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Local

A student at Carver High School underwent reconstructive surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital after two dogs attacked him and bit him on the face at the school baseball field. Parents of the student said he would have to undergo at least two surgeries to repair the damage. The school was placed on lockdown because of the incident.

National

A 9-year-old boy from Minnesota made it past Transportation Security Administration officials and onto a flight to Las Vegas without a guardian or a ticket on Oct. 6. Flight attendants called the Las Vegas Police Department and Child Protective Services after re-

blotter alizing the minor was not on the list of children travelling alone. TSA released a statement saying the boy was screened before boarding the plane and was not a threat.

Global

SEAL Team Six was forced to abort a mission in Somalia to capture a senior planner for terrorist group al-Shabab because of the number of children and women in the compound. The SEALs were spotted upon arriving at the compound where Ikrimah was staying, which lead to a firefight. The SEALs’ commander ordered the team to retreat instead of issuing an air strike because of the unexpected number of human shields on the premises. Ikrimah was not captured during raid.

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A Georgia State student said he left his phone unattended, which was then it was stolen. After making contact with the suspect, he agreed to meet the thief to buy the phone back. However, GSUPD instead arrested the suspect during the meeting and transported him to the Fulton County Jail.

After handing over $300 and her debit card to a male named Justin, a Georgia State student filed a report for fraud. She said a family member informed her she had been deceived. The case is still under investigation.

Conning a con man Langdale Hall

October 3

The cost of employment Edgewood Avenue

A Georgia State student filed a report for fraud.

The student said she filled out a job application online and was prompted to deposit $2,700.14 into an account. She sent $1,900 to a vendor in the Philippines before realizing she had been duped. The case is still under investigation.

Clean getaway Luckie Street

Generosity gone wrong University Center

October 7

Hostile living arrangement Piedmont Avenue

A Georgia Sate student field a report for harassment after claiming she was threatened by her roommate.

Hide your briefcase Urban Life

A Georgia State employee returned to his office to find his briefcase was stolen. The case is still under investigation.

A Georgia State staff member said her university keys were stolen from her cleaning cart.

Photo of the week CANDRA UMUNNA | THE SIGNAL A lesbian couple celebrate their recent marriage during the 43rd annual Atlanta Pride Festival Parade in Midtown on Oct. 13, 2013.

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Over 60 elevators on Georgia State’s campus are currently expired ZOYA HASNAIN Staff Reporter

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tudents and faculty at Georgia State have been using expired elevators since the beginning of the semester.

Elevators in housing facilities, classroom buildings, the Student Center, the University Center, the library and MDeck parking lot went past their expiration date in August this year. Patton Hall elevators expired earlier in February, and constant breakdowns and malfunctions have left students frustrated with the lack of inspections.

“This is probably why nothing works. People aren’t doing their job.” freshman and Piedmont Hall resident Siana Smith said.

When notified by The Signal about the 9-month inspections due for Patton Hall, Fire Safety Manager Jennifer McWhorter said that the Elevator Inspection Section for the State of Georgia are running behind on their inspections.

“Georgia State has no control of when they will arrive to campus to inspect elevators,” McWhorter said.

When The Signal tried to contact the Fire Marshalls, who are in charge of all elevator inspections in the State of Georgia, we were informed that the people in charge of inspections are rarely in their offices.

Meanwhile, the elevators continue to break down. Signs reading, “This elevator is out of service” and “Elevator Out of Order Until Further Notice” have become a common theme on campus elevators.

“When an elevator is down it takes 3 times longer to get where you need to go. It’s frustrating,” freshman Penny Hoang said.

Elevators in Kell Hall lack an inspection certificate. A sign informs users of the elevators that information on the inspections is located in the manager’s office. One of the elevators in Library South lacks an inspection certificate as well. According to escalator and elevator laws in Georgia, a certificate of inspection is required to be placed in a “permanently mounted frame with a clear glass of plastic removable cover” in all elevators.

A few elevators in the University Commons, a housing facility that houses 2,000 Georgia State students, have inspection certificates that are covered with stickers, disallowing students from viewing the inspection dates on their elevators. However, some students believe that the facilities department has maintained the elevators in the University Commons well despite the inspection expiration.

“I think we shouldn’t cover (the inspection certificates). Students should be able to feel safe about the elevators.

They seem to work fine though,” University Commons resident Josh Pearson said. “(The elevators) have been contained but they may cause problems in the future,” another University Commons resident, Okechukwu Eme-Akwari said.

Other students were more alarmed about the lack of inspections and saw it as a serious hazard.

“Not only are the elevators being out of certification a hazard to students, but it as well is a violation of civil code.

These codes are put in place to protect the people who use the elevators. It is important to keep the elevators up to date on their certification,” University Commons resident Nick Rizza said.

“With hundreds of people riding the elevators it’s extremely important that they are properly inspected so that no one will be injured or at risk when using the elevators.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, elevators and escalators seriously injure 17,000 and kill 30 people in the United States every year.

Elevators count for 90% of these deaths and 60% of the injuries.

According to a study done by the Center for Construction Research Training, many elevator related deaths could have been prevented if proper inspections had taken place. Many deaths

ZOYA HASNAIN | THE SIGNAL Some elevators like this one in Library South lack certificates altogether. occur due to improper elevator controller wiring which can lead to workers getting caught between the elevator doors as the elevator continues to move.

Another problem is broken interlocks.

Interlocks are intended to prevent elevator doors from opening unless the elevator car is on the same floor. They also ensure that all doors are closed before the car can move. Malfunctioning interlocks can lead to passengers or workers on the elevator falling into the shaft which often leads to death.

Some students expressed fear when asked their opinion on the elevators in their housing facilities being expired.

“I thought I was the only one who noticed that. I just thought it was scary,” Patton Hall resident Sarah Cho said.

Patton Hall houses 325 freshmen who are forced to use the two elevators that have not been inspected for more than 21 months. When they broke down on October 3rd, one of the many days since the beginning of the semester, students expressed annoyance at being unable to use the stairs, which are only utilized in the case of an emergency.

“We can’t use the stairs and we’re on the second floor. Most of the time there’s only one elevator to use,” freshman and Patton Hall resident David Andriate said.

“It’s a serious architectural flaw, the fact that there is no stair access from the main lobby and that you’re forced to take the elevator. When one elevator is down, you have a building of 325 people relying on one elevator,” another freshman and hall resident Joey de St. Aubin said.

University Housing refused to comment on the situation. The facilities division of Georgia State was unavailable for comment.

Expired Elevators Langdale Hall: Elevators 1,2,3,4,5,6 expired 8/13 Patton Hall: Elevators 1-2 expired 2/13 Kell Hall: Missing inspection certificates on both elevators Classroom South: Elevators 1,2,3,4 expired 8/13 M Deck Parking Lot Elevator 1 unresponsive Elevator 2 expired 8/13 Aderhold Learning Center Elevators 1,2,3,4, expired 8/13 To see the full list, visit georgiastatesignal.com

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Research

Study: Internships no sure bet for job placement Paid interns more likely to receive job offers, higher salaries ALEX KUGACZEWSKI Staff Reporter

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hile about three out of five students who take paid internships receive job offers after graduation, finding a job is much more difficult for unpaid interns, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Students graduating after an unpaid internship are barely better off than those who graduated without any internship, according to the study.

Paid interns were about twice as likely ro receive job offers with 63.1 percent of students in the study reporting at least one job offer after graduation.

In addition, a discrepancy ex-

ists among those with paid, unpaid and no internship participation. Although both have the same chance of getting hired, students with paid internships earn a median average salary of $51,930 after they graduate – a massive difference from those with unpaid internships, earning a median average salary of $35,721,according to the NACE. Many students, however, don’t hold favorable views of internships, believing the rewards are too small to justify the commitment. Some students even claim that internships are a form of exploitation, calling them corporate work that pays below minimum wage – if they pay at all.

“The experience is nice, but no pay really weighs it down,” said Jesse Ferrero, a senior film major.

“It doesn’t make sense for me.”

Ferrero is currently taking a full course load and working

a part time job, and said that he prefers getting paid and getting to experience to just getting experience.

Under the law, students must be paid for the services they perform while under employment.

Even so, an internship is not always paid.

According to Career Services, an internship is a supervised onsite learning experience providing students with an opportunity to apply what they have learned in class to real-life work settings.

Yet some students believe employers are taking advantage of this by using interns as free or low-wage labor.

“People aren’t necessarily off point with that accusation,” Kristyn Back, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance coordinator, said. “I understand their frustration.”

Back went on to say that what an internship means is individual

to every student, saying that some will find enormous value in the experience while others will shrug off the opportunity. She reaffirmed her own belief in the importance of internships, however, noting that some degree programs require students to participate in them.

Under the Fair Labors Standards Act, for interns to work for a for-profit company without pay, the internship role must be “similar to training which would be given in an educational environment.”

Still, the whole point of an internship is for students to experience their careers outside their educational boundaries and for students to learn outside of the classroom environment.

“The hands-on experience is extremely essential. The experience is above and beyond that of classroom learning,” Back said.

According to federal law, unpaid internships must meet the following criteria: 1.

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The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment; The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern; The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff; The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded; The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship; and The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

Student government

Roundup: 24-hour library, freshman senator bill, budget JESUS DIAZ News Editor

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n the week before homecoming in a mostly crowded Lanier Suite, a panel of five faculty members and the SGA gathered with students to formulate ideas and concerns for the university.

Students advocated for more access to the library, looser on-campus housing policies and debated how to get the seats filled at home football games during the first annual Student Government Association Town Hall meeting.

But a lot of questions went unanswered, like that of a proposed Green Fee that the $30 library fee will expire, the push for genderneutral restrooms and the need to support other sporting events around campus–not just football.

Students proposed making the library a 24-hour institution.

Dr. Black even advised students on asking for 24-hour access to the library.

“If the issue is one of [study] space, then maybe we should ask for somewhere, it doesn’t have to be the library, that can be open for 24 hours,” he said.

Available 24/7 is the Georgia State Police escort service that, according to Sgt. Ware of GSUPD, is not being used.

“If you call 911 your service will be delayed,” she said, advising students to use their emergency number.

The escort service has two passenger vans and 10 to 12 patrol cars available for students who call that number.

Stating that students should put away their cellphones, Ware also warned students about walking at night unaccompanied.

“We’ve had two victims get their cellphones stolen in the past week,” she said.

Article 6 amendment vetoed

The Senate proposition allowing freshmen and incoming transfer students to be eligible for office was vetoed last Thursday by President Andrew Whyte, who said that the proposed bill was centered more around holding title in SGA and less around promoting actual student involvement.

“SGA is about service, not title,” Whyte said. “The notion that you cannot be a part of SGA without an institutional grade point average is incorrect as the mere fact that you are part of the University as a student means that you are part of SGA.” The legislation, put forward by freshman senator Brett Dunn, would have amended Article 6 of the SGA Constitution requiring an institutional GPA for students interested in running for office.

Although asking for transcript validation of student grades would not be a problem, Whyte said evaluating an individual’s GPA would prove to be rather difficult and unnecessary.

“Assessing and analyzing a transcript from another institution would be difficult,” he said. “The members of the SGA do not have the level of expertise to determine such things as academic rigor.”

He added that the proposed act was turned in three days after the

CANDRA UMUNNA | THE SIGNAL submission deadline and failed to pass the senate with a majority vote.

Whyte said students who really want to get involved in SGA can start by joining a standing committee, a university committee or volunteering.

“In my communication with students concerning the particular bill, the proper language used to describe the scenario, where new students represent the interests of the college, was unheard,” Whyte said. “One should experience Georgia State University before leading it.”

