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More than 500 Atlantans clashed with police as they protested President-elect Donald Trump.

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Protesters meet with dozens of police officers threatening to arrest anyone who steps off the sidewalks, Nov. 11.

Inside Old Fashioned Rivalry

The other side

Decision to protest

Forever Fear

Halloween isn't over just yet.

Take a trip to this year's Horror Film Festival and let's get screaming!

Georgia Southern will be taking the trip up to Atlanta to face the Panthers at the Georgia Dome.

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The Signal sat down with President Becker to talk Turner Field and the Community Benefits Agreement.

Does protesting the election results really make any difference, now that it's all set and done?

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A Georgia State student reported a theft of less than $500 that occurred between a Shell Station and John Wesley Dobbs road. The case is currently under investigation.

At a Waffle House near the Atlanta campus, a non-Georgia State individual filed a complaint of threats of violence with purpose of terrorizing. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. and was immediately reported. The case is still under active investigation.

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A Georgia State student reported a stolen bicycle with an exceeding value of $500.

The bicycle was found missing from the Student Recreation Center between 1 to 9 p.m. The case is still open under active investigation.

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Nov. 10

Crossing a fine line

A non-Georgia State individual was arrested at Classroom South on the Atlanta campus after a Georgia State student filed a complaint of trespassing.

The individual trespassed after having already been issued a warning and notice.

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Thousands flood Atlanta streets to protest Trump Third consecutive night of Atlanta Trump protests draws thousands to march

Anti-Trump protesters march through the streets of Atlanta in opposition of Trump winning the presidential election.

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n Nov. 11, over 1,000 protesters gathered to march through the streets of Atlanta in the city’s third and largest anti-Trump rally since the presidential election.

Flags were burned, highways were shut down, explicit signs were held, anti-Trump chants were shouted and police rushed around Atlanta the entire night to contain the event.

The “Not My President” event was put together by a group called A World Without Police but participated in by a diverse amount of Atlanta residents and many Georgia State students. The primary focus of the protests that evening, however, was to express disapproval of the presidential election results.

Before the march began, the protesters formed a circle in Historic Fourth Ward Park by Ponce City Market and a few individuals shared why they were against President-elect Donald Trump and his plans for the future. Georgia State freshman Baqar Husain took the stage and shared his views with the group.

“This is for our black, Latino and other ethnic minorities,” Husain said. “This is for our LGBTQA community. This is for everyone who believes that love is an American value and that hatred is not.”

After roughly an hour of speaking, protesters took to the streets, traversing Midtown, Downtown and Old Fourth Ward. “[Trump’s] values are trash,” said protester and Georgia State student Jamila Dyer. “His values do not unite everyone; they separate everyone. That’s not what a president should be, and that doesn’t represent me either.”

This sentiment was common throughout

the crowd and kept the group energized through the entire evening.

Georgia State student groups were also represented in the protest. Organizer for Georgia State’s United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) JT Pennington said the purpose of the protests was to “direct people’s anger.”

“Some of us here are organizers, I’m an organizer, part of our goal in this arrangement is to get people to join our groups so we can actually do long term change,” said Pennington.

Alex Hariri, a sophomore at Georgia State’s Clarkston campus, said, “I’m here to support human rights. I’m Palestinian, I’m bisexual, I’m Muslim, and everyone I know in my life is black or Latino, some of them not here legally. Trump right now is attacking everyone I know and love so I’m out here defending them.”

The protesters marched for roughly an hour on the Georgia State campus. Passing through Courtland Street, the group eventually made their way to the Georgia State Capitol building where they were made by a blockade set of Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers Upon stopping at the blockade, the protesters reached one of their most energetic points when they formed a circle and burned American flags.

The man who started the flag burning, Al Phonse, said he burned his flag and led others to do the same because he does not stand for this nation.

“This nation is built on hundreds of years of slavery, genocide and oppression. I do not stand for this nation,” Phonse said. “We are simply voicing our first amendment right to say that we do not agree with the choice of the Electoral College to elect the fascist Donald J. Trump president.”

A total of three American flags were burned in the streets in front of the capitol building before protesters continued their march through Downtown.

To the excitement of the marching crowd, many onlookers inside the buildings which were being passed joined in to support the protesters’ message. People ran outside of restaurants and shops to join in the chants and record the protest on their phones.

Drivers honked their horns in support of the protest, while others honked in defiance of the delays it was causing.

At one point in the night, a newlywed couple getting married across from the Fox Theatre even came outside and gathered enthusiasm among the crowd. The bride encouraged the crowd to be safe while they continue marching.

The current political state of Georgia was also an issue for some in attendance. “[Georgia] went red and that was not surprising but still disappointing, and we just will not accept a Trump reality,” said protester Chelsea Foster. “We reject the president-elect.”

Around midnight, the protesters were again marching toward Downtown but were cordoned off by over 20 police vehicles and over 30 APD officers.

An officer then read a verbal warning aloud three times to all protesters saying that they had three minutes to leave the streets and get onto the sidewalks or else they would be detained.

The warnings worked and within minutes, not only did all protesters get onto the sidewalk, but many began to go home.

The protest that was scheduled to end at 11 p.m. ended at roughly 12:15 a.m.

Organizer of the event Sara Khaled said she believes that the event will have a significant impact, saying, “I think it will get more people mobilized, more and more people feeling powerful enough to not just accept things for what they are.”

This protest is not the end of her work.

Khaled said during the rally, “I’m an organizer, I’m going to keep organizing, keep trying to set people free.”

PHOTO BY JADE JOHNSON | THE SIGNAL

Georgia State students react to the election results

CHELSEA HOLMES-ROBINSON “There are people that are honestly afraid to be themselves and leave their homes because of the rest of America that have voted Trump for president. It's ridiculous that it is 2016 and people are still afraid to be themselves.”

REBEKAH BREITHAUPT “I spent all of last night crying as a woman, as a person of the LGBT community, and as a person who has been a victim of sexual violence. I'm just really shocked by the amount of misogynistic, xenophobic, racist people who voted.”

Read the full Student's Reaction story online at georgiastatesignal.com

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Efforts to help sexual exploitation for youth Georgia State’s professor Shannon Self-Brown continues to ‘Fight the Good Fight’ LOE COLE

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he state is locking down on sexual exploitation.

Voters passed Amendment Two on the presidential election ballot, which proposed penalties be given to adult entertainment companies that encourage or host the sexual exploitation and assessments to child victims’ as services.

The penalty will be an annual $5,000 fee for adult entertainment businesses, which will be used to establish a Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund. This will provide rehabilitative and social services to children who have been sexually exploited. Other fines placed on convicted sex traffickers will also contribute to the supportive fund.

Atlanta is number one of 14 cities with the highest rate of child prostitution. In Georgia alone, 200-500 girls are exploited every month. Victims can be as young as 12 years old, according to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

There are various initiatives on the rise to fight sexual assault and exploitation, one specific to Georgia State.

The university and the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy have partnered together for Project Intersect, a program aiming to provide high quality care that can effectively serve the mental health needs of sexually exploited youth victims in Georgia.

The Georgia Center for Child Advocacy is a private, non-profit company providing outpatient therapy services to Atlanta's youth who have been sexually exploited.

Shannon Self-Brown, a Georgia State Professor in the school of public health and Kelly Kinnish, clinical director at the Georgia Center of Child Advocacy, has already worked together to train over 100 therapists through Project Intersect. Self-Brown and Kinnish partnered together on other projects when the opportunity arose to start Project Intersect.

But there are barriers to their movement.

