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Atlanta runs with the bulls

Hordes of people jumped at the chance to participate in an activity that mimics the infamous tradition held in Spain each year at the “Running with the Bulls” event held on Oct. 19 at Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers. Participants paid $60 to run as fast as they could alongside 18 bulls that were capable of running as fast as 30 miles per hour. Coordinators of the event will be holding the race across the United States throughout the year.

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Tragic shooting at Nevada Middle School

A student of a Nevada Middle School in Sparks, Nev. opened fire with a semi-automatic gun, wounding two classmates and killing the math teacher, Michael Landsberry, who tried to protect them. The unidentified shooter then killed himself with his gun in front of 20 to 30 students. Landsberry is being commended for his brave actions, which led to the saving of two of his students’ lives, but unfortunately the end of his own. Landsberry, a military veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan with the Nevada National Guard, is survived by his wife and two stepdaughters.

National Security Agency causes stir in international relations

On Monday, Oct. 21, French president Francois Hollande expressed his deep disapproval of recent reports that the United States exercised intense spying on France through extensive electronic eavesdropping. France’s Le Monde newspaper, drawing from the most recent leaks by Edward Snowden, reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had discretely monitored over 70.3 million phone communications in France over the course of 30 days from Dec. 10, 2012 to Jan. 8, 2013.

Along with screening potential terroristic threats, Le Monde also reports that the NSA might have kept tabs on prominent figures in business, politics or French administration. Other national leaders have chosen to take action as well in the midst of this controversy, as Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto has voiced his dismay over reports that U.S. spies have gone through his email and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has postponed a visit to Washington in protest to the NSA’s spying of her official communications.

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Major drugs & weapons bust on Piedmont Piedmont North

After detecting a strong odor of burning marijuana coming from a vehicle on Decatur Street, police were able to pull the driver over after failing to stop at a traffic signal. But what was expected to be a traffic ticket and a potential drug-related misdemeanor happened to become much more as officers found not only the marijuana cigarette that the driver was smoking, but also an additional of methamphetamine, a folding knife, $1,240 cash and a loaded 9 mm Springfield XD firearm with a full 15-round capacity loaded magazine in the glove compartment. The driver was cited for several charges and later transported to Fulton County Jail without incident.

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boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend wanted to continue having a sexual affair post-break-up and when she refused, he continued to send explicit texts requesting sexual favors. The texts got even weirder and more disconcerting as the male threatened to post pictures of the couple in sexually comprising situations on social media sites if she continued to turn him down. The messages have been retained for further investigation.

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While competing in a game of basketball, a Georgia State student gave his cell phone to his friend while he was playing. After the game was done, the student’s friend and phone were nowhere to be found. After making several attempts to retrieve the phone, it was soon reported stolen. Police are currently handling the investigation.

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Are we safe in campus housing?

Commons robbery raises security concerns DANIEL CAMACHO Staff Reporter

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fter an armed robbery last week inside the University Commons, students around campus wonder how the suspects entered the building without being stopped.

In a meeting to address the issue, Georgia State University Police, University Housing and faculty members from the office of Student Affairs discussed what exactly was done after the incident occurred Thursday evening on Oct. 24.

Officials assured students that although the crime did happen, the system had not failed.

“We had about I’m guessing 50 people or so show up, and the purpose of it was to share within the limits the most accurate information we have at this time,” Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Douglass F. Covey said.

“We want students to know how to access support services that they need.”

He added that the 700 security cameras installed throughout student housing were able to identify all three 18-year-old suspects as Quinton Arnold, Dantevious Patrick and Dorian Demetrius Stroud.

“This is my fourth year staying in the Commons. I’m a senior this year and I’ve never heard of anything like this before,” nursing major Valencia said.

Yet, students have brought the issue of student safety and security to the forefront, saying the incident could have been prevented.

Commons Director of Housing Dr. Marilyn A. De LaRoche noted that the person in charge of elevator security did not check identification last night, which is an imperative regulation for access to the dorms. Instead, the criminals were simply able to get in based on the security cards they were able to attain.

“When you have a security system like the

one that we have at the University Commons that has human components in it, human error will always be inherent in the system,” Corbett said. “The failure of the people checking ID’s in the lobby therefore has to be attributed to a failure in the security system’s prevention of crimes in the same way that the security camera footage is being hailed as a success of the security system in reporting crimes.”

“I think the success of any security program should be measured in crimes prevented and not crimes successfully reported in a timely manner,” Andrew Corbett, a junior resident of the University Commons, said.

In an announcement made at the meeting, campus security said there are no major plans for for weapon-checks or stricter security enforcement in general.

Georgia State security Deputy Chief Carlton Mullis of Georgia State University Police notes that it is something that will always be evolving from each situation that arises.

“We’re looking at what worked, what didn’t and what we can improve,” Mullis said.

Senior and Criminal Justice major Clarke Steele agreed that security at Georgia State can use room for improvement.

“Maybe the cops could walk around more.

I see them driving around but I don’t see them walking around,” Clarke said. “I see them around here at night more, but you don’t see them as much as you want to.”

With no plans to to enforce new, stricter regulations in a security system that saw an armed robbery committed in student housing, Sergeant Sharon Ware of Georgia State Police urged students and security officials to practice and enforce the actions that could have prevented the crime from happening.

“We definitely must reiterate how important it is for students to keep their student ID’s with them at all times,” Ware said.

According to University officials, Quinton Arnold, one of the alleged robbers in the case, was a resident of Piedmont North and, therefore, had access to all student dorms at Geor-

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QUINTON ARNOLD Freshman, current student

PHOTO CREDIT: GSUPD GSUPD released this screencap of the suspects to students and the media on the night of the robbery, Oct. 24. gia State. Former student Stroud and nonGeorgia State affiliate Patrick gained access by getting the security cards of other students who are residents of campus housing.

No news yet on whether the security cards were given to the suspects or if they were stolen.

Julian Virgin, a sophomore journalism major who attended the meeting shared her frustration: How do you protect residents from other residents?

“I mean, the main guy lived in Piedmont,” she said. “I don’t know how you could stop any residents from causing harm to others unless you had a security scanner in every lobby like they do at the airport.”

Signal staff writers Jesus Diaz, Maranda Whittington, Cameron Washington and Zoya Hasnain contributed to this report.

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American Sign Language offered as foreign language

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Georgia State embraces non-traditional courses

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hen most students think about foreign language courses, they think about Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and maybe even Mandarin. What few students here at Georgia State know however, is that American Sign Language (ASL) courses can also be taken to fulfill foreign language credit.

Since spring semester 2013, American Sign Language (ASL) courses have been available for students as a foreign language credit—probably the best-kept secret on campus since its inception.

This semester, two courses and a total of seven sections are offered at the University to teach students ASL at the undergraduate level. These classes—known as Beginning American Sign Language I & II (EXC 1001 & 1002)—will also be offered in the upcoming semester, along with an intermediate course (EXC 2001).

Dr. Susan Easterbrooks and her staff at the College of Education have been working on making this possible since 2003. It wasn’t until 2011 that members of the college were able to begin the process of submitting a proposal to the state Board of Regents to accept ASL as a foreign language for Area C credits. Finally, in July 2012, the proposal was approved, and the classes were created for spring 2013.

Why did it take so long for American Sign Language to be offered as a foreign credit?

G American sign language The alphabet and numbers in American sign language.

“There’s been a lot of resistance to ASL because people have the misconception that it’s not a verified, bona fide language, when in fact it is,” Easterbrooks said. “It meets all the criteria that one expects of a language. It’s passed down from generation to generation.

It has its own grammar and its own idiomatic expressions. And, in fact, worldwide sign language is just like spoken language. It’s different in each country you go to, so just because you know sign here doesn’t mean you know it in France or any other place.”

Each course on the learning track teaches the art of signing at increasing levels of difficulty and immersion, similar to other foreign language classes. Dr. Judith Emerson, one of the handful of instructors teaching the ASL courses, described the course as a learning environment nearly identical to that of any other foreign language course.

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“You have to start with vocabulary to give them a base,” Emerson said, “...lots of vocabulary, like with any language. And at this point in the class, by the midterm, I can pretty much sign to my students without speaking.”

Easterbrooks added on to Emerson’s comments, saying that by the third course in the sequence, students do not even use English to communicate with their instructor.

Rather, they use the language they have been studying for the two semesters prior. This is the case in most foreign language courses— students are expected to have enough knowledge of the language to communicate without almost any use of written/spoken English.

“It’s been a long time and a lot of paperwork,” Easterbrooks said, “and now it’s time to get the word out to our students and advisors about these classes.”

Culture

Discussion: How marriage is evolving in America CHELSEA WOODY & ZOYA HASNAIN Staff Reporters

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arriage in 2013 is being defined more broadly than ever.

In a panel discussion last Tuesday at Georgia State, experts analyzed how U.S. Supreme Court Rulings are changing the way society thinks about marriage, including takes on polygamy and same-sex unions.

Elizabeth Brake, an expert in family law from the University of North Carolina and author of the book “Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law,” said marriage should be extended to a broader range of relationships, such as polyamory and non-romantic friendships.

“The liberal state should not unjustifiably privilege male-female couples over same-sex couples,” Brake said. “I argue that for the same reasons it should not legally privilege monogamy or sexual and romantic relationships over life structuring, caring relationships or durable polyamorous units.”

Brake said that making same-sex marriages legal but not polygamy would be a “failure of treatment.”

