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The Atlanta History Center holds its annual Halloween event, filled with costumes, scares and more.

Inside Courtland bridge

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The reconstruction will shut down four parking decks and the ROTC building next fall.

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Around 10 p.m., a Georgia State staff member filed a complaint which resulted in the arrest of eleven Georgia State students — nine suspects and two offenders — at Piedmont Central for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana.

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A Georgia State student was victim to vehicle theft at the University Commons Parking Deck. The case is currently under active investigation.

Be on your best behavior

A trespass warning was issued to an unknown offender who crossed the free speech zone at Dunwoody campus. The case has since been cleared.

Around 9 p.m. at the University Plaza, a Georgia State student was arrested for disorderly conduct and obstruction of an LE officer.

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TEMPLE OF SATAN’S Recruiting In Atlanta JACOB K PERKINS-MCLINN Staff Reporter

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he Temple of Satan (TST), a social justice organization, has opened up its new Atlanta chapter, and is recruiting children from local elementary schools.

The Temple of Satan existed on a national level since 2014 first getting in the headlines when they stirred up controversy in June of 2015 for their statue of Baphomet, a goat- headed pagan deity, being placed alongside The Ten Commandments structure in front of the Oklahoma Capitol building, which was later elected to be torn down,” according to vice.com.

Chris Machok, a new member of the organization, said he was intrigued once he had discovered its message of separation of church and state and humanitarian outreach as an alumni of Union Grove high school. He wanted to see Atlanta’s youth provided with more variety in political and personal freedom of belief that was not given to him growing up in the south.

“We were all forced to pledge allegiance to (a) flag under God we didn’t even realize or understand growing up as kids,” he said.

“America was built on religious and civil freedoms, TST is fighting to keep those ideals alive.”

The recently formed Atlanta chapter was established in June 2016 after popular demand by locals, according to Cody Waters, contact liaison and current member, to bring many secular-minded people together.

The chapter’s first major action came as a proposal of the After School Satan initiative, a response to Christianbased after-school programs already in place nationwide, but currently Cobb County Elementary Schools are the focus.

The goal of After School Satan, according to the group, is to either prompt the school district to put an end to the Good News Clubs, the evangelical after school groups in question, or to include After School Satan in order to provide the students with an alternative, scientific, and non-theistic view towards after school care.

Still Elementary, one school the organization sought to expand to, sent out a statement saying the school has yet to approve such a club, even if TST has already scheduled their first meeting on Oct. 31.

Donna Lowry, communications director of the school, said she had “no knowledge of the club being admitted”. She also said,

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“As far as I know, the program is still waiting to be approved.”

“Still Elementary School does not have an after school Satan club. The staff and leaders of Still Elementary School are focused on welcoming their students and families. Learning and student safety have been and will continue to be our top priorities,” a statement released by Still Elementary read.

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Machok said the initiative should soon be spread to high school and college campuses as well.

“I think it would be perfect, [currently] if a high school kid labels himself as a Satanist he is put on the fringe. I would think college-wise there would already be quite a few Satanist clubs, a lot of smart people in college, you know,” he said.

Franklin Warlick, another TST member, recently received his certification of membership for the After School Satan program and has volunteered to work with the children when the program kicks off.

Warlick said he doesn’t believe Satanism should necessarily be present in higher-level education institutions.

“It’s more needed as an option - Chris Machok when a religious group is in play. member At higher levels people have the ability to make those choices on their own,” he said.

Which is not unlike the viewpoint of Rachel Williams, outreach leader at Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Georgia State.

Williams said she’d feel concerned if there was to be a Satanist group on the university campus. She said she had heard stories of violence and animal cruelty paired with an uncomfortable experience she had in Haiti with Voodoo practitioners of which she relates to Satanism.

“I’m not really comfortable with the idea, but I want people to practice freely. It’s college, and you want people to express their thoughts. When you start to limit people, people get pushed to the side.”

Although she does not agree with their views, she still maintains that as long as there is no harm, no one would have any right to say they couldn’t be here.

Michael Nelson, president of Secular Panthers, said he would, “fully support a Satanist club at Georgia State.

Nelson also said of TST’s message, “While I don’t accept the supernatural bits, I agree with the humanistic mission of the Temple. Specifically, I think promoting empathy and rejecting tyrannical authority and pseudoscience are good things. This is similar to the mission of Secular Panthers, which provides a place of peaceful dialogue.”

America was built on religious and civil freedoms, Temple of Satan is fighting to keep those ideals alive.

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The Satanic Temple members ( from left to right) Cody Waters, Fred Mephisto and Rob Thompson hold their monthly meetings at Java Lord, a coffee shop in Little Five Points.

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Courtland Bridge under construction

Reconstruction to shut down four parking decks and ROTC building

Courtland Street bridge will be shut down during its two-year reconstruction starting fall 2017.

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s the consolidated Atlanta campus overflowed parking decks early fall semesters, students complained of insufficient parking spaces. Starting September 2017, four more parking decks will be shut down as the City of Atlanta begins its re-construction of Courtland Bridge.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) held its first “Detour Open House” and last open meeting for Courtland Bridge on Oct. 20 allowing citizens to voice their concerns as well as have project managers answer questions on the project.

The bridge, running from Gilmer St. SE to MLK Jr. Drive SW is currently under corrosion and GDOT has installed protective netlines to prevent debris and falling cement from injuring anyone passing underneath.

GDOT’s open house handout stated, “The bridge has been temporarily shored in the aea north of the CSX rail lines.

However, the bottom of the concrete deck is spalling in numerous locations resulting in chunks of concrete falling off

and endangering the public below. The City of Atlanta installed netting underneath the bridge to catch falling debris until the bridge can be replaced.”

The department plans on an entire shutdown of the passage for about 24 months with no set dates on the beginning and end of construction. The bridge will be torn down in a top-down type of demolition starting around September or October of next year, once a deal has been made with a contractor.

Xavier James, re-construction project manager, said the department is still in communications with the university as to how the student body may be affected.

“We plan to do a public outreach with the students on campus next semester,” he said. “Nothing formal, where we plan to put up a display and allow students to ask questions.”

The map of detours around Courtland Bridge shows a shutdown Colin St., which, according to James, will affect the four parking decks, C, G, E and H, located on that street. Decatur St. will remain open throughout construction to allow students alternative access to the buildings that have their entrance on the bridge.

“The only time we will have to shut down Decatur St. will be

PHOTO BY JADE JOHNSON | THE SIGNAL when they’re removing the beams,” James said. “That will be 15 to 20 minutes at a time, and will probably be at night-time or during the weekends.”

The only building that will be entirely shut down throughout the two-year construction process is the university’s ROTC center.

Scott Lee, member of the project, said the team is planning on holding its first public meeting at the university early spring semester in the Student Center. He said the reason is due to the fact that “a quarter of the student population” attending the school this semester will no longer be around next fall. Despite this being the first open house involving students, both James and Lee said Georgia State has been a part of the conversation since the beginning.

“We have engaged the university, we have a task force between this project and the university looking at the impacts,” Lee said.

“The university is aware and we realize the university, unlike us, can reach out to the student body a lot more effectively than we can.”

The department said there are no plans to close MARTA or the CSX line during construction. G. Mark Hitchcock, an associate deputy practice leader for Mott MacDonald, an engineering and development consulting company, said a lot of the tear-down procedures will be determined by the contractor with lowest bid price. There’s still a possibility that re-construction will take place in phases, which will affect less people at a time.

“We have no idea of their [bidder’s] methods,” he said. “If you don’t know what tools you have, you don’t know how you’re going to build it. They will have their ways of building resources, and optimize for time and labor costs.”

According to the project’s description handout, the reconstructed bridge will consist of four travel lanes, one 14 foot lane and three 10 foot lanes, as well as 6 foot sidewalks. The costs of the project were approved in March 2015 by Georgia votes for a $250 million bond referendum, according to Saporta Report.

Construction costs will take $20 million, utilities will take up $1 million, and right-of-way costs about another million.

