Vol 80. No. 16

80th anniversary

VOL. 80 | NO. 16

JAN. 15 - JAN. 21, 2013

Georgia State

100

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centennial celebration Inside this special expanded edition:

Three exclusive interviews President Mark Becker­| page 3a New Football Coach Trent Miles | page 11a apple co-founder steve wozniak | page 3b

Also:

100 years in reflection 50 years of sports — a timeline page 14A 100 years of Georgia State — a photo essay page 6b & 7B PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEORGIA STATE ARCHIVES

Daily news at www.georgiastatesignal.com

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Arts & Living section b

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NEWS

last week...

National

Family and friends blame government officials for programmer Aaron Swartz’s suicide on Friday. Swartz, who co-developed Really Simple Syndication or RSS at age 14, was indicted in 2011 on charges of alleged illegal downloading from JSTOR and was believed to have committed wire fraud and computer fraud. Swartz argued for transparency and JSTOR backed him. The family believes the injustice, an idea that Swartz showcased commitment, and intimidation of government officials caused the 26-year-old to hang himself in his New York apartment.

Local

An Union City patrol officer found three dead bodies inside of a car early Sunday morning. The police noticed the car parked on the side of Flat Shoals Road, and found two of the bodies inside. He opened the trunk, where he found a third body. Police are currently investigating the case as a triple homicide.

A recent poll for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has showcased several economic concerns by Georgians.

Although declining unemployment rates show signs of an economic recovery, the poll found that 83 percent

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of Georgians believe jobs and economic development should be top priority to the Legislature. 21 percent of Georgians named education as a concern and 15 percent said health care.

January 2

John Wesley Dobbs

Georgia State Police arrested a non-Georgia State individual after driving the wrong way on a one-way street. After pulling the car over, it was determined that the driver was driving under the influence. The individual was arrested, processed and transported to Fulton County Jail.

Georgians participated in the 12th annual “No Pants Subway Ride” on Sunday. The annual event began in New York City by Improv Everywhere as a prank and escalated to an international event, with participation from dozens of cities worldwide. Participants were given specific instructions for the day in order to adhere to public indecency laws. Georgia participants, wearing winter outerwear with the exception of pants, met at Underground Atlanta and boarded MARTA trains to Lindbergh Station and Airport Station before coming back to Five Points Station.

January 5 Sports Arena

A non-Georgia State affiliate filed a report for Lost or Mislaid Property. The individual stated that she lost her wallet, which contained $50, credit cards, driver’s license and her social security card.

World

Police in India arrested six men accused of abducting and brutally raping a female bus passenger. One of the suspects used the bus to abduct the 29-year-old woman. He then took her to an isolated location, where he and five other men took turns raping her before dropping her off at her village early Saturday. The six men were arrested and confessed to the crime after the woman filed a complaint Saturday.

January 7 Edgewood Ave.

A Georgia State pick-up truck’s passenger side window was shattered and the battery was stolen. A report was filed for Entering Auto Theft and the case is being handled by investigation.

January 8 General Classroom Building

A report was filed for a Criminal Trespass Warning. Two non-Georgia State individuals were issued CTWs after being observed loitering.

Officers arrested a non-Georgia State individual for Criminal Trespassing. The individual was found to have a prior Criminal Trespassing Warning and was arrested, processed and transported to Fulton County Jail.

our campus. our community. our city.

Sparks Hall

Officers arrested a non-Georgia State individual for a Warrant after she was observed loitering. A criminal history check confirmed that the individual had an Outstanding Warrant. The individual was arrested, processed and transported to Fulton County Jail.

January 10 Woodruff Park

January 9 Sparks Hall

January 9

A non-Georgia State individual was arrested for Service Assistance and Simple Battery. A Georgia State Police Officer assisted an Atlanta Police Officer in detaining the suspect. The officers were kicked and spit on repeatedly. The individual was arrested, processed and transported to Fulton County Jail.

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Words from

Becker Georgia State President Mark Becker talks about issues prevalent to students and staff, including tuition, parking and Georgia State’s milestones. Be sure to check out the entire interview online at GeorgiaStateSignal.com

ILLUSTRATION BY MORGAN BROWN | THE SIGNAL

On faculty and staff: On student request of a Green Mandatory Fee:

On rising tuition:

On the burden of parking:

On Georgia State’s milestones over our first 100 years:

On Georgia State’s “green” programs:

If something was said, I would consider it...I don’t know exactly what the mechanism would be for me to get that, but I consider all things that are sent to me. The answer may be the same, but I still consider them.

“

We have certainly advocated to the chancellor and the chancellor has advocated to the governor that they should have pay increases and this is certainly something that everyone strongly supports, but our ability to do that does depend, to an extent, on the governor and the legislature.

We don’t have the freedom, because of the way we are organized to just as a university or just as a Board of Regents to act independently.

That is one of the realities of being an institution with support from the state.

We will be asked “what is your situation?” but in the end, the Board of Regents put through the tuition increases. What our goal has been is to keep tuition increases to the minimum possible given the realities of what we are faced with.

One of the challenges you face at

[any university at the state of Georgia] and many institutions, and you know for example, we have been through the smallest tuition increase of the research universities between Georgia Tech, Georgia State and [the University of Georgia]...The challenge that we will face for next year is that there will

probably need to be some tuition increase but the goal, like it was with the Mandatory Student Fee, is to be sensitive to the financial pressures that the students face and realize that they still have to pay their bills--to keep tuition as low as we possibly can while still meeting our financial obligation.

There is actually ample parking if you’re willing to park at Turner Field. But if you want to park next to your building, the most recent addition is when we bought the building on Park Place, which is now 25 Park Place and used to be the

SunTrust Tower...we actually picked up a parking garage in that added some new spaces.

So, there is more parking available now and that is accessible through Auburn Avenue. Now, the parking structure

actually requires some renovation and not all of it is open. So, the main is, we have added additional parking attached to the 25 Park Place building, but more importantly instead of just adding additional parking, it adds it downtown.

Well, the university started as an evening school of commerce. The very fact that we grew literally from a part-time evening program to a full fledged university with more than 32,000 students is just absolutely remarkable. This sort of transformation is very different than, say, the story of the University of Geor-

gia that started out as a full fledged university.

Milestones would be when the decision was made to actually transition from an evening school of commerce, which in our original founding we were part of what is today Georgia Tech. So the big milestone would be, first, becom-

ing a free-standing institution.

Then, the second would be the decision to move to university status and thirdly when the [Board of Regents] in the mid-90s designated the Georgia State as one of its research universities...

[Also, there is] the addition of the law school roughly 30 years ago, and

more recently, the addition of the School of Public Health and the Honors College.