Budget and finance

SGA spent over $5,000 this semester on their annual conference alone, with over 37 percent of its projected $26,177 budget already

depleted.

Tyler Lewis, vice president of budget and finance, said they are focusing more on public relations efforts and co-sponsorship events to increase visibility.

“We have the smallest amount of money that we’ve worked with in the past four years,” he said.

So far, SGA has been able to fund and set up seven co-sponsorship events, an increase from last year.

Visibility?

Almost halfway into the semester, Timothy Smith, vice president of student life, and Camryn Bradley of Student Affairs, introduced a new SGA newsletter, resource initiatives for disabled students and a new initiative on campus called

Organizations United.

Organizations United, a program hosted every weekend by Student Government, will bring together all student Organization Presidents on campus for open discussions on student outreach and student concerns for increased transparency.

“It is an opportunity for all organizations on campus to collaborate together and meet,” President Andrew Whyte said.

SGA will be putting out a biweekly newsletter for students interested in knowing what exactly they’ve been up to. Through the help of student advertisements and organizations, an online newsletter title “SGA Insider” will focus on increasing social media and SGA’s online content.

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The real “Gullah Gullah” island experience

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Operation Smile at Georgia State to start joint fundraiser

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o you know about the Gullah? Do you know about the Geechee people in Georgia? Not the popular 90s Nick Jr. T.V. show “Gullah Gullah Island,” featuring a spotted yellow tadpole named Binyah Binyah and his native family of friends, but the real life descendants of Sapelo island, still living and preserving their culture off the coast of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage corridor.

Through the help of Georgia State’s Sapelo Island Legacy and Culture (SILC) team, students will have the opportunity this Friday, Oct. 18 to experience the remaining Saltwater Geechee people, communities now endangered by real-estate development and the possible passing away of the Binyas.

Binya were descendants, born and raised on Sapelo Island during the time of segregation. After the closing of schools on Sapelo during the 60s and 70s, the Binyas began to move outside of the island, consequently losing some of their culture to the mainland.

SILC team director, Dr. Mary Brown Zeigler, said the Binyas began losing their property, language and their sense of postitive self-identity.

“The linguistic identity is the key element,” Zeigler said. “Because when you can say who you are, you know who you are. That is the key to holding communities together.”

After a while, many young people and native Binyahs were forced to find schooling and work outside of the island, later generations returning as cumyahs—those that marry into the culture.

Zeigler said that in the mainland, Geechee and Binyah students were taught not to talk in their native tongue because it was characterized as broken English.

Zeigler said that many people use Black American terminology without knowing its cultural history.

“If those who come are there to keep the culture alive and the community strong then they are there to keep pushing on,” Zeigler said.

Running from Wilberforce, N.C. to Jacksonville, Fl., the GullahGeechee corridor is home to over fifty original descendants of West African slaves brought through forced migration from Sierra Leone, known as Geechee and Binyah.

Besides raising awareness of the fading Binyah culture, students will get the chance to research significant issues within the African American community and Gullah-Geechee language, including black identity, culture.

“We come with an intellectual purpose,” Zeigler said. “We want to show them that Georgia State, a research university, respects their history and culture.”

Why is the way black people talk merely an unsuccessful attempt to produce American English? If the Sapelo island community culture is understood then community lan-

PHOTO CREDIT: OPERATIONSMILE.ORG A baby born with cleft lip smiles after her operation.

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N PHOTO CREDIT: MARY BROWN ZEIGLEER Students at last year’s Sapelo Island Legacy and Culture 2012 Conference watch a presentation by the Gullah-Geechee Heritage shouters. guage is better understood.”

She added that most people don’t think the Gullah-Geechee language is a language, but that those are excuses made by people who do not want to deal with the real problem: lack of knowledge and the passing on of misinformation.

She added that students would also be giving back to the GullahGeechee community by helping to restore their pride in the GullahGeechee Heritage.

“Current generations of the Gullah-Geechee heritage are trying to keep, recover and restore the GullahGeechee culture in Georgia, but some of it has been lost or is going away.

“Even though the Binyahs are passing away, they are leaving their history to the cumyahs. But what happens if the Cumyah do not keep that physical and emotional attachment?

“If there are not enough descendants of Binyah, like the cumyah, then those who come to the culture are probably not preserving it.”

Through a three day trip to the island and former docking area of the first enslaved African Americans to arrive in the U.S. during the early 1800s, the SILC team will be taking students to visit the island via their 2013 program themed: Children &

Family, Cultivating Our Tree of Life from the Roots to the Fruit.

This year’s program will build on last year’s theme titled Children & Family: Tapping the Roots Within.

SILC teammate and English major, Dionne Blasingame, who helped organize the memorable 2012 event by assisting with lodging and photo-recording, reflected on the theme: “Life is a sacred journey that changes, grows, discovers, moves, stretches, transforms, and pauses.

And it is through family and faith that we experience life fully and deeply. It is through knowledge and understanding that we clearly see the lasting and lingering effects of family members on our lives—from the wisdom of great aunts to the innocent wisdom of nieces and nephews,” she said.

On Friday, Oct. 18 through Sunday, Oct. 20, students, friends, faculty, and family will get a chance to experience the coastal Georgia Geechee communities, starting on Friday, when participants will stopover the Geechee Kunda in Riceboro with the Georgia Geechee Shouters.

On Saturday, it’s all day on Sapelo Island with the Cultural Day Festival and a morning at the Savannah River Walk on Sunday before returning back to Atlanta.

onprofit organization Operation Smile’s Georgia State chapter has joined with the chapters at the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology to hold a joint fundraising event to provide free surgeries for children afflicted with cleft lip and palate.

Fundraisers have proved invaluable to the organization.

Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has performed over 200,000 surgeries, each one free of charge to its patients. The organization was honored with the HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) Humanitarian Award for 2012 and Health Impact Award Project.

In addition to cosmetic issues, these deformities–found in roughly one of every 500 to 700 births–can create feeding problems at a young age, and, if left untreated, can lead to long-term self-esteem issues.

Douglas Lynch, marketing manager for Operation Smile at Georgia State, said he wants to spread the word and give a better future to children afflicted with cleft lip and cleft palate.

“I want these children to have a bright future,” Lynch said. “I want to get the word out.”

No official announcement has been made as to the date of the first Georgia State fundraiser, but President Shalin Jyotishi of Operation Smile’s UGA chapter said they are working with other universities to make a bigger impact.

“We want to bring everyone together for one big collaborative effort,” President Shalin Jyotishi said. “[We] see a lot of potential in the student body.”

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,

cleft lip is one of the most common birth defects in the United States, and about 70 percent of all orofacial clefts are clefts that occur with no signs of birth defects.

Each year, the CDC estimates 2,651 babies in the U.S. are born with a cleft palate and 4,437 babies are born with a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate.

Although the exact cause is still unknown, cleft lips and palates are hereditary defects that form during the embryonic development of a baby and may be caused by genetic and environmental issues like maternal illness, drugs and malnutrition.

As children develop and grow, becoming more self-conscious and aware, a cleft lip or palate can cause unwanted stares and remarks, and may even lead to bullying.

“It’s good to get the word out.

They should promote it more so students can be better aware of it,” student Alma Gonzalez said.

Although the exact cause is still unknown, cleft lips and palates are hereditary defects that form during the embryonic development of a baby and may be caused by genetic and environmental issues like maternal illness, drugs or malnutrition.

In an article titled “Stop Staring!” by the Cleft Lip and Palate Association for kids, researchers agree that one of the best ways to avoid bullying is by simply ignoring it. ­­­­ “You could see it as the person staring thinks you’re weird (which is NOT true) or you could see it as the person staring thinks you’re attractive which is quite a nice thing to think,” the article said.

“You don’t have to see it as a bad thing… the best thing to do is ignore it.”

Still, with no preventative measures discovered, Operation Smile will be there to give children the bright futures they deserve.

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National

SHUTDOWN How the government shutdown affects you

Organizations closed/not able to function (according to CNN) Election Assistance Commission - No one may research improving federal elections or provide payments to states for improving their election systems.

American Battle Monuments Commission - All sites worldwide are closed to the public.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Remaining staff are mostly in the field division, which helps people file employment discrimination claims.

Federal Communications Commission - During a shutdown, all FCC activities other than those immediately necessary for the protection of life or property cease.

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eorgia State students as well as high school seniors and college applicants are worried that the Federal Government Shutdown could affect their health and well-being and may cause them to lose their financial aid unless the government resumes operation.

If Congress does not come up with a resolution by the Oct. 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. government will face its first federal default in history.

Georgia State students as well as college students everywhere will be affected. Federally employed students could lose their jobs and be forced to take fewer classes, prolonging their expected graduation dates.

“We’ve got to stop repeating this pattern. I know the American people are tired of it,” President Obama said at a news conference. “I apologize that you have to go through this stuff every three months.”

Furloughed FDA employee and Georgia State Student Byron Divens said he hopes to get back to work as soon as possible.

“There needs to be a resolution quick because I have several obligations that need be paid,” Divens said.

The Food and Drug Administration has been hit hard by the shutdown. According to Steven Immergut, the FDA’s assistant commissioner for public affairs, only 626 of 1,602 FDA investigators are employed.

The shortage of workers will result in a suspension of ‘routine’ FDA inspections. The FDA’s plan for the government shutdown said that they “will be unable to support the majority of its food safety, nutrition, and cosmetics activities.”

Similarly, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has come under fire since the shutdown. The Costco whole sale store recalled almost 40,000 pounds of Kirkland Signature Foster Farms rotisserie chicken due to detected salmonella poisoning.

These new developments have made students and alumni wary about the food they consume since

the shutdown.

Kristen Nothstein, a Georgia State University alumni, is skeptical of the foods offered at grocery stores.

“It kind of makes me want to go vegetarian. It’s another one of those things that unfortunately needs to be overhauled and it needs to be revamped regardless. So regardless of the shutdown, it needs to be addressed, because there has been several recalls that have made it to the shelf and it shouldn’t have,” Nothstein said.

“But I think the main thing that people can do is probably try to be careful more and read the labels, because a lot of stuff that says something like its sugar free is being substituted with something else and a lot of people aren’t educated about what all those chemicals are.”

Likewise, federal education funding has been negatively affected by the shutdown.

At a time when college tuition and student debt are steadily increasing, student aid programs have been mostly unaffected, but if the debt ceiling is not extended by Congress, there is a possibility that new student loans will not be issued on time.

“There are ton of students here that need loans in order to pay for there education and I hope this is solved for their sake,” senior Jasmine Jones said.

In addition, the Department of Education, which is in charge of distributing federal funds to schools and students nationwide, has been shut down since Oct. 1 and will continue to experience intensive spending cuts.

Out of the 4,225 Department of Education employees, only 212 remain since the shutdown and an additional 30 more employees could be furloughed if the shutdown extends past a week. This means that 95 percent of the DOE’s employees have been temporarily laid off.

The partial shutdown of the DOE could affect students who receive Pell Grants or Federal Direct Loans by delaying the processing of those payments.

Beatrice Edjah, a freshman chemistry pre-med major, feel similarly to other students regarding federal grants, loans and the government shutdown.

“I hope they have it back together by next semester because I need that money,” Edjah said.

Another victim of the shutdown,

the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which oversees the national public health, will not be able to administer its weekly influenza report—FluView—due to the shutdown.

FluView weekly reports give students comprehensive information on influenza outbreaks, illness types and mortality rates in Georgia.

Instead, Georgia State students will have to look elsewhere for federal health information during this year’s flu season. The CDC has advised students to utilize Google Flu Trends, because it uses the search activity of Google Search users around the United States to determine flu trends in different cities and states.

“State and local health departments will continue influenza surveillance and vaccination campaigns,” the CDC stated in their website. “[The} Influenza vaccine is readily available in doctor’s offices, pharmacies, public health clinics and other locations.”

