that amount of people would be living there prior to the school year, but that seems highly unlikely and, if true, makes me worry about how on top of things our administration is.

The only reason remaining is to make headway with renovations, which we are told are going to be done immediatelyjust like how Rucker was going to be done at the beginning of fall of 2011.

Just like Pierce was shut down and girls were forced to live in Knight and Flowers.

Just like how Hambrick was going to be done at the beginning of last year, but when it wasn’t, all the residents were shoehorned into the “offline” Pierce, now unofficially the first co-ed res hall (outside of the townhouses) in Georgetown history. This move is for the best. The timing is for the worst. The administration over res life could have very good reasons for deciding to act now. But they haven’t given us very good reason to trust their decision-making in the past.

THE BACK PAGE Student questions the Caf

By COLLIN SMITH

it seems shocking that we go hungry.

Every evening the parking spots of Photo Editor the various lots on campus are vacant he population of the city of as students go off campus in search of Georgetown has boomed over sustenance. The reason behind our avid 60 percent in the last 15 years, making support of the food industry of Georgeit one of the fastest growing cities in town is the Caf’s pathetic offerings Kentucky. We are seeing the benefits known as “food.” Lately, the offerings of food made by of this as we gain the Caf have been new restaurants pretty bleak. In my such as Chicktime here at GeorgeFil-A, Zaxby’s, town, I’ve learned to and now Qdoba avoid the Caf after and Buffalo Wild lunch on Friday and Wings, that have before dinner on come to GeorgeSunday. The Caf is town just in the not to be trusted on last four years. the weekends. This But maybe this past Sunday’s meal has less to do with can be seen in Figure population boom The Georgetonian/COLLIN SMITH 1. I thought that this as it does with the meal marked a new growing hunger Figure 1. This meal needs prayer. low for the Caf. Following this meal a of Georgetown College students.

Despite us all being poor college surprisingly large number of students students, we somehow use most of our could be seen standing in a line writing spending money on food. The fresh- comment cards.

Through the years, I have had men all have 19 meals a week and most upperclassmen opt for the 15 many opportunities to eat in the Caf for meal/$400 Tiger Dollar Meal plan, so “atypical” meals. The Caf has demon-

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strated its ability to make good and nutritious food at Tiger Preview Days, holiday meals, such as Mardi Gras and Thanksgiving, and Greek Banquet. The Caf will often cater banquets for various organizations and teams on campus, and these meals are quite good. Being aware of the potential the Caf has, it saddens me that the quality of food is so low. Meals are either over or under cooked, the quality of meat is sometimes questionable and the salad line leaves a lot to be desired. I appreciate the wide range of options the Caf offers, but I personally would prefer quality over quantity.

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