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Chapter Dismissed A look at the past, present and possible future of the scholarship

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Arts & Living 9

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. suspended for one year

News | 4

Unisex Restrooms Why you should welcome them on campus

Opinions |6

Street Artist Sean Curtis builds his brand on the streets of Atlanta

A&L | 10-11

Georgia State vs.

Alabama Breaking down the Crimson Tide in preparation for Saturday’s game

Sports | 16 Sports 16

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NEWS

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013

Georgia State student media welcomed over 150 students and several highly acclaimed media professionals to the second annual Modern Media Conference.

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NEWS

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Students worry about more HOPE cuts

Less HOPE over the years The HOPE Scholarship Program has been modified several times since 1993 with major ramifications for its recipients.

Here is a brief timeline of the program over the years:

1993

74 percent

The lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship Program is established under Gov. Zell Miller.

of Georgia State students rely on the HOPE Scholarship

1994 another 56 percent receive the federal Pell Grant

JEWEL WICKER Staff Reporter

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wenty years after the HOPE Scholarship was created, students and faculty believe more requirement and coverage changes are imminent.

The HOPE program has slowly cut funding and raised requirements since Gov. Zell Miller created the lottery-funded program in 1993.

Many students believe the cuts are only going to continue. But as HOPE covers less tuition, the amount of students at Georgia State continues to increase.

Dr. David Sjoquist, an economics professor at Georgia State, said recent increases in student enrollment means the program will more than likely continue to make adjustments to its requirements and coverage in the next few years.

“Lottery funding is unlikely to keep up with the full or partial scholarships due to the increase in enrollment or the raise in tuition,” Sjoquist said.

The most significant changes began in 2011, when Gov. Nathan Deal raised the grade point average requirements for the scholarship so that only students with a 3.7 GPA would have 100 percent of their tuition covered.

HOPE covers 90 percent of tuition for students with at least a 3.0 GPA. This means many of the students that previously qualified for full coverage may go into debt in order to pay the remainder of their tuition.

According to The Atlantic, 60 percent of Georgia State students are non-white, and many students come from low-income families.

Georgia State’s diverse background means without HOPE, many of the enrolled students will not be able to afford college.

Students who once qualified for the scholarship could lose it if their GPAs fall below a 3.0 and may have to take out loans or rely on grants to pay for their tuition.

Jordan Young, a broadcast journalism major, said she lost HOPE her freshman year before gaining it back at the end of her sophomore year.

Young said that without HOPE, she had to take out two loans and use her Pell Grant money to pay for her tuition and housing fees.

“Even with the loans and my Pell Grant, my dad still had to pay about $700 outof-pocket. I still feel really bad about it,” Young said.

Young said now that she has HOPE again she only has to pay for her books.

Still, she said the cuts to the scholarship are disappointing.

“I just think the sudden requirement changes are a lot considering most people do their best to maintain their grades and a lot of people aren’t eligible for loans and grants,” Young said.

As of 2011, HOPE no longer covers mandatory fees or gives recipients a $100 book allowance. The average student at Georgia State spends $1,121 a semester on mandatory fees.

Alyssa Webb, a middle-level education major, pays for colleges with loans after losing HOPE her freshman year.

Webb said she doesn’t think it is fair that the mandatory fees are no longer covered under the program.

“If I don’t pay my mandatory fees, my classes get dropped, so I don’t understand why it’s not covered,” Webb said. “They keep raising the requirements for full coverage and I don’t think it’s fair. It’s just adding more pressure to students. It’s really shining a light on rising tuition costs, too.”

This year, the university welcomed 6,567 new students, the largest freshman class in school history, accepting 85 percent of students that applied. This is a significant increase considering the university only accepted 51 percent of its applicants in 2012.

Since 1993, the HOPE Scholarship has provided 1.4 million scholarships to Georgia students, totaling $14.3 billion.

The merit-based program was created

to give Georgia’s best students an incentive to stay in the state and help students who couldn’t otherwise afford post-secondary education attend a local college or university.

Dr. Sjoquist said that two years after its inception, the program alleviated the $100,000 family income gap.

“Following the alleviation of the income gap, HOPE has become a source of middleclass entitlement,” Sjoquist said.

According to The Atlantic, 74 percent of the 32,000 students enrolled at Georgia State depend on HOPE and 56 percent receive a Pell Grant, a grant provided by the federal government to low-income undergraduate students. Unlike loans, the grant doesn’t have to be repaid.

Georgia State tries to work with student that have lost their scholarship in an effort to keep them enrolled.

The “Keep HOPE Alive” scholarship provides funding to students working to regain HOPE by the next re-entry checkpoint.

Students who participate in “Keep HOPE Alive” are awarded $1,000 in scholarship money via Panther Cash at the end of the academic year.

As the number of students entering college increases, many students believe the HOPE scholarship will continue to decrease funding and alter requirements.

This could mean many of the students on diverse campuses like Georgia State’s will lose some or all of their coverage.

Dr. Sjoquist wrote a paper called “The Effects of HOPE on Post-Schooling Retention in the Georgia Workforce,” which states that many students who stay in college to receive HOPE end up leaving after they graduate.

Dr. Sjoquist says receiving HOPE does not remove the desire to live elsewhere after college for most students so the reduction in post-schooling retention is due to students who would have gone out of state to college without HOPE, leaving after they graduate.

HOPE expands to cover tuition for four years rather than two. The program adds a $100 book allowance and coverage of mandatory fees.

1995

The $100,000 family income gap is abolished, making more students eligible for the scholarship.

1996

Starting with the class of 2000, students must earn a B average in the core curriculum classes to receive the scholarship.

1997

The program expands to include nontraditional students who meet the scholarship requirements after their freshman or sophomore year.

2000

The HOPE Scholarship reaches a milestone, awarding 500,000 scholarships, totaling $1 billion.

2011

Significant changes to HOPE requirements are made.

HOPE Lite now covers about 90 percent of tuition rates for students with a 3.0 GPA, while the Zell Miller Scholarship covers 100 percent of tuition for students with at least a 3.7 GPA. The book allowance and mandatory fee coverage are abolished. Additionally, the funding is now based on available lottery revenue, not the cost of tuition.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013

Greek life

Zeta Phi Beta suspended one year for hazing JESUS DIAZ News Editor

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eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was suspended on Sept. 11 after the Student Judicial Board found the sorority responsible for violations of the Student Code of Conduct.

Zeta Phi Beta was found guilty of “verbally threatening” and “physically abusing” a pledge member who, according to records received by GSTV’s Panther Report, was punched, hit and called insulting names like “bitch” and “stupid.”

In evidence used against the sorority, the Student Judicial Board said the pledge was also told to drink “Zeta Juice,” was not allowed to sleep for two days and was forced to change clothes in front of other pledge members.

In a Student Judicial Board hearing on Aug. 30, the Student Judicial Board found six suspected members of the sorority responsible for four out of five Student Code of Conduct violations, including “engaging in, supporting or sponsoring hazing.”

Following the decision, the university suspended the Lambda Nu chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, Inc. for two semesters. It is not known whether any of the six members involved in the hazing will face criminal charges.

Attempts to contact all 13 members of Zeta Phi Beta by The Signal have been unsuccessful, as well as emails to President Neesha McRae and organization adviser Tonya Cook.

According to Georgia State Police, criminal charges in hazing cases usually stem from somebody getting

CANDRA UMUNNA| THE SIGNAL Traces of old decorations can still be seen months after the Zeta Phi Beta bulletin board had be cleared off. hurt.

“If somebody gets hurt or hospitalized or sustains some type of injury there will be an investigation,” Sgt. Sharon Ware of Georgia State Police said.

While on suspension, the Lambda Nu chapter of Zeta Phi Beta will lose access to all school resources, including their meeting room in the University Center and the right to recruit incoming students.

Zeta Phi Beta won the Georgia State Greek award for Excellence in Campus Involvement for 2009 and Greek Collaboration in 2012.

That year, the chapter was recognized by the Five Star Chapter Excellence program and held the best cumulative grade point average in their class.

As of March 2013, the chapter has the worst grades of all Greek or-

ganizations at Georgia State, with an average semester GPA of 2.362, with four students currently on academic probation, according to Greek life reports.

Before becoming an active member any of Greek sorority at Georgia State, all members must sign a Greek life anti-hazing form. The form defines hazing in Appendix D of the Greek Life President’s manual as “any intentional, negligent or reckless action, activity or situation that endangers or is likely to endanger the physical health of an individual or causes an individual pain, embarrassment, ridicule of harassments as a condition or precondition of gaining acceptance.”

CANDRA UMUNNA | THE SIGNAL Zeta Phi Beta’s door still remains fully decorated in the University Center.

Enterprise

Alumni company ranked fastest-growing agency in the Southeast JESUS DIAZ News Editor

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eorgia State alumni Alex Membrillo and Stephen Popov’s Internet marketing company was recently named the fastest-growing agency in the Southeast by The Agency Post.

In addition to receiving one of the top rankings in the southeast, the company, Cardinal Web Solutions, was eighth fastest-growing company in the U.S. Popov, president and CEO, said the ranking is a huge accomplishment, but more importantly, it has allowed the staff to see their hard work pay off.

“We started helping small businesses gain the online visibility they deserve in 2009 and have now grown to middle-tier companies and enterprises,” CEO Membrillo said.

“This ranking is the culmination

of four and a half years of work,” Popov said.

According to Cardinal Web Solutions, who specializes in search engine optimization and search engine marketing, one-third of the company’s 20-person staff attended Georgia State.