Yet, all hope is not lost.

President Obama’s press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 8th revealed that there are enough votes in House of Representatives to accept a law to reopen the federal government.

However, Speaker of the House John Boehner says that there are actually not enough votes in the House to pass the law and, therefore, Congress remains at a typical he-say she-say political conflict.

“I feel for those that are currently out of work because of this shutdown,” said senior Taylor Matthews.

“I hope they solve this fast.”

The more the government fails to work together, the more thousands of federal workers will remain out of work and looking for ways to pay their bills.

Tabitha Belhomme, a freshman Pre-Nursing Major, expressed her worry for her loved ones who temporarily lost their government funded jobs in the military, Martin Luther King Center and other federal centers around Georgia.

“I do have family members who lost their jobs temporarily. Also a friend who lost a job due to the government shutdown,” Belhomme said.

“I’ve also known several more people who have lost their job, and it just makes me wonder how are they going to be able to continue paying their bills and to continue buying food for their families?”

Institute of Museum and Library Services - The IMLS website, www.imls.gov, continues to function.

National Council on Disability - NCD is an independent federal agency that advises the executive office, Congress, and the bureaucracy about policies, programs, practices and procedures that affect people with disabilities.

Smithsonian - All museums are closed. Excepted employees include those who protect the collections, feed the animals, etc.

U.S. Postal Service Inspector General - The operation was created to detect and report fraud and waste in the operations of the U.S. Postal Service.

Partially closed/shutdown Civilian military workers (Department of Defense) - After less than a week of furloughs, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel determined a special law continues to pay active duty service members also applies to the vast majority of 350,000 civilian employees that had been forced off the job by the shutdown.

Consumer Product Safety Commission - With 22 workers left, analysis of defective products will continue, recalls still coordinated and imports still monitored.

Department of Energy - All employees will continue to work until funds are exhausted, according to a DOE official.

Department of Homeland Security - All non-disaster grants programs administered by FEMA and other DHS components; citizens and U.S. businesses will not be able to access E-Verify; FEMA will cease providing high-quality data that is used for public planning, which ultimately is used to make insurance determinations for homeowners.

Department of Interior - All areas of the National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Systems are closed and public access restricted.

Department of Justice - The majority of workers at the FBI, the ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, the DEA and other agencies within the Department of Justice report to work.

Department of Labor - OSHA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (unemployment numbers) are furloughed.

Internal Revenue Service - All audit functions are shut down.

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BAMACARE How our governor robbed us of our freedom to choose

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

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n a few fleeting months, it will be mandatory that you have health insurance. Among other options, you are given the choice of being covered by Obamacare. While this should be your decision to make, you won’t be making it alone. For most of you, the state of Georgia has already made that choice.

With the goal of increasing the number of Americans with health insurance, on Jan. 1, 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—better known as Obamacare—states that health insurance will be mandatory for every citizen (with exception to few).

This “individual mandate” clause also states that those who do not have Obamacare or any other type of health insurance will be penalized with a monetary fee—a fee that will increase each month that you don’t have health insurance.

The National Center for Educational Statistics reports that the average income for college students is $14,400. Obamacare requires that Medicaid provide coverage for people who make less than $15,856 a year. It’s up to the state, however, to allow Medicaid’s coverage—and Georgia is refusing to allow it.

Along with several other southern states, Georgia remains unmoved in their decision to prohibit the expansion of Medicaid. When asked if he would be wiling to expand Georgia’s Medicaid, our governor, Nathan Deal replied, “No, I don’t have any intentions of expanding Medicaid.”

During this interview with The Atlanta JournalConstitution, Deal went on to say that he felt the federal government would break its promise of 100 percent coverage for the first three years and 90 percent thereafter.

He refuses to assist thousands of low-income people in his home state because of his trust issues with our government. Sure, you can’t expect everyone to keep a promise and you’d be less likely to bet on the promises of someone whose views contradict yours, but a promise should be considered if it’s fruition could ultimately mean saving the lives of thousands.

His decision to rob low-income students of their

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He refuses to assist thousands of low-income people in his home state”

choice is a echoed in the claim that the real threat to young adults’ health coverage is the decision by some states to not expand their Medicaid programs.

So, while some of us will be covered by employer insurance, military insurance, or our parent’s insurance—courtesy of Obamacare which allows those under 26 to do so—the rest of us will be left browsing high premiums or building up our penalty fee tab and playing Russian roulette in the absence of health insurance.

As residents of Georgia, we shouldn’t stand by and let thousands of low-income people, most of whom are students, face penalties because our state insists on keeping their arms firmly folded in the face of opportunity.

Too often, politicaly saturated subjects, including Obamacare, are abandoned by young adults and placed in the care of the “older, wiser and seasoned.”

This centerpiece of political conversational spreads has become the ragdoll of political playgrounds. Like a perplexing painting that hangs in the presence of quarreling Dems and Reps, each clause of the 13,000 page document has been dismembered and exploited by congressmen, hoping to use its promise and premise for their respective agendas.

This careless act becomes problematic when your life is the hanging spectacle of which they quarrel about. There are several things concerning our lives that politicians have carelessly handled for various and often self-justified reasons, but your physical and financial well-being should never be one of them.

We’ve got to push for change and, at minimum, push for compromise. We’ve got to care enough to take issues like this out of the grip of the “older, wiser and seasoned” and shape our own futures.

Lauren Bond International Economics & Spanish “It’s a piece of health legislation that requires everyone to buy insurance. It’s basically requiring young people to buy insurance to subsidize the older people who really need it and probably can’t afford it. I think it’s a really good thing for the country and I do care about it because I’m at the age where I’ll probably have to buy it. And it’s kind of disappointing what’s going on in Washington now because of it.”

Ashley Nelson Chemistry “It makes health insurance more accessible and I guess in a way cheaper. I do care about it in a way. It doesn’t really affect me but there are people I care about that don’t have insurance because it’s too much or their job doesn’t offer it.”

Winston Smith Managerial science “I think you can be on your parents insurance until you’re 21 or something like that. I think it’s a good thing. It helps everyone out by requiring everyone to have it, so I think it’s a good thing.

That’s all I know. I don’t know much about it.”

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Obamacare Facts The most significant health care reform since the passage of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965 The concept of health care reform was implemented in Massachusetts by former Governor Mitt Romney Young adults can stay on their parents’ health insurance plan until the age of 26. Before Obamacare, the age was capped-off at 18 Cost assistance from Obamacare is only offered through your state’s online marketplace No out-of-pocket costs for yearly checkups, immunizations, counseling and more in all non-grandfathered plans

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“I don’t know a lot of details or specifics but I do know that it’s important and I’m glad that we have it. I think it’s important that everyone have access to affordable health care.”

“I know half of the country isn’t for Obamacare and wants to repeal it but I think it’s kind of beneficial because there are people who don’t have healthcare so it would help them.”

“I know it’s the same thing as the other health care, it just has a different name. It’s a way of introducing new people to it who like Obama because it’s the same thing. I don’t really care about it.”

“I’ve been following and I’m going to be honest, I don’t know everything. I do know that there’s no difference between the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare. I kind of like it and I’m a Republican so I shouldn’t like it, technically. I do know that it’s going to be morally good; however, it will lead to other economic problems.”

Julia somer social work “I just know, or at least I think I know, it’s like forcing people to have it even if you don’t really want it and it’s making the government shutdown and that’s affecting my parents job because they have a private business. It’s not good for my family.”

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Network to net worth: How networking will literally pay off MITCHELL OLIVER Columnist Mitch is a junior finance major and student financial advisor.

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

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etworking. One of those words you hear all the time and just shrug off. Yeah, it’s probably helpful in landing a job after college. Yeah, you know you should get around to doing it, but it is such a vague term.

You know the basic idea of networking, but maybe you don’t think networking is for you. Well, I’m here to tell you that it absolutely is, and it will be the only way to land your first job.

Here’s the reality of college: you will be graduating with thousands upon thousands of other seniors in the country with the exact same major as you. Probably even the same minor. So how do you stand out? The answer is that you don’t. At all.

If this article does not show you how important networking is, then you will be destined to degree limbo-where you are sitting around with a bachelor’s degree without a job in your career field and no game plan.

Luckily, there is still time now while you are in college to avoid this situation! The solution is to network.

Network now and network often.

What is networking? You can go to countless hours of workshops and seminars and still have no clue what it is. Networking, at its core, is relationship-building. If you can remember this, you are on track to graduating with job offers already flooding in. Relationship-building is the most important thing you can be doing right now in college, no matter what major you are.

This is not simply making a lot of friends and being the most popular student at Georgia State. The key is choosing the most strategic individuals to befriend and grow relationships with. This is an extremely complex idea, but if you can at least acknowledge now that relationship-building is integral, then you are a step ahead of almost everyone else in college.

So what are some examples of effective networking?

Many people think too broadly, thinking they should get in with the CEO of their dream company, something that is absurd and basically impossible. The reality is simple decisions you make every day can affect your networking prospects.

The most sought-after example of networking is getting an internship, which is much easier said than done. Here you meet a vast amount of older, more experienced individuals in your job field that can and will land you a job after graduation. The proof is in the numbers: according to NACE’s 2013 Student Survey, 63.1 percent of paid interns received at least one job offer. Compare that with the 35.2% percent of graduates who received a job offer that did not have an internship.

However, if you simply show up to an internship, go through the motions and leave, then you have squandered your chances at creating the crucial relationships that internships provide.

Another easy way to get into networking is making connections with your professors. Professors are obvious

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choices for networking since they are in your career field and they themselves are probably quality networkers who can open you up to their vast array of names and opportunities.

The only thing is that you will never know these opportunities exist if you simply come to class, write down the same notes as the 120 other students and leave. You must make an effort to gain an edge in your job search.

There are many more examples, including your co-workers or hobbies you partake in. For instance, in my Boy Scout troop growing up, the adult leaders all came from diverse backgrounds and many were from the business community. To this day I get financial advice and suggestions from a few of them, and I know as soon as I graduate they will be the first people I call to set up an interview.

So I urge you start thinking about networking and how you can get started. When you send your resume out you want the human resources representative to know who you are before even looking at your resume.

Stand out in a way no one else can by having a personal connection in the career field or job you want.

The ultimate goal is skipping the application process entirely and getting straight to an interview. This is only possible with effective networking, and if you start forming relationships now, then you are destined for success!

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Internships need more university oversight

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ot all internships are created equal.

Many internships are paid, but most are not. Some require a commitment of just a few hours a week while others more resemble full-time jobs, salary and all.

And though statistics on how many college students take on internships, paid or otherwise, are scarce, a growing number of former interns have turned on their former “employers” in recent months, filing suit in federal court for minimum wage violations. And they’re winning.

Though many students may not know it, the Labor Department retains strict rules over when employers may decide to not pay their interns. In fact, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, unpaid interns must work under close supervision with existing staff and receive training similar to that received in an “educational environment”—even if that training may even impede business operations.

Further, unpaid interns must not displace regular employees—that is, perform full-time jobs that the employer might otherwise have to pay someone to do.

However, the reality is that while many respectable companies offer real, practical internships experiences, others exploit the desires of some students to obtain a position that looks good on paper but doesn’t necessarily teach students anything except the most basic of skills, if they’re lucky.

And despite the ubiquity of the internship experience nowadays, which has become almost essential for job placement, there is often little to no oversight of these very important edu-

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cational experiences at the university level.

In fact, each department generally has its own policies and procedures for handling student internships with no general consensus on how these out-of-school educational experiences should be handled.

Some departments offer academic credit for students to complete internships as complete courses based on how many hours a week students work at their job sites. In these cases, departments often have strict application processes and rigorous prerequisites before students can even apply.

