March 1, 2016 KSU Sentinel by Kennesaw State University Student Media

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MAR. 1 2016

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS DIVERSITY

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Joe DiPietro Contributor The Center for Student Leadership hosted a Finding Leadership in Yourself workshop, centered on diversity, Wednesday, Feb. 24. Titled “Challenging the Way You See Things,” the workshop was given by graduate coach Yen Rodriguez. The overall goal of his workshop was to emphasize the importance of diversity in the present and in the future. He collaborated with the audience to see how each person defined the term diversity and constructed activities that challenged the way people view other cultures. Some students attended as a requirement for a specific class while others were genuinely curious about the experience. “It was an illuminating experience on the benefits of diversity,” said Ian Farrh, a second-year student. The activities consisted of a U.N. cocktail party, a diversity circle and a few video clips. In the U.N. cocktail party, the students were split into groups and were given a role to play that represented a different culture.

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Ciara Hodges Staff Writer Kasich addresses students’ questions during his town hall meeting in the student center.

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KASICH COMES TO KSU PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL HOLDS TOWN HALL

Bailey Thompson Staff Writer and Jade West Staff Writer Ohio Governor John Kasich visited Kennesaw State University Tuesday,Feb. 23, but student opinions did not bode well for the future of his presidential run. Republican presidential candidate John R. Kasich, made a campaign stop at KSU for a town hall speech and meeting Wednesday at noon. However, many students were unaware that he had been at KSU, and many others reported being unfamiliar with him. In a survey of about 100 KSU students, 49 percent of them said they do not know who Kasich is, and 44 percent of the students did not know he was

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coming to campus. Despite Kasich’s low showings in recent primaries, the Carmichael Student Center was packed as students and community members lined up at the University Rooms to hear him speak. Attendees included people of mixed opinions about the Ohio governor. The town hall began with a 25-minute speech from Kasich about his background. He discussed where and how he grew up as the son of a mailman, how he became interested in politics, and his role in creating jobs and balancing the budget as the governor of Ohio. He later

spoke at length about foreign policy, the national debt, unemployment and college debt. “We made a promise to these millennials that, if you go to college, you’ll get a good job, and somehow that promise has been broken,” Kasich said. He mentioned giving employers incentives to help college students with their loans and the possibility of students being able to renegotiate loans or pay based on income, though none of those were certainties. Kasich Comes to KSU continued on pg. 2

The Peer Health Outreach & Wellness Leaders, also known as OWLs, along with the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness at Kennesaw State University, hosted a Mingle with Mocktails event Feb. 24. The Peer Health OWLs hosted the event in-house to bring awareness to students about the dangers of alcohol, discussing both the good and bad aspects of drinking games. They also provided ‘mocktails’ as nonalcoholic alternatives to social drinks. Students participated in trivia pong, a PG version of the traditional beer pong, and learned important hygiene tips to keep in mind when playing drinking games. Melissa Mesman is the peer health educator coordinator, and she advised everyone to have their own personal drinking cup when playing games at parties to prevent the spread of germs. Students Mingle continued on pg. 4

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Kasich Comes to KSU continued from pg. 1

“Anything is possible, keep your idealism, and go out and change the world,” Kasich said to the college students. “And in the meantime, I’m going to do whatever I can, hopefully along with other elected officials, to create a job-creating environment, so you can get work,” After his speech, Kasich took questions on several topics, including what KSU students should do to have their complaints about housing heard, how he plans on securing the Republican nomination, and what the country’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis

should be. Students had varying reasons for why they attended the event and vastly different outlooks on Kasich’s campaign. “Part of my reason for going was that I’m actually rather undecided about him, as well as the other GOP candidates,” Jordan Baker, a senior international affairs major, said. “I got a better sense of his policies that are important to me.” Ryan Matzkow, a freshman finance major, is wary about Kasich’s ability to last as a presidential candidate. “He’s a really good guy, he’s done a lot of great things, but I think a vote for him at this point isn’t going to do very much,”

Matzkow said. “For him in the future, I think he’d make a good vice president or something. It’s just at this point in the polls he’s so far behind the other guys.” Kendall Johnson, a sophomore business major, attended the town hall meeting to learn more about him in an effort to stay informed. “I think this is a really important election, so I’m here to further educate myself about what’s going on and who the candidates are,” Johnson said. “The debate is coming up Thursday, and if he plays his cards right, I think he can get enough fire behind him to make a statement.” Zach Beaverson, a sophomore majoring in history education,

is facing the challenge of choosing a new candidate, but he is doubtful that Kasich can make a comeback with his low numbers in the primaries. “Jeb Bush left, so I’ve got to figure out who to vote for,” Beaverson said. “I know he’s an Ohio governor, and I know he’s done what every other candidate has, besides Jeb Bush, and that’s be able to be a good leader in a swing state.” Josh Wilson, a junior international business major, was a little more hopeful. “I’m hoping that once people listen to him and hear some of his ideals that he might garner a little more support here and win a few states,” Wilson said. “Down here in the South, I don’t

Kasich addresses students’ questions during his town hall meeting in the student center.

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think he has a chance, honestly. He’d have to get a few states out in the Midwest and get some liberal votes to make a comeback.” Alex Koehlke, a senior political science major, also thinks Kasich can make a comeback. “If he focuses on the right states, really starts to get his name out there, before the primaries, especially, I think he’ll be fine,” Koehlke said. “He’s willing to compromise, be more bipartisan, which I think we need.” Georgia voters will participate in ‘Super Tuesday’ March 1 when several states in the southeast cast their ballot for the nomination.