Clients include Hilton Hotel & Resorts, America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Sheraton Hotel & Resorts and Express Oil Change.

“If we have to pick between a Georgia Tech, UGA or Georgia State student, we pick State every time,” Membrillo said. “We are always hiring and looking for the best and brightest. Our staff is the best group of young and hungry kids and that’s what sets us apart from our competition.”

Membrillo and Popov graduated from Georgia Sate in 2008. They said they struggled to find work in the middle of the recession and lived off unemployment checks until 2009 when they founded Cardinal Web

Solutions with $1,400 in Norcross, Ga. While attending Georgia State, Membrillo and Popov met when they both joined the Epsilon Nu Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity.

The two colleagues remember meeting new people in the university courtyard on Tuesdays and Thursdays and compared Georgia State’s diverse campus to the business world.

They said the classes they took at Georgia State helped prepare them for the business world, but interacting with the diverse student body on campus proved invaluable.

“I cannot stress how important networking on campus was to my personal development,” Popov said.

Membrillo, who majored in management, said his human resources classes have helped him prepare for interviews, but believes grades are not the most important part of college.

COURTESY OF CARDINALWEBSOLUTIONS.ORG Membrillo and Popov founded Cardinal Web Solutions after graduating.

“Your GPA doesn’t matter. I’ve never asked a potential hire what their GPA was,” he said.

In addition to joining a sorority or fraternity, if possible, Membrillo and Papov recommend that students attend social events around campus and network in preparation for the

business world.

“We met a lot of our clients through Greek life,” Membrillo said.

Membrillo and Papov have been featured in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013

NEWS

University

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Georgia State law students help Atlantans deal with bankruptcy ZOYA HASNAIN Staff Reporter

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uture law students now have the opportunity to practice representing clients with the newly formed Bankruptcy Assistance and Practice Program.

The program was founded this semester by Associate Professor of Law Jessica Gabel and partner at McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP Summer Chandler to provide information to people dealing with bankruptcy and a support system to lean on when dealing with the legal system. It also gives students the opportunity to learn practical skills and gain experience representing real clients.

“I started this program for two reasons. One, there is a huge need for people filing bankruptcy to have lawyers. This program will help them through the process by providing them with a lawyer who knows the complexities of the law. Two, it’s giving students practical skills and all the things that go with representing real clients.

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These are realities students should be exposed to,” Gabel said.

The program currently contains sixteen students, all of whom are a part of a team. Each team assists one client. The program is currently assisting a total of fourteen clients with hopes to add two more in the coming week.

“I joined because I’m interested in bankruptcy and the challenges faced by low-income individuals. The clinic is a great way to work on my lawyering skills and help the Atlanta community,” law student Fareed Kaisani said. “It’s helping me gain practical skills, like interviewing clients, listening skills, research skills and skills needed to be an attorney.”

Kaisani led a free class on Tuesday, Sept. 4, focusing on the different kinds of bankruptcy, equity, the means test, five-year plans, the bankruptcy process and more. The class consisted of various members of the Atlanta community who wanted to learn more about bankruptcy. While they were unable to gain legal advice during the class, they can do so by becoming a client of the program.

ANTHONY SIMMONS | THE SIGNAL TOP: (From left to right) Fareed Kaisani, Jessica Gabel and Jacob Vail listen to Sarah Mancini talk about the Chapter 13 plan.

RIGHT: Sarah Mancini, a staff attorney in the Home Defense Program of the Atlanta, explains how to save your car and house when in bankruptcy.

OPINIONS

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

Follow her @amidudley

hile the installment of unisex restrooms on Georgia State’s campus is the initiative of Georgia State’s Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity in the interest of transgender and gender non-conforming students, it’s an initiative that we can all stand to benefit from.

The interest in the safety and security of transgender and gender non-conforming students is not to be taken lightly, however.

Several sources shed light on the hostile environment many of these students encounter, including the Association of American Colleges and Universities, who reported that 44 percent of transgender students have experienced harassment.

So, whatever your personal stance on gender expression, no one should hinder or even question the necessary safety of another person.

However, there are still many students opposing unisex restrooms.

So, how will you benefit from a unisex restroom?

You’ll save time. How often do you find yourself searching for your assigned bathroom in campus buildings? Or, how often do you find yourself waiting in a restroom line that has already managed to spill out into the crowded halls?

As students, we’re well aware of what fleeting time the university has granted us, and with professors counting tardies as absences, the thought of unisex restrooms should be nothing short of soothing.

While we’re making it to class on time, thanks to unisex restrooms, we’ll also be saving money.

Installing unisex restrooms saves facilities and their occupants money. Facilities with unisex restrooms save money on supplies such as soap, toilet paper and appliances such as hand dryers. Companies also save money during expansion endeavors because a unisex restroom means less construction, less maintenance and more space.

With our campus’s current expansion, the installation of gender-friendly restrooms would save a considerable amount of space and, subsequently, a significant amount of money—money that could be better spent elsewhere.

We should also consider student fathers who have limited access to changing stations on campus while every campus female restroom provides one.

Let’s also dispel the looming myth about unisex

Why we should It’s an initiative we can all “that welcome stand to benefit from.” unisex restrooms restrooms: cooties—the elementary school plague that seemed to infest lunch boxes, notebooks and bus seats.

When sharing the news of unisex restrooms with students, I often hear the groans of their sanitation nightmares and the conversation quickly turns into the age-old debate of “Boys vs. Girls: Who keeps their restrooms cleaner?”

To their complaints, I give a deep sigh and bow my head in despair. While the debate makes for fun chat amongst buddies, I’m sure campus janitors would call it a draw.

What many of the students also fail to realize is that they’ve already used unisex restrooms. Where?

Have you taken a flight lately? Gone to a carnival?

Used a port-a-potty before? Yes, you’ve shared the sacred space of the golden bowl with the opposite sex and you survived.

Keep in mind, these restrooms are said to be single-stalled with locks. They are expected to ensure the privacy and security of the user. You can exhale now.

In issues such as the one being debated here, we ought to clear our minds of our biases and remain objective in our train of thought. We ought to consider the things here that we stand to gain and not just what we feel we stand to lose in the addition of gender neutral restrooms.

From fantasy to fortune: How one hobby is becoming a multi-billion dollar business MITCHELL OLIVER Columnist Mitch is a junior finance major and student financial advisor.

“My goal is to have more college students financially literate.”

Leave your questions for him online at georgiastatesignal.com

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ears ago, fantasy football was just something guys did with their friends as an obscure hobby during the regular football season. Today, however, fantasy football is becoming a central part of football. Along the way, it has evolved into a booming, multi-billion dollar business. But how did it get this way, and what is the future? The future is bright, and I’m talking bright to the tune of billion dollar growths each year for the next three to four years. NFL partnership and marketing to the young generation are making fantasy football less of a hobby and more a way of life.

Long gone are the days of pen and paper fantasy football leagues among close friends. Today, you can download hundreds of apps and buy countless guides and products all geared toward making your fantasy football league as successful as possible. With that being said, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn that the concept of fantasy football just raked in one billion dollars within the last year. While baseball and basketball are taken into account, fantasy football is by and away the largest, most popular and most profitable section of the fantasy sports arena.

The average fantasy football fan spends an av-

erage of $467 each year on their fantasy league, according to a Forbes article. Taken a step further, the average fan spends three hours per week managing their league, not accounting for time spent reading or studying up on fantasy football. From an opportunity cost perspective, taking the average wage in America at $24 per hour, that adds up to roughly $29 billion of time value per year! This is insane to think about when millions of Americans are spending hours and hours, as well as hundreds of dollars, on fantasy football. According to Fox Business, the industry itself is growing 11 percent per year with no indication of slowing down.

The fantasy football business strategy is a winwin. Someone interested can make a team and choose whether they want to spend money on their league or just have one for fun. Meanwhile, the advertisers are able to reach the critical and revered 18-to-24-yearold male demographic while making profits from the “freemium” model of fantasy football. By freemium, I mean that it is free to join and make a league but there are certain features one can pay for–perhaps to give advantages that free users don’t have.

Many college students are involved in fantasy

Dollars & Sense with

Mitch

football leagues, but some do not spend money out of pocket just yet, like junior Colby McHugh.

“I have a free fantasy football team with my friends, but it’s just for fun now. I can see myself spending money on one in the future, though.”

McHugh said.

This feeling is pretty common among students, and the people behind fantasy sports are all too eager to cater to the younger fans when they are ready to start spending money. So what does this mean for the fans of fantasy football? Well, the business is great, the NFL fully supports it as it takes in lots of revenue for advertising throughout fantasy football, and the future looks great with more innovation and more ways to enjoy the game both on and off the field.

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OPINIONS

Try making an A before making a point

C TERRY HARLIN Columnist

Terry is working on his PhD in teaching and learning.

an you protest about what you don’t know?

Are the most knowledgeable among us the ones making a fuss?

Hell no! We won’t go!

Fanatical rallying cry from days gone by? Perhaps the antiquated images of radicals fighting cops in Chicago and SNCC members willingly attacked by dogs and water hoses mark a bygone era.

College activism today is, well…a little less active.

Despite the fact that it may require sacrifices—skipping classes or a meal, shedding the image of innocuous wallflower—America’s youth do not face the dangers of protest that collegiate baby boomers created for themselves in the wake of the civil rights movement.

We no longer see National Guardsmen killing protestors and bystanders; no cops throwing tear gas between classroom buildings.

In fact, following the 1974 tragedy in Kent State, in which four college students lost their lives to overreactions by Army Reservists, protests on college campuses began to take a more peaceful path.