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Too many students, not enough washers Last Week Students complain of not enough laundry machines in the residence halls JAHMAIR STEWART Staff Reporter

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eorgia State’s six resident halls on the Atlanta campus are home to nearly 5,400 students, who are worried there aren’t enough laundry machines to keep up with residents.

The University Lofts houses 550 residents. The laundry room in the resident hall provides 12 washers and 12 dryers. Courtney Miller, a resident at the University Lofts said she believes there aren’t enough washers and dryers for students living in the building.

“There’s always a long wait,” Miller said. She added that she only does laundry twice a month due to the inconvenient wait times. “When there is only 12 washers and dryers, and then some of the machines break, it becomes very difficult to do laundry,” Miller said.

Piedmont North resident Jade Hodo said she has also ran into issues this year with the washers and dryers.

“At times you can find water all over the floor and you can find dirt in the washer machines,” said Hodo.

Within the past weeks, Hodo had her clothes stuck in a washing machine while water was flooding out of her washer.

“Some of the machines, if you put your clothes in there and you turn the machine on, won’t work, and so it won’t allow you to take your clothes out and the machine will start washing your clothes for like three to four hours; just draining your clothes,” said Hodo.

Since the start of the fall semester at Georgia State, there have been nine maintenance reports for broken laundry machines at the Lofts and one in Piedmont North, according to their response of an Open Records Request submitted by The Signal.

Jayde Spooner, a resident at the University Lofts, claims it takes two to three cycles for her clothes to to dry, but she said there’s even more to worry about. ”The washers get full pretty quickly, flooding is an issue in the laundry room, and I feel like there should be more washers and dryers for students here in the Lofts,” said Spooner.

According to the Georgia State records, laundry machines for the six different halls were installed at different times. Patton Hall, Greek Housing, Piedmont Central, and the Commons washers & dryers were installed in the summer of 2016.

Only Commons building A, had their washer and dryer installments in 2014 and have not been upgraded since then. The Lofts’ installments came in 2013, and Piedmont North got their machines in 2011.

The manufacturer for Georgia State’s laundry room equipment is Speed Queen for all residence halls, however, maintenance of the machines differs.

The Lofts and Piedmont North all have their maintenance done by employees of university housing at Georgia State.

Caldwell & Gregory is an independent company hired by Georgia State to deal with maintenance of the washers and dryers in Patton Hall, Piedmont Central, and the Commons, according to Chris Blair, a hired employee at Georgia State working under the company of Corvias, a maintenance company.

“If there is an issue with the dryers or washers in either Patton Hall, Piedmont Central, or the Commons, Corvias contacts Caldwell & Gregory to come out and they take it from there,” Blair said.

Corvias spokesperson Bruce Henry said the company is required to do very little when it pertains to the laundry machines. He said their only duty is to make sure the laundry room area is clean.

Georgia State Student to Washer and Dryer Ratio Resident Hall Lofts

(550 residents) washers: 12 | dryers: 12

Patton

(325 residents) washers: 16 | dryers: 16

Piedmont Central

(1,152 residents) washers: 30 | dryers: 30

Greek Housing

(135 residents) washers: 4 | dryers: 4

Piedmont North

(1,200 residents) washers: 36 | dryers: 72

Commons

(2000 residents) Commons A washers: 19 | dryers: 22 Commons B washers: 17 | dryers: 20 Commons C washers: 13 | dryers: 16 Commons D washers: 16 | dryers: 22 Note: Number of residents are approximates provided by Georgia State.

Note: The Commons resident hall has four sections (A, B, C, D) each has its own laundry room.

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away A new Georgia State study finds laughing can make you stronger EDEN GETACHEW Staff Reporter

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eorgia State professors took to the test to figure out just how valuable laughing can be for health.

Celeste Greene, a Georgia State graduate student, led the study with the help of three co-authors, Jennifer Craft Morgan and and Chivon A. Mingo in Georgia State’s Gerontology Institute, and LaVona S. Traywick from University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture.

They conducted their study at four assisted living facilities to understand the benefits of laughter incorporated in an exercise program.

After facilitating laughter yoga classes, which involved voluntary laughter, Greene realized that laughter wasn’t enough to strengthen muscles. So she thought to study the effects of exercises when laughter is interspersed throughout the exercises.

“Even if you’re just making laughing sounds at

first, the playfulness and the eye contact transitions into genuine and contagious laughter,” Greene said.

“The body, however, can’t differentiate between the generated laughter and the genuine laughter. To your body, it’s the same, and you get all the same health benefits that are similar to aerobic exercises.”

With the help from research assistants, Green was able to facilitate all LaughActive exercises and begin her study in June 2014.

Each exercise session occurred twice a week for 45 minutes using two exercises that used dumbbells weights for upper body strengthening and resistive body weights for lower body strengthening, and as muscle gains were made, resistance gradually increased. It began with five to 10 minutes of warm-ups, followed by 30-35 minutes of intensive repetitive workouts, and concluding with five-ten minutes of a light stretching. Eightto 10 laughter exercises were typically incorporated into the workout routine lasting 30-30 seconds each.

Greene and Dr. Morganwere able to infer that laughter improves overall physical and mental health.

The results showed that 96.2 percent of

participants found laughter to be an enjoyable addition to an exercise routine, 92.6 percent found more joy in their lives and 88.9 percent found that laughter enhanced their motivation to take other exercise classes.

The program helped bring a social element to an exercise class that might not otherwise be a social activity through laughter. One of the participants, who was anonymous in the study, said, “I don’t laugh enough. I appreciated the program.”

Although the participants were older adults, the results of the study would potentially be interchangeable with younger adults, because both laughter and physical activity are important to maintain strength, balance and endurance, according to Morgan.

“The older adult angle is what we were really interested in, but there’s no reason to think that it wouldn’t have the same positive effects on younger people than it did on older people. Activity is a problem at all ages and laughter and exercise has benefits for all ages,” Morgan said.

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AT&T buys Time Warner for $85.4 billion

AT&T sealed a deal to buy Time Warner, parent company of CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network and other Atlanta-based businesses, according to the AJC. The broadcasting giant will be sold for $85.4 billion, as the companies announced on Saturday night. Along with the merger announcement, there were no announced plans for an organizational change within the companies. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said in a release after the merge, “Combining with AT&T dramatically accelerates our ability to deliver our great brands and premium content to consumers on a multi-platform basis and to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities created by the growing demand for video content.”

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More than 11 people dead after bus crash in California More than 11 people were killed on Sunday after a tour bus and a truck collides in a highway east of Los Angeles, California. Fourteen injured patients were taken to four nearby hospitals and while most had minor injuries, five were in critical condition.

According to USA Today, California Highway Patrol officer Stephanie Hamilton said all the fatalities were passengers on the tour bus, and the number could increase once rescuers go through the entire crash scene.

Global

More than 170 inmates on the loose in Haiti

After killing their prison guard, 174 inmates escaped prison in Arcahaie, Haiti, sparking a country-wide manhunt. National police officials said they have captured twelve of those inmates, and have released a statement of “heavily armed individuals” but according to CNN, it’s unclear how many of them there are and how they broke out. SWAT teams and the US Embassy have warned nearby residents and American citizens to cooperate with police, remain cautious and stay away from the area, because of what they called a “violent prison break”.

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Invading the Homecoming parade

Turner Field protesters aim to raise awareness for a Community Benefits Agreement

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USAS members march in line behind the homecoming court, Oct. 20.

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nited Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) interrupted last week’s Homecoming parade hoping to turn the spotlight to the hot issue of Turner Field which has sparked two more protests under President Mark Becker’s office earlier in the semester. The protesters came with banners in hand that read, “Becker make the right choice,” and “No CBA, No Deal”.

Asma Elhuni, a member of USAS, said the objective of the demonstration was to put pressure on President Becker to sign the Community Benefits agreement (CBA), a document underlining mutually agreed upon goals for the development of Turner Field by the university and the stadium’s neighboring communities.