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Equity indexes climbed for the second consecutive week. This is due in part to optimistic market expectations from the G20 meeting, when 20 of the most industrialized economies in the world met in Shanghai, China to discuss the global economy. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 1.58 percent, and both the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.91 percent over the week.

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JC Penney Co. (JCP) gained 31.01 percent, after the retail company’s earnings beat Wall Street’s estimates by 69.57 percent.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shares sunk 10.51 percent this week after reporting an annual loss for the eighth year in a row. The government-controlled bank plans to cease operations in 25 countries.

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Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) rose 19.07 percent last week after exceeded Wall Street’s expectations by 15.3 percent for the fourth quarter of 2015.

Oil experienced one if its best weekly performances for the year, in part because of the G20 meeting. Brent Crude ended the week up 6.51 percent to $35.16 and WTI rose 10.59 percent to $32.78 by Friday.

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OWL LOVE YOUR BODY WEEK Sierra Hubbard News Editor This week is Love Your Body Week, an awareness effort to promote positive body image among students. These events are jointly sponsored by Counseling and Psychological Services, the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness, and the Women’s Resource and Interpersonal Violence Prevention Center.

Tuesday

• Southern Smash 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Campus Green, Kennesaw Campus • Yoga Class 7 p.m. Recreation and Wellness Center, Marietta Campus

Wednesday

• Southern Smash 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Outside the Wilson Student Center, Marietta Campus

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Thursday

• Digital Deception 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wilson Student Center, Second Floor Lobby, Marietta Campus • Dessert Cooking Demo 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Student Rec. and Activities Center Room 1220, Kennesaw Campus • Zumba Class 7 p.m. Student Rec. and Activities Center, Kennesaw Campus

POLICE BEAT Dallas Satterfield Staff Writer Police Beat is compiled weekly from Kennesaw State University’s Safe and Sound Police public records. Names are removed for privacy.

KENNESAW CAMPUS Dazed and Confused February 8, 2016 A female student called in a complaint about a suspicious man she encountered in the West Parking Deck at 4 p.m. A second female approached the officers on the scene claiming she had also encountered the suspicious person. She said that he tried to open the passenger door of her car, claiming he was looking for his wife. The female student told the man that she did not know him or his wife. The man became angry and started yelling, upset she did not know him. Officers located the man on the third level of the parking deck. After searching his person, the officer found a pocket knife and laid it on the ground. The officer could smell a faint odor of marijuana. Though he admitted to having one drink with lunch, the man said he had only smoked cigarettes. The man explained that he was not a student and told officers he was there to pick up his wife, a student and an employee at the university. The man added that he did not understand why his wife was not there because he picked her up at 5:30 p.m. every day. The officer informed him that it was only 4:15 p.m.

The man, puzzled, said that it felt like he had been in the parking deck for two hours. When the officers were informed that he had a warrant from the City of Marietta, they stepped forward to arrest the man, but he threw his gloves at them and fled. The suspect ran to the edge of the parking deck where officers caught up to him and placed him in handcuffs, despite his insistence that he just wanted to jump off the deck.

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After another search, officers discovered an unused syringe and a pack of cigarettes containing a small bag of crystal meth. He said that he had just purchased the partially used pack of cigarettes from the man cleaning the windows of the Social Science building and thought he was being set up. Despite his conspiracy theory, the man was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony.

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Diversity Workshop continued from pg. 1 “It’s an exercise designed to focus on cultural differences,” Rodriguez said. “There are different perspectives to the same approach and no one’s perspective is more correct than Students Mingle continued from pg. 1 “Trivia pong was fun,” said Kolade Dare, a junior studying accounting. “I learned a lot and got some clarification on previous misconceptions about alcohol.” To simulate the effects of inebriation, the Peer Health OWLs set up two lines of tape. One line was zigzag, and the other was straight. Students were given goggles to impair

the other.” Rodriguez explained that the purpose of his lecture is to bring awareness to the benefits of diversity. “We need to accept diversity and embrace diversity because its the right thing to do,” he said. “This world is filled with

different people that all have different ideas and attributes. Instead of shunning them away and compressing them, let’s allow them to flourish.” Rodriguez had initially been working with the Center for Student Leadership, but he recently became a graduate

coach for Latino Recruitment, Retention, Progression and Graduation. Latino RRPG is a pilot program for Latino and Hispanic students. “Challenging the Way You See Things” is one of the multiple FLY workshops that is hosted by the Center for Student

Leadership. There are three more workshops remaining for the semester on March 10, March 22 and April 13. For more information on workshop topics and locations, visit the website for the Center for Student Leadership.

their vision and asked to walk the lines as if they were under the influence. This test is used along with a host of others by police officers to test if a driver is intoxicated. Blood alcohol content cards were given to students who participated in all the events. The cards, personalized by gender and weight, can be used to keep track of how many drinks can be had before a person falls out of the ‘green

zone.’ According to the Peer Health OWLs, it is best to stay in the green zone to balance enjoying the night with staying safe. Mingle with Mocktails was an extension of Keep Track of Your BAC, an event hosted by the Peer Health OWLs every month. The goal of these events is to encourage students to be safe and educated about alcohol and the effects it can have on the body. Junior Kolade Dar plays Trivia Pong.

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PRINT CLUB HOSTS

BLOCK PARTY (LITERALLY) Michael Montgomery Contributor

Adjoa Johnson, a sophomore majoring in geography, carves out her masterpiece.