Self-Brown told The Signal therapists must build a rapport so victims learn to trust the therapist and engage in the therapeutic process as a way to improve their overall mental health, otherwise, it’s almost impossible to get victims to open up.

The project trains therapists who work with agencies that experience and assist youth that have been sexually exploited here in Georgia. These adolescents will receive therapy that focuses on alleviating trauma.

Somatic Consequences of Violence Against Women, a scholarly article by Heslet L. Koss MP, said “Poor mental health is a dominant and persistent adverse health effect associated with human trafficking. Psychological consequences include depression; post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders; thoughts of suicide; and somatic conditions including disabling physical pain or dysfunction.”

Youth victims of sex exploitation suffer from distinct complexities such as compelling educational setbacks, traumatic bonding and Stockholm syndrome, severe social and emotional challenges to normalization, and often disengagement from most or all family structure, according to the National Center for Homeless Education.

Project Intersect aims to help these youth recover from their victimization with a secure living environment, and seeks to access therapists working directly with the systems to offer care that can improve life for these youth.

The project has mostly encountered youth who have ran away from their home because of violence, neglect or a combination of both.

“Often, they are running away from very difficult situations in their home [such as] violence between the parents, violence between the parent and child, or more general neglect from the parents or caretakers who fail to

Commercial sexual exploitation of children occurs when individuals buy, trade, or sell sexual acts with a child.

Sex trafficking is “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act.” Children who are involved in the commercial sex industry are viewed as victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, which is sex trafficking “in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age.” A commercial sex act is “any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.”

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appropriately supervise the child,” Self-Brown said.

She said, “We also know that in Georgia, youth who have a history of being in foster care, and youth who have experienced a significant loss, are at increased risk for being victims of sex trafficking.”

Research from Children's Healthcare Atlanta said there are 1.6 million children who run away from their homes every year and of those children 1 in 3 are approached by a predator within the first two days of being on the streets.

These professionals educate therapists who were interested in serving victims of sexual exploitation also know as Commerial Sexual Expoiled Children (CSEC).

Not all therapist know how to tackle the specific mental health needs of sexually exploited youth.

“It [Project Intersect] grew out of a need here in Georgia to keep pace with our improved identification of CSEC victims and also to provide training and support to therapists who were interested in serving trafficked youth but perhaps [they] were not sure how to best address their [CSEC] complex mental health needs,” said Kinnish.

Project Intersect utilizes a treatment that has been proven to reduce mental health symptoms. This treatment has shown to be effective with youth who experience traumatic events.

“The therapists work directly with the youth on psychoeducation, affect regulation, relaxation approaches, cognitive restructuring, and uses a technique called ‘gradual exposure’ to help the youth learn to talk about the traumatic events in a way that helps the youth feel empowered and less anxious and avoidant about thoughts and feelings related to the trauma,” said Self-Brown.

Project Intersect won a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to continue their efforts started four years ago.

All funding from Project Intersect has come from the National Child Trauma Stress Network, which is part of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Project Interest has received two grants over the pass four years from this agency, totaling approximately $3.5 million.

The $2 million grant over the next five years will cover portions of salary for each team member, the costs for training therapists and will go to any costs related to understanding and serving the mental health needs of CSEC. Therapist are trained on caring for and understanding the trauma behavior of sexually exploited youth victims.

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Becker: CBA, not my job President says most students are cool with Turner Field plans

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Decatur officers lose job over $7

Two Decatur police officers lost their jobs over a $7 dispute on Oct. 18. Officer Joshua L. Speed and Lt. Eric Jackson were asked to turn in their badges and were then terminated from office two days later over the missing cash. Speed found the $7 in another officer’s car and gave $2 to Jackson, who posted them on the bulletin board and sent out an e-mail to the department saying $7 had been found. A day later, he was called in to turn in his badge, and Jackson resigned, and Speed terminated, according to AJC.

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President Becker sits down with The Signal and discusses how the protesters should be taking their efforts to “their elected representatives.”

SEAN KEENAN Senior Reporter

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niversity President Mark Becker said activists vying for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) to address concerns of gentrification during Turner Field’s redevelopment are barking up the wrong tree.

Becker told The Signal that members and advocates of the Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition (TFCBC), who’ve protested at his office on multiple occasions, would be better off picketing the Atlanta City Council if they want to ensure the school’s revamp of the stadium doesn’t push people from their homes.

“The city of Atlanta does not have policies in place [to prevent displacement],” he said. “It’s a city government issue, not a Georgia State issue.

[Activists] should be dealing with their elected representatives.”

On Nov. 10, the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents signed off on the school’s plans to overhaul the stadium. But advocates for a CBA are looking for more community oversight during the development process, as well as a contractuallyobligated consciousness of housing affordability nearby, among other requests.

But the university doesn’t have total control over how the land is reimagined, he said. Georgia State will buy and refashion the Braves’ old ballpark to accommodate school athletics and will maintain some parking spots just north of the stadium — the Blue Lot. The school’s development partner, Carter, will be in charge of sprucing up the surrounding property.

Still, state Sen. Vincent Fort, Atlanta’s outspoken Democrat who’s marched with those advocates, said Becker needs to be more open to conversation of the impact that Turner Field’s renovation could have on low-income families living nearby.

“When is he going to engage in real discussion with residents about possible terms of a CBA?,” Fort asked. “How does he feel about displacing African Americans and long-time residents of those Turner Field neighborhoods?”

But Becker said, for the most part, these activists are raising a stink first and asking questions later.

“They’re protesting me and making demands.

They’re not asking for my help,” he said, adding that he believes 90 percent of the student body feels positive about the plans slated to redevelop The Ted for the Panthers.

Plus, Becker said, when activists ask him to lend an ear, he does. He said, noting a Nov. 4 meeting with representatives for United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), that matters of affordable housing and displacement were never brought up.

“This issue [of displacement] was never discussed, so I find it interesting that students are going out and publicly criticizing, yet the student who was criticizing at the meeting never raised the issue of displacement,” he said.

Becker said, during that approximately 90 minute meeting, USAS members talked of property tax implications — property tax increases due to development can price people out of their homes. “That is a city policy issue,” he said.

And efforts of the TFCBC have been largely disorganized, Becker claimed, saying that neighborhood leaders from Summerhill, where Turner Field is located, have backed out of the coalition and are happy with Georgia State’s plans for the area. “[TFCBC] hasn’t even submitted a list of demands,” he said of the group’s Community Benefits Agreement proposal. “What they have is a laundry list of the sorts of things that are included in a wide range of Community Benefits Agreements that have been implemented in other parts of the country…There is not a structured agreement.”

Some of their concerns could be addressed

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meetings with community, residents, area non-profits and numerous others.

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once the purchase and sale agreement is finalized, Becker said. But, for now, he’s legally inclined to remain mum on those details.

Syrina Merilan contributed to this story.

In an interview Sunday, Nov. 13, House Speaker Paul Ryan said a mass round-up and deportation is currently nowhere in the Republican agenda. According to CNN, Ryan said they’re not planning on “erecting a deportation force, (..) Donald Trump’s not planning on that”. Ryan said their most important priority is securing the country’s border, a claim which Trump confirmed on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night. He said that when it comes to deporting immigrants, the plan is to focus on those who have committed crimes within the United States, as well as “gang members, drug dealers, (...) probably two million, it could even be three million,” he said.

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Hollande unveils plaques in honor of last year’s Paris attack victims

Sunday marked the first anniversary since the terrorist attacks in France last year claimed by ISIS.This year, the president of France François Hollande along with the city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, unveiled a plaque in honor of the victims of the shooting outside Le Carillon bar and Le petit Cambodge restaurant. One teacher at the site, Matthias, told The Guardian, “We need to mark the year anniversary to show that we’ll never forget them. Life goes on, but our neighborhood will always remember this,” he said.

