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November 19, 2014 Volume CXXXIV Issue 10
Vinegar lectures on the presence of diversity The lecture centered on the quote “Diversity Today, Diversity Tomorrow, Diversity Forever”
By KATE DOCTOR Web Editor Last Tuesday, Rodney Vinegar from the Office of Diversity at Georgetown College held a lecture on the importance of diversity entitled “Diversity Today, Diversity Tomorrow, Diversity Forever.” Vinegar started off the lecture with a brief overview of the purpose of the seemingly ambiguous title of the lecture. This title was based off a 1963 quote from newly elected governor of Alabama, George Wallace, who infamously said, “Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” after someone inquired about his views on the integration of the different races. The title of this lecture is intended to be a foil of this quote, talking about the importance of diversity to society as a whole, and not just to minority groups. Vinegar defined diversity as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements” or “the inclusion of different types of people.” He followed this up with a conversation about the circle of diversity, which talks about
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the different types of diversity and how they all relate to one another, from the personalities of each individual to where they stand within an organization or group. As an example, he uses the founding fathers of the United States. Vinegar talked about how even though the men were similar in a few aspects, such as landowner status and race, they were diverse in many ways. All of the men were born in different places, held different professions, and had different upbringings from childhood. Even though they lacked diversity in terms of race, diversity still existed within the group because of their differing experiences growing up and places within society at that time. With this being said, Vinegar posed the question: do you think the Constitution would have been different if different people had been involved in its drafting? Even though it most certainly would have been different, the founding fathers that were involved in the drafting of the Constitution were “just as diverse as anyone.” Another example Vinegar gives is PepsiCo, whose diversity endeavors have brought
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them huge success not just in diversifying their workforce, but also in the market as well. The CEO, Steve Reinmund, set forth goals for his executives to achieve every year, which included promotions at parity as well as turnover at parity, a controversial move on his part. However, he stood by this decision, and as a result, the turnover rate among people of color and women was twice as low as the turnover of white workers, and the company flourished. Vinegar then highlighted a few important key points in his lecture. One of them was, “You don’t have to sacrifice perfection for diversity.” He explained it further by explaining how no one is ever
really qualified for a job until they are given the opportunity to do that job, so race and gender should not really be an impediment to hiring a particular candidate. The next point was, “You have to hold leaders accountable to make a difference.” If one does not hold their leaders accountable, positive change will never happen. For example, Reinmund held his executives accountable for achieving diversity goals within their respective divisions, and as a result they hit all of their goals and promoted positive change within the company. The last key point presented was that “You don’t have to be a minority to be a champion for diversity.” He further drives this point home, saying how being inclusive of everyone is “just the right thing to do” and that you can be any ethnicity or gender to promote diversity within the workplace as well as within school. The lecture was brought to a close by touching on diversity in college. Vinegar talked about how diversity can help college students learn how to deal with many different personalities. This translates into real world jobs where one
has to deal with many different kinds of people within the workplace. It also makes one more adaptable and more empathetic, or understanding as Vinegar pointed out. It is also important to be mindful of how one treats their coworkers, for if one can’t get along and deal with different people, they will ultimately fail in their field and lose their job. This view of diversity is relevant to any job anyone aspires to get after graduating from college. Overall, Vinegar drove the point home that diversity is important to a functioning society as a whole.
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Rodney Vinegar spoke on diversity in school and the real world.
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Diversity can help students deal with the many different personalities that people have.
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A heat wave in Casino, New South Wales hit a high of over 110 degrees, causing around 5,000 bats to die and fall from the trees. Volunteers sprayed cold water on the survivors in an attempt to keep them alive. In Colorado Springs, Colo., police responded to reports of gunfire coming from a home and found two drunk men shooting bottles in the basement whom they promptly arrested. In Melbourne, Australia, a man dressed in a Santa costume robbed a post office. He was unarmed and no one was injured. In Utah, police tracked a disabled cell phone which had made multiple calls without the caller saying anything. They found a 68–year–old, drunken man pointing a loaded rifle at a teenage girl and having an argument over a game of Battleship. A Westminster gardener has been pulling leaves off of trees by hand since Commons officials claim that the practice is more time efficient than raking up the leaves. Two Palestinian cousins, armed with a gun and knives, attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem during morning prayers, killing four rabbis and a policeman. They were shot and killed by other policemen.