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The Kennesaw State University Print Club sponsored an opportunity for students to carve wooden blocks as a collaborative art project Feb. 24 that will be displayed around campus. The event, called the KSU Print Club Block Party, allowed students to carve designs on relief blocks created from medium density fiberboard. The KSU Print Club worked with the Zuckerman Museum of Art in conjunction with its new exhibit, “Art Aids America.” Adjoa Johnson, a sophomore majoring in geography, Johnson thought the event was a unique outlet for students’ creativity. “It was a new experience and the end result of my carving was really cool,” she said. No prior experience was required and all necessary

tools were provided. Those new to the craft were taught how to carve and given plenty of chances to practice before carving their final piece. Students could also make designs that will be put on large puzzle pieces measuring 10 inches long, 12 inches wide each. The subject of each puzzle piece will be a topic about which that student wants to increase awareness. According to Valeria Dibble, KSU Print Club adviser, this lets students channel their passion about a subject into activism. “We hope that this engagement in the art process by the campus community will increase their awareness of the issues we are researching, increase their appreciation of the art process and deepen their involvement as advocates,”

Dibble said. Students who researched activism and advocacy will be going to the National Conference of Undergraduate Research in Asheville, South Carolina in April. Chris Neuenschwander, an alumnus who specializes in wood-cut relief printing, also had many handmade display pieces for sell. Neuenschwander graduated in 2011 with concentrations of print making and drawing and painting. He assisted with hosting the event and helping students carve. Offering free food and drinks again, the KSU Print Club will host the next carving session March 24 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. All of the blocks will be printed in April at the Spring Arts Festival held on campus.

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Owl Yaks is a compilation of The Sentinel’s favorite student comments from the anonymous Yik Yak app. Check each week to see if you made it (Just don’t tell anyone!)

“I make up 20 percent of Pop Tart’s consumer market.” “Does anyone else question their choices Mikeyou Foster when putOpinion threeEditor or more of the same answers in a row on a scantron?”

“I live my life one D2L due date at a time.”

“Leo for president 2020.”

MARIETTA CAMPUS YAKS “The weather is starting to look like my grades.” “Um, anyone got an open couch I can crash on? Mine was just taken from me.”

“Yo, there’s a plane in the parking lot.” “Four years ago I asked out the girl of my dreams. Today I asked her to marry me. She said no both times.”

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ARTS LIVING ENGINEERING STUDENTS RACE TO RAISE MONEY

Erik Boyd, a KSU Motorsports driver competes in the acceleration event. Kennesaw State University’s Formula SAE racing club hosted the fourth annual Formula South Invitational Saturday, turning the Marietta campus’s lots 28 and 30 into a real live race track. Schools including KSU, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and seven others were there to test the student designed and built SAE racecars before the national competition in May. With an acceleration of around zero to sixty miles per hour in under three seconds, these cars are fast and the danger is real. EMT’s were on hand just incase, but fortunately were not needed, even when the Georgia Tech car crashed.w The crash was caused by a loose clamp according to a KSU Formula SAE alumni, who now works at Georgia tech. The loose

clamp caused the throttle to stick in the open position. Even though they had to sit out of the Acceleration event, Georgia Tech came back swinging in the second half of the day. They took the second fastest time in the Autocross round behind Florida Atlantic, but were penalized for having clipped a couple cones in the process. Unlike the acceleration round that focuses on the cars’ velocity, the Autocross round requires the cars to maneuver, as well as go fast. The track that covered all of lot 28A, and some of North Hornet Drive, was marked out in orange cones that made two “S” shape patterns and a long straight away that allowed the drivers to really open up the engines and make up some time. Georgia Tech was not the only

The KSU team competes at annual Formula SAE.

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team to experience technical difficulties. Several teams had to take advantage of the lunch break to make repairs to their vehicles. The down time was not wasted. A DJ and several team sponsors were on hand. Spectators could check out some of the sponsors booths, get their photo taken inside a slick black Porsche, or get a bite to eat. The final event for the day was the Endurance challenge. The cars are pushed to the max in the 22 kilometer, 13.7 mile, trial. This is an important event because in May the teams will go up against others from across the nation. The Endurance round shows whether their Formula SAE car is up for the intense competition. Unfortunately, the car from Mississippi State had to drop

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out after losing parts on a sharp turn. KSU came back strong after some mechanic failures nearly kept them out of the Autocross round. At the end of the day KSU came in third overall. Second place went to Georgia Tech. First place, and a special trophy for having made the longest trip to compete, went to Florida Atlantic University. Even with the risk of crash or breakdown, the program comes with great benefits. According to alumns Andrew Yun and Scott Walker, the graduates who participate in the Formula SAE teams have a 100 percent employment rate. One was even hired before he graduated. Megan Sabato, an alumni from the Georgia Tech SAE team was there with Porsche. After graduation she went to work for

the German car manufacturers’ USA division in Atlanta. As a part of her job she got to represent the sponsor at the event and enjoy visiting with the team. All the proceeds from food sales from the Delta Techops grill went towards the Robert Glenn Allen scholarship fund. The scholarship is in memory of Professor Allen who began working with the new Mechatronics program when it began at Southern Polytechnic State University in the early 2000s. He died in 2012 due to brain cancer and is remembered for his work through the event and the memorial endowment scholarship. Saturday’s event raised $1,323 to go toward the scholarship.

Clemson competes in the skid-pad event at the Formula SAE event.