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Hand in hand they dropped a banner reading, “Gentrification State University,” from the bridge connecting Library South and Classroom South. Without notice to the attendees of the parade, USAS members entered the line behind the Homecoming court with a sign that read “Gentrification State University.” The students responded to their protesters with “GSU” chants, raising their voices over the protesting yells as they weaved around the carts and infiltrated the band and police bikes.

By the time the parade had reached Decatur St., the protesters were leading the march. However, as the parade entered Gilmer St., protesters were stopped by police and asked to go on the sidewalk, rather than in the middle of the street.

Patricio Rojas, USAS organizer, considered the protest a success and said it met their the goal of raising awareness of the issue to the university’s student body.

“I had fun being part of the parade and having people wave at us and check out our side,” Rojas said. “I think people are starting to know more and more about the situation and having more and

more students become aware is the key.”

Georgia State student Abyaan Dougsiyeh said she had been misinformed on the Turner Field agreement, and approached the protesters to ask them about their cause.

“I thought they took care of the problem [the displacement of Turner Field residents] but really they didn’t. They’re practically evicting people out of their homes for no exact reason,” Dougsiyeh said.

As Georgia State students, USAS is fighting to protect the members of the community that surrounding the university, according to Sam Hogan, a member of the organization.

Hogan said he believes it is their duty because of Georgia State’s proclaimed acceptance of all diversities.

“For a university that constantly counts its own diversity, we want it be be an institution that is for all of Atlanta,” said Hogan.

The organization departed once the parade was over, saying they were planning on more gatherings to raise awareness within the Georgia State community.

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Draw it, ink it, SHARE IT! Tackling the challenge of Inktober

DARIAN MATHEWS Graphic Designer

Darian Mathews is a graphic designer and illustrator. He creates works ranging in styles from children illustration to anime and comic book art. Going under the penname Azure D Phoenix he aspires to be a rebirth to the comic book world. See his work on Instagram: @dm_ap.

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ick up your pens and draw! October is the month to be active for artists. Reason being the exciting yet dreadful and tiring, Inktober. Inktober is a month-long challenge that encourage artists to produce a piece of art all 31 days. Even though this may appear as nothing when compared to a year long challenge, but the hurdle of surviving this month is indeed a struggle within itself.

Jake Parker, a freelance illustrator with a track record of 15 years in the business dealing with animated films to comics, created Inktober in 2009 to help improve his inking skills and implement good studio habits, according to mrjakeparker.com. This quickly caught on as a trend and is now a worldwide phenomenon.

The basis for Inktober is simple, create an inked drawing a day. All inking materials count. From the simplest of ballpoint pens to the more intricate and delicate bamboo brushes.

I find myself settling with micron and ballpoint pens.

The former being popular among artists and the later being affordable for my wallet. However, not having the “best” materials shouldn’t deter you from participating. I sometimes think that without expensive supplies the art produced won’t be on par with the greats. In addition, I hear artists put limitations on themselves because of the very same reason, as if somehow this $20 mechanical apparatus will make the image flow from your brain in just one fellow swoop. Lies! I have come to learn that the only tools I will ever need are my brain and drawing hand.

Having fallen off around day five last year, I decided to go with the flow in regards to what I ink each day.

Last year being my first attempt at taking on Inktober, I began my endeavor by trying to kill two birds with one drawing. I followed the daily prompt of another month long challenge in October, Drawlloween, and decided to ink that so it counted towards my Inktober. So naive

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From left to right Michael Lamb, Megan Glasscock, Darian Mathews and Katherine Miele.

was I. It quickly became overwhelming and the artwork I produced went down the crapper. My approach to Inktober this year has proven much success. No theme, just draw.

My approach involves preliminary pencil sketches of what I wish to ink for the day. These sketches are based off what I see while surfing the web or overhear in conversations or even the random topics in my very own conversations. Which brings to mind the wonderful ink on day seven when I drew a naked man wearing a lotus reef doing the dab on the back of an unicorn. Yep, good times.

Aside from myself, who has the time to do this? As college students our time is better spent making money or studying for class. Especially for art students, why waste art on doing a silly challenge? Bachelor’s of Fine Arts majors Michael Lamb, Katharine Miele and Megan Glasscock explain a little about their experience with Inktober this year.

Tips and Tricks: • • • • • •

Designate a time to work.

Use a pencil sketch to ink over.

Do research and think outside the box to create something new.

Limit yourself either by using theme or paper size.

Have fun!

Post anyway. Whether you love or hate it.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2016

Halloween is NOT the ‘devil’s holiday’ W

MIKAYLA NEWTON Staff Columnist

Mikayla is a sophomore journalism major and Spanish minor at Georgia State. She aspires to be a broadcast journalist as well as an author and photographer. Mikayla began writing for print when she was in middle school. Mikayla believes she can do whatever she puts her mind to, and encourage others to do the same.

ith Halloween shortly approaching, and hearing Christian protesters constantly shouting at me as I walk to class, I think that it is important to know not everything thing you do will send you straight to Hell.

Oct. 31 is the holiday that a lot of kids and even some adults, look forward to. Whether it be because of the free candy or because you get to dress up as something that you are not.

Either way, Halloween is a night than some get excited about, but others fear.

Many people amongst the Christian community feel that it is associated with Lucifer and may know it as the ‘devil’s holiday.’ What may seem to be taboo to dress up as a ghost, ghoul, or other horrific characters, does not always mean that you have to associate Halloween with the Devil.

I attend church as much as I possibly can, read the Bible, and consider myself a Godly woman. I also try to do something on Halloween even if it means just watching scary movies or just eating a bunch of candy if I have nothing else to do. When I have children, I will allow them to participate in the festivities and not to see it as a negative thing, but instead something that is fun.

Unfortunately for some, Halloween has become a part of the American tradition.

According to History.com, Halloween originated from All Hallows Eve which was the eve of the Western Christian feast. On the night of Oct. 3, Celts, who were a group of people inhabiting much of Europe and Asia Minor in pre-Roman times, celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.

According to Isaiah 14:12, the New King James Version, ”How you are fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! Lucifer, also known as the devil, was once an angel in Heaven who was eventually cast out of Heaven by God. Although some people may dress as Satan for Halloween, I do not see how it relates to the original meaning of Halloween.

As a believer of God and a participant in the Halloween holiday, I was once not able to go trick or treating. Although it had nothing to do with religion, I had still always celebrated it by watching scary movies with my mother and sister. However, now that I am older, I see Halloween as a chance to dress up and also see how much I can grow into not being as scared as I once was. I look forward now to all of Halloween’s parties, costumes, haunted houses, and candy, and think that it is sad that some people do not get to participate in these events, but instead have to sit in a dark house on Halloween night so that kids do not ring your doorbell to ask for candy.

Then there are those other reasons why people do not celebrate Halloween. You may have concerned parents that are protective of you with all of the crazy people in the world that seem to make others lives miserable because they have nothing better to do, or whose parents do not want you to have a mouth full of cavities, which is why I did not go trick- or- treating when I was younger.

These reasons seem to be more logical ways rather than having kids suffer and watch other kids having a fun Halloween night.

OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO

Halloween descended from a Celtic festival 609 AD The Christian holiday of All Saints Day began on May 13.

800 AD The Christian feast is changed to Nov 1.

1556 Allhallowtide, the three days from the eve of All Saints Day to All Souls Day, is an accepted term and almost obligatory holiday in Europe.

1700s Costumed people celebrating Samhain went door to door, singing songs in exchange for food.

1800s An influx of Irish and Scottish immigrants come to the U.S., bringing with them their Halloween costumes.

1900s Halloween is a mainstream holiday in America and the 1930s mark the first mass-produced costumes appearing in shops.

2000s Countless websites spring up to sell popular costumes. Reinventions of the grotesque costumes remain, though the acts to ward off the dead have become a thing of tales in today’s Halloween celebrations.

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Having an open mind to the powerful effects of hypnotism

Professional hypnotist Alan Reyes taps into the subconscious mind of his clients to reinforce positive thoughts.