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Actress speaks to students By FIONA McELRATH Copy Editor On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Robyn Peterman—Zahn spoke about her life as a dancer, actress, author and mother. George McGee, from the theater department, introduced her as “one creative person.” Since the Spring ’14 semester, McGee has been bringing in people who have made successful careers for themselves in theatre and film to give talks and tell their stories to theatre students and others in order to inspire and encourage those hoping to tackle that field. All of these people live in Kentucky, and many live right here in Georgetown, or very close by. Robyn, wife of Steve Zahn, came in as the last speaker of this series. After some delightful banter, McGee asked his opening question: When did you know that you loved being creative? Peterman–Zahn’s immediate answer to this was, “Always. Always, always, always.” She started to dance when she was young as a form of therapy for straightening her feet. Although she hated it at first, she ultimately grew to love it. Singing was also a love of hers from a young age, and she was the cause of much annoyance to her brothers—what little sister isn’t?—by singing at the top of her lungs in her room. Also in her younger years, she participated in community theatre, and continued the theatre life after going away to North Western University for college. As a theatre major, she was able to pay for much of her college tuition by acting in commercials. She felt she had nothing to lose, and encouraged the gathered students to feel the same, and to do whatever they wanted to do. After college, Peterman–Zahn moved to New York, and from there
went on several national tours for musicals and performed on Broadway. She pointed out that, in that setting, musical theatre and theatre were entirely separate. When she had had enough of that, however, she moved to the other side of the country—Los Angeles—and went into acting. There, she did many pilots that never went anywhere, as well as a lot of other television, both good and bad. Here, Peterman–Zahn pointed out that she had been able to do all the things she had planned on doing, although not in the order she expected. Through her acting career, she met her husband, Zahn, and once they had been married for six years, they had kids. She said that this was amazing because they weren’t supposed to be able to have kids; however, after her first daughter was born, not only did the camera not love her anymore (cameras care more about a woman’s body than a man does, according to Peterman–Zahn) but acting itself didn’t mean as much to her. The family soon moved back to Kentucky, where Robyn had grown up, and she described the state as “paradise.” Still, she felt that something creative in her had died; thus, she told Steve she would write a book, and that is exactly what she did. She said “I write romance. I love happily–ever–after and I made the New York freaking Times.” Her beginnings as an author were not so successful, though. She sent her first book to several publishers, but no one was interested, so she went to a romance–writers convention and started to ‘hawk’ a book that she made up on the spot. Everyone who heard about it was interested in seeing a manuscript. In a slight panic, she told them she had to get it “professionally edited” and they would have it in three weeks. During those three weeks, she wrote the entire book—a 95k word novel that
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Zahn urged students to “take all the little side roads” in life. lead to a three book contract. Of the many things she occupies herself with now, the most intriguing one was her hobby of, as she put it, stray animal collecting. Even though she generally requires silence to write, she doesn’t mind a few cats and dogs with her in her office. By far the strangest animals she and Steve own are their fainting goats, which were originally bred to be a kind of distraction. Fainting goats would be put into big, expensive herds so that when predators came, they would stiffen up, fall over and be eaten while the other goats ran away. Hers don’t faint very well, though. Peterman–Zahn loves being able to be a working a mother. In response to a question posed by Julie Anderson, she suggested community theatre as a way to continue the hobby of theatre even in married and working life. Peterman–Zahn’s advice to students is this: you can always reinvent yourself; don’t take the highway, take all the little side roads; and, although you won’t always succeed, you can always learn something from your experiences.
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Hatfield discusses nuclear power
By ANDREA BELLEW Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, to commemorate the late Doctor Hatfield, the Hatfield Endowment group brought in former math professor of Georgetown College, Ken Brockman. The nuclear safety inspector and former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director, spoke on nuclear energy. Brockman discussed nuclear power becoming part of the world’s energy strategy and how an effective safety culture can and must be developed. Brockman began his lecture with the story about the IAEA winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, during the time when he was director. IAEA is located in Vienna, so the award recognition went to the Board of Governors. There were eight invitations to the award ceremony and after deliberation
the governors decided to let the staff of the IAEA go to the ceremony because they are the ones who had earned the award. In his lecture, he covered nuclear power and its applications, the historical challenges to safe utilization, safety culture and personal reflections. However, his main focus was safety culture—how it has failed in the past, and how it has been and will be fixed. In relation to how safety is a culture, he said, “In everything you do, safety comes first; economics comes second. Safety comes first; individualism comes second. Safety comes first; the business – bottom line – does not come first.” Some of the first pictures Brockman provided were of Enrico Fermi’s site for Chicago Pile–1 (first artificial atomic bomb) and the first nuclear bomb and bombing of World War II. After showing these pictures he said, “This is
where the entire American program started; this is where all the programs’ subsequent programming started; this is where (as part of our discussion) we are going to make sure it never goes back to again.” Brockman said that during the McCarthy era, everything that was going on within the nuclear industry was being kept from the American people. He sees a lack of education in nuclear power as the cause for people’s fear of nuclear power plants today. Brockman highlighted how radioactivity is already used within our everyday lives to emphasize why a fear of nuclear power and radioactivity does not have solid foundation. Radioactivity is medically applied through diagnostics and illness therapy, such as X–rays and cancer treatment. There are also everyday industrial applications for smoke detectors, well–logging
(making a detailed record of geological stuctures) and more. Over ten thousand radioactive materials are transported across America every day. Then Brockman briefly explored how nuclear power can be used as electric power. The nuclear part is used to create heat, just like with wood, oil or coal, which fuels electricity. The nuclear power would be used instead of burning these resources. Brockman spoke about the mishaps of different nuclear facilities over the years in Tokai Mura, Japan; Gonaia, Brazil; Harrisburg, Pa.; the Chernobyl plant of Pripyat, Ukraine and Fukushima Daiichi. He said that the real problems behind these mishaps, all ended up being based in human error by lack of following safety regulations.