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“SNOWPIERCER”

“FAR CRY PRIMAL” BRINGS LIFE TO THE STONE AGE Mike Strong Editor-in-Chief

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CHECK IN NEXT WEEK FOR REVIEWS ON Collin Edwards Contributor “Snowpiercer” is a South Korean sci-fi movie that was released in America in 2014. The plot of the movie revolves around a post-apocalyptic Earth that is covered in snow and ice due to a failed experiment to end climate change. The rest of humanity is confined to a train traveling the world. They are separated into different cars of the train by their social class. Chris Evans stars as Curtis, a member of the lowest class on the train. Curtis comes up

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with a plan to revolt and move to the front of the train to take control of it. Tilda Swinton plays Minister Mason, one of the antagonists of the movie who tries to stop this revolution. What follows is an expertly acted and incredibly shot sci-fi movie. Evans and Swinton are in their acting prime in this movie. The way the two interact shows how tense the relationships between the social classes are. The cinematography is my favorite part of the movie. The

camera’s movement is longer and more drawn out when it shows the expanse of the frozen outside world. In the quicker paced action scenes, the camera moves around chaotically to mirror the chaos and speed of the scenes. These action scenes can also get very brutal, very quickly. The plot itself also has incredibly dark low points. Overall, I thought it was an amazing movie but it is definitely not for the faint of heart.

witnessing the mistreatment of his fellow passengers, Curtis plots a revolt with others in his car. The film depicts a perfect display of what it means to have a social hierarchy. It shows the lowest of the survivors in their “place” at the back of the train and how different life is for other survivors at the front of the train. The film is a raw, dramatic depiction of a castelike system. The cinematography is outstanding. The film is different from other films of its genre.

While I praise the film on its depth and thought-provoking story, at times the film was boring and had plot holes that left me with unanswered questions. The film is definitely not one that I would watch repeatedly for fun, but the film is worthy of watching for at least a second time. I even found myself picking up on details that I had missed when I watched it for the first time. In all, “Snowpiercer” is a long, mediocre train ride.

Marisa Wilkins Contributor The film stars “Captain America” lead, Chris Evans, along with Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, and Tilda Swinton. The film shows a postapocalyptic world, frozen to the core, where the only survivors are those aboard the train, “Snowpiercer.” The film takes the audience through the ‘train of events’ following a group of rebels trying to fight their way towards the front of the train. The film focuses on one of the low-class passengers aboard the train, Curtis Everett. After

“Far Cry Primal’s” stone age setting is a breath of fresh air in a game that is otherwise quite formulaic and overly familiar. Ubisoft set the standard for a great open world first-person shooter in 2012 with “Far Cry 3.” It took the base capturing, collectible hunting fun of “Assassin’s Creed” to the realistic immersion of “Far Cry.” 2014’s “Far Cry 4” iterated on this style, but remained an incredibly entertaining experience, thanks in part to the addition of open world co-op. This year’s “Far Cry Primal” follows the style of previous games a bit too closely in places that it should not. The biggest problem I had with the game was that I have already done its activities countless times before in previous entries. Thankfully, the stone age setting adds new life to the world. The amount of fun I had playing around in the environment caught me off guard. The core mechanic driving Primal is the ability to tame and control beasts you encounter. This starts off relatively simple, allowing you to have a wolf companion and use an owl to scope out enemies. But by the time you are a fully-upgraded beast master, you can ride around on the backs of sabertoothed tigers and enter the mind of a wooly mammoth. Unlocking new tiers of powerful beasts is rewarding and each time I tamed a new one, I was excited to pit it against other powerful creatures to see how it fights. The environments are beautiful and the world feels expansive enough to warrant the full game price tag that this game comes with. I had a significant problem with the ability to ride a mini helicopter around in “Far Cry 4.” Being able to see how small the world actually was broke the immersion for me. I have also never enjoyed vehicles in “Far Cry.” They removed the need to walk around and experience the life in the world around you. Now that Primal has

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removed that aspect, the world feels more alive and gives the impression that it is quite large. While riding around on animals does feel like using vehicles did, this ability isn’t accessible for quite a while, which gives the player plenty of time to have to run around the world and take in everything the game has to offer. When I talk about the “Far Cry” formula, I specifically mean capturing outposts in the world by taking out human enemies with stealth or brute force. This is back in Primal, but I did not enjoy it as much without guns. Aside from using a bow, there is not much opportunity for stealth, which was my favorite way to take outposts. The combat and weapon variety in Primal works quite well and fits the setting appropriately. I expected to dislike the lack of guns in the game, but by the time I had a club, bow and spear, I was engrossed enough in being a caveman that using these primitive weapons felt right. Furthermore, the weapons are used in interesting ways with the environment. There is a day-night cycle that affects the behavior of the animals. Wolves travel in packs and become more active at night, amid the decreased visibility. To counter this, the player can easily ignite his club to light the area and scare off creatures. Later in the game, in the colder snowy areas, players must monitor their cold level with their torch, which dies off as it burns, forcing players to craft new clubs with resources. These gameplay additions work well with the setting and feel new enough to counter the overly familiar structure of the game. Whether the player finds enough to do to warrant the full price tag, depends on how much he or she likes the setting. But Primal does enough mechanically to distinguish itself and by the time everything is accessible, it becomes one of the most exciting “Far Cry” games to play.

