The George-Anne Reflector Magazine, Fall 2018

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IN STATESBORO Page 6

Alumni

TRADITIONS Page 10

T hrif t Store FASHION Page 23

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Cuisine & Culture

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Entertainment

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A Transylvanian lost in Statesboro: Meet “Rocky Horror” director Megan Bowen

Remembering Birdhaus, a DIY Music Venue

The Roots of Southern: GS in the 1950’s Holiday Recipes

Lifestyle & Fashion

Health & Fitness

From Thailand to New York to Statesboro: Kamolwan Kawpunna’s Journey

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Mental Health at Georgia Southern

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Southern Limelight: Student Features Financial Struggles Among College Students Thrift Fashion

Fitness Tips & Tricks

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Staff List Editor-in-Chief Blakeley Bartee Reflector Editor Ashton Christianson Creative Editor-In-Chief Rebecca Hooper Design Editor Aminatta Mbow Designers Morgan Carr Warren Fleurimond Jayda Spencer

LETTER FROM THE

Editor

Contributors Christina McKinley Alexi Simpson Roxie Srikoulabouth Noelle Walker

Business Manager Marketing Manager

Kenyatta Brown Haley Clark

Our staff has spent many hours to bring you this semester’s issue, which holds some very unique articles that we hope you will love. We all have heard the saying that history

Director of Student Media Business Coordinator

David Simpson Samantha Reid

repeats itself and this couldn’t hold more true. We see this with music styles now reflecting that of music decades older than many of us, and we see the same with fashion that we wear today. We tried to incorporate this trend of then and now in this semester’s issue. Our hopes are that we can help to better serve our community, and bring you the best work that we can produce for each of our issues. I would like to thank all those who had a hand in making this semester’s issue, and for all their hard work that they put into this issue. I sincerely hope that all that read this issue enjoy all the hard work we all put into it.

Ashton Christianson

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Mission

Statement

The George-Anne Reflector is copyrighted 2018 by Reflector Magazine and Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga. It is printed by South Georgia Graphics, Claxton, Ga. The Reflector is operated by GS students who are members of The George-Anne Media Group, a Georgia Southern student-led organization supported by the Division of Student Affairs. The magazine is produced twice a year by GS students for the Georgia Southern University community. Opinions expressed herein are those of the student writers and editors and DO NOT reflect those of the faculty, staff, administration of GS, nor the University System of Georgia. Partial funding for this publication is provided by the

GS Activities Budget Committee. Advertisements fund the remaining costs. Advertising inquiries may be sent to Office of Student Media, PO Box 8001, or by calling the Business Office at 912-478-5418. Inquiries concerning content should be sent to Magazine EIC Blakeley Bartee by emailing magseditor@ georgiasouthern.edu. All students are allowed to have one free copy of this publication. Additional copies cost $1 each and are available at the Office of Student Media in the Williams Center. Unauthorized removal of additional copies from a distribution site will constitute theft under Georgia law, a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine and/or jail time.

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A Transylvanian

lost in Statesboro Meet “Rocky Horror” director

MEGAN BOWEN By Blakeley Bartee

*** Lingerieclad ushers and dancers, c a l l e d Transylvanians, greet the guests at the Averitt Center for the Arts on a cool October evening. It is 2017, t h e last year

Megan Bowen and her husband, Charlie, will play the roles of Magenta and Dr. Frank N. Furter in the Statesboro production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” She is the master of ceremonies for the Virgin Sacrifice, where lipstickmarked newcomers compete in games - putting condoms on cucumbers using only their mouths, or spelling their names with their rear ends. She is the director, a seasoned Rocky Horror veteran. She wears a curly red wig and a maid’s costume. She is at home.

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I met Bowen at the Starbucks coffee shop on the Georgia Southern University Statesboro campus. It was the end of her work day as an academic advisor for writing, English, literature, philosophy and gender studies majors. She ordered an iced coffee. Bowen is a Statesboro native who attended Statesboro High School and graduated from Georgia Southern University. “It’s still not the city I would choose to settle down in for the rest of my life, but it’s probably where I am, realistically, with all my personal life stuff, which is okay. But if I didn’t have Rocky, I just don’t know how I’d be okay being here,” Bowen said. I asked her what it was like growing up in the Statesboro. She described it in one word: hard. “My family is very conservative … All of the stereotypes you can think about southern conservative families are probably true about mine,” Bowen said. “I grew up in church four or five times a week. That was what we did. My mom, for a while, tried to ban movies that weren’t rated G, which legitimately means that you can’t watch Disney movies. Like, G? Okay. And I was like 14 when this happened, so I wasn’t even a small child.” She said she felt that the adults in the religious community judged her from an early age, which contributed to her resentment of the church. “My family didn’t start going to church until I was five, so as far as the rest people in the church was concerned, I wasn’t good enough, because I had

spent some time not in the church. It’s a real thing.” She was then homeschooled for fifth, sixth and seventh grade, limiting her social options to the friends she could make at church. At 13, Bowen realized she was bisexual. “All of the feelings I had about being in the church and the lessons in youth group about how to speak to sinners, like the gays. How to convert them and tell them their lives were horribly sinful, essentially,” Bowen said. “Sitting through youth groups and sermons actively preaching against homosexuality was pretty damaging, I would say. Not a great feeling to grow up in.” She said that at 15, she stopped going to church, which made her feel better. She figured out that she was not a Christian, and grappled with her realization that she was an atheist. At Georgia Southern, she was a history major. She found her support systems through the Rocky Horror community and a swing dancing club, both of which her husband joined along with her. Today, most of her family ignores her involvement with Rocky Horror, despite her status as a veteran cast member and director of the show. “Most of my family pretends I don’t do it. My pictures from Rocky, the fact that I do Rocky, is all over my Facebook,” Bowen said. “My parents gave me a really judgmental tonguelashing, essentially, a long time ago when I first started getting involved, essentially telling me they never want to hear me talk about it again. Ten years later,

they still pretend I don’t do it, even though I run it.”