College pacifists have distanced themselves from the ironically violent anti-war protests of their parents as have university pro-life groups from the abortion clinic bombers of the 1990s.

Although rhetoric runs hot in debates about race, equality, LGBTQIQA issues, and war, student groups starting in the 1980s demonstrate a restraint from harming others that shows a learned lesson from the failures and hypocritical actions of the lost generation.

Though individual college students since then have certainly been part of violent displays, these events rarely originated on university campuses.

Yet activism is not dead.

Both the drive to create the White Student Union and concerted efforts to ferret out its originator’s dark side and abort the WSU show the lively fighting spirit of the Georgia State stu-

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Thomas Sowell revealed [that]...most vocal protestors...had disproportionately low GPAs.

dents—without the physical fights.

When they perceive the cause as important enough, Georgia State students will wake up early, make phone calls, hold signs, march, create literature, pass it out, blog and hold forums.

These efforts correspond with a common thread running through protests since the late sixties—the need to feel sacrifice.

While baby boomers resented the “greatest” generation, their biggest resentment may have been that their parents made life too easy for them.

Their progenitors fought against Hitler, the Great Depression, polio and 50-hour work weeks with almost no breaks to provide them with cars, rock and roll, leisure time, college and cash for drugs.

America’s white kids had seen their black brethren risking careers, comfort and even their lives to be able to experience what they inherited by virtue of their pale skins. This was too much guilt for many of them to handle.

Guided by the growing leftist movement, they took on the establishment and some even assumed simple lives away from many creature comforts (except for “grass” and a few acoustic instruments, of course).

Thomas Sowell revealed something interesting about college protestors since the late 1960s, particularly the organizers. The most vocal protestors have had disproportionately low GPAs. Presumably, they are not bad students because they spend their time protesting; they protest be-

cause they believe in a cause and want to make a difference. But Sowell claims they lead protests because they are not good students and want to experience some form of success at their universities.

The spotlight gives them that modicum of success.

Rather than do the intellectual legwork of reading and critically engaging the assigned perspectives their establishment professors have chosen, they ignore or lash out against them.

They can justify ditching their assignments because they represent the “oppressive” position, when in reality they are either too lazy to do it or are terrified that perhaps it may make sense and convincingly defend the status quo they reject.

Ignorance is bliss.

And bliss is what most of us strive to achieve.

Happiness comes in strange and varied ways to college students. Good grades. Acceptance from peers. Sports. Music. A continuous self-induced haze brought on by drugs, sex and other dopamine highs. The feeling of leadership or participation in something bigger than yourself.

But when you’re wrong you often don’t want to know. You’ve committed yourself. You think your heart cannot be wrong, and anyone who challenges you, even with facts, must be evil.

The problem with activism is that, at its heart, it requires some sort of commitment, which may prove a departure from intellectualism.

But college is for finding out who you are, making mistakes and being willing to learn from them.

It is not about taking a position you find appealing and marrying it forever. It requires intellectual rigor. Being willing to read and learn from people you do not truly know or like and then deciding for yourself.

It is about taking classes from professors you know you will disagree with and learning to embrace a new way of thinking for a semester or two before abandoning or accepting it.

It means earning grade points before you decide to make a point.

From the Editorial Board

On the side of fair use

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hat if we were forced to spend even more money for our education?

We thought the 2011 e-reserves lawsuit Cambridge University Press vs. Becker, which concluded on August 10, 2012, had ended when Judge Orinda Evans ruled Georgia State as the prevailing party. Evans revised the University System of Georgia Copyright Policy according to the ruling, setting a limit of ten percent, or one chapter, of the copyrighted work to be used in online portals such as Desire2Learn.

But in April of this year, Cambridge University Press filed a brief appealing the ruling of this lawsuit.

On November 19, the case will return to court once again.

It is possible that we may start spending more money on textbooks in order to get access to educational material. We may lose access to it entirely.

Though in the original conclusion of the case, 70 of 75 of the copyright cases were ruled to be fair use, Cambridge University Press is concerned that Georgia State is continuing to use educational materials outside of the Fair Use Act.

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We understand that there needs to be a standard for how much copyrighted material is distributed for educational purposes: copying full textbooks would be unfair.

For this reason, Judge Evans set extremely reasonable parameters for copying and posting copyrighted material online.

With these parameters and the Fair Use Act in place, we see no reason why the original ruling should not stand.

Online methods of sharing copied sections of an educational text come in many forms for Georgia State students and educators. Desire2Learn has become one of the main locations for sharing extra material aside from required textbooks. It would be essentially useless without this function.

Other professors prefer to use a shared DropBox account.

In whatever fashion educators share these materials, they are used as supplemental material to accompany the required textbook for the course.

Sometimes, the professor does not require students to purchase the book because they only plan on sharing one chapter or section.

If educators learn that they may be sued for sharing sections of copyrighted material online with their students, our level of available material, and thus our education, would dramatically decrease.

The ease and convenience of university networks and ereserve systems have propelled the amount of material available to students for courses. Professors feel more comfortable sharing chapters and sections of educational texts than ever before.

Students have more access to educational material than we have in the past.

And we are certainly not the only university using university networks and library e-reserve systems to share educational material.

We would severely feel the blow if we suddenly were banned from sharing material in Desire2Learn and through the library e-reserves.

Losing our access to materials that better our education is not something of which we approve.

And we certainly hope the judge thinks the same thing.

You’ve got the opinion.

We’ve got the soapbox.

To be a guest columnist, send in your thoughts to signalopinions@gmail.com. To be a (paid) staff columnist, download an application from georgiastatesignal.com/employment and turn it in to Dr. Bryce McNeil at 330 Student Center.

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OPINIONS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013

Letter to the Editor Hello, This letter is in reference to the article published about Faces of Feminism on 9/24/13.

We would like to clarify several things in the paper that misrepresented the organization: First, the article portrayed Faces of Feminism as an organization focusing on women’s rights; however, our focus is wider than that. We focus on intersectional feminism, meaning we look at the different aspects of oppression: gender, sex, sexuality, race, class, ability, etc. We want to fight for liberation of people who are affected by the intersections of oppression they might face.

Second, we would like to say that we appreciate the article’s attempt to highlight our organization, but we would hope that next time there is more attention to fact than editorializing. The reporter was invited into our meeting to get a sense

and feel of who we are and our goals, but it feels as if there was no attention to the breadth of personalities and people in the room. It was an open discussion based on the extensive meaning of feminism with every individual sharing a different and personal meaning. We invite all who have any questions to our meetings as well as to join us as we table in the library plaza courtyard. There is no problem with wanting to know more about feminism and we do not want exclude anyone on the basis of gender, race, class, sexuality, sex, or any other identity.

Also, we would like to make a note that one of the persons quoted on the paper was misgendered. They made clear during our meeting in which the reporter was present that they use “they” pronouns; however, the reporter wrote the article using “he” pronouns. This is very problematic as it erases different gender identities and acts as a form of oppression against people whose gender identity is different

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than the one assigned to them at birth.

Faces of Feminism is very respectful and inclusive of all gender identities and expressions.

I would also like to clarify that I, Sara Betancur, I was misquoted in reference to Miley Cyrus.. First, I said that Miley’s actions are being done at the expense of Black culture, not bad culture as the article says. This is an important clarification because I do not want Black culture to be referred as something bad in any shape of form. Also, I did not say “she is being empowered”, I said “she is trying to be empowered” which is very different.

If you would like to read the rest of the letter or would like to know more information about our organization please visit our website facesoffeminism.com or email us at facesoffeminism@gmail.com Sincerely, Sara Betancur, Faces of Feminism.

YOUR VOICE • YOUR OPINIONS What are your thoughts on gender-neutral restrooms being installed here on campus?

Anna Holcombe

MAJOR: LAW “I lived in New York for a few years and [gender-neutral] are the majority of the time in restaurants and stuff so I don’t really think it does much other than maybe make men wait in line (laughs).”

Hakeem Mason MAJOR: GRAPHIC DESIGN

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“I think that’s tricky because you really have to trust people.

I don’t know… I’m really respectful to women but I think the separate restrooms are better than gender-neutral restrooms because a lot of stuff could happen. I think boundaries are important when it comes to that.”

Ansyl Carpenter MAJOR: FILM

“I’m sure plenty of girls will be complaining about guys leaving the seat up (laughs), but I mean, I wouldn’t care.”

Megan Greer

MAJOR: Political Science “I’m for it. I think they should have gender-neutral restrooms anyway, and they should have changing rooms for single husbands who have children on campus. I think if it’s a practical financial endeavor then I’m all for it. I think there should be more safe spaces on campus and that’s a positive step forward.”

ARTS & LIVING

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COURTESY OF SYDNEY DANIEL Longobardi’s class used materials found on the BeltLine to create natural works of art.

Art on the BeltLine IMAN NAIM Staff Reporter

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he Atlanta BeltLine encompasses 22 miles of old railroad corridor and seven miles of bike path, foliage, historical landmarks, and, this past Spring, was an area for students to express themselves and earn an A in class.

Just under 15 years ago, this greenway was only a master’s thesis idea in a Georgia Tech graduate student’s head.

“It was shelved for a while,” said Nicole Knox, the communications consultant for the BeltLine, “but it ended up getting a grassroots push and went from there.”

Now it connects 45 neighborhoods within Atlanta in a loop around the city and provides a green space for not only its residents, but for the entire metro-Atlanta area.

“It started out with connecting the city through trails and transit and since then has grown into a program involving green space and affordable housing,” Knox said.