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MARCH NETFLIX UPDATE

ARRIVING • • • • • •

American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006) Good Burger (1997) Groundhog Day (1993) Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thailand (2016) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

• Flaked: Season 1 • Netflix Presents: The Characters: Season 1

• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

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10,000 Saints (2015) The Falling (2015) Final Girl (2015) Finders Keepers (2015)

American Pie (1999) American Wedding (2003) Gone in 60 Seconds (2006) Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

• Night Catches Us (2010)

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• Holiday (2013)

• TED Talks: Season 1

15 • Cosmopolis (2012) • Out in the Dark (2012) • Side Effects (2013)

• House of Cards: Season 4 • Louie: Season 5

Hitch (2005) Indecent Proposal (1993) Jumanji (1995) Men in Black II (2002)

• Are You Here (2014) • Charlie St. Cloud (2010) • Gridiron Gang (2006) • Larry Crowne (2011)

• Fright Night 2 (2013) • Murder Rap: Inside The Biggie and Tupac Murders

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• Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009) • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) • Scarface (1983) • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

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CLUB OF THE WEEK: KENNESAW SKYDIVING CLUB Kayla Dungee Staff Writer

A member of the skydiving club jumps with two professionals.

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many of the jumps take place. The president and co-founder, Andrew Fields, is an industrial and systems engineering major graduating in May. When reflecting back on his time with his organization, Fields had nothing but positive words. “My favorite part of skydiving is the initial adrenaline rush I experience when I jump out of the plane, as well as the awesome views I get to see in the process,” said Fields. “My favorite experience with the club so far was the first trip we took as a club in March 2015. We had a really good turnout and it was a lot of peoples’ first times jumping which was exciting.” Unfortunately, students shouldn’t expect any jumps in the next few weeks. Just as we’re fighting to get to spring, so are these skydivers. “We are waiting to see when the weather will warm up and will decide from there, as skydiving is much more enjoyable when it isn’t cold out,” said Fields. As of now, the club has 63 members in the Facebook group and 28 members on the Owl Life. Numbers are only expected to grow with increased awareness of the club. The easiest part of the process is joining. All anyone who is interested must do is either join through Owl Life or joining the group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/kennesawskydivers/. The courage to actually step foot out of the plane and into the sky can be worked up later.

The Kennesaw Skydiving Club was founded in January 2015 at Kennesaw State University, with their first event taking place in March 2015. Nothing relatively similar had ever been created on campus. If you ask anyone, skydiving is usually one of the first things on their bucket list, but we usually don’t have any friends who are actively participating in the sport. Perhaps you just have the wrong friends. The ultimate goal of the organization is to provide an environment that is centered around cultivating a passion for skydiving and parachuting, while giving students an opportunity to descend from thousands of feet in the air several times through the school year. Beginners and expert skydivers come together during jumps. Even if a person has no experience skydiving, that shouldn’t stop them from joining. All the necessary training is provided along the way. Members have the option of being Accelerated Freefall certified to jump alone, or to do a tandem jump, where a student skydiver is attached to a skydiving instructor by a harness. Unbeknownst to many students, the skydiving location is just an hour away from the Kennesaw campus in Cedartown, Georgia. The personnel at Skydive Georgia provide all the training needed to take the big leap. This is also the primary location of where

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Logan Viers’ Perfect Game Highlights Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament Mason Wittner Staff Writer

Logan Viers winds up her pitch. Kennesaw State’s Logan Viers pitched a perfect game on Sunday as the Owls went 4-0 in the Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament over the weekend and improved to 10-1 on the season. Junior Logan Viers was admittedly suffering with back soreness prior to Sunday’s meeting with Alabama A&M in the finale of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey Memorial Tournament. Viers’ health proved to have no impact on her arm, however, as she threw 64 pitches en route to a perfect game and a sixinning, 8-0 win over the Bulldogs. “In the third or fourth inning,

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I realized it [was a possibility,]” Viers said of her perfect game. “Nobody in the dugout wants to say anything, and everyone is like ‘Oh, don’t say anything. We don’t want to mess it up.’ We had some really clutch plays and it was really a whole team effort. I couldn’t have done it without the other girls.” Viers (5-0) became just the sixth pitcher in program history to complete a perfect game, the first since 2008. Redshirt-junior Courtney Sutter homered to right field to give the Owls a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Owls (10-1) first challenge defensively came in the fourth

inning as Alabama A&M’s Imani Largin lead off the inning with a hit up the middle, however it was fielded by freshman shortstop Anastasia Villanueva who threw her out at first. Following four innings of gridlock, KSU took pressure off of Viers with a six-run fifth inning. Sophomore Noelle Winkles hit a one-out home run to right field to give the Owls a 2-0 lead. Senior Missy Perkowski notched an RBI single, followed shortly by an RBI double from senior Hillary Kartman, putting the Owls up 5-0. Senior Rachel Dennis capped off the scoring in the fifth with a two RBI single up the middle, extending KSU’s advantage to 7-0. The Owls suffered another defensive scare in the top of the sixth inning with one out as Lauren Walker lined a shot to dead center, but Winkles made the catch to preserve perfection for Viers. In the bottom of the sixth, Perkowski singled to center field and scored Winkles to enforce the eight-run mercy rule and end the game. “I have to give our kids a ton of credit,” KSU head coach Tory Acheson said. “They came out today and really played the game the right way. Defensively, we made a couple of big plays to support Logan, and Logan pitched great. I’ve been coaching for 32 years and that’s the first perfect game I’ve ever had somebody throw for me.” The win capped a perfect weekend for KSU in the tournament as the Owls defeated Western Michigan on Friday, 2-1, Tennessee-Martin on Saturday afternoon, 7-6 and Alabama A&M Saturday evening, 8-7. Viers appeared in all four games, pitching 17.2 innings