I think [that reaching our centennial year] gives us more of an opportunity to celebrate all the great things that have been happening and all the progress and the opportunity to focus on the future and what we hope for the next 100 years.

I can’t tell you how we compare to the other schools, but I can tell you we have put in recycling programs, we have designed LEAD-certified buildings, we are in the process of designing a law building that we believe will be LEAD-certified. I think we are doing as best we can, given

the environment we are in.

One of the problems that Georgia State faces is that a lot of the buildings that we have and a lot of the space that we have to work with is not new construction.

Where we are is downtown Atlanta. So, it is unlike a lot of these other campuses that

have a lot more new construction--we are in a very unique situation.

They haven’t even started the design for [the new science building next to the Petit Science Center] but of course the building that will be designed will be built the best it can be, with the resources given

to us. It is going to be an extension of the Petit Science Center so I anticipate that it is not going to be a less efficient building. I mean, the goal of buildings these days is to build them as efficiently as possible--one of the advantages of building new as opposed to retrofitting old.

The very fact that we grew literally from a parttime evening program to a full fledged university with more than 32,000 students is just absolutely remarkable.”` —President

Becker

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Budget Watch

Centennial will cost Georgia State

$350,000

Marching band receives $120,436 for the Presidential Inauguration PHEBE DOWELS

Staff Reporter

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efore leaving for his Winter Break, founding director of marching and athletic bands Dr. Chester Phillips received a once-in-a-lifetime phone call.

Phillips learned that his three-year old Georgia State marching band was selected to perform in President Barack Obama’s second Inaugural Parade.

The band was one of the 24 groups selected out of more than 2,800 applicants and the only group from Georgia to go.

The Student Activity

ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN | THE SIGNAL Georgia State began to tag campus with the centennial label.

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eorgia State’s centennial is not just another campus event or celebration, but was planned by a committee to be a continuous yearlong celebration that will involve numerous university-wide events and festivities, costing the university about $350,000.

The Centennial Committee comprised this budget during their planning to efficiently fund the celebrations of the entire year.

“I believe that is a modest budget,” said DeAnna Hines, special assistant to the President.

The centennial budget is divided into state and non-state funding, most of which is coming from the Georgia State University Foundation.

“Both types of funding will help to get done what needs to be done,” Hines said. “We have been very judicious about the budget and getting the things done.”

State funding will include advertising and other promotional costs such as on-campus signs, buttons and magnets.

The state funding of the budget also includes centennial signs on MARTA buses and the purchase of customized centennial flags for the Georgia State marching band colorguard to use in the upcoming Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. as well as usage for the rest of the year.

“What would be better than having our marching band display our centennial year in the parade on Pennsylvania Avenue?”

Hines said.

Promotion and advertisement off-campus is a key component to the celebration because it will showcase “what we offer

to Atlanta and the state of Georgia,” Hines said.

Hines said on-campus promotion is also important to boost school pride in students and faculty.

“I hope that students would be proud that they are here at an important time for this institution,” Hines said.

The on-campus promotion and advertising will include tagging every event with the Centennial label.

Funding from the Georgia State Foundation will cover other costs, such as food for the events and festivities.

In addition to state and non-state funding, the committee also utilized business relationships to promote the centennial year. The Atlanta Business Chronicle published a special pullout section in their publication showcasing Georgia State’s celebration and the history and accomplishments of the university.

The members and chairs of the Centennial Committee also worked to divide themselves into 12 different subcommittees to plan every aspect of the celebration as well as represent every part of Georgia State.

Hines said the committee hopes that students, faculty and organizations will participate in as many events as they can.

“We are very excited about the upcoming Centennial events,” said Student Government Association President Marcus Kernizan. “I encourage everyone to visit the Centennial website to stay updated with all of the events and announcements and to be involved in the festivities.”

Students can find information about the Centennial Celebration online at 100. gsu.edu.

Fee Committee approved the band’s travel budget on Nov. 9 for a total of $120,436.

A total of $32,635 covers transportation, $54,484 for housing, $32,035 for meals and 1,282 for sitevisits.

Having their travel expenses covered allowed some band members to march their way into history without any hesitation.

“Because it’s paid for already, the decision to go was automatic,” said band member and sousaphone player Bre Herrington.

Herrington, like other Georgia State marching band members, is humble and excited about their

historical accomplishment.

“I feel honored and privileged. I have an opportunity to represent Georgia State as well as the state of Georgia,” Herrington said, who’s been with the band since its launch.

The Georgia State Marching Band will depart from Atlanta on Jan. 18, arrive that night, site-see on Saturday and Sunday and perform in the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m.

Panther pride leader Brandon French, also known as Frenchy F., said that “for our band to only be about 3 years old, this is

a huge accomplishment… every Panther should be proud.”

For other students, Georgia State marching band’s astonishing success has roused their school spirit.

“Georgia State is finally getting some love. This helps to give the school more national attention.

Could have chosen any school in the country, but chose us,” said sophomore and biology major Onyebuchi Imonugo.

Its decision to apply was determined at the start of its journey.

“We decided to apply to be in the parade a long time ago. It’s been

Band Travel Budget

in our strategic plan since we founded the band,” Dr. Phillips said.

Band members did not know about the application at first.

“We wanted to keep it a surprise so when we were accepted it would be a big reveal,” Phillips said.

Georgia State 2012 Homecoming King Kyle Walcott said that Georgia State is one of Atlanta’s brightest places.

“It truly makes a student beyond proud to attend an institution that works tirelessly to make history,” Walcott said.

The band will perform James Brown’s “Living in America” in the parade.

Housing

54,484.00

59 Rooms

Pre-Event Site-Visits 1,282.00 Transportation 32,635.00 4 Buses 1 Equipment Truck

DC

Meals 32,035.00

5 Meals for 5 Days

TRAVEL TOTAL 120, 436.00 ATLANTA

AYSHA JOHNSON | THE SIGNAL Georgia State marching band’s trip will last a total of five days and will be funded by the Student Activity Fee Committee.

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Theft tops list of on-campus crime reports again Overall crime reports down, arrests and campus alerts up last semester January 3 -May 3 of 2012

71

Arrests

ALEX OSIADACZ

Staff Reporter

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307 Reports

August 13 -December 14 of 2012

77

Arrests

305

Reports

In between spring and fall semesters of 2012, arrests only dropped by six and crime reports only dropped by two.

rime reports on campus declined last semester compared to spring semester of 2012, while the number of arrests and Campus Alerts increased according to Georgia State University Police records.

305 reports were filed between Aug. 13 and Dec. 14, 2012, according to daily police reports from Georgia State University Police Department.