The BeltLine has continued to make improvements since its first trail opened in 2008, and that’s where Georgia State professor of art Pamela Longobardi and students from her

installation and collaboration class came in.

Longobardi worked on an installation art piece previously with the BeltLine, and she used her connections to give the same opportunity and experience to her students. For the class’s final project, students were expected to create and propose an art project idea to the BeltLine. Their projects were then on display in different areas of the BeltLine for a few weeks.

“We wanted to use a type of material that was foreign to the environment but went with the flow of nature and mimicked nature,” Viveka Granata, who created the art piece, dubbed “Steelight” with Ali Kiely, her project partner, said.

Longobardi and the art coordinator for the BeltLine, Élan Buchen, worked together to allow students to put their art pieces on the BeltLine earlier this year.

Longobardi thought that the experience of being able to make and submit a proposal, as well as having to go through the approval and construction processes, would be extremely beneficial to her students.

“They were all in groups,” Longobardi said, “and that was part of the point—seeing how you can realize something larger than yourself.”

Student artists Granata and Kiely created an approximately seven-foot-tall work of art that was made of mostly reflective ribbon and steel

rays that don’t seem to fit in with the otherwise natural feel of the trail.

“If it were green ribbon versus shiny it would almost mimic a web or fungus and appear to belong,” Granata and Kiely said in their written statement on “Steelight.”

“It’s cool seeing something that’s in your head come out,” Kiely said. “There’s going to be an element to it that’s like ‘Great, that’s what we wanted,’ but [there are] also going to be parts that you couldn’t have planned for ahead of time and you just have to work with it.”

This was especially true for the installation and collaboration class because they all incorporated the natural surroundings of the trail in their works.

In one case, a mud and grass head emerged from the ground and appeared to be swallowing part of an old railway track.

Another piece was what looks like a dream catcher made entirely out of branches.

Senior BSA student Sydney Daniel also had the opportunity to get some real-world experience while in Longobardi’s art class this past spring.

Wanting to do something community based, Daniel and two other girls used different Atlanta neighborhoods as inspiration to create an arenalike structure made of chicken wire, colorful yarn

and bottle caps from different Atlanta companies, such as Coca-Cola and SweetWater.

“We wrapped the trees in red, orange and yellow yarn to represent Atlanta as a phoenix, rising up from the ashes,” Daniel said. “We just wanted everything we did in the project to be about the community and be related to Atlanta.”

What made the BeltLine-Georgia State collaboration special to Daniel was that it was out in the open with an unlimited audience.

“You don’t have to go to an art show to see it, you could just be walking your dog and come upon it,” she said.

So what’s on the horizon for the BeltLine?

“We’re trying to bring people out to this public space and create a space for community engagement and dialogue,” Knox said.

Getting the community involved is necessary to make anything the BeltLine does a success, which is just one of the many incentives they receive from allowing Georgia State students to display their artwork on the trails.

“We’ve received a grant to fund a trail in Southwest Atlanta,” said Knox. “It’s going to be a multi-use trail, and the funding will allow us to preserve the corridor for future transit.”

With community involvement like Georgia State’s, the BeltLine can continue to transform the Atlanta neighborhoods it reaches.

Sean Curtis Art

Murals, live painting, logos, signs, designs, aerosol art and whatever you want Check out more of his work on his Facebook at: facebook.com/SeanCurtisArt

MIKE EDEN | THE SIGNAL Sean Curtis is a Georgia State student working towards creating a sustainable mural-painting business.

STREET ARTIST IN THE BIG CITY SEAN CURTIS

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midst the constant humming of cars and chatter of students passing by, a young man sets down his skateboard and takes a seat on the familiar Aderhold steps. Sean Curtis looks like a typical Georgia State student but upon closer observation, there is a small green splatter of spray paint on his backpack.

Curtis is a senior studio art major from Fayetteville, Ga. whose murals and artwork can be found scattered throughout the city. From his SweetWater logo work to the mobile masterpiece that is his graffiti car, Curtis has made street art into a profession.

The 22-year-old’s interest in art started early, with a 90’s cartoon.

“It all started with Dragon Ball Z, man, in third grade,” Curtis said. “My friends and I would have competitions to see who could draw the better Dragon Ball Z character, and it just kept growing from there.”

Curtis decided in high school that he wanted to pursue art seriously. After graduation, Curtis was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, but soon found tuition too expensive without a scholarship.

“I knew no matter what I wanted to be in Atlanta.

Georgia State had an art program and it was way cheaper,” Curtis said.

Curtis had an interest in graffiti before his classes began, but said his program has helped him grow as an artist.

“Even before my classes started the city affected me; I’d always admired graffiti and it made me feel like I could do it,” Curtis explained. “Different classes I’ve taken here -- like print making and sculpture -- have given me opportunities that I wouldn’t have had otherwise and forced me to evolve.”

Two years ago, Curtis began nurturing his own art business.

“It started out with a bunch of logos designs for like Miller and Jameson just painting in different bars,” Curtis said.

Through connections he made doing these designs, his mural business began to grow. But Curtis found himself longing to showcase his original work.

“I started to think ‘I don’t want to just do logos,’” Curtis said. “So last year I started to focus on my art and started making lots of canvases and really focusing on street stuff to hone my skills to get to the point where someone would pay me to put my art instead of just their logo.”

Curtis is constantly conveying his hauntingly detailed perspective in his projects. He began working diligently, canvassing his personal artwork collection that he calls his “monsters.”

Curtis describes his work as vibrant and colorful, with extremely dark undertones, “like a really bad acid trip.” The collection showcases how influential the street art culture has been to his projects.

Curtis said street artists Alex Pardee, Ralph Steadman, Mr. Never Satisfied, PLF and Brian Bullard are his influences.

Curtis described that his work, like street art in general, is intertwined with hip-hop culture.

“The hip-hop culture used be 4 realms: DJ’ing, breakdancing, MC’ing and graffiti writing,” Curtis said. “It used to be if you considered yourself a part of that culture you do all of them. So I’ve always had a love for real hip-hop.”

Curtis has drive and talent, but described how he faces the same post-collegiate uncertainty that many students do.

“I really want to take this mural business and make it something that I can make a living off of. It’s just really hard to come up as an artist in a big city.”

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The life of a Georgia State nanny

MIKE EDEN | THE SIGNAL Georgia State nannies sometimes take children to several different Atlanta parks, including Woodruff Park.

KAYLYN HINZ Staff Reporter

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ost Georgia State students have the option of scheduling their classes whenever they see fit. Others are spending their time doing something else -- taking care of children.

After picking the children up from school, the nanny decides their plans for the rest of the day, or will do something the parents had planned for them. Running errands, entertaining and having play dates is a normal afternoon in the life of a nanny.

Georgia State junior Audrianna Guidry loves everything about her job as a nanny and is looking forward to

being a mom in precisely eight years.

“It brings me such joy to take the boys to soccer, baseball or football practice and watch them play,” Guidry said. “I love doing their homework with them. I like fixing their snacks and playing outside with them.”

Being good with children is a must.

Guidry gets paid $300 per week.

She works from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Monday

through Friday, and could not be happier. Most nannies typically make $10 an hour or more. How much each nanny gets paid depends on location, the work load and how much the parents are willing to pay.

Just like any job, there is a behavioral transition that must occur.

Nannies must act one way at school and another way at work. As soon as it is time to nanny, those perverted jokes are put to the side and a big, sweet smile is put in place. Cuss words are not welcome.

“My nannying life is very different,” said sophomore nanny Jessica Dias. “I have to be very, very patient, cannot say anything inappropriate. It’s a lot of downtime, and honestly, sometimes I get so bored at work where it feels like time doesn’t fly.”

Being a nanny can be difficult at times, especially when it comes to disciplining the children. Recently, Dias had an experience with the little boy who she is currently nannying.

He blurted out the “f ” word and she immediately took action, but not every situation is messy.

There are other moments that make nannying worth while.

“When the kids make you feel like a part of the families, I love that,” said early childhood education major, Carin Paige. But just like Dias, some situations can be hard, some in which she could not tell for the sake of her job.

Some students can find nanny jobs through family or friends, but others do so through sites like care.com.

Here, they can set up their own profile and apply for jobs or parents can contact them directly. Another site is College Nannies and Tutoring, where Paige found her current nanny job.

This site works a little different then care.com. Instead of having the parents as a boss, another person helps, a supervisor from the website.

The nannies are not always set to one family a week, that can change depending on the nannies requests.

The other option they have is being “on call.” This just means that whenever a parent needs a sitter, they can call the nanny up just like that and she will be there. However, the nanny has a choice for the times in which she can be called.

Paige, who has nannied for three years, has always had a love for children. She got started nannying after she worked at a summer camp and because she could not continue to do that in the fall, she thought nannying would be a good option.

If she cannot find a teaching job after graduation next December, Paige plans on nannying abroad.

“I know that it’s going to be crazy, but it will be really good for my resume,” Paige said.

The commitment to nanny abroad is 6-12 months. If she chooses a country like Spain, she would live with the family.

Though being a nanny means you get paid well and have unique opportunities, it is also a job that requires laughing, compassion and a love for macaroni and cheese.

Flux Night to light up Atlanta PAUL DEMERRITT Staff Reporter

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n October 5, Castleberry Hill will be transformed into a sensory playground for a dedicated group of artists to test their creative whims on a grand scale.

This playground is known as Flux Night, a collection of sights, sounds, and even smells. For one night Castleberry Hill will be flooded with twenty art installations that include dance, projections, parades, music and much more. Flux Night is hosted by the non-profit organization Flux Projects, which helps fund and ignite Atlanta’s art community.