Some have suggested internships available each semester with companies the program has worked with in the past and will even help place students in these jobs. In other cases, students can submit internships they’ve applied for to be reviewed and approved for credit.

Other departments offer no such assistance for students, allowing them to essentially fend for themselves to obtain experiences that have become pretty much essential for job placement nowadays, particularly in certain highly competitive fields.

Fortunately, the University does offer some help with internship placement via Career Services and programs from individual colleges but, overall, there are no coherent guidelines governing internship credit or oversight.

This is a problem that needs to be addressed, and we have a few ideas about how to do just that.

One option is to create a single institution-level office similar to Career Services with the sole goal of promoting and

overseeing internships. In terms of structure, it could easily be divided by college and majors so that advisors can focus on the specific needs of each individual and help them craft unique internship opportunities.

Creating a department like this has the advantage of creating a single, identifiable place for employers to post internships and develop relationships with the University’s advisors. Further, it would ideally streamline the process for students to apply for internships and wider amount of places than they might find on their own.

Another option is to create a set of guidelines via the University Senate for each department with the goal of increasing the amount of credited internship opportunities available each semester and strengthening department oversight of these educational experiences.

Because there are so many internships available and so many of them offer sub-par experiences, having someone at the department level with on-the-job experience or industry knowledge could help separate “good” companies from “bad” ones.

By approving each internship individually, these department-level advisors may also help craft job duties for potential interns so that they line up with department objectives and truly augment what students learn in the classroom.

Rather than waste 10 or more weeks with exploitative companies, potential interns could instead apply for experiences that allow them to practice what they’ve already learned.

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The block is hot

D JABARI KIONGOZI Columnist Jabari is a senior political science major. “I strive to be your weekly comedic relief.” He writes to both entertain and inform.

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oes the overabundance of police bother anyone else? As I was passing through Woodruff Park the other day, I stopped to observe the light show our law enforcement officers put on. For reasons unapparent to me, citations were being issued left and right to the sounds of their dubstep sirens.

The National Motorist Association published an article addressing the issue where they mention that “traffic tickets are a multi-billion [dollar] industry.

They have virtually nothing to do with highway safety, but they have everything to do with money.”

We as citizens are being unfairly penalized at a high rate, and it’s time we take action to reduce the amount of tickets being issued and the costs at which they come.

I am no fan of cops, but first, a disclaimer: there are many upstanding officers who joined the force to protect our society that do make heroic efforts. This past summer I became acquainted with a small group of sheriffs with whom I worked at the facility where I was employed. Not only were those guys mad cool,

but honest to their duty.

With that said, APD is getting out of hand. I see less saving and more citing every day. While traveling I-75/85 North not too long ago, I passed by a speed trap like none I’d ever witnessed before. An entire fleet of cops—about 15 in total—on their motorcycles gunning drivers. #NoLie #PutThatOnEverything Maybe this was a training day, but from the smiles on their faces, it seemed more like a field day. At least they did have actual radars, but the time at Woodruff Park was even more infuriating to watch. It’s like they were playing “eeny, meeny, miny, moe” with whomever they wanted to pull over next. It was worse than Panama City during spring break, and I’m witnessing more and more of these occurrences.

I myself have been a victim to these unwarranted stops. And every time, the cop asks the same rhetorical question: “Do you know why I pulled you over?”

It’s the same question that stumps all of us, and Jay Z’s clever response always seems most accurate and appropriate for me to use: “’Cause I’m young and I’m

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black my hat’s real low/ Do I look like a mind reader sir I don’t know” (“99 Problems”).

And the bigger issue is that it’s no longer just a black thing. This isn’t the Rodney King era—everyone is being targeted. And after signing off on that yellow slip, we all face something most of us can agree on: we’re guilty until proven innocent. Not the other way around, as it should be.

They recite that B.S: “By signing this you’re not admitting to guilt,” or something along those lines.

But we all know what happens when we go to court.

It’s our word against the cop’s, and the judge is deaf to anything we have to say.

The government has shut down and since then I’ve noticed an even more dramatic rise in police presence. I know how ignorant it would sound to say the shutdown would also include a day off for our law enforcement, but the pigs are long overdue for some layoffs. I’m not suggesting anyone lose their job, but just lay off our asses. It’s time we advocate for this change.

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lose your eyes and think of your favorite song. What does it mean? When you hear music, is it just a blur of pleasant sounds, or another form of self expression?

Jessica Sheehan can relate to the latter.

Sheehan considers herself lucky because of the music appreciation within her household as a child—her family owned a piano, her mother played and her parents supported lessons. As a result, her relationship with the piano began when she was only 5 years old.

“Music for me is a way of describing those things that you can’t describe,” Sheehan said.

It is a language the whole world understands, which is why it is so important to her.

“It’s amazingly powerful,” Sheehan said of the fact that someone who cannot communicate with her in English can still have the opportunity to connect with her through an instrument.

“It’s a way of communicating emotion, life experiences, hopes and desires and intangible things we can’t pinpoint or put down with something that is concrete. It’s the most powerful form of communication.”

Sheehan’s passion brought her from the University of California in San Diego to Georgia State, where she is pursuing a Bachelor’s of Music in piano performance to accompany the bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering that she has already completed.

After moving to Atlanta in January, she began working with Dr. Geoffrey Haydon, the coordinator of the piano department and her primary instructor for piano.

“She’s dedicated, bubbly, effervescent and just lots of fun to be around,” Haydon said.

When he saw her talent with the piano he nominated her for the Stegner Piano Scholarship.

Sheehan was chosen as the winner and was given the honor of performing in front of the student body along with other staff members.

“I’m in the process of building a performance career as much as I can,” Sheehan said.

And while a changing industry is a worry for many other majors, Sheehan managed to find a way to make that drawback work in her favor.

“The world of music is not the same today as it was 50 years ago,” said Sheehan. “It’s always evolving and changing.”

Sheehan explained that the classical world is isolated from Western musical culture. When she graduates, she wants to “shake up the music scene” by mixing together genres that are set in their own boxes. Her ultimate goal is to take music that is current and relevant and mix it

with older music that has similarities.

“My main focus is to explore a number of ideas and bring that into a more accessible environment for our audience. Some of the artists within the classical world want to blur the lines a little more between genres.”

Sheehan has also found the time to spread the importance of music and music education to underprivileged kids in Atlanta at The Atlanta Music Project (AMP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving at-risk youth a chance to perform in orchestras and choirs.

“AMP is based on a system that came out of Venezuela called El Sistema,” Aisha Bowden said, the director of AMPlify—the core program of AMP. “They get free instruction, free instruments and free performance opportunities.”

“I’m so impressed with the work that they do,” Sheehan said. She found out about AMP though the School of Music and applied to be an accompanist.

“I thought it was a great way to give back,” she continued. “It was such a great thing to be able to introduce children to the art form that I love.”

Sheehan saw the children developing important skills such as emotional sensitivity, focus, learning a good work ethic and learning to work with other people.

“I think the best part was watching the attitudes and confidence change over time,” Sheehan said. “Initially they seem to be a little timid, but you’ll notice a shift over time when they get reinforcements.”

Between these projects Sheehan has found the connection between the seemingly polar subjects of science and music. Her interest and understanding of both mechanical engineering and music has been able to give her this alternate point of view.

“They’re in different arenas, but both require large amounts of problem solving,” said Sheehan. “As an engineer you have to be very creative. You have to be able to sit down and take in all this information and incorporate it in a way that will get the job done.”

The process of learning and performing a piece is the same—gather together the years of knowledge on the subject and make it work.

“They require a different skill set, which is what makes it seem so different, but the process is very similar,” Sheehan continued.

Despite her interest in the sciences, Sheehan has decided to stick with music for her professional goals.

“Music is definitely what my career is,” Sheehan said. “I can see myself doing some mechanical projects here and there, but I don’t plan on starting a career in it.”

RAVEN SCHLEY | THE SIGNAL Jessica Sheehan, an undergrad pianist, practices her part rehearses with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

KAYLYN HINZ Staff Reporter

With the newly completed renovation of Georgia State’s Indian Creek complex, the great outdoors are now just a quick MARTA ride from campus. Here’s one review of the facility from one of our staff members.

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s you walk up to Georgia State’s Indian Creek course, you will notice dangling ropes, tight wires and treated pine to hold you up.

When you look up at the challenge course it can seem overwhelming. You will see two stories: an upper level and a lower level. As you look to your left and right you can also see a variety of ways to get off the obstacle. Towards the center of the course, also known as the resting area, there is a plank for zip line attendees.

One challenge leads to another course, and so on. You are either holding onto ropes getting across the challenge or walking over telephone poles and wires. On a hot summer day this is considered a sport.

Going into this I thought I was only going to experience zip lining. When I thought of how to get the zip line, I pictured a ladder I could nicely climb up. Oh, no. You see, it was not the zip line that was a challenge. It was getting there.

Immediately you are thrown into a challenge: climbing up an obstacle of ropes that gets steeper the higher you go. The spaces between the ropes were rather big, so naturally I thought my tiny legs were going to slip right though them. That is when the shaking began.

Once we got to the top, the lovely Coordinator of Outdoor Recreation at Georgia State, Carson Tortorige, could not wait to do the next activity. Meanwhile I was thinking, “Are you crazy?”

The next thing to cross off the list was walking across trunks of trees -- very small trunks. I was holding onto the ropes, which were safely holding me up, so tightly that my palms began to sweat. I have never been so scared.

There is no way that you can fall off them, but as I looked down I was thinking, “Oh, hey, look! I’m going to fall to my death.” I might have been a little dramatic, but this was the first time I have ever done anything like that.

As I began to make my way over to the next obstacle, I did not think I was going to make it over there for another week. I took baby steps

and tried my best to not look down. Meanwhile, Tortorige wanted to try holding hands for better balance. As if I was not already freaked out. I took hold of those ropes and held on for dear life. I could literally feel the sweat dripping off my hands.

I finally made it over with relief, and was happy to know that I could accomplish something that was very out of my element.

Do you know when you go to a circus and one of the acts is a small woman that walks across a single wire? Welcome to obstacle three. I thought a log was bad, not even close. I put one foot down and then the other, looked at Tortorgie and said, “No.” I got off immediately. With this course you really have to rely on your partner for balance. That is where the holding hands takes place. I could not do it.

My legs were shaking and my palms were sweating. Maybe one day I will complete it, but that was not the day.

It was finally time to try out the zip line. I was not as scared to do this challenge compared to the other things before because I was prepared for it. Imagine yourself walking off a plank. Once you take those final steps of the boards you are off. Wind in my hair, feet off the ground, I started to feel relaxed. The scenery was beautiful, especially at this time of the year when all of the leaves are starting to change.

The first stop is at a tree, so as you are getting closer you might think you are going to hit it, but there is a break right before. The second stop takes you to the ground. Zip lining is just one out of five ways to get off the obstacle course.

Unlike me, make sure you lift your legs up or you might get some scratches from the green ivy. After I accomplished the zip lining, Tortorige told me I was the forth person to finish it.

Between the shaking, sweating and overall freaking out, I really had a great time.

I think it is wonderful that we have a place to go like Indian Creek. Going to a college in downtown Atlanta, we still have a place to show off our adventurous side. It is definitely a course to check out.

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Sheila Pree Bright unites generations NAJA MCGOWAN Staff Reporter

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t is easy to see why older generations are apprehensive about our use of digital media as a form activism. Protestors in the 1960s faced fire hoses and tear gas, and 2013’s young activists can tweet in their PJ’s to spark change.

Sheila Pree Bright, the photographer of a new series called “1960s Who,” understands the youth’s changing idea of activism. Bright also said that they could learn a thing a two from the 1960s youth.