Mark Goldfeder, doctoral candidate

in law and religion at Emory University, disagreed with Elizabeth Brake during the discussion. He said that while polygamy will be up for debate soon in the Supreme Court, legalizing it would take away the sense of security in marriage.

“Civil unions do not create the same permanence as marriage,” he said. “Society does not know how to deal with it [civil union or being in a committed relationship].”

In addition, Goldfeder said marriage is a cultural institution with attached societal expectations. Minimizing it, or broadening the legal definition of it, he said, would take away from the security that marriage provides in American society.

When students at Georgia State were asked their opinion of how marriage should be defined, they were divided on the subject of polygamy: 40 percent said they believe polygamy should never be legal, while 30 percent said it will be and another 30 percent see it as just a possibility.

Business student Gustavo Ponce described marriage as being a contract between two people. “(Marriage) is a contract between two people,” J. Mack College of Business student Gustavo Ponce said.

Another student, marketing major India Nixon said marriage is having the

“same interests, morals, and values.”

Education major Maximillion Finney said that legalizing same-sex marriage could “open doors.”

And more doors seem to be opening than closing.

This past June, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act disallowing the federal government from recognizing homosexual marriages.

The court ruled that such a law was unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause.

Now, homosexual married couples in the United States can receive federal benefits. However, states where same-sex marriage is illegal are not required to recognize a same-sex marriage from a different state.

“I think eventually (same-sex marriage) will open that door for polygamy because same-sex marriage stands on the foundation of being free to love who you love. And who says you can’t love more than one person?” senior Ontario Smith said. “It’s just a matter of time but no time soon because we still have to get over this same sex marriage mountain.”

Georgia is one of twenty-seven states where same-sex marriage is prohibited by the state constitution and by law.

eorgia State professors experiment with new ways to structure classes around internet-based assignments and lectures.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have risen in popularity this year since Georgia State began accepting credit for the courses on a case-by-case basis earlier this year. Now, the university is embracing two new types of classes.

Flip classes are classes in which a majority of the studying and work is done at home and lectures are reserved for case studies, while hybrid classes take place both online and in person.

In many cases, flip and hybrid classes have already been implemented in many of the university’s majors and students just aren’t aware of the official titles.

“The teacher is probably assigning readings and web searches and then discussing specific points from that work in class,” Dr. Robert Maxwell, biology professor, said of the courses.

George Pullman, associate professor in the English department, said many classes will become hybrid courses soon, but he wasn’t so sure about online degrees.

“I think that in the immediate future more and more hybrid classes will become available at Georgia State. And I also think that more classes will go online entirely, but not full degrees,” he said.

“Georgia State has been working really hard for the last fifteen years on making downtown a cool place to be. We’re working on a destination campus and trying to put everything online contradicts that.”

Maxwell said these courses teach students to formulate their own ideas instead of just memorizing words from course books for exams.

“These courses are more intense than regular lecture-based classes that only have three tests a semester,” Maxwell said. “And students are more engaged. They learn to study in completely different ways.”

Pullman said one of the downsides to these types of classes is students may not connect with professors.

“There can be minimal interaction with a professor,” he said.

Ashley Broadus is currently taking a film class which follows a flip structure. She said the online assignments and discussions can be frustrating and time consuming.

“They’re like group projects because you have to wait for other people to respond in order to participate in the discussion,” she said.

Maxwell created the Biology Online Learning Opportunities (BOLO) website based on the idea of MOOCs in 2010 for his students in fundamental courses like Principles of Biology. The online site is regularly updated with daily quizzes, discussions and assignments and is open to anyone with Internet access.

“The idea behind it is anyone can participate, but students that don’t attend Georgia State can’t get college credit. They receive a badge upon completion,” Maxwell said, noting participation from people in Russia and Brazil.

Pullman said Georgia State professors have started to embrace the new trend.

“The Center for Instructional Innovation has provided workshops to roughly 40 faculty now on how to hybridize their courses and there are a lot of people in addition to that group doing it as well,” he said.

Maxwell said these types of classes aren’t just taking place at Georgia State.

“These are changes that are taking place on a national level,” he said.

Harvard, Stanford and Georgia Tech are among the schools that offer the online courses.

Georgia Tech hopes to make a profit off the free classes by creating a MOOC version of their master’s degree in computer science, according to the National Association of Scholars.

In 2012 Georgia State offered over 100 online classes to students, according to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Still, Pullman said Georgia State isn’t currently offering any online classes that are completely open and have participation from thousand of people the way most MOOCs do.

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How we DemoNized HalloweeN L AMI DUDLEY Opinions Editor Ami is a senior English major and published flash fiction writer. “I’ve constructed my premier works on coffee napkins.”

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ike every other holiday, Halloween has been adopted by culture after culture, decade after decade and ultimately customized and transformed to fit our needs and wants. From this transformation came a newfound appreciation of art; an entirely new genre of media and literature was birthed and an unbreakable bond was formed between strangers who share the joy of the infamous day.

So, when did the mockery of fellow human beings become characteristic of Halloween? When did it become ok for anyone to willingly dress up in a costume that mocks a person? Even worse, a person who is oppressed.

Halloween is a Christian holiday. No, you haven’t stumbled across a typo and this paradoxical statement will be explained before your gasp matures. Originally called “All Hallows Eve,” the once religious holiday dates back centuries and is dedicated to remembering saints, martyrs, and other believers in religion’s golden boy, Jesus Christ.

Jack-o’-Lanterns—deemed protective pumpkins—were originally used to keep evil spirits away.

Skulls were a décor used to remind us that life is fleeting and that death is simply a part of life. And according to Rev. Dr. Eddie J. Smith, author of Halloween, Hallowed Be Thy Name, costumes of evil creatures and beings were worn to “poke fun at the serpent whose head had been crushed by our Savior [Jesus Christ].”

Today the once-sanctified day is characterized by many as nothing short of satanic. Several communities and schools across the nation have banned Halloween celebrations. Police force is beefed-up in preparation for the night and many of us are verbally crucified for our choice in costume. So, where did we go wrong?

For many of you, the phrase “go wrong” will not go down your esophagus easily; at least not without a tall glass of OJ nearby. Why should you be concerned with upholding an ancient tradition of a religion with which you may not even be affiliated? The short and quite obvious answer is: you shouldn’t.

But, there is something to be learned from our aforementioned “holy brethren.”

Somewhere, over the years, it become cool to rock a head full of feathers and a piece of raw hide to favor Native Americans, a group that is still restricted to reservations here in our own backyard, who continue to have staggeringly poor living conditions. Sporting “black face” became a Halloween favorite for some. Just a year ago, at the University of Florida, a fraternity paraded around with black paint on their faces and enormous Afros to favor African-Americans

for Halloween. When did this become acceptable?

Sure, we can do a little bit of research and trusty Google will tell us that social poisons such as racism found its way into the holiday around “such and such” time when “this or that” happened. But the more appropriate question is: why did it become ok to mock fellow human beings?

The mockery of another person during Halloween, whether knowingly or not, strips the age-old Holiday of its original purpose to ward of those “unseen evils” and, in turn, manifest that evil, or hate, in the flesh. These costumes rely heavily on ethnic stereotypes. Orange jumpsuits complete with an alien mask and a tag that reads: illegal alien, ridiculously huge mustaches accompanied by a flashy Mexican sombrero and some maracas, and “cute” little Japanese kimonos and wooden fans are all costumes solely based off of ethnic stereotypes. Wearing these costumes only perpetuates these stereotypes and preserves the hate and subsequent oppression of these persons.

To make light of this issue is to simultaneously agree that the consequences of perpetuating such stereotypes should be allowed. For many

of us, this seemingly innocent and light-hearted act creates a very real perception well after Halloween has passed. Like the media, the lines between fiction and fact become blurred and we find ourselves almost subconsciously believing parts of the stereotype we projected in the name of “playing dress-up.”

While preservations of the original “All Hallows Eve” are certainly not necessary, we ought to consider the nature of what has become our “All Hallows Eve.” The “face of evil” has emerged from the said spiritual realms and now resides on the very face of fellow humans.We should question why hate, in the form of reinstated stereotypes, walks amongst us.

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5 tips to not scare your bank account this Halloween I

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t’s that time of year again, where frights and scares are around every corner. No, not tax season...it’s Halloween! Here are five quick tips Avoid taxis like the plague! Taxis will not only be hard to enjoy the night while not breaking the bank. to find on Halloween night, but their fares may be higher. Specialty car services such as Uber raise prices almost 75 percent on Halloween night. Stick to MARTA if you’re staying inside the perimeter. Otherwise, Skip the candy! It might have been free when you pick a designated driver and carpool, but just rememwere young and trick-or-treating, but you’re all ber you will owe your DD big time.

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grown up and candy is expensive this time of year.

The best bet is to wait until a day or two after Halloween and stock up when it is all put on clearance.

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Expensive costumes are for squares! There are tons of cheap and easy costumes that shouldn’t cost you anything. For the guys, simply find a roll of paper towels and a red flannel and you’ve got the Brawny Man. For girls, a “Nudist on Strike” sign is all you need! For more quick and cheap costume ideas, check out the Buzzfeed article “31 Insanely Celever Last Minute Halloween Costumes.“

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Have to work Halloween night? Don’t worry, since Halloween is on a Thursday this year, there are bound to be plenty of events going on all weekend. Besides, there are attractions such as Netherworld and the Oakland Cemetery tours that are offered all season long.

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This tip is great for any time you go out with friends.

