Vol. 79 No. 15

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THE SIGNAL THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SERVING THE STUDENTS SINCE 1933

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VOLUME 79 | ISSUE 15

INSIDE THIS EDITION z ONLiNE ExCLUSiVE

PRIZED ETIQUETTE: student DJ

Dunsker takes the crown at DJ competition in downtown Atlanta WERK fashion show celebrates LGBT culture More Letters to the Editor rebuttals against Reverse Racism. Where do you stand in the discussion? see more at www.gsusignal.com

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z mOrE NEWS

Sex trafficking: organizations gather to fight illegal operations in Atlanta

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Mega One Stop Shop petition moving forward to the registrar office

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011

student parking gets upgrade, wait list As students continue to struggle getting semester passes, Auxillary Services is taking steps to avoid crash

timOthy E. miLLEr Staff Writer

In response to this semester’s parking permit fiasco, big changes will be coming for Georgia State students who park on campus next semester, according to the Parking and Transportation division of Auxiliary and Support Services. Parking and Transportation say they have not only taken steps to avoid a second parking website crash but also to plan parking lot improvements and an expansion of parking facilities within the next six months. The Georgia State Parking and Transpor-

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REVIEWS:

Rihanna talks dirty on new album; ALSO: Martin Scorsese carves a fantasy tribute for the ages in new holiday film

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student musicians making waves in atlanta JEAN-frANCOiS GErArD Staff Writer

football season suffers sophomore slump. What went wrong? What went right?

the ReBoUnd

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pharoh & sUMBit:

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The Life of Danielle Rowe: friends and family members remember the Georgia State student who was killed in a hitand-run accident on Oct. 22

tation website for students to purchase paid parking passes crashed earlier this semester when the system experienced “overwhelming volume,” according to Chris Connelly, manager of marketing and outcome assessments for Parking and Transportation. Designed to accommodate 4,000 visits per day, on the day of the crash the site recorded over 100,000 hits, Connelly said. He added that a new wait list has been implemented to guard against a second system crash. Students will have multiple dates to join

Atlanta is a musical blend of talent, especially for hip-hop, but the story of Pharaoh&SUBMiT is not really common. The group is composed of Faris (Pharaoh), a junior at Georgia State, Kelechi (SUBMiT) from Kennesaw State University and Heval Kelli, a Georgia State alum presently studying medicine at Emory University. From Palestine, Nigeria and Syria, respectively, Pharoh and SUBMiT have known each other from seventh grade and started rapping in ninth grade as a joke. Heval joined the group after meeting Pharaoh at his job, which is when the joke started to be more serious. They started recording at Kelechi’s house, in the basement, starting first with a single microphone and the studio grew up piece by piece with the time. Heval is the main producer, sometimes helped by SUBMiT, while Pharoh and SUBMiT both rap on the tracks. In May, the release of The Standard EP is the final culmination of their work. Although they could have lost their identities, they try not to forget their roots when making their music. Even if it takes time to discover the identity of the group as a whole, Heval’s producing gives their tracks some consistency. Beyond music, Heval says their common goals as immigrants is pursing the American Dream unite them. That means you “do what you love to do,” according to Heval. Managing student life, a part time job and their music is not an easy task, but their passion makes it work. “It can be stressful sometimes,” Pharoh said. “Once I had a concert and got off stage 15 minutes before I took my midterm.” Even if that involves some trying situations, such as when Kellechi had to sleep in his father’s store after a long night of recording, just a few hours before it had to be opened. They say they hope for success, like getting a performing gig on the main stage or maybe getting a Grammy one day but try to think rationally at the same time. “We are human beings, but music gives us confidence, for instance on stage.” Pharoh and SUBMiT performed in the A3C festival this fall, the Apache, the Georgia Institute of Technology and at Georgia State in the courtyard.


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