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Photos courtesy of Megan Bowen

A few members of the Rocky Horror cast and crew met at Bowen’s house for a makeup meeting. She and Charlie prepared spaghetti and garlic bread while the Rocky

Horror guests chatted in the living room. Their youngest son watched “Ultimate Beastmaster” on the TV. Their living room was lined with shelves of books, DVDs and Funko Pop figures. The Rocky Horror makeup crew, a group of young women with both new and experienced members, regarded me with caution. I was a stranger intruding on sacred grounds someone who entered a safe space with a notebook and pen. Still, they offered me a seat in the living room. After dinner, they met at the dining table to talk spreadsheets and makeup plans. Bowen assigned jobs, discussed budget limitations and hairstyles. She asked the group for their opinions on each decision they made.Bowen told me at Starbucks the day before the makeup meeting that she

took on her job as an academic advisor and her role as director of Rocky Horror for a common reason: she enjoys being a mentor. At the dining table, once the makeup plans were set, the group decompressed. They talked about school and relationships. Bowen told stories of her own and offered solace when the conversation veered into harrowing tales of ex-boyfriends. She seemed to play the role of a wise older sister in the group, making jokes and providing advice in the same breath. One cast member at the meeting was Cate Shewchuk, who joined the show during her first year at Georgia Southern in 2011. She said that when Bowen became the director of the show, the Rocky Horror community changed. “That’s when it really became more inclusive. Because before, it was just, we did the show to do the show,” Shewchuk said. “But when she took over, that’s when it became a community and a safe space and everything, and that’s when we really focused on that aspect of it. She’s definitely made it what it is today.” Shewchuk has played the characters Janet and Columbia twice, and played Riff Raff in the 2017 and 2018 shows. She has also been the stage manager and managed props. She said her parents met while they were cast in a live Rocky show, so the film and show have been part of her life since birth. Today, she lives with the Bowens, a situation that was meant to be temporary when she moved in about four years ago after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and thus losing her roommates. Although she has been close friends with Bowen for several years, she said she initially felt intimidated by her. “Everybody who meets Megan is intimidated by her. The first time I met her, I didn’t talk to her for like a year after that show,

because I was intimidated by her. She comes off as very powerful. But then, once you get past that, she just cares,” Shewchuk said.

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I asked Charlie Bowen about Megan’s reputation for being, as Cate said, intimidating. We met in his office in the temporary Georgia Southern Public Safety offices in the Facilities Services Building, where he works as an investigator and training coordinator. He had no door to his office - only a colorful string curtain. He laughed. “She’s not scary to me. She doesn’t scare me. But I do hear from other people that they can be intimidated by her sometimes, and I think that’s just because of the role she has as head organizer and director. And she knows who she is, and she’s not afraid to tell you who she is, and she’s not going to be pushed around. She has a very dominant personality,” Charlie said. Charlie and Megan met in 2005 while Charlie managed the Blockbuster store in Statesboro. “[Megan] was a customer, and she would come in all the time and talk to me, and I noticed that she was coming in and not renting anything. She was coming in to talk to me,” Charlie said. “And I was like, could this be a clue? So, I eventually asked her out—” “You didn’t know what a clue was,” a police officer in an adjacent office shouted. “Shut up,” Charlie said, laughing. “And we started dating from there.”

During our meeting at Starbucks, I asked Megan Bowen about what drew her to the role of Magenta, the Transylvanian castle maid whose brother is the hunchbacked servant Riff Raff. She explained that the role suited her better than, for example, the innocent Janet. “I’m not the ingenue. It’s just not who I am. I’m sure I could pull it off if I really worked at it, but it’s not my natural gift. My natural gift is to be the weirdo in the background making stank face. That’s my niche, the weird friend. That’s who Magenta was in the show,” Bowen said. She said that while Magenta is the character she can play most naturally, her favorite

character is Riff Raff, an opinion she shares with her friend Shewchuk. “You barely scratch the surface of who [Riff Raff] is until the very end. You get little hints of he’s a little weird. You see a little explosion of energy in Time Warp, so you get a glimmer of how weird he is, but man, he really steals the show in the end,” Bowen said. Bowen said that Rocky Horror is her favorite time of the year. She said seeing people downtown dressed in their underwear to come “get weird” at the show is “a nice reminder that Statesboro is a lot of things, and it’s not just conservative.” To read more about Megan Bowen and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” go to reflectorgsu. com/a-transylvanian-lost-instatesboro-meet-rocky-horrordirector-megan-bowen/

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By Blakeley Bartee

The Birdhaus was a DIY music venue established in 2016 by local band Birdperson in an otherwise ordinary house on Chandler Road. In September, they hosted a show called “Math Rock Nite,” featuring bands Hotplate from Savannah, Goodfires from Atlanta and Birdperson and Snow Structures from Statesboro. Aaron Cooler, who attended Georgia Southern University as a music education major, sings and plays bass and guitar for Birdperson. He said they did not require people to pay to attend shows.

“We’re not a business,” Cooler said. “The thing keeping the lights on are the people paying the bills to live here.” Above the stage, a room adjacent to the living room, they hung a sign that said, “Porch of Shame, Est. 2013.” The living room, aside from two couches, was standingroom only. Along the walls was an assortment of signs and movie posters. “We really try to be a place where we are fostering original art,” Cooler said. On Nov. 11, 2018, the Birdhaus held its last show to celebrate more than two years of running.