superficially. He explained that “risk is the multiplication of probability and consequence” of the incident. If one accident happens frequently, but never results in a fatality, is it more dangerous than an event that happens once every few decades, but has at least one death? Most importantly, he made known that “nuclear energy is hundreds of industries down the list” of most dangerous industries; coal and farming are the first two, respectively. He then briefly explained the mishaps at Three Mile Island (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Chernobyl (present–day Ukraine). The Three Mile Island situation resulted in zero deaths or injuries, but it instigated panic. It was caused by a misinterpretation of gauges and the operators turning off all the safety systems. Chernobyl was a failed experiment by Soviet scientists. The reactor went from one percent power to over
three thousand percent within half of a second, igniting the charcoal medium, creating instant vapor and bursting all of the pipes in the reactor core. Neither of these were nuclear explosions; even Chernobyl was simply a build–up of pressure. Moving on to Fukushima Diiachi, Brockman presented lesser–known details. The reason Japan uses so much nuclear power is because it is cheaper and more efficient than importing oil, coal and natural gas. Fukushima contains six reactor units within half of a mile along the coast of the Sea of Japan. None of the six were built to withstand more than an 8.2 earthquake. The earthquake that hit in 2011 was a 9.1, nine times stronger. The flood wall was 28 feet tall; the tsunami was over 30 feet. When the earthquake hit and moved Japan 2.4 meters east, power
was cut from the reactor, so generators in the basement were used. Because of poor maintenance on the water–proof seal, the generators were flooded, causing the meltdown. The radiation was contained, but hydrogen leaked. When the hydrogen reached seven percent of the oxygen, the frayed electrical cords ignited it. Even today, the Japanese are pumping in twelve thousand gallons per month to cool down the reactor. The runoff is then flowing into the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, which is the biggest effect. The future of nuclear power lies in improving safety. In Georgia, a new plant has been under construction since 2008—the first in 30 years—and it does not use electricity to run the pumps, it uses gravity and convection.
In-depth look into Fukushima
By EVAN MOORE Staff Writer
Ken Brockman, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Peace graced Georgetown College with his presence earlier this week, giving two talks on nuclear energy, its significance, its safety and its future. His lecture on Monday was the more detailed of the two. He started at 6:30 p.m. going around, asking the students which main topic they would like him to focus on. The choices were an in–depth look into Fukushima, a “forty acres, six inches deep” on nuclear plants, and nuclear power plants in America. After the votes, he announced, “For those who voted for Fukushima, the Lord is rejoicing for you.” The presentation began with a discussion of risk, both technically and
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Volleyball wins MSC tourney
By JOE RICHEY Sports Editor
The Tigers began the tournament Friday against Pikeville (15-19). They won 25-20, 28-26, 25-18. They had a .284 hitting percentage compared to Pikeville’s .096. Allyson Wilbourn led with 11 kills followed by Caraline Maher with nine and Corri Muha with seven. Lindsey Martindale had 22 assists and Stephanie Gurren had 11. Courtney Grafton had 18 digs and Maddie Kunkel had 10. Against St. Catharine the
Tigers came back from a two set deficit to win 22-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-9. The comeback was helped in large part by Freshman Jenny Howell, who in the third set had five kills on nine swings. Caraline Maher led with 20 kills on a .447 hitting percentage. Stephanie Gurren had 32 assists and Lindsey Martindale had 31. Courtney Grafton had 25 digs followed by Maddie Kunkel and Martindale who had 13 apiece. The Tigers faced 32-2, No. 10 Lindsey Wilson in the championship for the third
time in three years winning 25-18, 25-18, 25-19 for back– to-back titles. The team had 51 kills on a .312 hitting percentage, led by Caraline Maher’s 14. Stephanie Gurren had 23 assists and Lindsey Martindale 21. Courtney Grafton had 15 digs. “What a day, that’s about all I can process right now,” said GC coach Nick Griffin. “We were on the ropes to a very good St. Catharine team in the semifinals not more than five hours ago. Now we are the champions, beating a team that hasn’t lost since Aug. 29. Heart and determination. Just
of “beat the enemy” kind of attitudes. Even though that was still present, the Tigers brought some significant positivity to this particular game in support of Hill. Jessica Foster, a player for the Tigers, decided to switch out her own jersey for Hill’s number. Hill, unfortunately, was not able to attend that night. On Midway’s team another player decided to
wear Lauren Hill’s number in her honor. The gym that night was jam–packed. Outside the gym, girls were selling t–shirts stating “Play for 22,” which all the basketball players displayed before the game. The t–shirts were sold for five dollars and all the proceeds went to Lauren Hill’s family. More proceeds came from gate sales, donations, and poster sales.
like last year we refused to lose.” It was the team’s second consecutive title and 16th in 19 tournaments. “It was destined,” said Martindale. “We focused ourselves with the song from last year and it came on while we were warming up. We were energized, calm and ready to go.” Maher, Wilbourn and Grafton were named to the All–MSC team. Martindale, Muha, and Lauren Schneidtmiller were named to the second–team. The Tigers play Point Park
University in the first round of the NAIA tournament Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Davis-Reid Alumni Gym.
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Women’s Basketball plays “for 22”
By CAITLYN MOORE Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the women’s basketball team played Midway. However, this was no typical basketball game. This game was played in honor of Lauren Hill, a freshman at Mount St. Joseph, who is suffering from a terminal form of brain cancer. In a typical game you see a lot
Men’s Bball Women’s Bball Football Volleyball
L. 100-113 Pikeville L. 72-77 Pikeville L. 28-35 Lindsey Wilson W. 3-0 Lindsey Wilson
Nov. 20 vs. Cumberland 8 p.m. Nov. 20 vs. Cumberland 6 p.m. Nov. 22 @ Marian 1:00 p.m. Nov. 22 vs. Point Park 7:30 p.m.
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The team donned shirts that said “Play for 22.” After the game, the Tigers had raised more than $3,000. When addressing the game itself, the Tigers dominated the Eagles. The final score was 94-59. It was noticeable, compared to the last home game, that the Tigers went after more 3–pointers, therefore racking up more points more quickly. The Tigers also had a significant height advantage, having many girls surpassing six feet. The Eagles only had one girl that surpassed six feet. A notable player is No. 12
Traylyn Woodard. The freshman point guard is getting significant playing time. Based off her performance at the GC vs Midway home game, she is a very good addition to the team.