“The majority of reports filed are theft by give-away, which is when people leave items and expect them to be there when they return,” GSUPD Sgt. Sharon Ware said. “Other reports filed are vehicle accidents in parking lots, mislaid or lost items like an ID, and they need the police report.”

Daily police reports from GSUPD indicate there were 77 arrests last semester with the majority of arrests being “non-GSU individuals.”

There were seven Campus Alerts issued in fall 2012 with four issued in November, two on Oct. 26 and one in September. All of fall semester’s Campus Alerts were for robbery and primarily occurred on Piedmont Ave. between Gilmer St. and Auburn Ave. Statistics from Spring 2012 include 71 arrests and 307 reports filed between Jan. 3 and May 3.

Also, there were two Campus Alerts issued in spring of 2012, according to GSUPD’s website.

In 2009, theft of personal property accounted for 49 percent of all crimes with 393 reports being made on-campus.

The second most reported crime in 2009 was liquor law violations with 183 reports, followed by 45 reports of drug law violations, according to Safety Net, an annual campus security report issued by GSUPD. Reports of theft declined in 2010 by four percent, but have remained stagnant the past two years.

Liquor law violations and robber-

“

“The majority of reports filed are theft by give-away, which is when people leave items and expect them to be there when they return...”

—Sgt. Sharon Ware

ies are the only two crimes that have seen increasing reports since 2009. In 2012, all 9 Campus Alerts issued were for robberies.

Ware analyzed robbery reports for the previous seven years, and said, “Every last report has been due to an individual walking with a cell phone or electronic device in an open area.”

“People walking in open areas with cell phones or electronic devices draw attention and trigger robberies,” Ware said.

GSUPD is the largest university police department in the state with a total of 68 staff members and four more going through the academy, Ware said.

The department operates eight units including a crime prevention unit, crime suppression team, and patrol division that features officers on foot, in cars, and on bicycles. There are also nine crime prevention programs at Georgia State designed to heighten awareness on-campus, according to Safety Net. Georgia State University Police officers recently changed from eight-hour shifts to 10-hour shifts so more officers can be on duty during high-traffic periods and deter crime, Ware said.

Additional surveillance cameras have also been added around campus over the past year, Ware said.

GSUPD provides safety escorts around campus, and recommends students, faculty and staff use escorts when out at night or if they do not feel comfortable walking alone, Ware said.

“Walk in groups of two or more, and keep valuables out of plain sight.”

New fee council “not everything we would have hoped for” Money from the new fee council will not be able to fund an Office of Sustainability ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN

Associate News Editor

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fter three years of attempting to establish a mandatory fee through the Mandatory Fee Committee, Michael Black, a lecturer at Georgia State, turned to the Student Activity Fee Committee to receive funding for sustainability projects.

Though Black’s original proposal mentioned goals such as creating an Office of sustainability, the money from the SAFC will not be able to fund such offices.

According to the SAFC guidelines the $10,000 allocated to the new Sustainability Fee Council can only be used to fund activities organized by student organizations.

“I think everyone agrees the critical thing is to have a central office with staff,” Black said.

“Someone dedicated to students and their sustainability and sustainable internship concerns would have been ideal. Obviously, you can’t do that with $10,000, especially when some of that money has already been going to student groups...and the groups are just applying for it under this new umbrella.”

The SAFC sent out a poll to students last semester asking whether they would be in favor of an allocation of money toward a new Sustainability Fee Council.

Of those that responded to the survey, about 54

percent said they were in favor of sustainability initiatives.

Out of that 54 percent, about 83 percent said they would be in favor of allocating existing SAFC funds for sustainability initiatives.

Through the survey the SAFC determined that it was best interest of the student body to create a new fee council to fund student organizations and thus created the Sustainability Initiatives Fee Council and allocated it $10,000.

“I do think this new council will bring about some new student organizations,” Black said. “There have already been talks and student interest in a Tree Campus USA Advisory Council here at Georgia State. There were over 150 Georgia State students who attended a tree planting event on the morning of November 10 with Trees Atlanta near campus around Selena S. Butler Park. They planted over 30 trees there. That was at the same day that the Sustainable Energy Tribe was partnering with Youth Environmental Solutions (YES) for an all-day Georgia YES conference at Georgia State University with students from universities across the state talking about.”

However, Black said that funding through the SAFC is not exactly what he was looking for.

“It’s not everything we would have hoped for, but it is a start,” Black said. “We are grateful that Student Government took the student groups’ and individual student concerns with campus sustainability so seriously that the conversation has started and the student body has been polled to show their support

PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL BLACK The 150 students who attended the Youth Environmental solutions are possible founders of sustainability organizations on campus. and concerns. The survey showed that students don’t want their money to go to greenwashing or things that don’t make a difference, but they want to see real change towards sustainability.”

The Sustainability Fee Council is now accepting applications from sustainability oriented student organizations.

For more information on applying, contact Dr. Rebecca Stout at 404-413-1515 or via email at rebeccastout@gsu.edu

Campus Briefs Georgia State assistant professor SangMoo Kang and his collaborators have found a way to make a one-time flu vaccine. The new vaccine uses a small fragment of the virus that does not vary among the different strains of flu viruses.

Megan Gall, a postdoctoral researcher with Georgia State’s Neuroscience Institute, found that the auditory systems differ between sexes in sparrows depending on the season. This difference shows that neurological systems have the ability to change.

Georgia State Law graduate Michael Manely argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Chafin v. Chafin.

Manely represented U.S. Army Sgt. Jeff Chafin in a bid to regain custody of his daughter.

Scientific journal Science Careers named Georgia State economics professor Paula Stephan its first “Person of the Year.”

Georgia State has now replaced uLearn with the new learning management software Desire2Learn. Students can access Desire2Learn with their campus I.D. and password.

Sarita Thompson, College of Law Externship Program specialist, passed away on Dec. 29 of an aggressive form of pneumonia. Thompson worked for Georgia state for 20 years.

She was laid to rest Jan. 5. Cards and condolences may be sent care of her daughter, Chamel Collins, P. O. Box 742471, Riverdale, GA 30274.

Georgia State will host First Lady Sandra Deal today to recognize her work on the “Read Across Georgia” initiative.

Mrs. Deal will arrive at the Suttles Child Development Center where a PreK class will greet her and preform a song in her honor.

She will also attend a luncheon in Suite 460 of the University Center.

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Students and faculty remember Coordinator of Greek Life Lucille Ausborn DARRIS POPE

Staff Reporter

Georgia State students, faculty and community members gathered Sunday evening to hold a candlelight vigil for Coordinator of Greek Life Lucille Whiten Ausborn.