and allowing five earned runs on 11 hits. Additionally, she recorded 20 strikeouts, bringing her total to a team-high 43 in 37 2/3 innings pitched. Senior Morgan Sikes (3-0) picked up a win against Western Michigan, pitching three scoreless innings while only surrendering four hits. Redshirt-senior Monica Vickery allowed one earned run in three innings pitched in a winning effort against UT Martin. The Owls took an early lead against Western Michigan as redshirt-junior Chandler Griffin grounded out to second base, scoring Kartman to put the Owls up 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning. The Mustangs tied the game, 1-1, on an Erin Binkowski solo home run in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, junior Taylor Denton drew a walk and stole second base before scoring on a Sutter RBI single through the right side. KSU struck first once again on Saturday in their meeting with UT Martin as Perkowski reached base on a fielding error and later scored on a passed ball. In the next at-bat, Sutter homered to right center to give the Owls a 2-0 lead. The Skyhawks scored an unearned run in the top of the third inning. UT Martin’s Aeron Smith parked a three-run home run in the fourth, giving the Skyhawks a 4-2 advantage. An RBI double to center field from Veringa pulled the Owls within a run in the fourth inning, but the Skyhawks extended their lead to 5-3 on an RBI single from Alli Fulcher in the top of the fifth. After adding a run in the bottom of the sixth, the Owls tied the game in the seventh on senior Kara Chambers’ RBI

double down the left field line, forcing extra innings. KSU surrendered a run in the top of the eighth inning, but Kartman tied the game on an RBI single to center field. On the ensuing pitch, Veringa hit a walk-off single to right field, driving in Sutter for the winning run. In Saturday evening’s game against Alabama A&M, the Bulldogs scored on a fielding error, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Owls answered in the bottom of the inning, plating a pair of runs on a walk and sacrifice fly, respectively. KSU added a pair of runs in the third inning and produced three runs in the fourth inning, extending its lead to 7-2. Trailing 8-2 in the seventh inning, Alabama A&M put together a five-run rally to pull the Bulldogs within 8-7. With a runner on second base with only one out, Viers came in as a relief pitcher and forced the final two outs for the win. The Owls will travel down I-75 South on Wednesday, March 2, to take on Georgia State at 6:00 p.m.

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Owls Close Regular Season with Lipscomb Sweep Mason Wittner Staff Writer The Kennesaw State men’s basketball team finished the season with a .500 record in Atlantic Sun Conference play for the first time since the 2006-07 season, and just the third time since joining Division I, with a 73-57 win over Lipscomb Thursday. The win secured the Owls (11-19, 7-7) a 5 seed in the A-Sun tournament, the highest seed attained in the conference tournament in program history. “It’s obviously a tremendous accomplishment for this team to end up .500,” KSU head coach Al Skinner said. “Considering where we were picked preseason and how difficult our nonconference schedule was. We worked our way through some injuries and our guys really hung in there. To be .500 in the conference, and beating some of the teams that we beat, even though the record may not indicate it, it ended up being a real fine season.” Redshirt-junior Kendrick Ray recorded his fourth doubledouble of the season, leading the Owls with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Ray has averaged 23.2 points per game in the final five games of the season, scoring 20-plus points in four of them. Senior Yonel Brown struggled offensively for a second straight game, finishing with 10 points despite shooting 2-14 from the field. Coach Skinner talked

about the importance of his team’s resilience in spite of the shooting woes from their senior point guard. “The most important thing I think is that tonight was a good example of even though Brown didn’t shoot the ball well, we were still able to win the basketball game,” Skinner said. “That’s where we came up a little short against Florida Gulf Coast last time we played. We did not consistently defend as well as needed, but tonight we defended consistently for 40 minutes regardless of what we were doing on the offensive end that’s really what allowed us to win the ballgame.” KSU scored 21 points off of 20 turnovers while only turning the ball over 12 times. The Owls’ main key to victory, however, was arguably their success at the free-throw line. KSU scored 17 of its final 21 points at the charity stripe, shooting 21-24 for the game. At 87.4 percent, it marked the Owls’ highest free-throw percentage in A-Sun Conference play this season. Clinging to a narrow 52-50 lead at the 8:21 mark in the second half, KSU used an 11-4 run to go up 63-54 with 2:41 left to play. Following a Lipscomb layup, the Owls outscored the Bisons 10-1 in the final two minutes to secure the victory. KSU led Lipscomb 6-2 following a Bernard Morena layup with 18:41 to go in

the opening half. The Bisons answered with a 12-4 run, taking a 6-point lead with 15 minutes remaining. Trailing 23-18, the Owls used a pair of Kyle Clarke free throws followed by a Brown threepointer in transition to tie the game at 23-apiece with 8:44 to go. Twice more the Bisons took a two-point lead, followed immediately by an answer from KSU to tie the game. Knotted up at 27-27, Ray spouted off eight straight points to give the Owls a 35-27 advantage with 3:00 left to play in the first half. The Bisons closed out the half outscoring the Owls 9-4, taking a 39-36 deficit into the locker room. The Owls led for the entirety of the second half, but never saw their lead grow larger than six points. KSU will travel to Fort Myers, Florida to take on 4 seed Florida Gulf Coast in the opening round of the A-Sun Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:05 p.m. The Eagles swept the Owls in the regular season, handing them a 79-74 loss in the Convocation Center on Jan. 26 and pulling out a 68-63 victory at home on Feb. 20. Brown struggled offensively last time out against the Eagles, shooting 2-14 from the field, and the team as a whole was negatively affected. KSU will look for a big performance out of Brown in what will be his

final conference tournament as an Owl. Additionally, the Owls have been outscored 27-14 in the points off of turnovers in the last two meetings despite FGCU’s slim 21-18 turnover margin. KSU will need to do all of the small things right, including capitalizing on turnovers, in order to pull out an upset victory and advance to the A-Sun semifinals. Despite only accumulating 11 wins, the Owls closed out the regular season winning

four of their final five games. This stretch included a win over 1 seed North Florida, 101-91, and 3 seed Jacksonville, 90-69. With the victories, KSU proved it can be a true threat in the conference tournament that should not be taken lightly, and the Owls will look to ride their momentum into Tuesday’s matchup with FGCU.