On Halloween night, if you know you will be spending money, leave all your plastic at home. Plan to bring only $20 or $40 in cash, and when you run out, you won’t have anything to spend!

Trick or Treat: When costumes come off and true identities are revealed

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n Halloween, some women are tricks and some are treats. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling all women the “H” word, but let’s not be naive. There are tons of wholesome women (emphasis on the ho sound) disguising themselves as ladies—they will offer you treats. It’s these “ladies” who portray themselves as something else on this evening who are the tricks.

What? I’m keeping it too real? Well, go read someone else’s article. But if this sounds interesting, I encourage you to read on.

Halloween is to promiscuous women as St. Patrick’s Day is to alcoholics. Drunkards use it as an excuse to get drunk. Wholesome women use it as an excuse to be open about who they really are and not feel judged. Why else would they dress up like a Playmate, seductive nurse, nun, devil or Kim Kardashian?

I give you my word that I am not ragging on wholesome women, either. I’m a huge Kanye wannabe, so I embrace every aspect of this new lifestyle our youthful generation has created.

Guys and gals follow the teachings of the great philosopher and rapper Trinidad James, who says “f**k love it’s overrated.” They also recite lyrics from the good book of Kendrick Lamar, “I am a sinner.”

Halloween is the perfect time to sin again.

The thing is, not everyone is “‘bout that life,” as they claim to be. I’m referring to you, ladies, and I’m here to let you know that it’s okay to have morals and standards. You might be overlooked on Halloween like the house that gives out healthy snacks instead of chocolates and candy, though.

Now, here’s a tip for you fellas: don’t get tricked by these ladies. They are not giving up their treats to just anybody. Those houses with the best candy

are always in the better neighborhoods. I’ll let you know how to spot them.

If “Pop That” by rapper French Montana comes on, and she dances with her knees more than she uses her waist, she’s definitely a lady. You might have to remove your cap before introducing yourself to her.

Also, the shoe has to fit. If her personality doesn’t match her outfit, then she only came out to flex on Instagram. Don’t be the sucker who thinks you’re in there because she asked you to take a photo with her. Naw, playa. She’s just going to “snicker” at your “bar” because her and her Three Musketeers came together, and are leaving together.

So, with that being said, enjoy your Halloween, keep your candy wrapped up, play a few tricks and get that treat.

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What we can take away from the Commons robbery

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ast week, the university community was shocked by news of an armed robbery committed on campus in the University Commons housing complex.

After four students were held at gunpoint for their electronics, University Police released a photo of the suspects via a campus alert email, which spawned a wave of discussion on social media. The three young men were later identified and apprehended.

These young men, identified as Quinton Arnold, Dantevious Patrick and Dorian Demetrius Stroud, entered the Commons building through its metal security turnstiles using previously procured student access cards.

Arnold was caught in a police trap, Patrick turned himself in and Stroud’s mother turned him in. All of this leads to the burning question on everyone’s mind: How could this be prevented in the future?

Shortly after the campus alert email was sent, critics of the Georgia State Police Department and University Housing pointed out perceived flaws with the University’s check-in policy. It has been made more rigorous in recent years, despite backlash.

In all honesty, there is not that much more that can be done to make the system more secure without making entry excessively prohibitive for visitors.

Anyone who lives on campus or frequently visits is already well aware of the “Fort Knox” style check-in policy that Georgia State has adopted. As of last year, students leave their state-issued IDs and phone numbers with University Housing whenever they enter a Georgia State residence hall.

But that does not mean the University shouldn’t take this oppurtunity to reevaluate its entry protocols.

Despite all of these precautions, it is still too easy for someone to sneak in as long as they have an access card and a Panther ID with a color-coded sticker––the robbery proves this. Further, the majority of the time, the assistants who are supposed to check these IDs as students enter do not even look for facial matches on the cards. Some hardly even look up from their desks, assuming that if you have an ID with a sticker, then you must be in the right place.

A more plausible solution to resolve this issue in the future would be to require a more rigorous training process for student

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assistants and to randomly test them to prove protocols are still working.

Taking the time to physically identify the cardholder to make sure their face matches the one on their ID is not that hard. If people knew that the system was being enforced, maybe it would prevent future incidents like this one.

Though some in the community may disagree, blaming the police is not the answer. They’re not the ones in charge of building entry and, apropos of that, the police did an exceptional job of capturing the criminals in a timely fashion, whether it was by set-up or surveillance video.

Obviously, in cases like this, there will always be people who sneak around the system. But that doesn’t mean creating new, even more prohibitive security measures, is the way to solve the issue.

Rather, paying more attention to detail regarding who is granted entry to University Housing seems to be the better strategy for crime deterrence––additional training and enforcement of existing policy may be the best solution to the problem on everyone’s mind.

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Halloween Stories From The Signal

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n honor of Halloween, our staffers decided to embrace their creative sides and write up some spooky stories for your enjoyment. None of us are Anne Rice or Agatha Christie, but we hope to send some chills up your spine. Enjoy, and happy Halloween!

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‘Love always, Charlie’ MIKE EDEN | THE SIGNAL

‘Spilled milk’ WRITTEN BY SAMANTHA REARDON Kalli saw it before it happened. But it didn’t feel real. Her head pounded as she grabbed tufts of her hair and yanked so hard that when she dropped her hands to her sides, chunks of it fell to the ground.

How could he let this happen?

What the hell was he thinking? He promised her – promised – that it was locked away, restrained, never to see daylight.

Without another thought, Kalli grabbed the phone and punched his number in, almost dropping it. Her hand was covered in sweat.

Her manager gave her a confused look as she ducked under her station and counted each ring.

“Answer the phone!” Kalli screamed into the receiver. Her mind raced. She was going to get fired over this shit, if they came out of it alive.

Finally.

“Hello?”

Kalli mustered her voice.

“It’s here, at the store, it’s here and it’s all your fucking fault! You said you took care of this but it’s here – and they’re going to see, and we’re fucked, and – “ “Kalli!” Andy yelled back over the receiver. “Stop! What the hell is going on?”

Kalli was shaking with emotion.

Fear, anger. She wanted to run. She scanned the store.

There it was. Produce.

The zombie reached under a shopper’s arm for a peach. The arms were different – one was pink, full of living veins and pumping blood; the other, grey, bone and flesh exposed under the fluorescent lights.

“AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!” Terror paralyzed the woman’s face as she stared at the rotting corpse in front of her. Her grocery bags fell to

the floor. Spilled milk pooled around her feet.

She turned to run. But the milk puddle was there, unavoidable, and she slipped, falling. Cracking bones on the tile floor.

Kalli’s mouth fell open. She could hear the shopper’s screams, muffled.

She could feel them running, she could see them pushing each other, crowding the doorway. But she couldn’t move.

Thump thump thump. She was waiting for her brain to catch up, to make herself move.

The phone was dead. Kallie was alone with only the monster and the woman lifelessly lying on the floor.

The zombie raised a peach to its mouth and took a bite. The crack of the peach’s skin and the phantom sound of sirens were the only sounds in the void.

Juice ran down the zombie’s chin.

Their eyes locked. Kalli screamed.

‘Deadly doubts’ WRITTEN BY LAURA APPERSON The fire crackled in the pause of the story, creating the only sound besides the howling wind running through the trees. All eyes fixed on the storyteller, a girl dressed in a witch’s hat and dress, a fake mole drawn just above her lip. “...and that is how the coven became the most powerful in the world,” she finished dramatically, intensely staring at her audience.

The silence lasted only a moment as listeners decided whether her story was true.

“But, did that really happen?”

The witch turned her head sharply to the questioner.

“OF COURSE it happened,” she replied without hesitation. “The Salem Witch Trials were real and so are the witches that survived them.”

She picked up a marshmallow and popped it on a stick, placing it in the fire to create another s’more. “I don’t think we should take these things lightly. Witches still exist, and here in New Orleans it’s even more likely.”

“I don’t know, dude,” a tall, skinny boy with a Scream mask asked as he tried to eat his s’more without taking off his mask. “It seems like a whole lot of made up stuff if you ask me.”

The wind started to pick up, and

the s’more supplies flew around the bonfire. As Bob Marleys and Dorothys and Elvis’s scrambled to collect them, the witch sat stoically at her place in front of the fire.

“I don’t know. You shouldn’t question it,” she said as Scream reached to pick up a bag of Hershey’s that had moved away from the supplies.

He looked up at her just as she slightly leaned her head towards a tree above her. A noose was hanging from its lone branch, waving in the wind. Perched on top of the tree was a small, black crow, its red eyes boring into him.

“You never know what could happen if you do.”

WRITTEN BY ADJOA D. DANSO Jamie unlocked the car with the clicker. He opened the door with one hand, his phone pressed between his ear and his shoulder, his other hand full of grocery bags.

“Yeah, I’m leaving now. Yes, I got it. Yep, that too. Yeah—Ok, Charlie.” He laughed and hung up. Jamie closed the door and started the car.

He pulled his seatbelt across his chest and paused. When they met, Charlotte wouldn’t start the car unless Jamie had his seatbelt fastened.

It took three years for her to get him to wear his seatbelt consistently. By the time they were married, he was reminding Charlotte to put her own seatbelt on. She denies it, but it happened. At least a few times. Maybe once or twice.

It took the same amount of time to get home by the back roads as it did by the interstate, but Jamie loved the easiness of the interstate. No traffic lights, no stop signs.