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Meet softball player Kara Howard
By WHITNEY BRYAN Staff Writer
Meet Kara Howard, who is a 19–year–old freshman at Georgetown College. She is from Frankfort, Ky. and plays softball for Georgetown. She admires the sport and is excited to be able to play for the college. She started playing when she was six years old and has not quit since then. Her older sister, who graduated last year from Georgetown and played basketball here, got her interested in softball. Kara’s sister played the sport so Kara was always at her games and
practices. She recalled a time when the two of them were in the backyard playing softball for fun, and she decided then to take pitching lessons. They always enjoyed playing the sport together so at age 10, Kara knew she would love taking lessons. Her sister taught her the basics of pitching, and everyone told Kara that she was good at it. Kara sees softball as her stress–reliever and always has a good time playing the sport. She stated, “I throw myself into the sport and feel confident when I play.” Kara played softball for her high
school, Franklin County. She about life. She said, “Softball also played bashas taught me ketball when she how to be a was younger. She leader and how said that playing to push myself both sports got and guide to be too much, people in the so she could right direction. only chose one It has taught to keep playing. me how to be a Even though she good teammate enjoyed basketand work with ball, she chose to others.” Kara continue playing Source: Facebook.com likes playing softball and is Kara has an older sister who for Georgeglad that she did. attended Georgetown. town and Kara was conappreciates fident in saying that softball the small campus so she can has taught her a few lessons see her teammates while walk-
ing to class. She feels like the team is a family and she loves that. Kara’s major is sports administration and she currently gives pitching lessons to young children as her job. Her favorite movie is “A League of Their Own” which is a movie about softball. Kara spilled that she loves to watch old movies and old television shows. She also enjoys skiing and cannot wait to see what Georgetown’s softball team has to offer.
Miscellaneous Sport: Dog Sledding By KAYLA BOSWELL Staff Writer For over thousands of years, people have used dogs for many things: hunting, protection, companionship and even racing. Not only are there dog races that are similar to horse races, but there are races that involve a sled and snow. Dog sledding, or dog mushing, is used for not only sport, but also to travel over ice and snow. It usually contains one or more sled dogs. The type of dogs usually used are Siberian Huskies or Alaskan Malamutes. For Alaskan Malamutes, they are valued mostly for their willingness to work and their beautiful looks. For Siberian Huskies it is because they have good endurance, speed and dedica-
tion to run even when they are tired. However, many Huskies are mixed–breeds selected for performance and not looks, like most racing animals. When working on picking out the dog teams, a good dog team will pull together with months of training. They need to form a bond to work together. During off seasons, many mushers rope the dogs together to wheeled carts and let the dogs pull the carts through snowless dirt roads. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to brake the dogs because they have such a strong drive to continue pulling. The big dog running race is called the Iditarod: The Last Great Race. When training the dogs for the race and even during the race, there are certain requirements, like food,
that must be met. A normal canine eats around 1,500 calories per day; however, sled dogs can consume up to 10,000 calories a day. Another thing that is a requirement are polar– fleece booties, which are tied to the dogs’ paws for warmth and protection from the hard ice and snow. A musher can use up to 2,000 booties during the Iditarod because each bootie lasts for several hours and about 100 miles of wear. An interesting fact about dog sledding is that it is not uncommon to see dogs up to 10 years old running in races. The dogs can remain in their athletic form for many dog years, and it is hard to take them away from something they love. Every musher has to treat their dogs with love and care to have the best athletes in
the race. The first Iditarod race started on March 3, 1973. Currently, the next Iditarod race will start on March 7, 2015. Last year’s champion was Dallas Seavey. His record time was 8 days, 13 hours, 19 minutes and 4 seconds. He was two minutes ahead of Aliy Zirkle. The Iditarod race covers roughly
1000 miles from Anchorage to Nome in Alaska. Dog sledding is a sport that many people know about, but don’t know the hard facts about. There is a lot that goes into this cold sport for both the musher who trains the dogs and the dogs that have to pull that sled across the Alaskan terrain.
Writing Center The Writing Center will close over Thanksgiving break. It will be open until 9 p.m. on Nov. 25 and reopen on Monday Dec. 1.
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: JOEL REIHMER By BROOKE WHITAKER A&E Editor Joel Reihmer is a very familiar face on campus, and it’s difficult to find something that this active member of campus isn’t involved in. Joel wears a variety of hats, and serves as the GAC President, the Resident Director of Hambrick Village, a House Representative for SGA and a member of The Caf committee (also part of his SGA duties). Joel has been heavily involved in GAC since his sophomore year, and you probably know about him, even if you don’t know him personally, from the GAC event posters around campus. He cites “chilling with the
band Sundy Best the professors the most before their concert” out of everything that as his best memory makes Georgetown with GAC. great, as “they invested Joel has enjoyed a lot in me, and helped his time at Georgeme evolve as a person town, and says his as well as a student.” favorite memory When asked what involved him and he would tell his freshhis best friends man self, if given the going on a Valenchance to do so, he tine’s Day advensaid that it would be to ture last year. Joel “stop listening to what described the advenother people want you ture, saying, “We all to do with your life and Source: Facebook.com suited up and got in think about what you Joel wants to work in hydrology and help my friend’s Jeep to want for yourself.” people in third world countries obtain access go to Winchester, The chemistry to clean water. except the roof was major and sociology broken so we had to minor from Georgehold a plastic trash bag over bag and the other hand was town, Ky. plans on going to the roof, so there were five driving, and it was great.” graduate school for hydrology hands holding up this trash Joel said that he will miss and water resource sciences.
