traditions Traditions are what allow us to remember where we came from while striving to become who we want to be. Georgia Southern was founded in 1908, and with over 100 years of history comes the traditions that we have all come to know and love. While GS has many traditions, we have decided to focus on three of our favorites. By Brooke Thompson
MARRYING YOUR
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Photos Courtesy of Tyson Neurath and Mick Miller
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Legend has it that if you and your significant other walk around Sweetheart Circle three times, you will get married. With Sweetheart circle being the site for many marriage proposals and weddings, our campus’s gorgeous circle is bound to attract at least a few lovebirds. Tyson Neurath and Jackson Corbin, both of whom come from a long line of Eagles, have proven this legend as true. The two are high school sweethearts and are engaged, and they always knew they were meant to come to Georgia Southern. Corbin said, “I think we both always knew that… we were going to go to Georgia Southern eventually.” He had heard about the legend in a walking class, and on a hot day in the winter (the usual for
South Georgia), the two decided to sweat out their walk around Sweetheart. Neurath said, “We always heard you had to do it with a willing heart, so I was trying so hard to be like my heart is willing to do this.” The two completed the three laps around Sweetheart Circle and offered some advice for relationships in college. Neurath said, “Be patient with one another and support one another… support each other no matter what the other wants to do.” Corbin says communication is also key in a relationship especially when college is a time where schedules can be different and rumors can get started. The two are getting married in October, and so it is true that Eagles can turn into lovebirds.
Neurath and Corbin on their Wedding Day.
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