Plaques were also unveiled at the national sports stadium in Saint-Denis, the bars and restaurants attacked, as well as the Bataclan concert hall.

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Protesting for equal education opportunities

Freedom University students hug each other after the protest.

CHRISTINA MAXOURIS News Editor

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eorgia State and Freedom University students stood in the University of Georgia’s Board of Regents (BOR) meeting on Nov. 9, to protest the state’s undocumented student policies.

Standing hand-in-hand around the table, the students were asked to step away but after refusing to do so, Georgia State Student Government Association (SGA) Senator Sara Moreno Duque was arrested.

Georgia State President Mark Becker was sitting in at the meeting when Duque got arrested but claimed he has no idea a student was arrested while he was there. Becker said he saw what looked like a woman being escorted out of the room, but didn’t know who she was.

In a BOR statement, spokesperson Charles Sutlive said, “we respect our students’ rights to protest in an appropriate manner."

Laura Emiko Soltis, executive director of Freedom University, said this wasn’t the first time undocumented students have protested against the policy in board hearings.

“[The policies are] the business of all Georgians who care about this state and the dignity and human rights of undocumented youth,” she said.

The BOR approved policies 4.1.6 and 4.3.4 in 2010, which disqualified all “non-citizen students” from paying in-state tuition, and disallowed any person “who is not lawfully present in the United States” from attending the state’s top universities. The board is currently facing three lawsuits from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), Freedom University and undocumented students concerning these policies.

Georgia State student Asma Elhuni said the policies go against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) federal policy, which makes the students legally present in the country.

DACA was established in 2012 by the Obama administration and offers undocumented persons less than 16 years of age non-immigrant legal status.

Before being asked to leave the hearing, the students were given the chance to say a prayer, which Angel Almora, Freedom University student, said will hopefully touch the hearts of

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA MAXOURIS | THE SIGNAL the board and help take away their “cloud of hatred”.

Georgia State student Oliver Flint said the matter impacts our university and all its students.

“One of the foundations why Georgia State is so attractive is because it’s a diverse community of students who are all able to bring their perspective to the educational space,” he said.

“And if we’re limiting that out by preventing these legally present students from attending this university that’s a huge hurdle from achieving the diversity in our university space.”

SGA communications director Anthony Nguyen attended the hearing because he was curious to see how “receptive the Board of Regents are to issues of students."

“Today I saw students from universities across the System of Georgia stand together for an issue they believe needs action upon,” he said. “It is important to understand their cause and motivations behind their action."

Nguyen said it’s not about disrupting meetings or protesting, but fighting for education and acceptance into today’s society.

“Freedom University is fighting for freedom in our universities and to end 21st century segregation. I have friends who are DACA

“[The policies are] the business of all Georgians who care about this state and the dignity and human rights of undocumented youth.”

-Laura Emiko Soltis, Freedom University executive director recipients ... who’ve expressed their concerns to me, but I did not know the magnitude of those concerns until I came today,” he said.

Georgia State’s SGA pushes for an increase in SI

Student government says more Supplemental Instruction is needed to help more students JAHMEELIAH HARKER Staff Reporter

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he Georgia State Student Government Association (SGA) is pushing for more SI sessions on the Atlanta campus.

SGA Academic Affairs chair Nwenekanma Chibudom Wami, the author of the bill, said that while funding is limited to create more SI sessions, it is a goal to find out at courses need the sessions the most.

“Senator Myles Brown and Senator Kevin Martinez are working with the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education respectively to pinpoint which courses we will create sessions for, while the Academic Affairs Committee works collectively to find student volunteers to lead the sessions,” Wami said.

Wami said that despite the fact that there have not been any complaints for lack of SI sessions, she feels such a move is necessary.

“There were no former complaints from students, however, SGA representatives are students as well,” she said. "There are some issues that we know affect a lot of students and that we hear a lot of our fellow classmates discuss among one another.”

Georgia State psychology major Kelsey Santangelo said her current biology course doesn’t have an SI to go along with it.

“I had SI for BIOL1103 last semester and it was definitely helpful. BIOL1104 doesn't have one, though, and I would've really liked one for that class,” said Santangelo.

She also said that she would have like to see SI sessions for psychology courses. While there are currently no SI sessions listed for psych classes, Santangelo said that sessions for psychology

courses would be helpful adding, “any science would benefit from supplemental instruction, in my opinion."

Administrative coordinator for supplemental instruction, La’Twan Roddey, explained that drop, withdrawal, and fail (DWF) rates determine which courses will be provided with SI sessions. "The majority of our courses are set into place as they are the core curriculum courses that typically have a higher DWF than other courses. If we were to add a course to our offerings, we would analyze the DWF rate of the course to determine if it would be a lucrative use of resources and personnel to offer additional SI Sessions in that discipline,” Roddey said.

While the funding process for potential SI sessions is still being organized, Roddey said it’s not a single department they have to talk to.

“Funding comes from a few different sources. The main source is our department of

Undergraduate Studies," Roddey said. “We have also established partnerships that allow us to utilize GOIZUETA funding as well as STEM funding.”

But it’s more than just funding, as Georgia State Associate Vice President for Student Success, Allison Calhoun-Brown, explained that SI instructors hired for the program undergo careful observation.

According to Brown, anyone who utilizes SI should be aware that SI leaders undergo observation and supervising processes to ensure that their role is fulfilled. “Students who participate in the SI program have the opportunity to evaluate their supplemental instruction leader at the end of the term. This information is used to provide additional training as well as to make hiring decision for future semesters,” Brown said.

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EDITORIAL

To protest or not to protest Does it really make a difference?

WHY NOT PROTEST

WHY PROTEST

Protesting against America’s President-elect Donald Trump simply can’t change anything. Trump has already won based on election results taken from ballots placed by Americans across the United States. Because of how our democracy has been set up for more than 200 years, there is no way to change the outcome of the election unless the electors vote against their state’s election results. But don’t count on that. It’s highly unlikely to happen, according to CNN. It would’ve made more sense to protest against Trump before it was determined that he was going to be president, back when Trump was saying he would build a wall to prevent people from illegally coming to America. Where were protesters when Trump shouted that he would bring back “stop-andfrisk?” Or when he promised to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants?

Even though he was just a Republican presidential candidate back then, he was only one step away from being president. If the thought of a Trump presidency alarmed current anti-Trump protesters so much, then steps should have been taken way before now to stop him from getting into power.

We understand that this last-minute protesting feels good for those who feel like Trump’s presidency puts them and their loved ones in danger. A Trump protester might revel at the feeling of carrying a “Fuck Trump” sign or lighting the American flag on fire. These protests are giving those who are angry a chance to let off some steam and congregate with people who share the same sentiments.

It is true that there are power in numbers. The nation should instead look to the future to see how they can help influence public policy through our political system. Get into contact with your state’s legislators and follow what your local government is doing. Vote in the next House of Representative’s election in two years to help put someone in power that can advocate for what you stand for. Protest against or rally for something that can actually be influenced, like current or pending legislation. And prepare for the next presidential election in 2020.

Here’s the problem with condemning the protesters about their actions being too late. Americans are trained to live and breathe by the system, and go according to what has been “set up for more than 200 years”. And the system has taught us that we get justice by following the rules (AKA going out and voting), but once that failed us, people had no choice but to take to the streets.