More than 150 students, friends and family of Ausborn lit candles in her memory after hearing opening statements by Umama Kibria, Phi Mu Alumnae Relations Chair.

“Upon hearing the news of Lucille Whiten Ausborn’s death, members of all Greek organizations were deeply saddened. She instilled a sense of Greek Unity by creating Greek Week, and other related events that promoted pride and teamwork,” said Marcus Kernizan, president of the Student Government Association.

“She also was a mentor to many students and always had an open door policy. Although Lucille was only here for a short time, her legacy will last a lifetime.”

Greek Week, initiated during the time Aus-

born held her post, is an annual Georgia State event that is the result of the collaboration of all of the university’s fraternities and sororities. The event promotes cooperation between Greek organizations and gives students an opportunity to learn more about Greek life and how they can get involved.

“Lucille was such a kind-hearted person and a pleasure to work with. We promoted Greek Unity while she was here and she helped manage four of the councils which work with all 29 of the Greek chapters at the school. She really changed the atmosphere of our Greek life from highly individualized to a more open environment in which all the different organizations could work together,” Kibria said. “She has had a highly positive impact on the way Greek life is run, and on all the students who participate in it.”

Head of Ausborn’s sorority, Kris Bridges, Phi Mu National president, was also present and shared her thoughts.

“We are so grateful to Lucille and what she was able to accomplish here at Georgia State. We

are very proud of her as a Phi Mu and she truly lived by our creed, being such a positive influence to so many women and men in the entire community. We are very saddened by her loss and proud of the changes and impact she had on the Georgia State community,” Bridges said.

Family members of Ausborn said they were thankful for such a wonderful event honoring Lucille.

Yvonne Whiten, Ausborn’s stepmom, requested that people who wish to leave comments or memories about Ausborn can do so at her infant son Evan Kindle Ausborn’s Facebook page “so that he will get to learn when he gets older, all the wonderful things his mother did.”

Ausborn graduated from Western Carolina University and held two positions at Western Georgia University before arriving at Georgia State on April of 2010 where she was responsible for advising Greek organization leaders and members.

The Phi Mu chapter will be holding a closed ceremony for Phi Mu members and alumnae on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center.

ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN | THE SIGNAL (Top) More than 150 students, Greek and non-Greek members, faculty, friends and family of Lucille Ausborn attended the candlelight vigil on Sunday. (Above) Students and faculty members help light each other’s candles.

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CELEBRATING 80 YEARS

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s we begin marking the milestones of Georgia State’s centennial this month, I want to invite all of you to join in the celebration of our great university. As students, you play an integral role in Georgia State’s success, and your dynamic backgrounds, ideas and perspectives help define our university culture.

Students have always been at the heart of who we are. A century ago, the first class of 44 young men gathered in a downtown classroom in the newly named Evening School of Commerce. Today, you are 32,000 strong – from every state in the nation and most countries in the world. A lot has changed over the past century, but throughout Georgia State has kept student success first and foremost in its mission.

A university’s centennial is an important milestone because it symbolizes an institution’s ability to endure, grow and prosper. For 100 years, Georgia State has confronted and overcome innumerable challenges and has taken advantage of every opportunity to progress and succeed.

Our centennial honors those who constructed the foundation on which our university continues to build. It recognizes the significant con-

tributions made by faculty, students, staff and leadership of the university in our first century.

It gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on what has been accomplished and how far our university has come.

But this singular occasion is also meaningful because it marks the confluence of past, present and future and inspires us to honor those who have gone before by pursuing our vision for the future with increased passion, intensity and commitment. We recognize the achievements of the past century when we say the university’s future has never been brighter.

I hope you will join us in celebrating this extraordinary milestone in the history of our great university.

We may look markedly different than we did 100 years ago, but our enterprising culture remains the same as it was a century ago. And we will remain a campus for students from all walks of life who see higher education as a key to a better life for them and their families.

President Mark Becker

From the editorial board

A year of milestones 100 years of higher learning

Celebrating 80 years in print

Georgia is home to many institutions of higher learning, offering degrees in everything from industrial agriculture and animal husbandry to aeronautical engineering and design. As a state, we are moving forward to establishing ourselves as a destination for learning and progress that will draw students from across the country as well as abroad.

As you may be familiar, Georgia is home to arguably the nation’s oldest established public university, The University of Georgia. With Georgia State celebrating its first triple-digit anniversary, we are well on our way in joining the ranks of respected and time-tested universities.

Georgia State has made efforts over the last decade to bring the university into the modern era by accumulating the departments and opportunities that most students expect to have available at a state university.

Just 10 years ago, students saw the birth of a new recreation center, a brand new learning center at Aderhold, a new football team and many other improvements across campus. We can easily say there are more overall options for students now than ever before.

Eighty years ago, before Georgia State was Georgia State, The Signal was established as a student newspaper here in Atlanta. The year 1933 was a trying time for the entire nation; unemployment soaring to 25 percent left a quarter of Americans unable to find work, let alone attend college or university.

The Dust Bowl rolled across the American West, and millions of Americans felt the sharp hangover pangs from the lost days of Art Deco, flapper girls and jazz clubs after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 pulled the curtains closed on the Roaring Twenties.

At the time Georgia was a divided political landscape. The Civil Rights movement wouldn’t take place for another 20 years. Many Georgians were still bitter about reconstruction and post-bellum sanctions, and the Ku Klux Klan enjoyed some its highest membership numbers nationwide. In line with the state’s history of seeking to limit federal power, Georgia ratified the 20th Amendment limiting presidential terms in office, but refused to ratify the 21st Amendment to end the prohibition of alcohol. The Georgia Evening College, later to become Georgia State University was not a racially integrated school. How far we’ve come.

Here at The Signal, we offer no false pretenses about the history of our state, school or newspaper.

Student media and media in general reflects the zeitgeist, and even the most seasoned journalists can

Perhaps the most significant breakthrough for the university was the Board Of Regents granting the title of “research university” to Georgia State in 1995, which allowed the university to join the ranks of the other research universities across the nation. Today at Georgia State, the university is poised to become a mecca of scientific research, with professors and students working towards significant breakthroughs in many fields.

This is the future of Georgia State. The goal for our second century as a place of higher learning should be to become one of the premier research universities in the United States, if not the world.

Perhaps 100 years from now, when Georgia State celebrates its bicentennial, the university will have become an international school in the heart of Atlanta, bridging the world together in the interest of the most noble of human exploits: the pursuit of knowledge. The sky is the limit for our university and anything is possible.

And while we may not live to see the bicentennial, we hope the foundation built today will preserve Georgia State’s bright future.