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he subconscious is constantly consuming information, and the moment that someone enters a trance their mind becomes vulnerable to suggestion. One way to unlock subconscious power is through the memorizing effects of hypnosis.

Whether it’s for entertainment or therapy, the power of suggestion through words has a surprising effect on the subconscious mind. As a profession, hypnotists have mastered certain techniques that can put clients or curious audience members to sleep with the snap of a finger.

Superstition Vs. Reality

When it comes to hypnotism, people are generally skeptical from misconceptions associated with it’s illusionary yet real powers.

Hypnotism is not mind control, it’s simply suggestions, and whether someone chooses to reenact those suggestions depends on their own personal experiences and morals.

Those who allow themselves to be hypnotised enter a state of relaxation, similar to the feeling of being in a trance or deep meditation. The vast significance of this profession can be used to provide entertainment or therapy.

According to professional hypnotist and performer Alan Reyes, a good example of a trance state is being on the cellphone while driving and not remembering how you go to your destination, and it’s something that everyone does without realizing. Some hypnotists are skilled that they can put someone to sleep just by saying certain words.

“If you ever go to one of my shows, every word that I say from the time that I open my mouth I’m hypnotizing people,” Reyes said.

Reyes was exposed to hypnotism while attending a real estate seminar. One of the guest

speakers was Marshall Sylver, a well-known hypnotist that focuses on changing people’s lives through subconscious suggestion.

While attending the show, Reyes recalls watching a woman who was put to sleep instantly after an induction performed by Marshal Sylver. While on stage, that same woman’s behavior was strange yet amusing.

“She started doing these crazy things on the stage, and I said, ‘wow, I know she’s not faking it,” Reyes said. “There’s something else [there], and that’s what spurred me to start studying the brain a lot more.”

There are many ways to influence someone’s subconscious. Hypnosis has been used to positively influence people with weight loss, forensic hypnosis, helping victims recall traumatic incidents and holistic hypnosis helps clients cope with pain, fear or provide a sense of relaxation.

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Probing the mind of a hypnotist When you first started practicing hypnosis, where did you learn some of the proper techniques? The first time that you hypnotized someone, did it freak you out in any way?

“I actually took an online course, which was very easy, and anybody can take it from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute Tarzana California. I started with my wife, and I remember the first time I did this thing called ‘arm raising.’ Her arm started raising, and I was going, ‘wow that’s amazing she never listens to

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me.’ She snapped out of it, but I was absolutely convinced that it worked.”

You talked about how every hypnotist has a specific focus or niche. What is your focus and how did you initially channel that towards a specific audience?

“In order to get good at something you have to focus on one little spot. This is, in my opinion, the fastest way to do it. I would go to the bar on a Tuesday night, there’d be nobody there. So then Wednesday morning I go talk to the owner and say, ‘Hey I noticed there was nobody here last night what if I do a show here.’ It was the most challenging environments because people were drunk, stoned, on drugs or whatever. That was a really good way to learn.

I decided to do corporate work. I do a lot of insurance companies, agencies associations and banks, because I can speak their lingo. I can find something in common with them very quickly. I understand what they’re doing, [because] of my MBA in finance.”

We talked a little bit about the power of the subconscious, how do you get a complete stranger to let their guard down and allow you to hypnotize them?

“When you’re conscious your brain has this Rottweiler running around, filtering everything out, not letting you in. It’s going to filter all the behaviors you want to do. I use language patterns. Then once I get those Rottweilers out of the way, I can speak directly to your subconscious mind. I can’t make you do anything that you would never do, or something against your morals. As I have no real power over you, other than that [which] you allow me to have.”

What are some things that you really enjoy about hypnosis? What makes your shows exciting for the audience members?

“I like how powerful the subconscious mind is and the surprise of the whole thing. You just never ever know what is going to happen.

In fact, my show patterns [specific] things, because that allows me to test what language works on somebody. In other words, are they more auditory, are they more visual or do they respond to feelings? The suggestions you give them later on in the show doesn’t matter because it depends upon the volunteers and their past experience.”

To learn more about team building workshops offered by Alan Reyes visit his website at reyespresentations.com.

Hypnotherapy

Relaxation is one of the many benefits of hypnosis. Georgia State University Alumni Jim Colton is a professional hypnotist that focuses on helping people relieve stress allowing them to see faster results in areas such as confidence, health, clarity, goal formation and more.

Colton was recommended to try hypnotherapy through a friend, who lost 75 pounds by seeing a hypnotist. After seeing the results for himself, Colton decided to do more research on the profession and with the support of his family he took a course, graduated top of his class and made an impactful change in his life.

“My stress level went down immensely and my confidence went up,” Colton said. “I woke up at three o’clock one morning looked at my wife, and said, ‘I’m going to retire and start my practice full time.’

Colton also specializes in self-hypnosis, pain control, emergency hypnosis and age regression, which helps people cope with trauma by taking them back to a moment in their childhood.

“The deeper you get into it the more you discover what you can do, and the more exciting this is. It’s really a lot of fun,” Colton said.

For questions and information about hypnotherapy visit Jim Colton’s website at jimcoltonhypnosis.com.

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very ghoul, ghost and goblin was welcome at the Atlanta History Center’s second annual Haunted Halloween. The event, held Oct. 21, was brought back by the Director of Adult and Family Programs Joanna Potter.

“The event tripled the number that we were expecting,” Potter said. “Whenever we do a new event on a holiday, we set an attendance goal, and the specific one we set was a pretty modest goal of 150, and we had well over 400. The feedback was all really positive, [The visitors] just wanted more.”

And more is exactly what they got. With extended hours to accommodate the more than 400 people estimated to attend this year, Haunted Halloween offered more frights for those brave enough to stop by. The event was organized by Scare Factors, with 1 being All Ages and 5 being Very Scary.

“That means if you and a couple of your friends want to come to our event, then you’re going to have something for young adults, but if you want to come with your two kids there’s also something for you as well,” Potter said. “Last year we were a little bit surprised by how many younger children were out pretty late.”

THE ATTR ACTIONS The majority of this year’s events settled around a Scare Factor 1 or 2, including the Swan Hotel: A Dead and Breakfast. The

1930s hotel was transformed into a haunted house, decked out with butlers and creepy mannequins in the rooms. There was also a witch in the kitchen who allowed visitors to feel her concoctions and try to guess what they were.

On the Swan Woods Trail, children could meet up with the woodland fairies to build their own wands at the Woodland Fairy Wand Workshop.

For kids not interested in magic, there was also a carnival at the Smith Family Farm. The carnival offered fun games for kids of all ages, including darts, cornhole, a balloon pop and a DIY skee ball game. All the games were free to play, and players got tickets which could then be exchanged for popcorn or cotton candy in the amphitheater.

The Carnival Castaways trail in the Quarry Garden allowed the same carnival vibes with the added bonus of being scared out of your mind. At a nice Scare Factor 4, the trail offered plenty of jump scares in a short amount of time. Admittedly, the rating was given with children in mind, so it wasn’t terribly scary for adults, unless you were scared of clowns.

The other adult-oriented events were the Cannibal Carver Family and the Museum Basement, both a Scare Factor 4. These events operated much like the Carnival Castaways trail, except in the Cannibal Carver event visitors were running away from a family who wanted to harvest their flesh and sell it to the butcher shop. Yikes.

All of the actors on the trails and houses were members of the History Center staff.

“We are so fortunate to employ a lot of actors as our parttime staff,” Potter said. “They get pretty excited about this time of year. It’s just fun. The trail greeters are almost all volunteers.”

Haunted Halloween also offered an escape for parents or kids who had a little too much excitement. A screening room just off the lobby played several Halloween classics, including “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “Hocus Pocus” and, although not really a Halloween movie but certainly is a classic, “The Goonies.”

There was also a live DJ playing all the Halloween hits from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to the Ghostbuster’s theme. The dancing kicked off around 8:30 p.m. as kids unwound from a night on the trails. The cast came out to join them after the trails closed at 9:30 p.m.