Jamie squinted at a blue sedan changing into his lane in the rearview. A green pick-up truck two lanes over turned it’s blinker on. The truck unexpectedly swerved into Jamie’s lane. Time seemed to slow down. Jamie went deaf at the sound of car horns. The air smelled of burnt rubber. Glass flew into Jamie’s face. **** Charlotte got home late, exhausted. She set her bags down and stepped into the kitchen. Both the refrigerator and freezer were warm from being so bare. Eighteen months later and she was still lost.

Jamie always did the cooking and nothing Charlotte made was ever as satisfying. Even when he walked her through the recipe step-by-step it just didn’t taste the same. Some days Charlotte could swear that she saw Jamie standing in the corner of some fast food restaurant shaking

his head as she waited for her burger and fries. Other days she’d see him outside their favorite coffee shop.

Maybe she was crazy.

When Charlotte turned around there was a man seated at her table.

She smiled to herself.

“Hey, Charlie.”

Charlotte sat down across from him. It was incredible how he was exactly the same. The way he tapped his fingers against the rim of his mug to the beat of “Blackbird.” The way he squinted every now and then as though it hurt just to look at things.

Charlotte stared at him wondering how there wasn’t a single scar on his face.

“What are you doing here?”

“I figured the least I could do was drop in and say good-bye.” “‘Drop in and say good-bye.’ You make it sound so normal. This isn’t normal.”

They sat in silence not looking at each other. Jamie stared and squinted around the kitchen. Charlotte had thought about what she’d do if she ever got the chance to speak to him again. Here he was now and, somehow, it was enough.

“I’m going to go soon.”

“You’re already gone.”

Jamie extended a hand across the table. It was colder than Charlotte had expected.

“No one is going to believe this…”

“If you know they won’t believe you, don’t ask them to.”

He glanced at a watch that wasn’t there, and she looked at the man who wasn’t in her kitchen. Jamie stood behind Charlotte with his arms around her shoulders.

She closed her eyes as he let go of her. “Don’t open them til I’m gone.”

Charlotte took three deep breaths before opening her eyes.

On the table was a pristine wedding band inscribed, “Love always, Charlie.”

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dds are that you never got around to actually making the elaborate costume that you’ve been planning since last Halloween. Now it’s down to the wire and you’re a little strapped for cash.

But there’s good news: You can still put together a creative costume on a budget. Here is a list of ideas ranging from one to seven on a scale of difficulty.

Honey boo boo

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What you’ll need: a short, pink formal 1 dress, a plastic crown, a bottle of Mountain Dew and a curly blond wig.

Hair and makeup: Pageant girls have really exaggerated makeup, so pile it on. Try some formal curls in your own head or buy a cheap blond wig.

Your character: For this outfit you must channel your inner Southern pageant princess. You’ve downed your first bottle of go-go juice, so it’s time to be energetic so you can wow those judges. If you’d like, throw in some prized Honey Boo Boo nuggets of wisdom like “You better redneck-ognize” or everyone’s favorite “A dollar make me holler, honey boo boo child.”

Miley Cyrus at the VMA’s

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What you’ll need: nude boyshorts, nude bra/ bralette, a foam finger and white sneakers.

2 Hair and makeup: The most important parts of Miley’s hair and makeup are the pigtail buns and red lipstick.

Your character: Being Miley requires your time to be split 60/40. Sixty percent of the time your tongue needs to be out of your mouth, and the other fourty percent of the time you need to be “twerking.”

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E What you’ll need: a nude bandeau and underwear Y LEV CULT I F F I D (sub: nude leotard or body suit), thick black foam board/cardboard, white paint and 3 Velcro with an adhesive side.

Assembly: First paint the word “censored” in all caps across both of the front two pieces of cardboard. Then, place the sticky part of the Velcro on the back of the cardboard with the Velcro on your chosen base garment on your chest and your crotch area (the areas that would be blurred when censored on television).

Your character: If you are someone being censored on television, the likelihood of you being intoxicated is almost certain. This character requires a boozy performance, so free your inhibitions and be the life of the party.

Wednesday Adams

EL What you’ll need: a black long-sleeve pencil dress Y LEV ICULT F F I D with a white collar (sub: black long-sleeve pencil dress with collared shirt underneath), black 3 tights, black shoes and a black wig.

Hair and makeup: Wednesday Addams is extremely pale so you may want to try some cheap Halloween make up or a foundation that is too light. For the hair you need braided pigtails.

Difficulty: 3 Your character: The most important trait you need to mimic to be Wednesday Addams is a general disdain for everyone around you. This means no dancing, no showing that you’re enjoying yourself and above all absolutely no smiling!

Poison Ivy from Batman

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YL What you’ll need: a black corset (sub: one-piece CULT DIFFI bandeau swimsuit, leotard, two-piece bathing suit), fake ivy or green leaves, hot glue 5 gun and hot glue and two pairs of green opaque tights.

Hair and makeup: You will need a red wig and a cheap Halloween makeup kit to paint a few vine-like lines near your forehead and temple. For makeup you need an intense eye with green shadow and a really striking red lip.

Assembly: First, you need to hot glue the vine leaves all over your base garment like they are climbing up the garment. Let it dry for at least an hour. Then, take your second pair of green tights cut them the length of your forearm. Cut the closed end of the tights and a small hole for your thumb to go through. Finally, super glue a few of the ivy leaves around the open end that will be on your forearm. Let it dry for a few minutes.

Your character: Poison Ivy is a seductive villainess who uses toxins from plants, mind-controlling pheromones and poison kisses to aid in her criminal activities. For this character you will not only need to be sultry and sexy, but also show feminine strength (she has proven to be one of Batman’s most powerful foes).

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Heisenberg

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What you’ll need: pork 1 pie hat or wide-brim fedora, black sunglasses, plaid dress shirt, black jacket1 and khaki pants Assembly: Throw on your outfit and be the danger.

Your character: Heisenberg is the antithesis of Walter White, a high school teacher recently diagnosed with cancer. He lives for violence, making meth and having others remember his name. To be Heisenberg, you just have to be an all-around badass. That’s it.

Lego block:

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What you’ll need: a cardboard box, six colored plastic cups, 2 paint of desired color, glue, black Sharpie and scissors Assembly: Paint your box and let it dry for a few hours. Then, take your scissors and cut a hole out for your arms and head. Take your Sharpie and write “Lego” in all caps on the bottoms of the cups. Finally, place a circle of glue the size of the cup hole, then place the cup on top of the glue and hold it for five minutes. Repeat for the rest of the cups.

Your character: This character is fairly simple. Just be the block.

Carlton Banks from Fresh Prince

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What you’ll need: a white button-down, khaki pants 1 or shorts, a solid-colored sweater and dress shoes or Sperry’s.

Difficulty: 1 Your character: Carlton Banks is everyone’s favorite privileged black kid from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” To be Carlton, all you need is a sense of entitlement, corny banter and some awesome dance moves.

Mayhem from the Allstate commercials

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What you’ll need: a black 3 suit and tie, white buttondown, sweatband, zombie makeup kit, cocoa powder and butterfly bandages.

Face: make a few small cuts with the zombie face kit.

Then wipe little bit of cocoa powder all over you face to look like dirt.

Your character: Being Mayhem is all about causing chaos and confusion everywhere you go. Knock over a few things when you walk into the building and try to blend in. Mayhem is all about hiding in plain sight.

Clark Kent

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What you’ll need: White 2 button-down shirt, black tie, blazer, Superman T-shirt (blue T-shirt with a Superman sticker), thick-framed glasses and briefcase (optional).

Your character: Clark Kent is Superman’s alter ego, an ordinary man. To convey Clark Kent’s character, you have be the opposite of Superman, meaning passive, introverted, restrained and gentle. and briefcase (optional).

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KAYLYN HINZ

Associate Arts & Living Editor

eneath the tombstones, the flowers and the Georgia clay, 70,000 bodies lie at Historic Oakland Cemetery overlooking a perfect view of the Atlanta skyline.

Oakland History

After the Civil War, Oakland became the resting place for 12,000 Confederate soldiers. Most of the them did not have identification. Dog tags did not exist in the 1800s.

The only way to identify the soldiers was by old family Bibles or names written inside their jackets. A grass field is the resting place of all of the unidentified soldiers. Some of the bodies were falling apart, so the parts were put into a three-by-one box. Twelve thousand bodies remained nameless.

“Her” refers to Margaret Mitchell, author of the novel published almost as much as the Bible—“Gone With the Wind”—is buried at Oakland with the soldiers, Bobby Jones and other celebrities.

“People come [from] all over the world looking for her,” said David Moore, coordinator of Oakland Cemetery.

After Mitchell died, visitors of the cemetery saw her ghost from time to time, but there have been no recent sightings as far as the Oakland staff is concerned.

After a person passes away there are said to be three different deaths. This comes from South American culture. The first is when your body dies, the second is when you are buried and the third is when your name is no longer spoken on this earth.

“There is something still here, but I always think it’s a good vibe because of the fact that we are here, and they appreciate that,” Moore said.

Ghost Stories

Several different areas in the cemetery are reportedly haunted.

The visitor’s center housed the Sexton family, the first owners of Oakland cemetery in 1850, and by 1867 the 88 acres were acquired. Along with the visitor’s center is an office space where the staff of Oakland works. According to Moore, there have been reported footsteps, but when they hear them they do not think anything of it and continue to work.

Legend has it that during the month of November, one of the generals makes a roll call naming all of the soldiers buried. Since there are five generals buried in the cemetery, no one is sure which general it is, but it always occurs on the night when Sherman left Atlanta during the Battle of Atlanta.