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be a product of the times. But this is still no excuse for bigotry.

In the Aug. 12, 2012 issue of The Signal, we re-printed a 1956 editorial from The Signal staff lamenting the admission of four African-Americans to the college. It was an attempt on our part to illustrate how our university has changed over time, especially now that Georgia State is heralded for it’s cultural diversity.

The Signal have had countless reporters, photographers and editors pass though our ranks, each bringing with them their own personal stories and beliefs. As Georgia State became more and more progressive, the staff of The Signal changed with it.

We acknowledge the mistakes and dark times of our past, and we strive to represent Georgia State as the progressive and diverse institution it is today.

Like the university, we are moving onwards and upwards to take our organization to new heights, in hopes to continue our efforts in bringing the Georgia State community together. So stay tuned, this will be one exciting year.

There is no way to know what the next eighty years will have in store for the university, but The Signal will continue to accurately and faithfully report in the best interest of the entirety of our student body. Thank you for 80 years Georgia State, and thank you in advance for 80 more.

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About gun control...

Is an armed society a polite society?

For it:

Against it:

We must consider

You have one shot

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s of today, it is illegal for students to carry a firearm, concealed or not, on campus grounds at Georgia State. While the fight to change this law is underway, we must consider the following: In an episode of “The Golden Girls,” Rose, one of the four elderly roommates, AMI DUDLEY gets a gun because she is Columnist afraid of a neighborhood robber. One night her roommate Blanche comes in late with a gentleman and a startled Rose aims and fires the gun in the dark. The shot hits a vase about a foot away from Blanche’s head. This seemingly funny sitcom moment is a reflection of America’s stalker: fear.

In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre where the gunman left 20 children and six unarmed adults dead, fear is expectedly heightened. We saw this very same reaction following the Virginia Tech massacre and Aurora theatre shooting. While these events are calamitous, they are not as frequent as we think and the chances of us becoming victims of such events are unlikely.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “60 percent of the things we fear will never take place.”

This statistic is not surprising considering our recent “end of the world scare.” If we took a look back at the last 10 years we’d find a number of “promised” events that did not come to pass within the nation or our personal lives. Yet, fear is ever present. While self-defense against potential danger seems to justify gun-presence we must first ask ourselves if our campus has created such a setting that would induce fear. Let’s explore this.

Students will find that the statistical report on the Georgia State University Police page reports that from 2009-11, no homicides were reported on our campus.

The page also reports a significant decrease in both aggravated assault and rape. It has also been found, in a U.S. Justice Dept. study, that 93 percent of violence against college students aged 18-24 occurs off campus.

Given these stats, it would seem amiss to claim that our campus creates a setting of fear. If our campus does not present fear to us then what would the presence of guns on campus present to it?

While violent crime rates have decreased in recent years, the FBI Uniform Crime Report revealed that between 2006 and 2010, 47,856 people in the U.S. were killed by firearms, more than twice as many people that were killed by all other means combined. This is alarming evidence that the presence of a gun increases the chances of murder. Students with guns present an otherwise obsolete presence of danger and fear. Fear, albeit justified sometimes, does not make every action out fear justifiable.

By no means are we solely responsible for our fear and nor are we for the removal of it. Through mass media we have created a monster that we can no longer control.

We, as students of higher learning, must join together and take up the arms of reason against this monster.

First, however, we must consider.

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ou have one shot.

Okay, so technically you have as many shots as the magazine clip will hold, but none without a gun at all.

Should firearms be allowed on campus? Given the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook, and past tragedies such as Virginia Tech and DAVID SCHICK Columbine, how can we not Guest Columnist afford people the right to defend themselves?

In response to the Sandy Hook tragedy, an Ohio pro-gun group recently announced that they would provide free gun training to teachers and administrators as part of an “Armed Teacher Training Program,” which has provoked a majority anti-gun response from media outlets.

The first person the Sandy Hook shooter encountered at the elementary school was the principal. Imagine how this situation could’ve played out if the principal was armed, and properly trained, with a conceal carry weapon. She could’ve stopped the shooter dead in his tracks, literally.

The principal was said to have lunged at the gunman in an attempt to stop his attack. If she was willing to sacrifice herself as she did, why not give her a fighting chance?

In an article by ThinkProgress.org, the writer claimed, “Arming teachers is illogical. More guns in classrooms, inevitably, will lead to accidents and unintended harm.

Shootouts between teachers and gunmen is unlikely to be a net positive for students.”

Who’s to say that the unintentional accidents will outweigh the potential lives saved by having armed teachers and/or administrators?

At Virginia Tech, students and teachers barricaded themselves inside classrooms seeking shelter during the shooter’s rampage. What if one of the students or teachers had been armed and trained?

Let’s be honest, if a crazy person is determined to make a statement by causing mass mayhem via gun violence, then there is very little that can stop said person besides a gun.

Criminals don’t obey gun laws.

And if this person’s goal is to cause the maximum amount of damage, where do you think this person is likely to go; the school with the “Gun-Free zone” signs or the school where teachers, and possibly students, are armed?

It’s shooting fish in a barrel versus trying to rob a gun store.

In Kennesaw, officials attribute their drop in crime to a law requiring home-owners to possess at least one gun with ammunition. And it makes sense. What criminal is likely to try and rob a house in a city that has a law requiring its residents to own a gun?

It’s a fact that this country was founded on guns. It was the “shot” heard round the world, not the bleeding heart liberal.

We need to look at the second amendment in the same way we look at our insurance policy. You hope that you never have to use it, but you’re glad you have it if you do.

When you’re staring down the barrel of a gun, there’s little more comforting than being able to return fire in selfpreservation.

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2013

Ringing in the new year Give due credit

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t’s a new year! I know, “whooptie woot. getting a degree is useless in today’s “economy.”

So what.” And I bet you can’t believe The ones that know they can’t sit up front behow many bogus classes you’re signed cause the lecturer knocks you out harder than up for that have absolutely nothing to do Marquez did Pacquiao at their last fight. The with your major. I’m sure you feel tired of ones that have lost all hope and are fearful that every class you ever took and are going to they’re career after college will be unfulfilling. take that doesn’t fit into Areas F and G. But, to my sophisticated readers, all of you, I feel for you brilliant people pursuing filled with so much spite. Look on the bright a career in medicine but stuck in American side. At least you get to meet someone new to government trying to figure out the best call your “study buddy.” Take me, a Poly Sci maangle to suck up to your professor without jor. I dreaded having to learn about covalent being put on blast. This is for you, my classy bonds. But a fine lil’ classmate in that chemistry business majors sitting in a speech course class I took one semester taught me a whole lot praying that ratemyprofessor.com gave you of things. And, well you know what they say “you JABARI KIONGOZI accurate results. This is for the computer sciget out what you put in?” And I put a whole lot Guest Columnist ence majors anxious to get back home and in! Yea, I skated by with a C but understood an play W.O.W. rather than debate Aristotle’s even more valuable lesson. You do most of you’re philosophies that won’t help you better read learning outside of the classroom.