WHAT’S IN STORE Potter has high hopes about bringing the event back next year and hopes that one day the Center can make it a two-day event.

“Each year our hope is to continue tailoring it to our audiences and to try to provide something that’s kind of different and unique than what your normal Halloween offerings around town are,” Potter said. “So much of this is limited because we need to have enough staff and volunteers to populate the trails. We’re actually playing around with the idea of creating a volunteer corps that just thinking about Haunted Halloween all year.”

While Haunted Halloween offered plenty of tricks, the best treat was the Swan Hotel.

At a Scare Factor 2, it offered a fun adventure for visitors of all ages. It also showed off what the Atlanta History Center is all about by capturing the 1930s lifestyle but adding a fun twist.

It was cool to see all the vintage furniture and architecture of the Swan Hotel while being able to

enjoy the Halloween season.

Overall, the events were fun but not very scary. Maybe field testing them with an older audience first could give the center a good idea of what’s scary to young adults next year.

Of course, I’m not expecting a mini-Netherworld, but four clowns on a trail just didn’t scare me out of my socks.

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As part of its Halloween series, the Atlanta History Center will also be hosting a Day of the Dead Festival in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta and the Institute of Mexican Culture. This is a free admission day to the Center, so no tickets are required. Guests can come and enjoy authentic

Mexican art, entertainment and food. Parking at the History Center is free for all guests.

There is a parking garage next to the History Center off of W Paces Ferry Road. If that’s full, there is also street parking and Valet parking next to the Swan Coach House Restaurant on Slaton Drive.

Atlanta History Center 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW Atlanta, GA 30305 PAGE DESIGN BY SALINNA PHON | THE SIGNAL PHOTO BY DAYNE FRANCIS | THE SIGNAL

The Atlanta History Center holds a Halloween event with scary trails, games and food.

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t’s hard to be original on Halloween.

Eventually, the old haunts just don’t seem as haunted as they did before. You’re over running from a teenager in a costume at Six Flag’s Fright Fest or waiting in line for hours at Netherworld in the cold.

This guide is for those people: the ones that want a real fright, and aren’t afraid to get a little dirty in the process. But take heed; these haunted destinations off of the beaten path are not for the lighthearted.

Doll’s Head Trail

Doll’s Head Trail is where childhoods go to die- literally.

Nestled deep in the heart of Constitution Lakes woods, abandoned and decayed baby dolls feel like the decay of childhood dreams. After a 21 minute hike through a thicket of overgrown trees and weeds, the first sign seen bearing a dirt encrusted baby doll head and the words “nobody puts baby in a corner” are almost welcoming. Then, you walk in.

It was like a creepy, angst filled museum exhibit. Kitschy, rusted clown figurines and baby doll heads are hung from tree branches like crude ornaments. There were clumsily drawn signs on trees, random lawn gnomes and other childhood artifacts, like action figures and toys. The counter clockwise field was a labyrinth of ideas and concepts: bricks bearing everything from the name and date of a visitor to Pink Floyd quo

THE HISTORY

According to atlasobscura.com, local Dekalb carpenter Joal Slaton was equal visionary and ecologist. Instead of the abandoned lands of South River Company, he saw a rural gem in an urban setting, and art where others saw litter. Every doll head, brick, random television set or rusted artifact are part of the washed up debris from floods. Slaton created an art project between him and the city of Atlanta; via a trailhead sign, all he asks is that everything be “found”.

The grounds to speak of were the former home of southern bricking

company, South River Brick Company.

When the company was shut down in the 1900s, the company’s clay pits that were once covered in Georgia’s famous red clay became habitually flooded.

Part of Slaton’s vision was to use all of the random objects that washed up on the banks as part of the man-made lakes for Doll’s Head Trail.

Part the land of lost toys, part repurposed art and part urban decaythe Doll’s Head Trail is a well-rounded, decidedly haunted experience.

Old Prison Farm

Right on the outskirts of Atlanta is an urban decay gem. After a fire in 2009, the Old Prison Farm is an ashtray of dilapidated buildings and crumbling cells. As if the fire is still burning, there is an acrid smell in the air.

But the air is also still; a vacuum where there should be evidence of human life, but there is none. The emaciated prison buildings sit as untouched as the day the prison was shut down, aside from the vandalism and stray animals. Otherwise, Mother Nature and Father Time have been its only visitors.

THE HISTORY

The former prison is located off of an equally abandoned road and across from mysterious fenced in acreage reminiscent of Area 51. Over the years, the grounds themselves have been swallowed up by nature; crumbling walls eaten up by ivy vines and devoured whole by the woods surrounding it. The first sight to greet visitors is a faded “Caution” sign, next to the blown out window of a sagging building. Trespassers should listen; only the brave (or reckless) should proceed.

According to atlasobscura.com, Atlanta’s Old Prison Farm was built in 1945 and housed thousands of inmates until their doors closed in 1995. The 400 acre grounds sat unused for over a decade, so when it caught fire in 2009, firefighters left it to burn.

Now all that remains are the blackened, supposedly haunted remnants. Like the Doll’s Head Trail, the Old Prison Farm itself has become repurposed art: the canvas for street murals and vivid graffiti.

The perfect backdrop for a photoshoot – just beware of ghosts and slipping into holes that lead to the generator house several feet below.

Editor’s note: Trespassing is illegal. The Signal does not condone illegal activity.

More scary sites A Ghostbuster’s kind of road Trip Atlanta is home to a few haunted sites, but outside the city limits are where the truly haunted sites exist. From the cemeteries of Atlanta to the markets of Antebellum Augusta, these supernatural landmarks are worth the drive, and then some.

Just make sure you buckle up; it might be a rough one.

Augusta’s Haunted Pillar

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The Dolls Head Trail, Old Atlanta Prison Farm and Crypt of Civilization harbor creepy and disturbing environments to give anyone the scary Halloween vibe they’re looking for.

The Crypt of Civilization Oglethorpe University is hiding a piece of history- or should I say pieces?

In the 1940s, the then university president Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, had a vision to preserve and isolate a piece of history for the future; what we today call time capsules. Dubbed “the father of the modern time capsule”, Jacobs was both a professor who taught cosmic time and a student of time himself. According tocrypt.oglethorpe.edu. crypt.orglethorpe.edu, Jacobs was convinced that this “archeological duty” was his generation’s responsibility.

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But until the time capsule is opened in 8113, all that is visible of the time capsule is the door: a mammoth stainless steel contraption that had to welded shut and bolted in. But the vault itself is the true scientific feat of Jacobs’ venture. Described as a “massive subterranean chamber” by Oglethorpe’s online records,crypt. oglethorpe.edu, the chamber weighs in at 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 10 feet high. The vault was designed to be impervious to aging; its granite walls, stone floors, and sealed receptacles filled with nitrogen render oxidation impossible.

Now, the basement where the vault is housed is home to a primary school. Visits

are encouraged, but limited due to schooling.

With the vault’s inception, Jacobs accomplished the impossible: a vacuum where time truly does not exist.

THE HISTORY

Sealed on May 28, 1940, the crypt is a museum exhibit of 30s pop culture and contemporary technology up until that point.

The artifacts within span centuries, and range from various cultures and time periods.

The crypt may be a stationary capsule located in the basement of Oglethorpe’s Phoebe Hearst Hall, but it has been featured in several publications. From The Guinness Book of World Records to the homegrown Atlanta Journal-Constitution, people around the world are eagerly awaiting the opening of those stainless steel doors.

“The crypt is testament to Oglethorpe’s history and personality, and it’s a legacy for President Jacobs who really helped to put Oglethorpe on the map,” Director of University Communications Renee Vary Keele said. “President Jacobs was a master at public relations, and the crypt not only helped put Oglethorpe on the map, but showed his passion for history and examining our place in time. Jacobs was a man before his time, literally.”

So this year, instead of getting lost in yet another corn maze, get lost in a creepy trail made of baby dolls, trespass on abandoned prison grounds and visit the crypt of Father Time. It will be a Halloween you won’t soon forget.