Whenever photographers try to take pictures, it is sometimes very hard for them to get a picture without orbs or figures in the pictures with them. Moore believes that the ghosts did not want pictures taken of their grave.

Aside from having a few hauntings, Oakland can be very a peaceful spot. When Moore is at Oakland alone, he feels comfortable surrounded by the headstones and the skyline.

“I feel a certain peace; I feel a certain spiritual connection.

It’s like someone is putting their arms around me and saying, ‘it’s okay,’” Moore said.

Halloween Tours

Oakland has held Halloween tours for six years. This year, a total of 5,500 tickets were sold. On the first day, a ticket sold every minute.

“This is not Six Flags, so when people come we want them to enjoy music and food and entertainment, but in a respectful way,” Moore said.

Every year, the staff tells stories about those who have died and use actors to portray them. This year they used Abby Howard, Mary Frances Winship, Julia Boward, an unknown solider, Jeffrey Cain and Dr. James Calhoun.

After touring it for the third time, David Duddleston said, “I thought it was very historical. Everyone has a piece of history and they all played a part of history. The actors did a great job.”

COURTESY OF DANNY PRICE At the Historic Oakland Cemetery, annual Halloween tours are held throughout the end of October and showcase events such as card reading and live reenactments.

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Haunted Houses

ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN |THE SIGNAL Guests walk to the line of Containment, a haunted house located in Atlantic Station.

ANTHONY SIMMONS |THE SIGNAL Lucas Godfrey, a staff member of the Chamber of Horror, tries to copy a pose made by Herr Scudder.

Containment

Grade: “I’m shaking a bit.”

JOHNNY GIPSON

Associate Arts & Living Editor

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ith the high demand for local places to get a good scare, it’s only right that Atlanta’s newest haunted house, Containment, is located at the midtown paradise that is Atlantic Station. At first it would seem ironic that this house of thrills is located in a place known primarily for its tranquility and peaceful synergy, but after a closer look, it becomes evident that it’s the perfect backdrop for a group excursion after dark.

Containment is located below ground level at 1380 Atlantic Dr. With an impressive 25,000 square-foot frame that stretches about a half-mile, Containment is a lengthy maze that has an unassuming complexity.

Guests enter a long walkway, at the end of which they purchase their tickets. After tickets are bought, guests can take a few pictures available for purchase after their adventure. Once guests make it past the photo booth, the adventure finally begins.

Containment has a surprisingly elaborate design, with hundreds of active props and impressive lighting. The moment guests enter, they are welcomed by highresolution animated ghouls on flat screens.

The design of the haunted house almost resembles that of an antique store, with a countless amount of dated objects and trinkets littering the rooms. Guests are literally forced to walk through a maze, entering and exiting several rooms from different directions. The rooms are also very interactive, with fog machines, electronic puppets and pressurized air jets that spray guests at

random times.

The ghouls inside of Containment are also fairly entertaining, following guests at random periods in time and banging on the walls. They exchange light (and somewhat humorous) banter with anyone who walks through asking questions and warning about the woman who will “take your face.”

Containment does a great job of keeping guests involved with their surroundings, as puppets are constantly popping up from the floor, behind objects and the walls. Several of the ghouls inside the house also blend in with the surroundings, making their ambush all the more frightening.

Overall, the design and layout of Containment are impeccable. The use of intricate props and the reliance on strong lighting and sensory effects makes it a great choice. Containment’s only shortcoming may be the fact that the ghouls inside don’t necessarily do the best job at frightening guests. A few of them do a good job of popping out and frightening guests, but for the most part they simply follow them around and stand close. Outside of this, Containment is the perfect place to take a large group on the weekend or to go with a date after dinner or a movie. Containment is definitely a great addition to the scene of Atlantic Station, and will be open for guests until November 4.

The verdict: Containment is a great outing for a large group, because the large layout is full of exciting twists and turns.

The elaborate layout is very entertaining, although some of the ghouls inside aren’t so much. It is apparent that large amounts of time and effort were put into coordinating this haunted house.

Chamber of Horror

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Grade: “I think i pissed myself.”

hamber of Horror is one of the more established haunted houses in the metropolitan area. Boasting a five year history, this house is conveniently situated in the Poncey-Highlands at the Masquerade theater. The strictly enforced “18 and up” policy at first seems questionable, but after enjoying the attraction it becomes pleasantly apparent why it is so.

Located at 695 North Ave., the house runs parallel to the historic Fourth Ward Park. Chamber of Horror completely juxtaposes the serene residential area surrounding it, with odd music and screams heard from a few hundred feet away.

Guests buy their $17 tickets around the back side of the Masquerade, where t-shirts and other memorabilia can also be purchased. After every individual is carded, one of the chamber’s employees approaches the group, explaining how the creepy venue was once the headquarters of the infamous “Torture Co.” After the synopsis, he brings guests inside, where they must face their fate.

Chamber of Horror features a very intricate layout with a large amount of graphic appeal. Almost all of the walls appear to be hand-painted and designed. The rooms are also very interactive, from a shaky elevator to walls that squirt unknown fluids at passerby. A portion of the set even presents itself as somewhat of an obstacle course, and guests must avoid hanging objects to make it out alive. The layout of the chamber truly does appear to be an abandoned factory for evil, with dozens of “corpses” and “skeletons” littering the floors. The current residents of the abandoned factory also present

themselves to guests, screaming and crying their struggles to anyone who will listen.

The ghouls and crazies of the Chamber of Horror do a great job of keeping guests involved and playfully interested. There is constant dialogue and argumentative banter between guests and the sometimes anonymous voices heard within the chamber. The back and forth interaction between guests and ghouls also explains the age limit for entry; the endless onslaught of inappropriate but hilarious remarks made by the crazies will keep a weary smirk on any guest’s face.

Chamber of Horror also does a good job of blending the ghouls with the features of the attraction, many of them playing a specific role to the room that their located in.

One may be a cruel doctor, another may be a bodyguard and another may keep select individuals prisoners for eternity.

In the end, Chamber of Horror turns out to be an extremely entertaining attraction with a layout that will not only test your nerves, but also your fitness. The highly interactive crazies and the booby-trapped rooms will have any guest wondering where the next possible thrill could be coming from. The only thing that may keep visitors at a distance is the amount of time spent in complete darkness while touring the house.

The verdict: Chamber of Horror is an impressively designed attraction that is perfect for large groups, especially ones with jumpy women. The crazies are very outspoken and interactive, and the journey is a sensory experience. Guests may get momentarily lost in the large maze, as the darkness coincides with the ambiguous layouts of the rooms.

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MOVIE REVIEW:

The most terrifying horror films What they say about what really scares you MAHAD MOUSSE Staff Reviewer

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ll Hallows Eve is upon us, and there’s nothing quite as signature among the late college crowd that finds themselves caught in the awkward spot of “too old to trick ‘r treat but too socially frightened for parties” than the quintessential horror movie marathon.

And if you’re of the distinctive persuasion to appreciate them (and not say, an easily frightened wuss who found an episode of “Are You Afraid Of The Dark?” too terrifying (like, say, yours truly), everyone loves a good scare.

1) “Poltergeist” (1982)

This quintessential horror list begins with the only reason anyone makes that dumb joke about cursed Native burial grounds in the first place. Directed by Tobe Hooper and produced by Steven Spielberg (who contributed a ton to the the film’s myriad of special effects that hold up remarkably well today), Poltergeist tells the story of one suburban family who just happened to move into the wrong house; “wrong” in this case meaning, filled with angry, vengeful spirits who turn the house into a living death trap.

What’s supposed to scare you: flying plates, banging doors, living trees and portals to hell, to name a few things.

What really scares you: The darkside of home ownership; sinking literally all of your money into a house and still needing to take out a massive loan from the bank to cover the rest. That same loan that you know damn well know you’ll never be able to pay off with an entry-level-position salary. But you don’t need to tell the kids that. Much better to just wait out the inevitable collapse with a hearty bout of drinking, divorce and bankruptcy in your future.

2) “Friday the 13th” (1980)

To save a lot of time flittering through what’s essentially the same movie played out over and over again at the same shoddily run summer camp (and those two stupid times when it was in space and Manhattan), I’ll focus instead on the original film in the franchise that would go on to define the slasher film. Seemingly back from the dead and seeking vengeance for his drowning death thanks to some negligent teen consulares, Jason Voorhees returns to Camp Crystal Lake to stab, butcher and eviscerate a gaggle of annoying teens. SPOILER ALERT!

Did you know the killer was actually Jason’s mom? No seriously, Jason dies in a flashback in this movie and never comes back. Also, no hockey mask.

What’s supposed to scare you: sex, weed, being murdered because of any combination of the two and summer camp.

What really scares you: As you watch obnoxious teens laugh at their own jokes and generally act like assholes, that frightening moment of realization hits you: “Wait a minute. What if I’M the asshole?”

3) “The Exorcist” (1973)

The standard bearer of horror movies, and one of the few that even today, for being made in 1973, still can frighten like no other film can. Inspired by the infamous exorcism of Ronald Doe in 1949 (yeah, this is also the movie you can blame for all those “based on a true story” disclaimers you get), The Exorcist tells the story of a demonic possesion of a 12 year old girl, and the battle undertaken by a loving mother and two priests to win her soul back.

What’s suppose to scare you: The better question would be, what wasn’t? Seriously, between the scary good film score (I dare you to try and listen to the Lalo Schifrin score in an empty room), the subject matter of a demon putting a child in danger and the gruesome effects, there’s precious little about “The Exorcist” that isn’t unsettling.