Flux Projects came to life in 2010 as the brainchild of founder Louis Corrigan and a dedicated board of directors who have expanded the movement in the last three years.

They came together with three distinct goals in mind: fund artists, find their audience, and make Atlanta a more creative place to be.

They knew that Atlanta has hosted a variety of acclaimed art exhibits for decades, but the artists were not gaining traction outside of a tightly knit group of followers. Flux Projects helped to expand that small fanbase into a community that continues to grow on its own.

Three years later, the non-profit has succeeded on all fronts by taking art outside of galleries and bringing it into the streets.

“We want [Flux Night] to be an event where it’s not just an art event, so people outside the traditional art going crowd show up and want to experience it,” Executive Director Anne Dennington said. “Though we do want to be sure that there are projects that are challenging people who are well versed in public arts.”

Dennington joined Flux Projects in 2010 after she served on the mayor’s public art adviser council in 2007 and as the first executive director of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

She has witnessed the growth of Flux Night from a nascent movement into a full blown art and street festival that includes artists not just from Atlanta but around the globe.

For art students brimming with passion but lacking an audience, Flux Night is a savior.

Though all applicants to Flux Night compete on a level playing field, student artists that do make the final cut are presented with a host of invaluable opportunities for their career.

“Time and again artists have used their flux projects to apply for residency, get projects in other cities, win awards, and receive additional funding,” Dennington says.

While classes provide students with artistic knowledge and training,

events like Flux Night provide student artists with visibility, an absolutely crucial element for turning a craft into a career.

“Students benefit in two ways, on the one hand they benefit from being commissioned to do projects,” Dennington says. “On the other hand they benefit from having access to projects in their own town.”

Students artists involved in Flux Night are also offered the opportunity to network with renowned local and international artists. Even visitors gain the experience of witnessing the freedom that Flux artists have to explore their own visions.

“Our projects let artists stretch what they’ve been able to do creatively, technically, aesthetically,” Dennington says.

This year’s theme, chosen by curator Helena Reckitt, is free association.

Some of the projects include a 15-foot-tall vanilla milkshake-scented fountain, a horse-drawn piano, a dance troupe guided by audience suggestions and other projects that immerse the audience in the artists’ fantastical work.

For a full list of projects, visit http://fluxprojects.org/

CANDRA UMUNNA | THE SIGNAL Attendees from 2012’s Flux Night relax in an exhibit where projected images fill the room.

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columns

Why women fake it Sex column

RACHEL KINGSLEY Sex/Dating Columnist

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

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ll of us have seen that iconic scene from “When Harry met Sally.” You know, the one where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm over lunch just to prove to Billy Crystal’s character that men can’t tell the difference between when women fake it and when they don’t. “I’ll have what she’s having!”

Although most of us don’t fake an orgasm over lunch, 80 percent of women have and do fake it in bed.

Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Leeds asked over 70 women, aged 18-48, about their vocalizations during sex, whether they orgasm and if they didn’t orgasm.

The study concluded that women fake orgasms to speed up their partners’ ejaculation due to boredom, discomfort or time restraints. As women, we know how most men are goal-oriented and won’t stop until their partner climaxes.

But sometimes, guys, it’s just not going to happen. Once we realize it won’t happen, we put on our acting shoes and let you think it’s the best we’ve ever had. We also don’t want to hurt your feelings.

Yep, you read it right -- women fake orgasms so that we don’t hurt our partners’ feelings.

Before any men reading this column look at their girlfriends and start questioning and blaming,

you men need to know that this is a two-way situation. While men have been known to fake orgasm (around 36 percent), we women also know how hurt you get when your performance is questioned.

I recently got home from a month-long trip to Ireland and my longtime partner (we’ll call him “T”) and I couldn’t wait to see each other. We went at it like crazy!

Unfortunately, my body was still on Ireland time, and I knew I was just too tired. That orgasm just wasn’t going to happen, which to me was understandable.

Once we finished, T asked if I had an orgasm, and I said I didn’t and explained that my body just wasn’t back to normal yet.

You would have thought I had just slapped him by the look on his face. He took it as a personal attack on his manhood. Here I am thinking that honesty would be the best policy, and boy was I wrong!

Silly me!

“If I would have faked it, would he have known?

Or better yet, would it have saved his feelings? If we’ve become so comfortable faking it in our bedrooms, have we also become comfortable with faking it in our relationships?”

And remember: sometimes, we’re just not in the mood, but we still want you to have a good time.

Know your niche genre!

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he vast, infinitely dizzying web of music history is confusing, to say the least.

Over time, music has fragmented across the globe in a vast puzzle that constantly re-configures itself to fuse modern and old styles into new genres, which appear faster then they can be cataloged.

So, if you can’t separate your -wave’s and your -core’s from your post-’s and neo-’s, fear not. Here is a list of some of today’s most prominent niche genres.

PAUL DEMERRITT Columnist

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

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Vaporwave

Listening to vaporwave is what I would imagine it would be like to drink a gallon of Nyquil and then spend the next 24 hours aimlessly wandering around the most generic shopping mall imaginable.

Vaporwave is defined by manipulating, chopping up, and synthesizing the background music that populates dentist’s offices, shopping malls, and elevators everywhere. Smooth jazz and contemporary R&B tracks are slowed down and looped to create an ambient atmosphere.

Notable artists: Macintosh Plus, Virtual and Internet Club.

Anti-folk

In 1983, the anti-folk movement started in Greenwich Village as a protest by songwriter Lach, whose music was deemed too punk for typical folk venues.

From there, artists with similar styles banded together to organize the annual New York Antifolk Festival, which keeps the movement alive and centralized.

Stylistically, the sound of anti-folk is near impossible to pin down aside from acoustic instrumentation, lyrics dripping with sarcasm, and a strict adherence to punk ethics.

Notable artists: The Moldy Peaches, early Kate Nash and Nana Grizol

Ambient Death Metal

While ambient death metal seems like an oxymoron, it is actually a widely respected genre with vibrant scenes in New York City, Norway and Tokyo.

The genre strips away any semblance of death metal’s

typical light-speed rhythms and favors long, wordless pieces which sound like radio static mixed with the roars of a freight train.

Notable artists: Burzum, Merzbow and Sunn O)))

New Weird America

To understand new weird America, it’s best to know what old weird America was. The term was first used to describe the pre-World War II forefathers of traditional folk and blues who made the success of songwriters like Bob Dylan possible.

New Weird America’s followers delve into the same stylistic roots but distort and re-imagine them in different ways. There is typically a strong psychedelic influence running through their sound and an overall strangeness that varies between artists.

Notable artists: Akron/Family, Animal Collective and Devendra Banhart

Japanoise

Japanese music, like Japanese game shows, loves pushing stylistic boundaries to their breaking point.

The eclectic family of the Japanoise movement thrive off of complete musical freedom and the spontaneity of improvisation.

Japanoise artists can vary from rock to electronic instrumentation, but they all indulge in a love of harsh, grating noise used to infuse visceral intensity into their music.

Notable artists: Boredoms, Boris and Acid Mothers Temple

Witch House

No, musicians haven’t started attaching guitar strings to broomsticks and hiring black cats as their lead singers (though that would be awesome).

Witch House combines the dreamlike reverb of artists like My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins with the dance heavy back beats of hip hop and house music. They also rely on the distortion of chopped up vocals that create a surreal, ghoulish atmosphere. It’s the perfect soundtrack to your next community seance.

Notable artists: Purity Ring, Grimes and Zola Jesus

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Leah’s school of style:

Thrifting 101

LEAH JORDAN Associate Copy Editor

Leah Jordan is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in Spanish at Georgia State. When she is not writing, Leah enjoys running on the Atlanta BeltLine, exploring the city with her camera and working with clients for her business Siren Lullabies Photography.

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very time I decide I need a new outfit – whether it’s for going out Friday night, a job interview or just another day in the classroom – I find myself driving to Lenox. In the back of my mind, I know that whatever I find will be entirely too expensive, but, of course, I put the car in drive and go anyway.

After dragging my feet around the overpriced shopping mall, shedding a tear over the perfect $250 sweater at Anthropologie and finally settling for an $8 Bacon Turkey Bravo at Panera instead, I leave empty-handed and, honestly, a little sad.

Living in a big city like Atlanta puts us students in a tough situation. Everything from food to entertainment to clothing is significantly more expensive than in other college towns such as Athens or Milledgeville. However, it’s not all bad when it comes to style. There are silver linings to the dark, money-sucking clouds that we refer to as cute boutiques and ritzy department stores.

Said silver linings double as the newest fads for both well-heeled and penny-pinching students alike: thrifting.

“Where did you get those shorts?”

“Oh, I went to a secondhand store last week.”

“I love that coffee table.”

“Thanks, I snagged it at Goodwill!”

Spending under twenty dollars for a greatfitting pair of pants? For designer labels? It’s possible, even easy–especially in Atlanta.

I’ve found Free People shirts for less than $15 at Buffalo Exchange on Ponce de Leon Avenue, high-rise shorts from the 70s at Clothing Warehouse in Little Five Points and many-a-J. Crew-blazer at Goodwill.

The trick is to sift through everything. When nothing looks good on the first rack, keep flipping on to the second. Pull over at any and every consignment or thrift store you see while driving and think creatively. Ask yourself questions such as “Would I wear this?” and “What else would this go with that I already own?”

Every fashionista­ –college student or millionaire­–deserves a versatile closet. Thanks to thrifting, a desirable wardrobe on a budget is attainable and easily accessible all throughout our city.