According to roadsideamerica.com, its origins date back to the downtown Augusta Lower Market that ran during the 1830s. But that’s where the certainty of its history stops.

Rumors run amuck amongst the locals; some say that the pillar was a whipping post and the Lower Market was a slave market. Others say that the pillar came to be cursed by an irate preacher who prophesied that the market would be destroyed, but that the pillar would be the only thing left standing. Some say a voodoo princess cast a spell on it. Either way, according to hankeringforhistory.com, when a freak tornado blew through the town’s market in 1878, only the pillar remained.

Throughout the centuries, a few unlucky souls have attempted to move it, dying by random tragedy each time; struck by lightning, ran over by their own bulldozers.

And today, the urban legend remains that if anyone is to touch the pillar, they’ll die. So visit if you’d like, but proceed with caution.

This offbeat site is located in downtown Augusta at 214 Fifth St. The pillar itself is at the edge of the parking lot for the store, The Source.

The grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton This one is a few hours out, but you won’t regret making this creepy creepy graveyard a pit stop. Located in the heart of downtown Savannah, a beach town with strong historical roots in voodoo, the final resting place of Corinne Lawton is as mysterious as her death.

According to atlasobscura. com, the wealthy socialite fell in love with a man of lower stature, but was betrothed to a wealthier man of her parents’ choice. Legend has it that on the eve before her wedding, Corinne was so overcome with grief that she rode her father’s horse into the river.

Her parents not only buried her, but had a statue erected after her in the cemetery.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2016

‘Shin Godzilla’ is cheeky and super fun Japanese reboot brings back our favorite atomic sea monster ALEX GRAHAM Staff Reviewer

Grade: A Verdict: “Shin Godzilla” is a raucous, wonderful film, bringing back a version of the monster we don’t often see.

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t’s about time the Japanese took back Godzilla. Our efforts as Americans to take over the beloved nuclear-feeding sea monster resulted in the sadly (but totally expectedly) disappointing Godzillas 1998 and 2014. It’s high time we officially took ourselves out of the running for most Godzilla love, and there’s no better evidence than this year’s delightful “Shin Godzilla.”

It’s billed in the US as “Godzilla Resurgence,” a title that’s true if we’re referencing the resurgence of a Japanese Godzilla, but isn’t actually related to the story. This reboot finds Japan blissfully unaware of Godzilla’s existence, only experiencing him for the first time when he unexpectedly surfaces in Tokyo Bay. He starts as a Godzilla baby, a floppy, gianteyed, four-legged creature shuffling around and knocking over buildings as he tries to stand. It’s this adorable version that the Japanese government is shocked to encounter, and they take so long bumbling around, that mini Godzilla has time to evolve before their eyes into the lizard/bear/ gorilla creature we know so well.

“Shin” can be translated as “true,” “new,” or “God,” and any of these sum up this destructive Godzilla. He’s got a new style, sporting his traditional dorky giant tail and little arms with some new red streaks and laser spikes--it’s clear after years of trying that even our advanced CGI technology cannot create a “cool” Godzilla-- and his Godliness is up for much debate throughout the movie.

Immortality is often discussed, and in one scene protesters stand outside a government building shouting, “Save Godzilla! Godzilla is God!” Monstrous immortality is a favorite topic of co-director Hideaki Anno, who took on this reboot with Shinji Higuchi. Anno is wellknown for the classic anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion,” which pits humanity against giant “angels” that fight people in robot suits (this is definitely his wheelhouse).

But as always, Godzilla is man-made, as powerful as an act of God, but totally our own doing. Unlike more recent Godzilla movies, “Shin Godzilla” takes on a heavier political bent with Godzilla playing the bad guy again, not a savior who fights off King Ghidorah or Biollante when Japan is in trouble. He may not mean harm, but he’s definitely causing a problem by destroying everything.

Where the original Godzilla played off atomic fears after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this Godzilla mixes bomb concerns with the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Notably, Godzilla doesn’t spend a lot of time on screen; mostly we see talking heads in the Japanese government as they struggle to decide how to combat him. Sounds boring, I know, but it’s actually quite exciting, as different officials and experts urgently debate, the film cutting between faces as quickly as their hearts are pounding.

Some are money hungry, some only care about their image and others are genuinely concerned with the welfare of the citizens.

Together they ineptly start and then stall and then start again, unsure how best to approach the attack while the world watches. Political alliances are earned and spent, with the US (who we later learn caused Godzilla with unregulated nuclear waste dumping) pressuring Japan into an alliance against the UN, the other members of which want all the atomic secrets stored within Godzilla’s genes for themselves.

In all scenarios Japan is a scapegoat, something to be trashed and then rebuilt once Godzilla is taken out by any means necessary (read: NUKE ‘EM.) The non-nuking breakthroughs come from a ragtag team of Japanese scientists and politicians working under the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yaguchi (Hiroki Hasegawa). Yaguchi and American diplomat Kayoko Ann Patterson are the only “characters” who matter, aka the only human faces given any sort of depth or background. They’re not great characters (Kayoko especially, with her stereotypical hair flips and sexy pout), but thankfully we can easily forget them, as the film is more interested in watching the government groan under the thumb of the rest of the world. The old, inept bureaucrats heading the government step aside when the US wants to bomb; it’s the scrappy youngsters who figure out how to prevent it.

“Shin Godzilla” isn’t the greatest movie ever.

It can be hoaky and dumb, but it’s fun and has hope for Japan and for humanity at large. It envisions the world paving the way for fresh, caring faces (and probably a sequel) and that’s worth paying for.

NOTE: “Shin Godzilla” is in limited release.

Look for it at art houses or on DVD/online.

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Campus & Downtown Events Wednesday Interactive Sleepy Hollow Oct. 26 8 p.m.

The headless horseman strikes again at a meadow where storytellers will take each visitor on a journey of tales and scares. Don’t lose your heads Panthers.

Thursday Game Festival

Oct. 27 - Oct. 30 Location: Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center

Gamers and antisocialists unite. This event is all games, all day for four days. So get ready to commit to some serious board games.

Friday Party Y2k

Oct. 28 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Location: 787 Windsor Street, Atlanta GA

Take a trip back to the 2000s, this party will have every song, food, icon and memory that rocked your millennial mind.

Saturday Halloween in Chamblee

Oct. 29 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Location: Keswick Park

This festivity will mix hayrides, games, costume contests, a fun house and food all together for an excellent night for all family and friends.

Sunday Day of the Dead Oct. 30 Noon - 5 p.m.

Location: Atlanta History Museum This outdoor festival will embrace the roots that established Halloween with entertainment, storytelling and Mexican food.

Monday Weird Mummy Band Oct. 31 8 p.m.

End the Halloween month off with a quirky bang, Here Come the Mummies band will be performing their mix of R&B and funk here in Atlanta, wearing mummy attire.

Tuesday Cabaret

Nov. 1 - Nov. 6 Location: Fox Theatre November kicks off with a Broadway treatment, where audience members revel in the presence of colorful singers and German aesthetics.

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he women’s cross country team will have its biggest competition of the season on Oct. 29 in Dothan, Alabama with the Sun Belt Championship Meet. The best attribute this team has is how close-knit they are as a group, and they will be relying on that for success.

“Very close knit,” is what Coach Chris England used to describe his team this season. “We have nine runners on the team, and they’re very close, they motivate each other, and when a runner’s down, they pick her up mentally. To be successful as a team, you’re only as good as your other teammates. Our runners aren’t selfish, even though everyone wants to have individual glory, they make sacrifices for their teammates and the team as well.”

Not only does Coach England feel this way about his team, but the runners themselves also believe that this close-knit team is what makes them so special this season.

“Perhaps the best attribute is that we bring the best out of each other, friendly competition at its best,” senior Sammi Donovan said. “We all contribute something different to this team, and we share a mutual respect for each other and recognize each other’s strengths and weaknesses. We also are not afraid to challenge one another in workouts and meets.”

“We support each other a lot and try to help in everything we need,” freshman Angela Alonso said.