What really scares you: “Shit, what if religion is right?!”

4) “The Blair Witch Project” (1999)

Before “Paranormal Activity” proved that anyone with the right pitch, some cheaply hired extras and an empty house could swindle their way to millions in domestic gross, there was “The Blair Witch Project.” The film tells the story of three 3 youths getting lost in a forest in broad daylight while a harrowing spirit stalks them.

The witch in question is never seen, and popular consensus is that the movie can only be scary if you magically make it 1999 again. But for a first time viewing, free of Internet spoilers, the movie is scarily effective at letting your own paranoia work against you.

What’s supposed to scare you: Booooo!

There’s a wiiiiiiitch! Maaaaaybeeee! Possiblyyyyyyy! We kinda ran out of money so there was no time for re-shooooooooots!

What really scares you: Being stuck with people you don’t like for any amount of time is one thing. But being stuck with them while camping is dialing it up one notch of horror.

5) “A Nightmare On Elm Street” (1984)

The film responsible for introducing Freddy Kruger into the American horror lexicon, and in a weird way, Inception before it was cool. A group of arguably more likeable teens than the ones in “Friday the 13th” finds itself being hunted by a malevolent being named Freddy Kruger, who attacks his victims when they are most vulnerable: in their dreams. It’s a terrifying premise and a film more than worthy of repeated viewings for its ability to play with your head and send chills down your spine. And like so many before it, not nearly as terrifying now thanks to increasingly crappy sequels.

What’s supposed to scare you: Getting murdered in your dreams is a pretty scary premise all on it’s own. Plus, everything about Freddy Kruger’s design, from the burn-victim face to the knife claw to the eyesore of a sweater, was designed to be as memorable as possible. Now throw in the fact that a recurring theme in the movie is the more you think about Freddy the more real he becomes…

What really scares you: Deep down, we’re all terrified of dying in our sleep. But less in the “murdered by a knife maniac in a fight to the death in a dream” and more “choking to death on your own salvia,” which is, statistically speaking, more likely to happen than getting killed in a car accident. Sweet dreams.

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The harrowing tale of how Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade (who’s still inexplicably getting work) and Kevin James (because Chris Farley is still inexplicably dead) managed to break box office records and have a better opening weekend than “Pacific Rim” by doing absolutely nothing remotely funny for one hour and 40 minutes. Tremble in fear as you watch Sandler do his “voice!” Shriek in horror as Kevin James makes his 12th “I’m a fat guy joke” in the span of 20 minutes! Close your eyes in disbelief as Chris Rock fails to get in any good lines! Glare in anger as David Spade smirks, knowing he is making more money than you when he so much as takes a dump.

What’s suppose to scare you: Realizing that your date wasn’t kidding when she said she’d rather see this over “Pacific Rim.” Then, finding out that you barely got tickets because it was almost SOLD OUT. What really scares you: Adam Sandler was funny once. If he’s fallen, what hope is there really for the rest of us?

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Synopsis: A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the “rules” of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.

Showtimes: Mon., Wed., Fri.: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Weekend: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Running time: 111 minutes Rated: R

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Music column

Life after Death

Sex column

The story of punk’s unsung forefathers Halloween all year long

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PAUL DEMERRITT Columnist

Paul DeMerritt is a freelance journalist and musician with extensive experience reporting on the music and culture of Atlanta and the globe.

Follow him @PaulDeMerritt

ulian Hackney didn’t realize he was shaping the history of punk rock when he Google searched his father’s band after hearing them at a friend’s party.

Hackney ended up unveiling a hidden legacy left by his father, Bobby Sr, and his band mates, who played punk rock before the word was even invented and The Ramones were still in high school.

In 1974, Bobby Sr, his brothers Dannis and David and Bobbie Duncan were blowing up and deeply confusing house parties in Detroit as the band Death. Their confrontational sound starkly contrasted the popular music of the day. It was the heyday of Earth, Wind, & Fire and ABBA, but Death’s aggressive tempos, scream-a-long choruses and spontaneous songwriting at once excited and unsettled listeners.

After recording a few singles, Death attracted the attention of Columbia Records’ seminal record producer Clive Davis who gave them a 12 song record deal. Though he was impressed by what he heard, he insisted that their name wasn’t commercially palatable and had to be changed.

In what is arguably the most punk-rock move of all time, David Hackney refused to change their name and insisted that death could be a positive concept. Davis passed and there were only seven songs completed for the record.

Death faded into obscurity and the Hackney brothers moved to Vermont and started a gospel group named The 4th Movement. David died of lung cancer in 2000 and

never saw his grand vision of the band come to fruition.

The remaining members of Death never spoke of their brief history until they discovered the only singles they released, “Politicians in My Eyes” with “Keep on Knocking,” were selling for $400 on eBay. After discovering their music through Internet buzz, record collector Robert Cole Manis found the band and put them in contact with Drag City Records. In 2009, 34 years after Clive Davis deemed them unmarketable, Drag City released their seven-song collection as “...For The Whole World To See” to a warm reception.

Musicians like Jack White and critics hailed the unearthed masterpiece as the brother of Iggy Pop’s ear-splitting intensity and the father of The Ramones’ lightningpaced four chord thrashing. .

Death now tours regularly and was the subject of the acclaimed 2012 documentary, “A Band Called Death.”

Sure, it was punk rock for Iggy Pop to stage dive for the first time, it was punk rock for Henry Rollins to incite fistfights with the crowd, it was punk rock for G.G. Allin to vomit all over eager fans. However, no punk icon followed their vision so fervidly that it drove them into obscurity for over 30 years like Death did.

After decades of trusting in their vision in spite of very real doubts, Death was given their proper revival. The grand elders of punk are finally unleashed on the earth, ready to revive one of the first, and last, authentic spirits left in punk rock.

Adult trick-or-treating PEDRO ALVARADO Columnist

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grew up in an era when trick-or-treating was an event strictly for young children. If you saw an adult out, they were chaperoning kids in their neighborhood.

In the Shepherd Community of Columbus, Ohio, the neighborhood where I grew up, if you were a teenager trick-or-treating and you were not supervising young’uns, you had better NOT ring someone’s doorbell and not have the decency to be wearing a costume. This was a cardinal sin, tantamount to talking about someone’s mother.

As long as you were in costume, the Shepherd homeowners looked forward to the teens coming by on “Beggars’ Night” because it gave them an opportunity to scout new talent for the upcoming leaf-raking and snow-shoveling season. The teens knew this, too, so everyone was always on their best behavior in case they were meeting a potential employer.

Under no circumstances, however, was it okay for a grown-up to be out trick-or-treating without children. Bear in mind that this all took place during the Reagan administration when about the most heinous thing we had to worry about was the house that gave out fruit and trickle-down economics.

It’s a quarter of a century later and things have changed a lot; one of those changes is trick-or-treating adults. Unlike regular trick-or-treating, adults do not typically go door-to-door without kids, but they will dress up and go with their children and fully expect to receive a yummy treat.

Once the “witching” hour has begun, adult trick-or-treaters still go door-to-door; only, it’s not houses in a neighborhood but bars and clubs.

Unlike traditional Halloween parties, adult trick-ortreating is more than just going to hang out in one spot all night. It is actually a pub/house party crawl.

You start at one place, grab a drink, some food, candy, a random stranger, etc. and keep it moving.

And unlike trick-or-treating with the kids, it’s not

impolite to go back to the same place more than once; in fact, it’s encouraged.

Now, for the typical GSU student (under the drinking age), doing a bar hop or pub crawl may not be feasible because of the legal ramifications and going door to door in an unfamiliar neighborhood may not be safe. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of ways for you to enjoy many of Halloween’s high jinks.

For example, several student organizations are having Halloween events. Orgsync.com has a listing of most student organizations, complete with event calendars and contact information, where you can look to find the most spooktacular events the university community has to offer. Additionally, any number of “18 and over” venues are having college Halloween parties. And, if all else fails, there will plenty of house parties to crash; just dress up as an invited guest.

Obviously, it’s only safe to participate in adult trick-or-treating if you have a designated driver, so make sure you have one and “PARTY ON, WAYNE!” (Excellent costume idea…)

RACHEL KINGSLEY Sex/Dating Columnist

I believe that even though our society has become more open about sex, it’s still a highly taboo subject. If we want to become more open and accepting, we need to start with education. I write about my own experiences as a single girl dating in Atlanta.

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alloween is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a time for us to dress up and be completely different people than we are normally. We become people we can’t be in real life— whether that’s a slutty maid, Cleopatra or a giant M&M. But why should we only dress up once a year?

I’m talking about role-playing here, people.

Role-playing can add spice to your sex life. There are a lot of different fantasies you can pitch to your partner that include those Halloween costumes buried under last semester’s books in your closet.

For example: To the women reading this—you were a sexy maid last year.

Surprise your guy and have him come home to find you cleaning his home in your sexy maid costume. He will definitely appreciate it.

Guys, you can do this too! You were a zombie doctor last year? Leave the blood and gore at home, but play the dirty doctor with your partner. Were you Tarzan (and kudos to you if you had the guts to pull that one off )? Sweep your Jane off her feet and treat her to a night of wild jungle sex.

Many people think you have to stay in character or be serious through the entire role-playing scene. Not the case!

The most important aspect of role-playing is to have fun! Don’t take the situation or yourself too seriously. You don’t have to become a dominatrix overnight; just explore your fantasies.

Well, unless it’s your fantasy to become a dominatrix. Then by all means, get out that latex and a whip.