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OWLS’ BATS PROPEL SERIES WIN AGAINST JACKSONVILLE STATE The Owls had four homers in a series win over Jacksonville State.

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Mason Wittner Staff Writer The Kennesaw State men’s baseball team took two out of three games from Jacksonville State over the weekend, winning on Friday, 3-2, losing on Saturday, 10-5, and winning the finale on Sunday, 11-9. “I thought it was a really good series,” KSU head coach Mike Sansing said. “Jacksonville State is a good team and we played some good, competitive games. All of them could have swung one way or the other and fortunately, I thought the back end of our bullpen did a good job and we got a couple wins this weekend.” In a weekend where KSU’s pitching was not at its peak, the Owls’ bats caught fire and accumulated 31 hits. Sophomore Austin Upshaw had four hits, including his teamleading fourth home run of the season. In Friday evening’s game, the Owls (4-2) plated the first run in the bottom of the third inning when junior Jeremy Howell singled to lead off the inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly to left field from sophomore Grant Williams. On the next at-bat, Upshaw notched an RBI single to give KSU a 2-0 lead

after three innings of play. The Owls extended their lead in the bottom of the fifth inning when senior Alex Liquori singled through the right side with two outs, scoring a runner and giving KSU a 3-0 lead. The Gamecocks caught stride offensively in the top of the sixth inning as JSU’s Peyton Williams led off with a double and scored on an RBI double from Taylor Hawthorne on the ensuing at-bat. Three batters later, Clayton Daniel grounded out to second base, brining Hawthorne home from third base. KSU led 3-2 heading to the seventh inning. Sophomore pitcher Logan Hutchinson came in for relief in the top of the seventh inning, pitching a perfect inning for the Owls. Junior Richard Lovelady found himself in trouble with runners on second and third base and two outs in the top of the eighth inning, but he forced a groundout to first base and escaped unscathed. In the top of the ninth, junior Eric Stahl retired the side in order and picked up the save. JSU jumped out in front early in Saturday’s matchup as Paschal Petrongolo singled up the middle, scoring Gavin

Golsan and putting the Gamecocks up 1-0 in the top of the first inning. Petrongolo launched a home run over the right field wall in the third inning, extending JSU’s lead to 2-0. In the bottom of the sixth inning, junior Corey Greeson homered to left field to give the Owls their first run of the day. Following a Chris Erwin single, Upshaw blasted a two-run shot over the right field fence and the Owls led 3-2. JSU’s Austin Green led off the top of the seventh inning with a home run to right field, tying the game at 3-3. The Gamecocks retook the lead on an RBI single from Gleeson, and later added a pair of runs on back-to-back RBI singles from Tyler Gamble and Elliot McCummings, respectively. Trailing 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh, freshman Austin Pharr notched an RBI double to left, pulling the Owls within two runs. JSU put the game out of reach in the top of the ninth inning. The Gamecocks led off with a Golsan solo home run, later adding a two-out, threerun home run to right field from Hayden White to extend their

lead to 10-4. Junior Jordan Getzelman scored in the bottom of the ninth on a fielding error, but the Owls failed to mount a comeback. In the final game of the series, Williams singled in the top of the second inning to bring home White and put JSU up 1-0. The lead was short-lived, however, as KSU freshman Jake Franklin homered over the right field fence in the bottom of the second to tie the game. The Owls added four more runs on five singles and a fielding error and took a 5-1 lead in the third inning. In the top of the fifth inning, Petrongolo stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs, knocking a grand slam to left-center and tying the game, 5-5. KSU answered in the bottom half of the inning with a two-run home run from senior Brennan Morgan, taking a 7-5 lead. The Gamecocks capitalized on a fielding error in the top of the sixth to plate a pair of runs and tie the game at 7-7. A Petrongolo RBI single followed by a White RBI double gave JSU a 9-7 advantage. Once again the Owls answered in the bottom

half of the inning as Morgan drew an RBI walk with the bases loaded, followed by a pinch-hit, two RBI double from Greeson to retake the lead. KSU added a run on a Williams RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lovelady took over on the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning, picking up the final out and recording a onetwo-three eighth inning. Stahl picked up his second save of the weekend with a three up, three down top of the ninth. “We jumped out early, and then they came back, and then we would get ahead and they’d come back again,” Sansing said of Sunday’s contest. “I told our guys I’m proud of their effort and the way they kept battling. You can get easily frustrated in a game like that, where you have the lead, lose the lead, have the lead, lose the lead. I’m proud of the way they fought back.” The Owls will return to action on Tuesday, March 1, as they host Ohio University at 5:00 p.m