Photos by Blake Kessler

Birdhaus

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Helen Jackie Yates

Jane Jackson Highsmith

By Noelle Walker

Georgia Southern University was much different back in the late 1950s. When the college first opened, it was known by a different name: Georgia Teachers College. The campus was not much bigger than sweetheart circle; the class size was in the hundreds; freshmen students were known as ‘rats’; the only sports the college had was baseball and basketball; students would hitchhike into town; women had curfews. Life was very different. I spoke to five Georgia Southern alumni who graduated in late ‘50s to find out what life at the college was like back then. Helen Jackie Yates hasn’t missed a Georgia Southern home basketball game since 1986. She is a proud alumni, and she graduated in 1957 with a major in physical education. Yates serves as the secretary for the Men’s Basketball Roundball Club (ERBAA). When she attended Georgia Teachers College, she went by Jacquelyn Mikell “I’m not sorry I didn’t go to the University of Georgia...I think my school can hold its own,” Yates said. Dave Esmonde, nicknamed “Yank” by his team, was a dedicated baseball player. He was on the team all four years during his time at the college and was a part of the first baseball team at Georgia Teachers College that played in the National Collegiate Athletic

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Georgia Teachers College in the 1950’s

Association (NCAA) men’s baseball tournament. He majored in math and graduated in 1958. “The humor and the imagination that the people had at Georgia Teachers College at that time was unbelievable … We could entertain each other … I think we just had a lot of good, wholesome fun,” Esmonde said. Larry Hyde wrote for The George-Anne “almost from the day [he] was on campus.” He wrote a column called “Hyde and Seek” and held positions as a news editor and sports editor for The George-Anne. He was also the editor for The Reflector, a yearbook at the time, in ‘58. He is a navy veteran and was stationed at Pearl Harbor two years before coming to Georgia Teachers College. He graduated in 1958 with a major in health and physical education. The people Hyde met changed his life. He treasures the friendships he made and still has some today. Jane Jackson Highsmith was a part of the last class to graduate from Georgia Te a c h e r s

College. She majored in elementary education and graduated in 1959. Jackson Highsmith was The GeorgeAnne’s features editor for four years, and she was secretary of the student council. Jackson Highsmith was very homesick when she first got to Georgia Teachers College. “It taught me to endure the tough times and then I figured out kind of who I was during that time. I met my husband down there. I made the best friends I’ve ever had,” Jackson Highsmith said. Aubrey Highsmith said he always had a saw and hammer in his hand ever since he was big enough to hold one, which is how he knew Georgia Teachers College’s industrial arts degree was for him. He was vice president of the student council and graduated in 1958. “A large number have always appreciated the school...I think in our friendship circle, everybody had a great appreciation for the education we got there during that time,” Highsmith said. Jane Jackson Highsmith and Aubrey Highsmith met at Georgia Teachers College and have been married for 59 years. They both serve on the Jackie & Averitt graduate school foundation board.

walk is where soon-to-be graduates walk around campus and say their goodbyes. Yates recalled that everyone would wear their caps and gowns. They also had designated speakers, and they would say a farewell speech to buildings. Business major business buildings -Rat Day: This was something all freshmen had to participate in, unless they were a military veteran. Each freshman was given a rat hat they had to wear everywhere. “You wore your cap to signify that you were a lowly freshman,” Yates said. This lasted for a few weeks, but the freshmen were not at the mercy of the sophomores until Rat Day. Rat Day was unannounced, and the upperclassmen could make them carry their books, get their meals or even do something silly like act like an airplane. “If they screamed ‘air raid, air raid,’ you had to stand on one foot, lean forward, and say a poem … I said it so much I’ll never forget it,” Jackson Highsmith said:

Traditions

-The Lantern Walk: This tradition has lasted until this day. The lantern

Lawrence “Larry” Hyde

Photos by Noelle Walker & Reflector Yearbooks

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The Roots of Southern

Helen Jac

Aubrey Purvis Highsmith

I am a lowly freshman I have no poise nor grace I must respect the sophomores To show I know my place My place is very low indeed I am a humble soul I crawl around like a centipede When I should crawl in a hole I am a lowly freshman. I have no sense of knowledge To learn respect and discipline Is why I came to college! Jackson Highsmith also recalls some other things the sophomores made the freshmen do. She had to tell Jack N. Averitt, Ph.D, the head of the social studies department and a professor in a “no-nonsense class,” “You tell ‘em cabbage, you got the head” every ten minutes. “It’s so silly, but it’s just a thing of horror,” Jackson Highsmith said. Another boy had to say “You tell ‘em cigar, your butt’s been chewed.” Yates had a friend who had to stand up on a table in the dining hall and sing “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” There was one night known as “The Running of the Rats.” It would take place in the fall, on a cool, rainy night. The boys would be woken up and taken out of their beds in the middle of the night. Esmonde said that you would have “nothing on but your shoes, your rat hat and your scivvies.” “The [upperclassmen] had a big mud puddle, and you had to go jump in that mud puddle and slide like you were a