Is it too late? No. Expecting protests before results are in just doesn’t make sense. How are they going to protest Trump being president… before he’s president? How can you expect people to go out and protest and reject someone who’s not even in power (And someone who - let’s face it- no one ever thought would be in power)?

The fact is this is a very original phenomenon. Sure, the other side has always been frustrated when their candidate loses an election, but fact-check yourselves Republicans, there’s never been crowds this size determined not to accept the results. Determined not to take in a president (read: former realitystar) that threatens their rights, and their stay in the country. That’s because the difference has always solely been on political beliefs. Muslims never felt threatened because of a president’s foreign policy stance. LGBT folks never feared of losing their rights (which they were still vigorously fighting for, until Obama came around) because of a president’s remarks. This isn’t just a bad presidential decision. Trump’s a whole different mountain. Not only does he not know anything about economy (remember the four bankruptcies? Or was it six?), he doesn’t know a thing about diplomacy (his form of talking things out is him talking, badly about people. On twitter). So there’s a lot more at stake with someone like Trump having his little fingers over the nuclear power buttons.

And finally, you can’t say the protests are pointless. Think of all the progress this country has gone through - and hopefully it’ll be clear to see it wasn’t always peaceful and lawful. Change and progress is messy but always starts with thousands of people being unhappy. Protesting is the best it’s going to get.

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EAT, DRINK, AND BE SCARY CATRINA DYGERT Staff Reporter

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f you like to celebrate Halloween year-round, you won’t have to go farther than Little Five Points to get your next horror fix. With plenty of fake blood at the ready, Buried Alive Film Festival will keep you on the edge of your seat with five days of spooky shorts and creepy features.

The festival, which will span five days, has 36 full hours of programming, plus a special day dedicated to the festival’s first ever “Sinema Challenge.” The program schedule allows plenty of choices for horror connoisseurs, with several blocks of short films ranging from gory thrillers to supernatural horror and several feature lengths, including the world premiere of “The Night Watchman.”

“It’s a really fun, exciting movie,” Blake Myers, the festival director, said. “We’re really happy we’re the first place that’s showing that. We’re also showing bigger films that showed at South By Southwest, like ‘The Master Cleanse.’”

Buried Alive also has some one-of-a-kind surprises lined up for this year, including a presentation from a Satanist.

“Sunday at noon we’re having a film called, ‘Sympathy of the Devil: The True Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgement,’ which is a documentary about a Satanic cult and so the film is being presented by Fred from the Satanic Temple,” Myers said.

The documentary explains and debunks the conspiracy theories surrounding The Process Church of the Final Judgement, a cult that has been accused of influencing the killing of Bobby Kennedy and inspiring Charles Manson and Son of Sam, earning the group the title of “most dangerous cult in America,” according to Buried Alive’s website.

The festival will also be showing the 40-year anniversary, remastered version of Brian De Palma’s “Carrie,” complete with 1970s-style prom photoshoot and all. Fest goers can even come get their picture taken with Carrie. There will also be a zombie photoshoot for the Zombie Extravaganza.

Buried Alive is offering more than films. They’ve dipped into live entertainment, thanks to Blast Off Burlesque.

“Blast Off Burlesque are some old friends of ours,” Myers said. “They put on an amazing burlesque show, and we’re making sure they have all the fake blood they need.”

If the sight of blood doesn’t make you queasy,

there will be plenty of popcorn to snack on from the Box Office. The venue is also connected to Java Lords, a coffee shop and full bar so you can grab a drink and enjoy the festival.

Crowning the winners

Festival winners will be decided by a panel of three judges and announced at the end of the festival.

“We pick three judges to watch all of the programming,” Myers said. “One is a local filmmaker, Jay Holloway. One is an actor from ‘Too Many Cooks’, and we have a local blogger participating also. They watch all the movies and then we have them sit down and argue for like an hour or two over hamburgers and beers. Then they decide what is the best movie and we give out a handcrafted award by Lucas Godfrey, who is the festival founder. He sculpted a face being cut in half with a chainsaw that’s mounted to a plaque.”

The festival also has special awards for the best local films, according to Myers.

“For our best local film we give out the Golden Shovel, because you know we’re keeping up with our Buried Alive graveyard kind of thing. Our runnerup gets the Silver Spade and the third place gets the copper trowel.”

Myers said he and the festival crew have been “scouring the planet trying to find the best in new international cinema.”

The Sinema Challenge

You’ve probably heard of 48-hour film festivals, but Buried Alive is giving local filmmakers a bit of a break with their very own spooky escapade. The Sinema Challenge was designed to inspire local filmmakers to create breathtaking and terrifying horror films without the major time constraints.

"We were sitting around talking about how we all worked on the 48-hour film festival before,” Myers said.

“Those are fun but you always kill yourself in 48 hours and never really get anything that’s really great made. So we thought people would probably appreciate having a longer period of time to make something.”

The teams participating have 13 days (a number Myers said they chose because it’s “spooky”) to create a horror masterpiece in a specific genre. Myers explained how the selection process worked.

“They had to pick up one card of the genres we put together – all horror genres. Then they had to pick two cards from cards against humanity, and wow people pulled some really f-ed up cards.”

The teams began filming on Nov. 1 and wrapped post-production on Nov. 14. Judges will be screening the movies and selecting winners, which will be announced at the public screenings on Nov. 16.

7 Stages Theatre 1105 Euclid Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30307 Parking is available behind in the lot behind 7 Stages for a fee of $2-$7 for a full day depending on the day of the week.

Nov. 16: 8 - 9:30 p.m.

Nov. 17: 7 - 10:45 p.m.

Nov. 18: 6 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Nov. 19: Noon - 11:45 p.m.

Nov. 20: Noon - 9:45 p.m.

A full schedule breakdown can be found at buriedalivefilmfest.com/schedule/

Tickets are $12 per screening block or $10 with a valid student ID. The Festival is rated 17+, so no one under 17 will be allowed in. without a parent or guardian.

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Living Room

Buckhead Church provides a home for Atlanta college students

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Paul Taylor Smith performs at The Living Room in Buckhead Church. The Living Room is a community of college students that gather at Buckhead Church weekly.

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f home is where the heart is, it beats in the living room. It's the place where one can kick their feet up on the coffee table and leave the troubles of the world at the door.

Every Monday, Buckhead Church offers that haven to hundreds of Atlanta college students at their college ministry, The Living Room.

As part of Buckhead Church, The Living Room may operate at a much larger level currently, but the movement had humble beginnings. Twelve years ago, founder Brad Horton was just a man with an idea, and a passion for guiding college students. The Baylor University graduate envisioned a place where college kids from every kind of background could gather with one another and form a community.

“We want students from all walks of life to feel welcome and accepted at TLR,” Brad Horton, founder said. “Whether they have had good, bad or any church experiences in the past or whether they know what they believe about Jesus yet- The Living Room is an environment where students are invited to come as they are.”

At first, that community was a nomadic band of students, meeting in Georgia Tech’s student center for almost two years. Then, in 2007, The Living Room relocated to the Bilmore Hotel. Finally, in January of 2009, Buckhead Church adopted The Living Room as their resident college ministry.

Dozens of students have taken up that invitation, whether they attend the Monday night services or are a part of the hundreds who participate in The Living Room’s affiliate small groups.

Buckhead Church purposely aims to be a place where any and everyone can feel welcomed, regardless of denomination or beliefs. The Living Room itself was founded on the same groundwork and has a similar mission, which is to be a haven for the hurt and a shelter for the lost.

“Our mission is important because college is a season for many in which they are trying to figure out what they believe about themselves and the world around them,” Horton said. “I want college students to know God loves them and that a growing relationship with Jesus can bring healing and purpose to their lives.”