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MOVIE REVIEW:

Prisoners Rating: R -for disturbing violent content including torture and language.

Running time: 153 Minutes Grade: A+ Verdict: A truly unforgettable film but not one for the faint of heart.

MAHAD MOUSSE Staff Reviewer

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hen a film premise includes child abduction and human torture, it’s already starting off as dark as humanly possible. It’s hard to imagine it getting much worse.

The fact that “Prisoners” manages to take these elements and go much, much further to places your imagination never would have dared, creating one of the most darkly disturbing, distressing and emotionally exhausting films of the year, is nothing short of brilliant.

“Prisoners” brings something new to horror, thriller and crime stories that has been missing for some time -- emotional investment. Sure, there are all the films about demonic possession and cartoonishly over-the-top serial killers. But there is nothing quite so real or as emotionally investing than the idea of children in danger, and the very real, very human monsters that are

not so obvious in reality.

The peaceful lives of two families are shattered when their two little girls fail to come home for Thanksgiving dinner after playing outside. Within a few hours the police get involved. A suspect who’d been seen earlier driving an old RV near the home is named and immediately detained. He is the mentally challenged loner Alex Jones (played by Paul Dano).

But when the police fail to find any evidence in his vehicle, determine he has the IQ of a 10 year old and find he has no knowledge of where the missing girls are, he’s immediately ruled out as a suspect by chief investigator Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) and released.

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is convinced that this strange man must know something that he’s not telling the cops and is desperate to hang on to the last thread of evidence he has to find his daughter and her friend alive. He then makes the grim decision to kidnap and torture Jones to get the information out of him.

Most distressing of all is the very real lingering mood throughout the movie that

hints at some point the cases will become less about finding children and more about determining where bodies are buried.

That’s not to even get into the morally distressing, disturbing path the film explores with the theme of torture and what could drive someone to consider it. Keller is established as a good man and of course you’re going to root for him. He is a father who’s lost his daughter and is willing to go through hell to get her back.

A lesser movie would simply play on the audience’s desire for revenge and become some over-the-top gratification-indulging revenge fantasy. But “Prisoners” makes you walk that road to its logical conclusion: watching a good man wracked with grief begin to justify doing horrible things based on his own flimsy justifications.

“Prisoners” is an incredibly emotionally draining story and it’s brought to life by gripping performances. Emotions are poured through the screen, helped by the dark subject matter and the bleak setting of rain-soaked Pennsylvania. And all these elements come together to make a truly unforgettable film.

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The Short Game A hole-in-one Rating: PG Running time: 99 minutes Grade: A Verdict: Enjoyable for golf fans and non-golf fans alike

PEDRO ALVARADO Staff Reviewer

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ver wondered about the world of kids’ golf? “The Short Game,” a documentary by director Josh Greenbaum, follows eight children as they prepare for and compete in a three day tournament to crown the seven and eight-year-old World Kids’ Golf Champions in Pinehurst, NC. The children come from many different countries including the United States, France, China, the Philippines, South Africa and more.

Each of the children invited to participate in this tournament has been competing practically since they could walk and have the skills to prove it.

Apart from being world-class golfers, each of the children is also otherwise unique. One child is the younger brother of international

tennis superstar Anna Kournikova. Another has a grandfather who is an internationally renowned author. Yet another is a boy with autism.

But even the kids who don’t have athleticism bred into them, a best-selling grandparent or a disability to overcome are still special kids.

What was most endearing about the film was watching the contrast between the intensity with which each child played on the golf course, and the intensity with which each child played with each other.

On the golf course, they were all business.

For hours they practiced at driving ranges and putting greens, and they even had work regimens to increase their strength. But when the clubs were put away, they ran around playing tag, threw sand onto each other and giggled a lot -- a whole lot.

What was most interesting about the movie was the focus on the relationships between each kid and their parents. Most of

the children behaved exactly as their parents trained them.

This was especially true of the girls’ 8-year-old champion. Her daddy/caddy was a “stage parent” of the worst kind. He preached positivity, but his predominant emotion was anger. Her emotional reaction to her faltering performance was directly proportional to her father’s bad attitude.

Nevertheless, there were more positive life lessons being taught than negative. One example was the child with autism, a boys’ 8-year-old champion. He was late for a tee time and received a 10 point penalty, which cost him the win. His mother used this as an opportunity to teach him about playing by the rules. But at the next tournament he competed in, he arrived an hour early and ended up winning the whole thing.

Whether you’re a die-hard golf fan, extreme putt putter, or just interested in the world of kids’ golf, “The Short Game” is a hole-in-one.

Synopsis: Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Showtimes: Monday - Friday: 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Weekend: 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Running time: 90 minutes Rated: R

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013

calendar

Campus Events Steve Oney Talk: “And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank” Oct. 3 4:30- 6 p.m.

Speakers Auditorium

Author Steve Oney will come to talk about the conviction of Leo Frank, “100 Years Later- It’s Still Not Over.”

There is a book sale and signing event to follow. This event is free and open to the public.

Finance Society Event: Guest Speaker David Marvin Oct. 3 5- 7 p.m.

Meet in front of the Robinson College of Business

Hosted by Georgia State’s finance society, David Marvin will come to speak on the business of real estate.

He has developed $400 million into downtown real estate and assembled property and $500 million in upcoming projects. Come out and hear what he has to say about his experiences and a project he is working on, Project Game X.

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Downtown Events Scandal Viewing Party

Flux Night

entertainment. Go to l5phalloween.com for more information.

If anyone went and saw Judy Smith last week, this event is perfect for you. “Scandal” will be shown on the big screen at Speaker’s Auditorium in the Student Center. This event is free and is supported by student activity fees.

For one night only the streets of Castleberry Hills will be cleared and replaced with projections, dance, performances, music, sound and light installations, parades and more. It is an exciting time to see what new projects Atlanta artists are producing. From 7 p.m. to midnight, come out and enjoy an artistic evening for free.

The Taste of Atlanta

Oct. 3.

8-11 p.m.

Homecoming Week Oct. 6-12

During the week of homecoming, several different events will be held around campus. During these events students can enjoy food, entertainment and fun. They will all lead up to the homecoming game, where the homecoming king and queen will be announced.

Lenablou

Oct. 8 7 p.m.

Kopleff Recital Hall An internationally acclaimed choreographer, Lenablou will perform with her dance company at the Kopleff Recital Hall. Through body movement she explores questions of identity, language, trauma, memory and globalization.

Oct. 5 Castleberry Hills

Atlanta Pride Festival Oct. 12-13 Piedmont Park

This is the largest LGBT festival in the Southeast and takes place a day after National Coming Out Day. Celebrate diversity and community during this two-day festival. It will include live entertainment, cultural exhibits and the famed Pride parade. There will be over 200 vendors and restaurant and bar promotions. This event is free and is open to the public. Go to atlantapride.org for more information.

13th Annual Little 5 Points Halloween Festival and Parade Oct. 19

This event is the signature Halloween festival in the Southeast and one of the top 10 Halloween events in the country. Over 35,000 people make it to this festival every year.

Enjoy great food, drinks and live

Oct. 25-27

If you are a foodie this is the perfect event for you. This is a threeday festival featuring culinary talents from all over the Atlanta area.

Over 80 of Atlanta’s best restaurants will be there. As you learn how to cook certain dishes at the cooking demonstrations, live music and street performances will surround you. Go to tasteofatlanta.com for more information.

43 Annual Oktoberfest Until Oct. 27

Go to Helen for a day and step into the German culture. Enjoy German music, dancing, food and drinks. This is Helen’s biggest celebration of the year. It all depends on which day you attend for prices and hours. Go to helenga.org for more information.

Netherworld Haunted House Until Nov. 2 $22- $50

Starting out in September, start your Halloween off early and get spooked at Netherworld. This year’s themes are “The Dead Ones” and “Boogeyman.” If you are into being scared, or just think the actors are funny, this is a perfect event for you. Go to fearworld.com for more information.

Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life

Through Wednesday, Oct. 30 Atlanta Botanical Garden Explore the ethereal worlds created by mosaisculpture! Nineteen mosaic, larger-than life sculptures up to 25 feet tall tower over the garden in this fantastic exhibit.

Enjoy living sculptures of rabbits, huge cobras, a unicorn and more. Daily admission is $18.25 for adults. Call 404-876-5859 for hours and information.

Concerts/Shows Jack Johnson: Tuesday, October 1, 7 p.m. The Fox Theatre Walk The Moon: Thursday, October 3, 7 p.m. The Masquerade The Atlanta Battle of the Bands October 6, 4 p.m. The Masquerade Fun: Monday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Justin Timberlake Dec. 17, 8 p.m. Philips Arena

Correction In the story “Faces of Feminism: Bringing women’s issues to light” that appeared in the Arts & Living section of the Sept. 24 issue, the newspaper misrepresented the focus of the organization, misused the pronoun “he” in reference to one of the persons quoted and misquoted co-president Sara Betancur over her comments on Miley Cyrus.

The Signal regrets these errors.

SPORTS

www.georgiastatesignal.com/sports

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Panther alum Jake Muasau lines up over Alabama offensive line.

ALABAMA We meet again ALEC MCQUADE

Associate Sports Editor

It’s the classic David versus Goliath matchup as the 0-4 Georgia State Panthers play the No. 1 ranked team in college football this Saturday, the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The two schools last played each other back in the Panthers’ inaugural season in 2010, but Alabama was not the best team in the country at the time.

Rather, the No. 11 team was a year out of its golden age when it would go on to win back-to-back national championships.