Highsmith met at Jane and Aubrey been College, and have Georgia Teachers s. ar married for 48 ye

baseball player … then you had to run over to the woman’s dorms and sing songs to them over there,” Esmonde said. There was even a parade downtown. The band would play as the ‘rats’ marched. Sophomores would make them do crazy things during the parade. “Rat Court” would occur on the night of Rat Day. Sophomores would be the jury and dish out punishments to those who didn’t behave properly as rats. Sophomores were dressed in black, and they were somber and scary looking, Jackson Highsmith recalled. One punishment involved ice blocks that students had to sit on. “After Rat Court, you could officially be a student,” Jackson Highsmith said. The juniors and seniors were merely spectators. “We had risen above all that foolishness,” Highsmith said. Yates said it was all in good fun. -Watermelon Cutting: The annual watermelon cutting still goes on today. The president cuts watermelon every summer. “The tradition began in 1948 when late President Zach Henderson wanted to provide a cool treat to the students, faculty and staff who were still on campus during the hot summer months,” according to the Georgia Southern University’s traditions page. -Friday Night Movies & Saturday Night Dances: They would show movies every Friday and hold dances every Saturday. It was a great chance to socialize since the women were only allowed to go out a certain amount of nights per week and these would not count as one of their nights. There were three major dances a year: The Starlight Ball, Christmas Ball and Faculty Ball. -The Panty Raid: This only lasted a couple of years. Boys who lived in the dorm would stand in front of girl’s dorm and yell “panty raid” repeatedly, and the women would throw out a pair of panties. “That was about the wildest thing we did,” Yates said.

-Sadie Hawkins Day: This was the one time girls officially were able to invite the guys. It was held outside on the tennis courts, and it was the only time is was acceptable to dress casually. If a girl had a date, she would call for him from her dorm. It was the reversal of what the boys did. -May Day: There was a May Queen and a May Court. Elementary through twelfth Yates show s her school graders came out and pride while visiting did a performance, Sweetheart Circle and the children danced around the Hyde maypoles. Everyone in town and a friend, Louis came. “Doc” Green, decided to go “At that time, Georgia before the student council. Southern and Statesboro were Green dressed in a pair of very integrated,” Yates said. Bermuda shorts and stood -Beauty Pageant: The on a chair while Hyde asked, different clubs would nominate a girl to be in the beauty “What is indecent about the way this student is dressed to pageant. The pictures of each attend classes and all activities candidate would be sent to a at Georgia Teachers College?” judge. Dress regulations were -Sunday Morning Church changed the next quarter. Bus: The Baptist Church had Women wore long skirts a bus that was called Gabriel. and dresses. They could Yates recalls that the church bus was known as Gabriel wear jeans on the weekend, blowing the horn every Sunday but they would have to put a raincoat on if they left the morning. dorm while on campus. Velvet capris pants were also popular with the women, even though they were not allowed to wear them on campus because of Esmonde describes a lot their dress code (see rules). of the fashion trends with the “Most of the boys smoked guys: jeans, t-shirts and v-neck sweaters were popular in fall and they would roll the cigarette up in the sleeve and winter. White saddles and penny loafers were also very of their t-shirt. That’s what we called ‘cool’ back then,” popular, and almost everyone Jackson Highsmith said. had a pair of white bucks. There was no sloppiness, and almost everyone was cleanly shaven and had a crew cut. “If you were going out … The school only had it was a v-neck sweater,” basketball and baseball. They Esmonde said. were known as the Professors, No one wore shorts; the and the games were very guys wore jeans or khakis, popular. The baseball team Yates said. played on the same field we Eventually, Bermuda shorts do now. with socks up to the knees “Sports were the big thing became popular as well. on campus,” Yates said. Hyde recalls a story of when During Esmonde’s junior Bermuda shorts hit campus. year, after the baseball season Unfortunately, everyone was not a fan. ”There was an elderly ended, the team took a bus and went into South Carolina. They lady in the dining hall that did went across a wooden bridge not think the dining hall was a with a little stream under it and place for Bermuda shorts, and played volleyball on the beach she opposed any[one] wearing all day. They maybe passed them to dine,” Hyde said.

Fashion

Sports

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Rules

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the boys on campus,” Esmonde said.

Cost

“My dad gave me two 100 dollar bills … they gave me two dollars change … Tuition was about 200 dollars a quarter. There might’ve been some other fees attached, I don’t remember, but it was around that figure,” Highsmith said. Jackson Highsmith said she could go for $1,000 a year for everything:tuition, books, spending money. “Most of the people that we know that went here have really become successful because they had to work hard. They grew up working hard, they knew that this was a gift that everybody couldn’t get an education that to be here was a gift so they didn’t squander it,” Jackson Highsmith said.

Campus Life

and The Town

Yates explained that they had the College Grill, Dixie Pig (drive-in), Knick Knack Grill, Franklin’s and Dairy Queen. There wasn’t a McDonald’s, Wendy’s or Arby’s. Gnats and Dingus Magees didn’t exist. “College Grill” was where Gnats Landing is now. It was so close to campus that anyone could walk there, and, considering most students didn’t have cars, that’s what they did. Statesboro was much safer back then; everyone was familiar with each other. Because of this, people could easily hitchhike to their destination. Esmonde recalls that he could get a chili dog plate from College Grill for 42 cents. “If you had five bucks in your pocket, you were ahead of the game,” Esmonde said. The Skater Bowl, similar to the Clubhouse, was a skating rink, bowling alley and dance floor with a jukebox. Jackson Highsmith said professors were very personal: “They always knew us and that had a

lot of meaning, the personal interest the professors took in you, Jackson Highsmith said. You would be invited into their homes, and they knew who you were. Hardly any students had cars. Highsmith recalls that the college didn’t have as many activities or resources as the school does now. “It was probably suitable for our time and our location in the state,” Highsmith said. Sweetheart Circle has kept its name for decades. Yates recalled that there used to be a lot benches in sweetheart, and, after a meal in the dining hall, people would go and sit under the trees. “I hope they keep the integrity of the original campus. It has so many memories and happy times,” Yates said. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of Georgia Southern University. Living so far away, I don’t get to visit the campus. My last visit was for the 50 Year Celebration of the Class of 1958. When you stop and think, in Winter Quarter of 1955, there were around 7500 students at GTC. Now it is over 20,000. Look at all the opportunities people have to get an education in so many fields,” Hyde said. “I loved Georgia Southern. I loved campus. I loved living here. And I still do. I like all the changes. A lot of people in town say that Statesboro has changed. You know, the traffic is horrible...it’s crowded. But how boring it would be without the students. They bring life into the church. They bring life into the community,” Yates said.