Georgia State and The Living Room: A budding relationship The Living Room may have been initially affiliated with Georgia Tech, but they are no stranger to Georgia State, according to Horton.

They have made their presence widely known on Georgia State’s Atlanta campus, whether it be by the telephone poles swathed in their signature black

fliers or the Georgia State students advertising the ministry.

The ministry is looking to plant strong roots at Georgia State, and is looking to adopt more Panthers into their family. Some Georgia State students have even taken up the mantle to be campus ambassadors. Among them, is senior India Kelly, who fell in love with The Living Room and loves to spread the word about it.

“I think The Living Room stands for a cool and unique place for college students to connect and come closer to Christ, and [a chance] to meet new people all over Atlanta,” Kelly said. “Atlanta is a cool and unique place, so The Living Room has to be too.”

Just as The Living Room has shown up for Georgia State, and in turn, Georgia State has reciprocated.

The two full size, commercial charter busses parked outside of the Commons have become a Monday night staple. The mysterious, simple fliers offering free dinner and fellowship have piqued several students’ interests. And each week, the busses have grown until they have found themselves at full capacity on many occasions, with more and more students curious about the growing phenomenon.

“I love attending The Living Room each week,” transfer sophomore Elizabeth Amosu said. “When I first got here, I didn’t even know what it was but I just decided to go one day, and I’ve been going ever since.”

The Living Room is anything but typical No two Monday nights at The Living Room are the same.

Down to the meals, The Living Room aims to provide a different experience to attendees every week. The dinners differ from lasagna to fajitas, and the topics range from escaping one’s own personal demons to self-love. New speakers and musicians grace the stage each week, and every genre from Christian indie to rap have been featured.

On Nov. 7, singer Paul Taylor Swift took to the stage, crooning to the crowd that “it’s OK you can come and rest.” Young pastor Miles Fidell hailed from Auburn Community Church, and had the audience hollering with laughter as he described his teenage “Malibu’s Most Wanted” stage. His message, entitled “Give & Take,” mentioned everything from the Ruff Ryderz to Jesus, but ultimately ended on a note of empowerment for students, urging them to “give up the victim [mentality], and take up victory.”

As dozens of college students filed out, of all different creeds, colors and backgrounds, it was clear that The Living Room has lived up to its name.

For hundreds of students around Atlanta, they’ve found a home.

PLUG IN AT

THE LIVING ROOM • Throughout the week, small groups meet up to give students a chance to connect on a more intimate level • Small groups are conducted by semester • Fall registration is currently closed, but spring registrations opens soon!

• Contact Groups Director Beth Romanoski via email for further questions. beth.roamanoski@buckheadchurch.org

Located at the intersection of Tower Place Drive and Lenox Road.

3336 Peachtree Road NE. Services only last an hour and the times are at 9 a.m. , 11 a.m. , 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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Ideas for getting the dopest graduation pictures walking traffic.

Be prepared for any and all weather conditions. You’ll want to check the weather forecast far before planning the date, to eliminate possible weather inconveniences such as rain, overcast or wind.

Take a friend. Having an extra pair of hands is very helpful.

Before selecting a location, do a quick site survey to pick out some potential places where you would like take photos.

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raduation is a time to celebrate new beginnings.

If you’re running around preparing for fall commencement, check graduation photos off the list, with a DIY for scoring the best grad pictures.

With nearly a month left, get inspiration for locations, props and tips to capturing the right images that will commemorate your college success. The great thing about graduation photos is that they capture more than just an image. With a little creativity, a few props and the right location, photos can be tailored to match personality.

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Explore the city, there are plenty of places with potential for a photoshoot. If you need ideas, here are a few popular parks that have lots of space and photo potential.

When getting ready for senior pictures make sure you have a general theme or idea. Pinterest, an online creative catalog, is a good place to look when forming a concept. Getting photo ideas is helpful, because it gives the photographer a visualization of how you want the photos to look.

Decide on whether you want to take pictures indoor or outside.

Once you’ve found a photographer, establish a time, date and place for the photoshoot.

If you’re going to be outdoors, meeting early in the mornings gives the photographer options for playing with natural lighting.

If you don’t want random people photobombing your shoot, try to find a location that is away from general

• Piedmont park

As colorful and earthy fall leaves canvas the ground, this location has everything you need for fall-themed photos.

Located In the Heart of a Atlanta, is one of the largest outdoor green space. Piedmont Park, is big enough for finding the right photo setup with natural lighting. The park has multiple trails, ponds, bridges and trees for an outdoor photoshoot.

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Decorate your graduation cap. An increasing trend among college students is putting a theme on their graduation cap. Check out pinterest for creative ideas.

• Smoky Clouds

Take the art of photography, add props and recreate a photo-bombing effect using smoke clouds. This concept will make a smoky esthetic for dramatic photos.

Using a smoke bomb is an artist way of capturing an awesome photo that you’ll never forget. You can add smoke clouds to any photo shoot theme. Pre-made smoke bombs can be purchased online at e-commerce stores like Amazon.

Smoke bombs are sold in many vibrant colors and they can be combined to make a rainbow of colorful smoke. Just make sure that the location of your photos approves the idea.

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Unmeasurable loveliness of 'Moonlight'

Barry Jenkins explores the wonders of life with delicacy and endless beauty ALEX GRAHAM Staff Reviewer

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was nervous to sit down to this review. The wonders of “Moonlight” are so many, so varied and each one so integral to the whole that even now as I type, due to limited word count, I fear choosing what to explore and what to leave alone.

Understand now: I use a broad stroke out of necessity. There’s so much more to explore.

“Moonlight” is the second film of Barry Jenkins, previously lauded for his ultra-low budget film “Medicine for Melancholy.” It is based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney.

We follow three chapters in the life of Chiron, an African American boy from Miami. First he is a young

boy dubbed “Little” (Alex Hibbert) because he’s scrawny and meek, chased by cruel bigger boys into the path of Juan (Mahershala Ali, in an awe-inspiring performance, too brief) a kind drug dealer who steps up as his father figure.

Then he is Chiron, a teen, still thin, still an outcast at school, questioning his sexuality. His mother Paula (Naomie Harris) has become a non-functioning drug addict and his relationship with friend Kevin (Jharrel Jerome) transforms in one lovely, quiet, moonlit night on the beach. But tragedy strikes when a fight at school sends Chiron to prison.

Ten years later, Chiron is back (Trevante Rhodes), dealing drugs in Atlanta, silent and buff with gold fronts and chains. Kevin (Andre Holland) re-enters his life after a decade of silence.

That’s it. Simple, life-affirming,

true right through to the marrow, incandescently romantic (I sobbed basically the whole movie, nbd.)

Jenkins has an incredible capacity for empathy. Every character feels real and true, never “written,” never “acted.” Chiron is a person, nothing more and nothing less. He is not a stand-in for a generalized black story, he does not represent a particular LGBTQ struggle. He has his own struggles and meets them in his own way. It is part of the heart wrenching beauty of “Moonlight.”

There is momentum and agency in allowing a black character to simply be a person, without belaboring him with titles and comparisons. We would dehumanize him to make him into something larger, to make him a Poster Boy. “Moonlight” is full of romance.

Forget the gritty “real-life ghetto” movies we’ve all seen about being black in America. Chiron’s life

contains drugs, guns and poverty, but there is no grey-scale handheld designed to reflect all the bad feels that come with them. The film cascades, gliding through different shades of blue, the frames decadently lush and colorful. When Chiron walks into Kevin’s restaurant in the last chapter, a bell rings and music swirls, a moment reminiscent of love stories and fairy tales. There is hope and beauty in Chiron’s life that emerges even when things are at their lowest.