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Steph Curry won’t be stopped

tyler duke Sports Editor After Steph Curry’s sensational game-winning three-pointer from nearly 40 feet away from the basket on Saturday night, the improbable superstar flashed a series of dances in front of the stunned Oklahoma City crowd. The dances and the celebrations of Curry and his teammates perfectly encapsulated the new-age era

of basketball -- a brand that brings in the broadest horizon of fans in the league’s history, thanks to a new superstar that bases his game off of something that seemingly anyone can do. But let’s get something straight. Nobody can do what Curry is doing. In fact, nobody has ever done what Curry is doing. With his current 32.9 Player Efficiency Rating, Steph Curry is having the best season in the history of the NBA … better than Wilt, better than Jordan, and better than LeBron. Though he’s doing it in a way that looks as simple as shooting three-pointers from all around the court -- something anyone can try in the gym -- Curry is making shots at an alarming rate that nobody has ever seen. He broke the NBA record, which he already owned, for threepointers made in a season on Saturday night in February with 24 games remaining on the schedule. “Be like Steph” should be no different than “Be like Mike.” The notion that Curry is

just a regular guy who can make jump shots -- something we all can try to do -- is ridiculous. He’s a freak athlete who is playing the game of basketball at a level that is potentially unmatched in the history of the game. What possibly creates the notion of Curry being a regular guy dominating basketball is his appearance and attitude when playing the game. It’s what makes Curry both highly relatable to some, and highly dislikable to others. A comparison is Curry’s favorite NFL player, Cam Newton. Curry plays in a childlike manner, dancing after shots, talking to the crowd, and creating complex celebrations with teammates. He’s clearly having way more fun than anyone else, much like Newton. To compound with that, Curry does look fairly normal when playing. He’s listed at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds -- a size that isn’t all that daunting in the NBA or even in a pickup game. Due to that, the new-age generation

mostly loves Curry. They can try his shots in the gym, they can mimic his celebrations after a win, and, most importantly, they can watch one of the most impressive displays of basketball ever in a style that is all they know. Contrarily, the reception from the older generation hasn’t been as warm -- especially from former NBA players. Oscar Robertson, a former superstar who averaged a tripledouble in a season, claimed Curry’s success is only due to the current NBA defenses. He said he would lock Curry down from half court and not allow him to get his shots. Phil Jackson, who coached Jordan and Kobe, compared Curry to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, a player who never came close to the achievements Curry has already reached. Stephen Jackson, a former Warrior in the late 2000’s, claimed his team, which was pretty bad, would beat the current record-pace Warriors. All of these claims basically

mean the same thing. Much of the older generation doesn’t appreciate or respect the newage style of Steph Curry. It’s a different brand of basketball. He’s changing the way the game is played and watched. Some may love it. Some may hate it. Either way, we’re witnessing Steph Curry play at the highest level in the history of the NBA, and nobody can stop him.

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Women’s basketball wins last-second thriller Isaac Goodwin Staff Writer The Kennesaw State women’s basketball team won a 68-64 thriller on the road in Nashville against Lipscomb on Saturday night. It helped the Owls secure the fifth seed in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament and completed the season sweep of Lipscomb. It was a sloppy start for both teams with multiple turnovers plaguing offensive production. LU struck first after a missed three-pointer with a layup two minutes into the game. Deandrea Sawyers scored the first KSU points on their next possession, which put her over 1,000 points for her career. She finished with 11 points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes. Coming into the game, KSU and LU were ranked atop the conference in threepointers made and three-point

percentage. Aareon Smith made the game’s first three-pointer with 2:47 left in the first quarter to give the Owls an 11-8 lead. The KSU defense game planned well for the Bisons’ three-point attack, forcing them away from the perimeter and into the paint. LU’s first 16 points came in the paint. The shots from beyond the arc began to fall in the second quarter, as Owls’ guards Kelly Dulkoski and Smith connected on five consecutive threepointers during a 15-4 run to end the first half. KSU led 33-25 at halftime. “Overall I am happy about the defensive effort,” KSU head coach Nitra Perry said. “When you have a team that shoots 20 threes, you have to take something away and we played really great in the paint.” It was a game of runs, as

the Bisons began the second half on a large momentumswinging run themselves, cutting the KSU lead to 33-32 in just two minutes. Owls’ leading scorer and rebounder Jasmine McAllister was quiet all night and didn’t score her first field goal until 4:59 left in the third quarter, giving KSU a 41-39 lead. LU got hot from three-point range late in the third quarter, connecting on three straight from deep to go up 49-43 in less than 90 seconds. The Owls fought back with Smith hitting another one of her five threepointers, cutting the Bison lead to 49-48 to end the third quarter. Smith finished the game with 15 points and was 5-7 from beyond the arc. The lead changed right back to the Owls after three straight Sawyers’ scores to start the fourth quarter. KSU led 54-49

with 7:08 remaining. There was a season high 14 lead changes throughout the game. LU guard Alex Banks all but secured a huge Bisons victory when she hit three consecutive three-pointers late in the fourth to give her team a 64-58 lead with 2:20 left. The Owls failed to score a field goal for over three minutes during the big run, but they did not give up. KSU fought back with a Dulkoski three on their next possession, followed by a steal leading to a transition layup for McAllister that tied the game at 64. The Owls’ defense played inspired in the final minute forcing LU into low wpercentage shots. “It really speaks on the toughness of our group,” Perry said. “To get hit and get back up, get hit and get back up again. I thought it really showed our

character. We refused to lose tonight.” KSU guard Karly Frye hit the go-ahead game-clinching jump shot with 18 seconds left, giving the Owls a 66-64 lead. KSU ended the game on a 10-0 run in the final 1:50 to survive and escape Nashville, 68-64. The Owls will take on Stetson in the quarterfinals of the A-Sun Conference Tournament on Friday at 7 p.m. KSU lost both regular season matchups with the Hatters by scores of 57-54 and 75-62, respectively. “We just have to convert, take care of the ball and take what they give us,” Perry said about the upcoming game versus Stetson. “We missed 16 free throws the last time we played them and lost by 13.”