“I feel really comfortable with all the girls of the team, personally and sportingly.”

Cross country doesn’t always come down to just running. It is also about the runner’s mentality and focus when they are competing. Coach England wanted to install that mentality early on and so far it has been working.

“Runners are very delicate and have delicate psyches and they could have a bad day and to them, their season is ruined,” Coach England said. “But you have to keep the big picture in mind, don’t look

at the individual practices, look at the whole big season and if they’re improving every week then they’re on track to do something big.”

The runners believe in running with a purpose and keeping a good mindset when entering different competitions. That mindset has been installed from the seniors on this team, all the way down to the freshman.

“We have developed a culture of discipline, and we hold each other accountable,” Donovan said. “Having a sense of purpose is also the reason we have been excelling. We are all focused on a collective goal and we keep this purpose in mind every day at practice.”

Playing at the collegiate level can be tough for a runner, compared to the high school level.

Alonso has learned to control those nerves she has competing at a different level than she is used to.

“I am focused on continuing how I am doing so far, I felt good in all the races so I want to have the same feelings in the important dates,” Alonso said.

“I have controlled my pre-race nerves better than in other seasons, so I would like to continue in the same way this season.”

Right place, right time

The Panthers finished all five of their competitions in fourth place or higher this season. In fact, they even defeated Troy head on at the Trojan Invitational. The team is peaking at the right time, and that is all thanks to Coach England’s preparation for the upcoming Sun Belt Championship Meet.

“We treat every meet the same, the day of the championship should be no different than the first day of practice,” Coach England said. “I preach all season long that the Sun Belt meet is the most important competition of the season. We have some big and some small competitions in the fall, but all knowing that none of those meets matter except for the one on Oct. 29. We could win all the meets and do poorly at the Sun Belt or we could lose all the meets and do well at the Sun Belt. That’s the one that matters.”

All the runners know how important the Sun Belt

meet is compared to the other meets. In addition, they understand that each practice and competition is one step towards preparing for the big meet.

“Each day at practice is us preparing for the Sun Belt Championship,” Donovan said. “Every workout and each day is a piece of that preparation.

We prepare by not losing sight of our goals and expectations as a team. We placed fourth last season, but in no way is that a prediction of what we are capable of this year.”

“We are working a lot in practice, making our best and supporting each other’s during hard workouts,” Alonso said. “All the races that we have done so far are also very important in the preparation because they make us feel the nerves that we will have in the important race. Furthermore, almost all of them have been 5k, as in the Sun Belt Championship, so we are getting used to the distance.”

This team is not the same team that finished in fourth place at last year’s Sun Belt Championship meet. There’s a lot of differences between the teams, one of them being the depth they have according to Coach England.

“We have a lot more depth this year, last year we only had six runners and only five of them scored at the championship,” Coach England said. “We also had a lot of young runners, we were relying heavily on young blood and runners that weren’t used to competing at the college level. This year we have a lot more upperclassmen and a few transfers and more maturity as well. Physically they’re much stronger and better than last year.”

Coach England isn’t the only one confident in this team’s abilities compared to last season, so are his runners.

“We lost our top runner from last year, Stephanie Berger, and she contributed to the team in more ways than one. Having to replace her contributions were difficult to imagine, but everyone worked really hard during the offseason to be mentally and physically prepared for the beginning of this season.

Our team this year is stronger than we ever have been. I am really excited to see how well we perform at conference.”

Cross Country thus far Finished 4th place or better in all events this season Won the Trojan Invitational as a team Star Freshman Alonso won the Trojan Invitational and GSU StudentAthlete of the Week Finished 4th last season in the Sun Belt Championships Finished 24th last season at the NCAA South Region Six returning runners and only one freshman on the team

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Panthers hit the road to Alabama

Georgia State has not had a lot of success in games in the state of Alabama WOODY BASS Staff Reporter

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f I told you that not one but three teams from the Sun Belt nearly knocked off three opponents in one season against teams in the SEC and Big Ten, would you have believed me? The Sun Belt may have to refresh their hashtag from #FunBelt to #GiantKiller. Georgia State nearly pulled off the upset of the year over the then ninth-ranked team in the country, Wisconsin Badgers.

Appalachian State took Tennessee to the brink only to fall short in overtime.

That takes us to the next opponent up on the Panthers’ schedule – the South Alabama Jaguars – who managed to knock off a team from the great Southeastern Conference.

Mississippi State entered 2016 in the post-Dak Prescott Era. You know the same Dak Prescott currently lighting it up in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys after Tony Romo suffered a broken bone in his back.

So they schedule a little team from Mobile, Alabama and invite them to open the Bulldogs 2016 season. The Jaguars head coach couldn’t have been more proud of his team as he left the field after the game after they defeated Mississippi State 21-20.

“I think there are teams in the Sun Belt Conference who have had those wins against the SEC. We were close a couple of years ago against Tennessee and had a chance to beat them and weren’t able to do that,” head coach Jones reminisced. “We came through today, though. To have that opportunity against a SEC West team who is extremely well ‐ coached, has very good athletes, and the tradition they have here at Mississippi State is a blessing [to our program].”

The Jaguars finally found their 15 minutes of fame shocking the college

football world. That feeling of being on cloud nine lasted exactly one week at South Alabama’s home opener against Georgia Southern. South Alabama wasn’t able to make the same kind of turnaround they did the week before and fell to the Eagles 24-9.

“We couldn’t really find a rhythm,” sophomore quarterback Dallas Davis said about the rough outing at home against the Eagles. “That’s a tough defense we were up against, and we weren’t able to execute as well as we wanted to.”

With South Alabama back on solid ground, they would split the next five games 2-3, with all three losses to Sun Belt foes Louisiana-Lafayette, Arkansas State and last week versus Troy. Their lone wins in that stretch included a very close game against Nicholls State, who nearly knocked off that team in Athens two weeks earlier, and San Diego State.

With Georgia State on the road, it is important to understand how South Alabama is performing on their home turf. In the last four seasons, South Alabama is averaging 3 wins at home a season and already have two in 2016.

With the exception of the Eagles, the Jaguars are averaging 28 points per game and allowing teams to score an average of 29.

So far on offense, this season South Alabama is averaging 358 yards per game so far this season led by sophomore quarterback Dallas Davis.

Davis is completing less than 60% of his passes for a total of 1761 yards.

His primary target has been Lithonia, Georgia native tight end Gerald Everett, who has 34 receptions for 567 yards. The Jaguars haven’t been very successful on the ground with only 744 yards led by junior running back Xavier Johnson.

Stopping the run hasn’t exactly been South Alabama’s forte this year.

Opponents have 1511 yards on just 309 attempts and 12 touchdowns

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Georgia State prepares to face South Alabama, the team that beat Mississippi State, Oct. 29.

With Taz Bateman out for the season and Kyler Neal possibly out, this is a weakness the Panthers need to expose and get Tra Barnett and Kendrick Dorn some room to run and control the clock. When defending the pass, the Jaguars have been slightly more stout allowing 1252 yards and 7 touchdowns. Conner Manning will be keeping a close eye on senior defensive lineman Randy Allen who has recorded more than seven sacks and 13 tackles for a loss so far this season.

Georgia State is 2-3 versus South Alabama as they head to Mobile, Alabama. The Panthers have never defeated the Jaguars at Ladd-Peebles Stadium with a win. In those games, however, Georgia State has only lost by

a total of 8 points.

To refresh your memory from this matchup a season ago at the Georgia Dome, it was the defense that really made a difference in the 24-10 win last season.

“Up front, the way they lined up was a little different, it gave us some problems,” then senior offensive lineman Chris May said following the loss. “We practiced against their looks, but we didn’t make the plays when they needed to be made.”

That defense held the Jaguars to a total of 282 yards of offense and quarterback Cody Clements completed 14 of 34 passes. Their leading receiver in the game, Danny Woodson, had only three receptions

for 28 yards. Run defense limited three rushers to under 50 yards and an average of 4.6 yards per rush and one touchdown.