His eventual goal is to work in a third world country to help people have access to plentiful clean water, as one in seven countries still lack this necessity of life. Originally having wanted to go into medicine, Joel said that he switched to hydrology because he just didn’t feel like he was meant to be a doctor anymore. “I just wanted to do more help, and I think that I can do more work in preventative care with hydrology,” said Joel. Joel is certainly used to helping people, and we look forward to seeing what good he can do for the world in the future.
SGA to host Christmas light competition By KAITLIN FAHEY Features Editor The Georgetown College Student Government Association (SGA) will be hosting an inaugural competition in which students have the opportunity to decorate the exterior of their residence hall with Christmas lights. In an email to the student body sent on Tuesday, Nov. 18, SGA President Turner Altman noted that all residence halls—freshman, independent, Rucker and Hambrick villages, East Campus apartments and fraternity and sorority houses
— are eligible to participate in the competition. The winning residence hall will receive a prize of $200 towards the philanthropic organization of their choosing. Groups who Source: Lovechristmaslights.com plan to participate SGA is encouraging holiday spirit with in the competition their first Christmas Light Competition. must have a representative attend this meeting, rules and safety an informational meeting this regulations of the competition Thursday, Nov. 20 at 12:30 will be discussed. In addition, p.m. in the lobby of Collier the representative should Hall on South Campus. At come prepared to discuss their
group’s plan for their light display. Groups who do not receive approval for their plan by SGA will be rendered ineligible to compete. Though the original deadline to have displays completed was Monday, Nov. 24, it has since been pushed back to Monday, Dec. 1. at the request of student participants. This will enable students to use Thanksgiving weekend to obtain supplies for their displays. The winner of the competition will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 4., and displays must be removed by 5
p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the college’s Reading Day. Altman advised students who may have questions concerning the competition to email him at taltman@georgetowncollege.edu.
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: LAUREN YATES By KAITLIN FAHEY Features Editor Lauren Yates, a senior from Harrodsburg, Ky., was initially drawn to Georgetown College for a number of reasons. Among these reasons were Georgetown’s small size, Christian affiliation and the tennis team, of which she was a member. With her graduation approaching in May, Lauren reminisces on her time at Georgetown as she looks ahead to the future. Lauren is an elementary education major and cites the education department as another important factor in her decision to come to Georgetown. After graduation, she plans to remain close to the area, living in either Scott or Fayette County and teaching elementary schoolers in a local district. On campus, Lauren serves
taken senior photos for some of her friends and family members and hopes to continue to pursue this interest parttime, even after she has a teaching job. “I want to own my own business one Source: Facebook.com day,” Lauren Lauren wants to be an elementary school said of her photeacher with a part–time photography tography. business. When asked about her fondas the president of her sorority, est memories of being at Phi Mu, and is a member of Georgetown College, Lauren, the Kentucky Education Asso- like many others, mentioned ciation, a club for education the friendships she has made majors. She also attends events during her four years here, with the Campus Outreach “from going on shopping trips, late night movies and having ministry. Outside of her life on fun in the [sorority] house.” campus, Lauren said that she She has also enjoyed being able loves photography. She has to participate in traditions such
as Homecoming week, particularly Songfest. Lauren said that one thing she is particularly looking forward to in the remainder of her senior year is student teaching in the spring at Lemons Mill Elementary in Georgetown and Athens–Chilesburg Elementary (ACE) in Lexington. Lauren spoke highly of both schools. “[Lemons Mill] is a brand new school...they have so many tech options in each classroom...[ACE] has an amazing literacy program
and the students show a lot of interest in learning,” she said. “Most of my overseeing teachers are so kind–hearted. They are wonderful teachers themselves, and I will learn so much from them.” Lauren’s advice for current underclassmen at Georgetown College stems from her own experience and the life–long friendships that she has made: “Do your best in your classes, but don’t forget to have fun. In the end a GPA isn’t all that matters; it’s the friendships that last a lifetime.”
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By KAYLA BOSWELL Staff Writer Waka waka waka waka. Suddenly, a yellow circle with no eyes and a mouth is coming at you, what do you do? Well, if you are Blinky, Pinky, Inky or Clyde, you’d best go after him! You are the only ones that can defeat the one named Pac–Man. For this Pac–Man travels through a blue and black maze collecting yellowish/pinkish/whitish dots and fruit. Now, if the Pac–Man eats a flashing dot (bigger than the other dots) which is known as an Energizer (or so I believe; if not, we are calling them that anyway) then BEWARE! Pac–Man can now eat you. Oh gee, this is scary. I bet you are glad you are not Blinky, Pinky, Inky or Clyde. To the basics of Pac–Man: briefly, Pac–Man is an arcade game developed by Namco in Japan. It was first released in the year 1980 within Japan, not America. Don’t worry, that was in late May. During the same year, five months later, it was released by Midway in the United States. Yay. Oh, did you know that Pac–Man is one of the highest–grossing video games? Bet you didn’t. Did you also
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into the Japanese naming, the characters for each enemy are Shadow, who is red, Speedy, who is pink (and also the name to Green Arrow’s sidekick), Bashful, who is cyan/blue and Pokey, who is orange. Going back to the first paragraph, I only said Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. Those are the nicknames to the characters. Why do they have nicknames? How should I know? I didn’t make the game, but if you notice, the nicknames mentioned above are in the same order as their character names. You are welcome. Source: Webmonkey.com Going back to Pac–Man eats his way to victory over Inky, Blinky, more random facts and Pinky and Clyde. nerding out, Pac–Man outsold Asteroids as know that it made over $2.5 billion by the best–selling game in North Amerthe 1990s? Freakishly awesome, right? ica. Not only that, but by the end of the Pac–Man is also one of the longest run- 1980s, it surpassed the profits earned ning video games from the golden age by “Star Wars,” which was the highof video arcade games. est grossing film at the time. Pac–Man Back to the enemies: without going had sold over 400,000 arcade machines
worldwide by 1982. Impressive. I’m pretty sure almost everyone has played this game. If not, you should go play it. Find it online. Go. From what I remember of my knowledge of Pac–Man, it was credited for helping the foundation for stealth genre in games (basically meaning to avoid enemies rather than fight them) and Pac–Man also helped influence the creation of Metal Gear. Pac–Man. Famous for the sound of waka–waka. A yellow circle that has about a sixth of it cut out for a mouth. Also, in the older version, he does not have an eye. Red, pink, cyan and orange ghost–like blob things are his enemies. The yellow hero must eat all of the dots before Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde get to him. That is about it. Also, Clyde is so random. All the other names rhyme, and then there is Clyde who is orange because Clyde is awesome.