All this adds up to pure, unfettered humanity. “Realism” has nothing on this — blurry images in browns and greys don’t add up to a “real” movie. “Moonlight's" combination of singularly-focused empathy and dreamy, saturated imagery proves this. Chiron’s reality is laid bare for us as he uncovers himself, finds himself through misfortune and moments of glorious affirmation.

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Trevor Hall is a voice for the silence INGA MASIC

Arts&Living Editor

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hen referring to the fight for human love and mixing this movement with the sweet, soothing sounds of reggae, the legendary artists that come to mind are generally Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley and even Lauryn Hill. However, a newer artist has come forth to speak his mind about the current troubles in society through music, Trevor Hall.

Many gathered at Center Stage in Atlanta on Nov. 3, and it was the most laid-back scene one could be surrounded with. Not only were these Hall lovers giving off a peace and love vibe, they were legitimately vocalizing that desire during the concert. And Trevor Hall, along with his opener Dustin Thomas, were there to speak out alongside of them.

One of the current top controversies occurring in the

country is the affects that the South Dakota Access pipeline would have on the Native American reservations residing on the path of its established route, especially Standing Rock reservation. The implanting of the pipeline would also run the risk of contaminating the water of the reservations being that it would run through the Missouri River.

Trevor Hall took it upon himself to bring this matter up at his concert and to get his fans to think about the negative effects this pipeline would have on Native Americans and the environment. Hall wrote a song specifically for this cause titled, “Standing Rock.” The lyrics of the song portray exactly how he feels and represents his personal fight for those who aren’t being heard.

Some of the lyrics include, “To the east and west, to the north and south.

Warrior Warrior. Suits are moving in just to get their dollar. Treaties being broken no respect or honor. Listen close my friend, this is happening.

If you are a rock, stand up like a mountain. Rise up from the earth.

One Love One Message. I know that we are strong in spirit. And if you are the righteous, hear it.”

The crowd sang along with his impactful words and swayed with the beat. Some put their fists in the air the whole time, while closing their eyes trying to soak up every meaning.

It was an out-of-body experience to be able to witness such love, hope and pain being spread across the sea of people.

Hall and Thomas have written several songs to aid the fight for the people, especially the minorities of this country. Thomas has written songs fighting against police brutality, for racial equality and human equality. Some songs include, “Break These Chains,” “Marching Chains,” “Be Love” and “Awake, Rise, Shine.”

This whole show was revolutionary, it was eye-opening to see people join together and revel in the fight for equality and love. Trevor Hall has

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Artist Trevor Hall performs at Center Stage, Nov. 3.

always pushed for the acceptance of all people, and when hearing his music in your room you can feel the simplified version of that. However, when having the honor of seeing him preach that philosophy live, your

body and everyone else’s in the room connects together. You will become one. It turned the already classically exciting concert experience into a glimpse at what the world has the potential to be...unified.

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They will be handing out free ice cream and discussing their methods for running a sensible business.

This event is free to the community and is a World Geography Quiz Competition. It will be conducted by the faculty of Geography and hosted by Newton International Advisory Council.

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SPORTS CALENDAR *CONFERENCE GAME

VOLLEYBALL Friday, Nov. 18 GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

Glenn Smith Football Glenn Smith had 123 receiving yards and 8 rushing yards to go along with a touchdown against the UL Monroe Warhawks. His longest reception on the day was 78 yards out of his four catches. He is currently the team’s fourth-leading rusher with 111 yards and the thirdleading receiver with 463 yards. Last season, Smith was the Panthers leading rusher with 356 yards. In the classroom, Smith was on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2015 as a marketing major.

at GSU Sports Arena 7 p.m.

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Saturday, Nov. 19 Day 2

Sunday, Nov. 20 UNCW at GSU Sports Arena 2 p.m.

at Arlington Texas TBA

MEN'S BASKETBALL Friday, Nov. 18 Purdue at West Lafayette, Indiana 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Wednesday, Nov. 16 Allen University

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Washington State vs. Colorado

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Miami vs. NC State LSU vs. Florida

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FOOTBALL Georgia Southern*

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VOLLEYBALL EAST DIVISION

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Troy 5-0 | Overall: 8-1

Georgia State 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Georgia Southern 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Coastal Carolina 15-1 | Overall: 24-4

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Arkansas State 5-0 | Overall: 5-4

South Alabama 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Little Rock 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

South Alabama 7-9 | Overall: 16-13

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Appalachian State 5-1 | Overall: 7-3

Texas State 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

UL Lafayette 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Georgia Southern 7-9 | Overall: 15-17

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Idaho 4-2 | Overall: 6-4

Troy 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

UL Monroe 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Georgia State 6-10 | Overall: 10-17

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UL Lafayette 3-3 | Overall: 4-5

UL Monroe 0-0 | Overall: 1-0

Appalachian State 0-0 | Overall: 1-1

Troy 3-12 | Overall: 9-23

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Georgia Southern 3-3 | Overall: 4-6

Appalachian State 0-0 | Overall: 0-0

Georgia State 0-0 | Overall: 1-1

Appalachian State 2-13 | Overall: 4-24

UL Monroe 2-3 | Overall: 3-6

Arkansas State 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Arkansas State 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Arkansas State 15-1 | Overall: 23-7

Georgia State 1-4 | Overall: 2-7

Coastal Carolina 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Coastal Carolina 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Texas State 13-3 | Overall: 20-11

New Mexico State 1-4 | Overall: 2-7

Georgia Southern 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

South Alabama 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

UT Arlington 10-6 | Overall: 14615

South Alabama 1-5 | Overall: 4-5

Idaho 0-0 | Overall: 0-0

Texas State 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Little Rock 8-8 | Overall: 12-17

Texas State 0-5 | Overall: 2-7

UL Lafayette 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

Troy 0-0 | Overall: 0-1

UL Lafayette 6-10 | Overall: 10-21

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Georgia State will take on rivals Georgia Southern Nov. 19.

for 'That team down south' WOODY BASS Staff Reporter

Dear "That team down south", Welcome back to Atlanta. As you mosey up I-16 and head to the Georgia Dome this Saturday, I want to issue you a little warning. Don’t come over confident.

We know how you love to boast about your past.

Yes. You have won a few National Championships – in a lower division playing against - some - mediocre teams.

Yes. You beat an SEC team on their sacred turf a few years ago without even completing a single pass. A terrible Florida Gators team that finished the season 4-8.

Yes. In the first ever meeting between the Eagles and Panthers, you trotted into Atlanta and handed us a pretty good 69-31 beat down. Then sophomore Matt Breida had a career 201 yard four touchdown day. Your entire passing game only produced 47 yards, but why pass when running game would go on to burn our defense for 613 yards? You had a lot to be proud of today.

“Offensively, we made a new FBS rushing all-time school record; we are excited about it,” your then head coach, Willie Fritz said and then darted for a better opportunity a few years later. “Our receivers, offensive line and backs did real well. We ran triple option. When we run triple option, there are many possibilities of turnovers. We had no turnovers today.”

Oh and your little “white out” of the stadium was really cute too.

As for the Panthers performance, well our passing game did

light your defense up for over 400 yards. Nick Arbuckle would connect with Donovan Harden for four touchdowns alone. Our ground game would finish with 47 total yards. As many as your passing game could muster.

Nonetheless, you left with a big win. Congrats on winning game one.

Since you love to live in the past, let’s take a look at a year ago shall we? You remember that game right?