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Photos by Warren Fleurimond

had to sign a date slip before leaving. “If you left, you had to sign out. If you went out off the campus you had to pull out a date slip. You had to tell with whom you were leaving and where you were going,” Jackson Highsmith said. If your parents called, the people in the dorm knew anges ch e th where you were of all d he es has watc going. Southern Helen Jackie Yat gia or Ge at s ar the ye They had happen throughout mandatory chapel twice a t w o week. Yates said you could cut cars on the road. Esmonde class, but not chapel. She also said there was nothing there said that if you skipped, Zach S. except one gas station. That Henderson, Ph.D, would hunt beach is now known as Hilton you down. Head. “The only time we could “Little did I know at that time wear anything other than a that that place would become dress was after 9 o’clock at an absolute haven like it is night if we wanted to go to The today,” Esmonde said. Blue Tideーthe little store where you could get only Coca-Colas and crackers and candy bars,” Jackson Highsmith recalls. “I think some things are too Compared to women, men restricted...the bigger we get, had hardly any rules. They did the more rules,” Yates said. not have a curfew, a limited number of nights out or a dress code. They could do whatever they wanted. “Of course, there’s not much Mose Bass was a janitor at you can do if you don’t have Cone Hall, which was the junior girls,” Yates said. and senior boys dormitory Discipline was handed out by at the time. He was a legend house council. If you violated and an icon, and he even had the rules of the dorm, you were a yearbook dedicated to him called down to house counsel one year. to defend yourself. You could Mose did everything for the be “campused” which meant guys; he’d wake them up in you could only stay on campus. time for class and make sure However, if you were restricted, they studied, Yates said, “They you could only go to class and had a house mother, but Mose to the dining hall. took care of the boys,” Yates Guys were allowed to come said. into the girl’s parlor after dinner If sign for a party or until seven o’clock. At seven, something was posted around the house mother would blow campus, someone would a whistle, and the guys would come by and write “Approved have to go unless they had by Mose Bass.” It was an a date. After this, the women unofficial slogan. were in study hall until 10. Esmonde said that his Freshmen women were roommate, Vaughn Haul, and only allowed one night out a Mose were friends. Haul would week; sophomores two nights; go hunt in the country, Mose juniors had three; seniors were would cook up his game, and unlimited. Freshmen had to they would eat together. double date, and each person “He was a good friend to all

Holiday Recipes

By Alexi Simpson

If you’re anything like me, you love to have sweet things during the holidays. There is no better feeling than sipping on a warm sweet drink on a cold day, enjoying something sweet for dessert, or trying something new and getting excited to tell your friends about it. Here are some recipes I think anyone would enjoy:

Peru Spiced Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon and Allspice Ingredients: 2 cups of water ⅓ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder 2 cinnamon sticks 4 whole allspice 1 cup of milk. 1 can sweetened condensed milk

Directions Heat water until it boils. Once it’s done boiling, stir in the cocoa powder. Add cinnamon sticks and allspice and let it sit for five minutes. Stir in milk. Stir ½ a can of sweetened condensed milk. Let it simmer for about five more minutes. Enjoy.

Rice pudding with Raspberry Coulis Designed by Warren Fleurimond

Ingredients 1 cup of long grain Rice 2 packages of Raspberries 3 cups of milk ¾ to 1 cup of sugar 1 carton of whipped topping 2 tablespoons of cornstarch

Directions Bring water to boil in a large saucepan. Stir in the rice then begin to lower the heat. Cover the pot and leave it for ten minutes. After ten minutes, stir in the milk and the sugar and cook for 20-30 minutes, or until the mixture is thick and creamy. Remove substance from the heat and fold it with the whipped topping. Drain the raspberries in a sauce pan and combine it with the cornstarch. Boil it and cook and stir for two minutes, or until it’s thick. Stir in Raspberries and remove it from the heat. Serve and enjoy.

Photos by Warren Fleurimond

Galletas Con Chochitos (Mexican Butter Cookies) Ingredients D1 lightly beaten egg white 3 egg yolks 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 8 tablespoons of unsalted butter ¾ cup of sugar ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt ½ teaspoon of baking soda 1 ½ cup of flour

Don’t be afraid to add your own creative ideas to these treats. You can bake them for a party, a night in with your significant other, or bake them after having a long, hard day. I hope these treats are as enjoyable for you as they were for me.

Directions Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Beat together sugar, butter, and vanilla until it gets fluffy. Add the yolks in and beat them together.Mix in the dry ingredients. Roll dough in a 12 inch cylinder and cut it into three pieces. Roll the dough into a ball and transfer them into a baking sheet.Flatten into a disk and put a hole in the middle.Have it chill for an hour and preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Brush each ring with egg white and coat it in sprinkles.Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool.