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Issue 10
November 19, 2014 Page 9
Tiger Bands host upcoming concert By EVAN MOORE Staff Writer On Nov. 24, our very own Symphonic Band will be performing their Fall Anniversary Concert in celebration of 170 years of Tiger Bands at Georgetown College. It will take place in the Hill Chapel at 8 p.m. and the price of admission is one canned or processed food item, which will be donated to the AMEN House. Two star seniors will be featured during the concert: Haley Lepper as the clarinet soloist in Mozart’s “Rondo” from Clarinet Concerto, K621, and Nicholas Collins as he directs the band in “Mountain Thyme” by Samuel Hazo. Director of Bands Dr. Pete LaRue said, “I am quite excited about featuring Miss Haley on the Mozart and Nicholas conducting the Hazo.” Before
and after each of the featured seniors rehearse their respective songs with the band, Dr. LaRue instructs the band to applaud them for their significant hard work. Both students have put in tremendous time, effort and care into this concert, and it is paying off as the concert approaches. The other works the band will perform are “Salute To A Hero” by Sparke, “Finale” from Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” “Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head,” a traditional Appalachian folk tune and the finale, “Zeus: King Of The Gods,” an eight–minute epic by Romeyn. In a recent press release of the concert, LaRue said, “This is a very special band this year. It is a rare blend of older Band Scholars who bring great confidence and stability to our performances, coupled with the unbridled
enthusiasm of our incredible Fledglings.” Up until this juncture, every performance of the Georgetown Band has been performing (or Grrr…ing) at football games, a rally at the UK–GC basketball game, a tournament for our girls’ basketball team, an assembly at Western Elementary, the Festival of the Horse Parade and a showcase for the Windsor Gardens retirement home. Dr. LaRue said that, because of the strong band this year, the transition from Grrr…ing to Concert Season has been relatively smooth. “The 2014 FAC [Fall Anniversary Concert] is going to be a winner, no doubt about it.” The donations to the AMEN House, which then distributes the canned and processed food items to people and families in need, has been a tradition of Georgetown College Bands and the
Fall Anniversary Concert since 1993. It is inexpensive to buy these donations, and it contributes to the greater good of the society. It is a staple of the annual concert that will continue for years to come. The Symphonic Bands has been working on these pieces as far back as August. As the journey of this semester draws to a close and the works of art solidify, the band is confident and ready to give an amazing concert. Dr. LaRue stated that Grr…ing molding into symphonic practice has matured as a “great and exciting” semester for all in and around Band. So come to the Chapel on Monday, bring a donation, receive a NEXUS credit and enjoy an evening of great music.
Upcoming Events
Theatre Department: The Directing and Performance Ensemble classes invite you to watch performances of short, oneact plays on Dec. 5-6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilson Lab Theatre
The Faust Artist Series is proud to present Mike Super, Magic & Illusion at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2 in Hill Chapel
The Music Department brings you the following concerts and performances: Tiger Bands fall concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 Music Dept. Christmas Concert 11 a.m. on Dec. 2 in the Hill Chapel Chorale Concert Nov. 20 at 8 p.m.