“Bringing it into the 21st century, it’s the same thing but a little bit different; it’s not that you guys are marching out in the streets–it’s more about digital activism, using social media to talk about movements,” Bright said. “What I would like to do is to bridge the gap between generations.”

Witnessing the issues currently presented in the world, such as inland terrorism and bullying, Bright saw a correlation with the civil rights movement and the experiences of 1960s youth.

“The goal of the series is to show youth that all people faced bullies and overcame struggles,” Bright explained. “The intent of the street art campaign is to unite generations and inspire communities to create positive solutions for social change.”

Her work on a public art series called “Young Americans” reflected the modern image of the youth in America and gave her an idea about how to display the “1960s Who” project.

“My career started off with museums and galleries. I had the opportunity last year to do some street art with the Young

PHOTOS BY ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN | THE SIGNAL Sheila Pree Bright prepares a brick wall to be plastered with her art. (Left) The final product can be seen at 551 John Wesley Dobbs (right).

Americans. I really did love how putting your work out in the street really hits the masses of people, versus a select group that visits museums and galleries,” Bright said.

Bright photographed individuals involved in the civil rights movement, including members of the Freedom Riders and the Atlanta Student Movement.

“I wanted to continue doing work in the street and I thought of the civil rights movement. I wanted to take portraits of the youth of the 1960s who were in the movement that people didn’t know. The people I selected were the unknown heroes,” Bright said.

The “1960s Who” photographs will be wheat pasted at various locations significant to the Atlanta Freedom Trail. The launch is Oct. 18 and is part of ELEVATE

2013, a nine-day arts festival. The launch will also coincide with the 15th anniversary of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

Keif Schleifer, guerrilla street art curator and Bright’s collaborator on “1960s Who,” described the possible impact that these images could have.

“You can see the compassion and knowledge in the eyes of the elders,” Schleifer said. “You can see that they’re wiser and it’s almost like they are looking over your shoulder and looking out for you. Hopefully seeing these images will open up people’s hearts and imaginations and they’ll start to look to their elders to know more.”

“1960s Who” has evolved into a campaign including street art, real stories and interactive media experiences called “Proj-

ect 1960.”

Bright wants to incorporate blogging, having the civil rights activists profiled in the project share an untold story that they think the youth will benefit from. The interactive portion will include a social media campaign and a panel discussion at Hammond House Museum on Friday, Oct. 25.

“I’ve been going around to colleges and organizations telling the youth about the project and they are really excited,” Bright said. “I hope that this will raise social awareness inspiring communities and unite these generations together.”

For more information on 1960s Projects, visit www.project1960.com. For more of Bright’s work, go to www.sheilapreebright. com.

Band Feature

The Carnivores return with “Second Impulse” PAUL DEMERRITT Staff Reporter

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he music video for The Carnivore’s latest single, “Spell,” begins innocently enough with the camera rotating around the band as if they are horses bound to a carousel.

Everything seems normal, but as the guitars begin to flare and the vocals start to rasp and wail, everything changes. The video quality rips and distorts, dark spirits and ghastly orbs materialize, the once human band resemble a team of ghouls who tear themselves apart with the breakneck intensity of their song.

It’s a fitting metaphor for the evolution of their sound, style and spirit.

Atlanta garage rock quintet The Carnivores are on the heels of their third album, “Second Impulse.” Following three years of non-stop touring, and an array of singles and EPs, they have finally learned to channel the sensuous fury of their live shows onto record. “[‘Second Impulse’] is much more what we played live, “ bassist Philip Frobos says. “It’s much better quality and a much better representation of what our live sound is like.”

To anyone who’s seen them play live, The Carnivores are a band that demand attention.

The first sentence of their newest album’s official description proclaims that “this is not a record to scroll Instagram to.”

They are not content to let their sound float in elevators, emanating from distant speakers, idly passing people by as they hurry past the world to their next destination.

“It’s music made by people who love listening to music actively, not passively,” Frobos said.

“We’re not trying to make the background music to when you’re shopping at American Apparel.”

Frobos explains that all of their music is prepared with a live audience in mind. While this has always been true for their sound, “Second Impulse” strays away from the rapid-fire energy bursts of their second album, 2010’s “If I’m Ancient.”

Their latest maintains a high level of intensity, but embraces the power of anthemic buildups. The track “Sinking In Your Automobile” (featuring vocals from the Black Lips’ very own Cole Alexander) enters with a subdued beat propelling a lyrical rant that escalates into a blistering psychedelic chaos which engulfs the rest of the song.

“Since [‘If I’m Ancient’] I think we grew up more and decided we don’t want to go fast fast fast,” Frobos says. “We had a little more time to think about what we wanted to do and what made us stoked to play.”

“Second Impulse” also stands apart as a testament to The Carnivore’s varied influences.

While Frobos gleams inspiration from Athens legends like The B-52’s and Pylon, he insists that his crate digging is only a fraction of the band’s sound.

“We really like a lot of good old music and we’re record nerds and we’re most excited about whatever record we bought at Wax n’ Facts that day,” Frobos says.

Their fanaticism for music, from surf-rock to post-punk to hip-hop, helped shape the core of “Second Impulse’s” identity. Even though The

Carnivores have been an integral part of Atlanta’s music scene for the past four years, their sound has matured as its own entity.

“I like the Atlanta music scene but I don’t think that the moves everyone has made stylistically has influenced us at all,” Frobos says.

“Initially we were influenced heavily by the Black Lips and Deerhunter, aside from that I just think creatively we’re not very involved.”

Frobos himself entered into The Carnivores in 2009 as a Georgia State student, but quickly dropped out due to time conflicts between the two. He says that the regiments of a full-time student and a full-time band member are too contentious to peacefully coexist.

“I quit going to college because I couldn’t make good grades and go on tour; it was a big waste of money,” Frobos says. “Why spend the money and waste precious time when you’re just thinking about booking and touring instead?”

The fierce dedication of Frobos and the rest of The Carnivores have payed off in full on “Second Impulse,” which is already garnering attention from the likes of independent media giants such as Vice and Spin.

They plan to promote their newest album with a string of East Coast dates that bring them all the way up to Toronto and back. Despite the release of a stellar new album and an increased presence outside of the vacuum of Atlanta, Frobos’ future prospects remain modest.

“We just want to make more records and go on more tours,” he says.

As long as The Carnivores keep stunning audiences with their signature brand of sensuous grooves and haunted house-style jams, they’ll have no problem sticking around.

“Second Impulse” is out now via Army of Bad Luck. Look for it in stores at Criminal Records and Wax N’ Facts, or online @ carnivoresatl.com.

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ARTS & LIVING

Pushin Up Daisies Alum makes a name for himself in Atlanta film industry

PUSHIN UP DAISIES MEDIA KIT | SUBMITTED PHOTOS Pushin Up Daisies may appear to be your typical zombie movie, but the thriller is actually a slightly comical docu-drama.

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Associate Arts & Living Editor

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he film industry is rapidly expanding in Atlanta. There are more productions in Atlanta than ever before, and the culture of the craft is seeing a shift.

With all of these changes, it seems only right that the Georgia State community is involved. Former Georgia State student Orlando Thompson is the personification of State’s adherence to relevancy.

Thompson recently starred in the quirky docu-drama “Pushin’ Up Daisies.” Originally screened in 2010, the film is being re-released for purchase on Amazon, and has seen a sudden rejuvenation in buzz.

Thompson was cast as the lead by writer and director Patrick Franklin.

“The movie is about a filmmaker trying to make a documentary, but a surprise encounter with the undead kind of throws his plans off,” Franklin said. “He tries to deny the truth of his reality, and the rest of the movie deals with his struggle to accept what’s going on. It’s metaphorical to how people operate with reality in the world.”

Franklin said that the complex role of the lead was a good fit for Thompson.

“I really wanted Orlando because he already had the skill to act and work a camera simultaneously. He fit the role perfectly.”

The plot of the film may seem a little odd at first glance, but Franklin explained where the idea came from.

“The inspiration came when I was driving through Georgia to a

trivia tournament,” Franklin said.

“Driving through rural towns in South Georgia, I was inspired. I liked the idea of shooting something that played with reality in documentary style.

After Franklin got a solid idea together, he went right to work in preparation.

“The entire project took about a year to write” Franklin said. “I spent a few months creating it, but spent most of the year re-writing and tweaking it. Once it was written, production took a little less than a month. There were fifteen days spent shooting in Georgia, and four days spent shooting cross-country.”

With Pushin’ Up Daisies being his first feature film, Franklin had strong opinions on the overall process of filmmaking, claiming that all aspects of the craft have their own difficulties.

“The hardest part of writing is making a complete project” Franklin said. “There’s a slight fear of finishing. As a director, you have to be responsible for everything happening on the set, so there’s more pressure on you. You have to learn to balance being a leader and a collaborator. With writing, you can take breaks; there are no breaks in directing.”

Franklin said that regardless of the difficulties he faced making the film, it has been very successful.

“The reception for the film has been very positive” Franklin said.

“I didn’t want people to take the movie out of context, as we were playing around with several genres.

Its premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival went very well.”

After all of the progress and success of the film, Franklin feels he

has taken a lot from the craft, and notes what he’s learned.

“My biggest shortcoming is probably not being impulsive enough with decision-making” Franklin said. “I need to trust my emotions more. But my greatest triumph has to be being able to bring a team together and complete a feature-length project with incredible guys like Orlando.”

Thompson’s interest in acting began in high school, but it was not until he transferred from Morehouse College to Georgia State that he realized his passion for behind-the-scenes work.

“I was thinking I wanted to act as a career, but I kind of veered off and realized that I loved working behind the camera as well,” Thompson said. “Once I had full access to the technology at Georgia State, it really awakened me.”

Although Thompson transferred to Georgia State, he soon realized his potential reached beyond the classroom.

“I dropped out of school once I started taking film making more seriously. When I began working on the ‘Drumline’ production team, that’s really what took me out of school. I was working with extras casting and other aspects of production.”

Thompson explained that although he likes creating films. His production skills were what landed him a role in “Pushin’ Up Daisies.”

“I prefer directing and producing to acting,” Thompson explained. “Pushin’ Up Daisies was my last real role acting. I think that’s what drew Patrick to me, because I had more skills than just acting. My role required me to hold a camera

and record as a filmmaker, so my skills with both really helped me get the position.”

Thompson explained the difficulties of being an actor and why he prefers to produce.

“The hardest part of acting is getting consistent work” Thompson said. “I prefer making jobs to trying to get jobs. You have to put yourself out there so much acting, it gets frustrating.

Film production is always a lengthy process, and Thompson explained the professional attitude that is required for serious work.

“We were out in Cartersville when we were shooting” Thompson said. “We were able to stay at someone’s house for free, and we were able to go anywhere we wanted and shoot anything. Every day was different, and we were putting in 10 to 12 hour days. Nobody really partied or went out afterwards. It was strictly work.”

To an outsider, it may seem like the daily grind on a film set is not worth the stress. Thompson explained how although it is a draining process, it is also rewarding.

“It’s a family environment because you really end up doing everything together when you’re so isolated. We ate every meal together, lived together and even had to share bedrooms with multiple people.

It’s a big sacrifice, but the finished product is always so much greater than the sacrifice.”

Thompson also mentioned how even though he never finished he degree at Georgia State, attending classes did actually help him.

“I learned from GSU that you can’t be a filmmaker on your own,”

Thompson said. “I already knew how to do everything in a production by myself, but the classes showed me that things go a lot more smoothly if you have a team to work with.”

Thompson also understands that although he has found success without a degree, this is still room for improvement.