HTML. Even my tasteful early childhood education maSo, there’s two things I’m trying to say here. First, yea, jors…well, this may not really apply to you. No class should we’re subject to take a lot of unnecessary classes that we’re really seem that far fetched. going to resent. But I’d also like to convey that it’s too soon to And most of all, this is for you, my people, that just don’t have those feelings. Find something to be positive about or a give a (insert bad word of choice). The ones that believe else this is going to be one long semester.

2012 retrospective Since the new year began, the great I don’t want to dissect violence in film, but Binder of Science has ruled once and for I appreciate that people are thinking about it. all Global Warming is a very real thing.

I’m not a psychologist, but it seems film is too Since the new year began, the NRA and cathartic in and of itself to actually create furJoe Biden, the Vice President if you’re new, ther manifestations of violence. Consider any have each implied if not outright stated generic rom-com, plucky heroine meets hapless violent media is as dangerous as a loaded boy, they fall in and out of love due to a series of assault rifle. I wonder if these are the same loosely connected contrivances, but he grows up people responsible for Skyfall not getting a by the end and she dims to accommodate. Do best picture nomination. these inspire love to most of the audience or diaI hope your holidays were grand and betes? After watching Skyfall did more people that you spent them with the people you want to attempt world domination? Hell, did like the most. Now, let us discuss resolumore people leave wanting to save the world? tions. Between the end of 2012 and since JAMES MCDOUGALD So many thoughts and questions moving into the new year began, I have not gotten sick.

2013, but at least I have my health. If you start Staff Columnist That was my new year’s resolution: I didn’t feeling sick I highly recommend the better part want to catch the flu. Aside from that I’m of a bottle of Scotch. I had very good Scotch at mostly okay with my life choices. Mostly. my disposable over the holiday.

It is a real pity about Skyfall though, but at least Science I had a pithy quip concerning global warming to go pulled one over its opposition in this country. If this is the here, but the temperature at present is 70 degrees. I know sign of things to come, perhaps this year will be something this observation isn’t a real indicator of global heating, but special. Petty trade-offs for the things of real weight and it certainly takes the air out of my balloon. consequence, maybe 2013 is going to be better than the last.

Have a great semester.

YOUR VOICE • YOUR OPINIONS

2013 Did you have any New Year’s resolutions?

How are they coming along?

Name: Victoria sparks Major: economics

“My resolution would be to strive for more inner peace, and I want to get into meditation. I plan to participate in a few meditation sessions that they hold through GSU at the Citizens’ Trust building.”

Name: kamal hasan Major: undecided “I didn’t have any New Year’s resolutions, I don’t believe in them. If you’re gonna do something, it shouldn’t just be for the New Year, it should be for yourself…”

Name: Ramin Ghafarian Major: Computer Information systems “My New Year’s resolution is to get up to a 4.0 GPA and get focused for my life after college. I think I’m on the right track to getting prepared for that.”

Editorial Cartoon Name: Shalom Little Major: telecommunications “I wouldn’t say I did any specific resolutions, but I’m trying to be more pro-active in my academic studies and also becoming more spiritually welcoming [or aware], basically being stronger in my spiritual foundation.”

Name: seyoum mensphu-bey Major: history “Staying healthy, maintaining my finances, and getting more involved with the community.”

How is that going along?

“I’m doing well, It’s 11 days in and I’ve been working out and should be getting started with the organization soon. I’m excited.”

name: Takita Jones Major: psychology No, no New Year’s resolutions but I hope to be more positive, I hope people are more positive, I also want people and myself to be more blessed in themselves and the situations they are dealing with.

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New football coach opens up about winning, the Georgia Dome and pretty uniforms.

Box score •Officially introduced as the second football head coach in Georgia State’s history on Dec. 3, 2012.

•Played wide receiver at Indiana State University from 1982 to 1986.

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•Made coaching stops at Oklahoma, Northern Illinois, Hawaii, Fresno State, Green Bay Packers, Stanford, Notre Dame, and Washington before becoming the head coach at his alma mater Indiana State.

I’m sorry if that depresses people because of the process.

But winning doesn’t just happen.”

—Trent Miles

•Compiled a 20-36 record while at Indiana State.

The program showed improvement under Miles as their yearly win totals were 0, 1, 6, 6, and 7 in his final season.

•Named the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year and the AFCA Region #4 Coach of the Year in both 2010 and 2012.

•He and his wife, Bridget, have four children.

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n Dec. 14, 2012, The Signal sat down with new head football coach Trent Miles. Here is a portion of the interview. Please visit our website, www.georgiastatesignal. com, for the full interview transcript.

The Signal- What enticed you about Georgia State during your hiring process?

Trent Miles-

One, it’s a great university in a great area. It’s in the hot bed of recruiting. You’ve got a university plan that has great vision for the future with President Becker and Cheryl Levick and where they want to take Georgia State Athletics. I think it fits my beliefs and where I want to go.

You’re going Division I, into the Sun Belt. And, you’re in Atlanta.

Hard to beat it.

TS- You came from Indiana State where the first couple of

years were kind of a struggle. The next three were pretty good. Was there ever a time in the first two years that you just thought “what have I gotten myself into here?”

TM-

No. I knew that the plan would work. We just had to have the patience to see it through. You had to just keep sticking with your guns and what you believed in and get the people in that believed in it also and go from there.

TS- What is the easiest thing to sell recruits on about Georgia State?

TM-

The people. The location. The university’s academic reputation.

We have people with character and integrity and people that want to develop you as a total

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student athlete, not just a football player. That’s the number one thing. Everybody is going to have pretty uniforms and a stadium and a library and books and a weight room and all that kind of stuff. The people are what set it apart.

TS- And the toughest?

TM-

Of course there are going to be tough recruiting battles because there are teams that have been playing football for a hundred years or more and have tradition. We’re a three-year program getting ready to be in our fourth year of existence and our first year in Division I. So there’s not a lot of tradition established yet. It’s really not a negative, it’s a positive. Because the young men that are coming in can help establish our own traditions here and our own history. They’re part of a special class. I really don’t think there are any negatives to recruiting here.

TS- What are your thoughts on playing home games in the

Georgia Dome?