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& Career Center that provides try it out. I applaud Georgeus with the tools we need to town for requiring us to take make it after we finish our some courses outside of our How does one prepare for undergraduate journey. field of study. As a freshman life after college? We spend I know what you’re think- it seems very excessive and a four years studying about one ing: “What if I don’t have a clue waste of time, but now I realtopic, but once we reach the of what kind of career I want ize that those classes helped end of that journey, how pre- to pursue?” I would say take me make a solid decision on pared are we to begin our lives your degree and put it to use the type of things I wanted to as adults? We don’t take Life the best way you know how. study. 101 or Adult Take me for I guess the point that I have Sciences 200. i n s t a n c e : been trying to make is to figure It is expected although I out what you like, and maybe of us to learn am planning you could make a career out how to be on attending of it. Life after college doesn’t an adult by law school have to be difficult. It can be a experience. I next fall, I little stressful because you’re know it sucks am apply- entering unknown territory, to be thrown ing to go to but if you find what you love out into the China for five I’m sure there is something world withweeks during or someone out there that fits out a life the summer those interests. Once you find jacket, but after gradu- it, you can forget about a life sometimes ation. I am jacket, because you will be on that’s how Source: Tvtropes.org an English a boat, called a career, sailing we learn how Do you have a plan for after major, and smoothly on the ocean of life. to stay afloat. you graduate? although I I wish have never there was a guidebook on what wanted to teach a day in to do after you get your Bache- my life, I believe it would lor’s degree. Sadly, growing up be an amazing opportunity and learning how to deal with to use the skills that I spent real–life situations comes with four years perfecting. Once experiencing those brutal tasks I return to the states I may and practicing them until you want to continue teaching, get it right. Luckily, we have but how will I ever know if our parents, grandparents I don’t try? and even professors to give us Personally, I believe some guidance once we walk that’s what life is all about: across the stage from college trying new things, hating and into the door of a new life. them and then trying some- Source: Quickmeme.com Help is always out there, you thing else. Sure we pick our Hope you have your life jacket just have to find it. I would majors based on our inter- on. say some of us at Georgetown ests, but we could never dishave it easy. We have a Calling like any other major until we Staff Writer
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November 19, 2014 Page 11
Biscuits are not vegetables, right?
By TERESA CURTIS Staff Writer
Being a self–proclaimed empath, I find it very easy to –quite literally– put myself in other’s shoes, especially when it concerns something as vital as food and nutrition. I have been eating at The Caf for the past four years. I was there when they declared the very first “Meatless Monday” and have endured the addition of the hummus bar. It is obvious that The Caf does the best it can to satisfy not only our appetites, but also the daily nutrition that we each need to be heathy adults. I tip my hat towards you Caf because you do seem to put in an honest
effort. However, I am seriously concerned that you do not fully understand what exactly a person who claims to be either vegetarian or vegan needs to remain a healthy adult. There are obvious options for said vegetarians/vegans (though more limited) within The Caf, such as the salad bar, hummus bar, cereal and even the vegetarian section in The Caf. However, the options that are given at the vegetarian section on a given day are very monotonous and lacking nutrition. As a meat eater, it is easier for me to find something that I’ll like and still satisfy my protein needs, but for vegetarians it is not this simple. The vegetarian line very often only
has a selection of pasta, with the option of marinara sauce or alfredo. Sometimes there is an option to include garlic bread and mushrooms. Sometimes there is even the option of several different types of pastas. There has also been an abundance of potato bars, which contain baked potatoes, butter, sour cream, chives (on occasion) and cheese. Let’s not forget the ever so popular biscuit and french toast bar, my personal favorite. You have a choice of biscuits and gravy or french toast topped with strawberry goo and whipped cream. It is delicious, but I don’t really know how great it is on the grand scheme of nutrition.
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Please sir, may I have some more...options? Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy a baked potato, biscuit and pasta every now and again as a main meal. But how nutritious is this really for our vegetarian/vegan friends? The lack of meat is not what encapsulates vegetarianism; they need protein just as much as the rest of us, and if they left it up to The Caf, there are very few, if any, options to get their
protein. They need things like beans, eggs, soy, nuts and lowfat dairy products. These foods should be incorporated into the vegetarian line more often than pasta, potatoes and the biscuit/french toast bar. Having a wider array of options for the vegetarians/ vegans will not only benefit them nutritionally, but will also help their palate. It would be absolutely boring if I only had to pick from one or two options because there is only pasta or biscuits. Help make every day more fulfilling for vegetarians/vegans beside Mondays, and get a better selection of vegetarian/vegan foods.
Asher is full of friendly surprises
By KAYLA BOSWELL Staff Writer
In the past issue there was talk of our friend Jamie the Chipmunk who is the hero of our campus by protecting us from that dastardly skunk, Pepé Le Pew. Jamie bands together with campus squirrels to work with Pepé Le Pew and he seems to appear at night, or sometimes during the day, for the poor unfortunate souls that happen to run into him. A new dynamic duo has appeared on campus, and most people don’t know of them. Upon entering the biology floor of Asher one day for work, I was directed to the back room/storage room/ room connecting two labs/
secret passageway to clean some test tubes. When looking up to the shelves where the chemicals lie, I noticed a triceratops and a Stormtrooper. But they were not sitting next to each other as usual; instead, the Stormtrooper was riding the dinosaur with enthusiasm. I pondered why and who did such a thing before realizing that this duo must help out our friend Jamie in defeating and holding back Pepé Le Pew. That was the only explanation. Or someone was just playing around with the two random, unnoticed friends of the biology department. Now, the Stormtrooper riding into battle on a triceratops is not the only friend to be found in Asher on the biol-
ogy floor. There are two leopard geckos, Madam Cuddles and Sir Malfoy, who belong to me, that are residing in one of the biology labs. Next to them is the resident bio frog, Java, whose specific species of amphibian (other than a frog) alludes me. There is also a salt water aquarium with a small sea brittle and two sea anemones. (If you haven’t been to the housing of awesome Asher bio pets, the leopard geckos are in between the frog and salt water aquarium). Both the salt water aquarium and Java belong to the biology department (as far as I know). Then there is a turtle that has turtle food next to the aquarium. I have no idea who the turtle belongs to, but alas he/she is there!