“I want to improve my use of time” Thompson said. “I want to take more time to get things right, whether that’s with my shots, saying lines or directing people. Improving my thought process and slowing things down to be more comfortable is very necessary.”

Many students may be wondering how Thompson has found such success so early, but he had wise and humbling words in response.

“My advice would be refraining from doing anything that isn’t necessary,” Thompson said. “Don’t get in the way of people that really have a passion for what’s going on.

Go full force into what you love, and never take no for an answer.”

Want to see more?

Franklin is currently seeking producers for an upcoming film titled Plasterman, and his work can be seen at www.iamnotazombie.com.

Orlando Thompson’s work can be seen at www.OVTHOMPSON.COM

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ALBUM REVIEW:

Kings Of Leon

Mechanical Bull

MAHAD MOUSSE Staff Reviewer

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f Kings Of Leon have proven anything, it’s that for all the good that can come from having a song that ends up getting played pretty much everywhere (money, fame, accolades, a newly acquired fanbase willing to overlook the fact they had no idea who you were before “Use Somebody” etc.), the foundation built upon being one-hit wonders is a shaky one. The situation only gets more muddled when you’re not even technically one-hit wonders to begin with. Kings of Leon have been an active band since 2001 (yes really) and churned out a series of albums that receive little to no attention in the US during their early years. It wasn’t until they started churning out chart toppers with their 2008 album “Only

By Night” (and did away with the murky uninspired blend of garage and southern rock

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Grade: A Verdict: Mechanical Bull may not only be the next step in forging the band’s identity anew but also the first time they’ve sounded like they’ve had any fun playing music in quite a while.

THE DIFFERENCE MACHINE The Psychedelic Sounds of The Difference Machine

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CUUSHE Butterfly Case

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ODESZA My Friends Never Die EP

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they’d been toying with for a more accessible sound) that they became “somebody.” But that sudden acclaim came with a big target on their back and increased pressure to crank out a “Use Somebody” 2; pressure that lead to well publicized in-fighting, canceled tours, the lackluster follow up album “Only By Sundown,” and Kings Of Leon seemingly dropping from the face of the earth.

But the break away from the spotlight has served Kings Of Leon well, as “Mechanical Bull” may not only be the next step in forging the band’s identity anew, but also the first time they’ve sounded like they’ve had any fun playing music in quite a while. From the first fuzzy chords of their single “Supersoaker” to the country-tinged slide guitar of “Last Mile Home,” Kings Of Leon bring back their old swagger and serve up an enticing mix of power pop melodies, with hard edged guitar licks and country-fried sensibilities sprinkled in. It’s amazing just how many things the band get right on this album

and make “Mechanical Bull” as fun and diverse as “Come Around Sundown” was boring and bland. After the double studded opening of the sing-songy “Supersoaker” followed by the crunchy guitar-pop punch “Rock City,” the Kings start successful exploring other sounds.

“Don’t Matter” is a dizzying, psychedelic slice of stoner rock. “Coming Back Again” has the band utilizing a sonic guitar drone paired with a frantic post-punk bass guitar that sounds lifted right out of the 80s. And for the fans of Kings Of Leon’s sweeping arena rock choruses, crooners “A Beautiful War,” and the lovelorn “Tonight” are there for you. That’s not to say that all of the Kings’ experiments have high returns. Their attempt at channeling their inner jam band on “Family Tree,” is a boring, cacophonous mess that goes on entirely too long. But the good far outweighs the bad here, and save for one speedbump, Kings Of Leon manage to put out one of the most complete sounding albums of the year.

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TEEN DAZE Glacier

THE ALBERTANS Dangerous Anything

LOVE INKS Generation Club MIKAEL JORGENSEN & GREG O’KEEFFE

Mikael Jorgensen & Greg O’Keeffe CHESTER WATSON Phantom TANYA MORGAN Rubber Souls

MOVIE REVIEW:

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Gravity

Cinefest

Rating: PG-13 Running time: 91 minutes Grade: C Verdict: What do you get when you cross “Cast Away” and “Lost in Space?”

You get a mildly interesting film called “Gravity.” Starring Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone and George Clooney as astronaut Matt Kowalski, “Gravity” barely lifts off.

PEDRO ALVARADO Staff Reviewer

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ravity” could have been an extraordinary examination of the human response to some of the most adverse conditions one could envisage. Imagine being a medical doctor (not an astronaut) trapped in outer space, outside of your vessel, in a zero gravity environment, your entire crew dead, a limited oxygen supply, just enough training to get into and out of your space suit with Earth just beneath you and no idea of how you’re going to get there.

This is the situation that Dr. Stone finds herself in and the events of her return to

the surface are far less exciting than the preceding description of her predicament.

As in most “disaster” films, Murphy’s Law is in full effect. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, but Dr. Ryan’s response to these colossal mishaps never reached a depth that translated into any type of realistic dread; only a mild concern.

Sandra Bullock breaks away from her modus operandi to take on this role, which is a lot more ambitious than her usual characters, but fails to meet the high expectations that her body of work has established for her. Typically, she can be counted on to be smart, charming and funny, but in this role, none of these attributes are an asset to the situation the character finds herself in. And while the effort to stretch herself as an actress is appreciated, Bullock would have benefited greatly from some additional preparation, and perhaps coaching.

George Clooney, on the other hand, is

everything in this film that his fans expect from him; for the entire seven minutes he’s on screen. Giving George Clooney top billing alongside Sandra Bullock was obviously a marketing decision because his character, Kowalski, dies near the beginning of the movie. Kowalski’s death was a noble one, but he could have served a much greater purpose by sticking around long enough to become Dr. Ryan’s “Wilson” and dying much later in the picture.

Nevertheless, it was not all bad. The sound was amazing! Just about every shot of Dr. Ryan on a space walk was completely silent, giving the audience the sensation of being in the vacuum of space and making Dr. Ryan’s plight that much more ominous.

A miniscule amount of ambient sound was used and the dialog was “point of view” so that the audience heard what the characters heard the same way the characters heard it.

Unfortunately, the sound wasn’t enough to make the space movie out of this world.

Synopsis: As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

Showtimes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Weekend: 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Running time: 131 minutes Rated: R

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Music column

The return of Neutral Milk Hotel

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Sex column RACHEL KINGSLEY Sex/Dating Columnist

T PAUL DEMERRITT Columnist

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

Follow him @PaulDeMerritt

he world never thought Neutral Milk Hotel would happen again. After releasing their critically acclaimed album/indie rock template, “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” the band went on an indefinite hiatus. More specifically, frontman Jeff Mangum went on an indefinite hiatus.

Mangum is one of the many J.D. Salingers of indie rock. “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” quickly became an undisputed classic, and despite the roar of fans, the increasing offers for tours and growing album sales, Mangum vanished from the limelight.

The mystery around his absence only bolstered his fame. From 2001 to 2008, Mangum did not perform live, did not release any original material and seldom spoke to the press. He gradually began performing solo shows for benefits but the actual Neutral Milk hotel moniker remained absent.

Starting Oct. 11, Neutral Milk Hotel, with the original “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” lineup, will blare their exhausting, psychedelic creed onto the earth again.

This terrifies me.

Anytime a legendary band re-emerges from the darkness, they place themselves at risk of ruining their entire legacy by posing one crushing question to their fans: what if they totally suck now?

Neutral Milk Hotel has the power to either validate the past, or completely rewrite it. As of now, the lengthy tome of indie rock music history has them on legendary status. However, if they show up as hopelessly dated hacks looking to cash upon the nostalgia of a decade old classic, they tarnish the memories of their fans.

All of the hours I spent (horribly) singing along to their Anne Frank-inspired folk-noise jam, “Holland 1945,” with the windows down without care of how my strained, hopelessly off key voice sounded to the world would seem stupid.

While it is incredibly misguided to look to musicians to be our spiritual representatives, it is inevitable.

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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If Neutral Milk Hotel were to replace their mystery with disappointment, they would not only invalidate their fame, but they would invalidate their fans’ identity.

Of course, the flip side is that they can just as easily craft a legacy for themselves that is even greater than what their absence granted them.

It is life or death for Neutral Milk Hotel, there is no in-between.

Oh, and the option of being willfully ignorant of their reunion and living in a fantasized pre-2013 world is impossible. Any self-respecting music fanatic would feel divinely obliged to attend, or at least acknowledge, their reunion.

I urge all Neutral Milk Hotel fans to put on “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” one more time. Savor that nostalgia. Bask in the reality where Mangum was enigmatically bold enough to never follow his magnum opus and listen to that album as if it were his last will and testament to the earth.

Because that reality is gone.

Panther at Large

Adjusting to now and Mainz

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CALEB ROBERTSON Columnist

Caleb Robertson is an English major at Georgia State. No, he does not want to teach. He will be studying abroad for the fall semester in Mainz, Germany.

Follow him @CJRobertson

o far, the hardest part about studying abroad has been saying goodbye to the people I care about back home. It’s been a week since I kissed my girlfriend goodbye at the airport and stepped onto the airplane to Mainz, Germany, and I already miss her and all my friends.

I had a party shortly before I left with all of them.

I don’t remember much of it, but I’m told I spent most of the night going to each individual and ensuring that they know just how much I care for them and value them as people and friends.

It’s a very daunting prospect to look ahead and see yourself being away from home for the next 300 days, and that’s why I avoid looking ahead too far.

I was fortunate enough to find applicable advice for my situation as I was finishing “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace. While the advice is for recovering addicts struggling to stay sober, I think it fits quite well to my situation.

Wallace’s advice is this: build a wall between yesterday and tomorrow and focus only on today.

Live in the now. Wallace says trying to look at everything in front of and behind you would be like being Evil Knievel jumping over monster trucks on a motorcycle. One car, two, three, not so bad, but look ahead and see 300 of them stretched out in front of you and you probably won’t make it.

After how long just this week has been—and

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...build a wall between yesterday and tomorrow and only focus on today.”

believe me it has been a very long week—if I spend too long looking over the wall at all the other weeks and months I will spend here, I might just go crazy.

So when you arrive in the country you will call your home for the next however many months, don’t focus on the length of time you’ll be there. There are many other things that demand your attention In the now, especially right after you arrive.

Questions like, why are there two buttons above my toilet? Why are all these bicyclists getting mad at me when I walk on the pink section of the sidewalk?

How long should you be friends with a German before making a Nazi joke?

Add to that all the bureaucratic ins and outs of arriving in a new country and registering at a new university and you should have plenty to focus on to help you get through the initial phase of homesickness.

Although I can’t say I still don’t miss everyone there at home. And free refills, too.

Love in the time of HPV

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ichael Douglas has said that his throat cancer was caused by oral sex. Douglas isn’t wrong—his particular cancer was caused by a strain of the Human Papillomavirus (or HPV).

HPV can affect throats, mouths and genital areas of both men and women. It is so common that nearly all sexually active men and women become infected in their lifetime, even people that only have sex with one person during their whole life.

There have been a lot of rumors going around about HPV, such as you can contract it from hugging, it’s incurable or that it always turns into genital warts (yucky!). However, I think clarification is needed.

HPV is most commonly passed on through genital contact and oral sex or genital-to-genital contact. Contrary to popular belief, you can’t get the virus from hugging. HPV knows no sexual orientations either, so no matter what your preference is, you can still contract it.

Most people don’t know they have HPV and can carry the virus for years, even without any symptoms. It’s also possible to get multiple types of HPV at once.

Over 90 percent of HPV infections go away by themselves in less than two years.

However, the other 10 percent of the virus strains can linger like an awkward date that never ends.

These strains can lead to genital warts and cancers. Out of the 79 million people in the US that are infected with HPV currently, only 360,000 of those cases will turn into genital warts, and only 10,300 cases of cervical cancer will arise from the virus.