TM-

I think it’s a great thing. You know how many young men in the state of Georgia want to make it to the Georgia Dome? And to be able to say that is your home field? I think it’s great. And if we do our job and get people in the stands and get our student body in there to enjoy the environment, it will be a home field advantage for us.

TS- Is there anything besides winning that you and your players can do to raise interest in the program, especially on campus?

TM-

Winning encompasses a lot of things. I know everybody is all about wins on the field. But before you can ever start winning on the field you have to win in the classroom, you have to win in society, you have to win in other aspects of your life before the winning on the field starts.

I’m sorry if that depresses people because of the process. But

winning doesn’t just happen. It’s a process that when you’re starting a program you have to go through and there are certain steps you have to take. And to get to that final step of competing for championships you have to do all the other things. I think we’re at that stage where we’re trying to get the other things done first.

TS- How long before Georgia State becomes a legit championship contender?

TM-

You can’t put a time frame on that. There’s no way of telling how long it’s going to take. What it is going to take is a whole group effort. It’s going to take the players, the coaches, the student body, the alumni, the boosters, and the administration. It’s going to take everybody working to win in all aspects to get those results.

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HUNTER BISHOP Associate Sports Editor

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

A multitude of Georgia State sports begin their regular seasons this spring. There is optimism with hopes of improvement and visions of championships within reach as everyone begins the season 0-0.

The Georgia State family of athletics has a lot to look forward to.

Baseball

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

The Panther baseball team struggled last season, finishing with a 24-31 overall record and a 1416 record in conference play. This new season has 12 new players joining the program. In addition, there are several returning veterans such as pitchers Aidan McLaughlin, Jerry Stuckey and Nick Squeglia. Head coach Greg Frady is optimistic about the upcoming season.

“We have a really hard-working, coachable and team-oriented group of men this season,” Frady said. “There was very little individual focus at all this fall. What’s different about that is that fall is usually a time to work with players individually, but the guys are very focused as a team. That’s a great sign and that’s going to translate into us having a successful spring.”

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The Panthers begin their season at home on Feb. 15 against the Butler Bulldogs.

Softball

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The Georgia State softball team had a successful season in 2012, recording a stellar 38-18 mark as well as going 15-9 in conference play. The Panthers had several high points during the season since they reached the Colonial Athletic Association tournament and upsetted the then No. 2 nationally-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 5-1.

The team is returning several star players, such as seniors Paige Nowacki, who hit 10 home runs last year, to go along with 20 for her career, and Brenna Morrissey, who lead the team in hits (46), runs scored (28), and at-bats (181).

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The Panthers being their season Feb. 8 in the Bulldog Kickoff Classic against the Troy Trojans.

Men’sTennis The Georgia State men’s tennis team had a strong showing during the 2012 season, winning 20 matches against five losses and working their way to the conference semifinals before falling to University of North Carolina at Wilmington 4-3.

The team finished with 20 wins for the second straight season under head coach Chase Hodges, who left at the season’s end and was replaced by current head coach Joerg Barthel.

Senior Victor Valente earned the first ever Georgia State men’s tennis invite to the ITA Intercollegiate Indoor Championships this fall, after a run to the final at the ITA Regional Championships, while senior Lucas Santa Ana earned a 9-1 singles record across three tournaments during the fall.

Men’s Golf

Women’s Golf

Men’s golf had a strong showing last season, averaging an eighth place finish to go along with one event win. They made it to the finals of the CAA Conference Championships, falling to UNCW by two strokes.

The Georgia State women’s golf team averaged a top ten finish during the 2011-12 season, with their best showing being a second place at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate.

Valente and Santa Ana were beaten by teammates junior Robert Schulze and sophomore Sofiane Chevallier in the Main Draw Doubles final at the Georgia Southern Tennis Championships.

Freshman Jonathan Gray has won twice individually this season, rising to a high ranking of eighth in the country before settling in at 19 at the end of the fall season. The team’s best finish so far is a second place finish at their own tournament, the Autotrader.com Collegiate Classic.

The Panthers begin their spring season Jan. 18 against Chattanooga.

The Panthers begin their spring season on Feb. 4 at the SeaBest Seafood Invitational.

Women’s Tennis Women’s tennis at Georgia State had a strong season in 2012, making it to the CAA Conference finals before bowing out against the No. 1 seed VCU, losing only after an epic four-hour match between sophomore Maryna Kozachenko and VCU’s Alena Gerasimova. However, VCU came out on top, with both the conference title and the NCAA automatic berth to the Women’s Tennis Championship.

Sophomore Abigail Tere-Apisah ended one of the best individual seasons in school history, making it all the way to the round of 16 in the 2012 NCAA Singles Championship, before losing to the No. 1 nationally-ranked player Allie Will 6-1, 6-4. She set a new school record with a 19-2 record in singles.

The Panthers begin their spring season Jan. 19 against Syracuse.

Sand Volleyball Sand Volleyball is new to Georgia State athletics, with its first season beginning this year. They are a young team, with nine freshmen and no seniors. Though they have a graduate student-athlete to add experience to the team.

The team played its first exhibition match November of last year against No. 3-ranked Florida State. The Panthers’ first team trounced the Florida State first team 8-0. However, the Seminoles eventually won the overall match with 32 sets won against 16 lost.

“Overall it was a pretty remarkable day,” said Georgia State assistant coach Beth Van Fleet. “To play as well as we did against last season’s No. 3 team was great.”

Sand Volleyball begins their season at the Ron Jon Surf Shop Beach-n-Boards Festival on March 9 at Cocoa Beach, Fla..

Women’s track and field Women’s track and field had a successful season in 2011-12, finishing with a third place finish at a hard-fought CAA Conference Championship a year after the Panthers won their first ever CAA Conference title.

The team finished only 4.5 and 10 points behind the second and first place finishers, while their total of 122 points was the second best in school history, beaten only by the 133 that they accumulated the year prior.

The team is deep, with a seven seniors, seven juniors and two graduates, as well as an impressive number of underclassmen. Three seniors won CAA individual championships, Katharine Showalter (3000m Steeplechase), Angelia Nugent (Triple jump), and Tamara Moore, who won two championships (100m and 400m hurdles).

The Panthers began the spring season on Jan. 10, at the UAB Blazer Invite.

Men’s track

They have had a slow start to the 2012-13 season, finishing with an average 13th place during the fall season. Their lowest finish was a ninth place Men’s track at Georgia State ended their at the Cardinal Cup. 2011-12 season with several individual accomplishments. Junior Valentin Poncelet finThe team will begin their spring season on Feb. ished fifth at the CAA Championship in the 10 at the UCF Challenge.