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From Thailand to New York to Statesboro

Kamolwan

Kawpunna’s Journey

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my kid … That’s why I decided to come [here],” she said. The restaurant was designed by an interior designer who lives in New York, who also happens to be Kawpunna’s best friend, Wirat Assawamahasakda. He has designed around 35 restaurants already, and each one is unique. Kawpunna said that “no one can copy him.” Coconut Thai Cuisine’s menu is based off of foods in Thailand. Ingredient-wise, she has had to adapt in Statesboro. Kawpunna orders ingredients from Atlanta Asian Imports, which gets ingredients from Thailand and then ships them to other places through Atlanta. They also have homemade glutenfree sauce and special chefs’ vegan sauce. “Coconut Thai Cuisine is designed to entice the five taste senses. Its unique flavors depend on certain ingredients native to Southeast Asia, and the hottest chillies in the world to make an adventure out of your dining experience,” Kawpunna said. “We have made a special effort to keep Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) out of our kitchen.” Kawpunna’s favorite menu items are the Pineapple Fried Rice Meat Combo and Patai Shrimp. Coconut Thai Cuisine is located at 7 College Plaza, and you can visit their website at https://www. coconutthaidining.com for more information.

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Coconut Thai Cuisine is designed to entice the five taste senses. Its unique flavors depend on certain ingredients native to Southeast Asia and the hottest chillies in the world to make an adventure out of your dining experience.

Kamolwan Kawpunna, also known as Amy, is the owner and head chef of Coconut Thai Cuisine. Kawpunna was born in Pattani, Thailand. After graduating high school, she moved to Bangkok, Thailand and got a B.A. in pharmacies. She then came to the United States to study to become bilingual in English. After graduating from a community college, Kawpunna transferred to New York City College of Technology to study hospitality management. However, Kawpunna wanted to make more money. “New York City has high expenses, so I tried to work as a server to make some more money while I studied as a student,” she said. Kawpunna knew she wanted to be a chef when she started to cook for her family. During the holidays, she would throw parties. As she saw people eating her food, she realized that making other people happy through her cooking made her happy. In 2013, Kawpunna opened up Noodies Thai Kitchen, her first restaurant, in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The city life was a little too busy for Kawpunna, so she moved to Statesboro, Georgia because she wanted to be able to spend more time with her three kids. “In the big city it’s so crowded and busy, and I don’t have time for them. I worked 18 hours a day, and I [didn’t] have time to spend time with

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Justin Ugonna is an international student at Georgia Southern University. He was born in Nigeria and moved to Georgia in 2016. Justin began his journey on Youtube on July, 2017 and now has 20.4 K subscribers to date. “I am a Youtuber. I started off with making short films. Along the

line, I started realizing that I can branch off and start making reaction videos, I started doing challenges, I started doing interviews and it’s majorly entertainment” Ugonna said. Ugonna wants people to be able to enjoy themselves and have fun when they watch his content. In the past, Ugonna held an internship where he took pictures for a news company. He learned how to tell stories with the pictures he took and really

enjoyed learning something new. After graduation, he began making videos and one thing led to another. “ I had to do something that will take up my time. I always try to make videos, so I started with a short film in December 2016. After that, I decided to go fully into Youtube,” Ugonna said.” Ugonna works on different content every single day and his most popular video currently is a dance video. There was a popular dance

that came out in Nigeria and people in America weren’t able to watch it. Deciding to upload the video took Justin’s career to a new level. “ I did not expect it to blow up like this. I woke up the next day and it had over a hundred thousand views and it keeps growing. It feels great because I have a lot of subscribers from that’” Ugonna said Ugonna is doing what he loves while continuing to build a large fanbase.

Olivia Hester Olivia Hester is a Writing and Linguistics major from Fleming, Georgia. She is 25 years old and a senior who plans on graduating from Georgia Southern University (GS) in December. She has worked hard as an editor for “Wraparound South” and as a freelance editor. Before her college career, Hester endured a traumatic experience and was abused for six years before going through the court system. This made the beginning of college difficult, and she considered dropping out. However, through help

from GS’s resources and professors, she was able to become the person she is today. Hester describes writing as something that has always been there for her. She also loves talking through and realizing ideas, especially when she is helping others. For a senior project, Hester is working on a website called Southern Muse and plans to launch it in March of 2019. The site is a two-fold service where Hester will offer editing and writing consultations and

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will be writing a blog on the side to help connect writers to cost-efficient resources. Hester would ideally love to make a career out of writing and editing but is also interested in working for a company as a consultant for market research or design development testing for universal design and disability thinking. She also expressed interest in working in communications positions in order to start conversations between communities. “We write to let others know that they’re not alone,

and we write to know that we’re not alone, said Olivia. “And that’s the biggest part of why I enjoy writing... it’s so easy to get caught up in and feel alone or feel isolated or to feel like you’re just a number in a crowd. And writing connects you to communities in these crowds and it gives you a place and it gives you a voice and it’s powerful.”

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Photos by by Blake Kessler, Christopher Stokes, Matthew Funk, and courtesy of Rachel Hartmann

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By Alexi Simpson and Christina McKinley

Georgia Southern University is a diverse school filled with many talented students. These people come from different backgrounds, have different goals and have accomplished so much at such a young age. They have passion for what they

do and continue to work hard in order to reach success. Justin Ugonna, Ellyn Duncan, Olivia Hester and Rachel Hartmann are just a small fraction of the students who strive to go above and beyond. Here is what they have to say.