So before you run off and buy a Contagion-style HAZMAT suit, there are ways to prevent the warts and cancer. There are HPV vaccines that protect both males and females, and can be administered by the age of 26. There are also HPV tests for women that can be proctored when screening for other sexually transmitted infections.

The best way to protect yourself from HPV is to be cautious during sex and always wear protection. If you know you have the virus, communicate this to your current or potential sexual partners. They have a right to know!

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Cross word puzzles:

hosted by:

Across 1. Expect and wish 5. Rant 9. Inside of your hand 13. Cain’s brother 14. Make improvements 16. Hodgepodge 17. Old stories 18. Approximately 19. Applications 20. Pretend 22. Abnormal 24. Cry out 26. Construct 27. A wasp has one 30. Anagram of “Russet” 33. All the gods of a religion 35. An electronic musical instrument 37. Type 38. Staggers

41. Enemy 42. Road or bridge fees 45. A small spoon 48. Spay 51. Viscera 52. Throats (archaic) 54. Have the nerve 55. Spectacles 59. Ottoman title 62. Dwarf buffalo 63. Lanyards 65. Honey insects 66. Male deer 67. Threesomes 68. Jump 69. Achy 70. Docile 71. Terminates

Idealist Grad School Fair October 23 | 5–8 p.m. | Free!

Georgia State University Student Center 44 Courtland Street, Atlanta

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We’re on our way!

See you at the grad fair on your campus.

Down 1. 50 percent 2. Double-reed woodwind 3. Edible marine gastropod 4. Chic 5. Record (abbrev.)

6. Dogfish 7. French science-fiction writer 8. French for “Again” 9. Domestic fowl 10. As well 11. Place 12. Nonvascular plant 15. Gentlewomen 21. Near 23. Does something 25. Scallion 27. Expectoration 28. Claw 29. Caviar 31. Unanticipated

32. Got up 34. Mesh 36. Female chickens 39. Floral necklace 40. Found on most beaches 43. Baggage 44. Render unconscious 46. Break 47. A short moral story 49. Choose by voting 50. Comeback 53. Stripes 55. Young girl 56. Savvy about 57. Lion sound 58. Biblical kingdom 60. A person who is in charge 61. Vipers 64. South southeast

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education • Philadelphia, PA www.gse.upenn.edu

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2013

Campus Events “NO Week” Oct. 13- 19

Pi Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is hosting an entire week of events all starting with the word no to combat different social issues. No Judgment, No Child Left Behind, No Guts No Glory are just a few events they have planned. This is Pi Alpha’s way of supporting the interest of minority populations, the oppressed and the underrepresented.

CENCIA Presents Author Lydia Davis Oct. 17 7-9 p.m.

Florence Kopleff Recital Hall

Being the 2013 recipient of the Man Booker International Award, a MacArthur Fellow, a National Book Award finalist and a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, Lydia Davis has accomplished many things as an author.

Some of her works include “Madame Bovary,” “Swann’s Way” and “Collected Stories.” Come out and hear her speak about not only her career, but also advice.

Conflict Resolution Symposium 2013 Oct. 17 3-7 p.m.

Student Center

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Downtown Events Practitioners, local artists and undergraduate and graduate students are all coming together to celebrate art in a variety of forms to impact change and create peace. The keynote speaker for this event is Lin Inlow, along with five other guest speakers. Register now and embrace yourself with art and peace.

Courtyard Music Series Oct. 23 12-1 p.m.

Come hang out at the courtyard and listen to the latest music series. Singer and songwriter Micah Premnath will be preforming an afternoon of acoustic tunes. Premnath is originally from New York, but is currently living in Boston. Show up and tell him what Georgia State is all about.

Distinguished Speaker Series: Nev Schulman Oct. 24 3 p.m.

Student Center Ballroom

Host of the MTV show “Catfish” Nev Schulman will speak to Georgia State students on the topic of online dating.

From first encounters to social media advice, Schulman will answer your questions. Being “catfished” himself, he will also share his experience. Come out and learn about the pros and cons to online dating. There will be a meet and greet to follow.

Fall Festival on Ponce Oct. 19-20 Olmsted Park: North Druid Hills

At this festival visitors can enjoy art and beautiful landscape by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr. There will be over 125 displays of arts, crafts, folk and outsider art. Attendance is free.

Go to festivalonponce.com 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 attend this festival every year. Enjoy great food, drink and live entertainment.

Go to l5phalloween.com for more information.

The Taste of Atlanta Oct. 25-27

If you are a foodie this is the perfect event for you. This is a threeday festival featuring culinary talents 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.

Amnesty International Southern Regional Conference Oct. 25-27 Courtyard Marriot in Decatur

This year Amnesty International will feature inspiring speakers, informative workshops and hope that your voice be heard in the governance of amnesty. This is a great time to network with like-minded activists.

Subjects such as gender violence, lobbying and the role of human rights will all be discussed. Go to amnestyusa.org 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.

Concerts/Shows A Day to Remember, All Switchfoot 20 Time Low and Pierce the Oct. 8 p.m.

Center Stage Theatre Veil Oct. 16 6:45 p.m.

Aarons Amphitheatre At Lakewood

Pretty Lights

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and The Marshall Tucker Band

Justin Timberlake

Oct. 18 7:30 p.m.

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Oct. 24 9 p.m.

The Tabernacle

Dec. 17 8 p.m.

Philips Arena

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

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

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

Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life Through 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 404-8765859 for hours and information.

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Football

ALEC MCQUADE

Associate Sports Editor

Alec enjoys all sports, but baseball is his favorite. His favorite element of sports is the variety of emotions involved in the game.

New conference, new foe Georgia State will face a new Sun Belt football team

Follow him @AlecMcQuade

Scheduling a loss is a win for Georgia State football

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f you haven’t heard already, Georgia State has added the University of Wisconsin to their 2016 football schedule.

Georgia State will receive $1.2 million from Wisconsin for showing up to the game and playing no matter the result.

Now let me be completely blunt - I love this decision.

I’ve always loved the idea of Georgia State going on the road to go up against some of the best college football programs in the country and accepting a nice big check, even if it means picking up a loss.

I’ve walked around campus and heard people complaining about when Georgia State schedules expected blowouts. They say things like, “What’s the point? We’re just going to lose,” and “All they care about is money.”

The fact of the matter is this infant program needs exposure, valuable experiences and a chance to compare themselves against some of the best while letting their weaknesses be exposed.

This is about more than money; games like these are the chance for Georgia State players and coaches to observe the best in everything that they do.

Before going to Alabama, Trent Miles said he hoped his players would learn from the Crimson Tide in how they play, how they carry themselves, how they eat, how they prepare, etc.

The players got the chance to learn from the best as they matched up against them play-after-play.

What better way is there to learn?

Going against a prominent football program is something the players genuinely get excited about. They work and practice throughout the week knowing they will be representing their team and school on a substantially bigger stage.

Opposed to common thought, these games do attract recruits, even after they see Georgia State get blown out, for a couple reasons.

First, playing time. Imagine you’re a talented football player. If you play how you practice and continuously execute, you will get the playing time you desire game in and game out at Georgia State while still having the chance to improve in practice.

Not everyone can be five-star recruits and go to Alabama but you can go to Georgia State where they are not afraid to match up against the best and allow their players the time to go against some of the best athletes.

Second, there’s something exciting about being a part of a program that is new and growing.

Some players want to be the ones to turn a program from nothing to something. They hope to be the ones to push the program towards success - whether that be a winning season, a Sun Belt championship, or even, many years down the road, a national championship.

Players want to be able to look back and be proud of what they were a part of, being remembered as the ones who “broke the rock,” as Coach Miles and his team say.

Georgia State has to take advantage of these opportunities to get the experience and pick up the money it requires along the way.

Think of the $1.2 million Georgia State is going to get from Wisconsin. They are giving us the money we need to be able to acquire the resources to recruit, build up the guys we already have and establish tradition here at Georgia State.

Maybe someday Georgia State will be a winning program and have all the money it needs and will pass some of it on to adolescent football programs as they try and get on their feet and running as we once did.

This is how it is done.

You must know that this is not unique to Georgia State; this is something that is frequently done around the NCAA camaraderie.

This is the strategy Georgia State football must take to get the resources it needs to win.

DAVID A. NORWOOD II Sports Editor

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aturday’s matchup against Texas State (3-3, 0-2) is still an opportunity for Georgia State football to make history this season.

The Panthers (0-6, 0-1) failed to make history on Saturday in their homecoming game when they lost 3528 to Troy, which would have ended their homecoming game losing streak.

The last homecoming game Georgia State won was the 2011 game where they defeated South Alabama 27-20 in double overtime.

However, the Panthers will have an opportunity to break another losing streak by defeating the Bobcats this Saturday to capture their first win since Oct. 13, 2012 when they defeated Rhode Island 41-7.

Saturday’s matchup will also be Georgia State’s first away Sun Belt Conference game and the first time that they face Texas State in football.

Conference debuts

Georgia State is not the only foot-

ball program who made their conference debut this October.

Texas State has played two conference games, losing 48-24 to LouisianaLafayette on Oct. 5 and losing 21-14 to Louisiana Monroe on Saturday.

In the Bobcats’ loss to the Warhawks on Saturday, junior place kicker/punter Jason Dann made two field goals of 22 yards and 43 yards.

Texas State started their transition from the FCS to the FBS in 2011, now they’re eligible to compete in postseason bowl games and for the conference championship.

Meanwhile, Georgia State didn’t start their transition until 2012 so it won’t be until the 2014 season that they can compete.

Texas State competed in the Southland Conference (FCS) until 2011 where they competed as an FCS independent.

The initial plan for the Bobcats was to become a FBS member to compete as a member of the Western Athletic Conference.

However, the WAC discontinued sponsoring football after the 2012-13 season, so their stint in the conference was short-lived.

Like Georgia State, Texas State accepted the invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference in 2012.

Neither program has captured a conference win.

Key matchups

Saturday’s matchup can go in the Panthers’ favor if they can stop the run , something that they struggled with

all season.

Georgia State is last in the Sun Belt in stopping the run, allowing 249.0 rushing yards per game.

The Panthers allowed 105 yards against Samford, 401 yards against Chattanooga, 245 yards against West Virginia, 122 against Jacksonville State, 181 yards against Alabama and 249 yards against Troy.

Unfortunately, Texas State is ranked third in rushing offense in the conference, averaging 165.0 rushing yards per game.

The Bobcats had 210 rushing yards on Saturday against Louisiana Monroe.

Sophomore running back Robert Lowe led the team in rushing with 22 carries for 140 yards and a touchdown.

On offense, the Panthers’ strength is their passing game where they are ranked third in pass offense in the Sun Belt, averaging 370.0 yards per game.

In Saturday’s loss against the Trojans, redshirt sophomore quarterback Ronnie Bell completed 22 out of 50 passes for 370 yards passing.

Senior wide receiver Albert Wilson led the team in receptions with seven for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

However, Texas State is ranked second in pass defense, allowing 236.0 yards per game.

The Bobcats allowed 112 yards passing against Louisiana Monroe on Saturday.

Saturday’s road game will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be televised on the Sun Belt Network and broadcast on radio on 1340 AM and WRAS 88.5 FM.

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Final minutes decide Panthers’ first Sun Belt game ALEC MCQUADE

Associate Sports Editor

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he Georgia State Panthers couldn’t hold on long enough to capture their first win of the season in their inaugural Sun Belt Conference game, falling 35-28 against the Troy Trojans.

Georgia State came into their homecoming game as heavy underdogs, but they came out and played with increased execution, according to Panthers head coach Trent Miles.

“We were 17.5 points underdogs and we did not play like that. We played like we belong in this conference,” Miles said after the game.