So, now our chipmunk Jamie has other friends among campus and they are inside Asher, protecting the building from any harm. Recently, Jamie was spotted by the LRC, but only in the early mornings in a bush. I figured Jamie was collaborating with the Asher bio friends (although, Sir Malfoy is a bit suspicious of being a traitor and siding with Pepé Le Pew. His name is a dead giveaway). Java might be suspicious of being a traitor too, but he is probably on whatever side the money is on. He’s hard to read and mind tricks don’t work on frogs. Heck, he has probably sided with Tony Stark, who is 2.4 mansions richer than Bruce Wayne. There you have it. Asher
biology has some interesting creatures among it and they are worth checking out whenever you have time, but don’t touch them without permission! Observing will do nicely. Especially if two of the Asher bio friends are suspicious of being traitors to their cause.
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One of the surprises that can be found in Asher.
THE BACKPAGE Dear Backpage: Your Friendly Neighborhood Advice Column By A. Fraley & T. Phillips BackPage Editors [Issue 10, in which we analyze problems of various Georgetonians and offer advice and answers to life’s biggest questions. Also, squirrels.] Question: Dear BackPage, Why do I waste my time reading this stupid page every single week? Answer: We apologize. Go and write your paper instead. No? Don’t want to? That’s what we thought. Q: My boyfriend kind of likes a girl who I was once friends with in high school that dated my ex’s cousin who held hands with my brother in my sister’s bedroom. I just found all this out. What should I do? A: Susie? Is that you? Q: I’m trying to figure out what Santa is getting me for Christmas. I’ve not been that naughty, but I don’t know how to check if I’m on his nice list. Help me? A: Wiretapping is a viable option. Also, I hear he sometimes visits Fayette Mall. Q: Dear BackPage, I’m the only occupant of a three person room. Res Life tells me that I have to either get two roommates or pay $4 billion in order to still live there. And I hate everyone. How can I still live there without paying money or getting roommates? Sincerely, MyLittlePony14. A: Dear MyLittlePony14, we recommend morphing into a squirrel. Squirrels sometimes occupy Georgetown rooms without paying rent and no one has ever seemed to mind. Plus, squirrels can get away with anything they want to on Georgetown’s campus. In fact, we recommend morphing into a squirrel to solve all your problems: learning to write coherent papers, improving ultimate frisbee skills, taking over the world etc.
Q: When you argued in Issue 2, page 12, that advanced technologies often presuppose a morally dogmatic obligation which is projected onto humanity via an underemphasized hegemony of human attentiveness, aren’t you fallaciously assuming that technologies cannot be used to support that very framework? A: BLAH BLAH BLAH. Don’t write to this address again, Jerry. We’re sick of your pretentious pseudo–intellectual sounding questions. Your objection makes no sense and quite frankly you reek of dingo’s kidneys. Also, are we still on for the Mulb next Thursday?
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Sweet, sweet freedom to be found solely in a squirrel–morph. Q: Is there any way to set up an automated registration where I would automatically be added to my classes so that I don’t have to wake up at six in the morning to register? Because I slept through registration, and now my life is over. A: In regards to your life being over: Yes, it is. In regards to the question at hand: No. However, we recommend morphing into a squirrel. Squirrels live in freedom. If you morphed into a squirrel, you would not be obligated to register for classes. Plus, you would look adorable burying those acorns for the winter. Awww, look at you go.
Q: How must we pacify the weather gods in order to have a reasonably mild winter? A: It’s simple, really. First, get the eye of a newt (we hear Lowe’s has some in their clearance section). Next, boil it into a stew mixed with Mulberry latte, a goat’s kidney and the heart of a freshly born eel. After this, gather three small rocks excreted from a beluga whale and mix them into the stew while standing on one foot on the edge of a cliff. If you’ve made it this far, then God help you, we were only seeing if you’d actually do it. We were just kidding. Why would you actually take us seriously? Take a long look at your life decisions and slowly back away from the edge. Q: I’m seriously considering this squirrel option. Do squirrels hibernate? A: We at the BackPage are not, nor have we ever claimed to be, a viable source of knowledge for biologically factual information (noted exceptions: Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9). This is strictly an advice column. We recommend going to your nearest local biology professor for an answer to this question. Q: Dear BackPage, train A leaves Cincinnati at 5 p.m. at a speed of 43Mph. Train B leaves the same station two hours later at a speed of 67Mph. Both trains travel in the same direction. At what time will train B pass train A? A: Dear BodenBracard118, we’re not doing your math homework for you. Next question, please. Q: Iceland is in the north Atlantic. Its capital city is Reykjavik. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? A: That depends, Craig. Is it an African or a European swallow? And have you morphed into it? Q: Last week I went to the Mulb and had to pay six whole dollars for a cup of coffee. A: That’s not a question. The Back-
Page is not a place to complain about your problems (Note: BackPage Editors are an exception to this rule). Q: What do you mean it’s not a question? A: Better. Q: Why is the laundry at Georgetown free? A: You’re in college. Never question the concept of “free.” (Unless in regard to loans, in which case question “free,” and then irrationally justify to yourself that it is “worth it,” failing to question this latter concept). Also, only squirrels are truly free. Q: Who is going to edit the BackPage in the spring? A: Definitely not us. We’re high– tailin’ it outta this here small town and hitchin’ it on to Utah to live on the Salt Lake. If you want to edit the BackPage in the spring, send applications and self–aggrandizing remarks to Kannah Hrieger—erm—Hannah Krieger, via email at hkriege0@georgetowncollege. edu. All are welcome but special preference will be given to squirrel–morphs. (Note: BackPage does not discriminate applicants based on sex, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, squirrel–ness, writing ability, taste of humor, taste, skill at life or Life™ board game or any reason whatsoever. This job is so simple monkeys could do it. Seriously. We’re monkeys.)
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