The Crimson Tide defeated the Panthers 63-7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. to end the Panthers’ inaugural season with a 6-5 record.

Since then a lot has changed for Georgia State - a worsening record against somewhat more acclaimed opponents, a new conference and a new head coach, to note a few.

In contrast, Alabama has not changed too much under Nick Saban in his seventh year as head coach for the Crimson Tide.

“We get to play Alabama, and we’re fired up about that,” Head Coach Trent Miles said.

“How can you not be excited to play the No. 1 team in the nation...I’m ready to knuckle it up with Nick Saban.”

Georgia State has had two weeks to pre-

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Senior running back Travis Evans dodging a tackle from Alabama defender. pare against one of the most talked about college football teams in history, and now you get to prepare as The Signal breaks down the legendary Alabama Crimson Tide.

Offense

Everyone’s heard of A.J. McCarron.

The quarterback was the 2011 Most Valuable Player in the BCS National Championship, leader of the offense who is 37-4 in games McCarron

played, and has a girlfriend nearly as famous as he is thanks to ESPN’s Brent Musburger.

The Crimson Tide’s quarterback is 75-for-110 so far this season, with 882 yards and six touchdown passes.

McCarron has a slew of receivers he goes to, each having the ability to catch just about any ball thrown.

McCarron goes to Christion Jones the most often, but junior DeAndrew White has accomplished the biggest plays for the Crimson Tide this year, averaging 15.2 yards per catch and two touchdowns.

White’s longest touchdown reception was on a 44-yard flea flicker to tie the game at 14 against Texas A&M. Five other Alabama receivers have touchdown catches this season, including senior Kenny Bell, who had a 51-yard touchdown catch against Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide’s receivers are fast, so fast they have become Alabama’s number one weapon since former running back Eddie Lacy moved on to the NFL. Running backs T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake each have a trio of touchdowns on the ground giving Alabama a balanced attack, making them a tough opponent for any caliber of defense.

continued on page 18 (Alabama)

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Seniors reflect on Alabama: then and now GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Senior wide receiver Danny Williams making a catch.

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS Fifth-year senior cornerback Brent McClendon celebrating.

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

DAVID A. NORWOOD II Sports Editor

P

rior to the game against Alabama this Saturday, The Signal sat down with four seniors who played in the first Alabama game in 2010: Brent McClendon, Travis Evans, Danny Williams and Kelton Hill.

Brent McClendon The

Signal:

How did it feel to play against the defending national champs as a freshman?

McC l end on:

It was just exciting GEORGIA STATE to be out there going ATHLETICS against the defending national champs.

I think I played fairly well as a freshman. I got smarter, got wiser from the game.

The Signal: How was it playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium?

McClendon: I loved it. I got to see some good things playing at Alabama...a great environment, just great to be apart of it.

The Signal:

Did any of your family and friends attend the game?

McClendon: My mom and dad came. My dad usually comes to all my games. My mom tries to come as much as she can.

The Signal: Did you have any opportunities match up with any of the NFL bound Alabama players?

McClendon: I matched up with Julio a few times, Darius Hanks, Marquis Maze, got a chance to tackle Mark Ingram, stuff like that. It was a great experience; I’ll never forget it.

The Signal: What’s your outlook for the Alabama game this year?

McClendon: Just a chance to prove myself, for the defense to prove ourselves and the team to prove ourselves. We’re better than a lot of people expect us to be, we just have to prove it.

Danny Williams Travis Evans The Signal:

How did you feel about your performance in the Alabama game in 2010?

Evans: I felt like it was good but I could have done better, but that was our first year playing college football. It was a good stepping stone, something to build on.

The Signal: With the 2010 Alabama game in the books, what did you learn from the game?

Evans: I learned a lot. I learned that college football...wasn’t like high school.

[Now] I can’t beat everybody to the edge, it’s straight north-and-south [running straight ahead]. Going into this game, I don’t really see going into they were defending national champions. This year, they’re defending national champions so the ground is set for it.

I’m just trying to motivate our team and get us ready to go out there. We’re not going to lay down to them. We’re going in there to fight and keep fighting. We’re going to win in my mind. I see us winning.

The Signal:

How was it playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium?

Evans: I loved it. I love the atmosphere of having all those people who don’t really like you. I just love that hostile environment.

The Signal:

Did any of your family and friends attend the game?

Evans: I had some family there but majority was home, back in Florida watching.

They were just cheering me on from there.

The Signal: You played against Alabama

as a freshman in 2010, how do you feel going into the Alabama game as a senior?

Williams: I’m a very much smarter foot-

ball player. I definitely know the ins and outs of the game a lot better and I’ll prepare a lot better than I did the last time.

The Signal: You had a catch for nine yards in that game. How do you feel about your performance?

Williams: I wish I could have had a couple more. That one was nice. Like I said, I’ll be more prepared. Hopefully, I’ll get a couple more.

The Signal: How did you feel about playing in Bryant-Denny Stadium for the first time?

Williams: It was cool, but like what coach always says, it’s just another game. It’s a big venue, but it’s still a hundred yards painted with the hashes, still the same thing, just a little taller. It’s kind of like being in the Dome to be honest with you. More people there, but same thing.

The Signal: Did you have any friends and family come to the game?

Williams:

Yeah, my dad comes to every game so he’s always there. And my mom.

I think I had an aunt from up in Ohio come.

I don’t know about this year, though. My dad and mom will probably come.

The Signal: What is your outlook for the upcoming game against Alabama?

Williams: We’re going to show them Georgia State can play football with the best of them.

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Kelton Hill

The Signal: How did you feel about your performance in the Alabama game in 2010?

Hill: I was happy with it. I contributed a lot. We did good as a team. We weren’t scared. We showed we weren’t scared in 2010 and it’s going to be the same this year.

The Signal: With the 2010 Alabama game in the books, what did you learn from the game?

Hill: It was fun. I had a 58 yards rushing that game. I think I contributed a lot.

It was a lot of fun playing in front of that crowd against a top five team and I’m looking forward to it again.

The Signal: Did you have any friends and family come to the game?

Hill: I had about 10-plus family friends come. It’s always fun doing that. It’s going to be the same next week.

The Signal: What is your outlook for the upcoming game against Alabama?

Hill: Just to go out there and compete hard, make plays because we’re going to be on every news station so just go out there and show the world that Georgia State...we belong [with the best of them] and we can make plays like the best of them. Alabama puts their cleats on the same way we do, pants on the same way we do, helmets and shoulder pads. We just got to go out there and compete, bust them in the mouth and draw blood first.

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Alabama (cont. from page 16) 2010 GSU VS. BAMA (THU, NOV. 18)

POINTS MIKE EDEN | THE SIGNAL Head Coach Trent Miles observes his team from the sidelines.

DAVID A. NORWOOD II Sports Editor David A. Norwood II is a senior speech major who is addicted to basketball, football, WWE and Mexican food.

Follow him @dnorwood90

Conference title drought ended?

T

he Georgia State men’s basketball team hasn’t won a conference title since the 2000-01 season when they were coached by the legendary Lefty Driesell, a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Since then, the coaches that came after Driesell, Michael Perry and Rod Barnes, failed to replicate such success.

Although Perry had 20 wins in his first season (2003-04), it went downhill for him since the Panthers failed to secure winning season prior to his firing.

However, Coach Hunter has been head coach for the past two seasons and surpassed his predecessors by having 37 wins despite not winning a conference title.

Last season, the CAA ruled the Panthers ineligible for postseason play despite having a 10-8 winning record in the CAA due to a CAA bylaw which cost Georgia State a final opportunity to win a conference title while in the CAA. Fortunately, the Panthers are eligible to compete for the Sun Belt Conference Championship this season In addition to having the opportunity to compete for the title, the Panthers return four starters, including CAA Rookie of the Year R.J. Hunter. They also welcome the additions of redshirt junior Kentucky point guard transfer Ryan Harrow and redshirt junior Southern Cal forward transfer (now eligible) Curtis Washington to the active roster, and both are expected to compete for significant playing time.

The ball is in the Panthers’ court as all eyes are on them starting Oct. 28 when they play Shorter University.

On paper, the Panthers are a force to be reckoned with, but let’s see if it shows up on the court.

Defense

The Crimson Tide entered the 2013 season after losing four of their defensive starters from the previous season to the NFL. While they are still stacked with talent, Alabama’s defense has fallen from being known as the best defense in college football, as it was known to be in 2011 and 2012.

As of Sept. 29, the Crimson Tide is ranked 27 in the NCAA in total defense, allowing 331 yards per game and a total of 1324 yards this season.

Linebacker C.J. Mosely leads the defense this season with 35 tackles, 19 of them unassisted. Any offense trying to make a big play on the ground has to get through the 6’2”, 232-pound senior first.

Opposing offenses have had

some success in the air against Alabama’s pass defense for 910 yards.

It should be noted that a majority of these defensive stats are skewed

by Alabama’s Sept. 14 game against Texas A&M. Texas A&M threw for 464 yards and five touchdowns against the Crimson Tide. Alabama has not allowed any other touchdowns through the air against their other opponents.

Colorado was able to move the ball through the air for 228 yards, but was unable to score any touchdowns in the game.

A major threat for opposing air-attack offenses is defensive back Vinnie Sunseri. Sunseri has two interceptions in Alabama’s four games.

Sunseri’s first interception came against Virginia Tech, running it back for a 38-yard touchdown. His

GEORGIA STATE (7)

ALABAMA (63)

1st Downs Total Yards Passing Rushing

7 165 74 91

24 478 216 262

3rd Down Conversions

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second was against Texas A&M where he ran 73 yards for his second touchdown of the season.