RACHEL HARTMANN Rachel Hartmann is the current prop master of theater at Georgia Southern University (GS). She is a junior theater major from Rincon, Georgia and is 20 years old. As prop master, her job is to read through scripts of plays, determine what props are needed and bring them to the director. Hartmann balances schoolwork, her job and theater work. While this is stressful, she appreciates learning time management and looks forward to when she can work

on her passion full-time. She considers the outcome to be a worthwhile payoff, especially when deadlines and accuracy can be a struggle. In her free time, she likes to work on puppets and ideas of her own. “I really enjoy doing it because it gives you the chance to make things that you have never in your wildest dreams thought you’d be able to make,” said Rachel. “Everything is so historically accurate that you have to go back, you have to do research for it and it gives you

insight into what their life was like then.” In her future career in theater, Rachel hopes to work with puppetry, but she would be content to continue work as a prop master for a production company. She believes that puppetry can bring more to the stage and is capable of adding another layer of realism to a play. An apprenticeship with Bread and Puppets, a politically radical theater company that has been around since the 1960s, has been something

Rachel has been interested in for a long time. She hopes to do something impactful with her work, just as Bread and Puppets has in the past when marching in the parades against the Vietnam War. She’s unsure exactly how to make a big impact on the world, but she’s always thinking about her next project.

Ellyn Duncan Ellyn Duncan is a secondyear graduate student in the graphic design Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program at Georgia Southern University (GS). She works for GS both as a graphic designer and as a graduate assistant for marketing at the Recreational Activities Center (RAC). Additionally, she is the designer for the Shooting Sports Center. Duncan has worked on and

completed many graphic design projects for GS. These include the rebrand for Forever Eagles, the band alumni association on campus and the MBAA association. She has also worked for five years as a group fitness instructor at the RAC and currently teaches Zumba, Hip Hop Jam and POUND. She also participated in Dancing With the Statesboro Stars (DWSS) in October of 2018, an event much like Dancing With the Stars that raises money for victims of domestic violence.

Duncan has expressed a love for teaching, and takes great pride and passion in her group fitness classes. POUND has become her proudest project. She brought the program to Campus Recreation and currently serves as the only certified instructor for the class on campus. “I obviously like helping people and not just dancing by myself,” said Ellyn. “Seeing people change and seeing people grow. And seeing people who come at the beginning, they’ve only been

to one class. They come in, you can tell they’re kinda frustrated. They don’t have a dance background, they aren’t getting the steps one hundred percent. But once they come back like two or three times, they got it and they look ten times more confident and it’s super cool.” Ideally, Ellyn is aiming to find a job involving both dance and graphic design. She is currently looking into finding a position similar to marketing director for Campus Recreation as she hopes to work in a field she cares about.

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COLLEGE STUDENTS

Financial Struggles Among

By: Noelle Walker Paying for college out of pocket can seem nearly impossible for most students. This results in students being forced to take out loans, and those who are fortunate enough to receive financial aid or awarded scholarships still can struggle. Aside from the factor of college tuition, paying for life’s other necessities prove to be very challenging.

Student Debt

Along with loans comes student debt. The overall statistic for student loan debt totals 1.52 trillion dollars, according to the student loan report’s Student Loan Debt Statistics 2018. “Over half of young adults who went to college took on some debt, including student loans, for their education,” according to The Board of the Federal Reserve System’s Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2017 May 2018. “Today, 70 percent of college students graduate with a significant amount of loans,” according to CNBC.com Atlanta, GA ranked the second highest place with the most student loan debt, with the mean balance totaling $22,232, according to lendingtree.

Books and Supplies

On top of tuition and living expenses, students still face the fees of books and supplies. Of course, the cost of textbooks can differ based on classes

and whether if you get them new or used. “The yearly books-andsupplies in-state estimate for the average full-time undergraduate student at a four-year public college is about $1,298,” according to CollegeBoard.

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Homelessness

On top of all expenses, students also face living expenses. The amount of money apartments or dorms can cost reach the thousands. At Georgia Southern University, freshmen students have to live on campus. Living on campus can increase student loan debt as well. The rates for on-campus living at Georgia Southern range anywhere between 2,120-3,895 thousand dollars, according to the 2018-2019 Statesboro campus housing rates the university provides. The Atlanta Journal Constitution said “The average cost of room and board ($10,800) was greater than tuition ($9,970) for in-state students at four-year colleges across the nation this school year, according to the College Board, the folks who run the SAT.” Results from a survey sampling more than 33,000 students at 70 community colleges in 24 states show that one third of community college students go hungry and 14 percent are homeless, according to results published by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, said npr (National Public Radio). “2.1 percent of all Georgia students enrolled

in public schools were identified as homeless,” according to America’s Promise Alliance’s State Progress Reports on the Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness. Sublet.com lets you filter through apartment listings in your area by price.

Parking Passes

(Statesboro Campus) According to Georgia Southern University’s Permits and Rates Students who want to park on campus have to purchase a parking pass--including at the resident halls students pay the university to live in. Residential students ‘ parking passes cost $160 a year. Commuter permits cost $160 a year, but $50 for motorcycles. Commuter carpooling permits cost $110 a year.

Food Insecurity

The cost of food is yet another expense for college students. Many students find themselves living off of cheaper foods such as ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches, leaving students with an unbalanced diet. A meal plan at Georgia Southern University is over a thousand dollars a year. The All-access Eagle Blue dining plan 2017-2018 price is $1725. The All-access Eagle Gold is $1875. All first-year students are required to have a meal plan, which increases all the expenses students already have to pay.

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Food Assistance Resources

The amount of money and number of students who receive loans, financial aid and state funded academic scholarships are shown on the graphs. All this information was taken from University Fact Books (Statesboro Campus). Students face many other expenses than classes, books, and housing. There are expenses such as food, cleaning (such as the cost of laundry and basic cleaning products), gas/ transportation, clothing and bills (such as cell phone, electricity) and other expenses, according to College Board. The total cost for a college student to live is incredibly high. The best thing a student can do is plan out their expenses every year and keep track of their spending. Lots of websites have resources for current and future college students.