What you may or may not have realized was, this was not the same team you ran into the season before. Georgia State had just completed a three game winning streak defeating Texas State, South Alabama and Troy. We had already had our best season in program history improving to 5-6 last season and made our first trip into Statesboro with a hell of a lot of confidence and momentum.

They carried that momentum and took it right up and down Paulson Stadium putting almost another 400 yards in the air.

Before it was over your secondary was probably pretty sick of seeing then freshman wide receiver and eventual Sun Belt Freshman of the year laid 129 of those yards alone. Oh, that running game that is sometimes non-existent? Yea… it finished with more yards on less attempts than your one dimensional triple option offense you’re so fond of. Glenn Smith would tote the rock for 83 total yards. Twenty more yards than your best rusher that day.

Speaking of lack of production. The Panther defense was much improved last season. How improved? The Eagles were averaging 37 points per game. You scored 7 at home after L.A. Ramsby punched in a 1 yard run in the second quarter. Your offense was completely shut out the entire second half. Your offense would average 376 yards per game. Then it met the brick wall and was held to 135 total yards. That would also be the fewest yards on the ground your offense would be held too all season.

"I can't say enough about our young men and what they've

accomplished," head coach Trent Miles said as he beamed with pride after the win. "Our kids came in here believing they could win, and they just finished off four in a row. We talked last night that we weren't ready for this to end; we're all having too much fun.”

By the way, thank you, because that win helped us add onto a record setting season with a trip to the team’s first ever trip to a bowl game.

Enough of the past. Let’s talk about 2016 and the game ahead of us.

So far this season, the Eagles are 3-3 in Sun Belt play with wins against South Alabama, Louisiana-Monroe, and New Mexico State. Your running game has taken a step back only averaging about 223 yards per game, but appears you found somewhat of a passing game averaging 221 yards. The Eagles are scoring an average of 26.7 points per game this season. One more thing about our defense – they have only allowed 9 touchdowns in the first half of the first 10 games of the season.

I know, our offense is struggling and has unfortunately been riddled with an injury here and there. Still, this season they are averaging about 19.7 points and about 325 yards of offense per game. The Panthers are 1-5 versus Sun Belt opponents with our lone conference win at home against Texas State. This offense will be facing your defense that is allowing 26.4 points and 402 yards of offense.

This rivalry between our teams has the makings of being as special as some of the great ones like Florida-Georgia, AlabamaAuburn and Michigan-Ohio State. The fan bases are what makes a good rivalry special and our fan bases have certainly traded their fair share of university pride over the last few years.

But again, as a reminder, this is 2016. This series is tied 1-1. We Panthers look forward to having you in the Georgia Dome this Saturday at 2 p.m.

Sincerly, #StateNOTSouthern

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31 Georgia State | 21 Georgia Southern

Get your popcorn ready.

RASHAD MILLIGAN After giving Georgia Southern the team’s worst home lost in program history, the Eagles will be fired up for this one.

Georgia State has every reason to lose this game. With injuries to key players and the team’s first week without Trent Miles, the public has to still understand that Georgia Southern has underachieved too and the team isn’t as good as they once were. At 4-6, the vulnerable Eagles will enter what should be the most attended home game for Georgia State this season with the emotions of a rivalry added as well.

24 Georgia State | 21 Georgia Southern

The Georgia State/Georgia D’MITRI CHIN Southern rivalry is presumably the most intense in the Sun Belt Conference with the Eagles’ high-powered run game and the Panthers’ defense continuously causing havoc for opposing offenses.

The Eagles have proven that they can run the ball physically and efficiently. Coming into this game, they rank first in rushing the ball in the sun belt conference and third in scoring offenses. However, Georgia State is ranked fourth in total defense in the sun belt conference. It is also worth noting that their defense also has a knack for scoring off turnovers with a total of five defensive touchdowns. If the Panthers' defense can keep the Eagles’ running backs in check, they have a great chance to prove that it is state not southern.

21 Georgia State | 24 Georgia Southern

10 Georgia State | 30 Georgia Southern

The Panthers gave Georgia DEVONE SLAPPY Southern their worst home loss in school history last season with a 34-7 and became bowl eligible for the first time in school history. The Panthers had to win that game to finally get to a bowl game and used that chip on their shoulder to their advantage.

This season Georgia Southern has that chip on their shoulder after being left with such a sour taste last season. Plus the Panthers are 2-7 on the year with an offense that is averaging less than 20 points a game and a defense that gives up 203 rushing yards per game.

My first prediction: WOODY BASS Fans from "That Team Down South" will probably pull another “white out” type stunt and outnumber Georgia State fans and alumni 5-1. Which means our students and alumni will put another black eye on the university because they have no pride in their school.

My next prediction: “That Team Down South” hasn’t had much to write home about this year and if the Panthers were having a better season I would give them a shot at another victory again this year. The defense will keep things interested early, but the Eagles will leave with a 1 game lead in the series.

21 Georgia State | 20 Georgia Southern

13 Georgia State | 31 Georgia Southern

Well at this point with the chances CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN of making a bowl game all but vaporised the team doesn't have much to play for except pride. I guess you could say recruiting or momentum if you are into those types of things. Since it's a rivalry game as cliche as it sounds you can throw away the record books(no seriously they aren't very good) and expect a slugfest. Georgia State's defense is still riding hot, and it should continue that play against Georgia Southern its bitter rival. So because it's a rivalry game, and both teams are having down years expect one of the best games in the series history because why not?

Georgia State vs.

Georgia Southern Nov. 19 at Georgia Dome

We all remember what happened TOBI ADEYEMI last season. Our Panthers went down to Statesboro, and thoroughly dominated the home team 34-7, which would not only make us bowl eligible but also give Georgia State their first win over Southern in school history.

Unfortunately, this isn't last season.

We’re not riding a four game win streak this time, we don’t have the best quarterback in the Sun Belt anymore. We currently don’t even have a head coach anymore. Mix that in with the Panther’s multitude of injuries and Southern’s hope for revenge, and it all adds up to one thing. It’s our turn to get embarrassed on our home field.

Don’t worry though, there is a bright side; the Panther’s have just one more game and then we can finally close the book on this awful season.

QA &

Robert George

The George-Anne sports writer

How has the team adjusted to the new coaching staff?

George: I think the players have adjusted fine. This is GS’s

third head coach in the past four seasons, so this senior class is used to a lot of turnover.

How did the student population react to the news of no longer being able to use "GSU" in second reference to the school?

George: Honestly, I think most of them thought it was kind

of stupid. Obviously, it sucks that we can’t have a battle for “The Real GSU” anymore. So it is kind more of an annoyance for students than anything else.

What are the team's goals now at this point of the season?

George: At a 4-6 record and with just two games left, a bowl

game is what GS is shooting for. That will be a tall task at this point, with a Senior Day matchup against Troy in the final game of the season looming. A loss against the Panthers this weekend would all but end GS’s season.

What do the Eagles have to do to defeat the Panthers?

George: They’ll have to get some kind of running game going if they want to win. The Eagles mustered just 52 rushing yards last Thursday on Homecoming against UL Lafayette. A lot has been made about the lack of a consistent ground attack, but a revengegame against their rivals could be a spark that the team needs.

How many Eagles fans do you think will make the trip to Atlanta to watch the game?