5000m competition. He had previously won the 5000m twice earlier in the season, and the 1500m once.

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50 Years

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of Intercollegiate Athletics at Georgia State DAVID NORWOOD II Staff Reporter Georgia State established its athletic department 50 years ago. The athletic programs began competing in the Sun Belt Conference and did stints in the Trans America Athletic Conference (later renamed the Atlantic Sun Conference) and the Colonial Athletic Conference. In the fall of 2013 they are slated to return to their roots as they will again become members of the Sun Belt. Here is a look back at some of the more memorable moments and names in Georgia State’s rich athletic history.

1963-

Men’s basketball, cross-country, golf, and tennis teams are the first intercollegiate sports established at Georgia State University.

The basketball team loses its first game in school history to Jacksonville (AL) State by a score of 81-49.

1968-

Cross-country runner Bruce LaBudde competes in the Olympic time trials.

LaBudde also finishes 12th place in the Boston Marathon.

1969-

Larry Perkins becomes the first African-American to play basketball at Georgia State.

1973-

The Sports Arena opens its doors to the men’s basketball team. The 3,455-capacity arena currently houses both the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as the volleyball team.

1974-

Women’s soccer, basketball, volleyball and tennis teams are established.

1976-

Georgia State athletic programs joins the Sun Belt Conference.

1980- Terese

Allen becomes the first women’s basketball All-American in school history, earning Honorable Mention honors.

Fraternity basketball in the winter of 1965.

2005-

2004-

Cross-country runner Andrew Letherby finishes eighth place in the Boston marathon.

2002-

Men’s soccer coach Scottie O’Neil, who compiled a 143-574 record in 11 years at Georgia State, is inducted into the Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame. His .711 winning percentage at Georgia State still ranks 24th all-time in NCAA soccer history.

2000-

Chad Smith is invited to participate in the College World Series Home Run Derby and finishes the season with a school record 21 homeruns, which was good enough for tenth in the nation.

Georgia State joins the Colonial Athletic Association.

2003-

The court inside the Sports Arena is named in honor of former men’s basketball coach Lefty Driesell who amassed 103 wins in five and a half seasons at Georgia State, including a 17-0 record against teams from the state of Georgia.

2001-

Georgia State defeats Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Shernard Long’s go ahead basket with just 12 seconds remaining in the game.

Long received AllAmerican Honorable Mention and led the conference in scoring.

The team registered 29 wins on the season, including a perfect 16-0 record inside the Sports Arena.

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1997-

1983-

1984-

The Sports Arena hosts the badminton portion of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Also, women’s basketball player Etolia Mitchell’s 13.2 rebounds per contest lead the nation.

Georgia State establishes the first fast-pitch softball team on the collegiate level in the state of Georgia. Also, women’s basketball player Sheryl Martin pours in 136 points during a three-game stretch for the Panthers, including a 45-point outburst versus Georgia Tech.

Kara Fitzgerald nets a school record 24 goals on the soccer pitch.

The women’s team finishes the season with a 18-4-2 record in route to capturing a conference championship.

Georgia State joins the Trans America Athletic Conference.

2006-

Women’s golfer Lisbeth Meincke captures her fourth straight individual conference championship. Also, the men’s golf team finishes the regular season ranked No. 12 in the country, the highest end of the season ranking for any sport in Georgia State history.

Fraternity softball in the spring of 1964.

2008-

Georgia State announces the creation of the football program and hires former Alabama and Georgia Tech head coach Bill Curry to be the first head coach in school history.

2009-

The baseball team captures its first conference championship in program history.

2010-

Fraternity football in the fall of 1964. Gene Epps pictured on the right.

The football team defeats Shorter University by a score of 41-7 in the first game in school history.

2012-

Georgia State accepts an invitation to return to the Sun Belt Conference.

Also, the softball team defeats then No. 2-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the highest ranked team Georgia State has beaten.

Women’s basketball. (From left to right) Angela Reynolds, Bobby Lou Jarrett, Linda Moss, Mary Joan Moody, Sandra Brown, June Upchurch and Margie Wood.

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Hardwood holiday rewind Sports Calendar Men and women stay busy, score victories over long winter break AKIEM BAILUM Staff Reporter

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hile the vast majority of students were enjoying their respective holiday breaks, the Georgia State men’s and women’s basketball teams were hard at work as they each played several games during the past few weeks.

The results were a little bit less than celebratory for the men’s team. Out of the eight match-ups, they were victorious in only one, despite being competitive in most of them.

After opening the season with five wins and four losses prior to the break, Georgia State’s recent slump pushes their record to 6-11.

The Panthers lost close contests at Troy and at home versus Southern Miss to begin the break. A two-game road trip wrapped around Christmas Day would also see them lose nail biters at Rhode Island and at Georgia Southern.

The only blowout loss during the break came at home against Drexel, when Georgia State fell by a score of 77-60 in their Colonial Athletic Association opener.

The lone victory over the

break came at home in a 6852 victory over James Madison. James Vincent scored ten points and had eight blocks in the game, moving him into the top five in Georgia State history in blocked shots.

After getting back in the win column, the Panthers traveled to Hofstra, falling short by a score of 52-50.

Georgia State lost yet another heartbreaker on Saturday as Delaware prevailed on a last second three-pointer inside the Sports Arena.

With a four and four showing over the break, the Georgia State women’s basketball team now boasts an overall record of 9-5.

The nine victories for the team is reason for fans to be optimistic as it bests their win total from the entire 2011-12 season.

The holiday break got off to an inauspicious start as the Panthers were routed at Belmont, 85-62. The defeat included Belmont shooting 60 percent from three-point range and two technical fouls in a five-minute span that led to the ejection of head coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener.

Their next three contests took place at the Sports Arena and would go much better for Georgia State.

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The Panthers defeated Morehead State 61-47, as sophomore guard Kayla Nolan scored 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Western Carolina 64-45, as junior guard Kendra Long poured in 13 points.

Next, Georgia State defeated Mississippi Valley State 76-60 in their opening game of the Georgia Statehosted Holiday and Hoops Tournament. They got 12 points each from Long and senior guard Tiffany Anderson, who also completed a double-double with 11 rebounds.

The tournament also included Charlotte and eventual winner Toledo, who defeated Georgia State 46-43 in the final game. Two Georgia State players made the AllTournament team—Anderson and senior center Cody Paulk.

Georgia State began conference play with a 72-66 home loss to Old Dominion despite a double-double from Paulk, who finished with 11 points and 15 rebounds. She also became Georgia State’s career leader in blocked shots with 168.

The team finished the holiday break with a 64-63 loss at Hofstra and a 56-49 win at Towson on Saturday.

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