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Calendar: Campus Events Time Flies When You’re on Facebook: Time Management Techniques Oct. 30 2-3 p.m.

245 Sparks Hall

With all of the activities going on in our lives it is hard to neglect some of our biggest priorities. Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites get in way. Learn how to manage your time efficiently by setting goals for yourself to make the most of your time.

Nightmare in Hollywood

Oct. 30 7 p.m.-midnight Student Center Ballroom

Across 1. Short sleeps 5. Arm or leg 9. Whirl 13. Two-toed sloth 14. Notions 16. Tropical tuber 17. Small slender gull 18. Flora 19. Affirm 20. Mops 22. Gift 24. Blue-green 26. Egyptian peninsula 27. Ideal 30. Wimbledon sport 33. Fragrant 35. Curses 37. Also 38. Procrastinate

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41. Liveliness 42. Refereed 45. Journeyer 48. Go up 51. Graft 52. Slumber 54. Hearing organs 55. Skilled 59. Tall East Indian timber trees 62. Murres 63. A gold coin of ancient Persia 65. Diva’s solo 66. Transgressions 67. A sloping mass of loose rocks 68. Sediment 69. Jittery 70. Feudal worker 71. Carry

Down 1. Cashews and almonds 2. Again 3. A type of infantry 4. A ray of sunlight 5. Part of a mouth 6. Doing nothing 7. Intends 8. Brigand 9. Endurance 10. Cover with asphalt 11. Weightlifters pump this 12. Nothing (British) 15. Rock 21. Epic 23. A magician’s tool 25. Plenty 27. A Maori club 28. Fragrance 29. Louse-to-be 31. Showman

32. Contemptuous look 34. Bird call 36. Agile 39. Chemist’s workplace 40. Stringed instrument 43. Bliss 44. Expunge 46. Decree 47. Side by side 49. Geeks 50. Disfigure 53. Happy cat sounds 55. Cogitate 56. Dry 57. Make melodious sounds 58. Mortgage 60. A man’s skirt 61. Satisfy 64. C

Get dressed up and have a fun Halloween night at a costume party at the Student Center. See some of your favorite celebrities turn into zombies. Experience a nightmare in Hollywood with food, drinks and great company.

Guided Meditation: Relax, Reset and Breathe!

Oct. 1 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

It is that time in the semester when every student starts to get stressed.

Guided mediation is offered for individuals or group basis at no cost.

Try out this new offering by making an appointment for the next session.

Call 404-413-3342 for more information.

An Afternoon with Steve Harvey: Education and SelfImprovement Nov. 18 3 p.m.

Sports Arena

Ending the semester, Steve Harvey is coming to Georgia State to give advice and share inspirational stories from some of his life experiences.

Harvey is an acclaimed actor, author, comedian, television and radio personality. Come out and hear what he has to say about life.

Downtown Events Fox Theatre Ghost Tours Oct. 26-29 Fox Theatre

The Fox Theatre has always had rumors of ghosts haunting the historic theatre, for the first time they will be hosting ghost tours.

From a confederate solider to the women of the house come out and see if you can feel their presence as well. The general admission is $25, for more information go to foxtheatre.org.

Netherworld Haunted House Open until Nov. 2 $22- $50

Starting out in September, start your Halloween off early and get spooked at Netherworld. This year’s theme is “The Dead Ones and “Boogeyman.”

If you are into being scared, or just think the actors are funny, this is a perfect event for you. Go to fearworld.com for more information.

Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life Through Wed, Oct. 30 Atlanta Botanical Garden

Explore the ethereal worlds created

by mosaisculpture! Nineteen mosaic, larger-than life sculptures up to 25 feet tall tower over the garden in this fantastic exhibit. Enjoy living sculptures of rabbits, huge cobras, a unicorn and more. Daily admission is $18.25 for adults. Call 404-8765859 for hours and information.

Containment Haunted House at Atlantic Station Through Nov. 3

Atlantic Station is now hosting their first haunted house. As you go through the quarter long maze several things are bound to pop up and scare you. This is the largest of its kind in Atlanta and the only largescale haunt inside the Perimeter. Call 404-549-5953 for more information.

The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Nov. 14-16 The Westin

Come out and enjoy several seminars on photojournalism. Photographers from all over the nation will be there to give advice as well as teaching hands-on demonstrations. This is something no Atlanta photographer wants to miss. For more information go to photojournalism.org.

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Halloween memories with Georgia State men’s basketball

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rick-or-treating and watching scary movies are popular pasttimes for Halloween. In honor of the Georgia State men’s basketball team’s first game last week, The Signal asked a few players about their favorite Halloween memories growing up.

Ryan Harrow Devonta White Guard

RJ Hunter Guard

What’s your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid?

I’m going to have to go with my Power Ranger outfit.

What is your favorite Halloween movie?

Halloween movie - I don’t. I’m not a big Halloween festive guy, but I enjoy October Halloween.

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RaShaad Richardson

What’s your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid?

I don’t know if I dressed up too much as a kid, I was just trying to get the candy. I just wanted my mom to take me to go get candy What is your favorite Halloween movie?

“Hocus Pocus.” I always watched it on Disney Channel.

What do you have planned this year for Halloween?

I haven’t even thought about my Halloween costume yet. I have to dress up since there’s a party going on so I’ll probably go to a Halloween party.

Guard What’s your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid?

Oh that’s easy, my Power Ranger suit. The red one to be exact.

What do you have planned this year for Halloween?

Since it’s on a Thursday, this year I’ll be inside watching movies.

What is your favorite Halloween movie?

“The Curse of Michael Myers.”

What’s your favorite Halloween costume that you wore as a kid?

When I was the green Power Ranger.

What do you have planned this year for Halloween?

Practice.

What is your favorite Halloween movie?

“Jeepers Creepers.”

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ZOYA HASNAIN | THE SIGNAL Georgia State students play a game of quidditch with Atlanta Kedrava in the Piedmont North courtyard.

Quidditch: A sport growing in Georgia and at Georgia State ZOYA HASNAIN Staff Reporter

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ain pours on an early October afternoon as students march to the Piedmont North courtyard with broomsticks, resembling a scene quite similar to the rainy quidditch matches in the “Harry Potter” films.

With goals made of hula hoops and a colorful set of broomsticks, students set up the courtyard for a little game of the increasingly popular sport known as muggle quidditch.

Played on the ground as opposed to in the air with a human “snitch” instead of a tiny golden ball with wings, muggle quidditch is played quite differently than quidditch played by wizards. According to the International Quidditch Association, muggle quidditch incorporates characteristics of rugby, dodgeball and tag. A volleyball is used in place for the quaffle. Chasers use this ball to score up to 10 points at a time by throwing them through one of the three hoops on the opposing team’s side. Beaters use dodgeballs for bludgers to knock out other players.

The seeker is responsible for one thing: catching the snitch. In “Harry Potter,” the snitch is an extremely fast and tiny golden ball that flies around the field.

To catch the snitch means to end the game and gain 150 points for your team. In muggle quidditch, the snitch is a tiny ball attached to a fast neutral player who runs and hides from the seekers in order to prevent the ball from being caught.

“Quidditch is awesome. I love all the different skills that are required.

You have to have good hand-eye coordination,” Emma Blessing, freshman at Georgia State and player for the Atlanta Kedavra Quidditch team, said.

The Atlanta Kedavra is a community quidditch team actively seeking to expand quidditch in the Atlanta area.

They have played against teams from Florida State University and Silican Valley, CA. “As of right now, the Atlanta Kedavra is the only active team in Georgia. They’re trying to encourage more people to play and start teams by inviting people to come to practice and teaching them how to play, or going out to play at events like the one at GSU,” Emma Blessing said.

The Atlanta Kedavra served as an inspiration for Georgia State senior Steven Pham when he started quidditch at Georgia State.

“It became a dream of mine three years ago when I started watching videos about muggle quidditch online. I want this to be a legacy I can leave behind when I graduate,” Pham said.

Pham began hosting games in the University Commons and Piedmont North to introduce students to the sport. He wants quidditch to be a part of Georgia State and hopes to see a team form in the near future.

Sheldon Jamey Banks, manager for the Atlanta Kedavra, has even bigger dreams of forming a league where universities in Georgia such as the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Kennesaw State and Georgia State can play against each other.

The International Quidditch Association hosts around 25 annual events.

There are nine regional championships, the World Cup, the International Open, the Global Games and QuidCon. Regional championships take place to determine the teams that will play in the World Cup and are open to

all teams in the region. The World Cup features over 80 teams from around the world. There have been six World Cups so far and the next one will take place in April 2014.

The first team was formed in Vermont at Middlebury College in 2005.

Since then, it has grown to over 300 high school and college campuses throughout North America, Europe and Australia. It has recently begun to grow in the Middle East as well with a new community called the ME Muggles. One of the teams, the Patronus Legion, won the first public tournament to take place in the region against two other Middle Eastern teams earlier this month. ME Muggles hopes to see the Middle East represented at the World Cup soon, according to Anas Battah, news writer for the International Quidditch Association.

In “Harry Potter,” quidditch is played as a co-ed contact sport. This aspect to the sport was not changed when muggle quidditch was invented.

Rules have been put into place that disallow tackling from behind, above the neck or in the groin area.

“I personally like that it is co-ed because it is so different from how most

sports are played,” Blessing said.