“They are a good team and much improved, my hat’s off to them,” South Alabama head coach Joey Jones acknowledged. “I knew good and well that their quarterback was good and defensively they are much better. They outplayed us.”

Like Texas State a few weeks ago, the Panthers will have a shot at evening the series against the Panthers and notching a third ‘W” in their belt for the 2016 season. Georgia State and South Alabama will battle it out at 5 p.m. on ESPN3.

Update: Athletics partners with Under Armour Georgia State Panthers set to leave Nike brand for Under Armour after contract ends on July 1, 2017 RASHAD MILLIGAN Sports Editor

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eorgia State has a new apparel sponsor. After five years with Nike, the athletic program announced a new deal with Under Armour. The new apparel deal will begin on July 1, 2017. Although exact details have not been finalized, the deal is expected to be seven years.

Under Armour will provide training gear for all 16 varsity sports, as well

as for coaches and the athletics department staff.

“We really felt comfortable with Under Armour,” Georgia State athletic director Charlie Cobb said. “We like the quality of the clothing, the shoes, the apparel. We felt like where we want to take our athletic program here fit right in the direction that Under Armour as a company and their vision and where they want to be, so it made for an easy decision.”

Georgia State joins Notre Dame, Maryland, Wisconsin, UCLA, Auburn and South Carolina as NCAA

programs that have partnered with the athletic apparel brand.

“If you look at our primary sportsfootball and basketball. We certainly didn’t want to put our coaches in a situation where they were at a recruiting disadvantage from an apparel standpoint. From a basketball standpoint, there’s a huge Under Armour youth tournament in Atlanta every year,” Cobb said.

Two-time reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry is the biggest basketball name signed to Under Armour, despite having the shoes that were put

on blast by social media last season.

Speaking of social media, the initial announcement of the new Georgia State deal on the main athletics account had over 24,000 Twitter impressions in the first day. The news was also the most engaged tweet in the account’s last 90 days.

All of the engagements were not positive, however, as the program leaves the popular Nike brand.

“I think at the end of the day, there’s always brand loyalty. It shows that all these big companies, when they do all of these demographic studies,

that there’s a reason you create young viewers. I’m one that watches the news pretty religiously, but I always watch NBC, because I grew up watching the local NBC station where I grew up, so I just inherently go to watch the news on NBC,” Cobb said. “I honestly don’t consider that [fans against Under Armour deal] criticism. Because what it’s telling me is that they have an affinity for Georgia State and they want Georgia State gear.”

The Georgia State University Bookstore has a limited amount of Under Armour available now.

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Defense crowns a Homecoming win

The Georgia State defense sets off plenty of fireworks in the 31-6 win over UT Martin.

WOODY BASS Staff Reporter

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njuries are part of the game and every team adopts a “next man up” mentality. The Panthers have been no stranger to the injury bug this season and led to an unexpected change in the starting lineup for Georgia State Homecoming.

Jerome Smith, the redshirt sophomore cornerback who has recorded three interceptions in 2016, missed the homecoming game with an injury to his hand. Junior cornerback B.J. Clay stepped up in a big way recording two interceptions including a pick six returned for 38 yards.

Sophomore defensive end Marterious Allen created a few defensive fireworks of his own. In the third quarter during UT Martin’s third drive of the second half, redshirt senior linebacker Kaleb Ringer forced a fumble recovered by Allen who put up 7 points of his own.

Also padding the stats on a tremendous day for the Panther defense are junior linebacker Trey Payne who recorded his first interception of the season and sophomore Michael Shaw who had 7 solo tackles including two for a loss.

The Panther defense would score a total of 14

points and limit the Skyhawk’s to 320 yards and two field goals the entire game. Coach Miles couldn’t have been more proud of how his defense has come together while the offense continues to move the ball and put its own points on the board.

“The mark of a good football team is when the offense is struggling, the defense and special teams picks it up for them,” head coach Trent Miles said following the homecoming win. “We lost our starting quarterback on Thursday, but they played together as a team. The defense had some scores.

Offense had some scores, and we won the game.”

Also out for the Panthers for Homecoming was Conner Manning, who injured his throwing arm in practice on Thursday. Aaron Winchester, the redshirt freshman backup quarterback for the Panthers, would get the call start in the Georgia Dome in front of the Homecoming crowd.

Winester moved the team down the field the first half of the game with drives of 55 and 51 but only managing seven points. The first drive stalled at the UT Martin two-yard line after the Panthers failed to convert or score on fourth down. The second was capped off with a 7-yard pass to junior wide receiver Glenn Smith to put the Panthers on the board first.

As Coach Miles pointed out, the Panther offense would struggle mightily. In fact, the entire second half, Georgia State moved the sticks for a first down

only four times out of 13 total the entire game.

Winchester would finish the game completing only eight of 16 pass attempts and lead the team in rushing with 82 yards. Using the redshirt freshman’s legs was all part of the plan with little time to prepare the young quarterback for UT Martin.

“That’s his skill set. Aaron’s a really good runner and I think he proved that out there,” Miles said of the redshirt freshman’s performance adding that he realizes that Winchester has a lot to learn but he did a pretty good job with very little time to prepare.

Overall, Miles was happy with his team’s Homecoming performance.

“I’m proud of the way they performed today in what could have been a tough situation, losing your starting quarterback basically the day before the game. That’s a good football team we beat. They almost won at Hawai’i, they went to Cincinnati and had a chance to win that game, and they’re going to win a bunch of games in their conference.”

With the Panthers 31-6 win at home over the Skyhawk’s now in the books, Georgia State improves to 2-5 on the season and will now prepare for a critical stretch of five conference games starting with a trip to Mobile, Alabama against the South Alabama Jaguars.

The homecoming highlights • Defense scored 16 points • Defensive end Marterious Allen scored a 38-yard touchdown after recovering a touchdown.

• Aaron Winchester led the team in rushing with 82 yards rushing.

• Freshman Darius Stubbs ran for a 35yard touchdown

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Troy 4-0 | Overall: 6-1

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VOLLEYBALL EAST DIVISION

South Alabama 7-2 | Overall: 12-4

Georgia Southern 2-0 | Overall: 7-5

Coastal Carolina 7-1 | Overall: 16-4

Appalachian State 3-0 | Overall: 5-2

Coastal Carolina 6-2 | Overall: 10-5

Appalachian State 1-1 | Overall: 4-6

Georgia Southern 4-4 | Overall: 11-12

3rd

Arkansas State 2-0 | Overall: 2-4

Little Rock 5-3 | Overall: 10-6

Coastal Carolina 1-1 | Overall: 5-5

Georgia State 5-5 | Overall: 9-12

4th

Georgia Southern 3-1 | Overall: 4-3

UL Lafayette 4-4 | Overall: 8-8

Hartwick 1-1 | Overall: 7-3

South Alabama 4-5 | Overall: 13-9

5th

Idaho 2-2 | Overall: 4-4

Arkansas State 4-4 | Overall: 6-6

Georgia State 1-1 | Overall: 9-6

Appalachian State 1-7 | Overall: 3-18

6th

UL Lafayette 2-2 | Overall: 3-4

UL Monroe 4-4 | Overall: 7-8

Howard 0-2 | Overall: 1-12

Troy 0-9 | Overall: 6-20

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WEST DIVISION

Georgia State 1-2 | Overall: 2-5

Appalachian State 3-4 | Overall: 8+7

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Arkansas State 9-1 | Overall: 17-7

UL Monroe 1-2 | Overall: 2-5

Troy 3-4 | Overall: 7-8

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Texas State 8-1 | Overall: 15-9

New Mexico State 1-3 | Overall: 2-5

Georgia State 2-4 | Overall: 5-6

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UT Arlington 5-4 | Overall: 11-13

Texas State 0-3 | Overall: 2-5

Texas State 3-5 | Overall: 6-9

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Little Rock 5-5 | Overall: 9-14

South Alabama 0-4 | Overall: 3-4

Georgia Southern 2-7 | Overall: 5-10

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UL Lafayette 3-5 | Overall: 7-16

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