The Crimson Tide defense is not the best in college football, but its ability to make offense feel pain both literally and figuratively is what makes them so hard to beat.

Special Teams

Alabama’s special teams is something to be feared.

Not necessarily punter Cody Mandell, who does, however, average 47 yards a punt, but the return man –Christion James.

James takes both the kick and punt returns.

On kick returns, Jones has 238 yards on just eight returns and one touchdown.

James is just as lethal on punt returns garnering 135 yards and

one touchdown.

James is 5’10” and 185 lbs. of muscle whose quickness, agility and ability to break tackles makes him nearly impossible to stop.

James’s return yards combined with his 210 yards of receiving yards puts him ranked 21 in individual all-purpose yards in the NCAA. On the other side of the ball, Alabama is not afraid to bring pressure on the punter like they did against Colorado State.

Sophomore linebacker Dillon Lee broke through Colorado State’s line to block a punt and run it back for a 15-yard touchdown.

No one is safe when facing Alabama’s special teams on either side of the ball. Alabama has one of–if not the most–productive special teams in college football.

Between the bylines: University of Alabama

week before, so the fans will be ready for a pressure-free weekend against a cupcake opponent. It’s always nice for fans to have a weekend to relax, enjoy football and not have to worry about losing.

COURTESY OF MARC TORRENCE

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n preparation for next Saturday’s game against Alabama, The Signal sat down with Marc Torrence, sports editor of The Crimson White (University of Alabama’s student newspaper).

The Signal: How do Alabama fans feel about playing Georgia State again?

Torrence: Honestly, it’s just another bump on the scheduling log.

Alabama plays scrappy Ole Miss the

TS: Does Georgia State being a FBS team now raises the stakes of the matchup, or are fans already looking ahead to the Kentucky game?

Torrence: Fans aren’t looking ahead to Kentucky, they’re looking ahead to LSU and the SEC Championship Game. That’s about it. I don’t think Georgia State moving up raises the stakes that much. Alabama is so good and so dominant right now that there are really only two or three games on the schedule every year that matter to fans. The rest all just kind of blend together.

TS: After the kickoff score Georgia State had against Alabama in 2010, how do Alabama fans expect special teams to prepare for a legit home run threat in Albert Wilson (he

scored against Alabama on a kickoff return as a freshman - now he’s a senior)?

Torrence: They’ll expect it to prepare the way it does for every game. Alabama doesn’t play scrubs on special teams. Senior All-American linebacker C.J. Mosley regularly plays on special teams. It’s a good way for young guys to get on the field, too, but all the young guys they recruit are pretty good.

TS: What Alabama players besides the stars should Georgia State fans be worried about? We know most of the big names on the team, but who is going to surprise Georgia State on the 5th?

Torrence: I’m really interested to see the backups. That’s usually the most exciting part of these games against smaller teams for the fans is how do the backups perform once the game is out of hand. Alabama signed a heralded class of young running backs, in particular, who fans are eager to see.

TS: What is your impression of Georgia State’s renewed rushing attack and how do you think it will hold up against Alabama’s defense?

Torrence: I’m not really that familiar with Georgia State’s running backs, but Alabama has been solid against the run so far this year. Outside of Johnny Manziel making some razzle dazzle plays with his legs and a blown play against Virginia Tech, running backs haven’t found much room to run this year. Alabama’s front seven is one of the best in the country.

TS: What is your prediction for next Saturday’s matchup?

Torrence: I would say somewhere in the 49-7 range. Nick Saban has never been one to run up the score on teams - he took a knee near the goal line late in the Auburn game last year instead of scoring again. Georgia State will probably get a score off of a blown play, but other than that, it will be all Alabama. But there won’t be too much carnage.

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PANTHER Of The Week

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

HANNAH STEFANOFF CROSS COUNTRY Hannah Stefanoff was named the Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week last week for the second time this season.

She led the cross country team to a third place finish in the GSU Invitational after finishing fourth in the 4k race, setting a personal best time of 14:40.9.

Stefanoff has finished in the top five in three of four meets already this season.

Stefanoff was awarded Sun Belt Runner of the Week earlier this season the week of Sept. 2.

She was named to the All-Sun Belt first team after finishing fifth overall in the Sun Belt Conference meet helping the Panthers win their first Sun Belt Championship.

Stefanoff is a junior and biological science major.

She graduated from Grandview Height High School and is a native of Grandview Heights, Ohio.

Sports Calendar Mon, Sept. 30-Wed, Oct. 2 Women’s Golf Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational Starkville, Miss.

Tue, Oct. 1 Men’s Soccer UNCG GSU Soccer Complex 5 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 2 Volleyball Western Kentucky* GSU Sports Arena 6 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 4-Sun, Oct. 6 Men’s Golf Brickyard Collegiate Macon, Ga. Fri, Oct. 4-Sun, Oct. 6 Women’s Tennis All-American Championships Palisades, Calif.

*CONFERENCE GAMES

Fri, Oct. 4 Volleyball UT Arlington* GSU Sports Arena 6 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 4 Softball Florida State GSU Softball Complex 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 4 Women’s Soccer Texas State* San Marcos, Texas 8 p.m.

Sat, Oct. 5 Women’s Cross Country Louisville Classic (5k) Louisville, Ky. 10 a.m.

Sat, Oct. 5 Football Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 12:21 p.m.

SEC TV/ Peachtree TV 1340 The Fan 3 Sun, Oct. 6 Volleyball Texas State* GSU Sports Arena 1 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 6 Softball Georgia Gwinnett College GSU Softball Complex 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Mon, Oct. 7-Tue, Oct. 8 Women’s Golf Lady Pirate Intercollegiate Greenville, N.C.

briefs Women’s Soccer This weekend, the women’s soccer team started the conference portion of their season at home, facing Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe.

In their first game Friday against Louisiana-Lafayette, they lost 0-3.

The following game on Sunday against Louisiana-Monroe, they clinched their first conference win of the season, defeating the Warhawks 2-0.

Sophomore forward Ashly Nagy and senior defender Alyssia Feronti both scored a goal each for the Panthers on Sunday.

Men’s Soccer This week, the men’s soccer team played at home for the first time since the season opener on August 30 against Liberty.

They faced Lipscomb and defeated them 2-1.

Freshman middle fielder Aaron Jones and sophomore defender/middle fielder Conor Acheson scored a goal each for the Panthers. *For more briefs, visit georgiastatesignal.com

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Happening er Octob3 201 Monday Tuesday

Supported by Student Activity Fees

Wednesday

October ATL Plaza featuring DJ Peter Parker 12-1 p.m.

Library Plaza

Courtyard Music Series: Scratch Track

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12-1 p.m.

Courtyard Stage Student Center

2

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Unity Plaza

7

12:15-1 p.m.

Library Plaza

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Volunteer Meeting

Homecoming Block Party

Homecoming Golf Cart Parade

10 12-1 p.m., Gilmer Street

3-5 p.m., Hurt Park

For event details, visit our websites:

Campus Events studentevents.gsu.edu

Cinefest Film Theater spotlight.gsu.edu/cinefest

Spotlight Programs Board spotlight.gsu.edu

Student Media studentmedia.gsu.edu

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7-8:30 p.m., Lanier Suite, Student Center

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Homecoming Field Day / Powder Puff

Sat-Sun

Scandal Viewing Party

Soul Food Cypher

7-11 p.m.

Hurt Park

Friday

12-1 p.m., Library Plaza 8-11 p.m., Courtyard & Speaker’s Auditorium, Student Center

7-9 p.m.

470 University Center

Homecoming Spirit Plaza

Plaza: Suni MF Solomon & Zip Kennedy

Volunteer Training

6-7 p.m., Lucerne Suite, Student Center

oming Homece We k!

Thursday

Homecoming Royal Ball 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fox Theatre Tickets $5, students; $10, guests at Campus Tickets

Homecoming Game: (46 WT 5SPZ

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3:30 p.m., Georgia Dome

(46 'PPUCBMM After-Party Finale

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9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Student Recreation Center

Cinefest

The Bling Ring, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Film Theater

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

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

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

Spring Breakers, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Before Midnight, Oct. 7-13

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

Atlanta Asian Film Festival, Oct. 12-13 t S-S: 3 p.m.

Scandal Season 3 Premiere

FREE

Thursday, October 3 8 - 11 p.m.

,N_TaT_TP^ x 1]PP 1ZZO *while supplies last

Music by DJ Peter Parker Season 2 finale at 9 p.m.

Speaker’s Auditorium and Courtyard, Student Center studentevents.gsu.edu

2013-14 Distinguished Speaker Series: /FW 4DIVMNBO t 5IVSTEBZ 0DUPCFS Good Morning GSU Spirit Plaza Field Day / Powder Puff Block Party Golf Cart Parade Royal Ball Homecoming Game vs. Troy FOOTBALL AFTER-PARTY FINALE For Homecoming Week details, see calendar above and visit spotlight.gsu.edu

3-4 p.m., Student Center Ballroom Followed by Meet and Greet Speaker’s Auditorium

FREE

Campus Events’ 2013-14 Distinguished Speaker Series will feature Nev Schulman, producer, actor and photographer, who is most notable for his role in Catfish, Rogue Pictures’ and Relativity Media’s critically acclaimed 2010 documentary thriller. Now as the host of MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show, Schulman tells the stories of young people as their onlineonly romantic relationships collide with first-time, real-life encounters. He will lead a discussion about the murky world of online personas, online dating, social networking and the triumphs and tribulations of 21st century communication when everyone is constantly connected digitally.