The “two minimum” rule requires that at any given time during the game, at least two of the players on the field must identify with a different gender than two other players. Title 9¾ is a branch of the International Quidditch Association in charge of ensuring gender equality. One of the goals of Title 9¾ is to change the world’s perception of gender and athletics, according to the International Quidditch Association’s official website. The association is also clear on its support for the transgender community, recognizing gender as one’s identity, not expression, on its official website.

Unlike most mainstream sports, muggle quidditch does not deny players because their gender identity does not match their biological makeup, and they do not pressure transgender players to go through sex changes.

According to the International Quidditch Association’s Staff Blog, “The IQA is a unique sport in that it not only encourages the participation of all genders, but it also actively works to ensure that the IQA provides a safe space for members of the LGBT* community.”

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Breaking into the industry: Athletic Director Cheryl Levick gives female students advice JAMES HUNTER Staff Reporter

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he Georgia State Public Relations Student Society of America and Robinson Women in Business hosted a seminar with Georgia State athletic director Cheryl Levick last Thursday, who spoke about women entering business in the field of athletics.

Robinson Women in Business is a female student organization that helps guide its members through their business education and job search.

As an athletic director, Levick constantly works on the business side of collegiate athletics and was able to shed some light on how the industry works.

According to Levick, the business is not very friendly to females.

Only eight athletic directors out of about 350 division-one universities are

women, something Levick said was a terrible statistic.

“I want to make sure that it’s not so difficult for the next generation of women [to get into the business side of athletics],” Levick said. “I enjoy doing it. I want to make sure the next group has the opportunities and the proper education.”

At the Sun Belt Conference meetings that Levick attends, she is the only woman in the room.

Levick described herself as a tomboy growing up, always playing sports and climbing trees.

To this day, almost everything Levick does is related to athletics, even outside of her job.

During the seminar, Levick handed out a sheet that showed her top 10 tips for women entering in the field.

Among the most important tips were to always have integrity, to dress and act professionally and to have five professional mentors who you talk to on a regular basis.

Levick has lived by these 10 pieces of advice for all of her professional career.

“The single most important piece of advice is the issue of integrity,” Levick said. “You need to live by what you believe.”

She stressed that you cannot be afraid in a difficult circumstance to do the right thing.

Levick made a promise to herself that when she made it into athletic administration that she would help women get into the field, and she has kept that promise.

Levick is currently mentoring three women and one man who are trying to break through in the industry.

Two of those mentees are at Georgia State.

Her other two mentees are out of state, but Levick says they are in contact usually once a week.

One young woman even comes to stay in Atlanta intermittently to work with Levick.

“I take it upon myself to make it worthwhile and make sure that they are learning something or getting promoted or getting a new job,” Levick said.

“Luckily I had great men that became my mentors and helped me work my way through the maze of athletic administration,” Levick said.

However, Levick did not have a female mentor or role model to give her tips on how to succeed as a woman in the industry.

In that sense, she carved a path of her own.

Kaleigh King, vice president of Robinson Women in Business, said that the most important thing she learned was about always being professional.

King said that Levick’s advice on professionalism, about looking people in the eye and being assertive, but not overly assertive, was great advice.

“I want to go into marketing, but I’m trying to be a president of a mar-

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keting company, not just a marketer,” King said. “That field is also maledominated so it was really helpful for someone who knows that they’re going to go into something male-dominated.”

PANTHER Of The Week

Sports Calendar Tue, Oct. 29 Men’s Soccer Mercer Georgia State Soccer Complex 7 p.m.

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

AMIRI ABRAHAM MEN’S SOCCER

Abraham has scored five goals in the men’s soccer team’s last nine games including two in the Panthers’ victory over No. 9 Furman last week.

Abraham scored both goals in the 2-0 shutout win over Furman thus improving the Panthers to 7-71 on the season after the Panthers started their season 0-5.

Abraham leads the team in goals with five, and he has one assist this season.

Nearly all of Abraham’s goals have putt the Panthers back in the game after trailing early and ultimately leading them to success.

The Panthers are 3-0-1 in games Abraham scores.

Abraham is a true freshman from Lawrenceville, Ga. and graduated from Collins Hill High School.

Abraham played club soccer for Georgia United Soccer Alliance.

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Fri, Nov. 1-Sun, Nov. 3 Women’s Tennis Roberta Allison Fall Classic Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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*CONFERENCE GAMES

Sat, Nov. 2 Football Western Kentucky* Georgia Dome 1 p.m.

Sun Belt Network TV/CSS 1340 AM The Fan 3 Sat, Nov. 2 Men’s Soccer Incarnate Word Georgia State Soccer Complex 7 p.m.

Fri, Nov. 1 Volleyball UT Arlington Arlington, Texas 7 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 2 Volleyball Texas State* San Marcos, Texas 7:30 p.m.

Sat, Nov. 2 Women’s Cross Country Sun Belt Championship Troy, Ala. 11 a.m.

Mon, Nov. 4 Men’s Basketball Fort Valley State (Exhibition) Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m.

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Football

On Saturday, Georgia State lost to Louisiana-Monroe 38-10 in Monroe, La..

Fifth-year senior linebacker Robert Ferguson scored the lone touchdown for the Panthers after recovering a fumble and returning it 87 yards.

Tue, Nov. 5 Men’s Soccer North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Wed, Nov. 6 Women’s Soccer Sun Belt Conference Tournament* San Marcos, Texas TBA Fri, Nov. 8- Sun, Nov. 10 Women’s Tennis National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Flushing, N.Y. Sat, Nov. 9 Sand Volleyball Florida State, South Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. All Day

The Panthers upset No. 9 Furman 2-0 on Wednesday at home.

Freshman forward Amiri Abraham scored both goals for the Panthers.

On Saturday, Georgia State defeated Appalachian State 2-1 at home.

Senior middle fielder Jamal Keene and redshirt junior forward Stephen McGill scored a goal each for the Panthers.

Women’s Soccer

On Friday, Georgia State shut out Western Kentucky 1-0 in their final regular season game.

Sophomore forward Ashley Nagy scored the lone goal for the Panthers.

Volleyball

Georgia State defeated LouisianaLafayette 3-1 at home on Friday.

Sophomore outside hitter Debe Bohannon led the team in kills after setting a new career high of 22.

On Sunday, the Panthers defeated Louisiana-Monroe 3-0 at home on Sunday.

Sophomores middle blocker Eliza Zachary and Dede Bohannon led the team in kills with 12 each.

Sun Belt Standings STANDING

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

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UL-Lafayette 2-0

WKU 6-2-0

WKU 10-1

2nd

Troy 2-1

South Alabama 5-2-1

UALR 8-3

3rd

UL-Monroe 1-1

UL-Lafayette 5-2-1

UT Arlington 8-3

4th

Texas State 0-2

Arkansas State 1-0

Texas State 4-3-1

Texas State 6-5

Troy 4-3-1

Arkansas State 6-5

6th

South Alabama 1-1

Arkansas State 4-4-0

UL-Lafayette 5-6

7th

WKU 1-2

South Alabama 4-7

8th

Georgia State 0-1

Georgia State 4-4-0

UALR 1-7-0

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UL-Monroe 1-7-0

Georgia State 3-8

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UL-Monroe 1-10

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Troy 4-7

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Cinefest

Scream, Oct. 28–Nov. 3

Film Theater

M-F: B N Q N Q N Q N Q N Q N t S-S: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m.

FREE for GSU students, faculty & staff with ID. Guests $3 before 5 p.m. & $5 at 5 p.m. & after.

Only God Forgives, Nov. 4-10

M-Th: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

F: B N Q N Q N Q N t S-S: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m.

Smyrna (Special Event), Nov. 8 F: 3 p.m.

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Aaron and the Spell combine the sultry sounds of soul, blues, folk and rock to create a unique musical experience. Aaron’s voice has great range and a rich tone, and is full of raw emotion. The group was listed as one of the “10 Artists You Should Have Known in 2012� on NPR Music.

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Soul Food Cypher

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Aaron Spell t Soul/Blues/Folk/Rock Wednesday, October 30

8 p.m.-2 a.m.

Student Center Ballroom

Student Center

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Courtyard Stage t Student Center, First Floor t 12-1 p.m.

2 &3

Panther Prowl: The Great Prowl

12:15-1 p.m.

465 University Center

7-9 p.m.

470 University Center

Courtyard Music Series

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Slam Art

5

Sat-Sun

Arts & Action: Civic Change & Conflict Resolution, an exhibition of student artwork, is on display in the Student Center’s Gallery Lounge until November 3. The exhibit explores civic engagement, social action and conflict resolution through visual arts based on themes of education, poverty and homelessness, environmental sustainability and sex trafficking.

Nightmare in Hollywood Haunted House & Costume Party

Miss GSU Orientation

Friday

Arts & Action in the Gallery Lounge

12-1 p.m., Courtyard Stage, Student Center

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Thursday

SPEAKER 2013-2014

Supported by Student Activity Fees

3 p.m.

SERIES

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 GSU SPORTS ARENA

FREE with GSU ID

$5 for public at the door

Multi-faceted entertainer Steve Harvey believes that dreaming pays off with hard work and perseverance. The acclaimed actor, TV and radio personality, best-selling author and fashion entrepreneur inspires audiences with his savvy business sense and genuine passion for family and helping others. Named one of Reader’s Digest’s 100 Most Trusted People in America in 2013, Harvey also remains dedicated to philanthropic initiatives that create uplifting educational opportunities for young men and women. He is currently the popular host of the TV shows Family Feud and Steve Harvey, as well as the top-rated radio host of the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Followed by meet and greet t

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