The Panthers had the lead twice in the game, including early in the fourth quarter, but a resilient 3-3 Troy team was able to pull out their fourth victory of the of the season and improve their Sun Belt record

to 2-1.

Senior wide receiver Chris Williams grabbed the game-winning catch for the Trojans on a 54-yard pass from quarterback Corey Robinson.

Williams made four catches for 152 yards and one touchdown. His ability to get wide open made him able to make big plays for the offense.

“Lack of experience and being in those situations,” Miles said he speculated was the reason his defense allowed Williams to continuously get open, but wanted to talk with his coaches before further discussing the lack of coverage on Williams.

The Trojans got the ball off an interception by safety Chris Pickett from Panthers’ quarterback Ronnie Bell as he tried to push the Panthers down field to take the lead late in the game.

“It was man-to-man coverage, and we got what we wanted,” Bell said on his last throw. “The safety [Pickett] made a nice play on it.”

“You make one mistake at the end and they go down the field and cash it in,” Miles said. “[They] went toe-to-toe for 56 minutes,” Miles said on his team’s competitiveness. “Now if we can go to 60 minutes instead of 56 minutes, we will win football games.”

This was the Panthers’ second straight home game having the lead and then giving it up to lose by a touchdown. The last was against Jacksonville State where the Panthers lost in overtime 32-26.

The game was tied going fourth quarter at 21 after each team had led once.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, quarterback Ronnie Bell

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>>Troy (cont. from page 20) yard touchdown to re-take the lead.

Troy slowly made its way down the field on the following drive.

A 19-yard pass to K.D. Edenfield and a 21-yard pass to Thompson put Troy at the Panthers 16-yard line.

Running back Jordan Chunn rushed into the end zone to tie the game at 28 with just under six minutes remaining in the game.

Chunn ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns, his first in the third quarter to tie the game at 21.

Troy’s running game as a whole rushed for 249 yards, the second most rushing yards in a game for the Trojans this season.

“We prepared for that,” defensive end Shawanye Lawrence said on Troy’s running game. “We just had to step it up and defend that better. That’s on us.”

Troy’s offense still ran ran 102 total plays and 634 total yards compared to the Panthers 422 yards on 76 plays.

Troy’s quarterback Corey Robinson completed 21-of-37 pass attempts for 350 yards and three touchdown passes. Robinson was sacked twice, once by Shawanye Lawrence and the other by Mackendy Cheridor.

Georgia State was able to make big plays in the game, but only capitalized on two of them starting with the fumble forced by Cheridor recovered by Batiste in the Trojans’ first play of the second half.

After converting two third down passes, one to Wilson and the other to Davis, Bell found Wilson for an 8-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 14.

The special teams came up big as well as Demarius Matthews blocked Troy’s punt in the third quarter, setting the Panthers up to start a drive on the Trojan’s 23-yard line.

“We called the middle block. I was lined up on the inside...I just got a good jump on the ball. I was able to clear the block and get to the punter,” Matthews said.

One play later Bell found true freshman Robert Davis for a 31-yard touchdown giving the Panthers their first lead.

The Panthers’ offensive line came out of the game battered and brused with Cade Yates, Ulrick John and Tim Wynn leaving the games with injuries.

The injuries forced young guys to fill in, but they struggled with creating time for Bell to make plays.

“We had a lot of back-ups in, and they’ve got to be ready to step up,” Bell said.

Bell completed 22 of 50 pass attempts ,throwing 370 yards and four touchdowns.

Receiver Albert Wilson picked up 153 receiving yards and two touchdowns while picking up 119 yards on kick returns continuously putting the offense in good field position.

Wilson’s game put him over the 5,000yard mark in his career for all-purpose yards finishing the game with 5,139.

“That’s Albert. That’s just what he [does], make plays when we need them,” Matthews said.

The Panthers’ remaining six games are all conference games, and Miles believes his team’s performance against Troy will lead to success against future conference opponents.

“I thought our team proved they belonged. They belong in this conference,” Miles said.

The Panthers go on the road for the third time this season next Saturday to face Texas State.

ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN | THE SIGNAL Wide Receiver Kelton Hill misses the ball as Troy’s defense catches up to him at Saturday’s homcoming game, which ended in Georgia State’s first loss in a conference game.

ANDRES CRUZ-WELLMANN | THE SIGNAL Photo above: Georgia State’s Linebacker Joseph Patterson, #44, fails to stop Trojan Cornerback, John Shelton, as he runs the ball.

Photo right: Trojan Defensive Tackle Antonio Gillespie, #94, stops Georgia State’s defensive back, Robert Dowling, #22.

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Intramural

Step into the ring at Georgia State JAMES HUNTER Staff Reporter

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he phrase “styles make fights” is an age-old adage in boxing meaning each fighter determines the tempo, activity or even the outcome.

Step into a Georgia State boxing club training session and it’s easy to see how the phrase has some validity without watching a single sparring session.

Of course, almost all members have different physiques.

Some short and stocky, and others are lanky and lean.

Not everyone can be the proverbial athletic machine but each student moves, punches and thinks differently, creating their own tailor-made style.

Don’t be afraid to sign up and give it a go.

Everyone has a different style, and everyone has a first time for everything.

Kalidou Bizimana, boxing club president, said that they will let people do a little trial run in the club.

“Membership is only $40 a semester, but we’re pretty nice with it.,” Bizimana said. “We let people join for two weeks to feel it out. Then, they can pay if they feel like staying.”

Bizimana explained that he tries to make it “as chill as possible” because he feels that when learning something new, especially a sport as unforgiving as boxing, people will be deterred if what they are learning is too structured.

He also said that for people who do want that structure, Georgia State’s traditional karate club may be a better fit.

Bizimana created the club two years ago when he got tired of traditional karate.

Coincidentally, head trainer and professional fighter Randy Pogue was looking to create a boxing club at the exact same time, but only students can create a club.

“My friends and I used to box when nothing was going on in the MMA studio. We were really bad, so I said why not make it an official club,” said Bizimana.

Pogue said he was interested in giving back to the sport as he has been training since 1989 and was part of the Penn State boxing club.

He has competed in almost 45 professional boxing, MMA and kickboxing matches, and is a former kickboxing world champion.

Last March, Bivimana competed in the Georgia Golden Gloves tournament, an amateur competition that holds regional tournaments in which boxers can qualify for a national championship.

With the training he’s picked up with Pogue in the club, Bizimana took home gold in the heavyweight tournament.

However, this tournament was not a qualifier, so he did not go on to a further stage.

Collegiate boxing clubs can compete against each other through the

Morgan Irwin-Weyant (left) spars with Jaclyn Yin (right) at the Rec. Center.

ANDREW WODDMAN | SUBMITTED PHOTO

ANDREW WODDMAN | SUBMITTED PHOTO Left: Gracia Tshimanga; right: Chaz Neugebauer.

National Collegiate Boxing Association.

However, Georgia State’s club is too young to compete against other schools with well-established boxing clubs, such as the United States Military Academy, also known as West Point.

West Point has won five of the last six national NCBA championships.

“Right now we’re at the beginning stages of trying to compete with other colleges,” Bizimana said. “Since were only two years old we’re just not ready. We don’t have enough people to compete yet.”

Bizimana and club vice president Tony Nguyen Lee were the only two members to compete in any events last year.

Lee, who could not be reached for comment, won second at the annual Georgia Games at 140 lbs.

With 26 paid members in the club as of now, he hopes to have at least five people competing in the Golden

Gloves tournament in the spring.

Sophomore Chase Carroll is one such potential competitor for the spring tournament.

Carroll quit football in high school because he enjoyed boxing so much. He’s now been practicing the sweet science for about four years.

“I really like the instruction that’s offered and the training is great, but with school and everything I’m just not sure if I can do it yet.”

During the fall semester, Pogue tries to get the basics down with freshmen and other new club members.

In spring, he ramps up training to get students in shape for competition.

Pogue is also the head striking coach at Unit 2 Fitness in Atlanta.

Sometimes, he’ll have some members meet at his gym to workout with his other fighters, because it’s a better training environment for competition.

Bizimana said that Lee and he re-

ANDREW WODDMAN | SUBMITTED PHOTO Left: Robert Cowles; right: Chase Carroll alize that students have workloads and other things to do, and that it’s especially hard to get into an only training mindset with other things going on.

He also feels that even though most members will not compete, the club is a great workout for anyone looking to stay in shape.

He thinks it has an added bonus, too.

“If you go to a fitness class every day of course you’ll get a good work out. But are you really getting anything out of it?” Bizimana said. “Peo-

ple join for one of two reasons. To learn to box, or to stay in shape. So why not learn something from it?”

If you’re interested in joining, practices are from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

As previously stated, students can try it out for two weeks before deciding if they want to stick with it.

Try it out. You may find out that hitting people is a good stress reliever during midterms or just for an all around release.

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PANTHER Of The Week

GEORGIA STATE ATHLETICS

HANNAH STEFANOFF CROSS COUNTRY Hannah Stefanoff led the women’s cross country team to their second first place victory of the season last week.

Stefanoff finished first in the Coach “O” Invitational 5k race at Troy, Ala. with a time of 18 minutes and 39 seconds.

Stefanoff won the same race two seasons ago, but bettered her freshman time by 10 seconds.

This is Steganoff ’s second first place finish this season. She finished first in the JSU/ Struts Invitational 4k race last month.

Stefanoff is a junior and in her third season running with the cross country team. She also runs for the track and field team.

Stefanoff graduated from Grandview Height High School in Grandview Heights, Ohio.

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*CONFERENCE GAMES

Tue, Oct. 15 Men’s Soccer Central Florida Orlando, Fla. 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 18 Volleyball Louisiana-Lafayette* Lafayette, La. 8 p.m.

Wed, Oct. 23 Men’s Soccer Furman GSU Soccer Complex 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 18- Sun, Oct. 20 Men’s Tennis Grizzley Invite Gwinnett, Ga. All Day

Sat, Oct. 19 Football Texas State* San Marcos, Texas 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 25- Sun, Oct. 27 Men’s Tennis Elon Invitational Elon, N.C. All Day

Fri, Oct. 18- Mon, Oct. 21 Women’s Tennis ITA Regional Championship Athens, Ga. All Day

Sat, Oct. 19 Men’s Soccer West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. 7 p.m.

Sun Belt Network/ CSS 1340 AM The Fan 3

Fri, Oct. 25 Volleyball Louisiana-Lafayette* GSU Sports Arena 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 18 Women’s Cross Country Crimson Classic (5k) Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 18 Women’s Soccer UALR* Little Rock, Ark. 8 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 20 Volleyball Louisiana-Monroe* GSU Sports Arena 1 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 20 Women’s Soccer Arkansas State* Jonesboro, Ark. 2 p.m.

Fri, Oct. 25 Women’s Soccer Western Kentucky* Bowling Green, Ky. 7 p.m.

briefs Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team defeated Georgia Southern 2-1 in Statesboro, Ga. on Friday evening.

Freshman forward Amiri Abraham and sophomore forward Andy Anglade each scored a goal for the Panthers.

Women’s Soccer Georgia State lost 1-2 to South Alabama on Thursday.

Midfielder/defender Margaret Bruemmer scored the lone goal for the Panthers.

Court Volleyball The Panthers went winless for the weekend, losing 1-3 to Troy on Friday and 1-3 to South Alabama on Saturday. *For more briefs, visit www.georgiastatesignal.com*

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Micah Premnath • Indie/Folk/Soul Wednesday, October 23 Micah Premnath is an up and coming indie/folk/soul singer/ songwriter from upstate New York. Since he was 16 years old, he has been steadily gigging, starting off in the coffeehouse scene. After studying music business at Northeastern University, he began headlining shows at clubs and colleges throughout the country.

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