George: GS will probably bring more fans than Georgia State. The majority of GS’s alumni base is in Atlanta, and most students live in the metro area as well. With the game falling on the weekend before Thanksgiving break, a lot of students will be going home anyways. Fans nicknamed the Dome “Paulson North” in 2014, and I think a lot of GS fans will show up again this season. st ain g a . p ca line e e r on m ern a r g th ou Sou t u ia k o org c e e Ch G

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Close, but no cigar Panthers come up short of winning the Sun Belt TOBI ADEYEMI Staff Reporter

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Sophomore guard Madison Newby drives against her teammate Jaylyn Harrison during a scrimmage.

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Get to know the sophomore point guard CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN Staff Reporter

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ast season Freshman point guard Madison Newby took a lot of people by storm with her tremendous freshman campaign. Newby attended Archer High School where she was the Player of the Year for her region. Newby also set the the record for career assists in Gwinnett County, so it is easy to see why she was able to lead the Sun Belt Conference in assists her freshman year. On the flip side, Newby also lead the conference in turnovers.

Last season, Newby averaged a cool 8.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game. Although her numbers weren’t gaudy, the impact that she was able to provide is undeniable. Newby also led the Sun Belt Conference in assists with 145 (not including postseason). This season as the reigning Freshman of the Year, and one of the vocal leaders of this team more will be expected of her. She will be attempting to lead the Panthers to their first Sun Belt conference championship in school history.

As tall of a task as it seems, Newby is up to the challenge and can get it done with her outstanding leadership.

Last season, what was your “oh wow”, I’m playing college basketball moment?

Newby: I think we were playing Arkansas Little-Rock. It was the best competition that we’ve ever played so there was a lot of pressure on me and it was like, ‘oh wow this is college basketball, It’s not like high school I have to handle the ball more, handle pressure and lead my team.’

You won Freshman of the year last season, can you talk about that?

How did it make you feel and how do you build off of that going into this season?

Newby: Winning the Freshman of the Year was a shock. My team motivated me they pushed me to be the best that I could be, this year I guess I just try harder, play better, make plays and what I can do for my team to help them develop as players teammates and people

You lead the conference in assists last season what do you think contributed to that?

Newby: Yeah I lead the conference in assists, but I hope this year to not only lead in assists, but cut my turnovers down because I also lead the league in turnovers, so I just want to do better with sharing the ball with my teammates but also not turning it over and causing losses.

What do you think the reason behind the turnovers was?

Newby: I think that it was pressure, being a freshman, handling the ball as a freshman, my first year in college so it lead to a lot of turnovers to my teammates that weren't really open.

What did you work on this offseason to improve your game?

Newby: I worked on my jump shot, a lot of teams they played me off, they played in the lane so that I can't drive, so I had to develop a jump shot so that I could free up my teammates and get open so they could get open.

Do you have a favorite artist or rapper?

Newby: I don't really listen to music that much.

Do you have a favorite celebrity or athlete Newby: Celebrity no, but my favorite athlete is Georgia State’s No. 88 Ari Werts.

Do you have a favorite social media site?

Newby: I like Twitter.

What is your favorite thing about twitter?

Newby: My favorite thing about Twitter is if I get into a fight with my boyfriend, I can just go on Twitter, find the perfect tweet, retweet it and he’ll know exactly what I’m talking about, he’ll know that he’s in trouble!

Do you have a favorite movie?

Newby: Every women’s basketball players favorite movie has to be Love & Basketball.

t just wasn’t meant to be, at least not this year.

The Men’s Soccer team fell 1-0 to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the Sun Belt Conference Championship. It was a tightly contested match the whole way through, with a goal not coming until nearly the 70th minute. Coastal Carolina’s Jair Espinoza was able to slip past the defense and buried the game winner in the bottom corner.

The Panthers were stunned but didn’t lose hope. They became more aggressive trying to score that elusive equalizer, but sadly none of their chances was able to find the back of the net.

For the second year in a row, the Panthers fell short in the championship match, but that didn’t make the loss any easier.

“Obviously we’re disappointed, but I couldn’t be happier with our player’s, regarding their efforts,” Coach Surrency said after the match.

“I’m so proud of our guys, not only today but for the whole year.”

Along with scoring the championship winner, which in turn brought the Sun Belt Championship, Espinoza was also named to the Sun Belt AllTournament Team and won Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

“Honestly all of this is a great feeling, but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” said Espinoza. “They allowed me to enter a 0-0 game, it’s all for them, all because of them.”

Georgia State might not have won the championship, but they didn’t leave empty handed. Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, Hannes Burmeister, along with Kwaku Adu and Liam Fitzsimmons were all named to the All-Tournament Team.

Tell me something interesting about yourself that nobody knows.

Newby: I have four siblings. I have three sisters and a brother.

Do you have a message for the fans, something to look forward this season?

Newby: Look forward to us winning more games, us being competitive, come support your Georgia State Women's basketball team!

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Former Coach Trent Miles finished his Georgia State tenure with a 9-38 record.

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rent Miles was relieved of his position as head coach of the Georgia State football program Nov. 13.

Miles was informed of the situation Nov. 12, according to sources close to the situation, and he will not coach the final two games of the season.

“These decisions are never easy to make,” Athletic Director Charlie Cobb said in a university press release. “Coach Miles is a first class guy, who has run a first class program who has always been a true professional and great leader for our program, but we felt the time was right to make a change. We will begin a national search for our next head coach immediately.”

Cobb announced that Wide Receivers Coach Tim Lappano will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2016 season.

Miles will be offered approximately $300,000 as a buyout, according to USA TODAY. Miles was named head coach at Georgia State replacing Bill Curry who retired following the 2012 season. He was named 2015 Sun Belt Coach of the Year after he guided the team to a 6-6 record, which earned the team a trip to the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Florida. “@CoachTMilesGSU Ill forever be grateful for the second chance you gave me playing ball, we let you down plain and

simple, love you coach!!, ” quarterback Conner Manning said on Twitter.

Echoes of fans calling for Miles’ job started immediately following the loss to Charlotte a season ago.

“Time for you to go Coach,” a fan chanted repeatedly as Miles exited into the tunnel of the Georgia Dome following the 37-23 loss to UL-Monroe on Nov. 12.

Such chants are not unfamiliar territory for Miles or any coach whose team underperforms to excessively high fan expectations in a fast food society.

“Dumb move by GSU. Thank you @ CoachTMilesGSU for being a players coach!

Thanks for giving me a second chance at this college football thing,” linebacker Kaleb Ringer said on Twitter.

Miles previously coached his alma mater, Indiana State, turning the program around in a similar fashion from zero wins in 2008 to a 7-4 record.

The Panthers fed the beast and expectations were at an all-time high heading into the 2016 season including a return trip to a bowl game and setting their sights on the university's first ever Sun Belt Championship.

Those lofty hopes were derailed after a 2-8 start that included a brutal series of road games that included trips to Air Force, Wisconsin and Appalachian State early in the season and a series of key injuries throughout the year.

Georgia State faces Georgia Southern at the Georgia Dome on Nov. 19 and their final game of the season against the Idaho Vandals on Dec. 3.

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Miles' Career

Miles has worked a career in football spanning more than 20 years.

1991 - Northern Illinois (Wide Receivers Coach) 1994 - Northern Illinois (Defensive Backs Coach) 1995 - Hawai’i (Wide Receivers Coach) 1996 - Hawai’i (Defensive Backs Coach) 1997 - Fresno State (Wide Receivers Coach) 2000 - Green Bay Packers (Wide Receivers Coach) 2001 - Notre Dame (Wide Receivers Coach) 2005 - Notre Dame (Running Backs Coach) 2008 - Indiana State hires Miles as head coach 2013 - Georgia State hires Miles as head coach 2014 - Panthers earn first FBS win under Miles 2015 - Miles named 2015 Sun Belt Coach of the Year

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