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“Data from more than 30,000 two- and 4-year college students indicate that approximately half are food insecure, and recent estimates suggest that at least 20% of 2-year college students have very low levels of food security,” according to the journal “Going Without: An Exploration of Food and Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates” by Katharine M. Broton and Sara Goldrick-Rab.

Georgia Southern University’s Loans, Grants, and FAFSA:

Photos by Matthew Funk Designed by Aminatta Mbow

Thrift

FASHION On the College Campus

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Athleisure has taken college campuses by storm. Whether it’s a name brand or department store, a pair of plain or patterned workout pants are what most students wear to class. Graphic tees are in-demand as well. They’re the perfect choice for someone who doesn’t want to dress up but wants to spice up their wardrobe with a graphic pattern or a funny quote. Layering is popular in the winter season, especially with those days in Statesboro where it’s 50 degrees in the morning and 80 degrees by afternoon.

Modeled by Kaurica Smith By Noelle Walker

Fashion. Many people say its always changing. New things become popular every season, and the old seems to be forgotten. But this isn’t necessarily true. We

see hints from the 70s, 90s and even the 20s integrated in fashion now. “Fashion always recycles itself,” Lexus Lewis, an apparel design and studio art major, said. Lewis says that nothing ever goes out of fashion; anyone can wear anything and make it in style.

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Long-sleeved button-ups can be used under a tighter sweater or a sweater vest for a more masculine approach. Tank tops and t-shirts can be worn under stylish jackets. Especially when working out, athletic jackets are handy when you go workout in the cold and you warm up during your workout. A pair of shorts and a long sleeved shirt is a perfect combination for those chilly Statesboro morning and warm afternoons. A brown color palate is popular during the winter time.

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Modeled by Miranda Peralez For a more masculine look, corduroys are popular--especially when the weather starts to get cooler. They can be worn with a nice shirt or sweater. Long flowy skirts with a tucked in shirt, rompers and tighter pants/shorts give off a more feminine vibe. Whether you keep it simple or get it designer, a denim jacket is making its way back into fashion, serving as a stylish clothing article to add to just about any outfit. Thrift stores are secret treasure chests-you never know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to find.

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Build your portfolio today! We are looking for those interested in writing, reporting, video, and photography No experience required! All majors welcome. To apply go to www.thegeorgeanne.com and click 'Apply to Student Media'. If you have any questions please email smmarketing@georgiasouthern.edu.

Creative thinkers needed Our creative team is looking for graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers Build your portfolio! All majors welcome. No experience needed! To apply go to www.thegeorgeanne.com and click 'Apply to Student Media'. If you have any questions please email prodmgr@georgiasouthern.edu.

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HEALTH

AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN By Ashton Christianson and Christina McKinley

Mental health is an issue that can make people uncomfortable to talk about at times, but this does not mean that it shouldn’t be talked about. In the 2018 year alone so far, there has been 1,913 students alone who have sought out help from the Counseling Center in regards to their mental health. “Populations of students who have, historically, not been willing to seek mental health treatment actually seek out our services at a higher rate than students that are the majority population … That

would be atypical for mental health” said Dr. Caldwell, director of the Counseling Center. The Counseling Center has increased their drop-in workshops to help the needs of students here on campus. These drop-in workshops include yoga, creative therapies and series on sleep. “I can say that, in terms of the issues our students present with, they tend to be very similar to the issues we know students are presenting with around the country,” said Dr. Caldwell.

Top 5 Reasons That Students Visit the Counseling Center:

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With the societal stigma against mental health, not everyone may be comfortable with admitting that they are struggling with it. The National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) is a good online resource for those who feel uncomfortable going to see anyone about mental health problems they may be struggling with. Sources like this try to offer help by giving information on mental

illnesses, how to get help and some suggestions on ways to cope with their mental health. Some self-help techniques that the NAMI suggest for people to try are reframing the way you think about a situation. Deep breathing is an easy enough technique that they suggest you try for things like anxiety. One of the key suggestions the NAMI mentioned was being aware of your emotions, so that you’re able to deal with them.

Other things you might want to try to help you cope with your mental health are working-out, hanging with friends and working on hobbies you enjoy. Whatever you do, understand that you aren’t the only one that goes through these struggles and you won’t be the last. The best thing to do is to get help in whatever form you are most comfortable with.

We collected students’ thoughts on mental health. Here is what they wrote.

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FITNESS

By: Ashton Christianson

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Illustrations by Coy Kirkland

TIPS & TRICKS Designed by Aminatta Mbow & Warren Fleurimond

Photos by Matthew Funk

WORKOUT ROUTINE Russian twists 15

Illustrations by Coy Kirkland

Photos by Matthew Funk

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TIP: EASE INTO IT

Sit-ups 15 Crunches 20 TIP: CHANGE THINGS IN YOUR DIET “Change things in your diet before you even start working out, just to see how your diet is compared to your daily lifestyle and how that can help you. And then, when you start working out, see how that impacts you when your working out.” Gina Hogan Personal trainer at the RAC

“Don’t go all out because you’ll probably hate yourself for another week.” Gina Hogan Personal trainer at the RAC

Push-ups 50

TIP: DON’T BE SCARED

Lunges 25 on each leg

“Don’t be afraid when you’re in the gym. There is a lot of gym intimidation in there, I know, but if you just go in there and you just want to better yourself every day that’s the best mentality to go in with.”

Gina Hogan Personal trainer at the RAC

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